My Short Wave Archive: November 2011

XENODOCHY, or Welcome, to another post in the continuing thread of memories of radio broadcasts, heard via Short Wave Radio.

Apologies for my absence!

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: September 2011, can be found here.

This post brings memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard Monday, November 28, 2011.

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.

November 2011 : Short Wave

• [Monday] 28 November [2011]: 1951 UTC: 7485 kHz: Voice of America  Special English
  Excellent to good reception.
  'VOA Special English' with a male and female host, with a programme regarding 'rhetoric', with speech regarding the Presidential TV debate between Nixon and Kennedy; Martin Luther King 'I Had A Dream' speech, Ronald Reagan speaking at the Berlin Wall, with words directed to Mr Gorbachev.
  Speech by Eleanor Roosevelt, recorded December 9, 1948.
  Content from the American Rhetoric website.
  President G W Bush speaking in Florida on September 11, 2001.
  Off suddenly at 20:00 UTC.
• 28 November: 2040 UTC: 7550 kHz: All India Radio  Vocal singing by a female and a male with guests on All India Radio.  Good atmosphere.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Vocal singing; No instruments.
  Announcement of frequencies at 2048 UTC: 7550 kHz; 9445 kHz; 11670 kHz. Broadcasting to Australia on 9910 kHz.
  Review of the Indian Press. Proposal to liberate visa regimes between India and Pakistan.  India - China border talks, with respect of the border between India and China.  India treats the Dalai Llama as a spiritually respected leader.
  This is the English Service of the General Overseas Service of All India Radio. ID. Music.
  2100 UTC: Male host: 'Please stand by for the news': Parliament was adjourned regarding an issue. India and Bulgaria have signed an agreement regarding medical services. Court proceedings in India. Elections taking place for the 'Lower House' of Egyptian Parliament. Resignation over corruption in Kuwait. Nineteen killed by suicide bomb outside prison in Iraq.
  Headlines. ID. Political commentary: Justice has been done over the Mumbai attacks - The men who carried out the attacks are in Pakistan. News read by female; Political commentary by male host.
  ID. Hindustani instrument and music. 'Faithfully Yours' feature; Postal address: P O Box 500, Post Code 110001. All India Radio email address also announced.
  Logged to 2110 UTC.
• 28 November: 2116 UTC: 7560 kHz: Voice of America  English to Afghanistan.
  Feature at 2140 UTC: Programme regarding the life and music of Johnny Cash!
  Music included 'Jackson', 'Hurt', 'I Walk The Line'.
  Fair reception.
  Logged to 2200 UTC.
• 28 November: 2212 UTC: 7580 kHz: Radio Farda  Music, female voice with ID, music.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Female speaking over music bed, with a telephone ringer at beginning and end of item. Male speech with ID, speech in Persian language, music.
  Logged to 2220 UTC.
  
• 28 November: 2250 UTC: 9420 kHz: The Voice of Greece  Music, female host with fast speech.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Female host, Greek language, continued speech between female and male, news at 2300 UTC, music. Time check, ID.
  Greek language to Europe and America (Atlantic Ocean).
  English language ID!
  Logged to 2310 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: August 2010

 A BANK HOLIDAY Monday, August 2010, is the source of the following logs of international radio broadcasts, heard on a Short Wave radio.

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: July 2010, 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.

August 2010 : Short Wave

• [Monday] 30 August [2010]: 0925 UTC: 17490 kHz: China Radio International  English to Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia via Kashi, China.
  Business news report from New York. Railways upgrade. China insurance. Coming up: Sport.
  'Beijing Hour': 'People making the headlines' Professor who trains guide dogs.
  Excellent to good reception.
  ID followed by female host with world news headlines and the Chinese newspapers including Beijing Times. Fraud investigator attacked. Shanghai Daily reports navy to start ammunition tests.
  China Daily reports driving prices increase; New fast food chain measures carbon footprint. Krakow (Poland) attempts to break world record for world's largest pizza.
  Stories of world sport: China has clean sweep of gold medals at World Badminton Championships. First victory at the World Basketball Championships. USA beats Japan in World Volleyball Championship final. US Open tennis begins today.
  Entertainment: Taiwan fashion. Paris Hilton and boyfriend arrested for cocaine possession. Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow renew their friendship by recording a single, 'Shame', released October 4th, followed by a tour by the reunited Take That. Emmy Awards take place.
  End of programme at 0955 UTC. Website contact details.
  Logged to 0955 UTC.
• 30 August: 1019 UTC: 17510 kHz: All India Radio  General Overseas Service to Asia and Australasia.
  Poor to fair reception.
  Music of the Subcontinent.
  Logged to 1026 UTC.

World coverage map of Radio Pakistan, Season B-10 (October 2010 - March 2011)

• 30 August: 1030 UTC: 17540 kHz: China Radio International  Male speech from the Chinese service.
  Good to fair reception.
  Logged to 1034 UTC.
• 30 August: 1049 UTC: 17720 kHz: Radio Pakistan  Good to fair reception.
  Male speech, discussion programme, Urdu / Tamil language.
  1100 UTC: English news: Female speech, time signal, Islamabad ID, male speech.
  Floodwaters in Pakistan, report from the Hyderabad correspondent. Medical assistance, medical advances. Convoy to Islamabad. Help for six million people, pledged by Indian Ambassador. News from Washington, DC.
  Female speech at 1108 UTC, followed by the National Anthem.
  [English news to Europe]
  Off air at 1109 UTC.
  [See world coverage map, provided by Radio Pakistan, above]

Contact information for broadcasters, as of August 2010:

All India Radio, Director of External Services, Post Box No 500, New Delhi 110001 India

Radio Pakistan, Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation Headquarters G-5, Constitutional Avenue, Islamabad Pakistan

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My Short Wave Archive: April 2010

 SPRINGTIME 2010, a Thursday evening, listening to Short Wave radio.
Here is what I heard.

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: February 2010, 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.

April 2010 : Short Wave

• [Thursday] 8 April [2010]: 1820 UTC: 7220 kHz: Unidentified broadcast: Music in the Spanish language.
• 8 April: 1834 UTC: 7290 kHz: Unidentified broadcast: Male speaking of God, who made everything perfect.  Bible chapters.  English language.  Good to fair reception.
• 8 April: 1849 UTC: 7520 kHz: Radio Tirana  Female announces this is Tirana, Albania.
  Fair to poor reception.  English to Europe and America.  Speech audible, though noise increasing.
  Logged to 1858 UTC.
• 8 April: 1904 UTC: 7550 kHz: All India Radio General Overseas Service  Female broadcaster with news: India and Australia have signed an agreement.
  Fair to poor reception.  English to Europe and Africa.  Poor with noise.
  Logged to 1910 UTC.

