My Short Wave Archive: May 2012

 AUTUMN has given way to Winter, which is an appropriate opening to this blog post, as the previous post was uploaded in Summer!

The previous post in the continuing thread of memories of radio broadcasts, heard via Short Wave Radio, My Short Wave Archive: February 2012, can be found here.

This post brings memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard Friday, May 4, 2012.

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

Receiver used: Roberts R881.

May 2012 : Short Wave

• [Friday] 4 May [2012]: 0942 UTC: 11520 kHz: WEWN Birmingham AL [EWTN Global Catholic Radio / EWTN Shortwave Radio (WEWN)]
  Group prayers, including the Lord's Prayer, 'Holy Rosary with Mother Angelica and the Nuns of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery'.
  Good reception, English to Africa - Asia - Middle East - Europe.
  Logged to 10:00 UTC.
• 4 May: 1055 UTC: 13635 kHz: Unidentified broadcast  Two tracks of pop-style music up to 1100 UTC, time pips at the top of the hour, male speech, news - a story from Australia? Don't recognise the language. Male speech, music, female voice.
  Good reception.
  Logged to 1115 UTC.
• 4 May: 1124 UTC: 13650 kHz: China Radio International  Male host, telephone interview regarding the investment of British breakfast cereals in China. Peter Smith hosts 'The Beijing Hour'.
  Break: Male speaks of the Needham Research Institute.
  Strong to good reception, English to Europe, Asia, America via Albania.
  China and South Sudan have dialogue. China's population rises.
  [Headlines] Al-qaeda operatives killed. US publishes documents collected after Bin Laden raid in May 2011. Beijing news, press review. Stories from Shanghai. Presentation team: Emily Hennessee and Peter Smith. Report on dating parties in China.
  Logged to 1140 UTC.
• 4 May: 1258 UTC: 13665 kHz: Radio Rossii  Male speech with cheering children, ID, short speech by female, time pips for 1300 UTC, male with ID - Off air.
  Good reception.
  Logged to 1300 UTC.
  
  

  

  By VGRTK - https://vgtrk.ru/logos, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=141988097
  Radio Rossii logo.

  
  
• 4 May: 1306 UTC: 13670 kHz: China Radio International  Female speech over soothing piano music, female and male speech with oriental music, so nice!
  Good reception, Chinese language.
  Logged to 1320 UTC.
• 4 May: 1330 UTC: 13710 kHz: China Radio International  French language service, female speech with backing track.
  Good reception.
  Interviews dubbed into the French language.
  Logged to 1342 UTC.
• 4 May: 1349 UTC: 13790 kHz: China Radio International  Good reception, English to Europe, Asia, Australia, America via Urumchi, China.
  Male speech about top 10 boring jobs! Trail for CRI broadcasts on the 'Beyond Beijing' show. Learn Chinese on 'Chinese Studios'.
  Logged to 1355 UTC.
• 4 May: 1405 UTC: 13820 kHz: BBC World Service  Fair to poor reception. English to Middle East via Cyprus. Female host of 'World Briefing' with story of Chinese dissident allowed to stay in a Beijing hospital, as he campaigns to be allowed to travel to the USA. Male reporter.
  Logged to 1412 UTC.
• 4 May: 1418 UTC: 13845 kHz: University Network via WWCR-3 Nashville TN.
  Larry from Arkansas in on the air, to Europe and America. Female and male speech.
  Fair to poor reception. Female host: "Let's go to John in Missouri".
  Logged to 1426 UTC.
• 4 May: 1450 UTC: 15190 kHz: IRRS - Shortwave Milan, broadcasting The Overcomer Ministry to Europe, Middle East, Asia, Australia, via Romania.
  Fair to poor reception.
  Brother R G Stair talks of the trials of faith, which test humanity before the Lord comes.
  Logged to 1500 UTC.
  
