Rhein-Main-Radio-Club Calendar for the month of October 2018
Welcome to my corner of the world! Glad you dropped by. Browse around and discover a collection of QSL cards from international broadcasters, old and new. Read an article or two about radios and the hobby of radio listening. Happy DXing!!!
Monday, October 1, 2018
Friday, September 28, 2018
QSLs for Month of September 2018
Shanghai Coast Radio Station - XSG. Shanghai, China.
NHK World Radio Japan. Ibaragi-Koga-Yamata, Japan.
Radio Free Asia. Tinian, North Mariana Islands.
Isle of Music / Channel 292*. Rohrbach, Germany.
Radio DARC (Special WRTC Broadcast). Moosbrunn, Austria.
Radio Taiwan International. Paochung, Taiwan.
*Transmission logged from remote SDR receiver at the University of Twente, the Netherlands.
Monday, September 24, 2018
Shanghai Coast Radio Station - XSG
Shanghai Coast Radio Station - XSG in China was logged on 19 September 2018, from 19.00 till 19.05 UTC. Reception
on the short-wave frequency of 8.4255 kHz/USB rated a SINPO of 55555 --
excellent strength, clear and strong with no interference. Continuous
DSC message "CQ CQ CQ DE XSG XSG XSG HR..." was observed. HERE is Shanghai Radio - XSG.
Reception report was emailed on the following day. An eQSL was received in 25 September 2018.
RX: Tecsun S-2000 ANT: 1/4 Wave QTH: West Central Malaysia
RX: Tecsun S-2000 ANT: 1/4 Wave QTH: West Central Malaysia
Sunday, September 23, 2018
NHK World Radio Japan (via Ibaragi-Koga-Yamata)
NHK World Radio Japan, transmitting from Ibaragi-Koga-Yamata (Japan), was logged on 5 August 2018. A Russian
language broadcast of mostly talk and occasional Japanese pop music was
heard from 11.00 till 11.30 UTC. Reception on 7.355 kHz rated a SINPO
of: 45444. HERE's Radio Japan.
Reception report was emailed and submitted online to Radio Japan on the same day. QSL card arrived in the mail on 24 September 2018, owing to the many holidays in Malaysia since August. A programme schedule and follow-up QSL arrived on 5 December 2018.
RX: Tecsun S-2000 ANT: 1/4 Wave QTH: West Central Malaysia
RX: Tecsun S-2000 ANT: 1/4 Wave QTH: West Central Malaysia
Saturday, September 22, 2018
Logbook from 19 till 28 September 2018
ALASKA
KNLS New Life Station in Anchor Point was logged on 21 September 2018, at 10.55 UTC. An English language broadcast was observed just before sign-off and mixing with NHK Radio Japan interval on 7.355 kHz. SINPO at this point rated 32442. HERE is KNLS and Radio Japan.
AUSTRALIA
Radio 4KZ in Innisfail, Queensland (Australia) was logged on 28 September 2018 (29 September 2018, Queensland date). Country & Western music was observed briefly, including a track from Dolly Parton entitled "Over & Out", which was followed by a male DJ (presumably The Breakfast Show host Glenn Johns). Broadcast was monitored from 20.10 till 20.30 UTC. Transmission on 5.055 kHz, under good propagation, invariably begins and trails off with a carrier, mixing with some annoying atmospheric noise. Around 20.10 UTC audio begins to fade, in and out, then peaks after about 10 minutes -- after 20.20 UTC. At the time when audio was observe, reception rated a SINPO of 25321 -- weak signal with occasionally audible content, despite reception for no more than 10 to 15 minutes, marred in atmospheric noise. HERE is an audio excerpt from this broadcast.
CHINA
Shanghai Radio - XSG was logged on 19 September 2018, from 19.00 till 19.05 UTC. Reception on the short-wave frequency of 8.4255 kHz/USB rated a SINPO of 55555 -- excellent strength, clear and strong with no interference. Continuous DSC message "CQ CQ CQ DE XSG XSG XSG HR..." was observed. HERE is Shanghai Radio - XSG.
Shanghai Radio - XSG on 4.207 kHz (CW transmission), at 16.30 UTC, 21 September 2018. HERE is the station.
Shanghai Radio - XSG on 4.212 kHz (CW transmission), at 16.38 UTC, 21 September 2018. HERE is the station.
Tianjin Radio - XSV was logged on 19 September 2018, from 10.20 till 10.25 UTC. Reception on the short-wave frequency of 12.577 kHz/USB rated a SINPO of 45444 -- fair to good signal, no interference, only occasional fading. Continuous DSC message in CW was observed. HERE is Tianjin Radio - XSV.
