Summertime on Short Wave, 2007.

This post is a continuation of the My DX Archive thread. The previous post, with broadcasts from Spring 2007, 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.

July 2007 : Short Wave

• 14 July [2007]: 1347 UTC: 13610 kHz: China Radio International Excellent to good reception. English 'Listeners' Garden' with Matthew Steadman. Music: Macy Gray 'Related to a psychopath', music from a Chinese artist. Close of programme. Contacts: Zip Code 100040, email address.
• 14 July: 1412 UTC: 13610 kHz: BBC World Service Good to fair reception. Dari [language] via Cyprus [transmitter]. ID by BBC News signature music. Male speech, interviews. To 1425 UTC.
• 14 July: 1429 UTC: 13635 kHz: CVC International Poor to fair reception. English via Darwin, Australia. Male host.
• 14 July: 1450 UTC: 13710 kHz: China Radio International Excellent - Good - Fair reception. English Worldwide 'Listeners Garden' with Matthew Steadman. 'Voices From Other Lands'. Email address.
• 14 July: 1615 UTC: 15000 kHz: WWV Colorado USA. Good reception. Time Signal broadcast, 1 second 'ticks'.
• 14 July: 1702 UTC: 15120 kHz: Voice of Nigeria Excellent to good reception. English. Female host, news: Air conditioned trains now running in South Nigeria. Compensation paid to victims of violence following 2007 elections. Disease endemics in Nigeria. Eritrean authorities accuse British diplomat of spying.

Stamps from Radio Pilipinas

• 14 July: 1733 UTC: 15190 kHz: Radio Pilipinas Excellent to good reception. English ID 'The Voice of the Philippines', Tagalog language programme.
• 14 July: 1751 UTC: 15400 kHz: BBC World Service Excellent to good reception. English to West Africa via Ascension Island. Sports programme.
• 14 July: 1812 UTC: 15410 kHz: Voice of America Excellent to good reception. English to Africa via Briech, Morocco. 'Nightline Africa' Ted Roberts. Democracy and media in Somalia. Chad receives refugees from Darfur. Drug trafficking between Ghana and the United Kingdom. Treatments for HIV - Aids patients in Africa.
• 14 July: 1842 UTC: 15495 kHz: Radio Kuwait Excellent to good reception. Arabic. Female host, flamenco style guitar music.

That completes the logs of broadcasts heard by me, July 2007.

To see an original post, created 14 July 2007, featuring the above logs in a more basic list, click here.

Finally, if you would like to expand your knowledge of Short Wave radio, visit Short Wave Heaven.

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Premier League Champions 2019/20.

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Congratulations Liverpool Football Club

Premier League Champions 2019/20.

Season resolved.

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The Sounds of Springtime on Short Wave, 2007.

MARCH and May represent the Springtime of the year 2007, from where the following Short Wave broadcasts were heard.

This post is a continuation of the My DX Archive thread. The previous post, with broadcasts from January 2007, can be found here. Alternately, the original January 2007 post, created on day of reception, can be found here [includes a Wallpaper of the Week image from Summer 2006...!].

On to the logs of Spring 2007, but first: Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

March 2007 : Short Wave

• 13 March [2007]: 2020 UTC: 9815 kHz: Voice of America Good reception. French to Africa. Music: 'Turn On The Bright Lights' Female speech in French. 'Voix du Rock - Rock Connection' Presenter: Nelly Daynac.
• 13 March: 2051 UTC: 9815 kHz: Voice of America Good reception. Hausa language service to Africa. Male host.
• 13 March: 2106 UTC: 9895 kHz: Radio Netherlands Worldwide Good reception. Dutch language. Male host, news bulletin.
• 13 March: 2124 UTC: 9910 kHz: All India Radio Strong to good reception. General Overseas Service to Europe and Australasia. English speaking lady describes a beautiful mausoleum (large, stately tomb). Male host with an ID followed by a programme of 'film songs'.

Decorated envelope and stamps from Radio Cairo.

• 13 March: 2148 UTC: 9990 kHz: Radio Cairo Fair to poor reception. English to Europe. Music programme: 'Arabic Song' Female and male speech. 'Sports Round-up'.

An original post, dated March 18, 2007, featuring the above logs can be found here.

