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General Radio Discussion / BBC Test for Mid-Winter Antarctic Broadcast 14 June 2130 utc

« on: June 14, 2022, 1128 UTC »

The annual broadcast on June 21 to Antarctica is preceded by a week (June 14) for testing to facilitate the homey, quirky transmission to those working at the bottom of the world.  This article appeared in SWLing blog.  If you have never heard it, it's worth at least a one time listen on June 21.

https://swling.com/blog/2022/06/today-transmission-tests-for-the-2022-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast/

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Shortwave Broadcast / RNZ 15720 AM 0157 utc 12 Jun 2022

« on: June 12, 2022, 0200 UTC »

Good reception, English Service

0157 2 YL's talking
0158 "Werewovles of London" Warren Zevon
0200 Time pips into news, OM presenting

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Shortwave Broadcast / RNZ 7245 am 0945 utc 11 Jun 2022 - Frequency change

« on: June 11, 2022, 0948 UTC »

Good reception, English service.  Looks like a frequency change happened recently, had been on 9700 am at this hour.

0945 "Run With The Fox" Chris Squire
0948 "Arnold Layne" Pink Floyd
1000 Time pips to news`
1011 "Working in a Coal Mine" Devo
1014 "Touch of Grey" Grateful Dead
1052 "Private Life" Grace Jones

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Shortwave Broadcast / BBC World Service 15740 AM 1359 utc 10 Jun 2022

« on: June 10, 2022, 1401 UTC »

Very good reception, English service. Monitoring of BBC's added World Service coverage to Ukraine/Russia. Carrier first detected coming on at 1345 utc.

1359 Suddenly on...... YL "This is the BBC World Service" twice
1400 Time pips, ID, news headlines
1401 "Hello, this is Julie _____? with the BBC news" Lead: Ukraine/Russia War news
1409 Details of Hearing of January 6 Panel presentation
1415 BBC OM presenter in "discussion" with OM Republicans Overseas member Greg Swenson, BBC interviewer challenging statements by interviewee
1426 Attempts by researchers to "farm" Coral
1452 Environmental interview with farm researcher
1458 "This brings this hour of Newshour to close", ID, upcoming programs
1459 YL Off mid sentence on upcoming shows

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Nuttin' On Shortwave 6925 AM 2213 utc 8 Jun 2022

« on: June 08, 2022, 2214 UTC »

Very good reception, some noise/fades    Sorry about mis-ID earlier, Crusher. 
2213 "Listen Here" Eddie Harris
2217 ID as _________ Shortwave, (could not make out) to animal noises
2219 "The Crusher" The Novas
2222 Will continue with AC/DC, Nuttin' on Shortwave ID, to "Hells Bells" AC/DC
2224 Lots of noise and fades now
2227 "Shoot To Thrill" AC/DC
2231 Completely in noise now
2233 Occasional peak heard
2234 Out of noise again "What Do You Do For Money Honey" AC/DC
2235 Reception bouncing all over from lost in noise to excellent peaks
2236 Crusher talking maybe about waiting until propagation gets better (?) and off

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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Türkiye 11930 AM 1713 utc 6 Jun 2022

« on: June 06, 2022, 1715 UTC »

Excellent reception, Spanish service.

1713 "Can't Stop The Feeling" Justin Timberlake

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Utility / MARS 6961 usb 2233 utc 5 Jun 2022

« on: June 05, 2022, 2237 UTC »

Excellent reception

2233 OM at base reaching out to several MARS regions, Region 2 over....then some communication.  Region 3 over...etc
2237 "You were recognized on the other frequency.  Any other regions not recognized?"

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Shortwave Broadcast / BBC/Radio Wales - Wales/Ukraine World Cup Qualifier 882 AM 1500 utc 5 Jun 2022

« on: June 05, 2022, 1501 UTC »

Was not sure exactly where to log this reception.  Via sdr in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales http://gw0kig.ddns.net:8073, English service.  Winner of match qualifies for this World Cup in Qatar and gets the USA for an opening match on the initial day of competition (November 21).  Match played in Cardiff, Wales.