PBS Xinjiang via Urumqi was logged on 20 September 2018, with discussion between female and male announcer in Uighur. Reception on 6.120 kHz rated a SINPO of 24432 -- weak signal, peaks of clear audio content when not fading under atmospheric noise.
SOUTH KOREA
KBS World Radio via Kimjae was logged on 21 September 2018, at 11.00 UTC. This Korean broadcast was noted on 7.255 kHz with a SINPO of 45444. HERE is KBS World Radio.
THAILAND
Bangkok Meteorological Radio was received on 21 September 2018, at 10.38 UTC. Interval signal, followed by weather report and station details in, first, Thai, and then English, was observed. Reception on 8.743 kHz in USB mode rated a SINPO of 55555. HERE is Bangkok Meteorological Radio.
UNID
HF NAVTEX station on 4.209 kHz (CW transmission), at 16.35 UTC, 21 September 2018 HERE is the station.
KNLS New Life Station in Anchor Point was logged on 21 September 2018, at 10.55 UTC. An English language broadcast was observed just before sign-off and mixing with NHK Radio Japan interval on 7.355 kHz. SINPO at this point rated 32442. HERE is KNLS and Radio Japan.
AUSTRALIA
Radio 4KZ in Innisfail, Queensland (Australia) was logged on 28 September 2018 (29 September 2018, Queensland date). Country & Western music was observed briefly, including a track from Dolly Parton entitled "Over & Out", which was followed by a male DJ (presumably The Breakfast Show host Glenn Johns). Broadcast was monitored from 20.10 till 20.30 UTC. Transmission on 5.055 kHz, under good propagation, invariably begins and trails off with a carrier, mixing with some annoying atmospheric noise. Around 20.10 UTC audio begins to fade, in and out, then peaks after about 10 minutes -- after 20.20 UTC. At the time when audio was observe, reception rated a SINPO of 25321 -- weak signal with occasionally audible content, despite reception for no more than 10 to 15 minutes, marred in atmospheric noise. HERE is an audio excerpt from this broadcast.
CHINA
Shanghai Radio - XSG was logged on 19 September 2018, from 19.00 till 19.05 UTC. Reception on the short-wave frequency of 8.4255 kHz/USB rated a SINPO of 55555 -- excellent strength, clear and strong with no interference. Continuous DSC message "CQ CQ CQ DE XSG XSG XSG HR..." was observed. HERE is Shanghai Radio - XSG.
Shanghai Radio - XSG on 4.207 kHz (CW transmission), at 16.30 UTC, 21 September 2018. HERE is the station.
Shanghai Radio - XSG on 4.212 kHz (CW transmission), at 16.38 UTC, 21 September 2018. HERE is the station.
Tianjin Radio - XSV was logged on 19 September 2018, from 10.20 till 10.25 UTC. Reception on the short-wave frequency of 12.577 kHz/USB rated a SINPO of 45444 -- fair to good signal, no interference, only occasional fading. Continuous DSC message in CW was observed. HERE is Tianjin Radio - XSV.
PBS Xinjiang via Urumqi was logged on 20 September 2018, with discussion between female and male announcer in Uighur. Reception on 6.120 kHz rated a SINPO of 24432 -- weak signal, peaks of clear audio content when not fading under atmospheric noise.
SOUTH KOREA
KBS World Radio via Kimjae was logged on 21 September 2018, at 11.00 UTC. This Korean broadcast was noted on 7.255 kHz with a SINPO of 45444. HERE is KBS World Radio.
THAILAND
Bangkok Meteorological Radio was received on 21 September 2018, at 10.38 UTC. Interval signal, followed by weather report and station details in, first, Thai, and then English, was observed. Reception on 8.743 kHz in USB mode rated a SINPO of 55555. HERE is Bangkok Meteorological Radio.
UNID
HF NAVTEX station on 4.209 kHz (CW transmission), at 16.35 UTC, 21 September 2018 HERE is the station.
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Radio Free Asia (via Tinian Island)
Radio Free Asia, transmitting from Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands) was logged on 6 September 2018. I had the good fortune to catch their shortwave-wave frequency of 21.565 kHz, albeit with a SINPO of 22542. Signal was poor with strong co-frequency interference (QRM) from a China station. Nevertheless, RFA was audible and occasionally clear with some audible content. China station signed-off at 11.00 UTC, just as RFA closed transmitter. A Tibetan language broadcast of news/current event reports relating to Tibet and region was monitored from 10.35 till 11.00 UTC. As most DXers are aware, China attempts to block all Tibetan, Mandarin and Uighur broadcasts by transmitting their programmes over RFA, and this transmission was no different. HERE is RFA (Tinian) mixing with China.
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