Monthly Archives: June 2019

Classical Music on Shortwave on Sunday

Encore – Classical Music on Shortwave – Broadcast on Sunday afternoon in Europe and USA
Encore – Classical Music this weekend is being broadcast as usual by Channel 292 (Europe) on 6070 kHz at 15:00 UTC Sunday 2nd June.
And by WBCQ on 7490 kHz at 00:00 – 01:00 UTC Monday 3rd June.
There is a repeat on 6070 kHz on Friday 7th June at 19:00 UTC.
This week’s show has two piano trios – one by Dvo?ák and the other by Rachmaninov. We also have three different interpretations of Ave Verum Corpus by Byrd, Mozart, and Poulencto contrast and compare.
And as if that wasn’t enough to sooth and gladden the soul, we will have two movements from an beautiful sonata by the Oscar winning composer of the music for The Godfather. Other pieces are by Elgar and Philip Glass.
In the meantime – Thank you everyone for spreading the word about Encore – Classical Music on Shortwave.
Please continue to send in reception reports and requests for pieces of music to play on Encore.
Amplitude modulated crotchets and quavers.
Brice Avery – Encore – Radio Tumbril.  www.tumbril.co.uk
Regular Broadcast times are:
15:00 – 16:00 UTC Sunday, and repeated 19:00 – 20:00 UTC Friday on 6070 kHz (Channel 292 Germany).
00:00 – 01:00 UTC Monday on 7490 kHz 9WBCQ – Maine).
Both Channel 292 and WBCQ live stream if reception is poor. And KiwiSDR’s world-wide network of online receivers do a great job too.
All easily found with search engines.
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Mendelsons preparing to close?

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Eric McFadden (WD8RIF), who notes that George Thomas (W5JDX) visited the iconic surplus/parts store Mendelsons in Dayton, Ohio.

George spoke about his visit on HamNation and plans to air his tour and interview with the owner on a future episode. The owner did mention that they plan to close the store possibly within a year. Here’s the video clip from HamNation:

Click here to view on YouTube.

This would be a true loss for anyone in the Dayton area who enjoys building and making things. Mendelsons is so much more than a radio parts store–their selection is vast. In fact, that’s an understatement. It’s mind-boggling…gobsmacking! 

I took a few photos inside Mendelsons in 2017 when I visited the store with friends (that’s WD8RIF in many of the shots!):

As George mentioned in the video, if you haven’t visited Mendelsons before, you do so soon. And plan to be there for multiple hours–it’s quite the pilgrimage!

Click here to visit Mendelsons online.

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