"It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on" - Marilyn Monroe
Enaire was so kind to confirm my reception of NDB CST on 351 kHz. This navigation beacon is located on Mallorca, the largest of the Baleares Islands. As always they included their nice data sheet:
The other beacon I received from Mallorca was ADX. The picture below show both beacons… and a third one, 401-PTC, a beacon I didn’t receive yet.
In October 2025 I received WSKW from Skowhegan on 1160 AM. My report via their website remained unanswered. Thanks to a tip from Arild’s DX diary I got a lead to Mrs. Gracie Johnston from Mix Maine Media. She was so kind to confirm my report:
WSKW is not an easy catch. I received this station quite early for TA DX when they were most likely still broadcasting with 10 kW. Night time operation is 730 Watts only to avoid interference with “Class A station” KSL from Salt Lake City, which makes reception a challenge.
The audioclip above is my reception of sports talk and at 33 seconds: “Coast to Coast Infinity Sports Network”. This is brand they go by since 2022 when WSKW dropped the oldies and talk programming and returned to sports, branded as “1160 The Score”. As you can see in Mrs. Dellandrea’s reply, high school sports coverage is retained, with the remainder of the station’s programming being supplied by CBS Sports Radio (now Infinity Sports Network).
Below you see the old brand when they were still on a mix of oldies and sports. I don’t mind the new brand, but I wish they had retained the WSKW call sign in their logo.
With the closure of the powerful RNE stations from Bilbao and La Coruña on 639 kHz it is easier to catch CBN from St. John’s, Newfoundland on 640 kHz. Despite average conditions I could pick up a decent ID, “This is CBC Radio 1, 640 AM, Saint John’s”:
Mrs. Dellandrea was so kind to confirm my reception report within a day with a fully detailed email:
On December 17th I received two GMDSS DSC messages from Port Sudan Radio on 8414.5 kHz. Both were messages to imaginary MMSI numbers: 888888888 and 99999999, so I guess these were tests.
Now Sudan is one of the countries I did not manage to QSL. Letters to the Sudan National Broadcasting corportation (which was broadcasting on shortwave in the 90’s) or Khartoum Aeradio remained unanswered.
This time I sent an email to Port Sudan radio which until now remained unanswered. But as I learned that the Danish company Danphone was involved in the recent installation of GMDSS equipment at Port Sudan Radio I asked if they could help out. I got a friendly reply, for which I’m grateful, but no QSL or contact.
So Sudan remains on my “to do” list.
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