DX News - April 2001
This is a compilation of all the logs and news items that have appeared on this site in April 2001.
Some external links may no longer be valid though they did work at the time of writing.
DX News - April 2001This is a compilation of all the logs and news items that have appeared on this site in April 2001.
Some external links may no longer be valid though they did work at the time of writing.
April 29, 2001
Propagation - 87.7 was clear overnight after Panjab finished its RSL and before TUBE Radio start theirs.
01.41 87.7 F Fr Culture, Strasbourg F202 _CULTURE brief MH
RSL - TUBE Radio began their RSL on 87.7 MHz from Ealing this morning at 8am. Studio phone number is 020 8758 8477 and they've got a website at www.tuberadio.co.uk. (Thanks, James)
April 25, 2001
RDS Change - BBC Essex has split into north and south variations. Interesting that neither channel is AF-ing the other.
21.57 95.3 G BBC Essex Keith Skues CE11 BBC.Essx good MH
RT: 'News, Information, Entertainment...from the BBC in south Essex '
21.59 103.5 G BBC Essex Keith Skues C811 BBC_Essx good MH
RT: 'News, Information, Entertainment...from the BBC in north Essex '
April 24, 2001
Propagation - Unexpected overnight tropo to the West Country and South Coast.
00.15 103.5 G Southern FM, Brighton pop, ID // 102.4 fair MH
00.20 105.6 F Fr Info, Cherbourg music // 105.2 106.5 (beam 200) fair MH
01.58 97.5 G Ocean FM music C986 OCEAN_FM fair MH
RT: 'OCEAN FM *** 97.5 *** ALWAYS PLAYS THE BEST SONGS ON THE RADIO *'
02.05 96.7 G Ocean FM music weak MH
April 23, 2001
Propagation - Unexpected overnight tropo to the West Country and South Coast.
22.45 95.5 G BBC R Bristol talk C412 BBC_Bstl good MH
RT: 'BBC Radio Bristol ...the voice of the West '
22.50 97.2 G GWR FM, Swindon Graham Torrington fair MH
22.55 103.2 G Power FM, Southampton pop C79D POWER_FM good MH
RT: '103.2 POWER FM ******** THE MOST MUSIC ACROSS THE SOUTH ********'
23.00 103.9 G BBC Wales BBC WS News fair MH
23.01 104.3 G BBC Wiltshire, Naish Hill talk CC12 BBC_Wlts good MH
RT: 'BBC Wiltshire Sound ...It's Your Voice '
23.03 107.4 G R Victory, Portsmouth pop, jingle IDs weak MH
23.20 95.6 F France Musiques classical mx F203 MUSIQUES good MH
23.22 96.1 G BBC R Solent talk C912 BBC_Slnt good MH
RT: 'BBC Radio Solent ...the sound of the South '
23.31 103.6 G BBC Wiltshire, Blunsdon 5 live nx //104.3 fair MH
23.37 103.8 G BBC 3CR talk C711 BBC_3CR_ good MH
RT: 'News, Talk & Music from the BBC for Beds, Herts & Bucks '
23.50 94.7 G BBC Heref'd Worcs (pres) talk qrm MH
April 17, 2001
Propagation - One very brief bit of meteor to Sweden - only action for days.
17.05 87.9 S SR P1 E201 -S P1-_ brief MH
RT: ' uk, jakt'
April 10, 2001
Propagation - Some minor tropo to the North this lunchtime. And a very brief bit of meteor to Sweden.
11.55 106.0 G Century FM pop music, ID weak MH
12.00 103.4 G Hallam FM ID, News weak MH
12.05 95.6 G BBC WM Travel news weak MH
12.16 105.2 G Wave 105 Pop C3AD WAVE_105 good MH
RT: '***105.2***105.8***THE SOUTH'S BETTER MUSIC AND GREAT TALK******'
14.56 87.9 S SR P1 E201 -_ brief MH
April 9, 2001
Propagation - Some minor tropo to the West this lunchtime.
13.15 103.9 G BBC R Wales, Wenalt gardening phone-in //882 weak MH 15.57 104.7 G BBC R Gloucestershire What's on's, ID, News QSB MH
April 8, 2001
Propagation - More local RT.
00.30 97.3 G News Direct, London news C486 N.DIRECT excel MH
RT: 'NEWS DIRECT 97.3FM 24 HOUR NEWS FOR LONDON. TRAVEL ON THE ONES. '
April 7, 2001
Propagation - Checked 102.6 to see what RDS the ex-RF Normandie Caen was using.
08.01 102.6 F R Bleu B N talk F705 BLEU.B.N fair MH
April 6, 2001
Propagation - Checked Contact FM to confirm their now static RDS. Essex FM insert the current track and artist into RT, the following is the "generic" text.
07.19 87.9 F Contact FM pop F931 CONTACT_ fair MH
10.56 102.6 G Essex FM pop C686 ESSEX_FM good MH
RT: 'Essex FM.. Todays Better Music Mix. Call 01702 438811 +-+-+-+-+'
April 5, 2001
Propagation - More local RT.
22.31 96.6 G Mercury, St Albans pop C786 MERCURY_ good MH
RT: 'TODAY'S BETTER MUSIC MIX FOR SOUTH HERTFORDSHIRE'
April 4, 2001
Propagation - Nothing special so caught up on some local RT.
13.46 94.9 G BBC London Live talk, music CC11 BBCLondn excel MH
RT: 'BBC London Live 94.9: news sport travel entertainment and comedy'
13.47 95.8 G Capital FM, London pop C586 CAPITAL_ excel MH
RT: ' 95.8 Capital FM - London's Number One Hit Music Station '
14.04 107.8 G Thames Radio pop C6B0 _THAMES_ good MH
RT: 'YOUR MUSIC / YOUR NEWS / YOUR STATION /........................ '
14.06 multi G BBC Three Counties R talk C711 BBC_3CR_ good MH
RT: 'News, Talk & Music from the BBC for Beds, Herts & Bucks '
April 3, 2001
Propagation - Not a lot happening today, but I enjoyed having the FM8 rotatable once again thanks to a new Yaesu G1000DXC rotator - perhaps a little overspecified, but it should do the job well.
11.16 106.0 G Century FM pop, talk C3AB CENTURY_ fair MH
12.43 96.2 G Mix 96 pop CD86 _MIX_96_ good MH
RT: 'MIX 96 - Bucks Best Music live from Aylesbury 24 hours a day'
13.36 106.4 G Bright 106.4 FM pop C998 _Bright_ fair MH
RT: 'Music and News for Mid Sussex....... '
20.31 95.5 G BBC R Bristol talk C412 BBC_Bstl weak MH
April 2, 2001
Propagation - Minor tropo overnight to the usual northern French outlets. Contact FM was in as usual, though I only noted one PS Name CONTACT_ ... they used to have rotating PS data.
09.14 87.9 F Contact FM, Montreuil pop F931 CONTACT_ fair MH 23.43 89.6 G Touchdown FM, London (pirate) 3331 T-DOWN-- fair MH
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