Category Archives: QSL
JBC Radio 1
HRVC – La Voz Evangelica
Radio 4VEH
TGNA – Telling the Good News Abroad
TGBA – Radio Maya de Barillas
Radio Verdad
Radio Mam
Radio Chortis
Radio Habana Cuba
TIFC
RFPI
Radio Reloj
Radio Cayman
Radio Belize
Caribbean Radio Lighthouse
Caribbean Beacon
WRNR-AM
Martinsburg, WV
WRNR-AM 740, Martinsburg, WV is what I would call to be a semi-local. They can be heard all day long, but the signal is not local quality and subject to co-channel interference mostly from WVCH and occasionally from CFZM on daytime skywave skip in the winter. Chief Engineer Rodney Rockwell, N8RAT sent this nice QSL letter for a reception report.
Syrian Arab Republic Broadcasting Service
WBTX 1470 kHz
Broadway, Virginia
Friedensstimme Mission
Germany on 13710 kHz
Friedensstimme Mission was heard here in Maryland on 13710 kHz (incorrect frequency of 1375 kHz on card) in 2015 via Nauen with a pretty good signal. They sent this nice QSL card in response to my reception report.
Radio 700 via Kall-Krekel
3985 kHz
Radio 700 using the transmitting facilities at Kall-Krekel was heard throughout much of Europe. One morning in 2014 when propagation was favorable and the noise floor was low, their 1 kW signal made it to Maryland. I reached out to the station with a reception report and they responded with the QSL card below.
Metro Broadcast
1044 kHz
Hong Kong
Metro Broadcast, Hong Kong on 1044 kHz was a relatively easy catch on the early morning hours in Seoul. When I heard them in 1991, they were an English language talk station. Now the station broadcasts in Chinese and other languages and the channel is called Metro Plus.
They sent the QSL letter seen below.
RTHK
Radio TV Hong Kong
Radio 6
675 kHz
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) Radio 6 can be heard in Seoul in the early morning hours. When I heard them in 1992, they were relaying BBC World Service. They currently broadcast Cantonese and Mandarin language programming from China National Radio (CNR). Their transmitter is located in Peng Chau.
They sent this QSL card for my reception report.
BBC Radio Wales
BBC Wales was heard on two frequencies when we lived in Southern Germany in the 1980’s. The outlet on 882 kHz using high-powered transmitters was naturally easily heard. 1125 kHz outlet located at Llandrindod Wells was more difficult. This transmitter served the Powys, Mid Wales which relayed the main BBC Wales service and BBC Radio. It also transmitted local programming. The main station in Cardiff responded with the two QSL letters and a coverage map for my reception reports.
The 882 kHz outlet can be easily heard under good conditions along the East Coast of North America, if you are far enough away from the side channel interference from WCBS etc.
Just Right Radio
WPTK 850
Raleigh, North Carolina
WPTK on 850 kHz sometimes pokes through the co-channel interference here in Maryland especially at sunrise and sunset when they are on their daytime power and pattern. Paul Michels, Director of Ground Operations and IT, Curtis Media Group replied with the QSL letter below for my reception report dated 20 January 2019.
NHK Domestic Shortwave Outlets – JKQ21 and JKG21
In 1984 in Seoul, I managed to pick up two NHK domestic outlets on shortwave. NHK Kumamoto 6130 kHz (JKQ21) sent nice handwritten letter for a report of their transmission. NHK in Tokyo responded with a Radio Japan QSL card for a report of NHK Hiroshima 6175 kHz (JKG21). They put out fair signals into Seoul and were quite readable.
I am not sure but I believe these were links from the key stations to their subordinate stations.
TIS WQFG989 1710
Hudson County, New Jersey
Earlier this week, this verification of WQFG989 operated by the Hudson County Office of Emergency Management arrived in our mailbox. The station was mostly in the clear on 1710 kHz so it might be possible to hear it on the West Coast of North America, or at a high latitude listening post in Europe. Thank you to Coordinator Jim Woods for taking the time to type up and send this letter.
Northsound Radio
Aberdeen, Scotland
1035 kHz
Northsound Radio put in a clear signal on 1035 kHz into Southern Germany on occasion. I decided to send them a report one time when they were especially strong. They responded with the QSL card and letter below.
Northsound Radio first signed on 1035 kHz in 1981. in 1995, the station split into two services, Northsound 1 and Northsound2. Northsound 1 broadcast on FM and Northsound 2 stayed on the MW band. Northsound 2 left the MW band in April 2018 and became a digital only station. Northsound 1 currently transmits on FM and as a digital station.
Radio Sala
via Radio Rivivel
I don’t know that much about this station. I happened across them one day on 9405 kHz. It looks like an FM station called Radio Sala relaying their programs on a pirate station called Radio Revivel. My question is who is Radio Revivel. ??? If you know more about what is happening please make a comment.
