QSLs Month of January 2019

NHK World-Radio Japan "India Special". Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
La Rosa de Tokio / WRMI. Okeechobee, Florida, USA.
NHK World Radio Japan. Yamata, Japan.
Vatican Radio. Palauig-Zambales, Philippines.
Italian Broadcasting Corporation.* Kostinbrod-Sofia. Bulgaria.
RTM Wai FM. Kajang, Malaysia.
RTM Sarawak FM. Kajang, Malaysia.
Trans World Radio Africa. Grigoriopol, Moldova
Pridnestrovsky Radio Telecentre. Grigoriopol, Moldova
World Harvest Radio - T8WH. Koror, Palau.
Voice of Turkey. Emirler, Turkey.
Radio Taiwan International. Paochung, Taiwan.

 *Transmission logged from remote SDR receiver at the University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands.

NHK World-Radio Japan (via Tashkent)

NHK World-Radio Japan "India Special" via Tashkent, Uzbekistan was heard on 7 December 2018. This special broadcast "Salam Namaste" was monitored from 03.30 till 04.00 UTC. Reception on the short-wave frequency of 13.780 kHz rated a SINPO of 45444 -- good signal, clear audio despite slight atmospheric noise and fading. HERE is NHK World-Radio Japan "India Special".

Reception report for this combined Hindi, Bengali and Urdu broadcast was emailed and submitted online on the following day. QSL card, along woth a picture post card and sticky notes, arrived in the mail on 30 January 2019. My understanding is this special verification card is a reprint of a QSL card from 1957-58 when the Indian service of Radio Japan commenced, and a lovely card it is!

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New Year 2019 Card from Radio Habana Cuba

 New Year 2019 Card from Radio Habana Cuba, depicting the artwork Esteban Machado Diaz, Paisaje Cubana, oleo. 

La Rosa de Tokio / WRMI (via Okeechobee)

La Rosa de Tokio via WRMI (Okeechobee, USA) was received on 4 December 2018. A Spanish language dialogue between male and female speakers was heard from 23.20 till 23.45 UTC. Reception the short-wave frequency of  9.955 kHz rated a SINPO of 25331 -- weak but audible signal, occasionally discernible audio content despite atmospheric noise.

Reception report was emailed and submitted online the following day. This rather unique QSL card of a hand drawn map of New Orleans arrived in the mail on 28 January 2019. OMAR JOSE SOMMA, Jefe del Departamento Técnico de LS11 Radio Provincia, confirmed with an eQSL on 5 February 2019.

 

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Voice of America Calendar 2019 for January

Voice of America Calendar 2019 for January.

FEATURED: The Great River Road is one of North America's longest and most important scenic byways along the course of the Mississippi River. It stretches from northern Minnesota to the Gulfof Mexico, crossing 10 states and hundreds of river towns. This byway is rich with history, serving as a source of life for the Dakota, Chippewa and Hopewell Native American societies, an escape for African-Americans on the Underground Railroad in the 1800s, and a route for French voyageurs primarily in the 1700s.

Voice of America Calendar 2019

This year the Voice of America is crisscrossing the United States through the scenic byways and highways of the country. From the Florida Keys Highway that weaves through a chain of tropical islands for 110 miles from Key Largo to Key West, to historic Route 66 that winds from the Midwest to the Pacific Ocean, the visitor cannot miss the immense natural diversity of the American landscape. That's what the Voice of America has to offer in this 2019 calendar, U.S. Scenic Byways. Thank you, Voice of America and Larry London!

Vatican Radio (via Palauig-Zambales)

Vatican Radio via Palauig-Zambales, Philippines was logged on 12 January 2019. Catholic news and related programming in Vietnamese was noted from 23.18 till 00.00 UTC. SINPO on 9.580 khz rated 55544 - strong signal and clear audio despite slight fading. By 23.50 UTC, reception was excellent on all accounts eith a SINPO of 55555. HERE is Vatican Radio (Palauig-Zambales).

Reception report was emailed to Vatican Radio on the following day. The above eQSL arrived on 21 January 2019.

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NHK World Radio Japan

NHK World Radio Japan via Yamata was received on 17 December 2018. A bahasa Indonesia programme of Indo pop tunes and radio drama called "Sakit Kepala" was heard  from 21.40 till 22.00 UTC. SINPO on the short-wave frequency of 6.075 kHz rated 35433 -- fair signal, clear audio when atmospheric noise and slight fading did not effect reception. HERE is an excerpt from this broadcast.


Reception report was emailed and submitted online on the following day. QSL card arrived on 24 January 2019.

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Logbook from 25.12.18 till 27.01.19

BULGARIA
The Overcomer via Kostinbrod was heard on 7 January 2019. The usual Brother Stair programming was noted from 17.45 till 18.15 UTC. SINPO on the short-wave frequency of 9.400 kHz was 45554 -- good signal strength, clear audio, no interference, no fading.


