Voice of America, English: November 11, 2014

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Voice of America in English recorded in Europe at 0300 UTC from the shortwave frequency of 6080 kHz on November 11, 2014 (Santa Maria di Galeria, Vatican City, transmitter site, 250 kW of power).

Picture above shows the front side of QSL card obtained from VOA in 2007. A note on the back side of this QSL card reads: "A rigger works on the curtain antennas at Udorn, part of the Thailand Transmitting Station, from which VOA programming is beamed to Asia and Oceania".

VOA South Sudan in Focus, English: November 10, 2014

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According to VOA's webpage, South Sudan in Focus is a 30-minute weekday English-language broadcast/internet program covering rapidly changing developments in the new nation of South Sudan and the region.

This recording of Voice of America South Sudan in Focus has been recorded 10 November 2014 and started at 1630 GMT, shortwave frequency of 15180 kHz (Santa Maria di Galeria, Vatican City, transmitter site, 250 kW of power), but around 1641 GMT the signal faded away, so the receiver has been re-tuned to 13870 kHz (Nauen, Germany transmitter, 250 kW of power)

Radio New Zealand International: November 8, 2014

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Julie, for this recording of Radio New Zealand international. 

This broadcast was recorded in Australia on November 8, 2014 starting around 0957 UTC on 9765 kHz. Julie notes that this broadcast contains "News, Weather, Part Three of the series "Innerview" about the band the Doors, frequency sign off and interval signal."

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Global 24: October 31 & November 2, 2014

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On October 31, 2014 a new 24 hour shortwave radio station began broadcasting (via WRMI) on the fixed frequency of 9395 kHz: Global 24.

The inaugural broadcast of Global 24 Radio started at 23:00 UTC. After tuning to 9295 kHz early, I noticed that Global 24 was using a mix of rock music as a place holder prior to the official sign-on time of 2300 UTC.  I decided to  start recording their broadcast at 21:22 UTC.

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Frank, who also recorded Global 24 in Europe starting at 0100 UTC until 0400 UTC on November 2, 2014.

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The Mighty KBC: October 18, 2014

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Sunday, October 18, 2014, I tuned to The Mighty KBC on 7,375 kHz, starting at 0000 UTC. The KBC signal out of Europe was blow-torch strength here in North America.

DJ "Uncle Eric" begins the music mix with one of my favorite songs by The Kinks: "Lola."

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