My Short Wave Archive: June 2009

 MIDSUMMER Day 2009 - Father's Day - was a day of listening to broadcasts on my Short Wave radio.

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: April 2009, 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 2009 : Short Wave

• [Sunday] 21 June [2009]: 1120 UTC: 9510 kHz: Nexus - International Broadcasting Association  American voices, male and female, speak of Bible verses James, Chapter 5, Verse 1-3 and Revelations, speak of collapse of banks around the world, speak of European leaders, a 'new world order', reading of Psalms - Prayer to Lord Jesus Christ.
  This is IRRS - Shortwave, Milan, Italy.
  Postal address for the broadcast: Box 704, Troy, Michigan.
  The programme was Jack Impe Ministries.  [See sticker, below]
  Good to fair reception; English to Europe and Middle East via Rimavska Sobota, Slovakia.
  ID at 1130 UTC.  Postal address: IRRS, PO 10980-20110 Milan Italy.
  New broadcast: Music.
  Logged to 1140 UTC.
• 21 June: 1157 UTC: 9895 kHz: Radio Nederland Wereldomroep  Good reception; Dutch language to France, Spain, Portugal and Balearic Isles after 12 UTC.
  Male speech, music, news headlines at 12 UTC: Iranian election results. Pakistan and Middle East.
  Sport: British Grand Prix, Silverstone, Volleyball, Wimbledon, Feyenoord (football).
  Music: 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You' (female vocalist).
  Sport updates from Barcelona and British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
  Logged to 1215 UTC.

[Lunch break]

• 21 June: 1310 UTC: 9895 kHz: Radio Nederland Wereldomroep  continues.
• 21 June: 1320 UTC: 9970 kHz: RTBF International  To South Europe.
  French language female, music from Bananarama: 'Venus' [ID] and 'Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye'.  Female speech, music clips, ID.  Female speech, music.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Logged to 1335 UTC.
• 21 June: 1402 UTC: 11725 kHz: Radio Svobodna [Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty]
  Male speech, referencing BBC, Iran, audio report for Midsummer's Day from Stonehenge, Salisbury.  ID.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Logged to 1412 UTC.

Sticker from Jack Van Impe Ministries - Heard via Nexus - International Broadcasting Association.

• 21 June: 1425 UTC: 11770 kHz: Deutsche Welle  Country music, ID, rock music.
  Excellent to good reception.  Music with German language vocals.
  Logged to 1440 UTC.
• 21 June: 1500 UTC: 12040 kHz: Voice of Russia  Excellent to good reception.
  English to Europe, Middle East, Asia via Moscow.  Female with news: Tehran election violence, US soldiers killed in Iraq, Hugo Chavez to visit Belarus. ID. Moscow International Film Festival.
  Russian women are second in World Basketball Championships.
  Anniversary of invasion of Russia by Nazi Germany. News from Russia. Summer Solstice.
  'Moscow Mailbag' Colin and Olga. 'How many rivers are in Russia?' 'How many mobile networks are in Russia?' 'What is the Oblast?' (Government division). Russian weddings.
  Logged to 1515 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: October 2008

 MEMORIES of international radio broadcasts, heard October 2008, as part of the My Short Wave Archive thread, previously known as the My DX Archive thread.

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

October 2008 : Short Wave

• [Saturday] 4 October [2008]: 1622 UTC: 4005 kHz: Vatican Radio  Female voice in English, male speech with a report regarding South Africa and Zimbabwe: "No foreign aid going into Zimbabwe".
  Female presents a report regarding Iran.
  Fair to poor reception.
  Europe 1st Programme, English.
  Music, male and female speech, deteriorating reception.
  Male presents a report regarding Church.
  Female closes the broadcast with a direction to the website: vaticanradio . org
  Vatican Radio broadcast in Slovenian language commences.
  Logged to 1635 UTC.
• 4 October: 1643 UTC: 4025 kHz: Laser Hot Hits  Music: Simply Red 'A New Flame'.
  Male speech, ID and frequency announcement from the presenter, with listener feedback.
  Music.
  Good reception, English to Europe.
  Music from 1969; "Delving in to the 60s a lot".
  Listener support from Southampton. Interference from other broadcasters.
  Presenter gives contact email and website address: laserhothits . co . uk
  Music from the "Big L Fab 40" - 60s music.
  Reminder of email address and international telephone number.
  Recording of a Big L broadcast, August 14th...
  Music: The Beach Boys.
  Reminder of contact details: Mobile telephone number, email address.
  Logged to 1705 UTC.

