My Short Wave Archive: September 2012

 BETWIXT Christmas and New Year is where we find ourselves at the moment of this post being composed; A dark, stormy, late afternoon in December 2023.

Welcome to a continuing thread of memories of radio broadcasts, heard via Short Wave Radio.  The previous post of the thread, My Short Wave Archive: May 2012, can be found here.

This post brings memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard Sunday, September 16, 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.

September 2012 : Short Wave

• [Sunday] 16 September [2012]: 1150 UTC: 15430 kHz: Radio Romania International  Good reception, English language to Europe and Africa. Female speech, greetings from the studio manager, music.
  'The Cooking Show' Local produce in jars, cellophane, string. Onions, carrots, peppers, tomatoes.
  Frequency announcements, satellite broadcasts, contact details, interval signature tune, off air at 1156 UTC.
• 16 September: 1226 UTC: 15450 kHz: The Voice of Turkey  Piano interval signature tune, female speech: "This is The Voice of Turkey". Strong to good reception, English to Europe, 1230 - 1330 UTC. Time signal, intro, announcement of email address: englishdesk at trt - world dot com
  News: Turkish Prime Minister visiting Bosnia-Herzigovina. Turkish Foreign Minister speaks to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton on the phone. Turkish Prime Minister receives an award; Visits Sarajevo. Foreign Minister and Secretary of State Clinton speak of events in North Africa and Middle East. Attacks in Syria: Aleppo, Damascus. UN-Arab League met with Assad. Memories of martyrs; Remembrance ceremony. Democracy martyrs 1960, hanged September 16, 1961. Sudan rejects US marines to protect embassy in Sudan. ID: 'Voice of Turkey, Ankara'.
  'Review of the Turkish Press' Prime Minister visiting Bosnia-Herzigovina. Turkey would like no more than five children in each family. Turkish aircraft on show at Berlin airshow. Unrest over US video. Child left at home. Underground ceremony in Paris.
  Website address, email address.
  Logged to 1248 UTC.
• 16 September: 1307 UTC: 15575 kHz: BBC World Service  Male speech.
  Moderate to barely audible reception, English to Middle East via Cyprus.
  Signal fade up: Speech of Assad, President of Syria.
  Logged to 1310 UTC.

Radio Exterior de Espana Programme Guide, 2012

• 16 September: 1311 UTC: 15585 kHz: Radio Exterior de España  Hip-hop style music, followed by male and female speech in the Spanish language, music. This is the Spanish language service of Radio Exterior de España, with the programme 'Mundofonías 2' (World music programme).
  Strong to good reception, Spanish language to Europe.
  Male speech, female speech, music at 1322 UTC.
  Logged to 1328 UTC.
• 16 September: 1335 UTC: 15615 kHz: WEWN Birmingham AL
  Male host speaking to a male guest regarding prayer and confession. Male guest has written a book about prayer, confession and Saints.
  This is WEWN Birmingham AL (USA), English language to Asia via EWTN - Catholic Programmes. The programme is 'EWTN Bookmark'.
  Strong to good reception, English to Asia.
  The guest's book also considers spirituality. 'Adventures of Daily Prayer' is the name of the book.
  Logged to 1350 UTC.

[Break at 1400 UTC]

• 16 September: 1450 UTC: 15825 kHz: WWCR  Music, male speech from 'The Temple of Jesus Christ'; The speaking male is leading singing in prayer. Passionate speech from the male: "Jesus said 'No one reaches the Father without passing through me'", readings from Genesis and the Old Testament.
  This is WWCR-1 Nashville TN (USA), English to Europe, Middle East, America.
  Strong to good reception.
  This broadcast is 'A Temple of Jesus Christ' with Cleveland Waters.
  Logged to 1520 UTC.
• 16 September: 1526 UTC: 17510 kHz: WHRI  Male speaking of God, his faith and the gift of the Evangelist.
  This broadcast is 'MFC Worldwide' readings from the scripture by the male; A reminder of the website address [m f c ministries dot net] and broadcast times: Sunday, 1030 Eastern Time, 1530 UTC; Wednesday 0030 UTC. Hosts are Father Joe and Pastor Reno. A reminder of the email address [media at m f c ministries dot net], Greetings to the Porosic family. 'MFC Worldwide' has come to a close. Music. IDs for the website whr dot org and the email address whr at lesea dot org
  This is WHRI - Cypress Creek SC (USA), English to Europe, Africa, America.
  A feature broadcast by the son of the founder of WHRI, Mr L Sumrall.
  Strong to good reception.
  Logged to 1545 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: January 2011

 SHORT Wave radio listening, on the final Saturday of January, 2011.

