My Short Wave Archive: May 2011

UNIVERSALLY received radio broadcasts aren't as commonplace in 2023, sadly, though just over a decade ago, broadcasts from around the globe could be heard with ease, on the Short Wave radio band.

This post brings memories of radio broadcasts heard Wednesday, May 4, 2011.

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: March 2011, 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.

May 2011 : Short Wave

• [Wednesday] 4 May [2011]: 1950 UTC: 15610 kHz: WEWN Global Catholic Radio  Male host, Father Mitch, taking calls on 1-800-585-9396, callers with their questions with regards to the Bible, callers ask regarding Body of Christ / Blood of Christ, the Hebrew scriptures and a call from Charlie, a regular caller.
  ID: EWTN, WEWN Global Catholic Radio.
  Break in transmission, changing direction of target area, switching on and off at 1955 UTC.
  Excellent to good reception, English to Middle East.
  Programme returns at 20:04 UTC, now broadcasting to Asia.  Female caller speaks to Father Mitch. Male caller speaks of a new book regarding confession: 'Go In Peace'.
  Break, trailers for programmes coming up on EWTN Radio.
  Father Mitch on 'Openline'.
  Logged to 2010 UTC.
• 4 May: 2024 UTC: 15630 kHz: Voice of Greece  Spanish language, male speech.
  100 kW transmission.
• 4 May: 2030 UTC: 15695 kHz: WYFR Family Radio  German language, male speech.
  100 kW transmission from Okeechobee, Florida.
• 4 May: 2035 UTC: 15825 kHz: ['The unmistakable sound of'] WWCR Nashville TN  Music, sponsor announcement. The Pat Boone Show. Music: 'In Remembrance of Me'. ID for 'The Pat Boone Show'.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Sponsors messages. Christian music by Jesse Rose 'This Road To Follow' on 'The Pat Boone Partyline'.
  WWCR-1 Nashville TN : English to Europe, Middle East and America.
  Speech: 'Trust in God' by Debbie Boone. Pat Boone signs off, instrumental harp rendition of 'Abide With Me'.
  Logged to 2050 UTC.
• 4 May: 21:11 UTC: 17560 kHz: Radio Havana Cuba  Male and female speech, Spanish language.
  100 kW transmission.

Radio Havana Cuba envelope, 2006.

• 4 May: 21:17 UTC: 17595 kHz: Radio Exterior de Espana  Portuguese language broadcast to South America. Female host with female guest. News broadcast.
  350 kW transmission.
• 4 May: 2125 UTC: 17605 kHz: Radio Nederland Wereldomroep  Excellent to good reception.
  Dutch to South America.
  Male speech, news report, sports report, website link, Dutch national anthem to close on the half hour.
  Schedule announcement in 'Holland Summertime' - Off air at 2128 UTC (22:28 BST; 2328 'Holland Summertime').
  250 kW transmission from Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles.
• 4 May: 2151 UTC: 17680 kHz: CVC La Voz Cristiana  Spanish language.
  100 kW transmission from Chile.
  
• 4 May: 2155 UTC: 17725 kHz: WYFR Family Radio  French language broadcast, male speech.
  Good to poor reception.
  Music (Guitar and flute) to close of this French language broadcast at 2158 UTC.
  2200 UTC: Female speech in the Portuguese language. Music: Baritone vocals. Reception is not clear.
  140° transmission from Okeechobee, Florida. 100 kW.

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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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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.

A Google Maps link to Skelton Transmitting Station.

• 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: Summer 2006

RECOLLECTIONS of radio broadcasts from the Summer of 2006.
Logs of broadcasts heard Spring 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.

June 2006 : Shortwave

• 25 June [2006]: 1941 UTC: 6035 kHz: Radio Netherlands Excellent to good reception. Dutch to West Europe via Flevo, 500 kW transmission. World Cup football: Netherlands 0 - Portugal 1. Half time discussion between commentators and summarisers.

July 2006 : Shortwave

• 31 July: 1832 UTC: 3955 kHz: WYFR Family Radio Excellent reception. English to Europe and Middle East via Skelton. 'The Sound of the New Life' : 'Open Forum' with Harold Camping.
• 31 July: 1850 UTC: 3965 kHz: Radio Taiwan International Excellent to fair reception. English to Europe via Issoudun, France (TDF). "Today's English language programme has been cancelled due to technical difficulties. We hope to bring our normal programme tomorrow". Music; Off suddenly at 1855 UTC.
• 31 July: 1908 UTC: 3975 kHz: Radio Budapest Excellent to fair reception. English to Europe. 'Hungary Today' female host. 'Press Review'. Sport programme: Swimming, Tennis.