• 4 October: 1746 UTC: 4635 kHz: Radio Tajikistan International  Excellent to good reception, male and female speech.

A Radio Tajikistan International envelope, December 1997.

• 4 October: 2050 UTC: 4780 kHz: Radio Djibouti  Music.
• 4 October: 2057 UTC: 4845 kHz: Radio Mauritania  Music.
  Good to fair reception.
  Music: Male vocalist.
  Male speech at 21 UTC, music.
• 4 October: 2118 UTC: 4975 kHz: Voice of Russia  Speech.
  Good reception.
  Logged to 2133 UTC.

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My AM Archive: November 2009

 YOU are most welcome to My AM Archive, a continual thread of posts of my Medium Wave logbooks, bringing them online for posterity, and for other like-minded radio listeners to enjoy.

Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: August 2009, 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.

November 2009 : Medium Wave

• [Saturday] 14 November [2009]: 1700 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio Four  '1989: Day by Day' hosted by John Tusa, closes. BBC News at 5pm: Heavy storms in the South of England, the Port of Dover was closed at lunchtime. Good to fair reception, 2 kW via Wrekenton, Newcastle upon Tyne. Logged to 1710 UTC.
• 14 November: 1717 UTC: 603 kHz: France Info  French language speaking male, three-tone tune, speech. Good to fair reception, 300 kW via Lyon, F (France). Speech by male includes interviews with male on telephone regarding restaurants and food. Short music break, speech. ID at 1724 UTC, female reporting live from OB, including speech by male. Reporting live from sporting event. Logged to 1727 UTC.
• 14 November: 1750 UTC: 612 kHz: RNE 1  Vitoria, E (Spain) 10 kW. Fair to poor reception. Male and female, both in Spanish language, report from sporting event. Music. Logged to 1758 UTC.

RTBF (Belgium) QSL card, November 2009.

• 14 November: 1915 UTC: 621 kHz: RTBF 1  Music: Robbie Williams 'Bodies', female host, sport update, male at sports event on telephone. Wavre, Belgium (BEL) 300 kW. Female reads football scores, reports from males in football grounds. Excellent to good reception. Logged to 1926 UTC.
• 14 November: 1940 UTC: 630 kHz: NRK Euuropakanalen  Vigra, NOR (Norway) 100 kW. Male speech followed by music. Male host with music programme. Excellent to good reception. Logged to 1946 UTC.
• 14 November: 1950 UTC: 630 kHz: Voice of Russia  Male speech in the German language, music. Fair to poor reception. Logged to 20 UTC.
• 14 November: 20:08 UTC: 639 kHz: RNE 1  E (Spain) up to 300 kW. Excellent to fair reception. Male commentary of Spanish football. Logged to 20:16 UTC.
• 14 November: 2024 UTC: 639 kHz: Czech Radio 2  Prague, TCH (Czech Republic) 1500 kW. Male speech: good, clear speech. Music. Male speech continues after music: Interview. Excellent to good reception. Music: Instrumental version of Lionel Richie 'Say You, Say Me'. Logged to 2030 UTC.
• 14 November: 2048 UTC: 648 kHz: BBC World Service  Good to fair reception, 500 kW via Orford Ness, Suffolk. Drama or a play with discussion by the author. Logged to 2058 UTC.

RNE 1 verification letter, November 2009.

• 14 November: 2103 UTC: 657 kHz: "I believe I may hear RNE 5 via Madrid, but propagation makes channel use impossible."
• 14 November: 2109 UTC: 666 kHz: Sudwestrundfunk (SWR)  Rohrdorf, D (Germany) 150 kW. German language speech lead by male, with comments from male and female. Male making speech to audience with applause and laughter. Good reception. Logged to 2115 UTC.
• 14 November: 2122 UTC: 675 kHz: Radio Maria  Male speaking in the Dutch language. Excellent to good reception, Lopik, HOL [Holland] 120 kW. Male speaking continues. Logged to 2130 UTC.