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: December 31, 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.

January 2011 : Short Wave

• [Saturday] 29 January [2011]: 1455 UTC: 7585 kHz: Vatican Radio  Male broadcaster, speech with music, this is the Hindi / Tamil / Malayalan / English block broadcast from Vatican Radio to Asia via Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Logged to 1510 UTC.
• 29 January: 1556 UTC: 9420 kHz: Unidentified broadcast  "I have been listening to a football based broadcast for a while, appears to be based around the English football leagues, Championship, League One, League Two, also non-league football in England and the Premier and football leagues in Scotland. Seems to be Spanish language?"
  Excellent to good reception.
  Logged to 1610 UTC.
• 29 January: 1613 UTC: 9475 kHz: Radio Australia  Female host with a female guest, speaking about a writer, or writers, I do believe they are speaking about a male writer, "published in 1998", fair signal, "What did they find in the novel..." question.  "A poet, an author, a doctor".
  Good to fair reception.
  English to Asia, Australasia via Shepparton Victoria, Australia.
  Speech: "Into a musical all that time ago". "Thank you for listening...".
  Music, sounds like a song from a musical or stage show.  Female speech, regarding the music "South Pacific".  'Books and Writing' programme.
  Logged [with reception report sheet] to 1630 UTC.
• 29 January: 1650 UTC: 9545 kHz: Deutsche Welle  Female host speaking to a male guest via telephone; Female speech, new feature.
  Broadcast to South West Europe via Nauen. 500 kW. German language.
  Good to fair reception.
  Female speech, joined by male speech at 1655 UTC.
  Logged to 1700 UTC.

[Break at 1700 UTC, 9545 kHz]

• 29 January: 1850 UTC: 9580 kHz: Unidentified broadcast  "Nice music, seems to be in the style of traditional African music, British DX Club shows Radio Australia for this frequency.
  Male voices on this music.
  Good to fair reception.
  I did hear a female voice, speech, I don't think this is an English language broadcast from Australia. [British DX Club] 'HF Logbook' has nothing listed for this frequency...
  Male speech in the French language?"
  Logged to 1900 UTC.

BBC World Service eQSL, received December 2022.

• 29 January: 1911 UTC: 9615 kHz: BBC World Service  Female host, report from a male who is an expert on the workings of Tunisia, following unrest in Tunis recently. Female host links to to female reporter in Egypt, reporting unrest in Cairo; Casualties in Cairo.
  Good reception.
  BBC World Service to West Africa via Skelton, Cumbria, UK (Babcock transmitter).
  'Focus on Africa': Reporter in Ethiopia. Ivory Coast. Rebel forces, Sudanese armed forces.
  Logged to 1928 UTC.
• 29 January: 1936 UTC: 9725 kHz: RTT Tunis, Tunisia  Middle Eastern style music, female speech, brief with echo - Arabic? Music, followed by hearty applause.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Logged to 1941 UTC.
• 29 January: 1948 UTC: 9840 kHz: World Harvest Radio International  Nice music, male speech, live programme devoted to God and the Bible. Reading from James.
  WHRI Cypress Creek [South Carolina] USA to Africa and America.
  Speech regarding Judas. "Abraham said 'I will not take a thread'"
  Fair to poor reception.
  English language. 'Call To Worship' programme? [Use reception report sheet]  Male speech, music.
  Logged to 20:00 UTC.

