My AM Archive: January 2010

 CHANGES are continuing on the Medium Wave band at time of writing, with the majority of BBC broadcasts scheduled for closure now running their recurring retune announcements.

Whilst some have been heard by myself on the Medium Wave band of my current receiver, a Sangean ATS-405, I have heard many of the announcements by using UK-based Web SDRs.

Away from current matters, this post brings memories of Medium Wave broadcasts dated January 2010, as part of the My AM Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: November 2009, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

January 2010 : Medium Wave

• [Monday] 25 January [2010]: 2047 UTC: 675 kHz: NRK 1  Speech from Røst, Norway. Male speech, pop music, speech in Norwegian. Co-channel interference from Radio Maria, Netherlands.
  Female speech. Fair to poor reception. Female and male chat. Music: 'Rainy Night in Georgia'.
  Logged to 2100 UTC.
• 25 January: 2115 UTC: 675 kHz: Radio Maria Nederland & Vlaanderen  Excellent to good reception via Lopik, Holland. Piano & strings music. Male ID at 2120 UTC. Female speech. Dutch language.
  Logged to 2125 UTC.
• 25 January: 2132 UTC: 684 kHz: RNE 1  Succession of male voices, Spanish language, one speaks of Dubrovnik. Female speech. [Political] Discussion programme?
  Excellent to good reception via Seville, Spain. 600 kW.
  Logged to 2141 UTC.

Radio Maria Nederland & Vlaanderen QSL Verification, January 2010.

• 25 January: 2210 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio 5 Live  Excellent to fair reception, presumed Stagshaw, Northumberland. 50 kW. Discussion regarding the Vancouver Canada Winter Olympics 2010.
  Logged to 2220 UTC.
• 25 January: 2230 UTC: 711 kHz: France Inter  Female interviews male on telephone. Male host speaks of 'La Figaro'. Signature tune. 'La Journal...' Comments regarding [President] Sarkozy.
  Excellent to fair reception via Rennes, France. 300 kW.
  Logged to 2241 UTC.
• 25 January: 2252 UTC: 738 kHz: RNE 1  Barcelona, Spain. 500 kW. Excellent to good reception.
  Several Spanish voices, male, speak of FIFA, Fernando Verbasco, Spain, Germany, Washington, Casablanca. Music. Female voices.
  Logged to 2300 UTC.
• 25 January: 2305 UTC: 747 kHz: NOS Radio 5  Flevoland, Netherlands. 400 kW. Male host, Dutch language, Calypso music / Caribbean music. Excellent to good reception.
  Logged to 2310 UTC.
• 25 January: 2315 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  [Co-channel interference from Germany] Music from The Proclaimers. The Richard Nankivell Late Show. "Burns Night" Music from Deacon Blue 'Dignity'. "All Scottish, this half hour" Music. Fair to poor reception via Carlisle, 1 kW. Donovan. "Glamorous assistant, Wispy Witherslack" Music.
  Logged to 2330 UTC.

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