All India Radio (via Bangalore)

All India Radio Akashvani External Service, transmitting from Bangalore, India, was logged on 2 June 2025. An Arabic language broadcast, beginning with nearly 10 minutes of a Quran recitation, followed by talk and instrumental music, was monitored from 17.40 till 18.20 UTC. Reception on 9.620 kHz rated a SINPO of 45554. 

Reception report was emailed to Spectrum Management, the verifier for AIR, on the following day. QSL Card was received on 7 August 2025.

RX: Sangean ATS-909 EXT ANT: random 3 meter wire QTH: Central West Malaysia 

Voice of Turkiye

Voice of Turkiye, transmitting from Emirler, was logged on 4 June 2025. English programmes with contemporary Turkish music was monitored from 16.30 till 17.24 UTC. Reception on 11.660 kHz rated a SINPO of 55344 -- strong and clear audio, despite moderate.

Reception report was emailed on the following day. QSL card arrived in the mail on 7 August 2025.

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

Radio Taiwan International Calendar - August 2025

Radio Taiwan International Calendar, August 2025

Radio Taiwan International

Radio Taiwan International, presumably transmitting from Tamshui, was received on 1 June 2025.  English programmes included: "Music of L.A. Boyz", hosted by Tristan Hilderbrand, with four rap songs, including "Oh-La"; "The Divide", hosted by Iris Hsu, focused on internet/cyberspace laws in China with Michael Caster, head of the Global China Program. He also discussed multilateralism in the region; and "Formosa Dream Chasers",  by Mary Anne and Ching-en, which highlighted co-founder of the Li-ze Community School, Michael Huang. This broadcast was monitored from 16.05 till 17.00 UTC. Reception on 9.405 kHz rated a SINPO of 55444 -- strong signal but minor atmospheric noise. 

Reception report was emailed on the following day. This QSL card arrived in the mail on 22 July 2025.

RX: Alinco DX-R8T EXT ANT: 1/4 wave QTH: Malaysia 

Deutsche Bundespost Berlin Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin

Deutsche Bundespost Berlin on 16 July 1981 issued a 60-pfennig postage stamp, commemorating the Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin, also known as the International Radio Exhibition Berlin, or IFA. The stamp featured the building which was inaugurated on 22 January 1931 as the Haus des Rundfunks ("House of Broadcasting"), on Masurenallee in Berlin-Westend. It was the official seat of the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft. Designed in 1929 by the architect Hans Poelzig (1869-1936), this triangular-shaped building was the world's first self-contained broadcasting centre and included a large concert hall.

Voice of Turkiye

Voice of Turkiye, transmitting from Emirler, was logged on 16 May 2025. English programmes "Pulse of Turkish Foreign Policy", "Did You Know That" and Turkish contemporary music was monitored from 17.00 till 17.26 UTC. Reception on 11.660 kHz rated a SINPO of 55344 -- strong and clear audio, despite moderate.

Reception report was emailed on the following day. QSL card arrived in the mail on 9 July 2025.

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

Radio Taiwan International Calendar - July 2025

 

Radio Taiwan International Calendar, July 2025

Radio Taiwan International Calendar - June 2025

 

Radio Taiwan International Calendar, June 2025

 

 

Liberia ELWA 20th Anniversary

LIBERIA on 16 January 1974 issued a First Day Cover (FDC) stamp combo to commemorate the 20th anniversary of ELWA Radio. It was a missionary radio station in Liberia. It's call letters ELWA stood for Eternal Love Winning Africa. This particular FDC features four stamps, two 15-cent and two 17-cent stamps, depicting the map of Africa and a person  listening to a portable radio. The postmark cancellation originated from Monrovia, Liberia. 

This radio station, which operated on shortwave, could be received worldwide in the 1970s. When civil war broke out in Liberia in 1990, the station was burned and looted. For the next 13 years, ELWA Radio struggled to stay on the air through waves of civil strife, broadcasting from an old garage building. ELWA was threatened again when a fire gutted that building in 2011. 

