My DX Archive: March 2001

SPRINGTIME 2001 is where today's memories of international radio broadcasts comes from, focusing on the month of March that year.
Broadcasts heard Winter 2000-01 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 2001: Short Wave

• 1 March [2001]: 1943 UTC: 15590 kHz: KTBN Salt Lake City Utah USA English to America, Trinity Broadcasting Network. Good to fair reception (Co-channel interference: Voice of America, 15580 kHz via Greenville, NC [North Carolina], USA) 'Health Matters' Examination of the mouth, fingernails, anxiety. 'Praise The Lord'.
• 1 March: 2022 UTC: 15650 kHz: KOL Israel to Europe, Africa and America. News headlines: Bomb in the Middle East, new talks in the Middle East. Weather report. Details of broadcast times and frequencies, contact details and website address: israelradio.org , postal address. Off air at 2025 UTC.
• 1 March: 2036 UTC: 15685 kHz: WWCR-1 Nashville TN USA English to Europe and America 'Keys To The Kingdom' with Mr Foday Farrar, preacher. Strong to good reception. Details of the Foday Farrar Ministry, meetings on Sundays, Wednesday nights and Thursday nights. Postal address: PO Box 36539, Michigan USA.
• 1 March: 2128 UTC: 17580 kHz: Voice of America Strong to fair reception. English to Africa via Greenville NC USA 'Dateline' Report investigates the formation of the National Peace Corp Association by Senator Kennedy. Report on livestock in developing countries. News headline: Bomb in Israel.
• 1 March: 2157 UTC: 17650 kHz: World Harvest Radio Good reception. WHRA, Greenbush Maine USA, English to Africa. Male preacher on air.

World Harvest Radio QSL, March 2001

• 3 March: 1331 UTC: 12095 kHz: BBC World Service 'Wright Round The World' Steve Wright. Music: Shaggy. Strong to good reception 'Pop Pal': Russia. Music: Westlife: 1341 UTC: //15485 kHz: Strong to good reception 'Pop Quiz': 'How many #1 singles in chart history?', seven hundred, nine hundred or one thousand one hundred? Music: Atomic Kitten.
• 4 March: 0818 UTC: 15175 kHz: Radio New Zealand International Good reception. English to Australia 'Sounds Historical' Maouri Haka recording.
• 4 March: 0851 UTC: 3935 kHz: Laser Hot Hits Fair reception. Music: Fragma 'Anytime You Need Me' featuring Maria Rubia. Male host. Music: Shaggy 'It Wasn't Me'.
• 4 March: 0904 UTC: 6220 kHz: Laser Hot Hits Strong to good reception. Male host with programme schedule, music: Otis Redding 'My Girl', Simon & Garfunkel 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'.
• 4 March: 0916 UTC: 6290 kHz: Radio Nova Strong to fair reception. Hard-core dance music, station ID.
• 4 March: 1752 UTC: 3910 kHz: Reflections Europe Strong to good reception. Religion: Male preacher. Unlicensed Irish tx.

Laser Hot Hits QSL.

• 4 March: 1801 UTC: 3935 kHz: Laser Hot Hits Strong to good reception. Male host, email and website addresses. Music: Robbie Williams 'Rock DJ'.
• 4 March: 1826 UTC: 9290 kHz: Radio Nova Fair reception. Music, station ID. Postal address: Radio Nova, 64 Brighton Road, Leicester LE5 0HA Email: confused @ onmail.co.uk
• 4 March: 1814 UTC: 6295 kHz: Reflections Europe Good to fair reception. Male preacher leads prayer.
• 9 March: 2137 UTC: 11680 kHz: BBC World Service Good to fair reception 'Calling The Falklands' English to South Atlantic via Rampisham. Female chef talks of Lamb and livestock.
• 11 March: 1622 UTC: 3910 kHz: Reflections Europe Strong to fair reception. English to Europe. Male and female hosts, contact details for Doncaster. ReflectionsEurope.com Frequencies: 6295 kHz, 12295 kHz. 'Jack Van Impe'.
• 11 March: 1634 UTC: 3935 kHz: Laser Hot Hits Fair reception. Music: 'Marakech Express'.

