My Short Wave Archive: May - November 2015

 JOURNALS should not be neglected, which sadly, this one has been. That's myself reprimanded, so let's move on with today's post, continuing the thread of my logbooks of broadcasts heard via Short Wave radio.

The previous post of the thread, My Short Wave Archive: March 2015, 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.

Note: This post takes us through 2015, from May to November, as some logs later in the year contained little detail, or broadcasts were not heard on the selected listening days.

May 2015 : Short Wave

• [Thursday] 7 May [2015]* : 1540 UTC: 15825 kHz: WWCR Nashville TN [USA]  Male speech, reciting a conversation between Jesus and Pilate. This is a Baptist Church / CBC NYC broadcast, also trailers for Words of Hope and Bible Hour.
  This is WWCR Nashville TN, good to fair reception, English language broadcast to Europe, Middle East, Americas via WWCR-1 Nashville TN.
  Male speech regarding Saul and passages from the Bible. Interference at 1546 UTC from another broadcast, possible overspill from 15820 kHz.
  WWCR programming was Tell It From Calvery (David Epstein), on air from 1530 UTC, followed by Radio Bible Hour, on air from 1545 UTC. ID for Radio Bible Hour with their contact details.
  ID for WWCR Nashville.
  Logged to 1555 UTC.
• 7 May* : 1617 UTC: 17790 kHz: Radio Africa (Pan American Broadcasting)  Music: Female vocalist with piano accompaniment. Vocals in English.
  Fair reception, English language broadcast to Africa via Okeechobee FL (WRMI transmission site) [USA].
  Logged to 1626 UTC.

*Thursday 7 May 2015 : UK General Election day.

July 2015 : Short Wave

• [Saturday] 11 July [2015]: 1922 UTC: 17855 kHz: Radio Exterior de Espana  Music on the 16 metre Band, female speech.
  Fair to poor reception, this is Radio Exterior de Espana [Spain] broadcasting to the USA.
  Speech in both Spanish and English.
  Logged to 1934 UTC.

Screenshot of BBC News Hausa, 30 June 2024.

• 11 July: 1945 UTC: 17885 kHz: BBC World Service  Two males in discussion, studio and telephone. Fair to poor reception, this is BBC World Service, on air 1930 - 2000 UTC, 7 days a week, Hausa language broadcast, 250 kW transmission, 55° via Ascension Island to Africa.
  Males continue speaking for a number of minutes. Female speech, music to end of broadcast.
  Logged to 2000 UTC.

September 2015 : Short Wave

• [Monday] 14 September [2015]: 1455 UTC: 25000 kHz: Tentative reception of a time signal broadcast on this frequency: MIKES [Finland] or WWV [USA]. To 1459 UTC.

November 2015 : Short Wave [Tropical Bands]

• [Tuesday] 24 November [2015]: 2011 UTC: 3415 kHz: Shannon Volmet [Ireland]  Continuous weather reports for the airport in Shannon. Female speech.
  Logged to 2022 UTC.
• 24 November: 2044 UTC: 3955 kHz: KBS World Radio [Seoul, South Korea]  Speech from males and females in the German language - This is KBS World Radio, fair to poor reception, German language broadcast to Europe via Woofferton transmission site [UK].
  Music, sport update: boxing. Music, male speech.
  Logged to 2051 UTC.
• 24 November: 2123 UTC: 5000 kHz: WWV [Time signal station, USA]  Fluttery signal.
  Fair to poor reception. To 2125 UTC.
• 24 November: 2128 UTC: 5050 kHz [Spurious broadcast] China Radio International  'Roundtable' programme, English language. Fair to poor reception. To 2137 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: March 2014

 EXTENDED warm wishes 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: May 2013, can be found here.

This post brings memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard Thursday, March 27, 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.

March 2014 : Short Wave

• [Thursday] 27 March [2014]: 1615 UTC: 7265 kHz: China Radio International  Male speech, followed by ID - Presumed China Radio International, broadcasting in Russian? Fair reception.
  Female speech, news broadcast? Speech regarding François Hollande, President of France.
  Logged to 1620 UTC.
• 27 March: 1632 UTC: 9410 kHz: BBC World Service  Football speech - European football - On the BBC World Service. Football season is coming to a close - Bayern Munich are Champions of Germany, Paris Saint-Germain favourites to be Champions of France, Juventus favourites to be Champions of Italy? [Real] Madrid and Barcelona lead the charge to the title in Spain.
  Fair reception, English language to South Asia via Kranji, Singapore.
  Premiership title race in England lead by Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea.
  World reaction to football news on 'Sport Today', presented by Ian Payne.
  Logged to 1650 UTC.
• 27 March: 1654 UTC: 9435 kHz: China Radio International  Learn to speak Chinese on China Radio International. "I won't go to the company today". "Supermarket".
  Excellent to good reception, English language via Kashi, China.
  Programme comes to a close with the announcement of the contact email address.
  Off air at 1658 UTC.
• 27 March: 1712 UTC: 9500 kHz: Radio Australia  Music programme, broadcast is parallel to 12085 kHz. Music programme with a selection of tango tunes, such as 'Blind Man's Ally'. Male host.
  Fair reception, English to Asia and Australia via Shepparton, Victoria, Australia.
  'Daily Planet' programme: 'Tangalo' were the featured band (Link on the Radio Australia website).
  Logged to 1730 UTC.
  [Short Break]
  [1755 UTC: 9500 kHz: Broadcaster playing the piece of music 'Puffing Billy' by Eric Coates! (Railway nostalgia music).]

[Break]

• 27 March: 2245 UTC: 9575 kHz: Medi 1 Morocco  High tempo music with African flavour, speech, clips of music by Dire Straits, Santana, Michael Jackson, speech in French language.
  Female speech, ID as 'Medi Un' - This is Medi 1, Morocco.
  Good reception.
  Male speech, French language, "Come with us" in English language, speech in French, music: Bob Marley 'Is This Love' on the 'Album Story' programme (Link on the Medi 1 Radio website).
  Logged to 2255 UTC.
• 27 March: 2309 UTC: 9855 kHz: Radio Australia  Female host meets a Samoan cricket team, who were talking about community interaction with the teams and the history of cricket in Samoa.
  Fair reception, English to Asia and Australia via Al Dhabbaya, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
  One of the visiting cricketers has brought a cricket bat into the studio.
  Logged to 2325 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: May 2013

 DEAR Friends, thank you for returning to a continuous thread of memories of radio broadcasts, heard via Short Wave Radio. 

The previous post of the thread, My Short Wave Archive: March 2013, can be found here.

This post brings memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard Monday, May 27, 2013.

What is Short Wave Radio?

