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2011

Shortwave Broadcast / RNZI 5945 am 0911 utc 21 Sep 2019

« on: September 21, 2019, 0916 UTC »

Very Good Reception

0911 Maybe a Cab Calloway song
0915 2-3 YL in island beat song
0920 "Is That All There Is"   Peggy Lee
1012 Song by Melissa Manchester, reception very good
1015 "Good Old Fashion Loverboy" Queen
1028 "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" Bob Marley

2012

MW Loggings / WPTX 1690 0854 14 Sept 2019 Lexington Park, MD

« on: September 14, 2019, 0855 UTC »

Very good reception

0854 ID into "Midnight at the Oasis" Maria Muldaur

2013

MW Loggings / WRCR 1700 am 0851 utc 14 Sept 2019 Ramapo, NY

« on: September 14, 2019, 0852 UTC »

Fair reception, about 100 miles sw of my qrth

0850 WRCR ID into music

2014

Shortwave Broadcast / RNZI 5945 am 0831 utc 13 Sep 2019

« on: September 13, 2019, 0841 UTC »

Excellent reception

0831-0859 Since 0831OM has interviewed YL singer live in studio.  She performed several tunes at length - wispy, airy folk songs on acoustic guitar (Joni Mitchell quality).  Singer very talented, program excellent.

2015

QSLs Received / Radio Illuminati eQSL

« on: September 12, 2019, 2041 UTC »

https://imgur.com/a/OiLx8sR

Thanks, AC!  Dandy eQSL, even sharper program (and thanks for the Elvis Costello play  !)

BTW - Nice knobs on those black clad beauties and the women aren't too shabby either.

2016

MW Loggings / WBT 1110 am 0900 6 Sep 2019 - Hurricane Coverage

« on: September 06, 2019, 0907 UTC »

Excellent reception from Charlotte, NC

0900 Local news including Hurricane Coverage throughout North Carolina.  Story about shoreline residents camping out at inland Charlotte Motor Speedway to ride out storm.
0907 OM "Dorian now east of Cape Lookout, Cat. 1 - 90 mph."   Reports on likely storm surge areas.
0910 8.5 inches of rain in Wilmington, NC yesterday

2017

General Radio Discussion / BBC's role in aiding resistance during WWII

« on: September 04, 2019, 2132 UTC »

I fully expected this was the case, but always intrigued on how it was accomplished.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49562570

2018

General Radio Discussion / WABC 770am brings back "WABC Rewound" (60's/70's) on Labor Day

« on: August 28, 2019, 2234 UTC »

WABC 770 was THE iconic 50K watt music radio station in New York during the 60's and 70's.  Oft times, the DJ's would ad lib the station ID to W-A-Beatle-C.  Now, they are a conservative talk format but new ownership is digging into the archives.  For period of time in the 2000's on Memorial Day, WABC would play segments of programs from the 60's and 70's throughout the holiday "WABC Rewound", the practiced stopped about a decade ago.  It is beginning again on Labor Day (02 Sep 2019) at 0900 utc throughout the day for the holiday.  Let's hope this programming expands beyond Labor Day.

https://radioinsight.com/headlines/179866/wabc-rewound-to-return-on-labor-day/

Those in Connecticut that wish to be treated to original 60's and 70's programming have the Red Wolf network of WDRC FM (102.9),WDRC AM (1360), WSNG (610), and WMMW (1470).  While there is a live DJ playing music from the era  1000-1400 utc on weekends, it is interspersed with interviews and radio segments done by the station decades ago.  Last week featured interviews with the Beatles that were done in '64 while the boys were in Hartford.

2019

Shortwave Broadcast / RNZI 5945 am 0928 utc 24 Aug 2019

« on: August 24, 2019, 0933 UTC »

Good Reception....interference from a pesky from time to time

0928 "Fox on the Run". Sweet

2020

Shortwave Broadcast / Deutsche Welle Bundesliga 15195 am 14:50 am 17 Aug 2019

« on: August 17, 2019, 1510 UTC »

Fair reception in Hausa.  Football match between Dortmund and Augsburg.  Also on 17840 but no reception here today on that frequency.  This marks the opening of the third consecutive season of Bundesliga coverage by DW in Hausa.  Broadcast runs 1325-1530 utc on match weekends.