• 8 April: 1925 UTC: 7570 kHz: Radio Thailand  Male and female news team broadcast report from BBC News which declares flowers in central England have flowered earlier than in the last century or so.  Trailer for eating out in Bangkok, Thailand.  The El Nino phenomenon.  "This is Radio Thailand news".  Fight against global warming.
  Business news: Hutchinson Telecom CDMA network.  Banking in Asia.  Currency exchange.  State bank of Vietnam.  World Bank says China has helped the region recover from economic downturn.
  Excellent to good reception.  English to Europe via Udon Thani, Thailand.
  Logged to 1945 UTC.
• 8 April: 1958 UTC: 9490 kHz: Family Radio  End of broadcast announcements, including email address.
• 8 April: 2018 UTC: 9645 kHz: Vatican Radio  English language service, announcing frequencies for next broadcast on air.  Off air at 2020 UTC.
• 8 April: 2025 UTC: 9915 kHz: Unidentified broadcast: Music: Lionel Richie 'Hello'.  Speech from the Middle East.
• 8 April: 2033 UTC: 11610 kHz: Radio Netherlands  Female host announced Radio Netherlands website address as the 'EarthBeat' programme closes.
  English to West Africa.
  ID, male host presents 'Reloaded' programme: Website in Holland promotes sexual health awareness for Muslims.
  Good to fair reception.  English to West Africa via Kigali, Rwanda.
  Programming: Anti-Islam politics.  Drugs policy.
  Logged to 2050 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: April 2009

 ONE week after Easter 2009, an evening of listening to Short Wave radio broadcasts on Friday, 17 April, 2009.

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

Receiver used: Roberts R881.

April 2009 : Short Wave

• [Friday] 17 April [2009]: 1925 UTC: 6200 kHz: Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran  ID, male voice, music, singing. ID, female voice with frequencies.
  English service.
  Music, male voice with prayers.
  Good-Moderate-Good reception.
  English language service, prayers, news headlines: Iranian President speaks of Iranian expatriates, regarding places for them to meet.  Iranian armed forces.  Iranian links with China and Vietnam.
  [Interference from an English language broadcast - Male speaking of health issues]
  Iran's foreign minister is at a meeting in Pakistan, regarding terror in Afghanistan.  Japanese Prime Minister speaks before a meeting.
  English language service to Europe.
  Russian President criticizes NATO for holding exercises in Georgia.  President Obama updates US citizens.  North Korea expels US nuclear inspectors viewing North Korean nuclear programme.  Political comment.  President Obama speaks out over torture methods.  Protests over Palestinian prisoners.
  Broadcast closes with details of postal address, email and website.
  Logged to 1955 UTC.
• 17 April: 2025 UTC: 7205 kHz: Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran  Frequencies: 6205 kHz, 7205 kHz and 5945 kHz to Europe; 9800 kHz and 9825 kHz to South Africa.  Details of the IRIB website.
  Good to fair reception.
  English to Europe.
  Female with frequencies for the 1930 - 2030 UTC broadcast (listed above), contact details, close at 2028 UTC, followed by VOIRI signature tune, piano music.
  Logged to 2030 UTC.
• 17 April: 2057 UTC: 9385 kHz: WWRB  Manchester  TN  USA  Male with guitar, singing to a congregation: "Glory to God in the highest... Glory, glory, hallelujah".
  Male with ID for WWRB Manchester TN USA
  Male with Bible reading: "Chapter five... The sacrifice of Jesus Christ".
  Good reception.
  English to America.
  Male Bible readings: "Chapter 12", music with male singers.  Brother Stair features on this broadcast.  Singing Church congregation.
  Logged to 2110 UTC.
• 17 April: 2126 UTC: 9445 kHz: All India Radio  General Overseas Service
  Female tells the story of how an Emperor arrived at a shrine, all the people who have been there, year 1911, shrine in India.
  Excellent to good reception.
  English to Europe and Australasia.
  Female host.  Music recital.  ID in full.
  Logged to 2135 UTC.

Bakhtawar Singhs' Chhatri, Alwar: Rajasthan: India
(All India Radio QSL Card)

• 17 April: 2140 UTC: 9500 kHz: Radio Australia  Australian male, speaking on the phone to an American male, regarding the policies of the USA - This is 'Saturday Extra - 100 days of Barack Obama' on Radio Australia.  Policies of President Obama.
  Good to fair reception.
  English to Asia and Australasia.
  Female speech.  Fading out at 2145 UTC.
  Logged to 2150 UTC.

Additional information (Correct in April 2009):

International Radio Station WWRB

Airline Transport Communications Inc

Listeners Services

Box 7

Manchester

TN 37349

U S A

Telephone (00-1-931) 728-6063

                  (00-1-931) 728-6087

Web: wwrb.org

(9385 kHz Global III transmitter: Overcomer Ministry)

All India Radio - Director of External Services

Post Box No 500

New Delhi - 110001

INDIA

(9445 kHz General Overseas Service - V)

Radio Australia

GPO Box 428G

Melbourne

Australia 3001

Telephone: Business Hours (UTC +11): +61 39626 1500

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My Short Wave Archive: January 2008

 CONTINUING the memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard days gone by, in the thread that is known as 'My Short Wave Archive'.  This thread was previously known as 'My DX Archive'.

The previous posts featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: November 2007, 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.

January 2008 : Short Wave

• [Friday] 4 January [2008]: 2052 UTC: 9445 kHz: All India Radio  Excellent to good reception.
  General Overseas Service to Europe and Australia.
  Light music segment.
• 4 January: 2242 UTC: 9575 kHz: Radio Medi Un  [Morocco] Male speech, female speech, French language. Music.
• 4 January: 2254 UTC: 9630 kHz: Radio Exterior de Espana  Spanish speaking male and female, going through schedules, ID, interval signal, off air at 2256 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: November 2007

 PREVIOUSLY known as 'My DX Archive', I am pleased to welcome the return of memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard days gone by, in the thread that will now be known as 'My Short Wave Archive'.

I feel the inclusion of 'Short Wave' - The radio band on which the broadcasts are heard - is clearer than the radio term 'DX' - 'Distance Unknown' - The term used to describe broadcasts heard over any distance.

The previous posts featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My DX Archive: Short Wave Radio, September 2007, 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.