  

  

  2011 Overcomer Ministry QSL card.

• 4 May: 1505 UTC: 15190 kHz: Radio Africa  Female speech regarding the habib and the Koran.
  This is Radio Africa via Malabo.
  Strong to good reception. English to Africa.
  Female speaking in defence of the Koran and Islamic Law.
  Logged to sign off at 1515 UTC.
• 4 May: 1520 UTC: 15200 kHz: KTWR - Trans World Radio  Male speaks in praise of God. Group of singers. Male speech: "May God bless you. Email the station. Tune in tomorrow".
  Trans World Radio via Agana, Guam.
  Good to fair reception, English to Asia via Guam.
  Logged to close of broadcast at 1522 UTC.
• 4 May: 1535 UTC: 15245 UTC: Voice of Korea  Male speech: "We owe nothing to the Soviet Union, and invited us to the Soviet Union in 1939, when invasion by Japan seemed imminent. At this point, the Koreans and the Soviet forces were prepared for the Japanese invasion of North Eastern China" - These are the memories of a man being translated.
  This broadcast is Voice of Korea, Pyongyang.
  Homage to The Great Leader President. ID: "This is Voice of Korea". Male and female speech, music.
  Good reception, English to Europe, America.
  The memories were those of the Great Leader President.
  Male host concludes broadcast with times and frequencies; "Goodbye, this is Pyongyang".
  Logged to 1555 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: February 2009

 BROADCASTS heard February 2009, on the Short Wave band, are listed in this post.

What is Short Wave Radio?

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: December 2008, 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.

Receiver used: Roberts R881.

February 2009 : Short Wave

• [Wednesday] 11 February [2009]: 1828 UTC: 6055 kHz: Radio Slovakia International  Closing sequence of the French broadcast to Europe Occidentale (Western Europe).
  Contact details given for website and email address.
  To 1830 UTC.
• 11 February: 1851 UTC: 6075 kHz: Deutsche Welle  Excellent to good reception.
  German language to Europe via Skelton (UK, 300 kW) or Sines (Portugal, 250 kW).
  To 1900 UTC.
• 11 February: 2017 UTC: 6075 kHz: Deutsche Welle  Excellent to good reception.
  German to Europe via Rampisham (UK, 500 kW) or Sines.
  Programming: Male host, current world news items: Zimbabwe: President Mugabi swears in Morgan Richard Tsvangirai as Prime Minister; Kabul (Afghanistan); Australia (Melbourne Victoria, New South Wales bush fires); Europe: German politics. France: President Nicolas Sarkozy.
  Contact details: Website and email.
  To 2032 UTC.
• 11 February: 2100 UTC: 6130 kHz: Deutsche Welle  Excellent to good reception.
  Arabic to North Africa via Nauen (Germany, 500 kW).
  Programming: Male and female with male on telephone, conversation including television, computer, internet. ID. News: South Africa; President Barack Obama, USA; Israeli elections.
  Contacts: Website or email.
  To 2115 UTC.
• 11 February: 2126 UTC: 6155 kHz: ROI 1  Austria  German language.

Deutsche Welle pendant.

• 11 February: 2136 UTC: 6175 kHz: Overcomer Ministry  Brother R G Stair.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Brother Stair broadcast to Europe via Wertachtal, Germany.
  Programming: Recording of male speaking of a bill to restrict religion in the USA. Brother Stair speaks of Presidents, past and present: H W Bush, Clinton, G W Bush, Barack H Obama. End-time window has begun. Terror in the USA to launch the end-time. False prophets, revelations.
  Contacts via website, email, telephone.
  To 2155 UTC.
• 11 February: 2205 UTC: 6200 kHz: Radio Bulgaria  Good reception.
  English to Europe.
  Programming: Male with current news items: Bulgarian links with Macedonia. Weather: Cloud, rain, could turn to snow in Western Bulgaria.  Music.
  Female with 'Events and Developments' programme: Property markets; A & T; Expodition; Bulgarian Architects. NHIF healthcare: Public or private healthcare.
  'Guide BG': Bulgarian tourism.
  Contacts: Website, email addresses [plural].
  To 2225 UTC.