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 2013 : Short Wave

• [Monday] 27 May [2013]: 1948 UTC: 5950 kHz: Voice Of Tigray Revolution  [Addis Ababa, Ethiopia]  British DX Club shows this broadcast on air with Horn of Africa music at this time.
  Fair to poor reception.
  Continuous music.
  Logged as a tentative reception to 1954 UTC.
• 27 May: 2000 UTC: 5960 kHz: China Radio International  'Beyond Beijing' (Male voice ID) News: China creates links with Germany, links with the USA and a visit to the USA. European political ministers gather to discuss Syria. Chinese man sentenced following murder of baby. Statistics show businesses in profit. Membership cards are discussed by Chinese political parties. News by Rebecca Hume.
  'China Drive' presented by Mark Griffiths. Topic of conversation: designers. Weather: Beijing: cloud. Shanghai: rain. Hong Kong: rain. World weather outlook for Tokyo, Sydney, London. Health: World Health Organisation reports a health gap between developed and developing countries has narrowed.
  Strong to good reception.
  English to Europe, Middle East, Africa via Albania.
  Logged to 2013 UTC.
• 27 May: 2030 UTC: 6080 kHz: Voice Of America  Male host with IDs for Voice Of America.
  'Africa Beat' contact details include an email address. Music from Nigeria.
  Strong to fair reception.
  English to Africa via Botswana.
  Logged to 2040 UTC.

[Cup of tea break]

Original notes logging International Radio Serbia, Monday, May 27, 2013, 2058-2116 UTC, 6100 kHz.
Good to fair reception, English to Europe via Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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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: October 2009

 THE previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: June 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.

October 2009 : Short Wave

Friday 9 October 2009

• [Friday] 9 October [2009]: 1609 UTC: 12040 kHz: Voice of Russia  News headline: President Barack Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
  1610 UTC: 'Moscow Mailbag' with Olga and John. First question from Bangladesh: Largest Mosque in Russia. Film footage of Moscow a century ago has been discovered. 'Futurists' in Russia. Paul Neil in Dudley, West Midlands, asks if a Czar was the only one not buried on two sites usually chosen.
  Fair reception, English to Europe via Moscow.
  Logged to 1623 UTC.
• 9 October: 1646 UTC: 12080 kHz: VOA Special English  'American Mosaic' with Todd Johnson.
  Subject: Dan Brown's new book 'The Lost Symbol'.
  Fair reception, VOA [Voice of America] Special English to Africa via Botswana.
  Question from China regarding General Motors.  Actress Scarlett Johansson has recorded a music CD.
  Logged to 1656 UTC.
• 9 October: 1715 UTC: 12095 kHz: BBC World Service  News headlines: Kenyan authority says residents of a camp will not be forcibly moved.  President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize.  Mystery of the burning oil tanker in Cameroon.  This is 'Focus on Africa'.
  Fair to good reception, English to East & South Africa via Cyprus.
  Logged to 1726 UTC.
• 9 October: 1736 UTC: 12160 kHz: WWCR-3  Nashville TN USA - To Europe and America.
  Fair to good reception.
  Live news broadcast regarding disturbance in the city of Pittsburgh.
  English to Europe and America via Nashville TN USA.
  Reporter: Cindy Sheehan.
  Logged to 1748 UTC.

[CVC Media] 1Africa QSL, 2009

• 9 October: 1829 UTC: 13590 kHz: CVC Africa - 1Africa  Music, speech from a female in English, regarding the Bible.  Music, male vocalists.  ID for 1Africa.  Promo for receiving messages on your mobile phone from 1Africa.  Music and speech.
  English to Africa via Lusaka, Zambia.
  Music, speech from female, frequency ID for 13590 kHz, 2 females speaking, giving telephone contact numbers.  Females speak of shopping for clothes.  Rumour that the Brits keep a pair of jeans for 40 years?! Cut jeans into shorts. Or into a skirt.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Logged to 1845 UTC.
• 9 October: 1925 UTC: 13780 kHz: Deutsche Welle  Excellent to good reception, 13780 kHz via Skelton, 300 kW, 125° to East Africa, 1600 UTC onwards.  Deutsche Welle ID at 1930 UTC.  German language, male speech, reporting from a factory.  Female speech.
  Logged to 1955 UTC.

Saturday 10 October 2009

• [Saturday] 10 October [2009]: 1423 UTC: 13790 kHz: China Radio International  Male host speaks of the Nobel Peace Prize.  News from the internet of parking in China.  Weather: Beijing, Shanghai, world weather reports.  News headline: Three-way summit in China.
  'CRI Round-Up' at 1425 UTC: China enjoyed its longest national holiday.  Interview with a travel agent, people on holiday in areas of China and tourists enjoying a meal.  Interview with a car dealer.
  Excellent to good reception, English to Europe, Africa, Asia, America via Urumchi, China.
  'Listeners Garden' at 1430 UTC, 'Letterbox' letter from the USA.  Letter from Brian Kendall, UK.  Letter from Poland, new listener in South Africa.  Australian listener Daniel Smith, letter from India.
  Logged to 1438 UTC.
• 10 October: 1518 UTC: 13845 kHz: WWCR  'Phone 338 3030...' Music, choir accompanied by a piano.
  The broadcast is WWCR-2 Nashville TN USA
  'PO Box 1, 90053 USA Los Angeles...' Write to Scott.
  English to Africa.
  Female speaks of God to a congregation.
  Good reception.
  University Network broadcast.
  Logged to 1540 UTC.
• 10 October: 1604 UTC: 15035 kHz: Trenton Volmet  Muffled speech, slow, articulate speech, speech ends at 1605 UTC.
• 10 October: 1617 UTC: 15225 kHz: Radio Kuwait  Male speech in the Arabic language - The Main Arabic Programme to Europe and North America.
  Excellent to fair reception.
  Logged to 1627 UTC.

Letter of acknowledgement from Radio Kuwait, January 2010.

• 10 October: 1636 UTC: 15400 kHz: BBC World Service  Discussion by group of males regarding the football World Cup and the bidding processes to hold the tournament in various cities of the world in the future.  Rio to host 2016 Olympics.  Football in Ukraine: Penalty - Robert Green (England goalkeeper) sent off - No goal - Penalty miss.  Ukraine 0 - England 0.  Latest football scores.
  Russell Fuller presents 'Sportsworld'.
  Excellent to good reception, English to West Africa via Ascension Island.
  Logged to 1650 UTC.
• 10 October: 1702 UTC: 15580 kHz: Voice of America  News headlines: Terrorist attack in Islamabad, NATO troops killed in Afghanistan.  An agreement has been signed by Armenia and Turkey.  Polish President signs Lisbon Treaty.  Joint summit meeting by China, Japan and South Korea.  More bodies recovered in Philippines, victims of a typhoon.  Investigation to an oil tanker fire in Cameroon.
  1707 UTC: 'VOA Newshour' President Obama has received the Nobel Peace Prize; Reaction to Obama receiving the award.
  Excellent to good reception, English to Africa via Botswana.
  Report from Michael Bowman in Washington, DC.
  Logged to 1712 UTC.