May 2007 : Short Wave

• 31 May: 1930 UTC: 11955 kHz: Adventist World Radio Strong to good reception 'The Voice of Hope' Female with ID in English, "This broadcast is in Ibo [language]" to West Africa via Moosbrunn, Austria. Music, male host, vernacular, ID, speech, music, ID, web address.
• 31 May: 2017 UTC: 12025 kHz: Radio Algerienne Good reception. Arabic via Woofferton // 9765 kHz. Soft speech by male host, devotional singing. Speech, music.
• 31 May: 2043 UTC: 12070 kHz: Voice of Russia Strong reception. English to Europe via Moscow. 'Folk Box': "Multi-part series, 'Who' lives in Russia' in Folk Box". Indigenous people of Russia. Web address; Email address.
• 31 May: 2116 UTC: 12095 kHz: BBC World Service Strong to good reception. English to Europe and North Africa via Rampisham, Dorset, UK. 'Newshour' Israel - Palestine.
• 31 May: 2129 UTC: 12160 kHz: WWCR-3 Nashville. Strong to good reception. English to Europe and America via Nashville TN USA. Male preacher: Matthew 7:21-23. 1 Peter 7-8. 'The Apocalypse Chronicles' James Lloyd. WWCR website. PO Box 766 80535 Colorado 'Scriptures For America' with website address.

The WWCR tower field, Nashville, TN USA.

An original post, featuring logs from May 2007, can be found here.

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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: Autumn 2006

ANOTHER short post I'm afraid, possibly from the times when we had loads to do.

My DX Archive is a continual post, bringing you my logbook of radio broadcasts heard over previous decades.

The previous post, My DX Archive: Summer 2006, featuring logs from June and July 2006, can be found here.

Prior to posting broadcasts heard, some housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

September 2006 : Shortwave

• 6 September [2006]: 2017 UTC: 4820 kHz: Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet. Fair to poor reception. Beautiful music, Chinese speech.
• 6 September: 2044 UTC: 5000 kHz: WWV Fort Collins CO USA - Time Signal station, Colorado. Excellent to good reception.

November 2006 : Shortwave

• 17 November: 2145 UTC: 5875 kHz: BBC World Service Good to fair reception 'Newshour' Owen Bennett-Jones. Favourite buildings. Tom Cruise married Miss Katie Holmes today.

Apologies for the short post, but I do hope you have found of interest.

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Season 2019/20 : Season's End ... ?

AS we have reached the final day of May in the year of uncertainty, I shall make this the final post for what was Carlisle United Football Club's season for 2019-2020.

The previous post, dated March 30, 2020, can be read here.

This narrative is brought to you by posts from United's news archive.

This timeline of posts follows from the post The Season So Far - Part Eight which, as stated above, was dated March 30.

First: EFL Coronavirus update, 3 April 2020.

EFL: Latest Coronavirus update: As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the EFL, Premier League, FA and Barclays FA Women’s Super League and FA Women’s Championship has today collectively agreed to postpone its football competitions until it is safe to resume.

With a particular focus on Clubs in League One and League Two, a joint statement was issued by the EFL and the PFA, dated 14 April 2020:

EFL: Joint statement from EFL and PFA: The EFL has continued to hold constructive discussions over the Easter weekend with representatives of the PFA in respect of the issues created by the COVID-19 crisis, with a particular focus on Clubs in League One and League Two.

Rick Parry, EFL Chairman, published an open letter to supporters, dated 17 April 2020:

EFL: Open letter to supporters: Dear supporter, the COVID-19 pandemic has, quite clearly, brought about challenges which extend beyond the game we all love, and led to an unprecedented and testing situation for everyone.

A further statement was issued by the EFL, dated 25 April 2020:

EFL: Coronavirus update 25 April 2020: The EFL notes this morning’s newspaper reports in respect of the potential resumption of professional football matches in England and Wales and welcomes the current steps being taken by the UK Government to establish a group of governing bodies to look at the complex set of challenges ahead.

The above update was issued on the day United's regular season would have come to a close.

The fixtures United would have played in April, to complete the season, can be found in my blog here.

With a further update to state Academy seasons would be terminated (1 May 2020), it was beginning to come clearer for the world of football in the UK. The EFL Board convened for a meeting (13 May 2020) for the framework of ending the season for the clubs in the EFL, for those who preferred the season to close.

Representatives of League One and League Two met Friday 15 May 2020 to discuss the conclusion of Season 2019/20.

A statement was released by the EFL following the meeting:

EFL: Update on today's League Two meeting: Representatives of League One and League Two clubs have met today by division where they have shared a wide range of comprehensive views in respect of how the 2019/20 season is concluded.

