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Friday, October 18, 2024

Voice of Turkiye Souvenir Coasters

 

Voice of Turkiye (TRT) souvenir coasters. TRT gifted these to me in the last decade. Each one was received with a QSL card after submitting a reception report verifying I had logged their various radio transmissions.




Saturday, October 12, 2024

Voice of Turkiye

 

Voice of Turkiye, transmitting from Emirler, was logged on 2 August 2024. An English language broadcast was monitored from 16.38 till 17.24 UTC. Reception on 11.660 kHz rated a SINPO of 55454 -- good signal strength, clear audio despite slight fading

Reception report was emailed on the following day. QSL card arrived on 11 October 2024.


RX: Degen DE-1102 EXT ANT: 3 meter random wire QTH: Malaysia

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

The Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran (via Sirjan),

The Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRIB), transmitting from Sirjan, was logged on 29 July 2023. An English language broadcast was monitored from 16.10 till 16.30 UTC. Commentary/report on Zionist Israel's genocide in Gaza and the plight of Palestinians, followed by discussion on the writings of Shia scholars. This segment featured Iman Hussein's assassination in Karbala. After the English broadcast, a  Bengali broadcast began with a recitation of Surah Baqarah. Reception on  11.640 kHz rated a SINPO of 55544 - good reception despite occasional fading. Here is a excerpt from the English programme.

Reception report was emailed on the following day. An eQSL was received on 9 October 2024.

RX: Sangean ATS-909 ANT: off the radio's whip  antenna QTH: Malaysia