The wonderful world of listening to the radio
A nice paper QSL from Radio Slovakia International. I received them on 6005 kHz via the Kall-Krekel transmitter in Germany. Unfortunately that detail is missing on the card. I sent my report to englishsection@rtvs.sk and got a reply in 6 weeks.
Their latest schedule can be found here: https://enrsi.stvr.sk/how-to-listen
A QSL from Radio 208 1440 kHz from Copenhagen, Denmark. I sent my report in July 2023, so it took about 82 weeks I guess to get this QSL. Some of my most beloved QSLs took so long, and this one was definitely worth the wait as Stig Hartvig Nielsen, who is also running WMR, is a true radio icon. I am grateful he took the time to reply.
So please visit the streams he mentioned in the post below and give him “the thumbs up”!
Stig Hartvig Nielsen wrote:
Dear Peter
Thanks very much for your reception report to Radio208. I am pleased to verify your report; please find attached a Radio208 eQSL. My apologies for the delay in replying.
Radio208 is a music station playing tracks from the period 1964-1984. The main focus is on classic rock, punk/new wave, alternative, ‘hippie’, and progressive music.
Radio208 commenced broadcasting on 1440 kHz on December 17th 2019 from Ishøj, in the southern suburbs of Copenhagen. At present the power is 650 Watts. The aerial for 1440 kHz is a sloping dipole 2×50 m from a height of approx. 73 m. Is on the air 24/7 (with a short break 0155-0210 UTC).
Radio208 started broadcasting on 1422 kHz in July 2024 from Nørrebro in Central Copenhagen with very low power (around 1 Watt). A coil aerial is used. Is on the air 24/7.
Radio208 is also broadcasting on short wave from Hvidovre, Copenhagen, since May 1st 2020. From the beginning the frequency was 5805 kHz, but in December 2020 this was changed to 5970 kHz. The aerial is a horizontal dipole. The power is approx. 150 Watts. Is on the air 24/7.
Radio208 can also be heard through Internet streaming via various platforms such as Tunein.com, Radio.garden, Radio.net, Streema.com, and MyTuner.com. In particular listening via radio.garden is recommended: http://radio.garden/listen/radio-208/JhdGV04A (please add Radio208 as your favourite). If you like to see the titles of the tracks played on Radio208 you can use this site: https://raddio.net/331831-radio208/ (please give “thumps up )
Best 73s and good DX,
Stig Hartvig Nielsen,
www.radio208.dk
www.wmr.dk
I like to listen to Atlantic 2000 International because of their choice of music. Their opening tune “warms the heart”. So I sent them another reception report and as always I got a beautiful QSL in return:
A QSL email from Radio Emanuel 1430 kHZ, from Santiago, Dominican Republic. My first MW QSL from this country, and my 2nd QSL ever with La Voz del CID, from 1987 being the other one I received. This one really belongs in the category “things I wouldn’t have thought possible” two years ago when I resumed my hobby. But apparently I’m still learning as I go.
As mentioned earlier, SDR console definitely has some advantages over the HDSDR software I used a year ago. But also keeping track of what others in the MW list group hear – facilitated by Jaguar software – helps me to tune in to those 10-15 minutes that a rare station is audible. That allows me to extract the title of that one song, that one station identification that is required for a meaningful reception report. Basically it boils down to this: you need to use software and intelligence to compensate for today’s high noise levels!
Radio Emanuel is a religious station broadcasting with 3 kW from Santiago de los Caballeros, the 2nd largest city in the Dominican Republic. They present themselves as “La emisora de Dios por la familia de hoy” (God’s radio station for today’s family). I found it difficult to learn a bit more about this station. Based on their website it seems like station with roots in the Dominican Republic and not one of the missionaries with head offices abroad.
Jakob Schytz, Ilulissat Airport Manager, sent me a very friendly detailed letter to confirm my reception of NDB JV on 367 kHz. And he also included a photo of the radio beacon (and one of himself in front of it, but for privacy reasons I prefer not to post that one here).
Ilulissat Airport is the 2nd biggest airport in Greenland. Currently a new airport is being built in Ilulissat, scheduled to be completed in 2026. Together with the airports in Nuuk and Qaqartoq the airport should form the backbone of air transport in Greenland. You can read more about these projects on the website of the Nordic Investment Bank.
A nice QSL email for my reception of NDB SF at Kangerlussuaq Airport on 382 kHz. I made my reception using the BDMR/Clashmore SDR during the “Pyramid Event”. But this is definitely one of the stronger Greenlandic beacons so at a noise free location reception is possible in The Netherlands.
Kangerlussuaq was the main airport in Greenland until the new Nuuk Airport opened in November 2024. There is a lot to be said about the strategy and politics behind the development of Greenland Airports, as you can read here. Climate change apparently plays a role, as permafrost underneath Kangerlussuaq is thawing. But at the same time the Kangerlussuaq airport has a future because its location is less sensitive to weather and traffic disruptions, which is important for cruise ship passengers. And yes, in these days where Donald Trump is talking about taking over Greenland: this airport was constructed by the US military during WWII, when Denmark was occupied by Nazi Germany.
Don’t forget to watch this nice Youtube clip about Kangerlussuaq Airport, its history and surroundings.
My radio friend Joé Leyder couldn’t match a station he heard on Twente WebSDR with any of the webstreams he was familiar with. I gave it a try and found out that LPAM Twents Gejengel was back in the air. I heard mainly non stop Dutch music, but at 16:05 LT there was this ID:
“Hit na hit na hit, zo hoort radio te klinken. Jij vraagt en wij draaien ze. U luistert naar station Twents Gejengel vanuit Westerhaar”
As in the clip below:
No idea how when they resumed broadcasting, but they were still listed as “inactive” on the MW list. So I contacted the MW list and within an hour they changed it to “active”. Thank you Mauno! So nice that I can contribute to a community of fellow radio lovers!
The name of the station “Twents Gejengel” refers to Twente (the region in the east of the Netherlands from which they are broadcasting), while “Gejengel” would translate as “whining” when a little kid does it, but in this context the translation would be more like “loud irritating music”. Ah well….. it is definitely something different.
I’m not sure if I can receive this station at my own QTH, as LPAM Unique Gold from Wijchen seems to dominate the frequency at my location. And I’ve no clue whether they QSL as well… they seem to have a website Twents Gejengel, but the only thing it shows are a few reports.
Yesterday I received a nice e-QSL for Polderpop Radio, a LPAM station from Veldhoven, The Netherlands on 1134 kHz. For details of this station see my previous post about my reception of this station.
46 years ago Radio Sofia, the international service of Bulgaria, was one of the first shortwave programs I regularly listened to in the evening. Radio Sofia, now renamed to Radio Bulgaria, terminated their shortwave service in 2012. But the powerful 270 kW transmitter from Vidin on 576 kHz with the BNR Horizont program is an easy catch though. And fortunately they still issue traditional QSL cards:
I sent my report to reception.report@bnr.bg and received my QSL 3 months later.
The Moosbrunn shortwave antenna is no more. In August last year I still received a QSL email for the Ö1 program on 6155 kHz. Utilization of the Moosbrunn transmitters had gone down for years, until there was only a 75 minute broadcast left. But following the Russian invasion in the Ukraine the number of broadcasts went up with daily morning, afternoon, and evening programs. With global tensions rising the decision to destroy the Moosbrunn facilities is not without controversy. Last week a petition was started to reconsider. But with what seemed apparent haste, the antennas were blown up…
Below a picture of the antenna when it was still operational. It was basically an array of dipoles in front of a curtain reflector. The whole ensemble could be rotated to give the beam the desired direction.
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