Jack Van Impe Ministries, heard via Reflections Europe.

• 11 March: 1659 UTC: 6295 kHz: Reflections Europe Good to poor reception. English to Europe. Jack Van Impe // 3910 kHz.
• 11 March: 1713 UTC: 9290 kHz: Radio Nova International Strong to good reception. Music: Chicory Tip 'Son Of My Father' Male host: Engineering test transmission. Postal and email addresses.

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My DX Archive: July - August 1996

THE Summer of 1996 is our destination, for this selection of logs of radio broadcasts received on the Short Wave band. The logs don't actually state the receivers used, so from memory, the receivers used at the time were a Hitachi TRK 5854 E, or a Zeon Tech Multi Band Receiver.
As an introduction to these posts, I try to find alternative ways to answer the question "What is Short Wave Radio?" I do hope the following from Radio Australia a few years back is of interest:

On to the logs of July & August 1996. First, housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

July 1996: Short Wave

• 11 July [1996]: 1745 UTC: 6155 kHz: Radio Austria International Strong to moderate reception. European economies and the Americas, David Ward. Dale Henderson. Joanna King with reports of tougher policies and asylum, the European Union.
• 11 July: 1756 UTC: 6180 / 6195 kHz: BBC World Service Good to poor reception. 'Sports Roundup': The British Grand Prix at Silverstone. 18 UTC news: Arrest warrants for Karadic & Miladic.
• 11 July: 1805 UTC: 7120 kHz: Radio Netherlands 'Media Network' reporting on SABC, South Africa. English to South, East, West Africa via Talata Volon, Madagascar. Good to poor reception. Reports by Stephen McGregor, aurora recordings on CD, 'Receiver Shopping List', Arthur Cushen, Invercargill, New Zealand.
• 11 July: 1830 UTC: 7240 / 7350 / 7360 kHz: Voice of Russia Good to poor reception. 'Commonwealth Update', 'News In Brief', 'This Is Russia'. Music break: Wham! 'Wake Me Up Before You Go Go'.

Radio Moscow [Voice of Russia] QSL, 11 July 1996.

• 11 July: 1840 UTC: 7415 kHz: Voice of America 'Sports Journal' Olympic basketball: US beat China. Boxing: Riddick Bowe v Mike Tyson. 'Africa World Tonight', White House correspondent Deborah Tate with a report of Bill Clinton. Strong to moderate reception, to Africa via Botswana.
• 11 July: 1900 UTC: 7465 kHz: KOL Israel - Israel Radio International Strong to good reception, 40.18 meters to Europe and America. 'Israel News Magazine' USA & Israel relations. Benjamin Netanyahu in USA, meeting President Clinton. Israel will negotiate with Syria. Report from the Bank of Israel. France - Israel relations include the launch of a satellite from French Guyana in South America, for services to Europe.
• 11 July: 1927 UTC: 9480 kHz: Voice of Russia 'Science & Engineering in the Commonwealth', 'News In Brief': bus bomb in Moscow. Blockade of Chechnya. Strong to moderate reception. [See QSL above, verifying reception of this broadcast.]
• 11 July: 1947 UTC: 9510 kHz: Radio Romania International Good to poor reception. English to Europe. 'Listeners' Letter Box'.
• 11 July: 2033 UTC: c.9410 kHz: BBC World Service John Peel. Music: Delta 92 'Rich Girls Like To Steal'. Music from Germany.
• 11 July: 2106 UTC: 11690 kHz: Radio Canada International 'World At Six': Hurricane Bertha plots a course off the coast of Floria. US sanctions against Cuba. Rwandan refugee in Canada. Changes in education in Newfoundland. English via Sackville, strong to good reception. David Foley reports from Sarajevo. Orangemen march in Portadown, Northern Ireland, Allan Dow reports from Belfast.

Radio Canada International QSL, 11 July 1996.