November 2007 : Short Wave

QSL verification card from WWV, November 2007

• [Wednesday] 14 November [2007]: 1513 UTC: 5000 kHz: WWV Boulder Colorado USA  Time Signal station.
  Excellent to fair reception.
  One second ticks with long tone at top of minute, double tick at 30 second mark, changing to rapid ticks at 1518 UTC "(although my clock may be incorrect)".
  Logged to 1523 UTC.
• 14 November: 1551 UTC: 6065 kHz: Radio Sweden  Svenska (Swedish) language broadcast from Radio Sweden, Excellent reception.
  Swedish to Europe / Africa / Middle East via Hörby, 500 kW.
  P1 programme, news includes [UK Prime Minister] reviewing UK security, France's President Sarkosi and the transport strike in France, Police helicopters in Sweden, Public broadcasters in Sweden, news from Stockholm, conversation between male and female on telephone.
  Logged to 1610 UTC.
• 14 November: 1717 UTC: 7370 kHz: Radio PMR  Pridnestrovye Moldova
  Male speech "What is a sovereign state?" Commentary.
  Excellent to good reception.
  English to Europe.
  Contact details for email and postal address for Tiraspol.
  Also on air on 5960 kHz.
  English broadcast to 1720 UTC, followed by German broadcast.
  Logged to 1730 UTC.
• 14 November: 1741 UTC: 7420 kHz: Radio Sweden  Excellent to good reception.
  Arabic to Middle East.
  Speech with interjections of children singing, male speech, ID for 'Stockholm'. Speech by female also features children singing.
  Logged to 1745 UTC.

QSL verification from Radio Tirana

• 14 November: 1948 UTC: 7465 kHz: Radio Tirana  Male broadcaster with soft voice in English language on Radio Tirana: Albania Daily Press Review: Resignation of Director General of Prisons in Albania. Albanian Government is committed to fight against corruption. Development of tourism in Albania. Albanian Prime Minister meets Kosovans. Montenegro President meets Albanian leaders for links between Albania and Montenegro. Dutch shipping.
  Female speech "That's the end..." Music.
  Good to fair reception.
  English to Europe.
  End of English at 1955 UTC, ID interval signal tune at 1957 UTC, French at 20 UTC.
  Logged to 2010 UTC.
• 14 November: 2033 UTC: 9410 kHz: BBC World Service  Gordon Brown has announced new measures to counter terrorism in the UK. This is being analysed and discussed on BBC World Service.
  Good reception.
  English to Europe & North Africa via Cyprus.
  Logged to 2042 UTC.
• 14 November: 2048 UTC: 9445 kHz: All India Radio  General Overseas Service  Editorial Comment. Male hosts Light Music.
  Excellent to good reception.
  English to Europe & Africa.
  21 UTC news: Imran Khan arrested in Pakistan. Musharaf expects to stand down as Army Chief end of month. Bhutto under house arrest. Swiss suspend delivery of arms to Pakistan. US fund new missile strike programme. Protesting in Tbilisi Georgia. US forces inflict on Taliban. Russia may deploy troops in Belarus. Tamil Tigers.
  Sport: Cricket: India take on Pakistan in 4th One Day International Test.
  Logged to 2115 UTC.

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Short Wave: Summer 2018

LOGS of Short Wave broadcasts, received Sunday 15 July 2018, listening to the Sangean ATS-405.
Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

July 2018: Short Wave

• [Sunday] 15 July [2018]: 0937 UTC: 6070 kHz: Channel 292 Male speech in the German language, music: Robbie Williams 'I Love My Life'. Moderate to poor reception. Channel 292 via Rohrbach, Germany, 1 kW transmission. Music: Cyndi Lauper 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun'. Programme: Radio DARC [Deutscher Amateur Radio Club], 100 kW via Moosbrunn, Austria.
• 15 July: 0959 UTC: 6150 kHz: Europa 24 Male speech in English, promoting an album called 'Revelation', music from Ryan Webb. Moderate to poor reception. Europa 24 via Datteln, Germany, 250 watts. Music: 'My Religion' by Ryan Webb. Programme: Radio Marabu.
• 15 July: 1023 UTC: 6205 kHz: Laser Hot Hits Music and male speech. Moderate to poor reception. Music: Boston 'More Than A Feeling', male speech, music: Status Quo 'In The Army Now', Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers 'Don't Go Dragging My Heart Around' To 1045 UTC.
• 15 July: 1059 UTC: 6285 kHz: Coast FM Tenerife. Music, extended IDs and jingles - "From the Sky News centre at midday" - 11 UTC news bulletin: Theresa May, Novichok in Wiltshire, England football team finish 4th in 2018 World Cup in Russia. Wimbledon. Music: Boy Meets Girl 'Waiting For A Star To Fall', Kings Of Leon 'Sex On Fire'. Moderate to poor reception. Music: Beats International 'Dub Be Good To Me'.
• 15 July: 1119 UTC: 6305 kHz: Radio Merlin International Music: Blancmange 'Living On The Ceiling'.

• 15 July: 1208 UTC: 9610 kHz: Radio Romania International Pop music, female speech, ID, music. Male speech, ID - Fanfare! Radio Romania International Arabic Service, Strong to moderate reception. Music. Broadcast to Middle East. To 1223 UTC.
• 15 July: 1328 UTC: 9830 kHz: Deutsche Welle Female and male speech. Deutsche Welle on this frequency via Sao Tome in Hausa language. Female speech, music, ID. Moderate to poor reception. Broadcast to West Africa. To 1340 UTC.
• 15 July: 1345 UTC: 9840 kHz: Tentative reception of Voice of Turkey Female speech. Moderate to poor reception. Brief male speech. Believed to be Voice of Turkey, Turkish language via Emirler, Turkey, 500 kW. To 1355 UTC.
• 15 July: 1418 UTC: 11530 kHz: Dengé Welat via Moldova in Kurdish language. Music. Strong to moderate reception. Music. To 1428 UTC.
• 15 July: 1450 UTC: 11560 kHz: All India Radio Music. Female speech. Moderate to poor reception. Extended speech, music. Programme: Pushto language to Afghanistan. To 1459 UTC.
• 15 July: 1502 UTC: 11600 kHz: Overcomer Ministry Brother R G Stair is on the air and he wants to "Make America Great Again"! Brother R G Stair asks if this is a world we want to live in, a world of fighting, which is fighting against God. This is Overcomer Ministry to Europe via Spaceline, Kostinbrod / Sofia, Bulgaria. "Don't judge yourself by others" Good to moderate reception. "Are you ready for the Lord's coming?" "We are all God's people" English to Europe via Bulgaria. Brother Stair wants listener to confirm when they hear a broadcast - Email and telephone please. To 1517 UTC.