[Cup of tea time]

• 29 January: 2041 UTC: 9870 kHz: Unidentified broadcast  Middle Eastern Arabic style music, with speech from male and female hosts.
  ['Checked schedules from Iran, Cairo and Kuwait, nothing compatible.']
• 29 January: 2053 UTC: 11615 kHz: Family Radio  Male preacher "What if a child, who died unsaved, faced eternal wrath and torment?" Reference to James 2 Chapter 10.
  This is Family Radio (WYFR) via Ascension Island (to Europe, Africa, Asia, America).
  ID by male "Sowing the Gospel seed, this is Family Radio".  A congregation sings a hymn.
  Excellent to good reception.  English language.
  Male with details of programmes on air tomorrow. Music.
  "Thanks for listening to Family Radio. To God be the Glory". Music.
  Logged to off air at 2100 UTC.

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Autumn - Winter 2004: My DX Archive.

13:18 UTC, Sunday 5 April 2020, welcome to some more memories of radio broadcasts heard on Short Wave radio during the months of October and December 2004.
Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.
For continuity, click here for broadcasts heard Spring - Summer 2004 on Short Wave Radio.

October 2004: Short Wave

• 19 October [2004]: 1920 UTC: 13635 - 13640 kHz: Voice of America Special English - English Teaching Programs - Functioning In Business. Hotel reservations. Support from dyned.com Strong to fair reception. To Middle East and Europe via Iranawila, Sri Lanka. News headlines.
• 19 October: 20:00 UTC: 13660 kHz: BBC World Service Arabic service, news and conversation. Fair reception "BBC Arabic .com"

RCI QSL, October 2004.

• 19 October: 2025 UTC: 13700 kHz: Radio Canada International Strong to good reception. English to Europe, via Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. Sports news: Olympics. Basketball. Financial news. Weather reports. 'Maple Leaf Mailbag' on location: Letter from England. [See image of QSL card, verifying reception.]
• 19 October: 2120 UTC: 13770 kHz: World Harvest Radio Strong to good reception "P O Box 12, South Bend 46624 USA - whr.org" WHRI via Cypress Creek, South Carolina, USA. "Northern Lights".

December 2004: Short Wave

• 30 December: 1445 UTC: 13770 kHz: Vatican Radio Asian Tsunami. Good to fair reception to Asia, Australia & New Zealand.
• 30 December: 1520 UTC: 13810 kHz: The Overcomer Ministry Brother R G Stair. Fair to unusable reception. English to Europe via Germany. Web: overcomerministry.org Speech and music.
• 30 December: 1540 UTC: 13845 kHz: WWCR - 2 Nashville TN USA Fair to poor reception. English to Africa. WWCR - 2, University Network, Dr Gene Scott. Speech. Web: wwcr.com
• 30 December: 1610 UTC: 15105 kHz: World Harvest Radio WHRI - 1 South Bend IN USA Fair to poor reception. English to America via Noblesville IN USA Music: 'O Holy Night' Web: whr.org

World Harvest Radio QSL verification card, December 2004.

• 30 December: 1640 UTC: 15130 kHz: Radio Svoboda - Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty Strong to good reception. Male & Female speech.
• 30 December: 1650 UTC: 15160 kHz: Radio France Internationale Strong to good reception. English to Middle East, Africa via Meyerton, South Africa. Music by French language vocalists. Web: rfi.fr
• 30 December: 1711 UTC: 15240 kHz: Voice of America Strong reception 'Africa World Tonight' to Africa via Briech, Morocco. South Africa's efforts to help victims of the Asian Tsunami, waves reached the East London coast in South Africa. News from Rome and Sudan, Uganda and Nigeria, Senegal. Web: voanews.com
• 30 December: 1743 UTC: 15285 kHz: Channel Africa Natal National Park Rangers. English to Africa. Message to the victims of the Asian Tsunami. Diane Bayley of UN Radio visited Ethiopia. Strong to good reception. Reporter from Radio Canada International shares their thoughts following visit to Africa.

Memories of broadcasts heard Autumn - Winter 2004 complete.

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My DX Archive: Autumn 2003

AUTUMN 2003, represented here by September and November 2003 (Nothing for October 2003 here, sorry), is where My DX Archive takes us on this occasion.
If you would like to learn more about DXing, click here [I would like to credit Instructables for the web link].
Broadcasts heard July 2003 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.

September 2003: Short Wave

• 7 September [2003]: 1932 UTC: 11860 kHz: Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran Strong to fair reception. English to Europe, Middle East, Africa. Interview with Martin Cowin.

Radio Netherlands QSL, September 2003.

