My Short Wave Archive: September 2011

 WELCOME all, to another post in the continuing thread of memories of radio broadcasts, heard via Short Wave Radio.

This post brings memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard Sunday, September 18, 2011.

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: July 2011, 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.

September 2011 : Short Wave

• [Sunday] 18 September [2011]: 1139 UTC: 6075 kHz: Deutsche Welle  Host and guest discussing politics in Germany in September and October.
  Excellent to fair reception.
  ID, music.
  German to Europe via Rampisham [UK], 49m Band broadcast.
  Fluctuating man-made noise.
  Report regarding Pope Benedict's visit to Germany; Memories of his time as Cardinal Ratzinger. The Pope hailed from Germany.
  'Magazine' programme; music.
  'Deutsche Welle Sport'  Bundesliga football, Lukas Podolski, Leverkusen. Borussia Mönchengladbach, Werder Bremen. Hoffenheim, Ryan Babel. Jose Mourinho, Stuttgart, Bayern Munich.
  Increase in man-made noise, Deutsche Welle ID to 1200 UTC.
  Logged to 1200 UTC.

[Lunch break at 1210 UTC]

• 18 September: 1321 UTC: 6075 kHz: Deutsche Welle still on the air, German to Europe via Rampisham [UK].
• 18 September: 1332 UTC: 6190 kHz: Deutschlandfunk  via Berlin
  Good to fair reception.
  German male speech. Choirs and Classical music. Speech at 1338 UTC in German language by male and female.
  German language to Europe via Berlin. Classical choir music.
  Contact details: 50968 Cologne, Germany.
  Transmission: 6190 kHz via Berlin, 17 kW.
  Logged to 1347 UTC.
• 18 September: 1405 UTC: 6295 kHz: Reflections Europe  Jack Van Impe Ministries
  Voices in praise of Jesus Christ. Rexella Van Impe speaks of Russia and China building up their missile defences; speaks of population increase around the world.
  Jack Van Impe quotes from the Bible; speaks of cyber war as a global conflict: References from the Pentagon and BBC News.
  Contact details: PO Box 7004, Troy MI 48007-7004 USA
  ID for Reflections Europe.
  Logged to 1430 UTC.
• 18 September: 1439 UTC: 6305 kHz: Radio Merlin International  Music: Transvision Vamp 'Baby I Don't Care'; Men At Work. Distorted speech. Music: The Real Thing 'You To Me Are Everything'.
  Fair reception.
  Music: Scissor Sisters; Beats International 'Dub Be Good To Me'; Derek and the Dominoes 'Layla'. Male speech: Apologies for the interference.
  ID; Music: 'Wig Wam Bam'; The Specials 'Ghost Town'; Boney M 'Rivers of Babylon'.
  ID with contact address; Music: Gary Newman 'Cars'; ID with 6305 kHz frequency!
  Music: The Love Affair 'Everlasting Love'.
  Logged to 1530 UTC.

Irish Music Radio QSL, September 2011

• 18 September: 1550 UTC: 6930 kHz: Irish Music Radio  Dance music.
  Female host with ID; Details of messages sent to the studio, via email. Music.
  Good to fair reception.
  English language speech, female host, ID '...in the west coast of Ireland', Dance music: Amelie 'I'm Into You'.
  Female speech, music: The Bee Gees 'Massachusetts'; David Guetta 'Glad You Came'.
  Logged to 1615 UTC.
• 18 September: 1639 UTC: 7250 kHz: Vatican Radio  Fair reception.
  Slovenian language to Europe, male speech, act of worship, music, female speech.
  Logged to 1645 UTC.