1500 Traffic report for match, ID "This is BBC Radio Wales"
1501 News, lead story Wales/Ukraine match
1503 Pre-match coverage - "Live Sport on BBC Radio Wales" to past radio highlights of Wales Foot squad.
1509 OM "It's too bad Wales have to be the bad guys and beat Ukraine to get to the World Cup"
1515 Interview with Wales star Gareth Bales.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio France International 15300 AM 1203 utc 5 Jun 2022 - Summer Frequency

« on: June 05, 2022, 1206 UTC »

Fair reeption, fades and noise - sustained peaks very good.  French service.  Earliest in day I can ever recall receiving their broadcast, new frequency at this hour as today.

1203 Two OM's conversing as in exchanging news headlines
1219 Significant increase in strength of signal but noise still issue, YL talking at moment

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio 6950 usb 2357 utc 4 June 2022

« on: June 04, 2022, 2358 UTC »

Excellent reception, thanks for broadcast Wolverine .

2357 Repeated music snippet, at least a dozen time
0000 "Wolverine Radio" ID to "Hard Hearted Hannah"
0013 Enjoying the sterling broadcast but neither I, nor Shazam, can ID .  Does seem like a Heart theme though .
0024 "Unchain My Heart" Ray Charles
0026 ID to "Heartful of Soul" The Yardbirds
0028  "Expressway To Your Heart" The Blues Brothers?
0031 "Piece Of My Heart" Janis Joplin
0044 "Heart of Gold" Neil Young
0045 ID
0057 ID to "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty

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General Radio Discussion / Univision sells 18 radio stations in large markets for $60 million

« on: June 04, 2022, 1146 UTC »

I know of WADO 1280 in NY, it has been the TUDN Spanish language sports affiliate for MLB network broadcast and Spanish language flagship for the NY Yankees.  I believe they are the lone terrestrial radio station for soccer in NYC.  Their signal direction mainly entertains the angry pescadors in the North Atlantic.  Maybe that's what they are angry about, having to listen to yet another Los Blancos Champions League triumph 🤣 .

https://www.insideradio.com/free/univision-sells-18-radio-stations-in-10-markets-for-60-million/article_94f65ab2-e35e-11ec-8c95-6b207740a628.html

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North American Shortwave Pirate / ION Radio 6955 AM 2137 utc 29 May 2022

« on: May 29, 2022, 2137 UTC »

Good reception with some noise/fades.  Sorry, Radio Star, rather surprising as I do Marco Polo keyboarding, search for a key and land on it ....I can delete mine in a friendly Holiday Weekend gesture if you would like .

Thanks for great holiday weekend music, ION! 
2137 "Cosmic Charlie" Phil Lesh & Friends
2144 "Something Good Coming" Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.....playlist sounds familiar, just found this:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,94577.msg301279.html#msg301279 , senility hasn't set in yet
2148 "Riders in the Sky" The Outlaws
2153 "Let's Go" The Cars.....will be listening during dinner prep.

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General Radio Discussion / BBC to cut 1,000 jobs/Some Language Services Only Digital

« on: May 26, 2022, 2313 UTC »

An odd announcement for the simple reason they optedfor more terrestrial radio transmission earlier this year into Eastern Euroe.

https://news.yahoo.com/bbc-axe-1-000-jobs-155422103.html

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QSLs Received / Zombo Radio QS-Bumper Sticker

« on: May 26, 2022, 1430 UTC »

Tuned into Zombo Radio on May 6, 2022 on WBCQ 7490 AM during the 2200 UTC hour and heard sixty minutes of great surf rock.  I sent a reception report and appreciation for the musical broadcast. Today, I received 3 Zombo bumper stickers.  Thank you Zombo!

Poacher - A bumper sticker for a gallon of syrup? 

https://imgur.com/a/jKgshMu

Zombo Radio: https://zomboco.com/zombo-radio

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QSLs Received / Solid Rock Radio eQSL

« on: May 22, 2022, 1628 UTC »

https://imgur.com/a/hZiXELL  Thank you, Solid Rock  !