• 11 September: 1829 UTC: 13700 kHz: Radio Netherlands Good to fair reception. English to Africa via Flevo. News with Dave Durham: America remembers. Israel - Palestine peace process: Hamas. Libya to compensate French air crash families. Syrian man arrested, links to al-qaeda in Spain. Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh dies.
• 11 September: 1922 UTC: 13740 kHz: The Voice of Vietnam Very faint English broadcast to Europe. Music : 1924 UTC. Poor to fair reception.
• 11 September: 1935 UTC: 13760 kHz: World Harvest Radio WHRI - 2 South Bend. Fair to poor reception. English to Europe, America via Noblesville, INDIANA USA. 100kW. Bible programme for Europe, Africa, Middle East, as well as America. To 1950 UTC.
• 11 September: 20 UTC: 13765 kHz: Vatican Radio Good to poor reception. English to Africa via Santa Maria dia Galeria. News of Pope John Paul II visit to Slovakia. Meeting in Germany. Bishops of Nigeria express satisfaction at recent elections. 'Africa Today' 40th anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King Jr 'I Have A Dream' speech.
• 11 September: 2041 UTC: 14670 kHz: C H U Canada Fair to very poor reception.
• 11 September: 2047 UTC: 15000 kHz: W W V - USA Fair to very poor reception.

Two QSL verification cards from WYFR Family Radio, to mark their 30th anniversary.

• 11 September: 2053 UTC: 15195 kHz: WYFR Okeechobee Florida. Good reception. English to Europe, Africa. Dr J Adams on 'Family Radio, The Sound of the New Life'. Music, off air at 21 UTC.
• 20 September: 1442 UTC: 9645 kHz: Vatican Radio Strong to good reception 'Carnaby Street' Male host, Italian language, British music!

November 2003: Short Wave

• 22 November: 1657 UTC: 15300 kHz: Radio France Internationale Strong to fair reception. ID. 17 UTC French language broadcast. 40th anniversary of the death of John F Kennedy. Sport: Today's Rugby World Cup Final : Australia 17 - England 20, Telstra Stadium, Sydney. Wilkinson, Robinson.
• 22 November: 1717 UTC: 15355 kHz: Radio Japan Music: ABBA 'Dancing Queen' Male & Female host, phone call out to listener. Good to poor reception 'Hello From Tokyo'.
• 22 November: 1735 UTC: 15400 kHz: BBC World Service 'Focus on Africa' Profile of President Mubarak, Egypt. Use of mobile phones in Freetown. Headlines: Kenya. Church of Uganda. 'Sportsworld Extra' with Russell Fuller, football: Arsenal v Birmingham City. English to Africa via Ascension Island. Strong to good reception. Cheltenham Town 2 - Carlisle United 1.
• 22 November: 1756 UTC: 15420 kHz: BBC World Service 'Sportsworld Extra' Bundesliga results. Premiership roundup. Rugby World Cup Final result: Australia 17 - England 20. Strong to good reception.

Memories of 22 November 2003...

© Getty Images: 22 November 2003: England celebrate winning the Rugby World Cup.

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My DX Archive: May 2001

WELCOME to some more memories of international radio broadcasts, heard on the Short Wave band of a Roberts R881 receiver (Link courtesy of Peter Vis).
These broadcasts were heard using a method known as DXing. Learn more about Dxing here (Link courtesy of Mika Mäkeläinen).
Broadcasts heard April 2001 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.

May 2001: Short Wave

• 13 May [2001]: 1105 UTC: 13850 kHz: Radio Ezra Strong to good reception. John D Hill with religous [sic] programming, ID: Radio Ezra, website: water - into - wine .com
  Postal address: John D Hill, Water Into Wine Ministries, PO Box 16, STOCKTON ON TEES TS18 2GN UK
• 26 May: 1540 UTC: 5920 kHz: Radio Slovakia International Fair reception. Slovak to West Europe. Male & Female host, music.
• 26 May: 1610 UTC: 5920 kHz: Radio Slovakia International Good to fair reception. German to West Europe. Male & Female announce frequencies.
• 26 May: 1619 UTC: 5930 kHz: Radio Prague Strong to good reception. English to Europe, Africa. Male host: Music, [Sineád?] O'Connor of Ireland, guitar music by a Prague musician. CD by Jethro Tull: 'The Magic Carpet' on 'Saturday Music' show. ID. Off air at 1627 UTC.
• 26 May: 1653 UTC: 5955 kHz: Radio Netherlands Strong reception. Dutch to Holland (The Netherlands) and Europe via Flevo? Male host conducts interview.
• 26 May: 1721 UTC: 5995 kHz: Radio Polonia Strong to good reception. English to Europe. Female host with feature regarding jobs and the economy, interviews with construction workers, a landowner and farmer. EU integration of Poland. // 7285 kHz. Review of the newspapers.