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Autumn - Winter 2004: My DX Archive.

13:18 UTC, Sunday 5 April 2020, welcome to some more memories of radio broadcasts heard on Short Wave radio during the months of October and December 2004.
Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.
For continuity, click here for broadcasts heard Spring - Summer 2004 on Short Wave Radio.

October 2004: Short Wave

• 19 October [2004]: 1920 UTC: 13635 - 13640 kHz: Voice of America Special English - English Teaching Programs - Functioning In Business. Hotel reservations. Support from dyned.com Strong to fair reception. To Middle East and Europe via Iranawila, Sri Lanka. News headlines.
• 19 October: 20:00 UTC: 13660 kHz: BBC World Service Arabic service, news and conversation. Fair reception "BBC Arabic .com"

RCI QSL, October 2004.

• 19 October: 2025 UTC: 13700 kHz: Radio Canada International Strong to good reception. English to Europe, via Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. Sports news: Olympics. Basketball. Financial news. Weather reports. 'Maple Leaf Mailbag' on location: Letter from England. [See image of QSL card, verifying reception.]
• 19 October: 2120 UTC: 13770 kHz: World Harvest Radio Strong to good reception "P O Box 12, South Bend 46624 USA - whr.org" WHRI via Cypress Creek, South Carolina, USA. "Northern Lights".

December 2004: Short Wave

• 30 December: 1445 UTC: 13770 kHz: Vatican Radio Asian Tsunami. Good to fair reception to Asia, Australia & New Zealand.
• 30 December: 1520 UTC: 13810 kHz: The Overcomer Ministry Brother R G Stair. Fair to unusable reception. English to Europe via Germany. Web: overcomerministry.org Speech and music.
• 30 December: 1540 UTC: 13845 kHz: WWCR - 2 Nashville TN USA Fair to poor reception. English to Africa. WWCR - 2, University Network, Dr Gene Scott. Speech. Web: wwcr.com
• 30 December: 1610 UTC: 15105 kHz: World Harvest Radio WHRI - 1 South Bend IN USA Fair to poor reception. English to America via Noblesville IN USA Music: 'O Holy Night' Web: whr.org

World Harvest Radio QSL verification card, December 2004.

• 30 December: 1640 UTC: 15130 kHz: Radio Svoboda - Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty Strong to good reception. Male & Female speech.
• 30 December: 1650 UTC: 15160 kHz: Radio France Internationale Strong to good reception. English to Middle East, Africa via Meyerton, South Africa. Music by French language vocalists. Web: rfi.fr
• 30 December: 1711 UTC: 15240 kHz: Voice of America Strong reception 'Africa World Tonight' to Africa via Briech, Morocco. South Africa's efforts to help victims of the Asian Tsunami, waves reached the East London coast in South Africa. News from Rome and Sudan, Uganda and Nigeria, Senegal. Web: voanews.com
• 30 December: 1743 UTC: 15285 kHz: Channel Africa Natal National Park Rangers. English to Africa. Message to the victims of the Asian Tsunami. Diane Bayley of UN Radio visited Ethiopia. Strong to good reception. Reporter from Radio Canada International shares their thoughts following visit to Africa.

Memories of broadcasts heard Autumn - Winter 2004 complete.

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Short Wave: Summer 2018

LOGS of Short Wave broadcasts, received Sunday 15 July 2018, listening to the Sangean ATS-405.
Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