Contact details [correct at the time] for the above broadcasters:

France Info:
Jean-Gerard Robichez, Directeur-adjoint de France Info, 116 Avenue du Président Kennedy, 75220 Paris cedex 16

RNE Radio Nacional

Plaza de Simón Bolivar 13, 01003 Vitoria - Gasteiz

RTBFi

Reyerslaan 52, bus BRR016, 1044 Brussels

NRK

N-0340 Oslo, Bj. Bjørnsons Plass 1

Český rozhlas 2

Vinohradská 12, 120 99 Prague 2, Czech Republic

Sudwestrundfunk

Hans-Bredowstrabe, D-76530 Baden-Baden

Radio Maria Nederland & Vlaanderen

Postbus 5045, 5201 GA 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH Nederland

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My AM Archive: Autumn 2008: November

 THE previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Autumn 2008: September, 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.

November 2008 : Medium Wave

• [Sunday] 16 November [2008]: 1218 UTC: 1269 kHz: Deutschlandfunk (DLF)  Speech in the German language spoken by a male. 'Monitoring Monthly' (February 2006) shows DLF, Neumunster, D (Germany), 300 kW. Speech by male from sporting event: football?  Fair reception. To 1228 UTC.

The Roberts R881 radio receiver, as used to hear the broadcasts in this log.

• 16 November: 1254 UTC: 1323 kHz: Voice of Russia  Speech in the German language spoken by a female, with popular music - Elaine Page 'Another Suitcase, Another Hall'. Speech in German by male.  Good to fair reception.
  ID signal, new broadcast at 13 UTC, sounds like Russian... Voice of Russia, Wachenbrunn, Germany, 150 up to 800 kW. Speech by female - Sports headlines as part of the news? Music. To 1307 UTC.
• 16 November: 1316 UTC: 1341 kHz: BBC Radio Ulster  Female host with male guest talking of financial matters on BBC Radio Ulster, Lisnagarvey, Co Down, Northern Ireland, 100 kW.  Good reception. Timecheck, weather report. Social housing and associated matters. To 1332 UTC.
• 16 November: 1650 UTC: 1368 kHz: Manx Radio  Ad for Douglas Carpet Superstore, Xerox photocopiers, Aladdin at the Gaiety Theatre, Manx Petroleum.  Manx Radio, Douglas, Isle of Man, 20 kW. Excellent to fair reception. Music: Lou Rawls 'Lady Love'. Male speech: "TT races were nearly lost to Belgium - The History Man" To 1700 UTC.
• 16 November: 1716 UTC: 1404 kHz: France Info  Speech in the French language, male host with female reporter - French football league and other sport.  France Info, Brest, F, 20 kW. Good to fair reception. To 1722 UTC.
• 16 November: 1728 UTC: 1413 kHz: BBC Radio Gloucestershire  Music, speech by male and female, ID on air for BBC Radio Gloucestershire. Travel: A4301 Parliament Street, Cirencester, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Vicky (Travel). Programme 'Face To Face' with Paul and Millie. Phone number: 0845 307 .... Speech regarding President Elect Barack Obama. Army base at Fairford, recording of memories of man who grew up in Alabama.
  Good to fair reception via Bourton-on-the-Water, East Gloucestershire or Berkeley Heath, South West Gloucestershire, both 0.5 kW.  National Adoption Week. To 1750 UTC.

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My DX Archive: Autumn 2002

WELCOME to the first post of the year Twenty Twenty here on Reporting From The Fox Tower.
I am continuing to bring you memories of radio broadcasts heard years gone by, transcribed from my log books. This post brings broadcasts heard October and November 2002 on the Short Wave band.
The previous post, September 2002, 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.

October 2002: Short Wave

• 6 October [2002]: 1358 UTC: 6155 kHz: Radio Austria International English Service, close of the 'Network Europe' programme by the female host. Interval waltz with ID. 1400 UTC: German Service, 'Sonntagsjournal 1' with news of Al-Qaeda. Fair reception.
  [Image above: The Radio Austria International English Service schedule, 2002-2003.]
• 6 October: 1639 UTC: 6295 kHz: Reflections Europe Strong to fair reception "Write to PO Box 44, Rogers Lane... 39482, USA" English to Europe "reflectionseurope . com" Frequency details.
• 6 October: 1658 UTC: 7160 kHz: BBC World Service 'Sunday Sportsworld' takes a break for the 1700 UTC news: French super tanker ablaze near Yemen. Brazil elections. Good to fair reception. English to East Asia via Kranji, Singapore. 'The Sunday Play'.
• 6 October: 1724 UTC: 9410 kHz: BBC World Service Good reception. English to Europe via Cyprus 'Play of the Week': 'Interior designs'. To 1733 UTC.
• 6 October: 1739 UTC: 9510 kHz: BBC World Service Good to fair reception. English to South Asia via Kranji, Singapore / Thailand. Alistair Cooke's Letter from America: Gallup polls. Male announcer with ID at 1745 UTC, news headlines: French super tanker fire, Brazil votes, African unrest. 'Sports Roundup' Football results.
• 6 October: 1810 UTC: 9760 kHz: Voice of America Fair reception. English to Europe, Middle East via Briech, Morocco. News: Iraq situation, French tanker fire in Yemen Port. 'VOA News Now': Stabbing in France. To 1820 UTC.
• 6 October: 1825 UTC: 9775 kHz: Voice of Russia Good to fair reception. English to Europe, Africa. Clarinet concerto.

