Category: Italy (Page 1 of 3)

QSL Radio Briscola, Lenta, 1449 kHz

December 19, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

Scanning the medium wave band I found Radio Briscola in pretty good quality on 1449 kHz. As I only heard a lady talking, without an ID, I made a recording and sent it to radiobriscola@gmail.com (thank you Artur at Maresme DX for the tip).

e QSL Radio Briscola 1449 kHz from Lenta, Piemonte, Italy

Gianfranco Giudice sent me a kind email reply:

I’m very pleased with your listening report
Radio Briscola is a small amateur broadcaster with a regular permit that broadcasts from Piedmont (Italy) with 500 watts/carrier and a 32 meter vertical folded antenna every weekend, also because electricity costs a lot; we plan to power the transmitter with photovoltaic, but later……….

While it is nice that in countries like Holland and Italy there is a bit more of a liberal attitude toward low power broadcasters on AM, the energy costs are providing a challenge. We haven’t seen the sun in The Netherlands for 9 days on a row now. Will we get messages like “our station is off the air because a lack of solar power?”.

QSL Radio 2000 Südtirol 97.4 MHz

September 28, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

Another station from Südtirol that I heard during my holiday in the beautiful Ahrntal. Like Radio Holiday the station covers the valleys of Südtirol with multiple low power transmitters. Radio 2000 has 20 of them. Where the valleys are wider as is the case near the capital of Südtirol Bozen (Bolzano) power is a few kilowatts. But the transmitter I received in Luttach has only 200 Watt. If you know the area it is no surprise that Luttach is chosen as location because it is where the river Ahr makes a 90^o turn. From Luttach it possible to cover entrance and “Talschluss” of the Tauferer Ahrntal.

Coverage area of the 200W Radio 2000 transmitter in Luttach

I sent my report to info(at)radio2000.it and got a direct reply from Mr. Lukas Thaler.

QSL Radio Holiday Südtirol 99.6 MHz

September 27, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 1 Comment

Another souvenir from my favourite holiday destination Südtirol: email to QSL my reception of Radio Holiday on 99.6 MHz (Luttach, Italy). They cover South Tirol with 14 transmitters ranging in power between 20 and 1000 Watt only. I guess that in these mountainous regions line of sight requirements result in more antennes rather than high transmitter power.

I heard them in Steinhaus in the beautiful Ahrntal, only 6 kilometers away. So not really DX, but as a said: a nice holiday souvenir for a station that is very difficult to receive, if at all, in The Netherlands. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.

Email QSL for Radio Holiday from Südtirol

Coverage map op Radio Holiday Südtirol (source: FM Scan)

QSL Radio Voyager 6956 kHz

August 17, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

QSL Radio Voyager a Free Radio with Jazz music — eQSL Radio Voyager from Northern Italy, broadcasting on 6956 kHz

A nice QSL from Radio Voyager. I heard them on 6956 kHz with nice Jazz music. According to their email they are Free Radio from Northern Italy, transmitting with 400 W on a dipole.
I sent my report to radiovoyager@hotmail.com . They have a facebook page shared with – guess what – Enterprise Radio ! Star Trek fans will understand the connection. Unfortunately I’ve only just applied for membership, so I can’t tell you much more about this station.

QSL Radio Tour, Potenza 101.8 MHz

July 17, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

OOps… I checked my Spam inbox and had a nice surprise: a few weeks ago I received a QSL from Radio Tour, a smaller regional station from the Potenza area. I heard them on 101.8 MHz, a transmitter from Potenza with 500 Watts. I sent my report with MP3 to scrivi@radiotour.fm and received a reply within a day!

email to QSL my reception of regional station Radio Tour from Potenza, Italy

Radio Tour operates 13 fairly low power transmitters from the Potenza area. And that’s what I like about this catch! The strongest station is 4 kW on 100.3 MHz, also from Potenza. There is an 800 Watt transmitter in Balvano, and their third strongest transmitter is the one I received… The slogan of Radio Tour is “Radio Tour Viaggo in 1^a classe nel passato” – “Radio Tour, I travel 1st class journey into the past”… which I found a bit surprising as I heard songs from the 90-ies… but that’s probably because of my own age…

QSL Radio Radicale 88.6 MHz (update)

June 27, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

Earlier I posted that I got a brief reply from Radio Radicale on the report sent via webform: “Yes it’s Radio Radicale. Thank you very much“.

Yesterday I received a fully detailed email from Paolo at Radio Radicale to confirm my reception on 88.6 MHz from Rocca di Papa, Italy. He shared that he is very familiar with the hobby and had a passion for shortwave radio in his youth. Thank you Paolo for the kind email and personal touch!

Fully detailed email QSL from Radio Radicale

QSL Radio Logos, Foggia 97.3 MHz

June 25, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

While it is nice to receive one of the frequencies of a network broadcaster, receiving a standalone local station has its own appeal. Radio Logos operates a 10 kW transmitter on 97.3 MHz from Foggia, near the Adriatic coast in southern Italy. I love their “old school” logo!

Email to QSL my reception of Radio Logos, Foggia, Italy.

Radio Logos is a religious broadcaster, related to the “Chiese Cristiane Evangeliche” in Italy. I sent my report to rlogos@tiscali.it , and Eliseo Falla was so kind to answer within a day. The reply is personal but not very detailed.

The Radio Logos transmitting facilities in Foggia.
Apparently the antenna tower is an old construction crane.

QSL RTL 102.5 … on 102.3 MHz from Monte Faito (Salerno)

June 24, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

I heard RTL 102.5 on 102.3 MHz… Despite its name, this radio station from Italy is not endorsed or affiliated with the RTL group from Luxembourg. It has an Italian owner and RTL is an acronym of Radio Trasmissioni Lombarde. RadioFreccia, my first Sporadic E station I received since years, is also part of the RTL 102.5 group.

Armando Finocchi was so kind to confirm my reception report. There are multiple RTL 102.5 stations on this frequency, but Armando suggests it might have heard the transmitter at Monte Faito with 158 kW. I have learned that power means nothing during Sporadic E openings… but Monte Faito is situated close to Salerno and Napoli. And as I received mainy stations from this area during the June 2nd opening I guess he is right.

QSL Radio Sportiva, Perdifumo (Salerno), 94.7 MHz

June 23, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

QSL from Radio Sportiva, an Italian sports network. It doesn’t have nationwide coverage, but they cover about 70% of the country I guess. Mainly north, Rome, south and large parts of Sicily and Sardinia. On 94.7 MHz they have two transmitters, just a few kilometers apart, in the province of Salerno. The loacation is about 50 kilometers southeast from Napoli, 1525 km distance from my QTH. Power is 10 and 4 kW.

I heard this station during the Sporadic E opening of June 2nd. My report and YouTube clip sent to info@radiosportiva.com were answered within a day with a brief acknowledgement:

Email to QSL my reception of Radio Sportiva, Italy

QSL Radio Norba, Potenza 98.2 MHz

June 22, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

A nice email QSL from Radio Norba. Radio Norba operates a FM network in the southern half of Italy. I received them on 98.2 MHz via the 10 kW transmitter in Potenza. A distance of 1574 kilometers from my QTH.
On this YouTube clip you can hear them and see their full PI/RDS 5353/R-Norba. I sent my report to radionorba@radionorba.it .