• 14 July: 1523 UTC: 9410 kHz: BBC World Service via Skelton. Sport: British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Tour De France, Phil Liggett reports on a stage win for Abdujaperov on Bastille Day, Bjarne Riis wears the yellow jersey. Strong to moderate reception.
• 23 July: 2030 UTC: 11990 kHz: Radio Kuwait to Europe: 'Sports News Update', 'Story in English'.
• 31 July: 1543 UTC: 9410 kHz: BBC World Service via Skelton, strong to good reception. English to Europe, North and Central Africa. 'The World' produced by BBC, Public Radio International and WGBH, Boston, USA: Interview with an American who served 60 years ago in the armed forces.

August 1996: Short Wave

• 4 August: 0815 UTC: 7570 kHz: Radio ABC/Denmark Strong to good reception. English to Europe via Kaliningrad. First ever reception. Music: Tommy Roe 'Shiela'. Address: Radio ABC/Denmark, PO Box 174, DK-8900 Denmark. Song: 101 "Playing With My Heart", Barry Manilow, Lou Rolls, 'Never Can Say Goodbye'.
• 10 August: 0852 UTC: 9410 kHz: BBC World Service via Skelton. Dave Lee Travis with 'A Jolly Good Show': Music: M-People 'Search For The Hero', Bob Dylan 'Mr Tambourine Man', All 4 One 'I Swear'.
• 11 August: 0814 UTC: 7570 kHz: Radio ABC/Denmark Music: 'It Only Takes A Minute', Procol Harem 'Whiter Shade of Pale'. 120 kW to Europe via Kaliningrad, Russia. Right Said Fred 'Deeply Dippy'. Address: Radio ABC/Denmark, PO Box 174, DK-8900, Randers, Denmark. Internet: www.radioabc.dk Music: Bachman Turner Overdrive 'You Aint Seen Nothing Yet', Edwyn Collins 'A Girl Like You', Dodgy 'Good Enough'. Strong to good reception.

Radio ABC logo.

• 18 August: 1150 UTC: 7570 kHz: Radio ABC/Denmark Strong to good reception. Music from Zaeger & Evans 'In The Year 2525', Paul Young: 'Wherever I Lay My Hat, That's My Home'. Off air @ 12 UTC.
• 22 August: 1843 UTC: 6065 kHz: Radio Sweden Strong to good reception. Headlines from Swedish newspapers on 'Sixty Degrees North', Music from Elvis Presley and The Beatles.
• 30 August: 1910 UTC: 6140 kHz: Radio Budapest 'Gateway' Strong to good reception. Address: H-1800 Budapest Hungary.
• 30 August: 1934 UTC: 6195 kHz: BBC World Service Strong to poor reception. Joanna Buchan hosts 'Newshour': Headlines.
• 30 August: 1940 UTC: 7235 kHz: Rai International via Radio Roma, moderate to good reception. USA: President Clinton on the election trail. Clinton's advisor caught with prostitute. News from Tel Aviv. BBC report regarding the British Monarchy.
• 30 August: 2010 UTC: c.6950 kHz: China Radio International World news: Bill Clinton, Internal news: Links between China & Hong Kong in security and coal mining, arrests over alcohol poisoning during June & July 1996. Agricultural news regarding typhoons, floods features on 'News About China'. 'Current Affairs' reports on links with Israel, mining, Beijing congress, reports on shipping. Good to moderate reception.

China Radio International QSL, 30 August 1996.