The National Emblem of Kuwait.

• 6 October: 1849 UTC: 11990 kHz: Radio Kuwait Strong to fair reception. English to Europe, America. Music: R Kelly 'My Body's Calling (For You)', Marc Bolan & T-Rex '20th Century Boy'. Roxy Music 'Love Is The Drug'. To 1858 UTC.

November 2002: Short Wave

• 11 November: 1155 UTC: 12095 kHz: BBC World Service 'Sports Roundup' Pakistan - Zimbabwe Cricket, WTA Tennis, Iraq has a new national football team coach. Trailer for 'Westway' competition. BBC World Service ID followed by news at 12 UTC: Small-scale famine returns to Ethiopia, Iraq says yes to UN resolutions. 'Newshour'. Strong to good reception.To 1205 UTC.
• 11 November: 1226 UTC: 15175 kHz: Radio New Zealand International Good to fair reception. English to North West Pacific, Asia. Female host interviews politician regarding the New Zealand immigration policy. Male guest. Male host also speaks on the programme. Race relations.
• 11 November: 1350 UTC: 15485 kHz: BBC World Service Strong to good reception. 'Write On' regarding coverage of 'Network Africa' and 'Focus On Africa' and the coverage of Zimbabwe and other African nations. To 1400 UTC.
• 11 November: 1410 UTC: 15565 kHz: BBC World Service Good reception. St Martin's Day. 'Science In Action' studying the geology of the Moon. To 1420 UTC.
• 11 November: 1427 UTC: 15745 kHz: WEWN Alabama USA Strong to good reception. English to Europe. Male preacher with references to the scriptures, establishing law with reference to St Thomas' words on laws. To 1441 UTC.

Magnificat (WEWN)

• 11 November: 1450 UTC: 15825 kHz: WWCR-1 Nashville TN USA 'Worldwide Country Radio' Good reception. Music: 'Raining On Sunday' Randy Crawford. Male host. Postal address: 1300 WWCR Avenue 37218 USA. Email: country @ wwcr . com
• 11 November: 1523 UTC: 17505 kHz: Radio Sweden Strong to good reception. Swedish World wide. Female and male hosts with interviews. Radio Sweden signature tune, off air at 1527 UTC.
• 11 November: 1637 UTC: 18980 kHz: WYFR Family Radio Fair reception. To Europe, Choir singing. To 1646 UTC.
• 11 November: 1653 UTC: 21455 kHz: WYFR Family Radio Strong to good reception. English to Europe 'The Radio Reading Circle' ID for 'Family Radio, The Sound of the New Life'. Choir music.

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My DX Archive: Autumn 1995

ONE of the joys of bringing these memories is the logging of occasional broadcasts, which can be found in this post, covering Autumn 1995.
Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

September 1995: Short Wave

• 3 September [1995]: 1400 UTC: 5875 kHz (49m): Irish Overseas Broadcasting Moderate to poor reception. Loss of signal commonplace. Colin Connely from RTE via BBC. PO Box 4950 DUBLIN 1 IRELAND.

Irish Overseas Broadcasting QSL card, September 1995.

