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QSL SWR DasDing 98.9 MHz

September 25, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 4 Comments

A very friendly but also a bit of an odd email to QSL my reception of SWR DasDing on 98.9 MHz. DasDing (“The Thing”) is the youth radio station of the Südwest Rundfunk, the commercial free radio for the Bundesländer (“States”) Rheinland-Pfalz (Rheinland Palatinate) and Baden-Württemberg in Germany. I heard the station during an overnight stay in Altenstadt, 28 kilometers away from the location of the 1 kW transmitter near Ulm.

Tina from DasDing wrote:

“Actually we are only broadcasting in Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz. But it could be that you have received the 98.9 transmitter from Ulm”.

My reception location was about a kilometer across the border in neighbouring Bavaria. Oh oh these naughty radio waves: propagating to where they are not supposed to go… 😂 . Thank you Tina for the confirmation!

QSL email from SWR DasDing 98.9 MHz (Ulm)

QSL Antenne Vorarlberg 106.5 MHz

September 24, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

QSL email von Antenne Vorarlberg 106.5 MHz

I received Antenne Vorarlberg while staying in Altenstadt near Ulm, Germany. With a distance of 77 kilometers that is apparently just within the coverage area of the powerful 50 kW Antenne Vorarlberg transmitter located near Bregenz in Austria. This is their main transmitter, the other 7 ones are mere repeaters.

I listened to “Party-Mix mit Enrico Ostendorf”. Nicole was so kind to confirm my report sent to service(at)antennevorarlberg.at .

My reception location Altenstadt was exactly on the border of the coverage area

QSL NDB VNA-364 Vanja

September 23, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 2 Comments

A QSL from NDB VNA-354 Vanja, a navigation aid for Umea Airport in Sweden.

Earlier I received a e-QSL for my reception of the other NDB for Umea Airport WU-329. The engineering team that reached out to me promised to send a QSL card by mail for the other beacon VNA-364 once they had completed their maintenance visit and were able to take a few pictures. Last week I received it!

It is always nice to get a picture of an NDB. Sometimes I’m able to trace them on Streetview in Google Maps. But as Christoffer from the Engineering team explained: no chance for VNA which is pretty much off the beaten track. The picture below shows the access path to the beacon.

The transmitter is SA-100D transmitter with 100 Watt. Christoffer told me it’s the same as WU uses and the stations are near identical in terms of looks.

NDB VNA Vanja transmitter building and antenna

QSL NDB NMS-329 Namsos

September 16, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 3 Comments

QSL for NDB NMS-329, a navigation aid for Namsos Airport. This regional airport is located in central Norway, situated along the river Namsen, which flows into the Namsenfjord.
Namsos Airport has one of the smallest runways for airports with regular flights. They are operated by Widerøe with destinations Trondheim, Oslo and Rørvik, as part of a public service obligation. As Trondheim is only 165 kilometers away, and roads between Namsos and Trondheim are upgraded, many people travel by car to Trondheim to take a flight from there.

The beacon is one of those that I receive quite regularly in the Netherlands. Thanks to Goran Hardenmark for helping me out with the contact address at Avinor for the QSL!

Email to QSL NDB NMS for Namsos Airport on 329 kHz

Diamond Certificate SWL 2024 contest

September 13, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

This summer I decided to participate in the SWL 2024 contest. This contest was organized by Franck F0DUW . Aim was to log as many broadcasters in each metre band. I had a slow start as I was very busy in June with Sporadic E receptions, but in July/August I focused a bit. In the end I was able to log 425 broadcasters. This was not only more than enough to qualify for the “Diamond” certificate, but it also makes clear that shortwave isn’t dead!

Certificate for participating in the 2024 SWL contesti

I plan to give more information about what I heard in a future post, but that will take a little bit of time. Stay tuned!

Thanks to Franck for organizing. On his facebook page he announced that there will be another contest starting January 1st, 2025.

QSL NDB WU-329 Umea

September 12, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 1 Comment

Almost exactly a year ago I wrote a post on my reception of two beacons for Umea Airport: WU-329 and VNA-364. At the time I received a polite “thank you email” from Swedavia, the operator of Umea Airport. But hardly a QSL.

Two weeks ago I was contacted by engineers working at AVISEQ, the company responsible for the maintenance of the navigation aids and ATC communication/systems in Sweden. They had read my post and prepared the above eQSL for NDB WU-329 me and there should be a QSL for VNA-364 on its way. Of the latter beacon I also received some nice pictures, as the team was doing some maintenance on VNA. I will post them together with the QSL.

Stay tuned for more!

QSL Radio Taiwan Intl from Tamsui

September 11, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 2 Comments

In June this year the German service of Radio Taiwan executed some test transmissions to determine the best frequencies broadcasting from Tamsui

“Sie Hören ein 10-minutige Testsendung von Radio Taiwan International…. von der Sendeanlage Tamsui”.

And it made sense for them to perform these tests because their signal on 11995 kHz was excellent, whereas on 9545 kHz the quality was average at best. Worse, on 7250 kHz I didn’t manage to receive them at all…

My reception reports were awarded with an “old school” paper QSL… which is fitting for an “old school” request for listeners to report on reception quality! Thank you RTI!

QSL card from Radio Taiwan International for test transmissions in German

QSL Golden Oldies Radio 1224 kHz

September 10, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 3 Comments

An e QSL for a new LPAM station from the Netherlands. Golden Oldies Radio from Hoogvliet near Rotterdam started broadcasting on 1224 kHz earlier this year. Power is 100 Watt. Here in Woerden (Hoogvliet is about 45 kms south west from here) reception is good during day time, but in the evening COPE Lugo is causing interference. At the same time it has become more difficult to receive the Radio 1224, another LPAM from Lunteren, some 50 kilometers to the east from my home QTH.

I sent my report to contact@goldenoldiesradio.nl . More info on the Golden Oldies Radio website.

eQSL Dutch LPAM “Golden Oldies Radio” from Hoogvliet on 1224 kHz

QSL Cruisin’ the Decades via Channel 292

September 9, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

Cruisin’ the Decades is a program created by Brad Savage. On a weekly basis the 60 minute program brings one songs per decade, from 1920 to 2020. A very nice concept. Cruisin’ the Decades is broadcast via many stations. On shortwave I’ve heard the Cruisin’ the Decades show via Channel 292 Germany and WRMI Miami. Apparently there is also a slot with WBCQ Monticello.

The email QSL below is for the reception of this program via Channel 292, Rohrbach in Germany (6070 and 9670 kHz).

QSL email from Brad Savage to confirm reception of Cruisin the Decades via Channel 292

QSL Radio Joey 6395 kHz

September 8, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 3 Comments

A nice colorful eQSL from Radio Joey on 6395 kHz. All I can tell you is that Radio Joey is a pirate station from The Netherlands (as shown on the QSL) which also shows the hotmail address.

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