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QSL Club Roma’s en Zender Dwerghut 94.5 MHz

May 22, 2026 / / 2 Comments

Apologies for the fact that I’m not posting as much as I used to. But we are in the final stages of building our new house and that requires a bit of attention. In April conditions were poor. Mid May they were good, but none of the Peruvian MW stations I heard replied.

So here we are. Eagerly awaiting the Sporadic E season. So I start scanning the FM band. And while I missed the first opening of the year as I was travelling earlier today, I discovered what I already sort of knew: 3 meter pirate stations are still a big thing here in the north east of the Netherlands. When I was 17 (almost half a century ago) I had my own 3 meter station as did many of my school friends. After school we tried to make contact with 1 to 10 Watt transmitters.

In the western part of the Netherlands 3 meter radio doesn’t exist anymore. But here on the country side in the province of Drenthe it is still a big thing. Radio as such is a big thing when I go by all the antennas I see here driving around.

Today I received “Club Roma’s en de Zender Dwerghut” vanuit Klazienaveen, the Netherlands, 18 kilometers from here. These stations are far more powerful than the 1 to 10 Watt stations we used when I was young. I heard reports from 50 kilometers away. And a year ago I heard an FM station from Weiteveen (you can see the village bottom right on the map above) on my previous QTH in Woerden, a distance of 150 kilometers, and in superb quality.

And unlike us these stations broadcast full stereo with RDS data included:

As the stations are illegal a contact address is difficult to obtain. Usually they broadcast a mobile telephone number which you can use to contact them using Whatsapp or SMS. Which is what I did for Club Roma’s and Zender Dwerghut. You might receive a brief reply, but more likely your reception report will be mentioned on the radio:

My report confirmed on the air via Club Roma’s and Zender Dwerghut on 94,5 MHz
The Whatsapp reply on my report

QSL Noordkop 247 105.6/107.7 MHz

September 23, 2025 / / 0 Comments

During a brief stay on the island of Texel I was able to listen to Noordkop 247. I heard them on both of their frequencies: 105.6 and 107.7 MHz. I sent my report to nieuws@noordkop247.nl and received this QSL email almost immediately.

QSL email for the new Noordkop 247 regional radio station

Noordkop 247 is the regional radio for the “Kop van Noord-Holland” the northwestern point of the mainland of the Netherlands. If my information is correct Noordkop 247 is only 23 days old. On September 1st, 2025 the regional station Regio Noordkop (municipalities Den Helder and Hollands Kroon) and Noordkop Centraal (Schagen municipality) merged. Below you see their old logo’s.

The merger is in line with the Dutch strategy to move from local to more professional regional radio. Or better said: regional media, as today these stations run news sites, podcasts and TV as well. See also my posts on RTV Krimpenerwaard and regionalization and SRC FM.

The two transmitters of Noordkop 247 (FMscan.org)

QSL BNR Radio Shumen 87.6 MHz

August 17, 2025 / / 0 Comments

I like it when an organisation understands that they are representing a country. And send QSLs to people who are interested. If anything Bulgaria is on my “bucket list” now for visiting European countries. My report of a reception of Radio Shumen on 87.6 MHz was confirmed by BNR reception.report@bnr.bg . They sent this beautiful QSL card by mail!

I received Radio Shumen with a sports coverage on a local sports game. The ID is clearly heard on 7 seconds in this audio clip:

There are a few Radio Shumen transmitters, but the one from Venets is one of the stronger ones with 100 kW. Not that this necessarily matters much with Sporadic E receptions.

Radio Shumen Network (FMScan.org)

And here is the front of the QSL card:

QSL COPE Palencia 105.1 MHz

August 14, 2025 / / 0 Comments

I picked up COPE Palencia during the sporadic E opening on July 20th with their local ID on 105.1 MHz. With 2 kW they are broadcasting from Monte Viejo to the south of the city of Palencia in Spain.

Manuel Lobejón, editor at COPE Palencia was so kind to reply with a fully detailed email confirming my reception. I sent my report to palencia@cope.es .

In the audio file you hear the annoucement of the network program “Fin de Semana” presented by Cristina Lópex Schlichting and the local ID.

QSL Radio Chinchilla 105.3 MHz

August 13, 2025 / / 0 Comments

Whereas it is always nice to hear and receive a QSL from a local outlet of one of the bigger networks in Spain, getting a smaller local radio station with a single transmitter confirmed is even more special.

Coverage of Radio Chinchilla (FMScan.org)

During the very good Sporadic E opening on July 20th I received Radio Chinchilla, the local radio station for Chinchilla de Montearagón (Albacete) in Spain. They are broadcasting with 500 Watts and again I’m flabbergasted with the quality of the reception. During 20 minutes I was able to listen to a program called “The Story de Kylie Minogue”. Unfortunately they did fade out before I heard an ID:

My report to rchinformativos@gmail.com was confirmed with a brief email reply within a day:

Radio Chinchilla began broadcasting in December 1988. According to Wikipedia it has one of the highest audiences. Most of the programming it offers is self-produced, including news, music, sports, entertainment… It has its own news services and broadcasts 24 hours a day.

 I didn’t know the small city of Chinchilla de Montearagón which has a population of 4600. But it is one of these beautiful Spanish towns with lots of history!

QSL RTV Slingeland Winterswijk 105 MHz

August 10, 2025 / / 1 Comment

RTV Slingeland is the local radio station for Winterswijk. They broadcast on 105 MHz with 100 Watt. Peter van der Wel was so kind to confirm my report.

QSL RTV Slingeland, local radio for Winterswijk on 105 MHz

On the internet I learned that RTV Slingeland became been part of 1Achterhoek. 1Achterhoek Radio was a merger between Gelre FM, A-FM (from Aalten) and what was then called Slingeland FM. Leuk FM is now also part of 1Achterhoek. One of the reasons was that stand alone operation became to costly. And the merger is in line with the Dutch strategy to move from local to fewer regional radio stations.

But already in 2023 RTV Slingeland left 1Achterhoek following a dispute over program content. Apparently they are looking for other partners now. RTV Slingeland is named after the little river Slinge, south of Winterswijk.

QSL Radio WMW Bocholt 88.4 MHz

August 8, 2025 / / 0 Comments

During a visit to Winterswijk, a village located near the border with Germany, I was able to listen to Radio WMW, broadcasting from Bocholt on 88.4 MHz. Benjamin Rotzler was so kind to confirm my report.

QSL Radio WMW Bocholt 88.4 MHz

The abbreviation WMW stands for West Münsterland Welle. Radio WMW is one of 45 local radio stations in Nordrhein-Westfalen under the umbrella of Radio NRW. NRW provides programs to these local radiostations when they don’t have their own broadcasts scheduled. Pretty efficient!

Radio WMW network: it covers almost as much of The Netherlands as Germany. (source FMList)

There are 4 transmitters. I received the 1 kW transmitter from Bocholt, the transmitter in Borken on 97.6 is also 1 kW. The other two frequencies are 500 W.

QSL RTW Waddinxveen 105.8 MHz

July 27, 2025 / / 0 Comments

RTW Waddinxveen is the local radio for Waddinveen, The Netherlands, a village 19 kilometers from my QTH. With 50 Watt they broadcast on 105.8 MHz. i sent my report to info@rtw.nl . Willy Klomp-Koel was so kind to confirm my report:

The first broadcast of RTW Waddinxveen was in 1987. As part of the strategy to move from local to bigger regional radio entities (see my earlier blog) RTW Waddinxveen is cooperating with other local radio stations in RTV Midden Holland.

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