Notes: [CVC Africa] 1Africa November 2009 broadcast schedule (Times in Central Africa):

0600-0900: 9430 kHz.  0900-1600: 13590 kHz.  1600-1900: 13650 kHz.  1900-2200: 13590 kHz.  2200-2359: 9505 kHz.

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My AM Archive: Spring 2004

MORE memories of Medium Wave radio broadcasts, this time heard March and May 2004.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Winter 2003-2004, 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.

March 2004 : Medium Wave

• 11 March [2004]: 2127 UTC: 1089 kHz: TalkSport Excellent to fair reception. Multi-transmission. Test Cricket, West Indies v England, live from Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica. West Indies batting: 276-5 (First Innings).
  [Spoiler alert: Full scorecard for WI v England, First Test, 2004: Click here]

• 16 March: 2101 UTC: 1260 kHz: Classic Gold network Classic Gold 1260 - Bristol (Mangotsfield) 1.6 kW or Classic Gold Marcher 1260 - Wrexham / Deeside (Farndon) 0.64 kW. Male, telephone: 0870 166 ... Text 81800 'Nightline' programme.
• 16 March: 2101 UTC: 1260 kHz: Sabras Radio Leicester, Freeman's Common, 0.29 kW. Male voice with Asian music, English voice with details of Punjabi programme. Excellent to fair reception.

16 March: 2139 UTC: Football Full Time: Carlisle United 1 - Northampton 1 [Sky Sports Team Sheet]

• 16 March: 2140 UTC: 1269 kHz: DLF - Deutschlandfunk Neumunster, Germany 600 kW. Excellent to good reception. Classical music. Male host with DLF ID, speech regarding Bach. Male speech, music. Football report: Goal from Werder Bremen.
• 16 March: 2244 UTC: 1314 kHz: NRK - Kvitsoy, Norway Excellent reception. NRK via Kvitsoy, Norway, 1200 kW. Music: Roy Orbison 'All In A Dream'. Two male hosts. Music: Jimi Hendrix 'Little Wing'. To 2253 UTC.
• 16 March: 2301 UTC: 1341 kHz: BBC Radio Ulster Good-fair-poor reception. Lisnagarvey, Co Down, 100 kW. News: Variant CJD in blood transfusion fear, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's papers found in solicitor's office. ID. 'The Late Show' Music: Bennett-Lang.
• 16 March: 2319 UTC: 1359 kHz: Radio Nacional Espana Good to fair reception. Madrid, Spain, 600 kW. Male speech, football programme.

May 2004 : Medium Wave

Card verifying reception of Manx Radio 20 May 2004, 2023 UTC, 1368 kHz.

• 20 May: 2023 UTC: 1368 kHz: Manx Radio Fair to poor reception. Foxdale, Isle of Man, 20 kW. Country Music programme.
• 20 May: 2121 UTC: 1395 kHz: Radio 10 Gold Good to fair reception. Lopik, Holland, 120 kW. Music: Paul Young, ID, Joe Cocker.
• 20 May: 2150 UTC: 1413 kHz: BBC Radio Gloucestershire Fair reception. 0.5 kW East / South Gloucestershire. Music: Robbie Williams 'She's The One' Male host. News: Rail dispute. Drinking "The new disease" says Tony Blair. Leicester rapes. Telephone: 0845 301 1024.
• 20 May: 2248 UTC: 1440 kHz: China Radio International Excellent reception via Luxembourg (208 metres). 'Real Time Beijing' English programme, hosted by Canadian male, Chinese female. Weather.

Bonuses added to this post as composed: The full scorecard for West Indies v England, First Test, 2004 courtesy of ESPNcricinfo; The Carlisle United - Northampton Town team sheet courtesy of Sky Sports; The Manx Radio verification card courtesy of Manx Radio.

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Summertime on Short Wave, 2007.

This post is a continuation of the My DX Archive thread. The previous post, with broadcasts from Spring 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.

July 2007 : Short Wave

• 14 July [2007]: 1347 UTC: 13610 kHz: China Radio International Excellent to good reception. English 'Listeners' Garden' with Matthew Steadman. Music: Macy Gray 'Related to a psychopath', music from a Chinese artist. Close of programme. Contacts: Zip Code 100040, email address.
• 14 July: 1412 UTC: 13610 kHz: BBC World Service Good to fair reception. Dari [language] via Cyprus [transmitter]. ID by BBC News signature music. Male speech, interviews. To 1425 UTC.
• 14 July: 1429 UTC: 13635 kHz: CVC International Poor to fair reception. English via Darwin, Australia. Male host.
• 14 July: 1450 UTC: 13710 kHz: China Radio International Excellent - Good - Fair reception. English Worldwide 'Listeners Garden' with Matthew Steadman. 'Voices From Other Lands'. Email address.
• 14 July: 1615 UTC: 15000 kHz: WWV Colorado USA. Good reception. Time Signal broadcast, 1 second 'ticks'.
• 14 July: 1702 UTC: 15120 kHz: Voice of Nigeria Excellent to good reception. English. Female host, news: Air conditioned trains now running in South Nigeria. Compensation paid to victims of violence following 2007 elections. Disease endemics in Nigeria. Eritrean authorities accuse British diplomat of spying.

Stamps from Radio Pilipinas

• 14 July: 1733 UTC: 15190 kHz: Radio Pilipinas Excellent to good reception. English ID 'The Voice of the Philippines', Tagalog language programme.
• 14 July: 1751 UTC: 15400 kHz: BBC World Service Excellent to good reception. English to West Africa via Ascension Island. Sports programme.
• 14 July: 1812 UTC: 15410 kHz: Voice of America Excellent to good reception. English to Africa via Briech, Morocco. 'Nightline Africa' Ted Roberts. Democracy and media in Somalia. Chad receives refugees from Darfur. Drug trafficking between Ghana and the United Kingdom. Treatments for HIV - Aids patients in Africa.
• 14 July: 1842 UTC: 15495 kHz: Radio Kuwait Excellent to good reception. Arabic. Female host, flamenco style guitar music.

That completes the logs of broadcasts heard by me, July 2007.

To see an original post, created 14 July 2007, featuring the above logs in a more basic list, click here.

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31 metres, August 2017

WELCOME to another collection of radio broadcast logs, here on Reporting From The Fox Tower.
The title of this post, 31 metres, refers to the 31 metreband on short wave radio, where you will find transmissions of 9000 kHz / 9 MHz onwards. 31 metres is also the length of each wave released on a 9 MHz frequency.

On to the logs of broadcasts received August 2017. Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz) and transmission powers in watts or KiloWatts (kW).
A log of broadcasts received on the Short Wave band of the Roberts R881, Wednesday 16 August 2017:

Snapshot of the Bible Voice Broadcasting website.