The Overcomer Ministry studio.

• 15 July: 1525 UTC: 11610 kHz: China Radio International Female and male speech in the English language. China Radio International (worldwide) via Kashgar (Kashi), Xinjiang, China. Ad break! Strong to moderate reception. Weekend edition of 'Today'. Logged to 1540 UTC.
• 15 July: 1750 UTC: 11630 kHz: China National Radio Female speech, male speech, music. Moderate to poor reception. Music to top of the hour, time pips, music. Kazakh language, 100 kW via Lingshi, China. To 1802 UTC.
• 15 July: 1808 UTC: 11635 kHz: Tentative reception of Cuba - Music, female speech, poor reception. To 1812 UTC.
• 15 July: 1814 UTC: 11645 - 11650 kHz: China Radio International Female speech in German, with male guest on telephone. Music. Strong to good reception. Via Urumqi, China. To 1832 UTC.
• 15 July: 1837 UTC: 11695 kHz: China Radio International Female and male speech, music. Good reception. French language broadcast, 150 kW via Cerrik, Albania. To 1840 UTC.
• 15 July: 1846 UTC: 11775 kHz: China Radio International Male and female speech, music, German language broadcast, strong to good reception. Female speech. 500 kW via Kashi, China. To 1852 UTC.

• 15 July: 1854 UTC: 11800 kHz: Deutsche Welle Male speech, music, female speech, music. Deutsche Welle sport update: France have beaten Croatia 4-2 in the 2018 Football World Cup Final. Donald Trump in the news. Strong to good reception. Music. Hausa language, 250 kW via Issoudun, France. Broadcast off air at 19 UTC.
• 15 July: 1901 UTC: 11800 kHz: "This is Adventist World Radio, The voice of hope" - "Visit us at awr.org" Arabic language programme. Female with the intro, male host, upbeat programme with music and speech. Strong to good reception. Female and male speech, music. Alwaad Arabic to Middle East and North Africa. To 1911 UTC.
• 15 July: 1915 UTC: 11820 kHz: Radio Saudi Male singing, strong to good reception. Arabic language via Riyadh, 500 kW. To 1917 UTC.
• 15 July: 1923 UTC: 11860 kHz: Radio Sanaa / Republic of Yemen Radio Arabic speech, male and female voices, broadcast via Saudi Arabia. Good to moderate reception. To 1926 UTC.

A mixture of broadcasts I haven't heard for a while, as well as broadcasts heard for the first time!

📻

Festive Frequencies 2017 - 2018

WELCOME to this first post on Reporting From The Fox Tower of 2018, taking a look at the log of radio broadcasts received on Christmas Eve (Sunday 24), New Year's Eve (Sunday 31 December 2017) and the first logged broadcast of 2018 (Monday 1 January).
[Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz), transmission powers in watts and kiloWatts (kW)]

Short Wave: Sunday 24 December 2017

• 24 December: 1450 UTC: 9810 kHz: Radio Romania International. Strong to good reception, 300 kW via Galbeni, Romania. Romanian speech: Female speech, music with male vocalist, male speech giving frequencies and an ID for Radio Romania International. Music to the top of the hour, birdcall (bird song), top of the hour pips, male speech, brief music, female speech, news? Gathering of world leaders, including Prince Charles and President Macron of France? Medal was mentioned. Music, female vocalist. Female speech, male speech on phone. To 1508 UTC.
• 24 December: 1521 UTC: 9840 kHz: World Harvest Radio International, USA. Good to poor reception, English to Europe, Africa and the Americas, via WHRI Angel 2, Cypress Creek, South Carolina, USA. Music in the English language, audible male and female speech, female speaks of relationships being restored, David in a relationship with Lord Jesus Christ. Male wishes listeners a 'Very Merry Christmas', female says 'Keep Christ in Christmas'. ID for World Harvest Radio, web and email addresses. New programme: 'Christian Crusaders', male speech, prayer. Music: Christmas hymns: 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!' Reading from the scriptures, broadcast interrupted by noise. To 1538 UTC.
• 24 December: 1559 UTC: 9880 kHz: China Radio International. Strong to good reception, English to Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia, via Nanning, Guangxi, China. Reception is excellent! News: China's amphibious aircraft has completed first test flight, can carry water to combat fires. Plans to develop hydrogen energy cells in China. Car plants in China. Tourist ship collides with stone-carrying barge. Fire in Philippino furniture store. Tropical storm death toll rises. Officers dismissed due to terror groups in Turkey. South Korean fire in sports centre parking lot. 'Chinese Theatre' involved in daily life of China: Wild China, through the eyes of photographers. To 1614 UTC.

• 24 December: 1629 UTC: 11560 kHz: All India Radio. Strong to good reception. Upbeat 'music hall' style song, female speech. 1630 UTC news bulletin? Pakistan, Islamabad, Kashmir. Music with male vocals. Dari? To the Indian Subcontinent? To 1645 UTC.
• 24 December: 1653 UTC: 11625 kHz: Vatican Radio. Poor reception, 250 kW via Talata-Volonondry, Madagascar. English broadcast: Male speech on a very distorted channel: "God is desperate for you to hear his word", music: 'Away In A Manger' played on the piano. Speech. Interval signal to 1700 UTC: New broadcast: 250 kW via Santa Maria di Galeria: Male speech in the French language, giving frequencies. To 1708 UTC.
• 24 December: 1743 UTC: 11930 kHz: Radio Marti, USA. Poor reception, 250 kW via Greenville B, USA. Spanish language speech by a female and male, break for music, male speech continues. Female speech, heavy noise. To 1750 UTC.

• 24 December: 1820 UTC: 13845 kHz: WWCR, USA. Moderate to poor reception, English to Europe and America via WWCR-3, Nashville, Tennessee. University Network: Pastor Melissa Scott speaks about the relationship between the Earth and the Lord. Points to think about. Heavy noise. Bible references. Reminder of the points spoken about. Reading the Bible from cover to cover gives a true reflection of events. "Proof of Cain to be able to be harmful to his brother". Be obedient. 'God's place in Jesus' scriptures'. To 1832 UTC.

