My Short Wave Archive: February 2009

 BROADCASTS heard February 2009, on the Short Wave band, are listed in this post.

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The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: December 2008, 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.

Receiver used: Roberts R881.

February 2009 : Short Wave

• [Wednesday] 11 February [2009]: 1828 UTC: 6055 kHz: Radio Slovakia International  Closing sequence of the French broadcast to Europe Occidentale (Western Europe).
  Contact details given for website and email address.
  To 1830 UTC.
• 11 February: 1851 UTC: 6075 kHz: Deutsche Welle  Excellent to good reception.
  German language to Europe via Skelton (UK, 300 kW) or Sines (Portugal, 250 kW).
  To 1900 UTC.
• 11 February: 2017 UTC: 6075 kHz: Deutsche Welle  Excellent to good reception.
  German to Europe via Rampisham (UK, 500 kW) or Sines.
  Programming: Male host, current world news items: Zimbabwe: President Mugabi swears in Morgan Richard Tsvangirai as Prime Minister; Kabul (Afghanistan); Australia (Melbourne Victoria, New South Wales bush fires); Europe: German politics. France: President Nicolas Sarkozy.
  Contact details: Website and email.
  To 2032 UTC.
• 11 February: 2100 UTC: 6130 kHz: Deutsche Welle  Excellent to good reception.
  Arabic to North Africa via Nauen (Germany, 500 kW).
  Programming: Male and female with male on telephone, conversation including television, computer, internet. ID. News: South Africa; President Barack Obama, USA; Israeli elections.
  Contacts: Website or email.
  To 2115 UTC.
• 11 February: 2126 UTC: 6155 kHz: ROI 1  Austria  German language.

Deutsche Welle pendant.

• 11 February: 2136 UTC: 6175 kHz: Overcomer Ministry  Brother R G Stair.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Brother Stair broadcast to Europe via Wertachtal, Germany.
  Programming: Recording of male speaking of a bill to restrict religion in the USA. Brother Stair speaks of Presidents, past and present: H W Bush, Clinton, G W Bush, Barack H Obama. End-time window has begun. Terror in the USA to launch the end-time. False prophets, revelations.
  Contacts via website, email, telephone.
  To 2155 UTC.
• 11 February: 2205 UTC: 6200 kHz: Radio Bulgaria  Good reception.
  English to Europe.
  Programming: Male with current news items: Bulgarian links with Macedonia. Weather: Cloud, rain, could turn to snow in Western Bulgaria.  Music.
  Female with 'Events and Developments' programme: Property markets; A & T; Expodition; Bulgarian Architects. NHIF healthcare: Public or private healthcare.
  'Guide BG': Bulgarian tourism.
  Contacts: Website, email addresses [plural].
  To 2225 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: December 2008

 AN extended break has been taken, during which I hope you have enjoyed the Summer of 2022.

Welcome to a post listing Short Wave radio broadcasts, heard December 2008.

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: October 2008, 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.

Receiver used: Roberts R881.

December 2008 : Short Wave

• [Monday] 15 December [2008]: 2108 UTC: 4975 kHz: Vatican Radio  Female host, in conversation with a lady who lost her daughter to cancer. Also conversing with friends and carers.
  Female also speaks with Daniel, representing the Christian Aid charity. Daniel speaks of work undertaken by the charity, including working with the people of Bangladesh, following flooding.
  Good reception.
  Broadcast comes to a close at 2120 UTC.
• 15 December: 2128 UTC: 5000 kHz: WWV  Boulder  CO  USA  Time signal station.
  Excellent to fair reception.
  One second ticks with rapid-fire ticks, alternating with longer tones and continuous tones.
  Deterioration of signal at 2131 UTC.

Spurious out of band broadcasts: Radio Romania International in English; Mighty KBC in English from Holland; Radio Serbia in English [See QSL from The International Radio Serbia below].

QSL from The International Radio Serbia.

• 15 December: 2223 UTC: 6055 kHz: The Mighty KBC  Holland, via Sitkunai, Lithuania.
  Wolfman Jack on the air.
  Excellent to fair reception.
  Rock music. Ad for the Isle of Bute, Scotland. Ad for KBC Import.
  ID. Wolfman Jack signing off.
  Close of broadcast at 2230 UTC.

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