CZECH REPUBLIC
Radio Prague International via Prague, Czech Republic was received 13 January 2019, using their Internet/website, from 14.00 till 14.30 UTC. "Sunday Music Magazine," hosted by Ian Willoughby, featured the Czech Rock band, Houpaci Kone and tracks from their November 2018 released album Desolation Peak, including the track "Reach Far from Bleak Pinnacle." They hail from Bohemia and formed in the 1990s. Lyrics are exclusively in the Czech language with a bit of Electronica, synth instrumentation, guitar and drums mixed over vocals from male and female vocalists. Six tracks in total were played, including "So Long," "Mars," and "Vlac or Train)."

INDIA
All India Radio Bhawanipatna (Akashvani Bhawanipatna) was logged on 5 January 2019, from Tanah Rata, (Malaysia). Indian classical/devotional music with ID at the half hour was observed from 17.00 till 17.30 UTC. SINPO on 1206 kHz (MW) rated 34433 -- fair signal, occasionally clear and audible content when not fading every few minutes. HERE is AIR Bhawanipatna.

GERMANY
Radio Free Asia via Biblis was heard on 13 January 2019. Burmese programming with RFA signature and in depth reports on Myanmar was  observed from 00.30 till 01.00 UTC. SINPO on the short-wave frequency of 9.510 kHz rated 55555 -- excellent reception. HERE is RFA (Biblis).

MOLDOVA
Trans World Radio via Grigoriopol was heard on 7 January 2019, A Tigre/Tigrinya broadcast with talk and East African music was noted from 18.20 till 18.45 UTC. SINPO on the short-wave frequency of 7.245 kHz was 35443 -- fair signal strength, clear audio and slight fade.

MONGOLIA
Voice of Mongolia via Ulaanbaator was received on 17 January 2019. A Mongolian language broadcast was heard at 09.30 till 10.00 UTC. followed by a Mandarin programming at 1.00 UTC. SINPO on 12.085 kHz rated 34433 -- fair signal strength, audible content, despite slight transmitter hum and fading. HERE is Voice of Mongolia.

PHILIPPINES
Vatican Radio via Palauig-Zambales was logged on 12 January 2019. Catholic news and related programming in Vietnamese was noted from 23.18 till 00.00 UTC. SINPO on 9.580 khz rated 55544 - strong signal and clear audio despite slight fading. By 23.50 UTC, reception was excellent on all accounts eith a SINPO of 55555. HERE is Vatican Radio (Palauig-Zambales).

ROMANIA
Radio Romania International was heard on 19 January 2019, from 06.30 till 06.57 UTC. THis English language broadcast to Australia and Asia was received on the short-wave frequency of 15.450 kHz. SINPO rated 45444 -- good signal strength, clear and audible, despite slight fading and some atmospheric noise.

SLOVAKIA
Radio Slovakia International via Bratislava was heard was received on 13 January 2019, using their Internet/website, from 00.00 till 00.27 UTC. The programme "Sunday News Reel" and "Listeners Tribune" was received on this particular day.

TAIWAN
RadioTaiwan International via Paochung was received on 17 January 2019, from 03.00 till 04.00 UTC.  English language programming included  "Here in Taiwan," "Ear to the Ground" about wintertime sounds in Boston, "Jade Pipes and Bamboo Pipes" on Hakka music, and finally "One More Thing" about a historical stone marker. SINPO on 15.320 kHz: rated 55555 -- excellent reception for much of the broadcast, except at around 03.42 UTC, when abrupt QRM from a Mandarin speaking  announcer/feed briefly overshadowed "Jade Bells & Bamboo Pipes". At 04.00 UTC, China National Radio was heard mixing with RTI. 

TURKEY
Voice of Turkey in Emirler was logged on 5 January 2019,  from Tanah Rata, (Malaysia). Azeri language programming was monitored from 16.40 till 17.15 UTC. Reception on 5.965 kHz was SINPO rated 34433 -- fair signal, audible and clear content. HERE is Voice of Turkey.

UZBEKISTAN
Radio Menschen & Geschichten / ShortwaveService via Tashkent was heard   on 27 January 2019. A German language broadcast with reports about Sitkunai and conversation with a woman in Leipzig, along with pop music, was noted from 18.40 till 19.00 UTC.  Reception on the short-wave frequencies of 5.830 kHz before 18.30 UTC was null. At 18.40 UTC  a signal was detected, and only then it was mostly carrier with occasionally faint audio and fading. At 18.45 UTC, SINPO rated 25422 -- weak but audible signal, with occasionally clear content when not fading under atmospheric noise.