• 4 September: 0740 UTC: c.6100 kHz: HCJB English Service Box 17-17-691 QUITO ECUADOR Good reception. News headlines. 'Studio 9' Ralph Kurtenbach and his family return to Quito. Slight interference from Radio Netherlands, Hilversum, Holland, Dutch language broadcast. HCJB health programme visits Mexico to study people's diets.
• 21 September: 20 UTC: 15315 kHz: Radio Netherlands To Central & West Africa 'Media Network' Jonathan Marks and Howard Shannon. Mr Sam Younger of BBC World Service talks of Short Wave. Veronica News Radio, PO Box 2240 1202 CH HILVERSUM NETHERLANDS.
• 25 September: 1812 UTC: 5930 kHz: Radio Prague 49m, 250 kW to Europe via Rimavska Sobota: Visit to a museum.
• 25 September: 1839 UTC: 6020 kHz: Radio Netherlands News: Dave Durham. Newsline: President of Angola visits Brussels, Belgium. Israel PLO self rule. Former Italian Prime Minister stands trial for mafia work. Mrs Winnie Mandela has divorce papers served.

• 25 September: 1855 UTC: 6040 kHz: Voice of America Special English features a state fair in Iowa.
• 25 September: 1905 UTC: 7205 // 7230 // 7350 kHz: The Voice of Russia News: NATO start military exercises in France. Russia decides to co-operate with Asia. Kazakhstan treaty. Yugoslavia sanctions to be lifted? 'Commonwealth Update'.
• 25 September: 1938 UTC: 9760 kHz: Radio Tirana, Albania News: Albanian troops. Art academy of Albania in Tirana.
• 25 September: 2047 UTC: c.12 MHz: Forever Health Ministry PO Box 283 OKLAHOMA 73459-0243 USA Caller in Texas, USA.
• 25 September: 2053 UTC: 13770 kHz: Monitor Radio via WSHB 'Letterbox'. Religious article from the Christian Science Monitor.
• 25 September: 2110 UTC: 13650 // 13670 kHz: Radio Canada International 'Business Report' Craig Mclean. 'Spectrum' food news.

• 26 September: 2108 - 2120 UTC: 11705 kHz: Radio Havana Cuba Good to poor reception. News: Cuba, United States of America, Ecuador, British newspaper, murder, trade unions, education in Russia, land arguments in Brazil.

October 1995: Short Wave

• 17 October: 1753 UTC: 6040 kHz: Voice Of America 'Talk To America' interviews a professor in Saudi Arabia.
• 17 October: 2137 UTC: 11945 kHz: BBC World Service Princess Anne is to visit the Falkland Islands, the visit to be commemorated by a set of stamps. The bridge between the Scottish mainland and the Isle of Skye opened yesterday, protests took place by people who would not pay the £4.50 toll. Ian MacDonald closes his report with 'Scotland The Brave'.
• 17 October: 2145 UTC: 11705 kHz: Radio Havana Cuba 'DXers Unlimited' Arnie Coro, model 'KK99' AM radio receiver. A new FM repeater on a mountain top is on air: 145.150 kHz, Callsign: 306REP. Radio hobby worldwide: VHF Low & VHF High bands.

November 1995: Short Wave

• 22 November: 1935 UTC: 5995 kHz: The Voice of Russia 'Moscow Yesterday And Today': Phillip, an elder Monk, built a Monastery and ran the building. Interference from a German language broadcast. Ivan The Terrible paid to build the Monastery. Phillip joined the Tsar in July 1566.
• 22 November: 2003 UTC: 6180 // 6195 kHz: BBC World Service Report from Jerusalem: Shimon Peres is new Prime Minister of Israel, following assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. UK News: Rosemarie West jailed for ten murders. Report regarding the Bosnian peace process.

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100th post - Happy New Year!

WELCOME to the one hundredth post on Reporting From The Fox Tower, may I wish you and yours a Happy New Year for 2008.

Last year's logs - Medium Wave logs, December 2007:

Thursday 27 December 2007:

1650 GMT, 1557 kHz, France Info, Nice, France. Website. (This site is in the French language).

1718 GMT, 1575 kHz, Voice of Russia in German language via Berg transmiter, Germany. Website. (English language site).

1743 GMT, 1584 kHz, BBC Radio Nottingham, Clipstone transmitter. Drivetime, Alan Clifford. Website.

1800 GMT, 1584 kHz, Tay AM, Perth, Scotland. Friarton Road transmitter. Six o'clock news. Richard Allen. Website.

1812 GMT, 1602 kHz, Radio Vitoria, Vitoria, E (Spain). Website. (This site is in the Spanish language).

1834 GMT, 1611 kHz, Vatican Radio, Europe 2nd Programme: Lithuanian & Latvian language programmes. Website. (Vatican Radio website in English).

That's all for now, take care!