The Listener's Log
Channel-by-channel listing of our listening in Derbyshire, England.
AR7030 Memory Content By Channel Number
| Memory | Freq | Station | Comments |
| 1 | 1215 | Absolute Radio | Virgin Radio as was. Lost many listeners after the rebranding more due to the fact that it's not very good |
| 2 | 252 | RTE R1 | Irelands's talk station. A treat |
| 3 | 183 | Europe 1 | The long-wave power-house for news, politics and culture.... |
| 4 | 198 | BBC R4 | The UK's favourite talk station. And mine... |
| 5 | 693 | BBC Five Live | News, review and sport. Sister to BBC R4, a naughty sister... |
| 6 | 1197 | Absolute Radio | A local frequency for the East Midlands and still not very good... |
| 7 | 162 | France Inter | Music and culture. And cool jazz... |
| 8 | 873 | AFN Europe | Only during the hours of darkness both in time and politics... |
| 9 | 9575 | MEDI 1 | La radio du grand Maghreb au Maroc. Que? |
| 10 | 28450 | 10m Amateur | Our starting point on this variable band... |
| 11 | 1116 | BBC Radio Derby | Our local station. A DX catch to someone but not me... |
| 12 | 24900 | 12m Amateur | Our starting point on this variable band... |
| 13 | 21900 | 13m Broadcast | Our starting point on this quiet band... |
| 14 | 3413 | Shannon Volmet | Aero weather service with lady voice synth now... |
| 15 | 19010 | 15m Broadcast | Our starting point on this little-used band... |
| 16 | 17895 | 16m Broadcast | Our starting point on this band... |
| 17 | 11175 | Military Ops | |
| 18 | 18115 | 17m Amateur | Our starting point on this band... |
| 19 | 15665 | 19m Broadcast | Our starting point on this DX band... |
| 20 | 14120 | 29m Amateur | Our starting point on this DX band... |
| 21 | 2182 | Coastal Ops | Marine Calling and Listening. |
| 22 | 13665 | 22m Broadcast | Our starting point on this over-looked band... |
| 23 | 4675 | Shannon | Air Traffic Control |
| 24 | 5446.5 | AFRTS Shortwave | Frequencies change all the time... |
| 25 | 11940 | 25m Broadcast | Our starting point on this band... |
| 26 | 17490 | CRI | China Radio International |
| 27 | 3913 | 76m Band | A favourite 'pirate' comms channel |
| 28 | 3885 | US 80M AM | Long rag-chews in the early hours about getting AM right... |
| 29 | 29660 | 10M FM | Repeater Channel |
| 30 | 648 | BBC World Service | The UK's voice in Europe. |
| 31 | 9950 | AIR | All India Radio |
| 32 | 12040 | Voice of Russia | In the clear around 1600... |
| 33 | 12160 | WWCR | World Wide Christian Radio. Also carries 'progressive liberal' programming which seems at odds with the Christian message |
| 34 | 15034 | ATC | Need help on this one... |
| 35 | 7335 | CHU | Time Standard |
| 36 | 3650 | GB2RS | RSGB News can be heard on 3650 and 3640 every Sunday morning. Each region has its newsreader, one of the best being G3RFX from Clifton, Bristol, a BFBS man who does not take this task too seriously. His transmission is meant for Wales but his signal is always a ‘plus twenty-six-and-a-half dB over nine’ up here in Derby, killing the noise. His fine work is only spoiled by a lack of content; DX reports that are hardly DX, verbose propagation reports when all we need is a figure and a forecast – we remember the reports offered by The Two Bobs on Swiss Shortwave Merry Go Round – and the corporate life of the RSGB. Nothing here to encourage new members. Yet we still listen every week. |
| 37 | 4760 | UK Military | - |
| 38 | 6870 | Korea | North Korean CW Numbers? |
| 39 | 1386 | Low Power Community | Common channel for Community Stations. We can hear a hospital station here and we don't really want to... |
| 40 | 7150 | 40m Amateur | Our starting point on this classic ham band... |
| 41 | 7365 | 41m Broadcast | Our starting point on this classic BC band is Harvest Radio... |
| 42 | 4722 | RAF? | Need help on this one... |
| 43 | 9765 | Radio New Zealand | Heard about 0940 in the UK... |
| 44 | 9475 | Radio Australia | Clear in the UK late afternoons... |
| 45 | 6670 | 45m | Known as '45', this is a calling frequency for pirate point-to-point operators.... |
| 46 | 7811 | AFRTS Shortwave | Frequencies change all the time so check the website: |
