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Month: June 2024 (Page 1 of 3)

QSL Pop Lasser, Valencia 90.3 MHz

June 29, 2024 / / 3 Comments

The return on my Spanish Sporadic E reception reports is quite poor. Especially when you compare it to the response rate of the Italian stations (over 50%). But at least my report to Pop Lasser FM from Valencia, Spain, was answered with a kind reply from the technical department. I sent my report to popradiofmvalencia@gmail.com .

Email answering my reception report to Radio Pop Lasser on 90.3 MHz from Valencia, Spain.

Pop Lasser (the RDS display shows Laser by the way) broadcasts from Valencia with only 2 kW. I heard them with pop music and local commercials from Valencia, which – in addition to the PI code/RDS – helped the identification.

Radio Taiwan test transmissions

June 28, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Liebe Hörerinnen und Hörer,

Radio Taiwan International plant auch in diesem Jahr Ausstrahlungen des deutschsprachigen Programms von der Sendeanlage in Tamsui.
RTI strahlt dafür am Samstag, 6. Juli, jeweils 10-minütige Testsendungen zu folgenden Zeiten und Frequenzen aus:

Testsendungen: am 06. Juli 2024 (Samstag)

11995 kHz (17:00-17:10 UTC)
9545 kHz (17:30-17:40 UTC)
7250 kHz (17:45-17:55 UTC)

Wir bitten Sie, die Testsendungen zu beobachten und RTI Ihre Empfangsbeobachtungen mitzuteilen: E-Mail: deutsch@rti.org.tw

Aus den oben genannten 3 Frequenzen werden 2 Frequenzen für die Direktausstrahlungen ausgewählt. 

Offizielle Sendetermine:

(Eine halbe Stunde auf einer Frequenz von 17:00-17:30 Uhr UTC, eine halbe Stunde auf der zweiten Frequenz von 17:30-18:00 Uhr UTC):
12.07. (Freitag), 13.07. (Samstag), 14.07. (Sonntag)
19.07. (Freitag), 20.07. (Samstag), 21.07. (Sonntag)
26.07. (Freitag), 27.07. (Samstag), 28.07. (Sonntag)
02.08. (Freitag), 03.08. (Samstag), 04.08. (Sonntag)

weitere Informationen und Ankündigen:
https://de.rti.org.tw/radio/programView/id/2001

Mit freundlichen Grüßen 
Ihre RTI-Redaktion
deutsch@rti.org.tw

QSL Radio Koper-Capodistria 1170 kHz

June 27, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Thanks to my friend Artur from Maresme DX I got a promising contact address at Radio Koper-Capodistria from Slovenia. My report from April for the reception of their program on 1170 kHz was answered after 10 weeks with this beautiful paper QSL card (front and back).

A nice paper QSL card from Radio Koper – Capodistria, Slovenia

From all the medium wave QSLs I collected in the 80ies, Radio Capodistria is one of the few stations still left on medium wave. But according to a recent post on Ydun’s Mediumwave Info the continuation of medium wave operations might be at jeopardy. Below you can see the QSL I received almost 44 years ago, with “Koper” pennant and car stickers. At the time Slovenia was still part of Yugoslavia.

1980s QSL from Radio Koper/Capodistria

QSL Radio Radicale 88.6 MHz (update)

June 27, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Earlier I posted that I got a brief reply from Radio Radicale on the report sent via webform: “Yes it’s Radio Radicale. Thank you very much“.

Yesterday I received a fully detailed email from Paolo at Radio Radicale to confirm my reception on 88.6 MHz from Rocca di Papa, Italy. He shared that he is very familiar with the hobby and had a passion for shortwave radio in his youth. Thank you Paolo for the kind email and personal touch!

Fully detailed email QSL from Radio Radicale

QSL Radio Logos, Foggia 97.3 MHz

June 25, 2024 / / 0 Comments

While it is nice to receive one of the frequencies of a network broadcaster, receiving a standalone local station has its own appeal. Radio Logos operates a 10 kW transmitter on 97.3 MHz from Foggia, near the Adriatic coast in southern Italy. I love their “old school” logo!

