RTM - Sarawak FM (via Kuching)

RTM - Sarawak FM, transmitting from Kuching, Sarawak (East Malaysia), was logged on 1 November 2010. A broadcast of Malay pop tunes and Islamic progammes in Bahasa Malaysia was monitored on 5.030 kHz from 10.00 to 16.00 UTC.  Reception of this 10 kW transmitter was (SINPO) 45444 -- good signal strength  with slight atmospheric noise and fading throughout transmission, otherwise audio was good and clear.

Note: Sarawak FM is currently on 9.835 kHz, transmitting from Kajang, Selangor (West Malaysia) with Studio / HQ in Sarawak. Transmitter output is purportedly 100 kW.

Reception report was initially posted and emailed to Sarawak FM in November 2010. Follow-up emails were sent periodically in 2011 and 2012. Finally, after preparing an eQSL for the Station Manager at Sarawak FM to sign and stamp, I received a reply on 26 November 2012. There were at least three additional RTM - Sarawak FM personnel I contacted who eventually referred my eQSL to the "Senior Assistant Director of Engineering (Radio) Malaysian Department of Broadcasting, Sarawak". It is he (Mr. Zulkifli) who signed and stamped this eQSL. He replied from Kajang (the current transmitter site for Sarawak FM, which has a transmitter output power of 100kW). He also promised to post the eQSL and, I presume, their QSL card. 

Address. website and email is stated on the eQSL.

Atlantic 2000 International (Internet)

Atlantic 2000 International in  France was logged on 25 November 2012.  Pop music with announcements in French and English was monitored from 08.53 to 10.05 UTC. Mode of transmission was by way of Shoutcast Internet stream at 24 kps. Short-wave broadcast on 9.480 kHz was impossible in South East Asia due to interference from China National Radio; European listeners should have had no difficulty in receiving this station.

A reception report was emailed to Atlantic 2000 shortly after the broadcast ended. This eQSL was received on 1 December 2012.

Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation

Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, transmitting from Colombo-Ekala, was received from 09.30 to 10.00 UTC on  6.005 kHz, on 23 November 2012. A variety of South Asian songs were heard between maile and female announcers. Reception (SINPO) at 09.30 UTC was 23322 -- faint audio, jamming and fading. At 09.50 UTC reception improved slightly to 33322 -- stronger and clearer audio, but still jamming and fading. By 10.00 UTC, jammer gradually overpowered SLBC. This frequency and time is probably the worst reception for any SLBC transmission. It competes with the jammer, presumably originating from North Korea. On most days, SLBC on 6.005 kHz cannot be hear due to the jammer.

Reception report was submitted the following day. An eQSL was promised a day after submission of this report. This eQSL was received on 26 November 2012.

China Radio International (via Habana, Cuba)

China Radio International, transmitting from Habana, Cuba, was logged on 24 November 2012. A Spanish language broadcast of Latin music was  monitored from 00.15 to 00.50 UTC. Transmission was on 15.120 kHz. Reception (SINPO) at 00.15 UTC was 23332 -- fair to poor signal strength with some station splatter and atmospheric noise, otherwise speech was clear and audible at times. By 00.30 UTC reception was degraded to 13321 -- gradually faded away and was drowned out by an adjacent station. By 00.45 UTC signal was barely audible.

Reception report was emailed on the same day. A few days later, Ying Lian emailed promising to send a QSL card: "We are thankful for your greetings and report of Spanish program. Your report and comment on our English programs will be welcome when it is convenient of you. We will send a qsl card soon." This QSL card, along with two bookmakers depicting the Great Wall, arrived on 20 December 2012.

Two bookmarkers depicting the Great Wall

Pan American Broadcasting (via Wertachtal)

Pan American Broadcasting, transmitting from Wertachtal, Germany, was logged on 18 November 2012. Time monitored was from 14.15 to 14.30 UTC  (broadcast time 14.00 to 14.30 UTC). An English language broadcast of Evangelical programming was received on  15.205 kHz. Reception (SINPO) was 45444 -- good signal strength with minor atmospheric noise.

Reception report was submitted on-line at Pan American Broadcasting on the same day. My email was forwarded to Media Broadcasting GmbH in Germany, who in turn sent this eQSL the following day.

Voice of Wilderness (via Trincomalee)

Voice of Wilderness (Bible Voice Broadcasting Network), transmitting from Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, was logged on 18 November 2012. A Korean language broadcast of religious songs was monitored from  13.45 to 14.00 UTC. Transmission was received on 15.180 kHz. Reception (SINPO) was 35443 -- fair signal strength with slight atmospheric noise, otherwise clear audio.

Reception report was submitted on-line at BVBN and VOW websites on the same day. QSL card arrived from BVBN in Canada on 17 November 2012.

Super Radio Deus e Amor (Brazil)

Super Radio Deus e Amor (SRDA) , transmitting from Curitiba PR, Brazil, was logged on 16 November 2012. Religious sermons and occasional music in Portuguese was monitored from 19.50 to 20. 50 UTC on 9.565 kHz. Reception (SINPO): 23322 -- weak signal, clear audio despite fading and some station splatter. Reception improved slightly around 20.45 UTC, providing a SINPO rating of 34333.

For a sample of the quality of reception in South East Asia at 19.50 UTC on 16 November, click HERE.


A self-made QSL card and reception report, composed in Portuguese, was posted to SRDA and emailed to their affiliated Pentecostal Church in Brazil.

Address:
Super Radio Deus e Amor
R João Negrão 595,
80010-200, Curitiba (Paraná)
Brazil

Website:
www.superradiodeuseamor.com.br/