• 16 August: 1740 UTC: 9400 kHz: Bible Voice Broadcasting, Canada. Strong to moderate reception, 100 kW via Kostinbrod, Sofia (Bulgaria) [Spaceline]. Male speech, Persian, music. Female speech, email address, off air at 1759 UTC.
• 16 August: 1804 UTC: 9400 kHz: Overcomer Ministry, USA. Moderate to poor reception, 100 kW via Kostinbrod, Sofia (Bulgaria) [Spaceline]. Brother R G Stair, speech with music. To 1812 UTC.
• 16 August: 1813 UTC: 9410 kHz: BBC World Service, UK. Good to moderate reception, 250 kW via Al Dhabbaya, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. English to East and South Africa. Male speech, studio and on location, female speech with a report regarding trade deals that the United States has, looking at the deal the US has with Canada. Male speech, speaking of a writer? Noise disturbance. UK borders with Republic of Ireland after Brexit. To 1827 UTC.
• 16 August: 1905 UTC: 9410 kHz: BBC World Service, UK. Strong to moderate reception. English to East and South Africa via Al Dhabbaya, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 250 kW. Top of the hour news bulletin comes to an end with news from India, the feature programme is looking at the affairs of Eastern Africa. Focus moves to South Africa, with the impact of Manchester United Football Club expanding their brand into South Africa. Female reporter speaks to African women about how they feel about their safety, following some high profile crimes. How women use the internet in Africa. To 1935 UTC.
• 16 August: 1942 UTC: 9420 kHz: Voice of Greece [ERT / Helliniki Radiophonia], Greece. Strong to good reception, 170 kW via Avlis, Greece. [Best reception conditions of the night!] Continual music: Female vocalists. Male vocalist, male and female vocal group. Instrumental in the style of Jazz. Speech from a male, Greek, ID. To 1953 UTC.

• 16 August: 2016 UTC: 9440 kHz: China Radio International, China. Strong to moderate reception, English to Europe, Middle East, Africa via Kunming, China, 500 kW. China Radio International appears to have branched off into an audio 'soap' - Male, appears to be on a night out with 'Barbie / Miss Lee', he steps on her foot and she ends up in hospital, then in a taxi to go home... To 2024 UTC.
• 16 August: 2040 UTC: 9600 kHz: China Radio International, China. Strong to good reception, English to Europe, Middle East, Africa via Kashi, China, 500 kW. Narration of a literature; Narrator is named Ian [Sounds British]. This is a celebration of Chinese literature. Butcher Li Ang [with a West Country accent] deals with an agitated customer, who calls him a 'pig fucker'! The customer kills him... To 2049 UTC.
• 16 August: 2053 UTC: 9610 kHz: Radio Romania International, Romania. Strong to good reception, English to Europe, America via Tiganesti, Saftica, Romania, 300 kW. Tourists visiting the UNESCO heritage site in Romania, Moldovan Ministries and caves, tourists like to visit music festivals. Programme identifies as 'This is Romania'. Male has transmission details for Western Europe and North America. Also listen online. Email address. Close of broadcast at 2056 UTC; Interval signal. Transmitter off at 2057 UTC.
• 16 August: 2105 UTC: 9620 kHz: Voice of Turkey, Turkey. Strong to moderate reception, English to Asia, Australasia via Emirler, Turkey, 500 kW. Female speech, male speech, music. Female speech with frequencies, times, contact details, 'Questions of note'. Music: Male and female vocals. Female and male speech, speaking over the music. ID by male: "You have been listening to the Voice of Turkey English Service..." with details of forthcoming transmissions on short wave - Announcement made at 2122 UTC - Also listen online. Music. Off air at 2129 UTC.
• 16 August: 2141 UTC: 9730 kHz: Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam. Good to poor reception, English to Europe via Hanoi-Santay, 100 kW. Music, followed by female speech: "You are listening to the Voice of Vietnam". Result of an election: President celebrates victory. Other news: Ministers hold an emergency meeting. News update from Latin America. Speech from male and female - Speech from male includes details of programme schedules. Deterioration of signal. To 2150 UTC.

Voice of Vietnam QSL, April 1993.

That concludes the log of short wave broadcasts for August 2017. Thank you for visiting Reporting From The Fox Tower and please feel free to leave any comments below this post!

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A Midsummer Night's DX (June 2017)

FIRST of all, I recently found the above spinning globe on the internet and thought it would decorate a post about radio broadcasts traveling the world quite nicely, so I have given it the privileged position at the top of the post.

The previous post of radio activity, logging Medium Wave, can be viewed here. That post opened with "It is raining!" - The weather cannot be anymore different, as this weekend is the hottest days of the year so far!

Let us move on to the subject of this post: A log of broadcasts received on the Short Wave band of the Roberts R881, Monday 12 June 2017.
Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz) and transmission powers in watts or KiloWatts (kW).

A QSL from Radio Peking, which would become Radio Beijing, latterly China Radio International.

• 12 June: 1908 UTC: 7385 kHz: China Radio International, China. Good to moderate reception, 500 kW via Kashi-Saibagh, China. Albanian language including male and female speech, current music (Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake). To 1922 UTC.
• 12 June: 1927 UTC: 7395 kHz: China Radio International, China. Good to moderate reception, 500 kW via Kashi-Saibagh, China. German language including male speech, music, female speech, instrumental music (Vanessa Carlton 'A Thousand Miles'), live music. To 1945 UTC.
• 12 June: 1950 UTC: 7415 kHz: China Radio International, China. Good to moderate reception, 500 kW via Urumqi, China. Czech language 'Learn to speak Chinese' programme, off at 1955 UTC.
• 12 June: 1957 UTC: 7415 kHz: China Radio International, China. Strong to moderate reception, 500 kW via Kashi-Saibagh, China. English language with 20:00 UTC news: Leaders of China and the Philippines meet; New military award created; EU are ready to discuss Brexit with the UK, though a new UK Government is yet to be formed, following the June 8 election; President Macron takes control in France; UK Government announces Cabinet reshuffle. Other news: Military plane crash. Chinese passenger plane returns to Sydney airport, following discovery of engine casing damage. Weather: Hong Kong gale warning. Feature: Paul James presents 'Chinese Theatre', touring China, looking at a Chinese television series. To 2012 UTC.
• 12 June: 2037 UTC: 8700 kHz: Spurious broadcast from Radio Romania International! English language, male speech, Romanian ties with US President Donald Trump - The Romanian President visited Trump at the White House. To 2042 UTC.
• 12 June: 2056 UTC: 9420 kHz: Voice of Greece [ERT / Helliniki Radiophonia], Greece. Strong to moderate reception, 170 kW via Avlis, Greece. Greek language including female speech, music - A Zither! Female vocals. Male and female speech, music. Male speech. To 2120 UTC.

A QSL from ERT The Voice of Greece.

