"It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on" - Marilyn Monroe
Every year RTI runs test transmissions in summer to determine which frequencies work best. My reception reports for the German and French test transmissions on 9545, 11995 and 15145 kHz were awarded with nice traditional QSL cards:
Previous QSLs:
French test tx 2025
German test tx 2025
German test tx 2024
A QSL from BBN (Bible Broadcasting Network) broadcasting from Medellín on 1590 kHz. My report to red(at)bbnmedia.org was answered with in a day.
Below a brief audioclip of my reception:
BBN is may less know that stations like TWR or AWR among DX-ers. The main reason being that the station doesn’t broadcast on shortwave.The first time I received a BBN (Bible Broadcasting Network) radio station was in 2024 during my stay on the island of Curacao when I heard BBN Bogotá, Colombia on 1100 kHz. One year later I heard BBN Caracas, from Venezuela on 1250 kHz, again from Curacao. With a much improved antenna I finally managed to hear BBN at my home QTH in Woerden in december 2025, this time from Panama on 1350 kHz.
A nice letter sent by email to confirm my reception of WHBY 1150 AM broadcasting from Kimberly with studios in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA.
WHBY went on air as early as April 5th, 2025, licensed in Kimberly, Wisconsin, serving the Appleton–Fox Cities and Green Bay area. As a commercial station it initially broadcast on 1200 kHz, with the randomly assigned call letters that inspired the slogan “Where Happy Boys Yodel.”
After surviving early regulatory reviews by the Federal Radio Commission, it remained a local outlet at 100 watts (later authorized for higher daytime power), shifted to 1230 kHz under the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement in 1941, and gradually centered its operations in the Fox River Valley, including a move toward Appleton in the mid-1930s.
Woodward Communications acquired the station in 1975 and steered it further into news, talk, and sports; in 1991 the company bought WYNE on 1150 kHz for $965,000 so WHBY could move to that frequency and raise its power, eventually reaching 20,000 watts by day and 25,000 at night.
Below the MP3 recording of my reception:
The Coordinated Listening Event of September was the first time I really could test how I would benefit from living in a low noise environment. I received more beacons that ever, including signals from Nunavut-Canada, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. But NDB SO from Soroti Uganda on 323 kHz broke all my records. With 6202 kilometers it is the most distant beacon I ever received. It is the first log from Holland on the NDB list log, and only 5 other DX-ers from Europe have logged this NDB!
Of course I sent a report to the Uganda Civial Aviation Authority, but so far it remained unanswered.
The airport was originally built as a school for the British Overseas Airways Corporation to train their pilots in tropical flying techniques. It was later used by the East African Civil Aviation Academy to train pilots from the East African Community.
As of June 2018, the airport is home to the Soroti Flying School, which has various aircraft, including a Cessna 310. The flying school provides training through instrument and multi-engine ratings. There is no scheduled airline service at Soroti Airport, but it is possible to get non-scheduled flights through Eagle Air Uganda.
When I received Fishery Radio Station Taiwan on 1143 kHz with an English program from Radio Taiwan International I sent RTI a reception report as well. It was answered with this colorful QSL card that arrived in 2 weeks by mail.
For more information and audio recordings please check the post on my reception of Taiwan Area Fishery Radio Station from two weeks ago.
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