July 2018: Short Wave

• [Sunday] 15 July [2018]: 0937 UTC: 6070 kHz: Channel 292 Male speech in the German language, music: Robbie Williams 'I Love My Life'. Moderate to poor reception. Channel 292 via Rohrbach, Germany, 1 kW transmission. Music: Cyndi Lauper 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun'. Programme: Radio DARC [Deutscher Amateur Radio Club], 100 kW via Moosbrunn, Austria.
• 15 July: 0959 UTC: 6150 kHz: Europa 24 Male speech in English, promoting an album called 'Revelation', music from Ryan Webb. Moderate to poor reception. Europa 24 via Datteln, Germany, 250 watts. Music: 'My Religion' by Ryan Webb. Programme: Radio Marabu.
• 15 July: 1023 UTC: 6205 kHz: Laser Hot Hits Music and male speech. Moderate to poor reception. Music: Boston 'More Than A Feeling', male speech, music: Status Quo 'In The Army Now', Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers 'Don't Go Dragging My Heart Around' To 1045 UTC.
• 15 July: 1059 UTC: 6285 kHz: Coast FM Tenerife. Music, extended IDs and jingles - "From the Sky News centre at midday" - 11 UTC news bulletin: Theresa May, Novichok in Wiltshire, England football team finish 4th in 2018 World Cup in Russia. Wimbledon. Music: Boy Meets Girl 'Waiting For A Star To Fall', Kings Of Leon 'Sex On Fire'. Moderate to poor reception. Music: Beats International 'Dub Be Good To Me'.
• 15 July: 1119 UTC: 6305 kHz: Radio Merlin International Music: Blancmange 'Living On The Ceiling'.

• 15 July: 1208 UTC: 9610 kHz: Radio Romania International Pop music, female speech, ID, music. Male speech, ID - Fanfare! Radio Romania International Arabic Service, Strong to moderate reception. Music. Broadcast to Middle East. To 1223 UTC.
• 15 July: 1328 UTC: 9830 kHz: Deutsche Welle Female and male speech. Deutsche Welle on this frequency via Sao Tome in Hausa language. Female speech, music, ID. Moderate to poor reception. Broadcast to West Africa. To 1340 UTC.
• 15 July: 1345 UTC: 9840 kHz: Tentative reception of Voice of Turkey Female speech. Moderate to poor reception. Brief male speech. Believed to be Voice of Turkey, Turkish language via Emirler, Turkey, 500 kW. To 1355 UTC.
• 15 July: 1418 UTC: 11530 kHz: Dengé Welat via Moldova in Kurdish language. Music. Strong to moderate reception. Music. To 1428 UTC.
• 15 July: 1450 UTC: 11560 kHz: All India Radio Music. Female speech. Moderate to poor reception. Extended speech, music. Programme: Pushto language to Afghanistan. To 1459 UTC.
• 15 July: 1502 UTC: 11600 kHz: Overcomer Ministry Brother R G Stair is on the air and he wants to "Make America Great Again"! Brother R G Stair asks if this is a world we want to live in, a world of fighting, which is fighting against God. This is Overcomer Ministry to Europe via Spaceline, Kostinbrod / Sofia, Bulgaria. "Don't judge yourself by others" Good to moderate reception. "Are you ready for the Lord's coming?" "We are all God's people" English to Europe via Bulgaria. Brother Stair wants listener to confirm when they hear a broadcast - Email and telephone please. To 1517 UTC.

The Overcomer Ministry studio.

• 15 July: 1525 UTC: 11610 kHz: China Radio International Female and male speech in the English language. China Radio International (worldwide) via Kashgar (Kashi), Xinjiang, China. Ad break! Strong to moderate reception. Weekend edition of 'Today'. Logged to 1540 UTC.
• 15 July: 1750 UTC: 11630 kHz: China National Radio Female speech, male speech, music. Moderate to poor reception. Music to top of the hour, time pips, music. Kazakh language, 100 kW via Lingshi, China. To 1802 UTC.
• 15 July: 1808 UTC: 11635 kHz: Tentative reception of Cuba - Music, female speech, poor reception. To 1812 UTC.
• 15 July: 1814 UTC: 11645 - 11650 kHz: China Radio International Female speech in German, with male guest on telephone. Music. Strong to good reception. Via Urumqi, China. To 1832 UTC.
• 15 July: 1837 UTC: 11695 kHz: China Radio International Female and male speech, music. Good reception. French language broadcast, 150 kW via Cerrik, Albania. To 1840 UTC.
• 15 July: 1846 UTC: 11775 kHz: China Radio International Male and female speech, music, German language broadcast, strong to good reception. Female speech. 500 kW via Kashi, China. To 1852 UTC.