Until the next time, enjoy!

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Short Wave: April 2017

BEGINNING this post with a QSL received recently from Laser Hot Hits [above], verifying a report I submitted following reception on 9 October 2016.

Moving on to Short Wave logs for April - Stations logged today, Saturday 8 April 2017.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz) and transmission powers in kiloWatts (kW).

April 2017: Short Wave

• 8 April: 0949 UTC: 15490 kHz: Radio Saudi [BSKSA], Saudi Arabia. Moderate to poor reception, 500 kW via Riyadh. Music with vocals, Arabic language speech from 10:00 UTC, male speech (news headlines?) with an audio 'stab' between spoken items. Short music clip, followed by female speech with music in the background. Music and sounds include a doorbell! To 1010 UTC.
• 8 April: 1031 UTC: 17490 kHz: China Radio International, China. Moderate to poor reception, 500 kW to Europe, Asia and Australasia via Kashi, China. Female speech, English, speaking about a fire. Very faint reception, due to QRM - Man-made interference, including a very strange 'clicking' noise... The interference is the kind produced by 'plasma'-type televisions. Reception improves slightly - To 1038 UTC.
• 8 April: 1051 UTC: 17710 kHz: Deutsche Welle, Germany. Poor reception, 250 kW to Africa via Meyerton, South Africa. Very faint speech, male and female speech in the Swahili language. The 'clicking', as reported on 17490 kHz, continues across the band. Slight uplift of signal at 1055 UTC - Off air at 1100 UTC.

• 8 April: 1128 UTC: 17805 kHz: Radio Saudi [BSKSA], Saudi Arabia. Moderate to poor reception, 500 kW via Riyadh. Male speech, accompanied by music, peaks very briefly above the noise floor. Male Arabic speech, telephone callers on the air. To 1140 UTC.
• 8 April: 1201 UTC: 21505 kHz: Radio Saudi [BSKSA], Saudi Arabia. Moderate to poor reception, 500 kW via Riyadh. An upbeat programme, battling the noise. Male and possibly female speech, music, speech, fade out... Fade in. Male speech, Arabic, with background audio. To 1210 UTC.

That completes the log of broadcasts received from the 19-meter to the 13-meter bands. Until the next time, enjoy.

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January + February 2017 on air

MID February and it is a Six Nations Sunday, a tournament which this blog has reflected upon (briefly) over past years. Spoiler alert: Ireland and England won on Saturday; Scotland v France is underway, five minutes played, no score.

I have had a couple of evenings listening to the Roberts R881 over the first six weeks of this year, here are the logs of what I heard on Short Wave and, to begin, Medium Wave. Notes: Time in UTC (GMT), frequency in kiloHertz (kHz), power in kiloWatt (kW) or MegaWatt (MW).

January 2017: Medium Wave.

• 25 January: 1812 UTC: 540 kHz: MR Kossuth Radio, Hungary. Good to strong reception, 2 MW via Solt, Hungary. 'Sports World' covering a Women's volleyball Cup match.
• 25 January: 1906 UTC: 549 kHz: Jil FM, Algeria. Good to strong reception, up to 600 kW via Sidi Hamadouche, Algeria. Music and speech, French and Arabic services.
• 25 January: 1935 UTC: 567 kHz: RNE Radio 5, Spain. Moderate to poor reception, up to 100 kW via Murcia, Spain. Male and female speech, Spanish.

• 25 January: 1958 UTC: 585 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland, UK. Good to strong reception, 2 kW via Dumfries, Scotland. Football! Heart of Midlothian v Raith Rovers in the Scottish Cup - GOAL Hearts 0 - Raith Rovers 1 (Deflected goal). Also playing: Celtic 0 - St Johnstone 0.
• 25 January: 2018 UTC: 585 kHz: RNE Radio Nacional, Spain. Good to strong reception, up to 100 kW via Madrid, Spain. MORE football! Celta Vigo v Real Madrid - Male commentators mention Bale, Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, referee blows his whistle. Isco. [Full Time: 2-2]
• 25 January: 2036 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio 4, UK. Good to strong reception. 2 kW via Wrekenton, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England. 'Future Proofing': How sport plays its part in society. Link into the 'Four Thought' programme.

• 25 January: 2108 UTC: 621 kHz: RTBF International, Belgium. Strong to moderate reception, 300 kW via Wavre, Belgium. 'Viva Sports' Male speech, presumably at a football fixture. Mentions of 'goalkeeper', 'El Classico', 'Anderlecht'. Full Time? Male in quiet studio reading football scores. Music: Clean Bandit 'Rockabye'.
• 25 January: 2148 UTC: 639 kHz: RNE Radio Nacional, Spain. Good to strong reception, up to 600 kW via various transmission sites. Football: Celta Vigo v Real Madrid - Male commentary. Full Time? Highlights package.
• 25 January: 2209 UTC: 639 kHz: CRo2 Dvojka, Czech Republic. Good to moderate reception, 1500 kW via Prague. 'Night Micro forum' with Marie Retková. Female conversation, music: Frank Sinatra 'Strangers In The Night'. Conversation continues.

February 2017: Short Wave.

• 2 February: 1201 UTC: 9430 kHz: FEBC International, Philippines. Moderate reception, 100 kW to Asia, via Bocaue, Philippines. Music, top of the hour idents in various languages, music. Chinese - Mandarin language.
• 2 February: 1240 UTC: 9560 kHz: Vatican Radio, Vatican City, The Vatican. Poor reception, 250 kW to Asia + Oceania via Philippines. Chinese language programme, female and male speech. ID signal.
• 2 February: 1312 UTC: 9645 kHz: Reach Beyond Australia, Australia. Moderate to poor reception, English language to Asia, via Kununurra, Australia. 'Hope for the Heart' programme with male and female voices.

• 2 February: 1345 UTC: 9740 kHz: BBC World Service, UK. Moderate to poor reception, female speech at length, male on telephone. English to East + South East Asia via Kranji, Singapore.
• 2 February: 1452 UTC: 9880 kHz: China Radio International, China. Good to moderate reception, 100 kW via Nanning, China. Cambodian language - Music, female speech, ID sequence, off air at 1457 UTC.
• 2 February: 1509 UTC: 9900 kHz: Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran. Moderate to poor reception, 500 kW via Sirjan, Iran. Hindi language - Very muffled speech, heavy propagation. Music, female speech. [Online as 'ParsToday']

• 2 February: 1532 UTC: 9920 kHz: BBC World Service, UK. Good to moderate reception, 250 kW via Nakhon Sawan, Thailand. Urdu language: Female speech, translating an American English male, translating an English speaking female.
• 2 February: 1555 UTC: 11635 kHz: BBC World Service, UK. Poor reception. 250 kW via Kranji, Singapore. Urdu language: Female in studio, with male on phone. Music, female speech. Off air at 1559 UTC.
• 2 February: 1606 UTC: 11725 kHz: China Radio International, China. Poor reception. 150 kW via Cerrik, Albania. Arabic language: Flamboyant music, male speech, extended music.