Email to QSL my reception of Radio Logos, Foggia, Italy.

Radio Logos is a religious broadcaster, related to the “Chiese Cristiane Evangeliche” in Italy. I sent my report to rlogos@tiscali.it , and Eliseo Falla was so kind to answer within a day. The reply is personal but not very detailed.

The Radio Logos transmitting facilities in Foggia.
Apparently the antenna tower is an old construction crane.

QSL RTL 102.5 … on 102.3 MHz from Monte Faito (Salerno)

June 24, 2024 / / 0 Comments

I heard RTL 102.5 on 102.3 MHz… Despite its name, this radio station from Italy is not endorsed or affiliated with the RTL group from Luxembourg. It has an Italian owner and RTL is an acronym of Radio Trasmissioni Lombarde. RadioFreccia, my first Sporadic E station I received since years, is also part of the RTL 102.5 group.

Armando Finocchi was so kind to confirm my reception report. There are multiple RTL 102.5 stations on this frequency, but Armando suggests it might have heard the transmitter at Monte Faito with 158 kW. I have learned that power means nothing during Sporadic E openings… but Monte Faito is situated close to Salerno and Napoli. And as I received mainy stations from this area during the June 2nd opening I guess he is right.

QSL Radio Sportiva, Perdifumo (Salerno), 94.7 MHz

June 23, 2024 / / 0 Comments

QSL from Radio Sportiva, an Italian sports network. It doesn’t have nationwide coverage, but they cover about 70% of the country I guess. Mainly north, Rome, south and large parts of Sicily and Sardinia. On 94.7 MHz they have two transmitters, just a few kilometers apart, in the province of Salerno. The loacation is about 50 kilometers southeast from Napoli, 1525 km distance from my QTH. Power is 10 and 4 kW.

I heard this station during the Sporadic E opening of June 2nd. My report and YouTube clip sent to info@radiosportiva.com were answered within a day with a brief acknowledgement:

Email to QSL my reception of Radio Sportiva, Italy

QSL Radio Norba, Potenza 98.2 MHz

June 22, 2024 / / 0 Comments

A nice email QSL from Radio Norba. Radio Norba operates a FM network in the southern half of Italy. I received them on 98.2 MHz via the 10 kW transmitter in Potenza. A distance of 1574 kilometers from my QTH.
On this YouTube clip you can hear them and see their full PI/RDS 5353/R-Norba. I sent my report to radionorba@radionorba.it .

Radio Norba coverage map

QSL Radio Club 91, Benevento (Napoli) 92.1 MHz

June 21, 2024 / / 0 Comments

QSL from Radio Club 91, Benevento, Italy. Another station I received during the beautiful opening on June 2nd, 2024. Radio Club 91 is a station in the Napoli Region. On 92.1 MHz I received a signal from their repeater in Benevento. It is listed with only 300 Watts! A recording of the ID I heard:

Radio Club 91 is a radio station in the region Napoli. The station started in 1976 as Radio Discoteca Maracanà. It broadcasted the disco evenings from the discotheque live. In the early 80ies the name was changed to Radio Maracanà Club 91. Soon thereafter that became Club 91, again supported by a discotheque with the same name in Casoria.

QSL Radio Sintony, Sant’Antiocio (Sardinia) 92.4 MHz

June 20, 2024 / / 2 Comments

Another nice catch during the June 2nd opening resulted in a QSL from Radio Sintony. Radio Sintony is radio station from the island of Sardinia (or Sardegna) in Italy. I received them on 92.4 MHz. The 2.5 kW transmitter is located in Sant’Antiocio on the southwest tip of the island: 1473 km from my QTH. This is their station ID as I received it:

I sent my report to diretta@sintony.it and amministrazione@sintony.it. Valeria Cauli was so kind to return a fully detailed QSL:

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