[Break at 1650 UTC)

• 18 September: 1745 UTC: 7250 kHz: Vatican Radio  Slovak [language] to Europe.
• 18 September: 1800 UTC: 7275 kHz: Radio Exterior de España  Excellent to good reception; Spanish to Europe.
  'Tablero Deportivo V' Football programme; Commentators at sporting arenas with loud PA systems, playing The Beatles 'Money Can't Buy Me Love' and Queen 'We Will Rock You'. Fast moving speech from commentator, over the PA announcer. Football team announced: Sergio Ramos, Di Maria - I think this is a Real Madrid match.
  Reporter at Valencia. Music. Speech from Malaga and Villareal.
  Sergio Ramos and Di Maria have scored goals for Real Madrid.
  Logged to 1822 UTC.
• 18 September: 1840 UTC: 7290 kHz: The Overcomer Ministry [Brother R G Stair] via IRRS [based in Milan, Italy]  Fair to Poor reception; English language to Europe and Middle East, via transmission sites in Slovakia or Romania.
  Brother R G Stair, with readings from the scriptures.
  Broadcast interference from Radio Exterior de España and other stations.
  Brother R G Stair speaks of the future of America: "Troops massing on US-Mexico border, for alleged 'invasion of Mexico'". "George W Bush did not understand climate change". "Climate scientists believe Texas - North Mexico area may, in the future, become desert".
  "Worldwide water shortage ~ Farmers crops, including pumpkin, have been destroyed".
  Announcement of postal address for Milan; "IRRS signing off".
  Logged to 1900 UTC.

[Darkness fell at 1900 UTC, 8pm BST]

• 18 September: 1922 UTC: 7400 kHz: Radio Bulgaria  I can hear the German language service.
  Fair reception; German language to Europe.
  Male speaking with frequent references to Deutschland. Female host with female guest on telephone.
  Logged to 1930 UTC.

Radio Bulgaria QSL, 18 September 2011 [1922-1930 UTC; 7400 kHz]

• 18 September: 1945 UTC: 7485 kHz: Voice of America  VOA Special English programme 'Words and their stories': In the dog house, dog days, raining cats and dogs.
  'People in America' Louisa May Alcock, writer, author of 'Little Women'. Born in Pennsylvania, 1832. Died 1888.
  Good reception; VOA Special English to Middle East via Iranawila, Sri Lanka (IBB transmission site).
  Logged to 20:00 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: July 2011

 VERY warm welcome, on a cold, snow day (March 9th!) to memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard Friday, July 8, 2011.

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: May 2011, 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.

July 2011 : Short Wave

• [Friday] 8 July [2011]: 0825 UTC: 17730 kHz: Broadcasting Service of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  Poor reception; Propagation on this frequency, with audio, very low power, male speech, possibly music.
  Arabic language, 500 kW to North Africa.
  Logged to 0831 UTC.
• 8 July: 0843 UTC: 17790 kHz: BBC World Service  To Asia via Oman (English service).
  Poor reception.  Barely audible speech; Also music.
  Logged to 0848 UTC.
  [See BBC Eastern Relay Station on Google Maps, below]

• 8 July: 0854 UTC: 17830 kHz: BBC World Service  Fair to poor reception.
  English to West Africa via Ascension Island.
  Male host in heated debate with Prime Minister David Cameron regarding News International.
  Time 'pips' at 0900 UTC, male speech.
  Logged to 0906 UTC.
• 8 July: 0916 UTC: 17880 kHz: Radio Sawa  Female speech, music.
  Radio Sawa via Kuwait; Good to fair reception.
  Arabic speech from female, music ranges from pop to traditional, with vocals.
  250 kW to North Africa.
  Contact details include via Facebook, by phone or email.
  Logged to 0941 UTC.

[Break at 0950 UTC]

• 8 July: 1213 UTC: 21540 kHz: Radio Exterior de Espana  Spanish language, confirmed by ID.
  250 kW to Africa. Excellent to fair reception.
  Programming: ID, female host, ID, male speech, continued speech from female, co-host with male. Politics in Spain. Male speech. Female speech.
  Spanish language to Equatorial Africa.
  Logged to 1232 UTC.
• 8 July: 1232 UTC: 21540 kHz: Radio Kuwait  Male speech.
  Good to fair reception.
  Mixture of male speech and music; Continuing speech by male (Arabic language).
  500 kW to Europe.
  Logged to 1238 UTC.
• 8 July: 1243 UTC: 21610 kHz: Radio Exterior de Espana  Excellent to good reception; Spanish language to Middle East.
  Female host with political news, including UK: 'News of the World' newspaper to publish for the last time this Sunday; Recording of a statement by Prime Minister David Cameron; Speech by male, including mention of Rupert Murdoch.  Speech by male and female. New topic discussion led by female, regarding France and Spain.
  350 kW transmission.
  Logged to 1253 UTC.
• 8 July: 1300 UTC: 21840 kHz: Deutsche Welle  Broadcast comes to a close; German language broadcast.
  Deutsche Welle via Sines, Portugal; German language broadcast; 250 kW to South Asia.