• 2 February: 1617 UTC: 11735 kHz: Either Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Zanzibar [50 kW via Dole, Zanzibar, Swahili language] Or Rádio Trans Mundial, Brazil [50 kW via Santa Maria - Camobi, Brazil, Portuguese language]. Moderate reception, male speech, music.
• 2 February: 1632 UTC: 11815 kHz: Voice of Turkey, Turkey. Strong to moderate reception, 500 kW via Emirler, Turkey. Turkish language, male speech, music.
• 2 February: 1639 UTC: 11900 kHz: Voice of America, USA. Moderate to poor reception, English to Africa via Sentech, Meyerton, South Africa. Female and male presentation team of 'South Sudan In Focus'.

• 2 February: 1736 UTC: 11930 kHz: Radio Marti, USA. Moderate to poor reception, Spanish to Cuba via Greenville, North Carolina, USA. Strong speech from a male, with female speech too.
• 2 February: 1750 UTC: 11945 kHz: NHK World Radio, Japan. Good to strong reception, 250 kW via Issoudun, France. Music: Earth, Wind & Fire 'Boogie Wonderland', Japanese speech, music. Female speech, male speech, ID, time signal for 1800 UTC, ID. Male speech: News bulletin. Female speech.
• 2 February: 1828 UTC: 11975 kHz: BBC World Service, UK. Good reception, 250 kW to Africa, via Ascension Island. French language service, male speech, ID as 'BBC Afrique', ID set to music - Off air at 1829 UTC.

• 2 February: 1835 UTC: 12075 kHz: Voice of America, USA. Strong to moderate reception. French language service to Africa, via Botswana. Male and female speech, with idents.
• 2 February: 1854 UTC: 12160 kHz: WWCR 2, USA. Poor reception, 100 kW via Nashville, Tennessee, USA. English language: Male voice with web address, music, female speech.
• 2 February: 1925 UTC: 15400 kHz: BBC World Service, UK. Good to strong reception, English to West + Central Africa via Ascension Island - Football! Ghana v Cameroon in the African Cup of Nations - Live commentary from the Stade de Franceville, half an hour played. Ghana corner, dispossessed, Cameroon corner - 30 yard shot on goal, Ghana 'keeper punches the ball out. 0-0 on 30 minutes in the Semi-Final. Ghana have a shot on goal - Wide of the post.

That completes the logs for January and February - Much more comprehensive than I thought! I hope you have found this post informative and interesting. Until the next time - Enjoy.

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DX Notes, July - October 2016.

A while has passed since the last update on the broadcasts I have heard on the Medium Wave and Short Wave bands, so here is a collective of both bands over the course of the months of July to October.

Times are listed in UTC (Universal Time Co-ordination, which equals Greenwich Mean Time).
Frequencies are listed in kiloHertz (kHz).

July 2016: Short Wave

• 28 July: 2042 UTC: 15825 kHz: WWCR, Nashville TN USA. Good to moderate reception. English to Europe, Middle East, America via Nashville. Programme may have been 'Into The Blue' with Terry Herd.

September 2016: Medium Wave

• 3 September: 1858 UTC: 1458 kHz: Lyca Radio, Brookmans Park, London. Moderate reception. Broadcasting to the Asian Community; Asian music.
• 3 September: 1915 UTC: 1458 kHz: BBC Newcastle, Wrekenton, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Moderate reception. Music: Elton John & Kiki Dee - 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart'; Bruce Springsteen - 'Dancing In The Dark'. ID: "...For the North East, BBC Newcastle".
• 3 September: 2034 UTC: 1548 kHz: Forth 2, Colinswell, Edinburgh. Strong to moderate reception. Music: Madison Avenue 'Don't Call Me Baby'. Speech from the male host, Sean. Ad break. ID for Forth 2. Music: Michael Jackson 'Bad'.

• 3 September: 2055 UTC: 1557 kHz: Smooth Radio, Kings Heath, Northampton. Moderate reception. Music: Fern Kinney 'Together We Are Beautiful'. ID for Smooth Radio. Music: 'In Your Eyes'. Ad break. News bulletin [10pm]. Music: The Carpenters; Prince.

October 2016: Short Wave [Tropical Band]

• 9 October: 1902 UTC: 3985 kHz: Radio Slovakia International. Moderate reception. English to Europe via Radio 700, Kall-Krekel, Germany. News stories from the past week (male host). The 'Listener's Tribune' show: Female (lead) host, speaking with a male colleague. Listener's letters. Conclusion of programme with contact details.
• 9 October: 1927 UTC: 3985 kHz: Radio 700, Kall-Krekel, Germany. Moderate reception. Music: Paul McCartney & Wings 'Band On The Run'. ID for Radio 700. Music continues... Tea break. 1952 UTC: Music continues - Neil Diamond 'Solitary Man'; The Beatles 'Love Me Do'; Elton John 'Crocodile Rock'.
• 9 October: 2002 UTC: 3995 kHz: HCJB Deutschland, Weenermoor, Germany. Moderate reception. German language broadcast, primarily to Europe. Music. Male speech. Relaxed style of programme.

• 9 October: 2023 UTC: 4015 kHz: Laser Hot Hits. UK. Good to moderate reception. ★Pirate★ Male speech giving frequencies, ID for Laser Hot Hits and the website address. Music. Links: "Jazz, funk and soul, we start in the 80s; Starting with 'Mercy, Mercy'"... "Best funk and soul on the way... for a Sunday... 'Oh What A Feeling'". Music and speech.
• 9 October: 2107 UTC: 5000 kHz: WWV, Boulder CO USA. Strong to good reception. Time Signal station. Continuous tone. Audible 'pips' every second. 'Double-ticks' at 2120 UTC.
• 9 October: 2149 UTC: 5960 kHz: China Radio International. Strong to good reception. English to Europe & Africa via Albania. 'Roundtable': Female and male hosts. College / University students in China can overspend; Females spending more than males. 'Chinese Studio' / 'Learn Chinese' programme: "How do you say 'stir fry' in Chinese?" is the Question of the day. Conclusion of programme at 2200 UTC.

That is the list of broadcasts heard over recent months. Please note the station names contain links to their websites. I do hope you find the above information of interest. Enjoy.