• 15 July: 1854 UTC: 11800 kHz: Deutsche Welle Male speech, music, female speech, music. Deutsche Welle sport update: France have beaten Croatia 4-2 in the 2018 Football World Cup Final. Donald Trump in the news. Strong to good reception. Music. Hausa language, 250 kW via Issoudun, France. Broadcast off air at 19 UTC.
• 15 July: 1901 UTC: 11800 kHz: "This is Adventist World Radio, The voice of hope" - "Visit us at awr.org" Arabic language programme. Female with the intro, male host, upbeat programme with music and speech. Strong to good reception. Female and male speech, music. Alwaad Arabic to Middle East and North Africa. To 1911 UTC.
• 15 July: 1915 UTC: 11820 kHz: Radio Saudi Male singing, strong to good reception. Arabic language via Riyadh, 500 kW. To 1917 UTC.
• 15 July: 1923 UTC: 11860 kHz: Radio Sanaa / Republic of Yemen Radio Arabic speech, male and female voices, broadcast via Saudi Arabia. Good to moderate reception. To 1926 UTC.

A mixture of broadcasts I haven't heard for a while, as well as broadcasts heard for the first time!

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31 metres, August 2017

WELCOME to another collection of radio broadcast logs, here on Reporting From The Fox Tower.
The title of this post, 31 metres, refers to the 31 metreband on short wave radio, where you will find transmissions of 9000 kHz / 9 MHz onwards. 31 metres is also the length of each wave released on a 9 MHz frequency.

On to the logs of broadcasts received August 2017. Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz) and transmission powers in watts or KiloWatts (kW).
A log of broadcasts received on the Short Wave band of the Roberts R881, Wednesday 16 August 2017:

Snapshot of the Bible Voice Broadcasting website.

• 16 August: 1740 UTC: 9400 kHz: Bible Voice Broadcasting, Canada. Strong to moderate reception, 100 kW via Kostinbrod, Sofia (Bulgaria) [Spaceline]. Male speech, Persian, music. Female speech, email address, off air at 1759 UTC.
• 16 August: 1804 UTC: 9400 kHz: Overcomer Ministry, USA. Moderate to poor reception, 100 kW via Kostinbrod, Sofia (Bulgaria) [Spaceline]. Brother R G Stair, speech with music. To 1812 UTC.
• 16 August: 1813 UTC: 9410 kHz: BBC World Service, UK. Good to moderate reception, 250 kW via Al Dhabbaya, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. English to East and South Africa. Male speech, studio and on location, female speech with a report regarding trade deals that the United States has, looking at the deal the US has with Canada. Male speech, speaking of a writer? Noise disturbance. UK borders with Republic of Ireland after Brexit. To 1827 UTC.
• 16 August: 1905 UTC: 9410 kHz: BBC World Service, UK. Strong to moderate reception. English to East and South Africa via Al Dhabbaya, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 250 kW. Top of the hour news bulletin comes to an end with news from India, the feature programme is looking at the affairs of Eastern Africa. Focus moves to South Africa, with the impact of Manchester United Football Club expanding their brand into South Africa. Female reporter speaks to African women about how they feel about their safety, following some high profile crimes. How women use the internet in Africa. To 1935 UTC.
• 16 August: 1942 UTC: 9420 kHz: Voice of Greece [ERT / Helliniki Radiophonia], Greece. Strong to good reception, 170 kW via Avlis, Greece. [Best reception conditions of the night!] Continual music: Female vocalists. Male vocalist, male and female vocal group. Instrumental in the style of Jazz. Speech from a male, Greek, ID. To 1953 UTC.

