My DX Archive: January 2007

EUROPE and the United States of America are where these memories of Short Wave broadcasts, heard January 2007, come from.

The previous post, My DX Archive: Autumn 2006, featuring logs from September and November 2006, 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.

January 2007 : Short Wave

• 7 January [2007]: 1223 UTC: 5955 kHz: Radio Netherlands Excellent reception. Music, female host with speech, male speech.
• 7 January: 1240 UTC: 6075 kHz: Deutsche Welle Excellent reception. German to Europe via Skelton, UK, 250 kW. Female and male hosts, political discussion show.
• 7 January: 1303 UTC: 6110 kHz: Overcomer Ministry Excellent to good reception. English to Europe via Juelich, DTK, Germany. Male speech. Music. Female speech. Brother Stair.

DW QSL, January 2007

• 7 January: 1335 UTC: 6140 kHz: Deutsche Welle Good - Moderate - Fair reception. English to Europe via Woofferton, UK, 250 kW. Interview with band ILoveMe, playing their tracks 'Run' and 'Nina'. Female host. 'Music Mailbag' : Request for Avril Lavigne 'I'm With You'. Vangelis 'Chariots of Fire'.
• 7 January: 1408 UTC: 6155 kHz: ROI 1 International Excellent - Good - Moderate - Good reception. German to Europe via Moosbrunn, Austria. Female speech, piano music by Bach. Female speech.
• 7 January: 1623 UTC: 6195 kHz: BBC World Service Good - Moderate - Good - Fair reception. Persian language to Europe via Skelton, 300 kW. Male host. Tehran, Iran. Israel. Saddam Hussein.
• 7 January: 1715 UTC: 9410 kHz: BBC World Service Fair - Good - Moderate - Fair reception. English to Europe and North Africa via Cyprus. Sport: Henrik Larsson; Martin O'Niel [sic]. FA Cup round-up, Scottish football round-up. La Liga.
• 7 January: 1738 UTC: 9510 kHz: BBC World Service Excellent to good reception. Persian to Middle East via Skelton, 300 kW. Male and female hosts, sports news.
• 7 January: 1749 UTC: 9530 kHz: WYFR Family Radio Excellent reception. Arabic to North Africa and Middle East via Skelton, 300 kW. Male and female speech, music, 'Open Forum' Letter from Philadelphia. Write to Zip code 26007 USA.

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• 7 January: 1805 UTC: 9660 kHz: WYFR Family Radio Excellent to good reception. Arabic to North Africa via Skelton, 300 kW. Male broadcaster with speech dedicated to Allah.
• 7 January: 1817 UTC: 9800 kHz: BBC World Service Fair reception. Azeri to Central Asia via Skelton, 300 kW. Language classes, male speaks in English, female speaks in Azeri.

January 7, 2007, a Sunday, was a very productive day for broadcasts from Skelton Transmitting station.

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My DX Archive: Winter 1997-98

TAKING a trip back twenty one years to the winter of 1997-98 for this selection of radio broadcasts heard on the Short Wave band. Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

December 1997: Short Wave

• 13 December [1997]: 1541 UTC: 6175 kHz: West Coast Radio Ireland Gerard Delaney 'Letter from Ireland': Biddy Earley, a witch. 'Letterbox' Christopher Lewis, 15, Shropshire, England. Martin Cowin has sent a Christmas card. Contact details.
• 14 December: 20 UTC: 12160 kHz: WWCR Address for Miami FL Florida. RTE Radio news: CJD death risk to 250 patients, blood products contaminated with CJD. Rioting in Londonderry following orange march. AA roadwatch: Crash in County Wicklow, Traffic in Galway, congestion in Dublin. Weather: Dry, clear, frost, 2-5°C. Ads: Alka Seltzer. Good to fair reception. Sports reports: Irish football, rugby, hurling, FAI Harp Lager football. English Premiership football, rugby. Gaelic games. Bolton 3 - Derby 3.
• 25 December: 1137 UTC: 6045 kHz: Radio Netherlands Strong to good reception. 'Media Network' archive special: Jim Cutler, Jonathan Marks, Andy Sennitt. Lou Josephs. Music: 'Silent Night'. Editor of 'Practical Wireless' on the answerline. Jim Henderson in Thailand. Email from Canada. Brian Clarke in Auckland, New Zealand (FM DXer). Latin American relays: Trinidad, Moscow, Poland, USA. 1503 kHz Radio London at Christmas and the New Year: Mick Jagger, Cat Stevens. VLU2, 1422 kHz, Victor G in Sri Lanka.
• 27 December: 1523 UTC: 6175 kHz: West Coast Radio Ireland Strong reception. Music: 'My Old Sligo Home'. Michael Commins. Gerard Delaney 'Letter From Ireland'. Music: Sinead O'Connor & The Chieftains 'Foggy Dew'. 'Letterbox': Chris Morris in Shropshire, UK. USA, Austria. Father Brendan Rumley in Peru. Patrick Roebeck in Austria. A Thank You to Martin Cowin for the Christmas card. J K Wood, USA.