| 47 | 4742 | RAF Flight Watch | Gibraltar Forward Relay |
| 48 | 7507 | AFRTS Shortwave | Frequencies change all the time... |
| 49 | 6140 | 49m Broadcast | Set to DW for the English Service, we listen around from here... |
| 50 | 9760 | VOA | |
| 51 | 10051 | New York Radio | Useful reception check here in the UK... |
| 52 | 5699 | SAR | Search And Rescue secondary frequency |
| 53 | 5616 | Shanwick | ATC |
| 54 | 5690 | - | Need help on this one... |
| 55 | 3924 | SAR | Secondary to 5680? |
| 56 | 5680 | SAR | UK Search and Rescue |
| 57 | 171 | MRC - Radio Méditerranée Int'l, Nador | 0500-0400 Arabic and French transmissions - SW parallel on 9575 kHz |
| 58 | 5696 | - | Military distress frequency |
| 59 | 4666 | CWP | Tokyo, San Francisco, Taipei, Manila, Port Moresby, Nauru |
| 60 | 4950 | 60m Broadcast | Our starting point for the Tropical BC Band... |
| 61 | 4724 | - | |
| 62 | 177 | Deutschlandradio Kultur, Zehlendorf | 0400-0100 Cultural and music programmes |
| 63 | 9031 | RAF | Flightwatch |
| 64 | 5649 | Shanwick | ATC |
| 65 | 11345 | - | |
| 66 | 6622 | Shannon ATC | |
| 67 | 4675 | Shanwick | ATC |
| 68 | 13362 | AFRTS Shortwave | Frequencies change all the time... |
| 69 | 4765 | Radio Congo | Needs confirmation.... |
| 70 | 5070 | WWCR | Good early morning reception check... |
| 71 | 9510 | Italian Radio Relay Service | DX shows heard at 0800 Saturday from World Of Radio and HCJB |
| 72 | 5598 | Shanwick | ATC |
| 73 | 3673 | Netherlands Coastguard | Heard at 0840, strong on USB reminding 80m Amateur rag-chewers they are a Secondary Service... |
| 74 | 12095 | BBC World Service | The UK's voice around the globe. |
| 75 | 4025 | 75m Broadcast | Starting point for this winter season DRM-ridden band... |
| 76 | 4835 | ABC | Australia |
| 77 | 7250 | Vatican Radio | News in English heard at 1620 |
| 78 | 1323 | Moscow Radio | Winter listening from the old war horse... |
| 79 | 7143 | 40m AM | As the 40m Amateur Band expanded in the UK, the locals decided this was to be an AM calling frequency. Is it still in use? |
| 80 | 3800 | 80m Amateur | The DX end in the winter months. Too competitive for me... |
| 81 | 3625 | Boatanchor Net | Saturday AM for the best on AM... |
| 82 | 3615 | VMARS Net | AM only but you can come on with SSB or carrier-inserted LSB if you must use a modern rig. But this is boatanchor heaven with AR88s, 53 Sets, Labgear, KW and any classic kit that is up for restoration. The goal seems to be best audio over the longest distances with no compromise. Real ham radio with real kit. Go on; give your AM button a chance. AM ops during the week... |
| 83 | 3605 | Eddystone User Group | Hanging on by the skin of its teeth, those who remember and restore these classic sets meet about here on the first Sunday of every month. Starting out on AM in the spirit of the age, you stand a better chance when they go LSB... |
| 84 | 3675 | G3LYW | This is really what 80m is about. The uncrowned king of the long QSO, the Sunday morning net on 3675 takes me back to the days of the traditional rag chew. Informed conversation on civil engineering, the state of our hobby and memories of classic kit bring back the simple pleasure of SWL in spite of local noise. See also Memory 99... |
| 85 | 9980 | Eurosonor Radio | Still operating? |
| 86 | 6055 | Radio Slovakia International/KBC Radio | English at 1630 |
| 87 | 5245 | - | - |
| 88 | 5398.5 | FE | 5MHz Amateur tests... |
| 89 | 4925 | RRI Jambi | Needs confirmation... |
| 90 | 5405 | UK Military | Might be, not sure... |
| 91 | 9001 | - | - |
| 92 | 8992 | E2K08 | |
| 93 | 5725 | UK Military | Anybody confirm this? |
| 94 | 945 | Gem AM | As was, who knows what it is called today. And if you want the true sound of AM, try DAB... |
| 95 | 9445 | AIR | All India Radio |
| 96 | 5258.5 | FA | 5MHz Amateur tests... |
| 97 | 5403.5 | FM | 5MHz Amateur tests... |
| 98 | 5366.5 | FK | 5MHz Amateur tests... |
| 99 | 1875 | 160m Amateur | Our starting point on the local chatter band. Also the opening frequency of G3LYW on his Sunday morning net during the winter. Will he make to a 30-minute over before the QSY to 3675? |