With faith and determination, the ELWA Radio staff set up two studios in the transmitter building and continued work, carrying their listeners through the difficult times of the Ebola epidemic in 2014 and the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020.

The station currently operates primarily on FM with a 2kW transmitter; SW transmission at one point resumed with a 1kW, much less than its former power.

Additionally, the ELWA QSL Card is one I received in the mid-1970s verifying reception from Denver, Colorado -- my residency back then.

Voice of Turki

Voice of Turkiye, transmitting from Emirler, was logged on 11 April 2025. English programmes "Pulse of Turkish Foreign Policy", "Did You Know That" and Turkish contemporary music was monitored from 16.55 till 17.25 UTC. Reception on 9.660 kHz rated a SINPO of 55344 -- strong and clear audio, despite moderate.

Reception report was emailed on the following day. QSL card arrived in the mail on 8  May 2025.

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

Voice of Turkiye

Voice of Turkiye, transmitting from Emirler, was logged on 21 February 2025. English programmes "Pulse of Turkish Foreign Policy", "Did You Know That" and Turkish contemporary music was monitored from 17.50 till 18.25 UTC. Reception on 9.660 kHz rated a SINPO of 55344 -- strong and clear audio, despite moderate.

Reception report was emailed on the following day. QSL card arrived in the mail on 8  May 2025.

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

Radio Taiwan International

Radio Taiwan International, presumably transmitting from Tamshui, was received on 14 April 2025. An English language broadcast on Taiwanese tourist sites was monitored from 16.30 till 17.00 UTC. Reception on 9.405 kHz rated a SINPO of 55444 -- strong signal but minor atmospheric noise. 

Reception report was emailed on the following day. This QSL card arrived in the mail on 8 May 2025.

RX: Alinco DX-R8T EXT ANT: 1/4 wave QTH: Malaysia 

Radio Taiwan International Calendar - May 2025

 

Radio Taiwan International Calendar, May 2025

FEBC (via Bocaue)

FEBC (Radio Tios), transmitting from Bocaue, Philippines, was logged on 14 February 2025. A Russian language broadcast was monitored from 15.00 till 16.00 UTC, on the shortwave frequency of 9.920 kHz.

Reception was emailed to FEBC shortly afterwards. An eQSL was received on 30 April 2025

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

NHK World Radio Japan

NHK World Radio Japan via Yamata, Japan sent this verification (QSL) card for an Urdu language broadcast monitored here in Malaysia on 29 February 2025.

The card has a highlighted notation stating NHK World - Japan will cease issuing verification cards on 31 March 2025. This seems par for the course given the cost of postage worldwide and the dwindling (aging) listener audience. 

It is disheartening for old listeners like me who first received a verification card from Radio Japan in 1968-1969. When I resumed this hobby in 2007, NHK World Radio Japan and many domestic Japanese MW stations were verified from Malaysia. 

While this is their swan song for me, on  a more conciliatory note their SW and MW broadcasts can still be heard. Hopefully this will not cease like so many great stations that have gradually disappeared in recent years.

Vatican Radio QSL Retrospective of Pope Francis

Vatican Radio QSL Retrospective of Pope Francis. 

Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 1936 – 2025) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2013 until his death in 2025. 

Radio Taiwan International Calendar - April 2025

 

Radio Taiwan International Calendar, April 2025

 

Norfolk Island 50th Anniversary of Radio Australia

Norfolk Island (Australia) on 21 November 1989 issued a set of three First Day Cover stamps commemorating Radio Australia's 50th anniversary (1939-1989). 

The stamps featured: 

41c - Inaugural announcer John Royle 

65c - Radio Australia coverage

$1.10 - Jacko the laughing kookaburra 

Radio Australia opened its broadcasts with the melody "Waltzing Matilda" and the song of the Kookaburra bird, hence the cachet and stamp design. Its programmes targeted the Pacific and Oceania, but we're just as popular throughout the English-speaking world. 