Springtime on Short Wave

[Housekeeping: Times in UTC (GMT); Frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz); Transmission powers (where applied) are watts / kiloWatts (kW).]  *Please add one hour to the times for British Summer Time.*

1210 UTC : 11815 kHz : Babcock International test transmission. Fair reception. Music loop with male announcements in English: 'You are listening to a test transmission', another announcement with email address for reception reports. Via the Woofferton transmitter, UK. To 1220 UTC.
*YouTube video of the test transmission*

1252 UTC : 13575 kHz : China Radio International. Fair reception. Russian language via Urumqi, China. 500 kW. Russian speech over Chinese music; Male and female speech. To 1300 UTC.
*C R I Russian website*

1309 UTC : 13590 kHz : Voice of America. Poor reception. 'VOA Deewa' programme in Pashto language, 250 kW via Iranawila, Sri Lanka. Speech from female and male. To 1314 UTC.
*VOA Deewa website*

1316 UTC : 13600 kHz : China Radio International. Poor reception. Russian language via Xian, China. 500 kW. Male speech, music, female speech. To 1330 UTC.

1334 UTC : 13650 kHz : China Radio International. Fair reception. Chinese language via Urumqi, China. 500 kW. Male speech, saxophone music. To 1340 UTC.
*C R I Chinese website*

1341 UTC : 13670 kHz : China Radio International. Fair reception. English to Worldwide via Kashi, China. 500 kW. 'Postcards': A new butterfly garden in Dubai; Surfing in West Africa; Italian barber shop. Learn Chinese: 'Chinese Studio'. Ordering drinks in the Chinese language. To 1400 UTC.
*C R I English website*

1408 UTC : 13670 kHz : China Radio International. Fair reception. French language via Cerrik, Albania. 150 kW. Male and female speech. To 1415 UTC.
*C R I French website*

1425 UTC : 13710 kHz : China Radio International. Good reception. English to Worldwide via Kashi, China. 'Roundtable' Male and female speak of University education in China. Road rage incident in China on May 13th: Bus driver runs over car drivers leg. To 1435 UTC.

1629 UTC : 15180 kHz : "This is Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, Praha".
1630 UTC : "This is South Sudan in Focus, from the Voice of America". Good reception. English to Africa via Santa Maria di Galeria, Vatican. 250 kW.
News: Fourteen students are traveling to the USA from South Sudan, to study for a fellowship. Civil Service overhaul. Nigerian talks to avoid a strike over oil.
Features: 'Question of the Day - What do you think?' Question regarding trust.
Tuesday health segment: Vaccines for neglected diseases. Zika virus update from the World Health Organisation. Drought in Southern Africa.
Recap of news headlines - Breaking news: Clashes between students of the National Congress party and Sunni students. Music. 'Thank you for listening'. Off air at 1659 UTC.
*VOA South Sudan in Focus website*

1705 UTC : 15205 kHz : Radio Saudi. Good reception. Arabic via Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 500 kW. Male speech, prayer, male speech. To 1710 UTC.
*Radio Saudi Arabic website*

1710 UTC : 15235 kHz : Channel Africa. Good reception. English to Africa via Meyerton, South Africa. 500 kW. Female reporter at the South African Parliament: MP's protesting for the removal of President Zuma were removed from the building. You can now listen to Channel Africa in the USA, over the phone. Male host: A human rights programme is being rolled out across Southern Africa, including South Sudan. The World Health Organisation is overseeing blood pressure tests in South Africa. To 1730 UTC.
*Channel Africa website*

1749 UTC : 15400 kHz : BBC World Service. Good reception. English to West & Central Africa via Ascension Island. 250 kW. 'Focus on Africa'. Salty foods increases the chances of hyper tension in blood pressure. Students in a township of Johannesburg have received digital tablets to help them with their studies. A ship carrying musical instruments from the USA to Brazil. Music: 'Analogue Africa Echoes'. Fifteen tracks on a newly recorded compilation. Twitter messages from Zimbabwe. 'Many thanks'. BBC World Service ID. EU Referendum on 'World Questions' Saturday (21st) & Sunday (22nd). 1800 UTC news: Venezuela accuses USA of campaign against their country. Syrian summit in Vienna. To 1808 UTC.
*BBC Focus on Africa website*

1820 UTC : 15500 kHz : Radio Exterior de España. Strong reception. Spanish via Noblejas, Spain. 200 kW. Fast-paced speech, included Sofia, Bulgaria - Snippet of speech in French, translated to Spanish. Male reporting from Vienna - Vienna is hosting a summit to secure peace in Syria. Speech by US envoy John Kenny. To 1830 UTC.
*Radio Exterior de España website*

1838 UTC : 15610 kHz : WEWN. Good reception. English to Europe & Middle East via Birmingham / Vandiver AL [Alabama] USA. 250 kW. 'Called to Communion' Male speaks in support of the claims made to him by Jesus Christ; talks of how no scientist has been able to prove the existence of all the living things. 'Called to Communion' with Doctor David Anders. 'This is EWTN Global Catholic Radio, WEWN, Birmingham, Alabama, USA'. To 1855 UTC.
*EWTN website*

1925 UTC : 15770 kHz : The Overcomer Ministry. Fair reception. English to Europe & America via WRMI - World Radio Miami International - Okeechobee FL (Florida) USA. 100 kW. Telephone caller, male, making a point on the recorded messages line. Brother R G Stair is speaking. Contact details: Telephone, email, website. "I am the best thing God put on this earth!" To 1943 UTC.
*The Overcomer Ministry website*

1952 UTC : 15825 kHz : WWCR. Fair reception. English to Europe, Middle East & America via WWCR-1 Nashville TN (Tennessee) USA. 100 kW. Male speaker talks of how he believes all preachers to believe their own words. The speaker believes the young generation are not connected to the Holy Spirit. 'The Old Trailblazer', Albert Pendarvis.
ID for WWCR. 'Welcome to Real Radio, with Pastor Jack Hibbs'. Chapter Twelve; 2 Corinthians. 'By the way you walk'. To 2015 UTC.
*WWCR website*

That concludes the logs for May 2016. Logging date: Tuesday 17 May 2016. Until the next time.

Short Wave logbook, January 2016.

TIMES in UTC (GMT); Frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz); Transmission powers in kiloWatts (kHz):

Friday 15 January 2016:

• 2125 UTC, 5865 kHz : Radio Farda : Male speech, time signal on the half hour, female speech. Persian language. To 2130 UTC.
• 2133 UTC, 5885 kHz : Voice of America : Male speech, French / Bambara languages to Africa via Santa Maria di Galeria (Vatican State), 250 kW.
• 2140 UTC, 5900 kHz : Overcomer Ministry via Spaceline Bulgaria to the Middle East and Europe. Brother R G Stair's speech is to remind the USA of terrorism, listing Presidents past and present - Reagan, Bush Snr, Clinton, Bush Jr, Obama - Presidential candidates: Mrs Clinton, Donald J Trump. Brother Stair states this speech was recorded at 10:30 on Monday 4 January 2016.
• 2154 UTC, 5950 kHz : IRIB World Service (also known as the Voice Of the Islamic Republic of Iran). Female speech with music, male speech. Music: 'Axel F' by Harold Faltermeyer. Signal strength good; Interference levels moderate; Overall signal fair. Male speech. Bosnian language service. To 2205 UTC.
• 2218 UTC, 6060 kHz : IRIB World Service : Male speech, instrumental, classical music. Arabic service via Zaheda, Iran.
• 2240 UTC, 6090 kHz : Caribbean Beacon (also known as the University Network), Anguilla. Recording of the Late Dr Gene Scott, speaking in praise of the Lord. Signal strength fair; Interference levels moderate to poor; Overall signal poor. English to the Americas. Music and speech. Interference from a morse code style transmission. To 2250 UTC.
• 2310 UTC, 6175 kHz : China Radio International : The Spanish language service, via Cerrik, Albania, 150 kW. Male speech, female speech 'Radio Internacional de China'. Signal strength strong; Interference levels slight; Overall reception good. Music. To 2325 UTC.

