My AM Archive: March 2012

 WEDNESDAY, March 21, 2012 was a day listening to Medium Wave, the following logs are what was heard that day.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: January 2012, 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 2012 : Medium Wave

• [Wednesday] 21 March [2012]: 1130 UTC: 1440 kHz: Tentative reception of Marnach, Luxembourg  Speech by a female, speech by a male, brief piece of music which may have been an ident, speech by male.
  Poor - fair - poor reception.
  Speech by female.
  600 kW.
  Logged to 1150 UTC.
• 21 March: 1157 UTC: 1458 kHz: BBC Newcastle  North East Weather, male host with male and female guest previewing the 2012 budget. Weather report from Paul Mooney.
  1200 UTC news: British woman has been released by hostage takers in Africa. Budget 2012 preview. Report from Whitley Bay. Sport update. Weather report. Male speech, telephone number for the 'jambuster' traffic telephone line. Male speech, 'guess the year' competition. Music: Jacksons 'Can You Feel It'.
  Good to fair reception.
  Male host with details of the year featured in the competition.
  2 kW via Wrekenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
  The year is 1981.
  Logged to 1215 UTC.
• 21 March: 1231 UTC: 1485 kHz: BBC Radio 4  Live coverage of the 2012 Budget.
  Fair reception.
  1 kW via Carlisle.
  2012 Budget speech by Chancellor George Osbourne, live from the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London.
  Logged to 1245 UTC.
• 21 March: 1258 UTC: 1521 kHz: "Music, followed by slow speech by male. Unidentified broadcast  Music.
  Fair to poor reception.
  Male speech. Broadcast I cannot identify".
  Logged to 1308 UTC.

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My AM Archive: Winter 2002-2003

MORE Medium Wave memories, this time from the winter of 02-03, specifically the months December 2002 and February 2003.

The previous post in this thread was logs from the previous year - Winter 2001-2002. Visit that post here.

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

December 2002 : Medium Wave

• 23 December [2002]: 1905 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Strong to fair reception. Carlisle [Brisco] transmitter, 1kW 'Match Night Special' Jonathan Parr.  Derek Lacey interviews Tony Cunningham.  Jim White interviews Mick McCarthy.  Matt Williams reviews World Cup 2002. Jonathan Agnew interviews Nasser Hussain, Captain of the England Cricket team, on tour in Australia. Live commentary of Carlisle United v Scunthorpe United, FA Cup Round 2, by Derek Lacey. Brunton Park attendance: 6809. Result: Blues 0 - Iron 1.

Promotional photocard of Derek Lacey.

• 31 December: 2300 UTC: 1062 kHz: Danmarks Radio Strong to good reception. P4 Network via Kalundborg, 250 kW. Danish New Year celebrations, ABBA 'Happy New Year'. Chimes, Hymns.
  [Radio] Luxembourg tribute with Allan Krautwald, music: Little Eva 'The Locomotion'; Martha Reeves & The Vandellas. 'The Great 208'.

February 2003 : Medium Wave

• 6 February [2003]: 1946 UTC: 531 kHz: Swiss B C Good reception. Music: Instrumental version of 'Just When I Needed You Most'. Beromunster, Switzerland, 500 kW.
• 6 February: 2012 UTC: 549 kHz: United Christian Broadcasters Good to fair reception. County Monaghan, Ireland 'Godly Pursuit' with Roy Clarke & Wendy Crocker. Stoke-On-Trent ST4 8YY.
• 6 February: 2105 UTC: 567 kHz: RTE Radio 1 Ireland. Strong to good reception. Tullamore transmitter, 500 kW 'Sea Scape' male host, shipping in the waters surrounding Ireland, reflecting on the loss of the Prestige in the Atlantic off the coast of Spain. Chuck Cruegar reads from his logbook. Telephone contact details. New Zealand sailing Americas Cup.
• 6 February: 2140 UTC: 576 kHz: Mega Radio Germany. Fair reception. Dance music, female vocals, male vocals.
• 6 February: 2157 UTC: 585 kHz: RNE Madrid Spain. Good to fair reception. Two males, conversation of news events in Spain.

QSL verification card from RTE, verifying reception 6 February 2003, 2105 UTC, 567 kHz Medium Wave.

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