NHK World Radio Japan

NHK World Radio Japan, transmitting from Yamata, was logged on 19 January 2025. An English language broadcast was monitored from 14.00 till 14.30 UTC, on 11.815 kHz.

Reception report was submitted on the following day. A QSL was received on 7 March 2025.

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

Radio Taiwan International Calendar, March 2025

 

Radio Taiwan International Calendar, March 2025

Termination of NHK WORLD-JAPAN Verification Cards (QSL Cards)

NHK WORLD-JAPAN has been issuing Verification Cards (confirmation cards) to people who have notified us of listening to our broadcasts.

Please be advised that we have decided to stop issuing the Verification Cards. The cards will be sent for confirmations on broadcasts up to March 20, 2025.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support.

You can continue to submit your comments and requests to English language services through Contact Us on our website.

Your feedback will be used to improve our broadcasts and services.

It's regrettable, but not surprising.

I can still remember my first verification from Radio Japan, way back in 1968. It was one the first along with Deutsche Welle, Radio Nederland, BBC, Radio RSA and so many more.

NHK World Radio Japan was always a prompt and excellent verifier. I wish they would continue, but it is understandable. Hopefully they will continue their shortwave service, as I will listen to their programmes. 

73.

Voice of Turkiye

Voice of Turkiye, transmitting from Emirler, was logged on 19 January 2025. A Persian language broadcast was monitored from 16.00 till 16.55 UTC. Reception on 9.490 kHz rated a SINPO of  55555 -- excellent.

Reception report was emailed on the following day. QSL card arrived in the mail on 21 February 2025.

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

RTM WAI FM (via Kajang, Malaysia)

RTM WAI FM, transmitting from Kajang, Malaysia, was logged on 19 February 2025. A selection of Malay pop songs, community announcements and news related to Sarawak was monitored from 03.30 till 04.05 UTC (11.30 till noon, local time) Reception on 11.665 kHz rated a SINPO of 55354 -- strong and clear audio, despite moderate atmospheric noise.

Reception was emailed to RTM shortly afterwards, then in the afternoon, same day, an eQSL was received.

RX: Tecsun S-2000 EXT ANT: 3 meter random wire QTH: Subang Jaya, Malaysia 

Radio Taiwan International

Radio Taiwan International, presumably transmitting from: Tamshui, was received on 21 January 2025. An English language broadcast of Taiwanese music and letters from listeners was monitored from 16.15 till 17.00 UTC. Reception on 9.405 kHz rated a SINPO of 35333 -- strong signal but severe atmospheric noise. 

Reception report was emailed on the following day. This QSL card arrived in the mail on 18 February 2025.

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

Radio New Zealand Pacific

Radio New Zealand Pacific, transmitting from Rangitaiki, was logged on 22 January 2025. An interview with New Zealand Country singer Tami Nielson on meeting Willie Nelson at his ranch on his 90th birthday and performing his songs, including "I Never Cared for You", was observed from 09.50 till 10.30 UTC. Reception on 13.755 kHz rated a SINPO of 25332 - weak signal, very noisy, barely discernible content.

Reception report was submitted online shortly after this broadcast on the same day. An eQSL was received on 9 February 2025.

RX: Tecsun S-2000 EXT ANT: 3 meter random wire QTH: Subang Jaya, Malaysia 

Radio Taiwan International Calendar - February 2025

 

Radio Taiwan International Calendar, February 2025

 

Gaweylon Tibetan Radio (via Dhabbaya)

Gaweylon Tibetan Radio (FEBA), transmitting from Dhabbaya, UAE, was logged on 20 January 2025. Tibetan language programme was monitored from 12.20 till 12.30 UTC. Reception on 15.215.1 kHz rated a SINPO of 23332 -- weak signal but audible with possibly some light jamming which disappeared around 12.25 UTC.

 Reception report was submitted on the same day. An eQSL was received on 30 January 2025.

RX Alinco DX-R8T EXT ANT: 1/4 wave QTH: Malaysia