Medium Wave: Sunday 31 December 2017

• 31 December: 1914 UTC: 1431 kHz: Smooth Radio, Essex / Berkshire, UK. Moderate to poor reception. Music: Madonna 'Borderline', male speech, music: John Legend 'All Of Me', Andy Williams 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You', 'Street Life', severe noise. Smooth Radio via Essex (350 watts) / Berkshire (140 watts). To 1930 UTC.
• 31 December: 2004 UTC: 1449 kHz: BBC Radio Four, UK. Good to poor reception, heavy interference and noise. Male speaks about a dance and how his father taught him to dance. The father was a military man, who died. Male speaks with an Australian / New Zealand accent - Actor Russell Crowe? BBC Radio Four via Redmoss, Aberdeen, 2 kW. To 2013 UTC.

• 31 December: 2028 UTC: 1458 kHz: Gold - Manchester, UK. Good to poor reception. Music: Cyndi Lauper 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun', 'New Year's Eve party' ID. 5 kW via Ashton Moss, Manchester. Music: 'Venus' [Co-channel reception of BBC Radio Newcastle] ID for Gold, music: 'Just Hold On', ID, T-Rex 'I Love To Boogie', 'Sweet Talking Guy'. To 2044 UTC.
• 31 December: 2050 UTC: 1467 kHz: Trans World Radio - Europe. Good to moderate reception, 1000 kW via Roumoules, France. Continuous male speech, Polish language? Speech including tentative ID and frequencies, speech continues past the top of the hour. Female speech and music? Interval signal / Off air / News bulletin? To 2106 [21:11] UTC.
• 31 December: 2123 UTC: 1485 kHz: SER, Spain. Moderate to poor reception [Co-channel male speech in English, speaking of an 'album of the week'], male and female speech in Spanish language - SER Radio Melilla, 5 kW via Melilla, the Spanish autonomous city, on the border of Morocco. To 2132 UTC.

Google Maps image of Melilla, on the Moroccan border.

[Other DX notes: 31 December: 2145 UTC: 1503 kHz: Broadcasts included speech and music - Obliterated by noise. Music: Dance music. Most likely to be RNE Radio 5 or BBC Radio Stoke. To 2156 UTC.]

• 31 December: 2237 UTC: 1530 kHz: Pulse 2, UK. Good to poor reception. Music: Bon Jovi 'Livin' On A Prayer', Ike & Tina Turner 'Disco Inferno', Tiffany 'I Think We're Alone Now', Michael Jackson 'Billie Jean'. 740 watts via Vicars Lot, Huddersfield. To 2302 UTC.
• 31 December: 2308 UTC: 1548 kHz: Forth 2, UK. Strong to moderate reception. Music: Irene Cara 'Fame', 'Last Night A DJ Saved My Life', male speech: "Good evening..."[Laughter], music: R Dean Taylor 'Ghost In My House', Men Without Hats 'Safety Dance', Electric Light Orchestra. Male speech on Forth 2, Colinswell, Edinburgh: ID 'The Greatest Hits for Edinburgh, Lothian and Fife, this is Forth 2'. Music: The Weather Girls 'It's Raining Men', ID, D:Ream 'Things Can Only Get Better'. Forth 2: 2.2 kW via Colinswell, Edinburgh. Male host with contact details. Music: Bee Gees 'You Should Be Dancing', ID, Whitney Houston 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody'. To 2344 UTC.
• 31 December: 2346 UTC: 1557 kHz: Smooth Radio, UK. Strong to moderate reception, via Kings Heath, Northampton (760 watts) or Veals Farm, Southampton (500 watts). Music: Stevie Wonder 'I Just Called To Say I Love You', male speech with time check [12 minutes to Midnight], "This show continues to one o'clock". Ad break, music: Chicago 'If You Leave Me Now', Toni Braxton 'Unbreak My Heart'. Smooth Love Songs hands over to Big Ben - The Midnight chimes from Big Ben - "Happy New Year, from Smooth Radio". Music: Foreigner 'I Want To Know What Love Is', Rod Stewart 'I Don't Want To Talk About It'. ID: "Your relaxing music mix, Smooth Radio". Music: George Michael 'Jesus To A Child', Richard Marx 'Right Here Waiting'. To 00:16 UTC.

Medium Wave: Monday 1 January 2018

• 1 January: 00:25 UTC: 1566 kHz: BBC Somerset, UK. Good to poor reception, 1 kW via Taunton, Somerset. Male speech "...In the west of England". Music: McFadden and Whitehead, male speech, music: Chic 'Le Freak', speech, music, male speech "Across the west country, thanks for joining us, whatever you are doing...". Music: Bee Gees 'Night Fever'. To 00:50 UTC.

Thanks for visiting Reporting From The Fox Tower!

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My DX Archive: Summer 1993

WELCOME to memories of July and August 1993, courtesy of Short Wave and Medium Wave radio logs of the time. Memories of June 1993 can be found here. The broadcasts included here were received on a Hitachi TRK-5854 E.
[Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz), MegaHertz (MHz) and/or metrebands (m). Logs transcribed from the original notes.]

July 1993

• 9 July [1993]: 1030 UTC: 9410 kHz: BBC World Service Rock Music with Tommy Vance: AC/DC "Money Talks", Faith No More "Epic", Deep Purple "Burn", Foreigner "Jukebox Hero", Metallica "Enter Sandman" and Bon Jovi "Livin On A Prayer".
• 14 July: 1745 UTC: 6195 kHz: BBC World Service Music: Tears For Fears "Break It Down Again". 'Sports Roundup': Des Walker returns to British Football, Cricket.
• 14 July: 1801 UTC: 7269? kHz: Radio Australia "International Report" Japanese elections, report from Tokyo. Japan's Prime Minister tours earthquake sites. To 1816 UTC.
• 14 July: 1828 UTC: 9730 kHz: Radio Finland "Compass North" Business news, heavy interference.
• 14 July: 1855 UTC: 9760 kHz: Voice of America Special English, 19 UTC news: Somalia, Pyongyang, Russia, Israel, Greece, USA, India. 1910 UTC: "Newsline" on VOA: Bosnia.
• 14 July: 1915 UTC: 9750 kHz: BBC World Service "Outlook" Interview with Eric Clapton. 1930 UTC: "Omnibus" British girls working in a French nightclub, featuring Kate Weston, who recently left school, becoming a topless cancan dancer. Kate Weston, giggles a lot, originates from Clacton*. To 1941 UTC.

