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QSL Radio Marca Sevilla 94.0 MHz

July 9, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

Radio Marca Sevilla is a radio station based in Sevilla, Spain, part of the Radio Marca network. The station is dedicated entirely to sports as witnessed by their slogan “El Deporte es Nuestro” (The Sport is Ours), which I clearly heard during my reception of the station:

The Radio Marca network started in 2001 with the newspaper Marca as its craddle. My reception report was confirmed in two emails from the technical department by mr. Pablo Arellono Mauleon and mr. Manuel Martinez Bravo. Thank you so much!

The picture below shows the Radio Marca network. Not really nation wide, but focussing on the bigger cities. The station in Sevilla on 94 MHz has a power of 1 kW.

The Radio Marca Network (courtesy: FMLIST)

QSL COPE Andalucía 87.6 MHz

July 7, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

During a nice opening towards Spain on July 1st one of the stations I picked up was COPE Andalucía. I did hear the regional COPE Andalucía ID, but not the more local Cordoba or Granada ID. And as the two 1 kW transmitters are only 100 kilometers apart it is difficult to say which location I received. Cordoba might be a bit more likely given the other stations I heard, but not by much.

Manuel Marin from the technical department in Granada was so kind to confirm my report.

QSL NDB HN-330 Hornafjördur

July 5, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

NDB HN on 330 kHz serves Hornafjördur or Hornafjörður Airport, located on the south east coast of Iceland. It serves the community of Höfn (about 2500 people) with scheduled flights to Reykjavik. The terminal building looks slightly bigger than that of Thorshofn, but not by much.

QSL for NDB HN-330 Hornafjordur (and TN, VM as well)

It is my 6th beacon from Iceland confirmed. Mr. Guðmundsson from Isavia was so kind to send a scan of the QSL letter.

QSL NDB TN-373 Thorshofn

July 1, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

A QSL for NDB TN-373 Thorshofn, an Icelandic beacon that I don’t hear as often as some of the ones earlier posted in this blog.
Thorshofn Airport, or properly spelled in Icelandic, Þórshöfn Airport is a small airport on the Langanes peninsula in northeast Iceland. There are flights to the bigger Akureyri airport 5 days a week by a plane that does a round trip Akureyri – Vopnafjörður – Þórshöfn – Akureyri.

ccording to Wikipedia the terminal building is only 12×9 meters as domestic flights in Iceland don’t need security checks and the 19-seat Twin Otter aircraft used does not need large terminals.

The Þórshöfn Airport control tower with the terminal wing to the right.

QSL NDB VM-375 Vestmannaeyjar

June 30, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

A QSL for NDB VM Vestmannaeyjar on 375 kHz (together with two other Icelandic beacons which I will discuss in upcoming posts). VM is one of the beacons heard most often at my QTH, even during summer.

Vestmannaeyjar is an archipelago off the south coast of Iceland. It has a small airport and two longwave beacons: VM-375 and HL-345 Vestmannaeyjar/Helgafjell. You can read more about the airport in my post on the QSL for HL-345.

QSL RNE5 Salamanca 1413 kHz

June 29, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

Mauricio Molana working at RNE Salamanca is a well known DX-er running his own weblog Mola-DX. So no surprise that he signed off on my eQSL for the reception of RNE 5 Salamanca on 1314 kHz. Nice to see the old school QSL layout! Thank you Mauricio!

RNE Salamanca is not a difficult catch at my location in the winter. But the problem is to catch their local program content. This is broadcast at 7.25-7.30, 8.45-9.00 and 13.55-14.00 h Spanish local time. In summer only the first slot is doable before the signal fades out (and at my QTH: solar panel noise kicks in). Following the local ID a brief weather bulletin is broadcast and after another ID you will typically hear some messages on local governmental themes.

QSL Radio Andalucía Información 91.6 MHz

June 27, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

Another nice catch during the June 18th SpE opening was Radio Andalucía Información on 91.6 MHz from Mijas, Spain. Mijas is an interesting spot as it hosts many transmitters and, more importantly, many stations that can be heard during SpE events. I sent my report to mnaharro@rtva.es . Manuel Garrido Fernández was so kind to confirm my report.

Radio Andalucía is part of RTVA (Radio TV Andalucia) which belongs to the Autonomous Government of Andalucía, so it is a public broadcaster. Another name for RTVA seems to be CanalSur, although maybe I’m missing some corporate legal details here.
I didn’t know Andalucia (or Andalusia) was an autonomous region like Catalonia. So once again: what a nice hobby we have as you learn so much!

Radio Andalucía Información network (courtesy: FMLIST)

Given fact it is a regional public broadcaster there is quite a bit of focus on the region. That means local information, coverage of the various festivals and sports includes bullfights typical for the region. And of course there is flamenco music as you can hear on the clip I recorded:

QSL MuyBuena Benidorm 98.3 MHz

June 26, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

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.

QSL email from MuyBuena Radio, 98.3 MHz, Benidorm

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.

QSL Onda Cero Radio Ciudad Real 92.1 Mhz

June 25, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

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.

QSL BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast on 9575 kHz Ascension Island

June 23, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 1 Comment

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.