"It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on" - Marilyn Monroe
During the SpE opening to Spain on June 18th I picked up the ID of MuyBuena Radio from Benidorm on 98.3 MHz:
I sent my report to info@activafm.es and Ivi Venegas was so kind to send a confirmation.
MuyBuena is part of the Emisoras Musicales group which operates various networks in Spain. The MuyBuena network consists of relatively low power stations predominatly located along the Costa Blanca. With 2 kW the Benidorm transmitter is actually one of the stronger transmitters.
Very pleased to receive Onda Cero last week during a SpE opening, with a nice station ID announcing their 90th anniversary: “Onda Cero Radio Ciudad Real, Noventa Años Contigo”
And even more happy to receive an email to confirm my reception:
La recepción es correcta. El jingle de Onda Cero Ciudad Real se corresponde a los 90 años que esta emisora cumple desde que fue creada cuando se llamaba Radio Ciudad Real EAJ-65. Es la emisora decana de toda la provincia de Ciudad Real. Lo que se oye es una desconexión de publicidad local en medio de un programa nacional de Onda Cero que se llama “Más de uno” y que presenta y dirige Carlos Alsina desde Madrid para toda España.
The station started 90 years ago as Radio Ciudad Real EAJ-65. Later on it became part of the Onda Cero Network.
Every year the BBC has a short program with family greetings to the staff of the British Antartic Survey. This year the program was aired for the 70th time. It’s a bit of a tradition as unlike 70 years ago the researchers have access to broadband internet enabling them to communicate with friends and family in the UK.
I heard them on 12065 kHz from Woofferton and on 9575 kHz from Ascension Island. A program with family greetings from the UK to the folks at South Georgia and Rothera Base. And with a brief message from King Charles as well. In the 90-ies I as able to receive these BAS stations on 9106 kHz, but I’m not sure whether they are still active on that frequency given modern communication tools.
Below the opening clip taken from the Woofferton broadcast as it was of better quality. The Ascension broadcast had a strange digital signal over it which almost seemed to originate from the station itself.
I sent a report to their eQSL service. Unfortunately it only returns random picture postcards without reception details. But fortunately mine was with a picture of Ascension Island facilities.
A QSL for NDB SPP for Sevilla Airport on 420 kHz. Thanks to Enaire for confirming my reception and sending the data sheet:
NDB SPP is located 7 kilometers east of Sevilla San Pablo Airport. When I checked the location I noticed that the beacon is surrounded by solar farms. Exactly these are the point of a controversy in the Netherlands as their reflection creates a safety risk as pilots are blinded.
Obviously it might be that approach angles, solar height are different, but it just caught my attention. Thanks again to Enaire for confirming my report as always.
Most NDBs are located either on the airport or somewhere in a field. So when I got the QSL for NDB SO on 390 kHz I was a bit surprised. I checked Google Maps but indeed, there it was, right in the centre of the village Sigüiero, next to appartment buildings and the local soccer stadium. About 7 kilometers north of Santiago-Rosalía de Castro airport.
Compared to the other beacons from the north coast of Spain, B (Bilbao), COA, C (La Coruna) and SA (Santander), NDB SO is less often heard at my QTH. And this was the first time in reasonable quality, good enough for a report.
Santiago–Rosalía de Castro Airport was previously named Lavacolla Airport and is also known as Santiago de Compostela Airport. It is the biggest and busiest airport in Galicia and the 2nd busiest airport in northern Spain after Bilbao Airport. The fact that it is at the end of the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela does help obviously and traffic is still growing significantly.
The airport has been named after the Galician romanticist writer and poet Rosalía de Castro on 12 March 2020
Thanks to Enaire for confirming my report!
EEC on 327 kHz is a NDB for the military heliport El Copero near Sevilla, Spain. As with EAG and EAL . Enaire (QSL via informacion(at)enaire.es) could confirm my reception report but without their usual data sheet as it is a military installation. It is definitely not one of the easier beacons to log, with only 88 entries in the REU database, so I am pretty pleased with this QSL!
NDB con indicativo EEC:
Originally “El Copero” (which translates as Cup Bearer in English) was a base of the Spanish Air Force but due to the proximity of the river and possible flooding the location wasn’t optimal. The base was transferred to the Army on December 30, 1975. and is home to the units of the Maneuver Helicopter Battalion IV (BHELMA IV), of the FAMET that has assigned 16 Eurocopter AS332B1 Super Puma .
There are three Baleares Islands… Ibiza, Menorca and Palma de Mallorca. I received and QSL-ed two of them, but not the main Island Palma de Mallorca. An earlier report to Enaire (who are very reliable verifiers, thank you Enaire) was missed, but this time they confirmed my report with their nice data sheet:
The beacon serves Palma de Mallorca Airport. It is the third largest airport in Spain, after Madrid-Barajas Airport and Barcelona Airport. In the summer months it is one of the busiest airports in Europe.
And is located here:
Thank you Enaire for the service you provide to us hobby listeners!
My first FM QSL from Portugal: M80 Rádio, broadcasting from Serra de Montejunto near Lisbon with 10 kW. Audible for about 15 minutes allowing me to identify a couple of songs and an ID.
M80 began broadcasting on January 18, 1993 in Spain as Radio 80 Serie Oro. In 1994, the name was changed to M80. In 2018 M80 Radio stopped broadcasting in the country, and was replaced by Los 40 Classic.
But in Portugal, where it started broadcasting in 2007, the station is still present with a solid nation wide coverage:
I noticed this special call sign PA25NATO a couple of time on SSTV 14230 kHz. Apparently it is in use to celebrate the upcoming NATO Summit in The Hague, The Netherlands.
It’s going to be quite the event security wise, right in one of the most densely populated areas of Europe, to the point that you think whether it wouldn’t have been wise to select a more convenient location. Good thing that I’m retired and don’t have to deal with all the road closures and resulting traffic jams in the coming weeks.
Last night I made my first reception of a SSTV station from Brazil. I picked up pictures from PY4XC, Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, about 200 kms north of Rio de Janeiro.
When I checked QRZ.com it was obvious that the picture received was that of the shack:
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