• 30 August: 2033 UTC: 7110 kHz: Rai International Bill Clinton's advisor caught with a prostitute is published in the Italian press. 42.19 mBand, Rai International English to Middle East & North East Africa, 'Zone E'. Music: 'I Wish It Would Rain Down' by Phil Collins featuring Eric Clapton on guitar. Good to moderate reception, to Near East.
• 30 August: 2058 UTC: 7230 kHz: Radio Yugoslavia Signing off in English, 41.49mBand, 500 kW to Australia 100°, Zones 55, 58 & 59 English 4.
• 30 August: 2102 UTC: 7250 kHz: Radio Budapest 'OSC Chairman makes a statement regarding a treaty binding Romania'. Agriculture may be a challenge for Hungary in the EU. Strong to moderate reception. 'The Dailies' Journalists say Hungary is a haven for sex tourists and paedophiles. Hungarian-Romania treaty. Hospital beds cuts.
• 30 August: 2127 UTC: 7325 kHz: BBC World Service 'Britain Today' profile of professional boxer Frank Bruno, age 33.
• 30 August: 2135 UTC: 7350 / 7360 / 7420 / 7570 kHz: The Voice of Russia Music: 'Mr Vain' by Culture Beat. Voice of Russia postal address. 'Science & Engineering': Life on Mars? Moderate reception.
• 30 August: 2208 UTC: 9410 kHz: BBC World Service The United Nations are monitoring Kurds and Iraqis, report from Jerusalem on 'Newsdesk'. Good to strong reception. Lead story: War in Chechnya is over.

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My DX Archive: Autumn 1994

Radio France Internationale QSL, September 1994

SPRINGTIME has finally arrived in the parishes surrounding the Fox Tower, the snowdrops are in bloom and here on Reporting From The Fox Tower, I am taking this opportunity to celebrate the season of autumn, with memories of radio broadcasts from September, October and November 1994.
Catch up with memories of Summer 1994 here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz), MegaHertz (MHz) and/or metrebands (m). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

September 1994: Short Wave

• [Sunday] 11 September [1994]: 1625-1645 UTC: 6175 kHz: Radio France Internationale. Strong to moderate reception. 'Focus on Asia': France, China, USA, Korea. 'Club 9516': 'Woodstock' competition. Record request: Yossou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry '7 Seconds'. Penpals: Todoca Gabriel of Romania, Bill Kazoupi of Chicago IL USA. News Quiz: 'Who Am I?' Spanish winner of the 1994 Tour De France. (Miguel Indurain). Radio France Internationale postal address. Record request, 'Radio Recipe'.
• 14 September: 1905-1920 UTC: c.6000 kHz: Radio Budapest, Hungary. 'Comment': Chinese-Hungarian relations. Hungarian buildings renovated with help from Japan. Hungarian television. Football.
• 14 September: 1923 UTC: 6165 kHz: Swiss Radio International. Discussion regarding CO2 emissions. James Mason interviews Sir Michael. 'NewsNet' programme, news headlines: Bosnian conflict. Crimea. Algerian president to release prisoners.
• 14 September: 1941 UTC: 6180-6195 kHz: BBC World Service. 'Europe Today' featuring news of Prime Minister John Major.
• 14 September: 1951 UTC: 7285 kHz: Polish Radio Warsaw. NATO & Warsaw Pact soldiers meet, lady dumps her baby. 16 & 17 year old boys face courts. Memories of Poland under Nazi occupation.
• 14 September: 2003 UTC: 7345 kHz: Radio Prague. English to Europe. British guest visits Czech Republic. Czech National Bank funds IMF. 'Calling All Listeners' feature Messrs Casper, Bartle, Port, Wells.

Radio Prague QSL, September 1994

• 14 September: 2026 UTC: 9615 kHz: Deutsche Welle. Jewish High School opens in Central Berlin. DW postal address. 'Headcrash' feature: James Mason of Swiss Radio International and a professor elaborate on the 'Worldwideweb' and 'Internet'. Deutsche Welle will soon be on the 'world wide web'.
• 14 September: 2105 UTC: 9640 kHz: Radio Moscow. Georgian refugees return to Aphazia. United Nations Security Council maintains sanctions against Iraq. Cuban minister reforms financial planning. Cuban-US dialogue. US-led forces control Haiti. 'Focus on Asia & The Pacific': Korean peninsula mourns Kim Il Sung. India rejects Kashmiri help. UN view of Yugoslavia.
• 14 September: 2142 UTC: 12095 kHz: BBC World Service. English to France: 'Newshour': Korean (nuclear) reactors.
• 14 September: 2211 UTC: 15070 kHz: BBC World Service. English to Turkey: 'World Business Report'.