• 14 July: 1945 UTC: 9760 kHz: Voice of America "Concert Hall". 20 UTC news.
• 14 July: 2003 UTC: 9820 - 9880 kHz: Radio Moscow "News And Views" Italy asked to withdraw its General from Mogadishu. Report of the Israeli Prime Minister. Economic reform in Russia. To 2020 UTC.
• 14 July: 2030 UTC: 9920 kHz: China Radio International Feature regarding Asthma, American Baritone to host a concert in China. "News & Current Affairs" 'Learn to speak Chinese' Lesson 15/16.
• 14 July: 2047 UTC: 9950 kHz: All India Radio 'Press Review' India launch a satellite from Russia, with the support of President Clinton & President Yeltzin. 'Light Music'. 21 UTC News: Ukrainian President meets India's Foreign Minister.
• 14 July: 2114 UTC: 11 MHz: Radio Moscow 'Focus On Asia & The Pacific' Korea will not allow inspectors in to Nuclear sites, China's Foreign Policy in review.
• 14 July: 2125 UTC: 12095 kHz: BBC World Service 'Newshour'.

• 14 July: 2218 UTC: 15330 kHz: Radio Bulgaria A Bulgarian Children's Choir tours Japan. 'Economy & Farming' at 2230 UTC.
• 15 July: 1210 UTC: 5955 kHz: Radio Netherlands 'Media Network' [Good to poor reception] Information of broadcasts from Eritrea received in Finland. New book regarding UK transmitting station Woofferton. Listeners discuss their receivers, Japanese listener discusses his Sony receiver. Mike Bird's propagation report.
• 16 July: 1618 UTC: 6175 kHz: Radio France Internationale News programme: Troops in Mogadishu (Somalia), The French mourn Jews killed in World War II. Success in a river blindness campaign in Africa.
• 18 July: 1151 UTC: 13730 kHz: Radio Austria International. [Strong to good reception] 'Austrian Coffeetable' Jazz Music on a Sunday lunchtime.

August 1993

• 8 August: 2030 UTC: 1179 kHz Medium Wave: Radio Sweden [Strong to good reception] 'In Touch With Stockholm' featuring Björn Ulvæus of ABBA, presenting 'ABBA Quiz Winners'. News headlines: Accident at an airshow. Alan Pryke introduces Bjorn, who discusses 'The Emigrants', 'Chiquitita', 'Does Your Mother Know', 'I Have A Dream', 'The Winner Takes It All'. 1st Prize: ABBA 'Gold' CD, Amnesty CD & Radio Sweden T-Shirt. Letter from Merseyside, England. Discussion of Swedish musicians Roxette, Ace of Base, Dr Alban. Letter from Cambridge, England featuring British newspapers 'News of the World' and 'Sunday Mirror'. Telephone call: Fred from New York. Letter from Northern Ireland, telephone call from Scotland.
• 12 August: 1145 UTC: 5955 kHz: Radio Netherlands 'Media Network': WSHB, WCSN, KHBI, Forces Radio in Russia, earthquake in New Zealand. IRRS transmitter struck by lightning! CRI change frequency. WWCR, St Helena, Transworld, Luxembourg, Freisland. Mike Bird's propagation report. News at 1230 UTC.

The 'Brussels Calling' team.

• 31 August: 2119 UTC: 1512 kHz Medium Wave: B R T Brussels [Strong to good reception] Music, 'P O Box 26' the letters programme of 'Brussels Calling'.

That concludes the Summer 1993 logs.

As we are now at mid December, I plan to post over the festive - New Year 2018 period, taking a look at Reporting From The Fox Tower's most popular posts of 2017 and rounding up Carlisle United Football Club's results for the month of December. At this point, may I hope your festive plans are going well.

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* I SO wanted to meet her at the time...

My DX Archive: February 1992

EVERY month, here on Reporting From The Fox Tower, I bring you a log of broadcasts heard on Short Wave or Medium Wave. This post is different. I'm taking you back to the very beginning of my time listening to the radio, to my very first logs. Taking you back to February 13, 1992. Enjoy.
Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz), MegaHertz (MHz) and/or metrebands (m). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

• 13 February [1992]: 2023 UTC: 31m / 9655 kHz: Radio Sweden International "S 105-10 Stockholm Sweden".
• 13 February: 2034 UTC: 25mband: Radio Roma ; Swiss Radio International (Switzerland) 12035 kHz - 25m band (Based in Berne).
• 13 February: 2053 UTC: Radio Canada International - Including Canadian Newspapers.
• 13 February: 2102 UTC: 13700 kHz / 19m / 22m band: Radio Netherlands International "Media Network" Programme.
• 13 February: 2114 UTC: 15 MHz / 19mband: Voice of Algeria "(Or is it Voice of America?)"
• 13 February: 2116 UTC: 15 MHz / 19mband: Radio Portugal International "Broadcasting from Lisbon, Frequency news, 'Portugal Past & Present'".

A more recent logo from "Radio Portugal International"

• 13 February: 2124 UTC: 15566 kHz / 19m or 17750 kHz / 16m: Family Radio (WYFR) "- I think!".
• 13 February: 2152 UTC: 19mband: Voice of America - "Winter Olympics news, logo for '96 Summer Olympics unveiled in Atlanta, Georgia".
• 13 February: 2200 UTC: 19mband: World Harvest Radio "PO Box 12, INDIANA 46624 USA".
• 13 February: 2210 UTC: 17875 kHz / 19mband: C B C (Radio Canada International?) - News.
• 13 February: 2216 UTC: 12095 kHz / 25 m band: B B C World Service : London.
• 13 February: 2227 UTC: 9950 kHz / 31 m band: All India Radio "Open University information (1845 - 2230 UTC)".

All India Radio logo

That concludes the logs from February 1992. The DX Archive may become a regular feature, I am not sure yet. I hope to bring you DX logs for August 2017 in the coming days, so please stay tuned for that. Good DX!

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Shortwave Sunday: March 2016

LOOKING back through this blog, it is an online record of the various radio broadcasts I have heard over the decade and more that this blog has been in existence. Sunday 6 March was another of those lovely days spent beside the radio, listening to the Shortwave bands. Here is a record of what I heard that day.

[Housekeeping: Times in UTC (GMT); Frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz); Transmission powers (where applied) are kiloWatts (kW).]