1450 The second of two goals by Dortmund inside 2 minutes to blow the match open, 4-1, with a half hour remaining.  Two OM's in excited/giddy delivery over the quick brace.

Just thinking:  The BBC broadcasts the Premier league in English on shortwave.  Sensible as they have ex-pats worldwide, the PL is growing in America, it is considered the best football league in the world, and it is the perfect, near year round live content for their regularly scheduled Sportsworld program. Plus, many Europeans and Africans speak English as well as those in Oceania and on the Subcontinent. 

REE broadcasts La Liga in Spanish on shortwave.  Once again, they have ex-pats around the world.  There are many star players from South/Central America in La Liga and it is the second best league in the world.

DW broadcasts the Bundesliga on shortwave to Western Africa in the Hausa language.  Huh?  They are not appealing to ex-pats, nor many other parts of the world.  My guess is the Bundesliga is orchestrating this programming in conjunction with DW.  First, grow a fan base in west Africa.  Second, by creating a fan base in west Africa they may make in roads to recruiting players.

The Premier League has its pick of talent from around the world, most recently Pulisic from Pennsylvania.  La Liga mines the Spanish speaking countries from the Western Hemisphere for talent.  Ligue 1 is populated by Africans in countries that were once French colonies.  Serie A rosters many Northern Africans from countries that send migrants to Sicily.  Outside of Turkey, the Bundesliga does not have a natural non-domestic hotbed of players.  Methinks DW and the Bundesliga are working in concert to sow some seed.  An interesting use of Governmental Broadcasting but it was always their mission to be influential over entertaining.

2021

MW Loggings / NY Yankees not on WFAN 660 am 15 Aug 2019 (tonight)

« on: August 16, 2019, 2116 UTC »

For several years, America's first sports station WFAN has been simulcasted on the original 660 am and 101.9 fm.  The reason was the skyscrapers and apartments were not kind to the am broadcast.  For the second time in eight days, management is splitting transmissions.  The NY Yankees will be on the FM broadcast vs the Cleveland Indians while the am broadcast will feature a NY Giant exhibition game.

I find this a curious decision that a regular season Yankee game would be relegated to fm.  Perhaps the thought is that the Yankee radio network will cover the hinter lands.  If you want to catch the game outside the network area, WTAM 1100 am Cleveland (50k watts) can be received.  (Truth be told, their announcers are better).  Lately, WHLI 1100am Long Island, NY has been behaving and going off air at designated night time hours, this hasn't always been the case.

In years past, the NY Giants would be bumped to sister station WCBS 880 am when there was a conflict.  However, WCBS am is now the flagship, and lone network station, for the NY Mets.

2022

North American Shortwave Pirate / OTR 6770 am 0016 utc 16 Aug 2019

« on: August 16, 2019, 0017 UTC »

Poor reception

0016 OM heard just over floor, occasional CW on top of OTR
0018 Reception improving, 2 OM's in conversation....intermittent CW continues

2023

MW Loggings / WOR AM 710 off air for maintenance Aug 14-15

« on: August 14, 2019, 2227 UTC »

https://www.musicradio77.com/wwwboard/messages/452685.html

As noted above, there is discussion that WOR AM 710 (50K watt out of NYC) will be off the air overnight Aug 14 -15.  If true, it might open up the east coast for dxing - maybe WAQI Miami, also 50k watts.

2024

Shortwave Broadcast / RNZI 5945 am 0912 utc 11 Aug 2019

« on: August 11, 2019, 0920 UTC »

Excellent reception

0912 "Band on the Run" Paul McCartney and Wings
0915 "Sing a Song" The Carpenters

2025

Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Greece 9420 am 2007 utc 10 Aug 2019

« on: August 10, 2019, 2008 UTC »

Excellent reception on the Zenith Console 8S154

2007 Traditional Greek music with OM and YL talking in between tunes