• 16 August: 2016 UTC: 9440 kHz: China Radio International, China. Strong to moderate reception, English to Europe, Middle East, Africa via Kunming, China, 500 kW. China Radio International appears to have branched off into an audio 'soap' - Male, appears to be on a night out with 'Barbie / Miss Lee', he steps on her foot and she ends up in hospital, then in a taxi to go home... To 2024 UTC.
• 16 August: 2040 UTC: 9600 kHz: China Radio International, China. Strong to good reception, English to Europe, Middle East, Africa via Kashi, China, 500 kW. Narration of a literature; Narrator is named Ian [Sounds British]. This is a celebration of Chinese literature. Butcher Li Ang [with a West Country accent] deals with an agitated customer, who calls him a 'pig fucker'! The customer kills him... To 2049 UTC.
• 16 August: 2053 UTC: 9610 kHz: Radio Romania International, Romania. Strong to good reception, English to Europe, America via Tiganesti, Saftica, Romania, 300 kW. Tourists visiting the UNESCO heritage site in Romania, Moldovan Ministries and caves, tourists like to visit music festivals. Programme identifies as 'This is Romania'. Male has transmission details for Western Europe and North America. Also listen online. Email address. Close of broadcast at 2056 UTC; Interval signal. Transmitter off at 2057 UTC.
• 16 August: 2105 UTC: 9620 kHz: Voice of Turkey, Turkey. Strong to moderate reception, English to Asia, Australasia via Emirler, Turkey, 500 kW. Female speech, male speech, music. Female speech with frequencies, times, contact details, 'Questions of note'. Music: Male and female vocals. Female and male speech, speaking over the music. ID by male: "You have been listening to the Voice of Turkey English Service..." with details of forthcoming transmissions on short wave - Announcement made at 2122 UTC - Also listen online. Music. Off air at 2129 UTC.
• 16 August: 2141 UTC: 9730 kHz: Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam. Good to poor reception, English to Europe via Hanoi-Santay, 100 kW. Music, followed by female speech: "You are listening to the Voice of Vietnam". Result of an election: President celebrates victory. Other news: Ministers hold an emergency meeting. News update from Latin America. Speech from male and female - Speech from male includes details of programme schedules. Deterioration of signal. To 2150 UTC.

Voice of Vietnam QSL, April 1993.

That concludes the log of short wave broadcasts for August 2017. Thank you for visiting Reporting From The Fox Tower and please feel free to leave any comments below this post!

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Shortwave Sunday: March 2016

LOOKING back through this blog, it is an online record of the various radio broadcasts I have heard over the decade and more that this blog has been in existence. Sunday 6 March was another of those lovely days spent beside the radio, listening to the Shortwave bands. Here is a record of what I heard that day.

[Housekeeping: Times in UTC (GMT); Frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz); Transmission powers (where applied) are kiloWatts (kW).]

1110 UTC : 6210 kHz : Radio Merlin International (UK Pirate). High energy dance music - Relay of Energy FM Tenerife 'This is Energy', ad break. Dance mix of Ellie Goulding's 'Love Me Like You Do'. Moderate to poor reception. To 1132 UTC.
*Radio Merlin website*

1145 UTC : 6295 kHz : Radio De Zwarte Panter [Radio The Black Panther] (Dutch Pirate). Dance music. Fade out - Loss of signal.
*Radio De Zwarte Panter website*

1316 UTC : 9560 kHz : Radio Slovakia International (Slovakia). Good to moderate reception. English to Europe via Radio 700 (Kall-Krekel, Germany). 'Slovakia Today' with Katarina Richterova and colleagues. To 1330 UTC.
*Radio Slovakia website*

1412 UTC : 9580 kHz : Medi 1 Radio (Tangier, Morocco). 'Intermission': Music: Annie Lennox 'Whiter Shade of Pale', Grace 'You Don't Own Me'. Fair reception.
*Medi 1 website*

1433 UTC : 9655 kHz : Radio Romania International (Romania). Strong to good reception. Romanian to Central & West Europe. Speech and music. To 1506 UTC.
*Radio Romania website*

