Tag: United Kingdom

Right after listening to Asian FX I decided to try and hear some other UK stations I had never head before. My next catch was BBC Radio Derby on 1116 kHz. This time, the Spanish and Hungarian stations were not too strong and I was able to listen to the news and the evening program… Continue reading BBC Radio Derby, 1116 kHz

In the last couple days, I’ve listened mostly to UK and Latin American stations. Just half an hour ago, I heard Asian FX on 1584 kHz for the first time. There was some interference by other stations on the same frequency but every now and then the signal was really nice and clean.

A couple of years ago, I spent most of my summer vacation in rainy Scotland. Aberdeen, Cairngorm, Seil and Inverness. This morning, I returned to Inverness on 1107 kHz when listening to MFR 2 with a very good signal.

Also in 1980s, UK was one of my favourite DX countries: I was able to hear many local station on FM and AM using just an old soviet portable receiver (Selena B212). Even today, I have been able to hear many low power UK stations in the medium waves. One of them was Carillon Wellbeing… Continue reading Carillon Wellbeing Radio, 1476 kHz

By today’s standards, Radio Gold is a high power AM station. As such it can be heard in Finland almost daily (I suppose). Unfortunately, it is not the only station on this channel. Just 15 minutes ago, it alternated with the Kuwaiti Radio Sawa transmitting on the same frequency. In any case, I was able… Continue reading Gold, London, 1548 kHz

In the last couple of days, AM reception hasn’t been that spectacular – except for UK stations. This morning, I listened to BBC Radio Stoke with exceptionally good signal, just some noise but no interference at all by other stations on the same frequency. As receiver, I used a Kiwi SDR located in Iitti, Finland… Continue reading BBC Radio Stoke, 1503 kHz