Kol Israel, the external service of the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), was a main fixture on the shortwave bands for many years (1948 to the mid-2000’s). The same shortwave transmitters would also re-broadcast their domestic services as well. I also happened to pick up their Home Service on medium wave in Germany and they sent a QSL for my reception report.

Anyone familiar with Rádio Renascença? This religious broadcaster regularly heard in the 1970’s and 1980’s on shortwave. Although no longer transmitting on shortwave, today Rádio Renascença operates a radio network on a number of outlets on FM.

Radio Joystick sent a partial data QSL letter and some stickers for a German language report of their program via Moosbrunn, Austria on 7330 kHz. Reception was made on a northern German SDR. The verie signer (Charlie Prince?) noted that he does not issue regular QSLs for SDR receptions, but that he liked my report and sent three stickers.

World Christian Broadcasting in Tennessee sent this QSL card with a chameleon for their African Pathways program for their Madagascar World Voice station at Mahajanga, Madagascar. Report was sent to World Christian Broadcasting, 605 Bradley Court, Franklin, Tennessee 37067. They are also the parent organization for KNLS in Alaska. New station for my collection.

After several reports from Korea and 43 years, finally nabbed this QSL. JOWF-1440 Sapporo TV sent the QSL card below for a Japanese language report via postal mail. Reception was made via ArcticSDR in Norway. Happy with this one.

This is my first Australian MW QSL. I have heard 4QD many times over the years including from Korea in the 1970s, but never bothered to send the a report. This reception was made via an SDR in Norway. Graham Himmelhoch-Mutton sent this QSL less than two hours after I sent the report. Many thanks to Graham for taking the time to reply to my report.

Four weeks later, this handwritten QSL memo arrived in our mailbox for a reception report sent directly to the station. Thank you to Karyn Wilson for taking the time to write the memo and sending it back in reply.

Radio Discovery was on the air from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 1986 to 1989. It was a project of Jeff White and associates after Radio Earth and before WRMI – Radio Miami International. I believe that Rudy Espinal was also involved with this project. They put in a fair signal into Germany when we lived there. Note that Jeff White was the verie signer of this QSL Card.

REF: http://www.ontheshortwaves.com/Wavescan/wavescan131124.html

While traveling through the Netherlands in 1989, we listened to AFN stations as we encountered them. In Schinnen, we heard their local programming on their transmitter. In return for a reception report, Henk Nijwening (who I assume was an engineer for AFN Schinnen) kindly sent an AFN QSL, a handwritten letter with information about radio in the local area, and his own personal ham card. This was a follow-up report. The transmitter subsequently moved to Brunnsum where it still is in use. Thank you to Henk for his reply.

The Affiliated Media Group, an advertising agency, opened The World Beacon in April 2000. The World Beacon was a project which brokered religious radio programs for dissemination via the shortwave bands. I sent them a reception report soon after they came on the air and they replied with the limited edition special inaugural QSL card seen below for a transmission on 9675 kHz. A few months later they sent another QSL card with no data for the same reception report. I am not clear where the transmitting station was located, but believe it was Rampisham. The available DX literature indicates that they may have bought time on transmitters in Abu Dhabi, Meyerton, and an unnamed site in Russia. Affiliated Media Group shut down the project in April 2002 in order to pursue television and other projects instead.

REF: https://scottwesterman.com/?p=236 and https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2000/07/10/newscolumn5.html

Check out my collection of WWV QSL cards! Each one carefully marks my successful reception of the time signals broadcasted by WWV, the renowned time station operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (and predecessor National Bureau of Standards (NBS)), across all verified frequencies: 2.5, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 MHz. Despite historical challenges with intermittent operation at 25 MHz, recent broadcasts have been more consistent. It’s been quite a journey meticulously logging and verifying each transmission.

WMUC-AM was a student-operated carrier current station on 645 kHz located at the University of Maryland in College Park. As noted in the QSL letter below the reception was made in the parking lot across from the Jewish Student Center on campus. According to my measurements on a map of the campus, the reception was made about 1600 feet away from the transmitter at Montgomery Hall. How’s that for DX? From what I understand they moved to 650 kHz to avoid interference from WMAL on 630 kHz. WMUC-AM ceased operation in 1999, but its successor, WMUC-FM, continues on 88.1 MHz.

