QSLs for December 2016

Voice of Turkey (QSL Card) transmitting from Emirler, Turkey

Radio Taiwan International (QSL Card) transmitting from Paochung, Taiwan

Rhein-Main-Radio-Club (eQSL) "DSWCI - The Last AGM"  transmitting from Trincomalee, Sri Lanka


Radio Sylvia* (eQSL) transmitting from Channel 292 in Rohrbach, Germany

KNLS (QSL Card) transmitting in Chinese from Anchor Point (Alaska), USA


WRMI (QSL Card) transmitting from Okeechobee (Florida), USA


Voice of Turkey (QSL card) transmitting from Emirler, Turkey


 Radio 700* (QSL Card) transmitting from  Kall-Krekel (Germany) .

NeuesLeben-HCJB (QSL Letter) transmitting from Nauen, Germany




Radio Mi Amigo (eQSL) transmitting from Trincomalee, Sri Lanka


Radio Marconi International* (eQSL) transmitting from Italy

 

NHK World - Radio Japan (QSL Card) Russian Service transmitting from Yamata, Japan

Radio Taiwan International (2 QSL Cards) for special German broadcasts from Paochung, Taiwan



Voice of Vietnam (QSL Card) transmitting from Hanoi-Sontay, Vietnam

Radio Tirana (QSL Card) transmitting from Shijak, Albania



Atlantic 2000 International* (eQSL) transmitting from Kall-Krekel, Germany

Radio Taiwan International (QSL Card) transmitting from Paochung, Taiwan





Promised:
Radio Pushka** (QSL) transmitting from the facility of Channel 292 in Rohrbach, Germany


*Received using a remote SDR receiver linked to the University of Twente (The Netherlands) website and monitored in Malaysia 

**Received using a remote SDR received in Bedford, England and monitored in Malaysia 

QSL and Greeting Card in the Mail

Radio Taiwan International QSL card for the month of December and New Year's greeting card from NHK World - Radio Japan (Russian Service) arrived in the mail, today.

Random Log

In a random band-scan from 15.00 till 16.00 UTC, many African stations were observed on the 16 and 19 metre bands. Over on the tropical band, 60 metres particularly, several All India Radio stations, i.e. Kurseong, Jeypore, Chennai, were heard. While this is par for the course, the quality of reception was much better than expected compared to the mediocre conditions in previous weeks. Additionally, but no surprise, many Chinese stations were found to be broadcasting across the short-wave bands, often duplicating programmes on multiple frequencies. This is common, here in South East Asia, and increasingly so as broadcasters reduce and/or cease their short-wave operations. Hopefully the coming year will bode well for DXing wherever one may be. 73 from Malaysia!

AUSTRIA
Adventist World Radio via Moosbrunn // 15.290 kHz // 45544 // 15.35 UTC with religious programming "Bible Switch" in Punjabi

BANGLADESH
Bangladesh Betar // 15.505 kHz // 25422 // 15.45 UTC with pop music in Hindi

BOTSWANA
VOA via Selebi-Phikwe // 15.580 kHz // 35433 // 15.45 UTC with Larry London's Border Crossings

CHINA
Voice of Strait via Fuzhou // 4.940 kHz 44544 // 15.50 UTC with Chinese pop music

ETHIOPIA
Radio Oromiya in Addis-Ababa // 6.030 kHz // 34443 // 15.58 UTC with Horn of Africa music, followed by ID and news in Afar Oromo

INDIA
AIR Kurseong // 4.895 kHz // 34433 // 15.55 UTC with budget report in English/Hindi

OMAN
Radio Sultanate of Oman // 15.140 kHz // 25432 // 15.30 UTC with music in Arabic

MADAGASCAR
Radio Dabanga via Talata Volonodry // 13.800 KHz // 45444 // 15.25 UTC Talk and frequent IDs in Sudanese

SAO TOME
VOA via Pinheira // 17.895 kHz // 35443 // 15.20 UTC onward with Larry London's Border Crossings

SAUDI ARABIA
Radio Saudi // 15.225 kHz // 55545 // 15.30 UTC with discussion in Arabic

SOUTH AFRICA
BBC via Meyerton // 15.420 kHz // 35443 // 15.40 UTC with sports news on British football teams, i.e. Manchester, Chelsea, etc

Channel Africa in Meyerton // 17.770 kHz // 35433 // 15.15 UTC onward with local pop music in Swahili

SRI LANKA
Deutsche Welle via Trincomalee // 15.275 kHz // 25442 // 15.35 UTC with news magazine in Swahili

Receiver used: Tecsun S-2000
External Antenna: 1/4 wave aerial, vertically erected to an approximate height of 13 metres
RX location: Central West Malaysia

IRIB - Radio Iran (via Dehno)

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB - Radio Iran), transmitting from Dehno, Fars Province (Iran), was logged on 26 December 2016. Talking and Iranian contemporary music was observed from 18.10 till 18.35 UTC. Reception on the medium-wave frequency of 990 kHz was (SINPO) 44434 -- good, strong and clear signal when not fading.

Reception report was emailed to IRIB the following day. QSL card and greeting card arrived in the mail on 7 February 2017.

Chubu-Nippon Hoso - JOAR (via Nagoya)

Chubu-Nippon Hoso - JOAR, transmitting from Nagoya (Japan), was logged on 26 December 2016. A children's programme and a selection of Japanese music was observed from 18.10 till 18.35 UTC. Reception on the medium-wave frequency of 1053 kHz was (SINPO) 23432 -- fair to poor signal, mixing with a Thai station (in Bangkok) when not fading every two to three minutes. Despite these conditions programme content was occasionally audible and clear. Prior to 14.30 UTC, the Gimpo (South Korea) siren jammer and two Asian stations were detected.

Reception Report was submitted online snd posted in subsequent days.

Address:
Chubu-Nippon Hoso
1-2-8 Shinsakae, Naka-ku
Nagoya 460-8405
Japan

RMRC Calendar 2017 in the Mail

Yesterday, I received a pleasant surprise in the mail. A fellow radio enthusiast in Germany gifted to me a copy of the 2017 Rhein-Main-Radio-Club Calendar. This rather remarkable calendar depicts a collection of colourful QSL (verification) cards of radio stations from a bygone era, many of which are now defunct. Vielen Dank und Fröhliche Weihnachten! 73.

The calendar appears in cross-format (A4) and is in English. Price: 15 € (for RMRC members 10 €).

 





 

 







To order, please refer to the RMRC website at http://www.rmrc.de/index.php/rmrc-service/qsl-kalender. Fill in the contact form and send the amount requested.

Address:
Rhein-Main-Radio-Club e.V.
Postfach 700849,
60558 Frankfurt, Germany

Email:
mail@rmrc.de

QSLs & Greetings in the Mail

A Voice of Vietnam QSL card and New Year's greeting card, along with a QSL card depicting Radio Tirana's broadcast house arrived in the mail, today. Thank you, Voice of Vietnam and Radio Tirana.