Example of a pre-printed reception report form, sent out by Polish Radio,
to assist listeners with their reports for the station.

• 26 May: 1736 UTC: 6065 kHz: Radio Sweden Strong reception. English to Europe via Hörby, 500 kW. 'Studio 49' Male host discusses nationalism in a multicultural, multi-ethnic Sweden with a guest.
• 26 May: 1750 UTC: 6140 kHz: Deutsche Welle Strong to fair reception. English to Europe via Wertachtal, Germany. 'Around Germany' tour of Bremen with female and male host. 'African Journal' female host reports on Amnesty International.
• 26 May: 1822 UTC: 6155 kHz: Radio Austria International Strong to good reception. German to Europe via Moosbrunn? 'Kompass': Monaco Grand Prix: Schumacher, Coulthard, Irvine. Tennis.
  1830 UTC: English: 'Report From Austria' hosted by Bethany Bell, Joanna King reports on a memorial for victims of the Nazis.
• 26 May: 1911 UTC: 6195 kHz: BBC World Service Strong to good reception. English to Europe & North Africa 'World Briefing' Bill Clinton's visits to Belfast & Dublin, Arafat's speech in the Middle East. Algerian violence. 'Canada 25' forum. 'World Sport' with Alex Capstick: Celtic cup treble.
• 26 May: 1953 UTC: 7460 kHz: Laser Hot Hits Ocean Colour Scene 'Riverboat Song'. Laser testing on 9465 kHz. Music.
• 26 May: 2107 UTC: 7460 kHz: Laser Hot Hits Strong to good reception. English to Europe and America. Music: Crazy Town 'Butterfly', Music: Maria Rubia. Male and female host (Nicky) on air. Music: Janet Jackson 'All For You' Music: Romina Johnson. Website: www. radiolink .net / hothits
  Music: Chantay Moore.

World Harvest Radio QSL, 2001.

• 26 May: 2201 UTC: 7580 kHz: World Harvest Radio Strong to fair reception. English to Africa via WHRA / Angel 5, Greenbush ME USA 500 kW American Information Radio Network news: Jerusalem hotel collapse. Music: 'How Great Thou Art'.
• 26 May: 2239 UTC: 9370 kHz: WTJC Fair reception. Hymn singing with interference from other sources.
• 27 May: 1034 UTC: 9860 kHz: Radio Netherlands Strong to good reception. English to Europe via Wertachtal, Germany. News: Violence in Jerusalem and throughout the Middle East. 'Echelon' spy network. Report from Neville Powys regarding riots in Oldham, Lancashire. Italian elections.
• 27 May: 11:14 UTC: 10 000 kHz: WWV USA Time Signal. Good to fair reception. Boulder, Colorado, USA.
• 27 May: 1549 UTC: 15205 kHz: Voice Of America Good to fair reception. English to Europe, North Africa, Middle East via Woofferton, Shropshire, UK. VOA News Now 'Kaleidoscope' Fighting in the Middle East. Co-channel interference at 16 UTC.
• 27 May: 1613 UTC: 15255 kHz: Voice of America Good to fair reception. English to Europe, North Africa, Middle East via Greece.

Letterhead, United Arab Emirates Radio.