VATICAN
Radio Veritas Asia via Santa Maria de Galeria was heard, here in the Kuala Lumpur area, on 13 January 2019. A Kachin language broadcast was received from 00.05 till 00.30 UTC.
SINPO on the short-wave frequency of 9.700 kHz rated 55555 -- excellent reception. Around 00.20 UTC, signal remained strong but with a bit of fading. HERE is Radio Veritas Asia (Santa Maria de Galeria).

VIETNAM
Voice of Vietnam via Hanoi was logged on 9 January 2019. Their English language broacast of news about Vietnam, cultural programmes and music was observed from 23.30 till 00.00 UTC. SINPO on 9.840 khz rated 54554 -- strong signal and clear audio despite transmitter whining.

UNITED STATES
Supreme Master TV  via WRMI, was heard on the short-wave frequency of  9.455 kHz, here in the Kuala Lumpur area, on 24 December 2018, from 22.35 till 23.15 UTC. Reception initially at 22.35 UTC rated a SINPO of 14321 -- weak but audible signal. Reception  improved slightly at 22.45 UTC with a SINPO of 24432 -- weak but discernible content, slight station splatter from adjacent stations . By 23.05 UTC, signal was much weaker with greater station splatter at SINPO of 13421. Signal not detected at 23.30 UTC. HERE is  Supreme Master TV.

ZAMBIA
Voice of Hope Africa via Makeni Ranch was received on 26 January 2019. A selection of contemporary Christian music with station IDs in English was heard from 16.25 till 17.00 UTC. SINPO on 13.680 kHz initially rated 35433 -- fair signal strength, clear and audible content despite fading and atmospheric noise. After 16.40 UTC, atmospheric noise made reception impossible. Reception was only slightly better on 9.680 kHz with SINPO of 35333 after 16.50 UTC. By 16.55 UTC, signal was audible but with indiscernible content.

RX: Tecsun S-2000 and Degen DE-1102 ANT: 1/4 wave and whip QTH: Tanah Rata and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

Historic QSL Card from KFEL

Historic QSL card from Radio Station KFEL (Denver, 1923-1954) -- "The New Cry of the Old West." I never knew this station existed, as it was not around when I lived in Colorado (1966 - 1985). KFEL was Denver's second-oldest radio station; the other station is KOA (850 kHz), which is still in operation. After several frequency moves, KFEL eventually settled on 950 kHz.

Over the years this frequency in Denver was operated by:

KFEL (1923-1954)

KIMN (1954-1988)

KYGO (1988-1994)

KKFN (1994-2008)

KRWZ (2008-2016)

KKSE (2016 - Present)

The KFEL call letters  (970 kHz) are still used, but the station now broadcasts a Catholic religious format from Pueblo, Colorado, USA.

QSL card courtesy of ADDX and RMRC 2019 Calendar

Italian Broadcasting Corporation* (via Kostinbrod-Sofia)

IBC - Italian Broadcasting Corporation* via Spaceline (Kostinbrod-Sofia) was heard on 31 October 2018, from 21.00 till 21.35 UTC. This exclusively Italian language broadcast, presented by a male announcer with teletype/morse code music, entailed detailed reports on the broadcasting industry. Reception on the short-wave frequency of 5.900 kHz rated a SINPO of 55555 -- strong signal and clear audio. HERE is IBC, as received from the remote SDR receiver at Twente University (The Netherlands).

Reception report was emailed the following day. This eQSL was received on 21 January 2019.

*Transmission logged from remote SDR receiver at the University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands.

QSL Calendar for January 2019

QSL Calendar  for January 2019

QSL Calendar 2019

QSL Calendar 2019 arrived in the mail, today. It is always nice to receive this annual calendar depicting bygone QSL cards, courtesy of the ADDX and RMRC archives. And special thanks to Uwe and Harald Gabler in Germany who had it posted to me. Danke schön!

The calendar appears in cross-format (A4) and is in English / German. To order, please refer to the RMRC website at http://www.rmrc.de/index.php/rmrc-service/qsl-kalender. Fill in the contact form and send the amount requested.

Address:
Rhein-Main-Radio-Club e.V.
Postfach 700849,
60558 Frankfurt, Germany

Email:
mail@rmrc.de

2019 New Year Greetings from Voice of Korea

This 2019 New Year Greeting Card from Voice of Korea arrived in the mail, today. This is a personal first. Usually KBS World Radio is good to send a calendar and/or New Year greeting card, but so far neither has been received from them.

Souvenirs from Voice of Vietnam

Lately in lieu of QSL cards from the Voice of Vietnam I have received many souvenirs, including postage stamps, bookmarks and this New Year's greeting card. I'm not sure what the reason is for this, but apparently other radio enthusiasts have received the same from the English Service of Voice of Vietnam. It's not that I mind, I just wonder what has happened to the QSLs promised in their emails.

