My Short Wave Archive: May 2014

 FRIENDS, welcome to another post of the continuous thread of memories of radio broadcasts, heard via Short Wave Radio.

The previous post of the thread, My Short Wave Archive: March 2014, can be found here.

This post brings memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard Saturday, May 24, 2014.

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 2014 : Short Wave

• [Saturday] 24 May [2014]: 2258 UTC: 9855 kHz: "I hear English language voices - Radio Australia was listed on this frequency during the previous hour, unless the schedule has changed and they continue on this frequency - Co-channel interference too? [Man-made interference and noise] Will refer back following a look at the Radio Australia schedule online."
  To 2305 UTC.
• 24 May: 2312 UTC: 9965 kHz: Music "with that mystical influence" - Radio Cairo broadcasting English to America. Time pips for 15 minutes past the hour. Female voice - Station ID for Radio Cairo. Female speech. Speech regarding Russia - Speech becomes distorted. Poor reception. Speech includes "Government leaders".
  To 2322 UTC.
• 24 May: 2327 UTC: 10000 kHz: "The unmistakeable broadcast from the Time Signal station" WWV Boulder, Colorado, USA. Fair reception. Time pips.
  To 2329 UTC.

"Closing this DX at 2330 UTC on the frequency of 10000 kHz Short Wave.  A reminder that Eden FM launches on 107.5 FM on Friday 20 June 2014.

Football results from today: Championship Play-Off final at Wembley Stadium: QPR 1 - Derby County 0.

Champions League final in Lisbon: Real Madrid 4 - Athletico Madrid 1. Goodnight; 2335 UTC."

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