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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  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: June 2010

 THE Midsummer weekend 2010 is from where these logs of international radio broadcasts are drawn.

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: April 2010, 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.

June 2010 : Short Wave

• [Saturday] 19 June [2010]: 0805 UTC: 11645 kHz: Radio Filia Greece  Music (pop ballad), vocals, soft instruments.  Male vocalist.  Three tracks from this artist.
  Good reception.
  Logged to 0820 UTC.

• 19 June: 0832 UTC: 11760 kHz: BBC World Service  Barely audible, male host speaking of President Obama.
  Fair to poor reception.
  English to Middle East via A'Seela, Oman.
  Logged to 0840 UTC.
• 19 June: 0847 UTC: 11785 kHz: China Radio International  Male speech, Chinese language, regarding the football World Cup. Translated audio reports with the key words 'England', 'Maradona', 'Italians'.  Female and male speech, including contact details.  Off air at 0858 UTC.
  Excellent reception.
• 19 June: 0922 UTC: 12020 kHz: RDP Internacional  [Rádio Portugal]  Music by male vocalist and guitar, male studio host with male on telephone.  More music by male with guitar, short piece of music.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Host speaks to male on telephone.  Music from male vocalist and big band.  Male on telephone.
  Portuguese language.  Music.
  Logged to 0945 UTC.

Coffee break!

19 June: 1004 UTC: Spurious broadcast on 12810 kHz, Spanish language, regarding World Cup football. Female speech, music.  Broadcast believed to be Radio Exterior de Espana.

• 19 June: 1024 UTC: 13635 kHz: Voice of Turkey  Male and female participating in a play.  Music.  Female host, pop music.
  Good reception.  Arabic to Asia and Africa, 500 kW.
  Logged to 1040 UTC.
• 19 June: 1050 UTC: 13665 kHz: Radio Rossii  Male host, speech, music, male vocalist and band.  ID at 1055 UTC.  Music.
  [Also logged from 1207 UTC: 13665 kHz: Good to fair reception.  Russian language, male host.  ID for 'Radio Rossii - Sport'.  Logged to 1212 UTC]

Card from Radio Netherlands verifying reception, 19 June 2010.
This would be my last verification card from Holland  :(

• 19 June: 1225 UTC: 13700 kHz: Radio Nederland Wereldomroep  Speech in Dutch language.
  Excellent to fair reception.  Dutch to Europe.
  Speech by male on Holland (Netherlands) in the Football World Cup.  Music: 'Big In Japan'.  Live report from Durban, South Africa.  Score: Holland 0 - Japan 0 at half time.  Audio from the stadium includes the Vuvuzelas.
  Logged to 1235 UTC.
• 19 June: 1247 UTC: 13720 kHz: Radio Exterior de Espana  Speech in Spanish language.
  Excellent reception.  Spanish to Europe.
  Broadcast includes the music 'Ode To Joy' by Beethoven.  Programming: 'Diario de Europa' followed by 'Hispanorama'.  ID for Radio Exterior de Espana in various languages.  Music: 'Lola' (The Kinks) performed in Spanish!
  To 1300 UTC.
• 19 June: 1307 UTC: 13760 kHz: Voice of Korea  English service from Pyongyang.  Speech regarding Kim Sung-Il.
  Good reception.  English to Europe & America.
  The Respected Leader Kim Jung-Il, The Workers Party of Korea, Sixtieth anniversary.
  Logged to 1325 UTC.
• 19 June: 1327 UTC: 13790 kHz: China Radio International  Excellent to good reception.  English to Europe, Asia, Australia and America via Urumchi, China.
  'China Drive' with male and female hosts at a Chinese holiday festival.
  'Media Scan' with a report on millionaires and billionaires.
  Logged to 1340 UTC.

Coffee break!

• 19 June: 1405 UTC: 13800 kHz: Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran  Male host speaking to male on telephone.  Music.  Male speech.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Male speech, music.  Female speech, music.
  Logged to 1420 UTC.
• 19 June: 1425 UTC: 13845 kHz: WWCR-3  Nashville TN USA  Religious content: Female preacher speaks to an assembled audience.  Music: Gospel Choir!  ID for the University Network with contact details by male on this broadcast.
  English to Europe and America.  Good to fair reception.
  Male speaker refers to verses of the Bible.
  Logged to 1445 UTC.

