QSLs for April 2018

IRIB-Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran. Fesenduz, West Azerbaijan, Iran.
Amhara Radio. Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Radio Tawau - Limbang FM. Kajang, West Malaysia.
Radio Malaysia - Wai FM. Kajang, West Malaysia.
Radio Taiwan International. Paochung, Taiwan.
Voice of Turkey. Emirler, Turkey.
KBS World Radio. Gimje City, South Korea.
Radio Pakistan (Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation). Islamabad, Pakistan.
Radio Pakistan (Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation). Peshawar, Pakistan.
Radio New Zealand Pacific. Rangitaiki, New Zealand.
Voice of Mongolia. Ulaanbaator, Mongolia.
Spaceline - Adventist World Radio. Kostinbrod, Bulgaria.

Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran (via West Azerbaijan)

IRIB - Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran, transmitting from Fesenduz. Marhemetabad District, West Azerbaijan Province, was logged on 9 March 2018. Programming featured Quran recitation, music and comment from announcers from 18.20 till 18.40 UTC.  Reception on the medium-wave frequency of 936 kHz rated a SINPO of 23322 - weak signal, occasionally clear, despite fading and atmospheric static bursts from a local thunderstorm. HERE is a noisy IRIB - Fesenduz. 

Reception was emailed to IRIB on the following day. QSL card arrived in the mail on 27 April 2018.

Amhara Radio (via Bahir Dar, Ethiopia)

Amhara Radio, transmitting from Bahir Dar (Ethiopia), was logged on 23 September 2016. Horn of Africa music and commentary in Amharic was noted from 14.20 till 14.45 UTC (sign-on at 14,00 UTC). Reception on 6.090 kHz was (SINPO) 24331 -- poor signal strength, audible speech and music, but largely indecipherable after 14.35 UTC. Slight fade and transmitter hum as well as atmospheric noise plagued much of the broadcast. By 14.40 UTC, audio gradually dropped off and a dominant carrier signal was present.

Reception report with an audio file was submitted online and Facebook messaged. An email verifying reception was received on 26 January 2017. Unfortunately this confirmation I later learned from Ralph Perry, a DXer in the US, was incorrectly QSLed by Voice of Amhara Radio, a US-funded clandestine broadcaster whose programming is relayed over rental transmitters, not in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

On 22 April 2018, István Hegedüs, a DXer in Hungary,  advised I resubmit my report to a Mr. Bekele Asegie at Amhara Radio, who indeed confirmed with an email on 24 April 2018. The above PPC is based on this email. Thank you, István and Mr. Bekele Asegie.
 

Radio Tawau - Limbang FM (Kajang)

Radio Tawau - Limbang FM  was observed from 04.10 till 04.35 UTC (12.10 till 12.35 PM, Malaysia Time), on 29 March 2018.  During this period of reception on 11.665 kHz the SINPO was 55555 -- exception audio, clarity, and strength. This mostly Bahasa Malaysia broadcast featured Sarawak and Malaysia singers, frequent IDs between songs with jingles, advertisements/promos, run down of upcoming programmes for the day, message from a government minister in Sarawak and news. HERE is an excerpt from Radio Tawau.

Note: Programming is simulcast from the FM studio in Tawau (Limbang FM), Sabah in East Malaysia and short-wave from Kajang, Selangor in West Malaysia.

Reception report was emailed  on the same day, then a follow-up email was sent a few weeks later. A scanned copy of the QSL card to be posted was emailed to me on 23 April 2018.

Voice of Turkey

Voice of Turkey in Emirler was logged on 16 March 2018. English language broadcast featuring news about Turkey an dthe region, as well as the programmes "Review of the Turkish Press", "Eye on Turkey", "Turkey in a Nutshell", "Letterbox Programme", "Question of the Month" and Turkish pop music was heard 17.30 till 18.20 UTC. Reception on 11.730 kHz initially rated a SINP0 of 55444 -- excellent signal strength, clear audio despite some atmospheric noise and slight fluttering fade. Around 18.00 UTC, reception stabalised and rated a SINPO of 55555 - Excellent!

Reception report was emailed to Voice of Turkey, along with a very lengthy cover letter. A week later the letter was read over VoT. At the same time, this report was verbally confirmed. On 21 April 2018, their promised QSL card arrived in the mail.

KBS World Radio (via Gimje City)

KBS World Radio,  transmitting from Gimje City, North Jeolla Province, was received on 1170 kHz (MW) with Japanese language programming  of pop music, moderated by a male announcer,  was observed on 11 February 2018, from 18.45 until 19.10 UTC. Reception rated a SINP0 of 24322 -- fair to good signal when not fading and affected by atmospheric noise, some co-frequency interference as well was noted. HERE is KBS Japanese programming on MW frequency of 1170 kHz.

Reception report was emailed and submitted online to KBSvWorld Radio on the following day. QSL card, along with KBS sticker and reception report forms, was received on 21 April 2018. 

Radio Taiwan International (Paochung)

Radio Taiwan International via Paochung was received on the short-wave frequency of 9.405 kHz. An English language programme consisting of news, This Day in History and Here in Taiwan was observed on 29 March 2018, from 16.00 until 16.35 UTC. Reception initially rated a SINP0 of 44334 -- good strength, audible and clear content despite some fading and atmospheric noise. Conditions worsened after 16.15 UTC with signal fading occasionally under atmospheric noise and making it difficult to  hear programme content clearly.

Reception report was submitted online and emailed. QSL card was received on 21 April 2018.