• 27 May: 1629 UTC: 15395 kHz: UAE Radio Dubai. Good to fair reception. Music. News at 1630 UTC: President Mubarak tours Israel and Palestine. English to Europe and Africa. Shelling of ethnic Albanians by Macedonia. USA to intervene in Southern Sudan, Colin Powell tours Africa.
• 27 May: 1644 UTC: 15445 kHz: Voice of America Special English. Strong to fair reception to Africa via Botswana 'People in America'.
• 27 May: 1652 UTC: 15485 kHz: BBC World Service Good to fair reception. English to Europe & North Africa 'Sunday Sportsworld' England Cricket, athletics, Monaco Grand Prix.
• 27 May: 1753 UTC: 17650 kHz: World Harvest Radio Strong to good reception. English to Africa via WHRA-5 Greenbush Maine USA. Relay of Indycar racing: Motorsport from Indianapolis. Male commentator. Ads at 1759 UTC: Motor oil, Nokia.
  1800 UTC: ID for WHRI, WHRA, Postal address, website. Return to racing.
• 27 May: 1821 UTC: 17715 kHz: Radio Exterior de España Strong reception. Spanish language: 'Tablero deportivo' football commentary: Valencia, La Coruna, Barcelona, Alaves, Majorca...
• 27 May: 1849 UTC: 17820 kHz: Radio Canada International Strong to good reception. English to Africa, Middle East via Dhariyya, United Arab Emirates. 'Canada Review' Female host. Collection of postcards and pictures put together in a book.

Canada QSL, May 2001.

• 28 May: 1553 UTC: 21470 kHz: BBC World Service Good reception. 'World In Print' : Selby rail crash.
• 28 May: 1608 UTC: 21605 kHz: U A E Radio Dubai. Strong to good reception. English to Europe, Africa. Male and female hosts discuss musical instrument and play a piece of music: 'Theme of Princess movement'. 'The Wide World of Arabic Music'.
• 28 May: 1621 UTC: 21745 kHz: Radio Prague Fair to poor reception. English to East Africa. Male host, news, economy, marketing. ID at 1627 UTC.
• 28 May: 1638 UTC: 21840 kHz: Deutsche Welle Strong to good reception. English to Africa via Nauen, Germany. 'Africa Report' Message to Eritreans from John Fashanu, sports results: Football: World Cup qualifying matches. 'The African News'.

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My DX Archive: March 2001

SPRINGTIME 2001 is where today's memories of international radio broadcasts comes from, focusing on the month of March that year.
Broadcasts heard Winter 2000-01 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.

March 2001: Short Wave

• 1 March [2001]: 1943 UTC: 15590 kHz: KTBN Salt Lake City Utah USA English to America, Trinity Broadcasting Network. Good to fair reception (Co-channel interference: Voice of America, 15580 kHz via Greenville, NC [North Carolina], USA) 'Health Matters' Examination of the mouth, fingernails, anxiety. 'Praise The Lord'.
• 1 March: 2022 UTC: 15650 kHz: KOL Israel to Europe, Africa and America. News headlines: Bomb in the Middle East, new talks in the Middle East. Weather report. Details of broadcast times and frequencies, contact details and website address: israelradio.org , postal address. Off air at 2025 UTC.
• 1 March: 2036 UTC: 15685 kHz: WWCR-1 Nashville TN USA English to Europe and America 'Keys To The Kingdom' with Mr Foday Farrar, preacher. Strong to good reception. Details of the Foday Farrar Ministry, meetings on Sundays, Wednesday nights and Thursday nights. Postal address: PO Box 36539, Michigan USA.
• 1 March: 2128 UTC: 17580 kHz: Voice of America Strong to fair reception. English to Africa via Greenville NC USA 'Dateline' Report investigates the formation of the National Peace Corp Association by Senator Kennedy. Report on livestock in developing countries. News headline: Bomb in Israel.
• 1 March: 2157 UTC: 17650 kHz: World Harvest Radio Good reception. WHRA, Greenbush Maine USA, English to Africa. Male preacher on air.