REF: For more information about this station see, Saving College Radio: WMUC Past, Present and Future https://www.lib.umd.edu/wmuc

This QSL from SuperClan Radio just popped into my email box just a few minutes ago. They were heard an SDR in Hilgenriedersiel, Germany. The broadcast was relayed via Channel 292 on 7440 kHz. Thank you to Herbert Visser for sending the QSL card. The email address is superclanradio@yahoo.com

FBS-TV (Fukuoka Broadcasting Corporation) a UHF TV station in Japan on J-Ch. 37 printed up QSL cards for DXers. I viewed them in Gyeongju (Kyongju), South Korea after their signal traveled across the Sea of Japan via tropospheric ducting (175 miles). They sent this QSL card for my report. It is no data, but it still counts. (Click on the thumbnail/link for a full data.)

KQTV Channel 2 was a fairly easy catch in Utah in the 1980’s. This is another TV station that had QSL cards printed because of the interest of DXers. The QSL card you see below is what they sent for my report.

Many DXers probably have had the experience of KFDX Channel 3 in Wichita Falls Texas coming across their TV receivers before the changeover to digital TV. KFDX would occasionally boom into Maryland. They were one of the TV stations what was so common on skip they had a QSL card printed up, like the one here which they sent for my reception report.

In 1985, WHK sent a QSL letter for my reception report. At the time, the station was owned by the Malrite Communications Group. Earlier this month I sent another report to WHK, this time owned by Salem Communications and they responded with the QSL letter seen below. They can be easily heard here in Maryland.

WKYB is a defunct station that was licensed to Hemingway, South Carolina on 1000 kHz. It first signed on the air in 1967, and its license was deleted in 1997. According to internet research, WKYB was a Top 40 station at least for a while. The call sign WKYB was picked up by a FM station on 107.5 in Danville, Kentucky. WKYB was a fairly common catch at sunset skip in the 1980’s. They sent the QSL card seen below for a 1983 report.

WRAR-AM is a defunct station that transmitted on 1000 kHz and was owned by the Rappahannock Broadcasting Corporation. It could be heard here at my home in Maryland with WIOO nulled during the daytime. My wife and I drove by the station on one of our weekend trips, but no one was at the station. I am not sure when they stopped transmitting. An FM station with the same call sign survives in Tappahannock. They sent the QSL seen below for my report.

I heard Türkiye Polis Radyosu or Turkish Police Radio on 6340 kHz when we lived in Germany in the 1980’s. They would come in with a fair to good signal in the afternoon especially in the winter. They replied with the QSL card seen here for my report.

The Voice of Meteorology operated by the Turkish State Meteorological Service could be heard in the 1980’s with a poor to sometimes fair signal in North America. They replied with the QSL letter seen below for my reception report. As far as I know they are no longer on the air.

La Voix de la Revolution in Benin was a regular fixture on 4870 kHz in the 1980’s and before. They sent the QSL seen below for my reception report.

Radio Caroline was founded in 1964 and was a pirate radio station that transmitted from five different ships until 1990. Although it was an unlicensed station, it was not an illegal operation. In 2017, Radio Caroline received a community license to broadcast to Suffolk and north Essex areas and since 22 December 2017, Radio Caroline has been transmitting its 1 kW signal using the mast abandoned by the BBC World Service at Orford Ness. The signal does pretty well as it was heard with a very good signal on the Hilgenriedersiel, Germany SDR which I used to listen to them for my reception report. On-the-air DJ Pat Edison kindly sent the QSL seen below by email within two hours of my sending the report to him.

The Broadcasting Service of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (BSKSA) is an easily heard broadcaster if you know the time and frequency to tune to. However, they do not readily verify reception reports. But every once in a while they came through. I sent them at least five reception reports and they responded with the following QSL card and letter for my report in 1987. I believe it was for their English language service.

Before 1992 Radio RSA, the Voice of South Africa was the official external broadcast service of the Republic of South Africa. I thought it was very exotic to pick up there signal and it was almost always very strong. Over the years 20 QSL cards made it into my QSL collections.

The Voice of the OAS (Organization of American States) was easy to pick up once you figure out what time they were on the air and one what frequency, That was because they used time on the Voice of America’s transmitters inside the USA. The broadcast for the QSL card below was from VOA’s Bethany, Ohio transmitter.

This QSL from Radio Ohne Namen via Radio Channel 292 on 6090 kHz was sitting in my email box this afternoon. As noted on the QSL, the reception was made on a remote SDR in Hilgenriedersiel, Germany. They played a mixture of music. Vielen Dank für die QSL-Karte.

VORW Radio International sent this QSL card which arrived today via email. The program I heard consisted of mostly 1960’s and 1970’s rock oldies. Thank you to John for taking the time to make this QSL and sending it for my reception report.

This was my first pirate radio QSL. They broadcast on a SW frequency (6240) and a MW frequency (1616). If my fading memory serves me, they somehow tapped into the telephone system and got a phone number for listeners to call. “Pirate Pete” was kind enough to send this QSL in November 1985 for my report.