Showing posts with label Homer Simpson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Homer Simpson. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

My DX Archive: Winter 1992-93

ALLOW me to take you back, twenty-five years, to the radio broadcasts I listened to on Short Wave and Medium Wave, mostly using a Hitachi TRK-5854 E, over the course of the winter of 1992-93.

[Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz), MegaHertz (MHz) and/or metrebands (m). Logs transcribed from the original notes.]

November 1992
  • 19 November [1992]: 1137 UTC: 5955 kHz: Radio Netherlands 'Newsline' followed by 'Media Network', presented by Jonathan Marks: Voice of America plans conference, TRT Turkey on satellite & Short Wave. Testing the Sony ICF-SW-33. Radio Luxembourg. End of show at 1225 UTC.
  • 23 November: 1848 UTC: 6045 kHz: BBC World Service "Multitrack 1: UK Top 20": "Yesterdays" by Guns 'n' Roses.
  • 23 November: 1915 UTC: 7260 kHz: Radio Australia : Sports.
  • 23 November: 2001 UTC: 7/8 MHz: KOL Israel Radio : News of deaths of soldier & boy, Jerusalem road tunnel. Headlines.
  • 23 November: 2030 UTC: 7510 kHz: Christian Science Monitor News: World Markets. Monitor Radio feature on Windsor Castle.
  • 23 November: 2158 UTC: 12 MHz: Deutsche Welle with opening signature tune, Announces German broadcast relayed via Malta.
The Xrobb l-Għaġin transmission site, Malta [Archive image]
December 1992
  • 16 December: 1918 UTC: 5 MHz: Radio Australia Sports: Rugby Union, Motor Racing, Golf. International Olympic Committee plan for Atlanta 1996 Olympics. "One World" Environment programme, broadcast to the Pacific.
  • 16 December: 1944 UTC: 5945 kHz: Radio Austria International Reports by Nigel Jones and David Ward.
  • 16 December: 2247 UTC: 7/8 MHz: Radio Ukraine International "Ukraine And The World, from Kiev".
  • 16 December: 2312 UTC: 7 MHz: Radio Moscow "Commonwealth Update" Reviewing one year of independence of Khazakstan.
  • 25 December: 2136 UTC: 1179 kHz [Medium Wave]: Radio Sweden "Radio Sweden Christmas Special" Presenter speaks to Scandinavians in Norway, Finland, Iceland and Denmark. (Christmas Day, Friday 25 December 1992).
The Stockholm skyline
January 1993
  • 14 January [1993]: 1931 UTC: 6155 kHz: Radio Austria International : Austrian newspapers review: Bombing in Iraq, nuclear weapons, Bosnia.
  • 14 January: 2004 UTC: 15590 kHz: BBC World Service news: Malcolm Rifkind, Bosnian leader to go to Geneva to see the UN. Search & rescue of a Polish ferry called off by Germany. UN nations sign treaty to stop manufacture of chemical weapons. Chernobyl fire.
  • 14 January: 2040 UTC: 7510 kHz: Christian Science Monitor (WCSN) : Saddam Hussein, New York, Cuba.
  • 14 January: 2108 UTC: 5930 kHz: Radio Prague English news: Chemical weapons, Czech President's election comments. 'Press Review' by Jeremy Smith: 'Telegraph' story regarding a homeless charity.
  • 29 January: 1130 UTC: 9535 kHz: Swiss Radio Europe Music request programme: Michael Jackson "Heal The World", request for Sandra Jones in London: KWS "Rock Your Baby", Sadé, end of show at 1145 UTC (1245 Central European Time / CET) Programme address: Swiss Radio Europe (Swiss Radio International), 3000 BERNE - 15 SWITZERLAND.
February 1993
  • 5 February: 2009 UTC: 5800 kHz: Radio Australia "International Report": Relations between Iran and Turkey. Killings in Turkey. Rockets fired at people in an Islamic state. Interference.
  • 5 February: 2034 UTC: 5955 kHz: Radio Netherlands broadcasting in an international language.
  • 5 February: 2116 UTC: 6235 kHz: Radio Sofia Bulgaria Young people looking for work, sports news to 2130 UTC.
  • 5 February: 2228 UTC: 7510 kHz: Christian Science Monitor - WCSN "Letterbox" PO 860, BOSTON MA 02123 USA , K. Shippey trails up coming WCSN shows.
  • 11 February: 1955 UTC: 1197 / 1260 kHz Medium wave: Voice of America - VOA Europe "Magazine Show" Chuck Wich reviews the "Chaplin" movie. Barbara Klein anchor. News at 20 UTC, Valentine's Day message. Music from Cher "Love & Understanding".
Thank you for joining me on this journey back to the winter of 1992-93. Until the next time, 73s, Good DX and enjoy this lovely image of Homer Simpson beside his radio.


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Saturday, November 16, 2013

One of those days...



MY FACEBOOK status update today was 'Ever had one of those days where you wish you had just stayed at home?', but at least things sometimes don't get as bad as they did for poor old Homer (pictured above). I had originally planned to post an image from the 2013 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, featuring Ms Lily Aldridge and Miss Taylor Alison Swift, but I will keep that for a future date. Tomorrow? Next week? The sooner the better I think. Until then... Smile!