World Harvest Radio QSL, March 2001

• 3 March: 1331 UTC: 12095 kHz: BBC World Service 'Wright Round The World' Steve Wright. Music: Shaggy. Strong to good reception 'Pop Pal': Russia. Music: Westlife: 1341 UTC: //15485 kHz: Strong to good reception 'Pop Quiz': 'How many #1 singles in chart history?', seven hundred, nine hundred or one thousand one hundred? Music: Atomic Kitten.
• 4 March: 0818 UTC: 15175 kHz: Radio New Zealand International Good reception. English to Australia 'Sounds Historical' Maouri Haka recording.
• 4 March: 0851 UTC: 3935 kHz: Laser Hot Hits Fair reception. Music: Fragma 'Anytime You Need Me' featuring Maria Rubia. Male host. Music: Shaggy 'It Wasn't Me'.
• 4 March: 0904 UTC: 6220 kHz: Laser Hot Hits Strong to good reception. Male host with programme schedule, music: Otis Redding 'My Girl', Simon & Garfunkel 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'.
• 4 March: 0916 UTC: 6290 kHz: Radio Nova Strong to fair reception. Hard-core dance music, station ID.
• 4 March: 1752 UTC: 3910 kHz: Reflections Europe Strong to good reception. Religion: Male preacher. Unlicensed Irish tx.

Laser Hot Hits QSL.

• 4 March: 1801 UTC: 3935 kHz: Laser Hot Hits Strong to good reception. Male host, email and website addresses. Music: Robbie Williams 'Rock DJ'.
• 4 March: 1826 UTC: 9290 kHz: Radio Nova Fair reception. Music, station ID. Postal address: Radio Nova, 64 Brighton Road, Leicester LE5 0HA Email: confused @ onmail.co.uk
• 4 March: 1814 UTC: 6295 kHz: Reflections Europe Good to fair reception. Male preacher leads prayer.
• 9 March: 2137 UTC: 11680 kHz: BBC World Service Good to fair reception 'Calling The Falklands' English to South Atlantic via Rampisham. Female chef talks of Lamb and livestock.
• 11 March: 1622 UTC: 3910 kHz: Reflections Europe Strong to fair reception. English to Europe. Male and female hosts, contact details for Doncaster. ReflectionsEurope.com Frequencies: 6295 kHz, 12295 kHz. 'Jack Van Impe'.
• 11 March: 1634 UTC: 3935 kHz: Laser Hot Hits Fair reception. Music: 'Marakech Express'.

Jack Van Impe Ministries, heard via Reflections Europe.

• 11 March: 1659 UTC: 6295 kHz: Reflections Europe Good to poor reception. English to Europe. Jack Van Impe // 3910 kHz.
• 11 March: 1713 UTC: 9290 kHz: Radio Nova International Strong to good reception. Music: Chicory Tip 'Son Of My Father' Male host: Engineering test transmission. Postal and email addresses.

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A Short Wave Summer: August 1999

CONTINUING with the temporary title for My DX Archive, the previous post of which (June 1999) can be found here.
Housekeeping notes: This post features logs of radio broadcasts heard on the Short Wave radio band. Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

August 1999: Short Wave

• 7 August [1999]: 1909 UTC: 5880 kHz: Vatican Radio Strong to good reception to Target areas 'NA' (Europe, UK). Italian.

Radio Budapest QSL, August 1999

• 7 August: 1915 UTC: 6025 kHz: Radio Budapest Strong to good reception to Europe. Hungarian poetry - 'Spotlight' with poetry including a work by a poet entitled 'Cosmopolitan', highlighting an area of Buda. The poet is named Baranski.
• 7 August: 1941 UTC: 6035 kHz // 6095 kHz: Radio Polonia (Polish Radio Warsaw) 49.71m // 49.22m Good to fair reception, co-channel interference from the Voice of America. News: International Monetary Union, International Olympic meetings on 'Europe East'. Religious shrine, Polish Catholic pilgrims.
• 7 August: 1958 UTC: 6065 kHz: Radio Sweden Strong to fair reception to Europe, Africa, Middle East. Swedish news, sport, music programme: Backstreet Boys, Westlife, A1, dance mix of ABBA's 'Super Trouper'.
• 7 August: 2018 UTC: 6195 kHz: BBC World Service Strong to good reception. English to Europe, Middle East and EurAsia. 'Newshour' James Marshall is the host.
• 7 August: 2034 UTC: 6950 kHz: China Radio International Fair to good reception. English to Europe. Atmospheric noise. 'Report From Developing Countries' (male host), 'China Scrapbook' regarding Tibet (female host) and 'Music from China' (female host).
• 7 August: 2100 UTC: 9625 kHz: Radio Romania International Good to fair reception. Romanian to Europe. Atmospheric noise. Data. Intro to programmes with music, female host.

