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5746

Shortwave Broadcast / HCJB Quito 6050 am 1110 utc 25 Dec 2017

« on: December 25, 2017, 1117 UTC »

Fair reception, fades

1110 Christmas music with YL and OM speaking in Spanish between music
1117z "Little Drummer Boy"
1120z "O Holy Night"
1130z "The First Noel"

5747

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 5010 AM 0010 UTC 25 Dec 2017

« on: December 25, 2017, 0012 UTC »

Faint....peaks to very good

0010z Just making out music, maybe "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
0015z "The First Noel" Carrie Underwood (?), now up to excellent on T/O 7000 with copper wire
0018z "O Holy Night" Unid OM
0023z "Do you Hear What I Hear?" Unid OM.....time to walk off "the fish" before grape pie and ice cream !
0052z (Guess who's back?  Back again. With apologies to Mr. Eninem) "Away in a Manger" Martina McBride, reception remains excellent.
0056z Unid Instrumental Christmas song....reception is just remarkable here.
0057z Off

5748

MW Loggings / Re: KQV 1410 khz to Cease Operations

« on: December 24, 2017, 2216 UTC »

This makes KYW 1060 am Philadelphia the lone 3 letter "K" station east of the Mississippi.

5749

Shortwave Broadcast / Norddeutsche Rundfunk 5930/9590/9830 am 2100 utc 24 Dec 2017Christmas Special

« on: December 24, 2017, 2101 UTC »

Excellent reception on all three frequencies...on the '36 Zenith Console 8S154

See link for program & QSL info:http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/2017/12/christmas-programming-schedules.html

2100z Tolling bells.....OM in German
2103z Unid Instrumental Christmas Music
2108z Harpsichord (?) hymn
2113z Mass in Latin/German?
2117z "O Come All Ye Faithful" Choral
2129z "Silent Night" sung in German
2215z "Feliz Navidad"

5750

Shortwave Broadcast / Norddeutsche Rundfunk 9800 am 1905 utc 24 Dec 2017 Christmas Special

« on: December 24, 2017, 1912 UTC »

Good reception...fades, best reception on G500.  Note QSL in link

This is the program:
http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/2017/12/christmas-programming-schedules.html

1907z "The Christmas Song" YL cover, YL in German after song
1927 OM in German
1936z "First Noel" instrumental
1943z "Blue Christmas"
1948z "Greensleeves"
2000z Off? (Scheduled until 2100z)

5751

North American Shortwave Pirate / Old Time Radio 6770 AM 1345 UTC 24 Dec 2017

« on: December 24, 2017, 1346 UTC »

Faint but improving

1345z OM talking in skit manner, musical interlude between scenes.

5752

Shortwave Broadcast / RNZI 9765 am 1030 utc 24 Dec 2017

« on: December 24, 2017, 1032 UTC »

Fair reception....but one of the few days I have been able to receive them.

1030z Jazzy, instrumental version of Christmas song, name eludes me.
1033z Same type of musical arrangement for "Let it Snow"
1039z Reception with fades now, music heard but unid
1058z Music with fades continued to here.  Sounded like it just went off, no IS - but I might have missed it in fades.

5753

North American Shortwave Pirate / Old Time Radio 6770 AM 2114 UTC 23 Dec 2017

« on: December 23, 2017, 2117 UTC »

Faint

2114z Music sounds like OM singing

5754

Shortwave Broadcast / Vatican Radio 9660 am 2020 utc 23 Dec 2017

« on: December 23, 2017, 2023 UTC »

Very Good Reception

2020z African accented OM "You are tuned to Vatican Radio" OM/YL discussion on Thailand
2023z Discussion on discarded electronic products/recycling
2027z IS

5755

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Partial India Radio 4065 and 6925 AM 1933 UTC 23 Dec 2017

« on: December 23, 2017, 1943 UTC »

Excellent reception on 4065, no reception on 6925

1942z "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" instrumental with sitar
1944z Mrs. Claus doing ID to Hin-do's and Hin-don'ts
1947z "O Come Let Us Adore Him" instrumental on sitar
1948z Indian version of 12 days of Christmas
1959z Beatles 1967 Christmas Special
2005z Off

5756

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Channel Z 4065 AM 1832 UTC 23 Dec 2017

« on: December 23, 2017, 1901 UTC »

Very Good reception

1900z Unid "Merry Christmas?" song
1902z "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
1914z email/mail address for reception reports
1924z "Christmas Wrapping" The Waitresses
1927z "just about reached the end" to "White Christmas" Patti Smith Group
1929z Off

5757

North American Shortwave Pirate / Old Time Radio 6770 am 1248 utc 23 Dec 2017

« on: December 23, 2017, 1250 UTC »

Fair reception

1248z Signal started faint but has been gradually improving over last few minutes, 2 OM's talking in skit - about staying in hotel.
1250z "You are listening to the Golden Age of Radio" to instrumental jazz music from that era.
1256z Reception up to good with music, brief jamming like sounds

5758

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Taiwan International 7300 am 1157 utc 23 Dec 2017

« on: December 23, 2017, 1159 UTC »

Poor reception

1158z Just picking up OM speaking Chinese into traditional music

5759

Shortwave Broadcast / The Talking Machine Show WWCR 4840 am 1107 utc 23 Dec 2017

« on: December 23, 2017, 1114 UTC »

Excellent reception.....I was wondering where they hid this broadcast with Phil Patton.  Good morning to stay in and listen, looks like a quarter inch of ice on everything with plowable snow Christmas Eve into Christmas.

1107z Playing recordings from decades ago, currently bird call-like tune
1110z OM singing in German
1113z "You can look and you can listen but M-U-M is the word" from 1908
1124z "Medley of Reels" to contact information

5760

MW Loggings / C-F-Zed-M 740 am 1050 utc 23 Dec 2017

« on: December 23, 2017, 1100 UTC »

Excellent reception

1050z Pre-recorded OM "You are listening to Zoomer Radio 740 am, 96.7 fm Downtown" to "Do you hear what I hear?" Carrie Underwood - great cover.
1101z "You are tuned to Zoomer Radio C-F-ZED-M" to stress related program.     Now I'm getting stress.