Letter from Paris, winning a T-shirt!

October 1994: Short Wave

• 16 October: 1150 UTC: 6045 kHz: Radio Netherlands. 'Happy Station' Strong to good reception. Rosemarie Ninaber leaving 'Happy Station' and Radio Netherlands. Classical music. Tribute to Rosemarie, followed by interview. Phone call from Pete Myers, recorded tribute by Tom Meyer. Jonathan Groubert & Rosemarie close the show.

October 1994: Medium Wave

• 16 October: 2130 UTC: 1386 kHz: Radio Netherlands. *New on this frequency* New publications from Radio Netherlands announced. News headlines: Chancellor Kohl wins German elections. Trouble in Israel. [Satellite link to transmitter fails. Following a period of silence, broadcast is back on air; telephone connection] Jacki Spears read news. 'Happy Station' with Jonathan Groubert: Dance music. Classical music, Rosemarie Ninaber.

October 1994: Short Wave

• 20 October: 1852 UTC: 6045 kHz: Radio Netherlands 'Newsline' Palestine Liberation Organisation and Israel, elections take place in West Bank and Gaza Strip. 'Research File' World Health Conference, Paris, France. Results of a smoking survey in the British Medical Journal, interview.
• 20 October: c.19 UTC: 6055 kHz: Voice of America 'VOA News' Correspondent visits bomb site in Israel: Tel Aviv. News from Egypt. Worldwide weather report. United Nations envoy to Yugoslavia talks of plans for Croatia.
• 20 October: 1934 UTC: 6155 kHz: Radio Austria Market links between Austria and South America. Religious difficulties block Euro unity. Austrian girls lose self-esteem after adolescence, due to treatment in schools.
• 20 October: 1946 UTC: 6195 kHz: BBC World Service 'The Farming World' covers Albania, Slovakia.

KOL Israel QSL, October 1994

• 20 October: 2015 UTC: 9435 kHz: KOL Israel 'Studio 3' Books and music, 'Art Focus' Israeli artists.

October 1994: Medium Wave

• 25 October: 1715 UTC: 1197 kHz: Voice of America Interference from UK broadcaster Virgin 1215, which also operates on 1197 kHz. VOA to Europe on Medium Wave. 'VOA News' Economic institute report from Bonn, Germany. Wednesday's weather in selected cities. 'Newsline' Unrest after suicide bombing in Sri Lanka, report from South Asia Correspondent.
• 25 October: 1722 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden Strong to good reception. 'Sixty Degrees North' Swedish development corporation brings Danida and other international organisations together under one umbrella. Interview with a Social Democrat charged with heading the new organisation.

November 1994: Short Wave

• 16 November: 1440 UTC: 11950 kHz: Radio Canada International Strong to good reception. Canadian weather report. 'Spectrum' Jim Craig. North America National Hockey League strike, Canadian teams including Winnipeg join the strike. NHL team goes to Moscow to play the Spartak Moscow team.

November 1994: Medium Wave

• 17 November: 2135 UTC: 1386 kHz: Radio Netherlands (216 metres) Strong to good reception. News read by Carol van den Ring: Albert Reynolds (Irish President) resignation. Explosions in Israel. Weather. 'Newsline' with Robert Green: Mr Reynolds' resignation. European Union delegates visit Japan regarding trade. Protests in East Timor, Indonesia. Fifth anniversary of the 'Velvet Revolution' (Czechoslovakia becomes Czech Republic and Slovakia).

  

  NHK Radio Japan QSL, 1994

  'Media Network': Radio Free Kenya. VOA Bethany relay station closes. Focus on broadcasts to and from Indonesia. News from New Zealand. Mike Bird's solar report. Jonathan Marks closes the broadcast.

November 1994: Short Wave

• 25 November: 2152 UTC: 11925 kHz: Radio Japan (also 6055 kHz via Skelton) Japanese company imports American books including 'Debt Of Honour' by Tom Clancy. 'Book Beat' followed by 'Tokyo Pop-In' to 22 UTC.

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