My Short Wave Archive: January 2008

 CONTINUING the memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard days gone by, in the thread that is known as 'My Short Wave Archive'.  This thread was previously known as 'My DX Archive'.

The previous posts featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: November 2007, 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.

January 2008 : Short Wave

• [Friday] 4 January [2008]: 2052 UTC: 9445 kHz: All India Radio  Excellent to good reception.
  General Overseas Service to Europe and Australia.
  Light music segment.
• 4 January: 2242 UTC: 9575 kHz: Radio Medi Un  [Morocco] Male speech, female speech, French language. Music.
• 4 January: 2254 UTC: 9630 kHz: Radio Exterior de Espana  Spanish speaking male and female, going through schedules, ID, interval signal, off air at 2256 UTC.

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International Listening Update, March 2014

TEN MONTHS have passed since I last tuned the Short Wave band of my radio, to listen to broadcasts from all over the world. I took the opportunity to spend some time beside my radio on the afternoon of Thursday 27 March. The results of what I heard are here. All times are UTC (Universal Time Co-ordination, also known as GMT - Greenwich Mean Time); All frequencies are kHz (kiloHertz).

• 1615 UTC, 7265 kHz : Unidentified broadcast - Possibly China Radio International, broadcasting in the Russian language. Reception was fair. Male speech, female speech, news regarding France. Speech regarding President Francois Hollande, France. To 1620 UTC.
• 1630 UTC, 9410 kHz : BBC World Service - 'Sport Today'. European football: Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, Real Madrid, Barcelona. Reception was fair. English to South Asia via Kranji, Singapore. Premiership football in England: Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea. World reaction via social media. To 1650 UTC.
• 1650 UTC, 9435 kHz : China Radio International - Learn to speak Chinese, referring to phrases such as "I won't go to the company today" and words such as "supermarket". Reception was good. English broadcast worldwide via Kashi, China. To 1700 UTC.
• 1710 UTC, 9500 kHz : Radio Australia [ABC - Australian Broadcasting Corporation] - 'Daily Planet' music programme, referring to the band 'Tangalo'. Male host. Reception was fair. English to Asia and Australasia via Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. To 1730 UTC.
• 1755 UTC, 9500 kHz : Unidentified broadcast - Speech interspersed with intro to the track 'Puffing Billy' by Edward White! To 1800 UTC.

• 2245 UTC, 9575 kHz : Medi 1 Radio, Morocco - 'Album Story' programme. Speech, followed by clips of tracks by Dire Straits, Santana and Michael Jackson. Female speech in French. Reception was good. Male speech, music by Bob Marley. To 2255 UTC.
• 2310 UTC, 9855 kHz : Radio Australia [ABC - Australian Broadcasting Corporation] - Female host with round table discussion regarding sport in the community and history of cricket in Samoa. Reception was fair. English to Asia and Australasia via Al Dhabbaya, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. To 2325 UTC.

That concludes the log of broadcasts I heard Thursday 27 March. I hope not to leave it so long next time!

2008 Analogue & DAB update

JANUARY 2008 Short Wave logs :

All India Radio, 9445 kHz, General Overseas Service to Europe & Australia, Light Music segment. Website here.

Radio Medi Un (Medi 1), Morocco, 9575 kHz, website here. (Web has a flashy intro!)

Radio Exterior de Espana, Spain, 9630 kHz, website here.

Radio PMR, Pridnestrovie Moldovan Republic, website here.

DAB update January 2008 :

Statement from Oneword on DAB radio readout:
"Oneword Radio is no longer broadcasting. Many thanks for your support over the years. www.ukdigitalradio.com"

Oneword has been replaced on DAB by a rural birdsong soundtrack.

BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) Radio has replaced Core on DAB Digital Radio.
BFBS online: www.bfbs.com/digital
Contact BFBS by email: dab@bfbs.com
Telephone (UK): 01494 848001
SMS Text Message (Mobile / Cell phones): 07740 377 377 start message with UK followed by a space.

That's all for now, happy listening and 73's...