Cairo Communication Tower - 1961

UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC (EGYPT) on 11 April 1961 issued a commemorative First Day Cover  stamp of The Cairo Tower that was designed by architect Naoum Chebib and inaugurated on this date. 

It remains one of the modern icons of the Egyptian capital, with its stylised appearance and lattice covering intended to mimic the image of a lotus flower.  It was built with granite from Aswan, a material noted for its nobility and very symbolic in Egypt because it is the same material used in the construction of the pyramids.

It measures 187 meters and was for 10 years the tallest tower in all of Africa, until 1971 when it was surpassed by the Hillbrow Tower in South Africa.

Radio and Che Guevara Stamp from Cuba

CUBA CORREOS in 1988 issued a commemorative First Day Cover stamp of Ernesto Che Guevara on the 30th anniversary of revolutionary communications in Cuba. This stamp later appeared on a 15 June 2008 maxim card to mark his 80th birth anniversary. It was designed to illustrate Cuba's history in radio and telecommunications. It should be noted that Che was instrumental in organising the operation of Radio Rebelde. 

This radio station, as well as Radio Habana Cuba, occasionally has been received in Malaysia throughout the 2020s. The radio receiver in the background of the stamp is a 1954 Zenith Trans-Oceanic H-500. This American-made radio was one of the best in its day. I owned a similar Zenith H-500 in the early 1970s and I can vouch for its quality as a sensitive receiver.

NHK World Radio Japan (via Yamata)

NHK World Radio Japan, transmitting from Yamata, was logged on 4 August 2024. A Japanese language broadcast of music was monitored from 17.09 till 18.05 UTC.  Reception on 7.375 kHz rated a SINPO of 45454. 

Reception report was submitted on the following day. QSL card arrived in the mail on 3 September 2024.

RX: Tecsun S-2000-R8T EXT ANT:  3 meter random wire QTH: Central West Malaysia