The fourth tier, February 2016.

THE month of February is almost at an end, so it is an ideal time to round up the February results from my favourite club in the fourth tier of English football, Carlisle United Football Club.

Sky Bet League Two, Season 2015-16.

• League: Saturday 6th: United 2 - Accrington Stanley 0. Attendance: 4709.
• League: Saturday 13th: Newport County 1 - United 0. Attendance: 2106.
• League: Tuesday 16th: Accrington Stanley 1 - United 1. Attendance: 2080.
• League: Saturday 20th: United 1 - Stevenage 0. Attendance: 4780.
• League: Tuesday 23rd: AFC Wimbledon 1 - United 0. Attendance: 3526.
• League: Saturday 27th: Morecambe 1 - United 2. Attendance: 3070.

As it stands on the afternoon of Sunday 28th, United are eleventh in League Two, having played 31 matches, won 13, drawn 10, lost 8. United have 49 points.

United have seven fixtures in March: Leyton Orient, Northampton Town, Wycombe Wanderers and Bristol Rovers (Easter Monday) at home; Dagenham & Redbridge, Exeter City and Yeovil Town (Good Friday) away.

Enjoy the forthcoming fixtures in Springtime.

Medium Wave, February 2016

WEEKENDS are a time for enjoying the finer things in life. For me, that is tuning a radio.
Here is the log of broadcasts received on Medium Wave, Saturday 6 February 2016. Times in UTC (Universal Time Coordination; Same as GMT), frequencies in kHz (kiloHertz), transmission powers in kW (kiloWatts):

• 2000 UTC: 774 kHz: RNE Radio Nacional, Spain. Multi transmitters, 20-100 kW. ‘Tablero deportivo’ (Sport). Good reception. To 2012 UTC. Website.
• 2020 UTC: 783 kHz: [Presumed] Radio Of Syrian Arab Republic, via Tartus, Syria 600 KW. Speech, half-hour time pips, speech. Moderate to poor reception. To 2030 UTC. Website.
• 2035 UTC: 792 kHz: BBC Radio Ulster, 1 kW via Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Male reporter at a sporting event. Moderate to poor reception. To 2050 UTC. Website.
• 2105 UTC: 801 kHz: [Tentative] BBC Radio Devon, 2 kW via Barnstaple, Devon. ‘BBC Introducing in Devon’. Moderate to poor reception. To 2120 UTC. Website.

• 2125 UTC: 801 kHz: RNE Radio Nacional, Spain, via Burgos, 10-20 kW. ‘Tablero deportivo’ (Sport). Good reception. To 2135 UTC. Website.
• 2140 UTC: 810 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland, via Burghead or Westerglen, 100 kW. ‘Pipeline’ with Gary West. Good reception. To 2155 UTC. Website.
• 2210 UTC: 837 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria, 1 kW via Barrow in Furness, Cumbria. Anne Hopper. Moderate reception. To 2220 UTC. Website.

• 2225 UTC: 846 kHz: Radio North, 1 kW via Redcastle, Co Donegal, Ireland. ‘Night Music’. Moderate reception. To 2235 UTC. Website.
• 2240 UTC: 855 kHz: RNE Radio Nacional, Spain, 300 kW via Murcia. ‘Tablero deportivo’ (Sport). Good to strong reception. To 2250 UTC. Website.
• 2300 UTC: 882 kHz: BBC Radio Wales, up to 100 kW (Washford, Somerset). Adam Walton. Good to strong reception. To 2315 UTC. Website.
• 2323 UTC: 909 kHz: BBC Radio 5 Live, up to 200 kW (Moorside Edge, West Yorkshire). Stephen Nolan. Good to strong reception. To 2335 UTC. Watch live webcam.

• 2345 UTC: 936 kHz: Dales Radio, 150 watts via Brunt Acres Road, Hawes, North Yorkshire. ‘Stress Busters’. Good to strong reception. To 00:05 UTC. Website.

That completes the log for February 2016.

Do please click on the weblinks.

Thank you.