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QSL Backyard AM 1116 kHz

Received on my little Grundig G6 Aviator while spending some time with family in Akersloot: Backyard AM, a low power AM station from Zaandijk. Somehow I did not yet receive them on my home QTH in Woerden. My guess is that this is because they are active weekends only. More importantly: Danko Radio from Hungary might get in their way. That said, according to their schedule they are a little bit longer in the air on Sunday’s than Danko Radio (between 20 and 21 h UTC) so that could provide a window of opportunity.

Their beautiful QSL shows one of the most iconic views of the Netherlands, the “Zaanse Schans“, close their QTH Zaandijk.

Older DX-ers might remember that 1116 kHz was once the frequency of Radio Bloemendaal. This religious broadcaster was the first religious broadcaster in the Netherlands, and for a long time the only legal station other than the state radio company that was heard on medium wave. But I will dedicate another post to them!

1 Comment

  1. Patrick

    Not only your DX related posts are interesting, but also some touristic info.
    Something new learned, so now I know where Akersloot and Zaanse Schans is đŸ˜‰
    Anyway, that Grundig seems to be a good radio. For holidays (and sometimes at home)I take my Tecsun PL-880 and the Belka-DX.
    Have a nice weekend, and good DX !
    Patrick

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