Radio Makedonias (ERT3)

Radio Makedonias (ERT3) in Thessaloniki, Greece was logged on 19 December 2012. A Greek language broadcast of music and news on the hour was monitored from 18.05 to 19.30 UTC on. 7.450 kHz. Reception (SINPO) at 18.05 was 23332 --  weak signal strength and terrible station splatter from Radio Free Asia, despite this signal was audible. Reception at 19.00 UTC improved to 35333 once interfering stations signed-off. Slight transmitter hum and fading was observed, otherwise signal was clear and audible.

To hear the reception quality of this transmission in Malaysia (on 19 December 2012 at 19.05 UTC) you may listen to this sound file HERE.

Reception report was posted a few days later to ERT and later emailed when the letter was returned on 19 February 2013, undelivered. This eQSL arrived in the mail on 21 February 2013.

Address:

ERT  S.A. – HELLENIC RADIO TELEVISION

SUBDIRECTION OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT

C/O MR. GIORGOS KALIENTZIDIS 

P.B.  11 312

541 10  THESSALONIKI – GREECE

KBS World (via Woofferton, UK) -- German Broadcast

KBS World, transmitting from Woofferton, UK, was logged on 15 December 2012. A German language broadcast was monitored from 20.00 to 21 .00 UTC on 3.955 kHz. Reception (SINPO): 34333 -- fair signal strength, clear speech despite atmospheric noise. By 20.45 UTC reception worsened -- very noisy and weak, but still audible.

Reception report was emailed and submitted on-line at KBS on the same day. This German language QSL card arrived in the mail on 18 April 2013.

Address:

Deutsche Redaktion 

KBS World Radio, 

Korean Broadcasting System, 

Yeouido-dong 18, Yeongdeungpo-gu,

150-790 Seoul, Republic of Korea

Email:

german@kbs.co.kr

Website:

world.kbs.co.kr/german/news/index.htm

Radio Taiwan International (Via Skelton, UK) -- German Broadcast

Radio Taiwan International, transmitting from presumably Skelton, UK, was logged on 15 December 2012. A German language broadcast was monitored from 19.10 to 20.00 UTC on 3.955 kHz. Reception (SINPO): 34333 -- fair signal strength, clear speech despite being very noisy. 

Reception report was emailed and submitted on-line at RTI on the same day. After multiple follow-up emails in both English and German, RTI finally responded on 28 August 2013 with this lovely QSL card.

Address:

Radio Taiwan International 

German Service 

PO Box 123-199 

Taipei, 11199 

Taiwan, ROC

Email:

deutsch@rti.org.tw

Website:

german.rti.org.tw/

Radio Nikkei 2 (via Chiba-Nagara, Japan)

Radio Nikkei 2, transmitting from Chiba-Nagara, Japan, was logged on 15 December 2012.  This domestic Japanese station was monitored from 02.00 to 02.30 UTC on  9.760 kHz. Reception (SINPO) at 02.00 UTC was 14221 -- poor signal strength with fading and atmospheric noise. Despite these conditions, discussion between female and male announcers was audible and intelligible when signal peaked upward. By 02.20 UTC only a weak carrier could be detected, except when signal faded up.

Reception report was submitted on-line and emailed to Radio Nikkei on the same day. This QSL card arrived in the mail on 29 December 2012.

Email: 

webmaster@radionikkei.jp

SSB Weather Broadcasting (via Taipei, Taiwan)

SSB Weather Broadcasting  (Central Weather Bureau), transmitting from Tainan/Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan), was logged on 11 December 2012. A Chinese (presume Mandarin) speaking female announcer provided meteorological information for various cities in the region. Broadcast was monitored from 17.30 to 17.45 UTC on 5.170 kHz in USB/SSB mode @ 200 watts. Reception (SINPO) was 35443 -- Good signal strength with no interference on any kind. Speech was clear and intelligible.

A sample of this transmission may be heard HERE.

Reception report was emailed on the same day. A QSL card was promised on 14 December 2012. QSL card and letter arrived in the mail on 27 December 2012.

Address:

Central Weather Bureau

64, Gongyuan Road,

Taipei 10048, Taiwan (R.O.C.) 

Tel:

 +886-2-2349-1000 

Website:

www.cwb.gov.tw

Email:

webqry@cwb.gov.tw

PBS Xinjiang (via Urumqi, China)

PBS Xinjiang, transmitting from Urumqi, was logged on 9 December 2012.  A mostly music format of regional music with announcements in Uighur was observed from 17.25 to 18.00 UTC. Transmission was heard on 3.990 kHz. Reception (SINPO) was 34333 -- fair signal strength with minor interference, fading and noise, otherwise clear and audible.

Sound files from this broadcast may be heard HERE and HERE.

A reception report was emailed a few days later to Ying Lian at China Radio International. This broadcast was confirmed with the following message: "Thank you to sending report of program of PBS Xinjiang, we will send a qsl card soon."  This QSL card arrived on 27 December 2012, confirming PBS Xinjiang.

Email: 

xjxwzx@163.com   (PBS Xinjiang)
yinglian@cri.com.cn (Ying Lian at CRI)

WTWW (via Lebanon, Tennessee)

WTWW, in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA, was logged on 5 December 2012. Religious music segued with a sermon from a male minister was monitored from 22.25 to 23.05 UTC on 9.990 kHz. Reception (SINPO) at 22.25 UTC was 14321 - weak signal strength with fading. When signal peaked  upward, audio was detected, although undiscernible speech. At 22.45 UTC reception improved slightly to 24332 -- signal was stronger and allowed speech to be heard more clearly. This window of opportunity disappeared after 23.05 UTC as grey-line was ending. At this point, only a weak carrier signal was observed. 

A reception report was emailed to Mr. George McClintock. This eQSL was sent on 13 December 2012 by President and Manager of WTWW, Mr. George McClintock.

Email: 

George@wtww.us