Christian Broadcasting System – CBS
기독교방송
South Korea’s Christian Broadcasting System (CBS/기독교방송) is a nationwide radio radio network. Beginning with HLKY in Seoul in 1954 on AM, the network spread to five stations by 1961 (Seoul, Iri (now Jeonju), Gwangju, Daegu, and Pusan.) Today the radio network consists of the original AM and numerous FM outlets serviced by three network programming feeds and 13 regional stations.
Over the years they sent QSL cards for my reception reports of all five of the AM outlets. I visited all of the AM stations except the one in Gwangju.
For audio clips scroll down below the QSLs.
AUDIO CLIPS
Swiss Broadcasting Corporation –
Domestic Services on Shortwave
The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation used shortwave outlets to re-broadcast its domestic services. Below are three QSL cards from the Swiss PTT Enterprise for reception reports of the domestic services.
Swiss Radio International
Swiss Radio International (SRI) was a fixture on the shortwave bands in its heyday. Who can forget their music box interval signal when they signed on? SRI was founded in 1935 and left shortwave in 2004. The Swiss international broadcast service continues on the internet using the moniker of SwissInfo.
Below is gallery of QSL cards collected from them over the years, including one from SwissInfo in 2003 (very bottom one in the gallery here). Beginning in the 1980’s they transmitted from various relay stations throughout the world in addition to their Switzerland sites.
JOUB NHK Radio 2
Akita 774 kHz
Nippon Hoso Kyokai’s (NHK’s) Radio 2 outlet in Akita on 774 kHz is an easy catch throughout much of the world. Their 500 kW flamethrower can put in a local like signal on the West Coast of North America and can make it inland with even modest equipment. I sent a reception report directly to the station in 1990 from Seoul and one to the NHK headquarters in Tokyo in 1980 from Utah. They replied with the QSL cards below.
JOUK NHK Radio 1
Akita 1503 kHz
Nippon Hoso Kyokai’s (NHK’s) Radio 1 outlet in Akita on 1503 kHz was an easy catch in Seoul (and probably still is). Their signal was usually rock solid and only had slight fading at sunset before the interfering stations to the west came in. I believe they also are a reliable station on the West Coast of North America. Anyway, with the caricature of an astronaut on the front side, this is one of my favorite Japanese MW QSL cards. They sent a QSL card and letter for my report to them in 1990. (Click on the thumbnail/link for more information.)
Has anyone received a QSL from them lately?
Busan MBC – 부산 MBC
HLKU 1161 kHz and FM
HLKU was the very first South Korean station I heard. I remember sitting in a barber chair in Busan my first day in Korea in December 1975 and hearing the slogan MBC on the radio playing in the background.
Over the years during our visits and stay in Korea, they could be easily heard in Seoul. I also made sure to tune them in when we visited Busan. They replied to my reception reports with the QSL cards seen below.
HLKU ( Busan Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation or Busan MBC or 부산문화방송) first signed on the air on 15 April 1959. HLKU currently operates on 1161 using 20 kW. MBC Busan also operates a television station and two FM stations.
Scroll for two audio clips from 1990 and QSL cards received from HLKU.
Buddhist Broadcasting System
불교 방송국
Buddhist Broadcasting System
불교 방송국
Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC) Jeju-do
HLDA/HLAZ 1570/1566
The Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC) has had a station on Jeju-do since 1973. It first came on the air in 1973 as HLDA on 1570 kHz. In 1979, it changed its frequency to 1566 kHz and a few months later changed its callsign to HLAZ.
HLAZ may be the most widely heard medium wave station from South Korea. They could be heard during the daytime all year round in Seoul, a distance of about 300 miles. They are a reliable signal on the West Coast of North America and in Europe in the winter.
I heard HLDA in 1976 when I lived in Daegu and sent a reception report. They responded with the QSL on the top of the gallery below. Subsequently, I sent two reception reports to them when I lived in Utah. According to Jack Lentz in a 1982 letter, my reception in Utah was the furthest east reception of HLAZ as of that time.
Also please take the time to listen to the audio clips to hear what they sound like in Seoul. And scroll down to see all the QSLs I received from them. At the very bottom is a photo of me standing near their transmitter site in Jeju-do
CBI 1140
Sydney, Nova Scotia
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) English Language outlet for the Maritimes signed on the air in 1948 on 1570 kHz. In 1955, CBI moved to 1140 kHz where it remains as of this writing. There are plans for CBI to vacate 1140 kHz to complete a move to FM. However, this has not happened because of issues regarding adequate coverage.
CBI occasionally dominates the channel here in Maryland, overpowering WRVA in Richmond VA. They replied to my reception report with the QSL card seen below.
CBE 1550
Windsor, Ontario
CBE’s predecessor CRCW signed on the air in 1935 broadcasting English language Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) programming in Windsor. Between 1939 and 1950, CBC English programming was carried on the private station CKLW. In 1950, CBE came on the air as CBC’s outlet in Windsor on 1550 kHz. In 2011, CBE left the AM band and CBE’s programming continued on FM.
CBE 1550 would blast into Maryland at night with an almost local like signal. They responded to my 1997 report with this nice QSL card as seen below.