Monday, July 25, 2016

Radio Romania International July 10, 2016

On July 10, 2016 received this Radio Romania International broadcast on 9732 kHz in very good quality.


In what is described a "broadcast for listeners in North America, East Coast", the subject was youth football in Romania.

Also got a RRI sign-off and about 2 minutes of the RRI interval signal.


Sunday, July 24, 2016

Shortwave BBC World Service July 10, 2016

A BBC World Service broadcast received and logged on about 15310 kHz in early hours of July 10, 2016 - about 02H10 UTC



BBC World Service knocking Boris Johnson and Brexit again on the example of Denmark in the early 1990s which very nearly had its own brexit.


Wednesday, July 20, 2016

BBC World Service 1998 - Brain of Britain 1998 3/3

The last installment of Brain of Britain I must have recorded in 1998 whilst tuning in to 1260 kHz here in Moscow on which frequency the BBC World Service was broadcast but not locally. 

Probably from somewhere in the Baltic region. You can see it lacking proper AM / MW quality, so it was a DXing session in a way.


That is all Brain of Britain but I have hours of BBC World Service and VOA recordings from the mid- and late 1990s  and the early 2000s.

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

BBC World Service 1998 - Brain of Britain 1998 2/3

Another something from my tape library of radio reception - dubbed and digitized from a cassette tape.


A 1998 BBC World Service broadcast with Brain of Britain 1998 which is a long running quiz show aka a "general knowledge contest".

I already posted one and have one more to post. See My Archive links, on the right.




VERAS RP-225 Tuning Dial

Random radio of the day (RROD) picture:


The tuning dial of my 1998 Veras RP-225 (Верас РП-225) radio.


Monday, July 18, 2016

BBC World Service 1998 - Brain of Britain Part 1

Here's something from my tape library of radio reception.



A 1998 BBC World Service broadcast on shortwave with a show from the 1998 Brain of Britain quiz show series.

But it was recorded on AM 1260 kHz in Moscow, if memory serves, which however wasn't a local transmission.

I have two more of episodes of Brain of Britain.



Friday, July 15, 2016

Thursday, July 14, 2016

VOA January 2003 - Dr. Kim Elliott's Communications World Last Edition

From my radio archives is this recording which I digitized today - a VoA January 3, 2003 broadcast with the program Talk to America featuring Kim Elliott's 2003 New Year Communications World edition with international listeners calling in.


There is also some January 2003 (pre-Iraq war) news too at 23:35.

It was recorded on a cassette tape using a radio / tape recorder whilst tuning in to 810 kHz in Moscow.

Actually, it may be the last edition of Communications World on the VOA as Communications World was terminated for 2003 and never came back. Such a great loss for all DXers!



Sunday, July 3, 2016

QSL World Harvest Radio 2016

First QSL in 2016 is a 2016 World Harvest Radio QSL. I don't think there will be many this year.


However the card itself is exactly like one I got in 2015.




My Radios - VEF 214

Here is a VEF 214 radio set, another one of my many radios.


It's been in the family since 1988 and still works (video in Russian).




Coverage: LW, MW, SW x 3, and UKW (UHF) aka Russian FM (TV). It qualifies as a world radio for reason of having over 2 SW bands, I think.


The tuning dial which is marked in meters (wave length).


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