RTM Sarawak FM (via Kajang, Malaysia)

Sarawak FM, transmitting from Radio Televisyen Malaysia shortwave site in Kajang (Selangor), was logged  on 17 November 2018, from 02.50 till 03.30 UTC. Mostly Malay pop music,  an advertisement for a Sime Darby technology programme, time pips and RTM Sarawak FM ID  was observed within this 40 minute period. Reception on 9.835 kHz rated a SINPO of 25422 -- weak but audible signal, occasionally discernible audio content (especially songs), despite fading, warbling transmitter.

It should be noted at the time RTM's shortwave transmitters were down for routine maintenance. Times of operation were sporadic and signal was under-powered, barely audible from my vicinity -- 40 kms away from the transmitter site. HERE is Sarawak FM (Kajang), as heard at the time.

That said, a reception report was emailed on the following day. Multiple follow-up reports to various RTM personnel were emailed as well over the course of the next few months. Finally, on 9 January 2019, a scanned copy of a promised QSL card  was emailed. Now I await the paper version. The QSL card did indeed finally arrive in the mail the following week.

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RTM Wai FM (Kajang, Malaysia)

Wai FM, transmitting from Radio Televisyen Malaysia shortwave site in Kajang (Selangor), was logged  on 27 December 2018 (28 December 2018, Malaysia date), from 23.00 till 23.30 UTC (07.00AM till 07.30AM, Malaysia Time). Phone-in discussion with listeners moderated by female DJ, Malay pop music, promotional spots, current events and medical advice from a doctor interviewed in the studio was observed within this 30 minute period. Reception on 11.665 kHz rated a SINPO of 54454 -- excellent signal strength, before 23.00 UTC slight QRM from China station, slight atmospheric noise, otherwise clear audio during transmission monitored. HERE is a recording of Wai FM

Reception report was emailed on the following day. Multiple follow-up reports to various RTM personnel were emailed as well over the course of the next few weeks. Finally, on 9 January 2019, a scanned copy of a promised QSL card  was emailed. I await the paper version. The QSL card did indeed arrive in the mail the following week.

 RX Tecsun S-2000 ANT 1/4 Wave QTH Central West Malaysia

T8WH - World Harvet Radio (via Palau)

World Harvest Radio via Koror, Palau was heard   on 13 October 2018, from 12.45 till 13.00 UTC. Religious programming and music was noted on the short-wave frequency of 9.930 kHz, which rated a SINPO 45544. HERE is WHRI (Koror). 

Reception report was emailed and posted to world Harvest Radio. Two QSL cards for the same report on 8 January 2019.

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Pridnestrovsky Radio Telecentre and TWR (via Grigoriopol)

Trans World Radio Africa and Pridnestrovsky Radio Telecentre in Grigoriopol, Moldova was heard on the short-wave frequency of 7.245 kHz, here in the Kuala Lumpur area, on 7 January 2019, from 18.20 till 18.45 UTC. Religious sermon and East African music was observed in Tigre/Tigrinya. Reception rated a SINPO of 35443 -- fair signal strength, clear audio and slight fade, which is not bad for a transmission targeted to East Africa.

Reception report was emailed the following day to TWR Africa and Pridnestrovsky Radio Telecentre. An eQSL from arrived later in the afternoon. An eQSL from TWR Africa was received on 8 January 2019.

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Voice of Turkey

Voice of Turkey, transmitting from Emirler, was logged on 16 December 2018, during a Turkish radio drama from  19.20 till 19.35 UTC. Reception on 6.120 kHz rated a SINPO of  25322 -- weak signal, fading and atmospheric noise. HERE is Voice of Turkey as received in Malaysia.

Reception report was submitted on the following day. QSL card arrived on 7 January 2019.

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Radio Taiwan International,

Radio Taiwan International, transmitting from Paochung, was logged from 03.00 till 04.00 UTC, on 6  December 2018. "Here in Taiwan", "Ears to the Ground", "One More Thing" reported a 'Wood Ball' Festival in Taiwan which combines the sports of golf and croquet. Reception on 15.320 kHzSINPO: 55544 --  good signal strength, clear audio, no interference, slight fading -- near perfect reception!

Reception report was emailed on the same day. QSL card arrived on 5 January 2019.

RX Degen DE-1102 ANT 3 metre wire QTH Central West Malaysia

Voice of Korea Calendar for 2019

Voice of Korea (DPRK) Calendar 2019. This rather large vertically designed calendar features landscapes in North Korea.

Radio Taiwan International Calendar 2019

Radio Taiwan International Calendar 2019 features the works of Taiwanese artist Li Mei-shu. 

Voice of Mongolia New Year Greetings

Greetings for Voice of Mongolia New Year 2019

Radio Taiwan International - January 2019

Radio Taiwan International calendar for month of January 2019.