The above meeting brought United's season to a close and reaction from United's chief executive Nigel Clibbens can be found in the above statement.

As Carlisle United's season had ended, the in-house business of which players to retain and which to release could take place.

United released a statement on this business dated 15 May 2020:

CLUB: End-of-season retained and released list confirmed: First team head coach Chris Beech has started the process of reshaping the squad for 20/21 season this afternoon.

At this point, I shall bring this post to a close.

Football will go on; Premier League football is to resume in June; Championship football could possibly resume; League One's season could depend on an EFL Board meeting scheduled for early June. The fate of Barrow AFC, currently top of the Non-League pyramid and looking to be promoted to the EFL, is yet to be decided.

Thank you to the NHS at this time, as always.

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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.

Apologies for a short post, but I hope quality is preferable to quantity. Thank you for visiting my blog.

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#TBT : Renee Somerfield Photoshoots

March 2016 : "Tropical storms shooting under shelter of palm trees" by Bonnie Cee.

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March 2016 : "Life's a beach & I'm just playing in the sand." Somerfield Swim.

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April 2016 : "Shadows of the Maldives." Somerfield Swim.

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April 2016 : "Never stop wondering.... Never stop wandering ♡" Somerfield Swim.

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April 2016 : "An incurable case of wanderlust 🌏" Somerfield Swim.

#ThrowbackThursday

Renee Somerfield Photoshoots

Twitter, March - April 2016

See the source here.

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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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#TBT : Megan Golden - #GoldenGlowUp

Megan Golden, January 2016.

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Megan Golden, June 2016.

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Megan Golden, 2017.

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Megan Golden, November 2019.

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#ThrowbackThursday

Megan Golden - #GoldenGlowUp

Twitter, November 29, 2019

See the post here.

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Promotional tweet by Megan Golden for 'Shallow End', November 2019:

“Shallow End” is OUT NOW on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, etc! Hope you all enjoy my new music! 🖤🖤🖤https://t.co/pQpf73UZAz pic.twitter.com/9hZG1A7iGw

— 🖤✨Megan Golden✨🖤 (@MeganAGolden) November 29, 2019

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My DX Archive: Winter 2005-06

DECEMBER 2005 and January 2006 was when the following logs of radio broadcasts originated.
For the previous post, My DX Archive: November 2005, 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.

December 2005 : Shortwave

• 10 December [2005]: 2011 UTC: 9655 kHz: Adventist World Radio Excellent to good reception. English to Africa via Meyerton, South Africa. Safety of children around swimming pools. Hymn: 'Silent Night'. Greetings for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Male host asks listeners to trust the Lord. Female host with South Africa address.

AWR QSL, December 2005.

January 2006 : Shortwave

• 10 January [2006]: 1930 UTC: 11680 kHz: BBC World Service Excellent to good reception. Arabic service, music, ID, male host with news, music, male host "London, BBC", music. To 1938 UTC.
• 10 January: 1957 UTC: 12160 kHz: WWCR - 3 Nashville TN USA. Fair to poor reception. English to Europe and America. Healthy eating broadcast, male host with postal address. Male host with details of an exercise plan. News ? Christian Science Monitor, Dow Jones, Microsoft, buying gold or minerals. "7.com", "Work from home training package".
• 10 January: 2039 UTC: 13615 kHz: WEWN Birmingham AL USA. Poor-fair-poor reception. English to Europe and America. 'A Question of Power'. Female host taking phone calls, male caller, relationship difficulties.

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#TBT : Britney Jean by LaChapelle

#ThrowbackThursday

Britney Spears: Portrait of a Young Pop Star on the Verge of Success, 1999

David LaChapelle

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My DX Archive: November 2005

WELCOME to another post from the 'My DX Archive' series.

I do hope these posts contribute to your knowledge of radio broadcasting; To learn more about 'DX', in relation to Shortwave radio, click here for a post from the HFUnderground website.

These posts draw on my logbooks, hence the 'Archive' in the post title.

Broadcasts heard August 2005, the previous post, can be read 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 2005 : Shortwave

• 6 November [2005]: 1049 UTC: 5885 kHz: Vatican Radio Fair to poor reception. Prayers, music. French to Europe. Male host.

Vatican Radio QSL verification card, November 2005.