Those are all the Short Wave logs for January 2016. Please note, you may require the services of a translation programme for some of the web links featured in the station names.

International Listening Update, March 2014

TEN MONTHS have passed since I last tuned the Short Wave band of my radio, to listen to broadcasts from all over the world. I took the opportunity to spend some time beside my radio on the afternoon of Thursday 27 March. The results of what I heard are here. All times are UTC (Universal Time Co-ordination, also known as GMT - Greenwich Mean Time); All frequencies are kHz (kiloHertz).

• 1615 UTC, 7265 kHz : Unidentified broadcast - Possibly China Radio International, broadcasting in the Russian language. Reception was fair. Male speech, female speech, news regarding France. Speech regarding President Francois Hollande, France. To 1620 UTC.
• 1630 UTC, 9410 kHz : BBC World Service - 'Sport Today'. European football: Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, Real Madrid, Barcelona. Reception was fair. English to South Asia via Kranji, Singapore. Premiership football in England: Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea. World reaction via social media. To 1650 UTC.
• 1650 UTC, 9435 kHz : China Radio International - Learn to speak Chinese, referring to phrases such as "I won't go to the company today" and words such as "supermarket". Reception was good. English broadcast worldwide via Kashi, China. To 1700 UTC.
• 1710 UTC, 9500 kHz : Radio Australia [ABC - Australian Broadcasting Corporation] - 'Daily Planet' music programme, referring to the band 'Tangalo'. Male host. Reception was fair. English to Asia and Australasia via Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. To 1730 UTC.
• 1755 UTC, 9500 kHz : Unidentified broadcast - Speech interspersed with intro to the track 'Puffing Billy' by Edward White! To 1800 UTC.

• 2245 UTC, 9575 kHz : Medi 1 Radio, Morocco - 'Album Story' programme. Speech, followed by clips of tracks by Dire Straits, Santana and Michael Jackson. Female speech in French. Reception was good. Male speech, music by Bob Marley. To 2255 UTC.
• 2310 UTC, 9855 kHz : Radio Australia [ABC - Australian Broadcasting Corporation] - Female host with round table discussion regarding sport in the community and history of cricket in Samoa. Reception was fair. English to Asia and Australasia via Al Dhabbaya, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. To 2325 UTC.

That concludes the log of broadcasts I heard Thursday 27 March. I hope not to leave it so long next time!

Bank Holiday Broadcasts

WELCOME to the latest weekly post here on RFTFT. I spent the evening of Monday 27 May (Bank Holiday Monday) tuning the short wave band on my Roberts R881 and here is what I heard.

• I believe I heard Voice of Tigray Revolution, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, broadcasting Horn of Africa music at 1948 UTC (GMT), on the frequency of 5950 kHz, but I could not verify this.
• China Radio International, 20:00 UTC, 5960 kHz. English to Europe, Middle East and Africa via Albania transmitter. 'Beyond Beijing' begins with female news broadcaster: Chinese links with Germany and the United States of America. European ministers meet to discuss Syria. Chinese man sentenced following murder of a baby. Statistics show rise in business profits. News read by Rebecca Hune. 'China Drive' presented by Mark Griffiths. Feature on fashion designers. Weather reports from Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney, London. Report from the World Health Organisation shows the gap between the developed and developing countries of the world has narrowed.
• Voice Of America, 2030 UTC, 6080 kHz. English to Africa via Botswana. Male host, 'Africa Beat' music programme.
• International Radio Serbia, 2058 UTC, 6100 kHz. English to Europe via Bosnia - Hercegovina. Interval signal and news from female newscaster: Report regarding the Serbian foreign ministry. Relations between Serbia and Russia have never been better. Serbia to improve relations with the European Union in Brussels. French television report regarding smugglers. Twentieth anniversary of the Yugoslav civil war. Serbian testifies against Croat war crimes. Meteorology award given to a Serb professor. Princess Beatrice of England is visiting Serbia. Report regarding budgets and finances. Sport: Football, tennis, shooting. Music: Folk songs.

That's the update for now - Enjoy the sunshine!

World Wide Wireless, May 2012

LOG of Short Wave radio broadcasts I received Friday 4 May 2012:

• EWTN/WEWN, 0942 – 1000 UTC, 11520 kHz, SINPO 44444, English to Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe via Birmingham AL USA. Holy Rosary with Mother Angelica.
• China Radio International, 1124 – 1140 UTC, 13650 kHz, SINPO 54444, English to Europe, Asia, America via Albania. ‘Beijing Hour’.
• Radio Rossii, 1258 – 1300 UTC, 13665 kHz, SINPO 44444, Russian language, Male & Female voices, cheering children. ID.
• China Radio International, 1306 – 1320 UTC, 13670 kHz, 44444, Chinese language, female speech over soothing piano music.
• China Radio International, 1330 – 1342 UTC, 13710 kHz, 44444, French language service, female reporters speaking over music with vox pops.
• China Radio International, 1349 – 1355 UTC, 13790 kHz, 44444, English to Europe, Asia, Australia, America via Urumchi, China. Male speech.
• BBC World Service, 1405 – 1412 UTC, 13820 kHz, 23332, English to Middle East via Cyprus, ‘World Briefing’ female speech.
• University Network, 1418 – 1426 UTC, 13845 kHz, 23332, English to Europe, America via WWCR-3, Nashville TN USA. Female and male speech.
• IRRS-Shortwave, 1450 – 1500 UTC, 15190 kHz, 23332, English to Europe, Middle East, Asia, Australia. The Overcomer Ministry with Brother RG Stair.
• Radio Africa, 1505 – 1510 UTC, 15190 kHz, 54444, English to Africa. Female speaking of freedom and equality.
• KTWR – Trans World Radio, 1520 – 1522 UTC, 15200 kHz, 43333, English to Asia via Guam. Male speech in praise of God, singers.
• Voice of Korea, 1535 – 1550 UTC, 15245 kHz, 44444, English to Europe and America via Pyongyang. Memories of the Great Leader.

All in all that's a pretty decent lot!
Martin.

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.