My AM Archive: April 2014

 GOOD Friday 2014 was a very good Friday, for listening to the Medium Wave band of the Roberts R881.
This post details what was heard on that date.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: December 2013, 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.

April 2014 : Medium Wave

• [Friday] 18 April [2014]: 2028 UTC: 738 kHz: RNE 1 Barcelona  Male speech with brief musical interludes. High speech content in Spanish language.
  Fair to poor reception; Presumed 500 kW transmission?
  Logged to 2042 UTC.
• 18 April: 2045 UTC: 747 kHz: NOS R5 [Zeewold HOL]  Very strong signal, speech by both a male and female, in the Dutch language. Music at 2047 UTC.
  This is NOS R5, via Zeewold, Holland. The broadcaster is also known as Radio 5 Nostalgia.
  Male speech at 2050 UTC, with male on phone.
  Excellent to good reception; Presumed 400 kW transmission?
  Logged to 2100 UTC.
• 18 April: 2104 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  Music: The Shadows 'Because They're Young'? ID for Joe Costin, voiced by Richard Nankivell. Music: Engelbert Humperdink 'Please Release Me'. Speech by Joe Costin, ID for The Late Show on BBC Radio Cumbria.
  Good to fair reception; 1 kW via Brisco, Carlisle [See image, below].
  Music: Nilsson 'Without You'.
  Co-channel interference from DLF, Germany.
  Logged to 2116 UTC.
  
• 18 April: 2129 UTC: 756 kHz: Tentative reception of BBC Radio 4 which would make the transmission site Redruth, Cornwall!
  Poor - fair - poor reception.
  Female speech regarding shipping.
  Co-channel interference from DLF and BBC Radio Cumbria.
  Logged to 2140 UTC.
  
  
  
  

  
  
• 18 April: 2150 UTC: 756 kHz: Deutschlandfunk [DLF]  "The 'powerhouse' broadcast on this channel after dark".
  Transmission via Ravensburg / Braunschweig, Germany. 100-200 kW.
  Excellent - good - fair reception.
  German male and female speech, operatic pieces.
  Logged to 2200 UTC.

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Wallpaper of the Beach, 15 November 2014

FOLLOWING LAST week's post, Taylor by the Sea, this post follows up the comparison to the previous Wallpaper of the Beach, which featured Miss Maria Sharapova. The above image was originally posted by Miss Taylor Swift on social media over the course of Easter 2014, the image she described as 'Looking for Easter eggs'. Miss Swift would go on to feature in a photoshoot for Rolling Stone magazine, at the beach, which may lead to a future Wallpaper of the Beach.

Moving away from beaches and the sea for now, I would also like to share an image of Taylor taken earlier in 2014, when she was pictured looking very stylish - Does the colour of her bag match her trousers? - when she was pictured out and about with her first cat, Meredith, in a bag that the press named her 'pussy purse'. I shall leave you with that image to enjoy, until next time.

Revival of the Railways

FOR this post on RFTFT, I'd like to share some photographs from Easter Sunday, 2014. That day, I visited the Eden Valley Railway at Warcop, as part of the Classic Commercial Vehicle Rally, which had a bus service running to and from the railway. I enjoy visiting the site; The facilities the railway site has are of great interest. They host an 'Emporium', from which you can browse and purchase such a wide range of goods, they also have refreshments served at 'The Buffer Stop', from where I purchased a drink and a couple of postcards, which reproduced the railway posters from days gone by. You can also enjoy the views of the surrounding fells from here.

The building is also home to two model railway layouts, which are intended for younger visitors, but those of all ages were enjoying the model railway on Easter Sunday!

Upon arriving at the site, your admission fee is also the point from where you are issued tickets to take the 2.2 mile train journey on this beautiful, revived line. The platform, seen in the above photographs, is next to a building which features a traditional railway clock, as picured here.

On the way to the platform, you pass the beautifully restored signal box, which is pictured here.

During your journey, you will be joined by the volunteers taking the roles of the Station Master and the ticket inspectors, who will clip your ticket as you enjoy the views of Warcop, Sandford and the surrounding area.

It is a thoroughly enjoyable day out. The passenger train services for 2014 have now ended, but do make a note in your diary for Easter 2015, when they resume. For more information, visit the Eden Valley Railway website.

Enjoy.

Maria's Easter Birthday 2014

THE MAGNIFICENT Maria Sharapova, pictured above, celebrates her birthday this coming weekend, the weekend is also Easter 2014, hence the title of this post. To mark Maria's birthday on Saturday, 19 April, this blog presents the above image, from the May 2013 edition of Esquire Latin America, which featured a stunning photoshoot with Maria. Miss Sharapova celebrates her twenty seventh birthday on Saturday.

Happy Birthday Maria!