• 6 November: 1118 UTC: 5955 kHz: Radio Nederland Wereldomroep Excellent to good reception. Dutch language service via Flevo? Music from Jamie Cullom, speech by male and female, telephone ringing, speech, music.
• 6 November: 1331 UTC: 5955 kHz: Radio Nederland Wereldomroep Excellent reception. Dutch language via Flevoland, Holland? Male host, sports news: Pierre van Hooijdonk (football player) injury. Live reports from football: Feyenoord, music, Julian Tromes 'Me'. Football: Ajax.
• 6 November: 1400 UTC: 6005 kHz: Deutschland Radio Kulture Good to fair reception. Music, time pips, male voice, "Deutschland Radio", male with news, ID, "Deutschland Radio Kulture" female, music, doorbell (ad?).
• 6 November: 1435 UTC: 6055 kHz: Radio Slovakia International Excellent to good reception. German to West Europe, via Rimavska Sobota? "Radio Slovakie" Male with ID, music, male and female with programme.
• 6 November: 1503 UTC: 6075 kHz: Deutsche Welle Excellent to good reception. German language. Female host, news from Paris, Baku, Kabul, 'Weather in Deutschland' male, ID as 'Deutsche Welle'.
• 6 November: 1515 UTC: 6140 kHz: Deutsche Welle Excellent to good reception. Classical music 'Concert Hour' to Europe via Juilich.

Deutsche Welle promotional booklet, October 2005.

• 6 November: 1625 UTC: 6155 kHz: Radio Österreich 1 International Excellent to good reception. German via Moosbrunn ? to Europe. Jazz music, interview with a Jazz musician. Formerly Radio Austria International.
• 6 November: 1658 UTC: 6295 kHz: Reflections Europe .com - Jack Van Impe Ministries (jvimi @ jvim .com), Gospel Crusade Ministries.
• 6 November: 1738 UTC: 7275 kHz: Radio Exterior de España Excellent reception. Spanish to Europe: North & West Europe. 'Tablero Deportivo' Football from La Liga and scores from the English Premier League: Real Betico, Malaga, Manchester, male commentators.
• 6 November: 1903 UTC: 7345 kHz: Radio Slovakia International Excellent to good reception. German to West Europe. DX show, male and female hosts.
• 6 November: 2036 UTC: 11655 kHz: Radio Netherlands Excellent to good reception. English to Africa via Madagascar. 'Amsterdam Forum' Host: Andy Clarke. Group discussion regarding the use of the internet in Europe and the World, with regards to privacy.

I hope you have enjoyed this post.

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#TBT : Rukku Nahar - #insidesoapawards

#ThrowbackThursday

Rukku Nahar - #insidesoapawards

Instagram, October 8, 2019

See the post here.

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My DX Archive: August 2005

LATE Summer 2005 and a late evening listening to Shortwave Radio.
Broadcasts heard Spring 2005 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.

August 2005: Shortwave

• 17 August [2005]: 2035 UTC: 3955 kHz: KBS World Radio Excellent to good reception. German via Skelton. Lessons for speaking the Korean language. Female host, music and speech.
• 17 August: 2102 UTC: 3975 kHz: Radio Budapest Excellent to good reception. ID in various languages, programme in Spanish.
• 17 August: 2124 UTC: 4800 kHz: CNR - 1 China. Good to fair reception. Male host speaking in the Chinese language.

A short posting, but I hope, an example of what has been heard on what is known as the 'Tropical Band' of Shortwave Radio.

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#TBT : Karlie Kloss - Cheers to the weekend

#ThrowbackThursday

Karlie Kloss - Cheers to the weekend

Instagram, October 4, 2019

See the post here.

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My DX Archive: Spring 2005

MY DX Archive is a post bringing back memories of radio broadcasts on the Short Wave radio band, in this instance the broadcasts heard were logged March and May 2005.
If you would like to learn more about Short Wave radio and how it varies from Medium Wave, FM and online broadcasts, then please click here for an article from Feba Radio.

The previous post, Autumn - Winter 2004: My DX Archive, can be read 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 2005: Short Wave

• 5 March [2005]: 1700 UTC: 15285 kHz: Channel Africa Plans to bridge the Zambezi river in Mozambique. Europe & Japan to provide the funding for the bridge, proposed construction 2008. English to Africa. Excellent to good reception. UN conference in South Africa.
• 5 March: 1730 UTC: 15400 kHz: BBC World Service 'Focus on Africa' with Rick Wells, text the show: +44 7786 205075. Excellent to good reception. English to Africa via Ascension Island, to west and central Africa. News from Kenya and Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
  1745 UTC: 'Sportsworld Extra' Russell Fuller & James Alexander Gordon.

