Unless you go for HAM radio or into FM DX there are not a lot of options anymore to receive a QSL from Belgium. Fortunately Oostende Radio is still a reliable verifier. I received this QSL Oostende Radio 518 kHz for my reception of their NAVTEX message announcing gunnery exercises on the North Sea:
2023-04-21 07:10:10> ZCZC TA63
2023-04-21 07:10:12> 210611 UTC APR
2023-04-21 07:10:16> OOSTENDERADIO MSI 187/23
2023-04-21 07:10:20> DE PANNE-OOSTENDE
2023-04-21 07:10:27> GUNNERY EXERCISES IN THE MIDDLE SECTOR OF LOMBARDSIJDE
2023-04-21 07:10:35> TODAY 21 04 2023 FROM 0630 UNTIL 1030 UTC.
2023-04-21 07:10:43> GUNNERY SECTOR IS LISTENING ON CHAN 16 AND 67.
2023-04-21 07:10:49> CANCEL THIS MSG 211030 UTC APR.
2023-04-21 07:10:49> NNNN
Reading the letter I somehow got the feeling that they forgot to include the QSL card. So I “copied” one from Hugo’s DX hoekje… 😉
Hi !
I’m a belgian sailor, and I have on board a Navtex-receiver, which works perfectly on the sea, but poorly in the Nieuwpoort harbour.
I’m looking for an internet site who can supply the ORIGIN (source) of the navtex messages from Oostende-radio. You can find that for France ( “services.ping-info-nautique.fr”), it works fine.
I asked to Oostende-radio, but they speeks about the site navtex.lv (Navtex live), wich is very bad quality.
May be you can help ? If not, don’t answer to this message, no problem !
Thanks a lot, and have a nice day !
Hi Michel,
I’m sorry. I was aware of the site natex.lv, but I don’t know of any other sites.
So I’m afraid I can’t help you.
By the way my dad was once a sailor/engineer working for the KNSM shipping company in the 50’s. They didn’t have Navtex at the time, only telegraphy 😉
Kind regards,
Peter.