QSLs for January 2013

QSLs for the month of January  2013:

BBC (QSL card) confirmed by KBS World Radio transmitting from Kimjae, Republic of Korea
Guangxi Beibu Bay Radio (QSL card) confirmed by CRI and transmitting from Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang, People's Republic of China
Radio Habana Cuba (QSL card) transmitting from Habana
Vatican Radio (QSL card) transmitting from Santa Maria Galeria and Tashkent (two previous cards were sent for the same reports)
China Radio International  (QSL card) transmitting from Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China
Radio East New Britain (self-prepared eQSL) transmitting from Rabaul, East New Britain, PNG
Radio Oromiya (self-prepared eQSL letter) transmitting from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Voice of America (QSL card) transmitting from Kuwait
CVC La Voz (QSL) transmitting from Santiago, Chile
Radio Rebelde (eQSL) transmitting from Habana, Cuba
WINB (QSL card) transmitting from Red Lion, Pennsylvania, USA

Promised:
Radio N'djamena (self-prepared eQSL)  transmitting from N'djamena, Chad
China Tibet Broadcasting (2 QSL cards) confirmed by CRI and transmitting from Lhasa, Tibet
PBS Quinghai (QSL card) confirmed by CRI and transmitting from Xining, Quinghai Province, People's Republic of China
Radio Sonder Grense (QSL) transmitting from (Sentech) Meyerton, South Africa
China Radio International (QSL card) transmitting from Jinhua, People's Republic of China
China National Radio 13 (QSL card) transmitting from Lingshi, People's Republic of China
China Radio International (QSL card) transmitting from Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China

BBC via Kimjae

BBC, using the KBS World Radio transmitter site in Kimjae, Republic of Korea, was logged on 29 December 2012. Transmission occurred on 6.135 kHz and was monitored from 22.30 to 23.00 UTC.  Reception (SINPO) was 33433 -- fair signal strength, station splatter and fading. Otherwise audible and clear reception. BBC news, "World Predictions" news commentary and BBC programme promotions were observed in this 30-minute period.

Reception report was submitted the following day. This QSL card from KBS World Radio arrived on 31 January 2013.

Sudwest Rundfunk 1 (via Internet)

Sudwest Rundfunk 1 (SWR1), transmitting presumably from Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, was logged on 27 January 2013. Pop music, news, weather and sports was observed, using an Internet stream at 48 kps / mp3 format. Broadcast was monitored from 20.35 to 21.15 UTC.

A reception report was submitted on-line and at their Facebook page on 28 January 2013. This QSL, along with two postcards, was received on 20 February 2013.

Radio Bayrak International (via Internet)

Radio Bayrak International (BRT) 105.0 FM in  Nicosia, Northern Cyprus was logged on 2 January 2013. English pop songs and news hosted by a female announcer was heard  from 10.08 to 11.00 UTC, using an  Internet stream at 128 kps / mp3 format.

A reception report was emailed and posted to BRT a few days later.

China Tibet Broadcasting / Voice of China Tibet

CRI confirmed CBT with this QSL card

China Tibet Broadcasting / Voice of China Tibet --"Holy Tibet", transmitting from  Lhasa, China Tibet (Xizang), was logged on 6 July 2012 from 16.00 to 17.00 UTC and  24 May 2012 from 16.00 to 17.00  UTC. These English language broadcasts consisted of reports on Tibet and tourism promotion of  "Holy Tibet".  On 6 July, transmission  was received on 6.200 kHz. Reception (SINPO) was 35343 -- fair signal strength with atmospheric noise and fading,  otherwise clear and audible speech. On 24 May, transmission was monitored on  7.255 kHz. Reception (SINPO) was 44444 -- exceptionally good signal with minor fading and minor interference from presumably Belaruskayo Radyo 1.

CRI confirmed CBT with this QSL card

Multiple reception reports were submitted at various times, both by email and post. Initial posts and emails were shortly after logging the station. Various email addresses stated on their website were used, some of which bounced. Letters were sent by air mail and registered mail. I was able to track the registered letter to Guangzhou. Afterwards, this letter could not be tracked, nor was it returned. A follow-up letter was posted in November 2012 from the United States, courtesy of a fellow DXer, but to date there has been no reply. Another follow-up letter in December 2012 was posted in China by a friend. It reached Xizang, according to the postmark, but a month latter it was re-routed to my address in Malaysia. Finally, on 28 January 2013, I emailed Ying Lian, at China Radio International, English Section. Within the same day, I received an email confirming the reception reports and promising to send two QSL cards.

This is not the China Tibet Broadcasting QSL I have long sought to add to my collection of QSLs, but it will suffice, at least for now. These QSL cards from CRI confirmed China Tinet Broadcasting. They arrived in the mail on 18 February 2013. China Tibet Broadcasting did FINALLY post a QSL card, along with a postcard from Tibet, only after the report was mailed from the US by a DX friend and sent to a postal address in the US, then posted to Malaysia.

Radio Slovakia International (via Internet)

Radio Slovakia International in an internet broadcast from Bratislava, Slovakia was heard on 27 January 2013. A recap of the past week's news events in Slovakia and Listener's Tribune was observed from 19.30 to 20.00 UTC. Mode of reception was an Internet stream at 128 kps / mp3 format. Excellent  fidelity was heard using a Blackberry Bold 9700 with TuneIn Radio App. 

A reception report was emailed to Radio Slovakia International on 28 January 2013. This QSL card, along with a sticker, brochure and English language staff photo, arrived in the mail on 28 February 2013.

Flip side of QSL cad with Slovakia coin

RSI English staff photo and brochure

Radio Prague (via Internet)

Radio Prague in the Czech Republic was heard on 27 January 2013. A podcast of their Sunday Music Show, featuring the Czech group Nightwork,  was monitored from 05.00 to 05.30 UTC (via archived podcast). Mode of transmission was an  Internet stream at 32 / mp3 format. Excellent audio fidelity was noted for this English language broadcast.

A reception report was emailed to Radio Prague on 28 January 2013. QSL card, along with a fridge magnet and postcard,  arrived in the mail on 14 May 2013.

Radio Prague Fridge Magnet