• 5 March: 1755 UTC: 15420 kHz: BBC World Service Excellent to Good reception. English to East and South Africa via Meyerton, South Africa. 'Sportsworld Extra' Russell Fuller, live updates from the premiership football match: Norwich 0 - Chelsea 1 (latest score).
  'Lilliburlero' at 1800 UTC, 'The Ticket' Mark Goodier at Ouagadougou Festival.
• 5 March: 1818 UTC: 15695 kHz: WEWN Birmingham AL USA English to Europe, America. Excellent to good reception. Sermon from Kings Chapter ten. Music: 'Backstage' Call the show: 1-800-433-3262, details at Heart Beat Records.
  WEWN ID at 1830 UTC, 'Family Theatre Classic Radio' Family Theatre Index.
• 5 March: 1841 UTC: 15825 kHz: WWCR - 1 Nashville TN USA Excellent to good reception. English to Europe, Middle East, America 'Faithway Baptist Church' with James Boone. Speaking with God.
• 5 March: 2000 UTC: 15825 kHz: WWCR - 1 Nashville TN USA Excellent to good reception. Presidential Radio Address by President George W Bush. Contact george @ wwcr .com English to Europe, Middle East, Africa.
• 5 March: 2044 UTC: 17725 kHz: Radio Netherlands 'Europe Unzipped' The Saturday show on Radio Netherlands. English to America via Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. Excellent to good reception. 'Insight' with Robert Green.

May 2005: Short Wave

• 9 May: 2005 UTC: 3345 kHz: Channel Africa English service, female host, speaking of buildings. Poor to moderate reception.

KBS World Radio QSL Verification card, verifying reception 9 May 2005, 2100-2130 UTC, 3955 kHz.

• 9 May: 2028 UTC: 3955 kHz: KBS World Radio Excellent to good reception. German language to Europe via BBC Skelton.
• 9 May: 2100 UTC: 3955 kHz: KBS World Radio Excellent reception. English to Europe via Skelton. News with Edward Kemp, headlines: The nuclear issue in Korea. ID: 'KBS World Radio, Seoul, Korea'. Business news.

Thank you for your interest in the above broadcasts from 2005.

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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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Season 2019/20: The Season So Far - Part Eight

WE are in unprecedented times. These posts reflecting month-by-month goings-on at Carlisle United Football Club have been relatively straight forward: fixtures, results, images, sometimes links and videos. As Covid-19 continues to strike, life is on hold. Part Eight brings a timeline of March 2020 with Carlisle United Football Club.

Results: March 2020

Saturday 7th [March]: League Two: United 0 - Colchester United 3

Tuesday 10th: League Two: United 2 - Newport County 0

On the morning of Friday 13 March, following a joint announcement from the FA, Premier League, EFL and Barclays FA Women’s Super League and FA Women’s Championship that all governing bodies have collectively agreed to postpone the professional game in England until 3 April, at the earliest, Carlisle United posted a statement, which can be read here.

As a resumption date for April 30 was planned, Carlisle United posted a statement dated 27 March, which can be read here.

For the continuity of this blog, United's postponed fixtures in March were as follows:

Saturday 14th: League Two: Grimsby Town v United [Postponed]
Tuesday 17th: League Two: Northampton Town v United [Postponed]
Saturday 21st: League Two: United v Leyton Orient [Postponed]
Saturday 28th: League Two: Macclesfield Town v United [Postponed]

Fixtures: April 2020  [All currently postponed as of 30 March 2020]

Saturday 4th [April]: League Two: United v Port Vale
Friday 10th [Good Friday]: League Two: Salford City v United
Monday 13th [Easter Monday]: League Two: United v Scunthorpe United
Saturday 18th: League Two: Exeter City v United
Saturday 25th: League Two: United v Stevenage

Until further information is forthcoming, stay safe and be kind!

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Spring - Summer 2004 on Short Wave Radio

Radio Bulgaria QSL verification card, April 2004.

April 2004: Short Wave

• 14 April [2004]: 2042 UTC: 5800 kHz: Radio Bulgaria Strong to good reception. French to Europe, male host, news: Bulgaria links with Paris. Israel & Turkey. Music at 2046 UTC.
• 14 April: 2128 UTC: 6065 kHz: Radio Sweden English to Europe. Strong to good reception. Bill Schiller, news: Danish troops in Iraq. Swedish Ministry of Defence. Norway's King Harald. '60° North'.