QSL verification card from Radio Budapest, verifying reception 31 July 2006, 1908 UTC, 3975 kHz.

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My DX Archive: Spring 2006

CONTINUING to bring you memories of radio broadcasts from years gone by, this post goes back to March and May 2006.
For the previous post, My DX Archive: Winter 2005-06, click 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 2006 : Shortwave

• 9 March [2006]: 2003 UTC: 15115 kHz: WYFR Family Radio Poor-moderate-unusable reception. English to Europe, Africa, Asia and America via Okeechobee, Florida, USA. Male voice with religious programming. Website: www. familyradio . com
• 9 March: 2023 UTC: 15120 kHz: Voice of Nigeria Excellent to good reception. English to Africa. Male host with Bird Flu news story. Female host with news story of trade links between Nigeria and Niger. Music. News headlines: Khartoum, Congo, Condoleeza Rice, Danish cartoons of Prophet Mohammad. Education.
• 9 March: 2052 UTC: 15195 kHz: WYFR Family Radio Good to fair reception. English to Europe, Africa, Asia and America via Ascension Island. Jesus on the Cross. Email: international @ familyradio . com  Zip code: 94621. Male host with ID and contact details, Hymns.

Letter from Radio Havana Cuba, following reception 9 March 2006.

• 9 March: 2113 UTC: 15230 kHz: Radio Havana Cuba Good-poor-good reception. Spanish. Female and male hosts. DX Programme.
• 9 March: 2142 UTC: 15315 kHz: Radio Netherlands Excellent to good reception. Dutch. Male host with speech, music and reports.
• 9 March: 2155 UTC: 15345 kHz: RAE Argentina Good to fair reception. Spanish to Europe and North Africa. Interval signal, male and female voices announcing "R-A-E Argentina" Time signal: 22 UTC "Hello Friends, this is RAE Argentina".

[Broadcasts from January - March 2006 can be seen in their original post here!]

May 2006 : Shortwave

• 27 May: 0800 UTC: 15400 kHz: BBC World Service Excellent to good reception. English to West Africa, via Ascension Island. News: Java earthquake, East Timor unrest. Burmese government extends house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi. Iranian nuclear programme. US troops, taliban in Afghanistan.
• 27 May: 0847 UTC: 15485 kHz: BBC World Service Good to fair reception. English to Europe and North Africa via Skelton, Cumbria, UK (VT Communications). 250-300 kW transmission. 'World Business Review' Rodney Smith. bbcnews . com / bbc . com  Text: +44 7786 202006. 0900 UTC news with Fiona Macdonald.
• 27 May: 1008 UTC: 17490 kHz: China Radio International Excellent to good reception. David Joseph closes news broadcast. Paul Kendall hosts 'China Roots': Mongolian culture. Music.

BBC World Service English to Europe and North Africa.

• 27 May: 1243 UTC: 17640 kHz: BBC World Service Good-fair-poor reception. English to Europe and North Africa via Skelton, Cumbria, UK (VT Communications). 250-300 kW transmission. Football friendly: Ukraine 5 - Germany 1. 'Newshour'.
• 27 May: 1307 UTC: 17830 kHz: BBC World Service Fair to poor reception. English to West Africa via Ascension Island. News stories from the United States of America.

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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 2001

MEMORIES of Shortwave Radio broadcasts from Summer 2001 can be found here.
This post brings you memories of September, October and November 2001.
Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

September 2001: Short Wave

• 12 September [2001]: 1848 UTC: 15685 kHz: WWCR-1 Nashville TN USA. Good to fair reception. English to Europe and America 'The Anointed Word' with Robert Henderson, speaking of the 'Mother Church' in Jerusalem, The Lord, Holy Spirit, Verse 29, immorality.
  19 UTC ID for 'Ever Increasing Faith' Fred Price, Address for Los Angeles.
• 12 September: 1918 UTC: 15745 kHz: WEWN Birmingham AL USA. Good to fair reception. English to Europe and America. Two male hosts speak of their faith with bible passages: John, Chapter 8. Memories of a school visit to a museum, hosted by Priests. Matt Doola is the host, phone call from a listener, Carlos.
• 12 September: 1959 UTC: 17605 kHz: Radio Netherlands Fair reception. English to Africa via Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. News at 20 UTC: Aftermath of terrorist attacks in USA. Black box of the Pittsburgh plane found. NATO meeting scheduled for next 24 hours. Arrests made in Boston. 'Newsline' focuses on September 11 attacks.

