My AM Archive: Autumn 2003

 SPORT leads the way with these memories of radio broadcasts, from September and October, the Autumn of 2003.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Summer 2003, 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.

September 2003 : Medium Wave

• 21 September [2003]: 0920 UTC: 1458 kHz: BBC Radio Newcastle Good reception. 2 kW via Wrekenton, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Programme: 'The Great North Run - Live'.
• 21 September: 1335 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Excellent to good reception. 1 kW via Carlisle 'Sport on Sunday' (MW only) Barrow Border Raiders are away at Keighley Cougars, West Yorkshire (RL) [Rugby League].

BBC Radio Cumbria promotional flyer.

• 23 September: 1950 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Excellent to good reception. 1 kW via Carlisle 'Match Night Football': Penrith v Billingham, Workington v Bishop Auckland, Barrow v Runcorn.
• 30 September: 1840 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Fair reception. 1 kW via Carlisle. Football: Carlisle United v Leyton Orient at Brunton Park, Carlisle. Commentary by Paul Newton and Mike Corrie.
• 30 September: 1850 UTC: 837 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Fair to barely audible reception. 1 kW via Barrow. Football: Southport v Barrow (837 kHz only).

October 2003 : Medium Wave

• 17 October: 1930 UTC: 1017 kHz: SWF Rheinsender, Germany. Excellent to fair reception. 600 kW. Male and female hosts, German language.
• 17 October: 2029 UTC: 1044 kHz: SER - Spain. Excellent-Good-Fair reception. 10 kW via San Sebastian. Spanish language, male host, fast speech about life in Spain.
• 17 October: 2039 UTC: 1044 kHz: MDR - Germany. Good to fair reception. 20 kW via Dresden, Germany. MittelDeutscheRundfunk 'Bundesliga' Live Friday night football. Male hosts, German language.

MDR [MittelDeutscher Rundfunk] QSL Verification Card.

• 17 October: 2052 UTC: 1053 kHz: TalkSport Excellent to good reception. News: Leicester shootings. Gordon Brown becomes Father to Son.

That concludes the logs for Autumn 2003.

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My DX Archive: Autumn 2003

AUTUMN 2003, represented here by September and November 2003 (Nothing for October 2003 here, sorry), is where My DX Archive takes us on this occasion.
If you would like to learn more about DXing, click here [I would like to credit Instructables for the web link].
Broadcasts heard July 2003 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.

September 2003: Short Wave

• 7 September [2003]: 1932 UTC: 11860 kHz: Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran Strong to fair reception. English to Europe, Middle East, Africa. Interview with Martin Cowin.

Radio Netherlands QSL, September 2003.

• 11 September: 1829 UTC: 13700 kHz: Radio Netherlands Good to fair reception. English to Africa via Flevo. News with Dave Durham: America remembers. Israel - Palestine peace process: Hamas. Libya to compensate French air crash families. Syrian man arrested, links to al-qaeda in Spain. Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh dies.
• 11 September: 1922 UTC: 13740 kHz: The Voice of Vietnam Very faint English broadcast to Europe. Music : 1924 UTC. Poor to fair reception.
• 11 September: 1935 UTC: 13760 kHz: World Harvest Radio WHRI - 2 South Bend. Fair to poor reception. English to Europe, America via Noblesville, INDIANA USA. 100kW. Bible programme for Europe, Africa, Middle East, as well as America. To 1950 UTC.
• 11 September: 20 UTC: 13765 kHz: Vatican Radio Good to poor reception. English to Africa via Santa Maria dia Galeria. News of Pope John Paul II visit to Slovakia. Meeting in Germany. Bishops of Nigeria express satisfaction at recent elections. 'Africa Today' 40th anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King Jr 'I Have A Dream' speech.
• 11 September: 2041 UTC: 14670 kHz: C H U Canada Fair to very poor reception.
• 11 September: 2047 UTC: 15000 kHz: W W V - USA Fair to very poor reception.

Two QSL verification cards from WYFR Family Radio, to mark their 30th anniversary.

• 11 September: 2053 UTC: 15195 kHz: WYFR Okeechobee Florida. Good reception. English to Europe, Africa. Dr J Adams on 'Family Radio, The Sound of the New Life'. Music, off air at 21 UTC.
• 20 September: 1442 UTC: 9645 kHz: Vatican Radio Strong to good reception 'Carnaby Street' Male host, Italian language, British music!

November 2003: Short Wave

• 22 November: 1657 UTC: 15300 kHz: Radio France Internationale Strong to fair reception. ID. 17 UTC French language broadcast. 40th anniversary of the death of John F Kennedy. Sport: Today's Rugby World Cup Final : Australia 17 - England 20, Telstra Stadium, Sydney. Wilkinson, Robinson.
• 22 November: 1717 UTC: 15355 kHz: Radio Japan Music: ABBA 'Dancing Queen' Male & Female host, phone call out to listener. Good to poor reception 'Hello From Tokyo'.
• 22 November: 1735 UTC: 15400 kHz: BBC World Service 'Focus on Africa' Profile of President Mubarak, Egypt. Use of mobile phones in Freetown. Headlines: Kenya. Church of Uganda. 'Sportsworld Extra' with Russell Fuller, football: Arsenal v Birmingham City. English to Africa via Ascension Island. Strong to good reception. Cheltenham Town 2 - Carlisle United 1.
• 22 November: 1756 UTC: 15420 kHz: BBC World Service 'Sportsworld Extra' Bundesliga results. Premiership roundup. Rugby World Cup Final result: Australia 17 - England 20. Strong to good reception.

Memories of 22 November 2003...

© Getty Images: 22 November 2003: England celebrate winning the Rugby World Cup.

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