Radio Bulgaria QSL, August 1999

• 7 August: 2119 UTC: 9400 kHz: Radio Bulgaria Strong to good reception 'Views Behind The News': Nationalism; Increase in bears on the Bulgaria-Greece border hinders conservation or development. Male and female host. 'Keyword Bulgaria': Unemployment in Bulgaria. Jobs with BNFL.
• 7 August: 2143 UTC: 9430 kHz: Radio Sweden Strong to good reception. Atmospheric noise. English to Europe, Africa, Middle East: 'Weekend' hosted by John Lawrenson with male and female guests, featuring a report from Leeds, England.
• 7 August: 2159 UTC: 9535 kHz: Voice of America Strong to good reception 'Feature': UK introduces 'pet passports', close of broadcast at 2200 UTC.
• 7 August: 2221 UTC: 9705 kHz / 9770 kHz: Voice of America Good reception. Atmospheric noise. English to East and South East Asia and Oceania 'VOA News Now': 'US News': Statement from the Governor of Oklahoma, 'Sports': Tennis, 'US Feature' visits New Orleans. Co-channel blockout by Deutsche Welle from 2230 UTC.
• 7 August: 2247 UTC: 9880 kHz: China Radio International Strong to good reception. Atmospheric noise, digital data 'Music From China' Operatic, choir, classical music, female host.
• 7 August: 2309 UTC: 11700 kHz: Radio Bulgaria Strong to good reception. English to North America 'Views Behind The News' male and female hosts, report regarding nationalism.

Homer loves his radio!

• 7 August: 2327 UTC: 11800 kHz: Radio Netherlands Fair reception, co-channel interference, atmospheric noise. Spanish service, male host, brief interview by male with a female named Gloria. Time signal at 2330 UTC.
• 7 August: 2344 UTC: 11830 kHz: Radio Romania International Strong to good reception. Atmospheric noise. Story of the relationship between a blue bird and its owner. Tourist sites in Bucharest: Hotels and casinos.
• 8 August: 0005 UTC: 11745 kHz? All India Radio - General Overseas Service. Fair to poor reception, co-channel speech, atmospheric noise. Male speaks on behalf of a Development agency.
• 8 August: 0024 UTC: 7315 kHz: World Harvest Radio Good reception. Atmospheric noise. 'Country Style' Music.

Notes: Sackville transmitter site telephone number (Canada): 1-506-536-2690 (or 2691). (Prefix with 00- from UK).

Jüilich transmitter site direct address: Deutsche Telekom AG, Rundfunksendestelle Jüilich, Merscher Höhe, D-52428 JÜILICH, GERMANY.

• 31 August: 1945 UTC: 15235 kHz: Voice of America 'Border Crossings' music request show, live, hosted by Judy Massa or Ray Freeman. Call 00-1-202-619-2715 from 1900 UTC for a request, write to VOA, Washington DC, USA.

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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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Short Wave logbook, September 2012

SHORT WAVE RADIO broadcasts heard on my Roberts R881 on Sunday 16 September 2012:

• Radio Romania International, 1150 - 1156 UTC, 15430 kHz, English to Europe and Africa, 'The Cooking Show'.
• Voice of Turkey, 1226 - 1248 UTC, 15450 kHz, English to Europe. Introduction to broadcast launch at 1230 UTC, Time Signal, station ID, news, press review.
• Radio Exterior de Espana, 1311 - 1328 UTC, 15585 kHz, Spanish to Europe, 'Mundofonias 2' [World music programme], female and male hosts.
• WEWN Birmingham AL USA, 1335 - 1350 UTC, 15615 kHz, English to Asia, 'EWTN Bookmark' [Author speaks about their work].
• WWCR Nashville TN USA, 1450 - 1520 UTC, 15825 kHz, English to Europe, Middle East, America, 'A Temple of Jesus Christ' with Cleveland Waters.
• WHRI Indianapolis IN USA, 1526 - 1545 UTC, 17510 kHz, English to Europe, Middle East, Africa, 'MFC Worldwide'.

A nice afternoon with the short wave radio!