Radio Netherlands QSL.

• 12 September: 2025 UTC: 17650 kHz: World Harvest Radio Strong to good reception. English to Africa via WHRA-5 Greenbush ME USA. Male host, Mr Beckton, reads from the book of Malachi. Programme: 'His Word'. Postal address. World Harvest Radio ID at 2030 UTC. Music: Germaine Hawkins 'The Light Has Come'.
• 12 September: 2045 UTC: 17660 kHz: HCJB The Voice of the Andes. Strong to good reception. English to Europe. Male host, passages from Genesis. Music. Genesis 4. Psalm 65, verse 2. Need for prayer 'Message of Truth' Jeremiah 33 verse 3. James 5, verse 16. Way of Truth Ministries, Pennsylvania, USA.

October 2001: Short Wave

• 4 October: 1930 UTC: 21455 kHz: WYFR Family Radio Good reception. German to Europe and North Africa, Female and male hosts, speech regarding the Bible and Jesus. ID.
• 4 October: 2013 UTC: 21570 kHz: Radio Canada International Strong to good reception. English to Europe via Sackville, Canada. Female host with RCI ID at close of news, Jim Craig hosts 'Canada Today'. Opening report regarding the Canadian Prime Minister. Report regarding a Professor at Toronto University.
• 21 October: 0705 UTC: 2305 kHz: High Adventure Radio Network Male host, Samuel, speaks of the sins of abortion, worshipping of sports stars in modern day. References to sheep and oxen. Strong to good reception. The stoning of Steven. The 'Ram-Fat' theory. King Saul and the Alachites. Verse 12. Address: Pittsburgh, USA. [Spurious broadcast?]
• 21 October: 0743 UTC: 2340 kHz: Trans World Radio 'Back To God Hour'. [Spurious broadcast?]

Animated levels meter.

• 21 October: 0948 UTC: 6030 kHz: Sudwestrundfunk Germany. Music: Don Henley 'Boys of Summer', Eva Cassidy 'Fields of Gold'. Good reception. Male and female hosts, German.
• 21 October: 1014 UTC: 6220 kHz: Laser Hot Hits Music: Pet Shop Boys 'New York City Boys' and 'West End Girls'. Ads for 'Radio Review' magazine and 'Offshore Echoes'. Ad for Laser Hot Hits mug. Music: 'Don't Tell Me Lies' by Breathe. Hello to Mr G N Trailer in Lancashire, Alexander, Kenny Lowe, USA.
• 25 October: 1855 UTC: 7210 kHz: Radio Tirana International Female voice in English: 'Goodbye from Tirana'. Music. Female voice in French: 'Ici Tirana'. Music. Station ID, frequency, date, music. Good to fair reception.
• 25 October: 1921 UTC: 7260 kHz: Voice of America VOA Special English. Male and female host discussing 'Business dialogue' with the listener. 'Gary's tips with Gary Inglebrook'. Broadcast to Europe and Middle East via Biblis, Germany. Announcement for listeners on 1197 kHz MW, the frequency is to close.
• 25 October: 1946 UTC: 7275 kHz: Radio Exterior de España Spanish host in studio speaks to correspondent on the telephone. Strong to good reception. Spanish to Europe. 'Radiogaceta de los deportes'.
• 25 October: 2019 UTC: 7375 kHz: Voice of America Good reception. English to Africa via Botswana. Human rights groups appeal as women who take part in pre-marital sex in Nigeria are treated as criminals. Nigeria follows the Shari'ah Islamic Law. Commonwealth Ministers visit Zimbabwe.

Statement from the Voice of America,
VOA Guide, Winter 2001-2002.

• 25 October: 2045 UTC: 7410 kHz: All India Radio General Overseas Service. Music. Female host with ID and frequencies now on the air, music. Male host with Commentary regarding aftermath of September 11 attacks and anthrax alerts in USA. Strong to good reception. English to Europe, Mid East.
• 25 October: 2116 UTC: 9370 kHz: WTJC Newport North Carolina. Female and male hosts with details of a postal and email address for USA.
• 25 October: 2128 UTC: 9410 kHz: BBC World Service Strong to good reception. Eric Dixon continuity. News read by Brian Rumsfeld. English to Europe. News headlines: Osama Bun Laden. Anthrax. Fire in Swiss tunnel. Sport: Ian Botham speaks regarding England Cricket tour of India.

November 2001: Short Wave

• 2 November: 2240 UTC: 6170 kHz: Scandinavian Weekend Radio Fair to poor reception. Music: Kylie Minogue 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' Message in German. Spiller featuring Sophie Ellis Bextor 'Groovejet', Natalie Imbruglia 'That Day' to 2255 UTC.