Card from WWCR verifying reception, 19 June 2010.

• 19 June: 1536 UTC: 15825 kHz: WWCR-1  Nashville TN USA  Religious content: Male broadcasting a sermon: 'Hope is an anchor'.
  Good reception.  English to Europe, Middle East, America.
  Bible readings from John, Chapter 10, Verse 28-29.  'Showers of Blessings'.
  Next on air is Brother Eugene Brown 'Words of Hope'.
  Logged to 1555 UTC.

Contact information for broadcasts (as at June 2010):

Words of Hope, PO Box 78333, Nashville TN 37207 USA

Radio Filia (Greece): Telephone calls welcome: (+30) 210 606 6310

RDP Internacional, Avenida Marechal Gomes da Costa No 37, 1849-030 Lisboa (Lisbon) Portugal

Voice of Korea, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

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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.

Listening and voting, June 2010

THIS blog is in two parts; the first part is the 'Listening', which is the list of broadcasts I heard on the Short Wave band, Saturday, 19 June 2010. The 'voting' is the second part, which I shall persuade you to take part in after I have posted my Short Wave logs, starting here!

• 0805 UTC, 11645 kHz : Radio Filia, Greece. Continuous music! Radio Filia website.

· 0832 UTC, 11670 kHz : BBC World Service, United Kingdom. English to Middle East via A'Seela, Oman. President Obama. BBC World Service website.

· 0847 UTC, 11785 kHz : China Radio International, China. Chinese speech, sports report. CRI in English online.

· 0922 UTC, 12020 kHz : RDP Internacional, Portugal. Portuguese speech, including telephone callers to the show and music. RDP English website.

· 1024 UTC, 13635 kHz : Voice of Turkey, Turkey. Arabic to Asia and Africa, 500 kW. Play/drama, followed by pop music. TRT World website.

· 1207 UTC, 13665 kHz : Radio Rossii, Russia. Sport bulletin! Website in Russian.

· 1225 UTC, 13700 kHz : Radio Nederland Wereldomroep, Holland (The Netherlands). Dutch to Europe. Live report from the FIFA World Cup, Durban, South Africa: Holland v Japan, half time.RNW Dutch website.

· 1247 UTC, 13720 kHz : Radio Exterior de Espana, Spain. Spanish to Europe. 'Diario de Europe' / 'Hispanorama'. REE website.

· 1307 UTC, 13760 kHz : Voice of Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). English to Europe and America. Sixtieth anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea. (No website)

· 1327 UTC, 13790 kHz : China Radio International, China. English to Europe, Asia, Australasia, America via Urumchi, China. 'China Drive' followed by 'Media Scan'. (Please follow the CRI link above)

· 1405 UTC, 13800 kHz : Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran. Arabic speech, male host, telephone callers, music. Worldservice website.

· 1425 UTC, 13845 kHz : WWCR-3, Nashville TN USA. English to Europe and America. University Network programme. WWCR.com

· And finally, 1536 UTC, 15825 kHz : WWCR-1, Nashville TN USA. English to Europe, Middle East and America. 'Showers of Blessings', followed by Brother Eugene Brown with 'Words of Hope'. 'Words of Hope' website.

Don't stop voting!

Part two of this post is, of course, further encouragement for you to vote for ABBIE STEELE, pictured right, in her campaign to become Miss Cumbria 2010. A quick recap of how you can vote for Abbie:

By telephone : Call 09016561528 and then key in 05 when asked;

By text : Cumbria 05 Abbie S (with capitals in the correct places) to 84205.

Voting lines are open till 2nd July for Miss Cumbria. All votes cost 60p plus standard network charge on mobile phones.

The official Miss Cumbria website, featuring Abbie in the photo gallery, voting details and votes cast so far, can be visited by clicking here.

Once again, Good Luck Abbie! x