1110 UTC : 6210 kHz : Radio Merlin International (UK Pirate). High energy dance music - Relay of Energy FM Tenerife 'This is Energy', ad break. Dance mix of Ellie Goulding's 'Love Me Like You Do'. Moderate to poor reception. To 1132 UTC.
*Radio Merlin website*

1145 UTC : 6295 kHz : Radio De Zwarte Panter [Radio The Black Panther] (Dutch Pirate). Dance music. Fade out - Loss of signal.
*Radio De Zwarte Panter website*

1316 UTC : 9560 kHz : Radio Slovakia International (Slovakia). Good to moderate reception. English to Europe via Radio 700 (Kall-Krekel, Germany). 'Slovakia Today' with Katarina Richterova and colleagues. To 1330 UTC.
*Radio Slovakia website*

1412 UTC : 9580 kHz : Medi 1 Radio (Tangier, Morocco). 'Intermission': Music: Annie Lennox 'Whiter Shade of Pale', Grace 'You Don't Own Me'. Fair reception.
*Medi 1 website*

1433 UTC : 9655 kHz : Radio Romania International (Romania). Strong to good reception. Romanian to Central & West Europe. Speech and music. To 1506 UTC.
*Radio Romania website*

1520 UTC : 9690 kHz : Radio Exterior de España (Spain). Strong to moderate reception. Spanish to North America. 'Tablero Deportivo' ['Sports Board'] covering the Barcelona football match; Repeated mentions of Suarez and Messi. To 1535 UTC.
*Tablero Deportivo website*

1545 UTC : 9785 kHz : China Radio International (China). Good to moderate reception. English worldwide via Jinhua, China. Sports report: American football, dog sled racing. Report about the popularity of new movies. Music: Solo artists on tour in China. Weather forecast prior to close of the broadcast. To 1553 UTC.
*China Radio website*

1612 UTC : 9875 kHz : China Radio International (China). Good reception. English worldwide via Kashi, China. Social media in China. Music: Uncle Kraker 'Writing It Down'. LinkedIn releases list of top ten jobs in China. To 1624 UTC.
*China frequencies website*

1644 UTC : 11600 kHz : Overcomer Ministry (USA). Brother R G Stair singing in praise of the Lord, then loudly highlighting words from the Scriptures, the Gospel, the Tabernacle. Quotations. Broadcasting from The Tabernacle: Requesting if European listeners could contribute "One thousand to one hundred thousand dollars to buy airtime"! Moderate reception. English to Europe & Middle East via Spaceline, Bulgaria. Off air abruptly at 1659 UTC.
*Overcomer Ministry website*

1700 UTC : 11600 kHz : Bible Voice India. "You are listening to Bible Voice India". Moderate reception. Change of language. Speech with occasional musical interlude. To 1710 UTC.

1825 UTC : 11600 kHz : End Time Coming (UK). Moderate reception. English to Europe. Male speaking to a congregation, quoting directly from a copy of the Bible - Audio of pages being turned. Abrupt end of sermon for contact details of ETC Ministry. Close of broadcast at 1830 UTC.
*ETC Radio website*

1847 UTC : 11670 kHz : All India Radio (India). General Overseas Service IV. Strong to good reception. English to Europe and Africa. 'Welcome to Studio One' went on location to meet a climber who traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan, to go climbing. "It is time for the news - Please stand by". 1900 UTC news broadcast: Female leaders should have more belief in themselves. Fears militants and would-be terrorists have traveled to India. To 1902 UTC.
*All India Radio website*

1914 UTC : 11790 kHz : Follow The Bible Ministries (USA). 250 kW transmission via Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Strong to moderate reception. "Life should be one continual prayer to God", break-up of broadcast from time to time. Quote from John, Chapter one. Break in transmission. Mark, chapter one, verse 35. Break in transmission. "Reading the Bible daily is important". To 1920 UTC.
*Follow The Bible Ministries website*

1923 UTC : 11810 kHz : BBC World Service (UK). 'Focus on Africa'. Social media; Football; Private doctors. Industry in Tanzania is growing. Promo for Matt Reinhardt with 'Americana' in half an hour. 1930 UTC news headlines: Former US First Lady, Nancy Reagan, has died. News from Syria and NATO. Police in Northern Ireland investigate a bomb. Moderate reception. English to West & Central Africa via Ascension Island. To 1941 UTC.
*Focus on Africa website*

1953 UTC : 11900 kHz : Voice of America (USA). Moderate reception. French to North west Africa - 100 kW via Sao Tome and Principe (Pinheira). 'Soul USA' playing James Brown 'Papa's Got A Brand New Bag', followed by speech...

1958 UTC : 12075 kHz : Voice of America (USA). Moderate reception. French to North west Africa via Selebi-Phikwe, Botswana - 100 kW transmission. 'Soul USA' playing Joe Cocker 'With A Little Help From My Friends'. To 2000 UTC.
*Soul USA website*

That concludes the log for March. Please note that not all broadcasts I heard that day have been included; I omitted the 'talk back' channels, usually semi-scrambled, between port and craft; I also omitted a log, simply because, it was two broadcasts listed at the same time, same frequency, and I haven't yet been able to tell them apart.

Please do click on the weblinks that follow the majority of logs. Please note that not all of the websites linked to are in the English language.

Until the next time, kind regards and enjoy.

Monday night is Skins night!

OKAY, so I couldn't think of a fitting title to this post, so I stated that if you're watching E4 now (10:20pm, Monday night) the popular television series 'Skins' is on the air. So that's the title over and done with, now here's what could have been the title:

Short Wave Logs, February 2012


Here are the radio stations I heard on Short Wave during an evening last week. Times in UTC / GMT, frequencies in kHz (kiloHertz):

• 1830 - 1850 UTC, 9420 kHz, Voice of Greece, Greek language to Europe and America. Male host, music.
• 1855 - 1910 UTC, 9430 kHz, BBC World Service, English to West and Central Africa via Woofferton [transmitting station], Shropshire, UK. News broadcast at 1900 UTC. BBC World Service on Twitter: @bbcworldservice
• 1910 - 1925 UTC, 9445 kHz, All India Radio, General Overseas Service, English to Europe, Africa. Male host, interview.
• 1930 - 2000 UTC, 9500 kHz, Radio Australia, English to Asia via Shepparton [transmitting station], Victoria, Australia. Breakfast with Radio National's Fran Kelly. Radio Australia News on Twitter: @RANews
• 2025 - 2035 UTC, 9600 kHz, China Radio International, English to Europe, Middle East, Africa via Kashi [transmitting station], China. 'China Drive' programme.
• 2045 - 2100 UTC, 9655 kHz, Deutsche Welle, English to Africa via Kigali [transmitting station], Rwanda. Female host, news. Deutsche Welle English service on Twitter: @dw_english
• 2120 - 2130 UTC, 9830 kHz, Adventist World Radio, English to Africa via Moosbrunn [transmitting station], Austria. Male preacher, sermon from Adventist World Radio Ghana. Adventist World Radio on Twitter: @awrweb
• 2145 - 2200 UTC, 9915 kHz, BBC World Service, English to West and Central Africa via Ascension Island [transmitting station]. 'Click' technology programme.