That single log for November was the only log for that month, bringing Autumn 2001 to a close.

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Wireless listening, April & May 2011

WELCOME to the latest round-up of what I heard on the wireless, during April and early May 2011. I spent the evening of 26 April listening to the Medium Wave band; the evening of 4 May listening to the Short Wave band. As always, times in UTC (GMT) ; frequencies in kHz (kiloHertz) :

26 April 2011 - Medium Wave :

• 2040 - 2110 UTC, 801 kHz : Bayern Plus, Munich, Germany. 100 kW (kiloWatt) transmission. Music including Glenn Campbell 'The Wichita Lineman', Roy Orbison 'You Got It'. World News update at 2100 UTC.
• 2115 - 2127 UTC, 810 kHz : BBC Radio Scotland, North or Central Scotland transmitter, 100 kW transmission. Political discussion programme regarding elections in Scotland.
• 2140 - 2158 UTC, 828 kHz : Radio 10 Gold, Holland. Music including Norah Jones, Michael Macdonald, Jon Secada, Chris Rea, The Cars, Katie Melua.

4 May 2011 - Short Wave :

• 1950 - 2010 UTC, 15610 kHz : WEWN Global Catholic Radio, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. English to the Middle East. 'Openline' programme, also to Asia after 20:00 UTC.
• 2024 UTC, 15630 kHz : Voice of Greece, 100 kW transmission. Spanish language broadcast.
• 2030 UTC, 15695 kHz : WYFR Family Radio, Okeechobee, Florida, USA. 100 kW transmission. German language transmission.
• 2035 - 2050 UTC, 15825 kHz : WWCR, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. WWCR-1 English to Europe, Middle East, America. 'The Pat Boone Show'.
• 21:11 UTC, 17560 kHz : Radio Havana Cuba, 100 kW transmission. Spanish language broadcast.
• 21:17 UTC, 17595 kHz : Radio Exterior de Espana, Portuguese to South America. 350 kW transmission.
• 2125 - 2128 UTC, 17605 kHz : Radio Nederland Wereldomroep, Dutch to South America. 250 kW via Bonaire transmitter.
• 2151 UTC, 17680 kHz : CVC La Voz Cristiana, Chile. 100 kW transmission. Spanish language broadcast.
• 2155 UTC, 17725 kHz : WYFR Family Radio, Okeechobee, Florida, USA. 100 kW transmission, French language to 2200 UTC, Portuguese after.

Short Wave DX: March 2011

I SPENT THE AFTERNOON of Monday 7 March 2011 listening to the Short Wave band of the Roberts R881. Here are the broadcasts I heard (Time in UTC; Frequencies in kHz):

• 1352 UTC, 11735 kHz : Voice of Turkey English to Asia, music, male host with profile of Alexander Linokov.
• 1420 UTC, 11750 kHz : Radio Farda Farsi/Persian language service, music, male host, email contact details.
• 1444 UTC, 12150 kHz : Voice of America English to Asia via Iranawila, Sri Lanka (IBB transmitter). Female with 'VOA News Now' broadcast, followed by 'Border Crossings' music programme.
• 1552 UTC, 13640 kHz : Radio Tirana English to America 'Sports Roundup' female host, music, close of broadcast.
• 1623 UTC, 13845 kHz : WWCR-3 Nashville TN English to Europe, America 'GCN Radio Network' / 'University Network' broadcast.
• 1704 UTC, 14670 kHz : CHU Canada Canadian Time Signal station.
• 1721 UTC, 15000 kHz : WWV Fort Collins Colorado USA Time Signal station.
• 1744 UTC, 15235 kHz : Channel Africa English to Africa via Meyerton, South Africa (Sentech transmitter). 'African Digest' programme.
• 1803 UTC, 15365 kHz : Radio Canada International English to Africa via Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. 'The Link' programme. Also 1950 UTC, 15365 kHz : French to Africa, two females speaking from an outside location.
• 2007 UTC, 15400 kHz : BBC World Service English to West Africa via Ascension Island. Libya is the top story on 'Newshour'.
• 2032 UTC, 15520 kHz : WYFR Family Radio English via Ascension Island, to Africa? Male preacher reads passages from the Old Testament, The First Book of Moses, Genesis.
• 2053 UTC, 15580 kHz : Voice of America English to Africa via Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles (RNW transmitter). 'African Beat' music programme.
• 2116 UTC, 15610 kHz : WEWN Birmingham AL English to Africa. EWTN - Catholic programmes.

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