1520 UTC : 9690 kHz : Radio Exterior de España (Spain). Strong to moderate reception. Spanish to North America. 'Tablero Deportivo' ['Sports Board'] covering the Barcelona football match; Repeated mentions of Suarez and Messi. To 1535 UTC.
*Tablero Deportivo website*

1545 UTC : 9785 kHz : China Radio International (China). Good to moderate reception. English worldwide via Jinhua, China. Sports report: American football, dog sled racing. Report about the popularity of new movies. Music: Solo artists on tour in China. Weather forecast prior to close of the broadcast. To 1553 UTC.
*China Radio website*

1612 UTC : 9875 kHz : China Radio International (China). Good reception. English worldwide via Kashi, China. Social media in China. Music: Uncle Kraker 'Writing It Down'. LinkedIn releases list of top ten jobs in China. To 1624 UTC.
*China frequencies website*

1644 UTC : 11600 kHz : Overcomer Ministry (USA). Brother R G Stair singing in praise of the Lord, then loudly highlighting words from the Scriptures, the Gospel, the Tabernacle. Quotations. Broadcasting from The Tabernacle: Requesting if European listeners could contribute "One thousand to one hundred thousand dollars to buy airtime"! Moderate reception. English to Europe & Middle East via Spaceline, Bulgaria. Off air abruptly at 1659 UTC.
*Overcomer Ministry website*

1700 UTC : 11600 kHz : Bible Voice India. "You are listening to Bible Voice India". Moderate reception. Change of language. Speech with occasional musical interlude. To 1710 UTC.

1825 UTC : 11600 kHz : End Time Coming (UK). Moderate reception. English to Europe. Male speaking to a congregation, quoting directly from a copy of the Bible - Audio of pages being turned. Abrupt end of sermon for contact details of ETC Ministry. Close of broadcast at 1830 UTC.
*ETC Radio website*

1847 UTC : 11670 kHz : All India Radio (India). General Overseas Service IV. Strong to good reception. English to Europe and Africa. 'Welcome to Studio One' went on location to meet a climber who traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan, to go climbing. "It is time for the news - Please stand by". 1900 UTC news broadcast: Female leaders should have more belief in themselves. Fears militants and would-be terrorists have traveled to India. To 1902 UTC.
*All India Radio website*

1914 UTC : 11790 kHz : Follow The Bible Ministries (USA). 250 kW transmission via Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Strong to moderate reception. "Life should be one continual prayer to God", break-up of broadcast from time to time. Quote from John, Chapter one. Break in transmission. Mark, chapter one, verse 35. Break in transmission. "Reading the Bible daily is important". To 1920 UTC.
*Follow The Bible Ministries website*

1923 UTC : 11810 kHz : BBC World Service (UK). 'Focus on Africa'. Social media; Football; Private doctors. Industry in Tanzania is growing. Promo for Matt Reinhardt with 'Americana' in half an hour. 1930 UTC news headlines: Former US First Lady, Nancy Reagan, has died. News from Syria and NATO. Police in Northern Ireland investigate a bomb. Moderate reception. English to West & Central Africa via Ascension Island. To 1941 UTC.
*Focus on Africa website*

1953 UTC : 11900 kHz : Voice of America (USA). Moderate reception. French to North west Africa - 100 kW via Sao Tome and Principe (Pinheira). 'Soul USA' playing James Brown 'Papa's Got A Brand New Bag', followed by speech...

1958 UTC : 12075 kHz : Voice of America (USA). Moderate reception. French to North west Africa via Selebi-Phikwe, Botswana - 100 kW transmission. 'Soul USA' playing Joe Cocker 'With A Little Help From My Friends'. To 2000 UTC.
*Soul USA website*

That concludes the log for March. Please note that not all broadcasts I heard that day have been included; I omitted the 'talk back' channels, usually semi-scrambled, between port and craft; I also omitted a log, simply because, it was two broadcasts listed at the same time, same frequency, and I haven't yet been able to tell them apart.

Please do click on the weblinks that follow the majority of logs. Please note that not all of the websites linked to are in the English language.

Until the next time, kind regards and enjoy.