May 2004: Short Wave

• 30 May: 5815 kHz: 2145 UTC: World Music Radio - Denmark. Strong to good reception, 10 kW via Karup, Denmark. Boston, Boy George, Boy Meets Girl.

June 2004: Short Wave

• 18 June: 1848 UTC: 5815 kHz: World Music Radio Denmark: Jingle "WMR - World Music Radio" Strong to fair reception via Karup, Denmark. WMR, P O Box 112, DK - 8900 RANDERS  DENMARK  wmr @ wmr . dk  10 kW transmission. Music: The Rolling Stones 'Don't Stop'.
• 18 June: 1912 UTC: 6065 kHz: Radio Sweden Swedish to Europe, Africa, Middle East via Hörby, 500 kW. Strong to fair reception. Male and female hosts, speech regarding politics.
• 18 June: 1943 UTC: 6075 kHz: Deutsche Welle German language service. News from Sao Paulo, Brazil, news from South America. Strong to good reception. To 1948 UTC.

World Music Radio QSL verification card, Summer 1994.

• 18 June: 2004 UTC: 6155 kHz: Radio Österreich 1 International (formerly Radio Austria International) ["German only these days"] News: American hostage beheaded in Saudi Arabia by al-qaeda. 'Nachtjournal' to 2014 UTC, 'Kontext'. Strong to good reception to Europe via Moosbrunn.
• 18 June: 2030 UTC: 6195 kHz: BBC World Service News: New European Union constitution. Los Angeles pays tribute to the Late Ray Charles, tributes from Stevie Wonder and B B King. Clare Balderstone with 'Newshour': Paul Johnson, American hostage, beheaded by al-queda in Saudi Arabia. Strong to fair reception.
• 18 June: 2047 UTC: 7150 kHz: Wales Radio International 'Celtic Notes' reports from a slate quarry near Bangor, North Wales. Strong to good reception via Moosbrunn, Austria. Website for Welsh Slate.

August 2004: Short Wave

• 8 August: 1426 UTC: 7265 kHz: Sudwestrundfunk Germany. Speech from two male hosts. Strong to good reception.
• 8 August: 1447 UTC: 9400 kHz: Radio Bulgaria Russian language service to Europe. Music, male & female hosts. Fair reception.
• 8 August: 1504 UTC: 9410 kHz: Radio Sweden Swedish service to Europe. Female host, news. Strong to good reception via Hörby.

Radio Sweden QSL, June 2004.

• 8 August: 1530 UTC: 9545 kHz: Deutsche Welle German language service, male host, Islam in Germany. Strong to good reception.
• 8 August: 1549 UTC: 9630 kHz: Radio Finland (Y L E) Female host, Finnish language. Strong to fair reception. To 1557 UTC.
• 8 August: 1559 UTC: 9645 kHz: Vatican Radio Good to fair reception. 16 UTC: French - English edition. News headlines in French.
• 8 August: 1750 UTC: 11500 kHz: Radio Bulgaria English to Europe, 'Events and Developments' male host. Good to fair reception.
• 8 August: 1813 UTC: 11600 kHz: Radio Sweden Swedish service to Europe. Female host, outside broadcast. Strong to good reception.
• 8 August: 1823 UTC: 11615 kHz: Radio France Internationalé Good to poor reception. French language service, music programme, news headlines.

Radio France Internationalé

• 8 August: 1840 UTC: 11625 kHz: Vatican Radio Rosary to Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, 1st and 2nd Programme. Strong to good reception. To 1845 UTC.
• 8 August: 1852 UTC: 11630 kHz: Voice of Russia English to Europe, Middle East, Africa. Religious programming. Strong to good reception.
• 8 August: 1909 UTC: 12070 kHz: Voice of Russia World Service 'Sunday Panorama' News headlines: Georgia - Russia separation. Strong to good reception. Russia G D P increase. Mayor of Hiroshima, Japan, accuses USA of developing "mini-nukes" on the 59th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. News from Iraq.
• 8 August: 1928 UTC: 13590 kHz: Deutsche Welle English to Middle East and Africa via Wertachtal, Germany. Fair to poor reception. Rick Faulker with classical music.

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Thank you for taking an interest in my radio listening logs from April - August 2004.

The previous post was logs from Autumn 2003, that can be found here.

Finally, if you found some of the terms above needing more clarity, then I hope these housekeeping notes are of use:

Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

Thank you for visiting Reporting From The Fox Tower!

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