January 1998: Short Wave

• 19 January [1998]: 1830 UTC: 6065 kHz: Radio Sweden Stockholm. 'Sixty Degrees North' Sarah Roxstrom.

• 19 January: 1930 UTC: 12160 kHz: RTE Radio news via WWCR. Northern Ireland. Italian finance minister in Brussels. Weather. Sport. Headlines. Ads: Des Kelly Carpets. Books. Canada Life pensions. Eric Donnel farm news. Weather: Met Eireann. End. WWCR 'On The Brink' Ted Anderson. Caller from Alabama.
• 19 January: 2030 UTC: 12095 kHz: BBC World Service 'Newshour' Max Pearson with Vicky Merriot, headlines.

February 1998: Short Wave

• 3 February: 1938 UTC: 5915 // 6055 kHz: Radio Slovakia International Strong to good reception. 'Topical Issue': Slovak Prime Minister gives weekly radio address. Helga Dingova. Skiing. Sports news: Tennis. IAAF athletics. Winter Olympics. News headlines: Presidential elections.
• 3 February: 2015 UTC: 5960 // 6175 kHz: Voice of Turkey 'That Magnificent Sultan, Suliman' English from Anatolia to Europe. Strong reception.
• 3 February: 2026 UTC: 6125 kHz: Radio Exterior de Espana Weather in Spain. News headlines: Baghdad, Madeleine Allbright in Cairo. Fidel Castro, Cuba, US embargo. Libya. Spain. Music: Los Mustang 'Please Please Me' (Beatles cover). 'Press Review': San Sebastian City Council walk out. ETA (Terrorist organisation). One minute silence ignored at Athletico Bilbao football match. Tony Blair to investigate 'Bloody Sunday'. 'Kaleidoscope': Valencia congress. Strong to good reception. Interference: Russia.
• 3 February: 2058 UTC: 6180 kHz: BBC World Service 'Newshour' headlines at 21 UTC, English to Europe, Middle East.

• 3 February: 2106 UTC: 7170 // 7180 kHz: Voice of Russia World Service News: The conflict of Georgia & Aphazia. Headlines: Denmark to help new EU members. 'Science & Engineering in the Commonwealth'.
• 3 February: 2127 UTC: 7235 kHz: Radio Canada International Jim Craig 'Spectrum' Strong to fair reception. Ice storm in Quebec. Skelton transmitting station, England. 41.47m, 300 kW, 180° to Europe / Africa: RCI English. Asian economy crisis.
• 3 February: 2202 UTC: 7530 kHz: Radio Bulgaria English to West Europe, strong reception. News: Bulgarian restructuring conference. Greek ministers meet Bulgarian officials. Seminar of the IMF, World Bank & EU. Bulgarian ministers visit USA. World Bank visit to Romania. Bulgarian parliament receives Greek Ministers. 'Commentary'. 'Events & Developments': Bulgaria and the European Union.
• 3 February: 2252 UTC: 5745 kHz: World Harvest Radio International Strong to good reception. News: Execution. Air jet hits ski lift in Italy. Weather. USA Radio News. Ad break: Bus travel holidays. News: Baghdad. Arizona Senator. Monica Lewinsky. Florida storms. Financial news. Ad for short wave antennas. 'For The People' Chuck Harter.

That concludes the logs from the winter of 1997-98. Thank you for visiting Reporting From The Fox Tower. Enjoy your day!

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