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.
  
  

  

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• 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.
  
  

  

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• 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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Short Wave on a Sunday

NOT JUST ANY old Sunday, but the first Sunday of the year - Sunday 4 January, 2015. It has been a while since I listened to the Short Wave band, so it was nice to catch up with the international airwaves. As always, times in UTC (GMT) and frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Here we are:

• 1237 UTC, 10 000 kHz : NIST Radio Station WWV, Boulder, Colorado, USA. National Institute of Science and Technology radio station, broadcasting the Time Signal and other associated information. Moderate to good reception. To 1249 UTC.
• 1252 UTC, 11 520 kHz : EWTN Global Catholic Radio, Birmingham, Alabama, USA - Also known as WEWN Global Catholic Radio. Conclusion of Sunday Mass from the EWTN Chapel. This broadcast is English to South East Asia, also Middle East, Africa, India - And Europe. Moderate reception. Frequency closed at 1257 UTC.
• 1324 UTC, 11 640 kHz : Unidentified broadcast - Classical music programme, with speech between pieces. I believe the broadcast to be Radio Taiwan International, broadcasting Chinese via Kouhu, Taiwan. Moderate reception. To 1332 UTC.
• 1335 UTC, 11 730 kHz : Unidentified broadcast - Broadcast(s) covered by noise - Possibly blocked or jammed? Schedules for the time and frequency show Radio Belarus, broadcasting Belarusian via Minsk-Kalodzicy, Belarus, or Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran, broadcasting Urdu via Kamalabad, Iran. To 1339 UTC.
• 1352 UTC, 12 085 kHz : Radio Australia, English to Asia via Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. Programme was 'Sunday Nights with John Cleary' from ABC Local. News headlines at 1400 UTC. Moderate reception. To 1417 UTC.
• 1450 UTC, 12 115 kHz : Reach Beyond Australia, formerly Known as HCJB Australia. English to South & South East Asia via Kununurra, Australia. The programme was 'Words To Live By'. Moderate reception. To 1510 UTC.
• 1523 UTC, 13 845 kHz : WWCR-3, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, relaying The University Network for worldwide reception, primarily Europe and the Americas. Poor to moderate reception. To 1535 UTC.
• 1554 UTC, 15 420 kHz : BBC World Service with the conclusion of a broadcast, ID and speech from 1557 UTC, news headlines at 1600 UTC. 'Sportsworld' with guest Mark Lawrenson, who has "got 'Final Score' on"! FA Cup Third Round weekend : Live match commentary coming up from Huish Park - Yeovil Town v Manchester United. This broadcast is English to East & South Africa via Seychelles. Poor to moderate reception. To 1637 UTC.

May I also take this opportunity to wish you a belated Happy New Year.
Regards, Martin.

World Wide Wireless, May 2012

LOG of Short Wave radio broadcasts I received Friday 4 May 2012:

• EWTN/WEWN, 0942 – 1000 UTC, 11520 kHz, SINPO 44444, English to Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe via Birmingham AL USA. Holy Rosary with Mother Angelica.
• China Radio International, 1124 – 1140 UTC, 13650 kHz, SINPO 54444, English to Europe, Asia, America via Albania. ‘Beijing Hour’.
• Radio Rossii, 1258 – 1300 UTC, 13665 kHz, SINPO 44444, Russian language, Male & Female voices, cheering children. ID.
• China Radio International, 1306 – 1320 UTC, 13670 kHz, 44444, Chinese language, female speech over soothing piano music.
• China Radio International, 1330 – 1342 UTC, 13710 kHz, 44444, French language service, female reporters speaking over music with vox pops.
• China Radio International, 1349 – 1355 UTC, 13790 kHz, 44444, English to Europe, Asia, Australia, America via Urumchi, China. Male speech.
• BBC World Service, 1405 – 1412 UTC, 13820 kHz, 23332, English to Middle East via Cyprus, ‘World Briefing’ female speech.
• University Network, 1418 – 1426 UTC, 13845 kHz, 23332, English to Europe, America via WWCR-3, Nashville TN USA. Female and male speech.
• IRRS-Shortwave, 1450 – 1500 UTC, 15190 kHz, 23332, English to Europe, Middle East, Asia, Australia. The Overcomer Ministry with Brother RG Stair.
• Radio Africa, 1505 – 1510 UTC, 15190 kHz, 54444, English to Africa. Female speaking of freedom and equality.
• KTWR – Trans World Radio, 1520 – 1522 UTC, 15200 kHz, 43333, English to Asia via Guam. Male speech in praise of God, singers.
• Voice of Korea, 1535 – 1550 UTC, 15245 kHz, 44444, English to Europe and America via Pyongyang. Memories of the Great Leader.

All in all that's a pretty decent lot!
Martin.