Letter from MIKES Centre for Metrology and Accreditation, Finland, July 2011.

• 8 July: 1310 UTC: 25000 kHz: MIKES Centre for Metrology and Accreditation  (Espoo, Finland)
  Fair to poor reception.
  Time Signal station; Low-power broadcast of a Time Signal, which was a 'tick' every half second.  Signal levels fluctuated; Poor reception.
  Logged to 1316 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: May 2011

UNIVERSALLY received radio broadcasts aren't as commonplace in 2023, sadly, though just over a decade ago, broadcasts from around the globe could be heard with ease, on the Short Wave radio band.

This post brings memories of radio broadcasts heard Wednesday, May 4, 2011.

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: March 2011, 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.

May 2011 : Short Wave

• [Wednesday] 4 May [2011]: 1950 UTC: 15610 kHz: WEWN Global Catholic Radio  Male host, Father Mitch, taking calls on 1-800-585-9396, callers with their questions with regards to the Bible, callers ask regarding Body of Christ / Blood of Christ, the Hebrew scriptures and a call from Charlie, a regular caller.
  ID: EWTN, WEWN Global Catholic Radio.
  Break in transmission, changing direction of target area, switching on and off at 1955 UTC.
  Excellent to good reception, English to Middle East.
  Programme returns at 20:04 UTC, now broadcasting to Asia.  Female caller speaks to Father Mitch. Male caller speaks of a new book regarding confession: 'Go In Peace'.
  Break, trailers for programmes coming up on EWTN Radio.
  Father Mitch on 'Openline'.
  Logged to 2010 UTC.
• 4 May: 2024 UTC: 15630 kHz: Voice of Greece  Spanish language, male speech.
  100 kW transmission.
• 4 May: 2030 UTC: 15695 kHz: WYFR Family Radio  German language, male speech.
  100 kW transmission from Okeechobee, Florida.
• 4 May: 2035 UTC: 15825 kHz: ['The unmistakable sound of'] WWCR Nashville TN  Music, sponsor announcement. The Pat Boone Show. Music: 'In Remembrance of Me'. ID for 'The Pat Boone Show'.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Sponsors messages. Christian music by Jesse Rose 'This Road To Follow' on 'The Pat Boone Partyline'.
  WWCR-1 Nashville TN : English to Europe, Middle East and America.
  Speech: 'Trust in God' by Debbie Boone. Pat Boone signs off, instrumental harp rendition of 'Abide With Me'.
  Logged to 2050 UTC.
• 4 May: 21:11 UTC: 17560 kHz: Radio Havana Cuba  Male and female speech, Spanish language.
  100 kW transmission.

Radio Havana Cuba envelope, 2006.

• 4 May: 21:17 UTC: 17595 kHz: Radio Exterior de Espana  Portuguese language broadcast to South America. Female host with female guest. News broadcast.
  350 kW transmission.
• 4 May: 2125 UTC: 17605 kHz: Radio Nederland Wereldomroep  Excellent to good reception.
  Dutch to South America.
  Male speech, news report, sports report, website link, Dutch national anthem to close on the half hour.
  Schedule announcement in 'Holland Summertime' - Off air at 2128 UTC (22:28 BST; 2328 'Holland Summertime').
  250 kW transmission from Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles.
• 4 May: 2151 UTC: 17680 kHz: CVC La Voz Cristiana  Spanish language.
  100 kW transmission from Chile.
  
• 4 May: 2155 UTC: 17725 kHz: WYFR Family Radio  French language broadcast, male speech.
  Good to poor reception.
  Music (Guitar and flute) to close of this French language broadcast at 2158 UTC.
  2200 UTC: Female speech in the Portuguese language. Music: Baritone vocals. Reception is not clear.
  140° transmission from Okeechobee, Florida. 100 kW.

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