Wallpaper of the week, 20 February 2012

Just a little reminder that Eden FM, the community radio station for Penrith and the Eden Valley, is still broadcasting online at http://www.edenfm.co.uk

Please do take a moment to listen online!

Enjoy your week.

December 2011 update!

APOLOGIES for not keeping RFTFT up to date during November, so I'm using today's entry to catch up with everything that has been going on. As with the previous post below, I'm beginning with Carlisle United's results for November:

Sat 5th: npower League One: Exeter City 0 - United 0
Sat 12th: FA Cup Round One: Alfreton Town 0 - United 4
Sat 19th: npower League One: Sheffield United 1 - United 0
Sat 26th: npower League One: United 1 - Colchester United 0

And those are the results for November 2011.

Introducing Eden FM...

EDEN FM is the new community radio station for Penrith and the Eden Valley, broadcasting on a Restricted Service Licence (RSL) from 25 November to 23 December 2011 on 87.7 MHz FM and continuously online at edenfmradio.co.uk . I am pleased and honoured to be part of Eden FM, I do hope you will take some time to listen to our programmes.

From FM to Short Wave...


I spent the evening of Monday 28 November 2011 listening to the Short Wave band of my Roberts R881 and heard a variety of broadcasts, listed here. Times in UTC (=GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz):

1950 UTC, 7485 kHz : Voice of America, English Service 'Special English' programme regarding 'rhetoric' speech, references to the Presidential television debate between Nixon and Kennedy; Martin Luther King.

2040 UTC, 7550 kHz : All India Radio, General Overseas Service, including the English Service programme.

2115 UTC, 7560 kHz : Voice of America, English service to Afghanistan. Music programme taking a look at the life and work of Johnny Cash.

2210 UTC, 7580 kHz : Radio Farda, music, female host with 'Radio Farda' ID, music, speech from female and male hosts.

2250 UTC, 9420 kHz : Voice of Greece, Greek language service to Europe, Atlantic Ocean territories, North America. Music, female host.

New music from Lindi Ortega...


I am currently listening to the album 'Little Red Boots' by Canadian musician Lindi Ortega. Ortega, 32, released the album in the summer of 2011 and plans an extensive UK tour in the new year of 2012. Here is the album sleeve, so keep a look out for it. I highly recommend this great album.

And finally...


This edition of RFTFT closes with a 'Wallpaper of the week', which is where I post an image which I allow you to steal and post as your wallpaper on the desktop of your PC or laptop. This image is of Wain Wath Falls, to the west of Keld, North Yorkshire, on the B6270 road. Enjoy.

Thanks for visiting!

August Bank Holiday DX and a midweek wallpaper

MONDAY 30 AUGUST 2010 was a Bank Holiday (public holiday) in the UK, so I used the morning to listen to some of the highest frequencies on the Short Wave band and here are the results:

• 0925 UTC, 17490 kHz : China Radio International. English to Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia via Kashi, China. 'Beijing Hour'.
• 1019 UTC, 17510 kHz : All India Radio - General Overseas Service to Asia and Australasia. Music of the SubContinent.
• 1030 UTC, 17540 kHz : China Radio International. Chinese language service.
• 1049 UTC, 17720 kHz : Radio Pakistan. Urdu / Tamil service up to 1100 UTC, followed by news in English for four minutes.

And that is what I heard on the Short Wave band.

Wallpaper of the Midweek

I have decided to publish the view of Morecambe sea front unhindered by football results. Enjoy.

Short Wave DX: April 2010

HERE is a list of what I heard on the Short Wave radio band, on the evening of Thursday 8 April 2010. All times in GMT / UTC, all frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Enjoy!

• 1849 UTC, 7520 kHz : Radio Tirana, Albania. English to Europe and America. Website.
• 1904 UTC, 7550 kHz : All India Radio, General Overseas Service. English to Europe and Africa. Website.
• 1925 UTC, 7570 kHz : Radio Thailand. News, Business news. English to Europe via Udon Thani, Thailand. Website.
• 20:00 UTC, 9490 kHz : Family Radio. "Send an email to international@familyradio.com to receive our card", Off air.
• 2018 UTC, 9645 kHz : Vatican Radio. "Visit us [online]".
• 2033 UTC, 11610 kHz : Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Hilversum, Holland. English to West Africa via Kigali, Rwanda. "Visit our website". 'Earth Beat' programme, 'Reloaded' programme. Radio Netherlands Worldwide is also on Facebook and Twitter.

Finally, may I bring back some memories of the much missed 'Long Wave Giant' Atlantic 252 - How many of you had, or still have, a sticker from them, as featured below?

2008 Analogue & DAB update

JANUARY 2008 Short Wave logs :

All India Radio, 9445 kHz, General Overseas Service to Europe & Australia, Light Music segment. Website here.

Radio Medi Un (Medi 1), Morocco, 9575 kHz, website here. (Web has a flashy intro!)

Radio Exterior de Espana, Spain, 9630 kHz, website here.

Radio PMR, Pridnestrovie Moldovan Republic, website here.

DAB update January 2008 :

Statement from Oneword on DAB radio readout:
"Oneword Radio is no longer broadcasting. Many thanks for your support over the years. www.ukdigitalradio.com"

Oneword has been replaced on DAB by a rural birdsong soundtrack.

BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) Radio has replaced Core on DAB Digital Radio.
BFBS online: www.bfbs.com/digital
Contact BFBS by email: dab@bfbs.com
Telephone (UK): 01494 848001
SMS Text Message (Mobile / Cell phones): 07740 377 377 start message with UK followed by a space.

That's all for now, happy listening and 73's...

Winter wireless update

A FEW radio stations I heard on the Short Wave band recently:

WWV, Boulder, Colorado, USA - 5000 kHz - Time Signal Station (similar to 'speaking clock' with 'pips') transmitted from Colorado, USA.

Radio Sweden - 6065 kHz - Swedish language programme to Europe / Africa / Middle East via Horby transmitter, Sweden.

Radio PMR - 7370 kHz - English language programme to Europe broadcast from Pridnestrovye Moldova Republic.

Radio Sweden - 7420 kHz - Arabic language programme to Middle East broadcast from Sweden.

Radio Tirana - 7465 kHz - English language programme to Europe...

BBC World Service - 9410 kHz - English language programme to Europe & North Africa broadcast from Cyprus.

All India Radio - 9445 kHz - General Overseas Service (English).

That's all for now, take care folks!