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QSL Radio Badger 6040 kHz

September 29, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

A very nicely designed QSL card from Radio Badger. A Free Radio Station on 6040 kHz from the UK. I think I saw the card somewhere and really wanted to add this one to my collection!

Reception was far from perfect, but I was able to copy a few songs (Shazam helped me big time) and with some effort recorded this ID… “Radio Badger”

Radio Badger has a very nice (and a bit funny) website radiobadger.co.uk . Check it out! They announce 6070 kHz as a frequency which might imply that they occasionally use Channel 292. But I never saw them in the Channel 292 program schedule. No problem, the website also offers a live stream as well so you can listen to their excellent music selection in stereo quality. Of course we DX-ers prefer the real short wave sound!

QSL Weekend Music Radio 6325 kHz

August 9, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

Not my first QSL of this station. I received one earlier in 2023. But there is no harm in sending an additional report to a station that keeps a tradition alive. I heard them during the Easter weekend. As last time the QSL was part of a lengthy PDF with lots of history… I sent my report to wmrscotland@mail.com and got a reply after 16 weeks. Hey, it’s a hobby after all, so things can take a bit of time.

A hand drawn QSL used in 1981. That’s when I ran my own Radio Arcadia pirate station and for a teenager the costs of printing a QSL card was quite something.

QSL Moonair Radio 5880 kHz

April 29, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 2 Comments

An e-QSL with lots of details from Moonair Radio, a Free Radio station from Central Europe. DJ Mike is from Holland, and the show I listened to was mainly in Dutch, but from the announcements made it was clear the the location is not in The Netherlands, but somewhere in “Central Europe”. I will not disclose the location, but given the distance I am surprised about the signal strength given an output power of only 250 W. Must be a decent antenna! And I understand why there was a bit of fading.

Mike also shared a nice video of the studio and transmitter equipment. Apparently he is also the operator of Radio Magdalena, a station that broadcasts in AM-stereo.

QSL Mustang Radio 6280 kHz

April 28, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

My reception of Mustang Radio on 6280 kHz, a Free Radio station from the east part of the Netherlands was confirmed with a kind email reply by station owner Herman.

About a week after the email bij Herman he sent me the beautiful QSL card!

QSL Radio WDR 5800 kHz

April 27, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 6 Comments

e-QSL from Radio WDR “Radio from the Bottom of the Sea”

An e-QSL from Radio WDR. No not the Westdeutscher Rundfunk, but Radio WDR on 5800 kHz, a Free Radio station from the Netherlands. One of their slogans is “Radio from the Bottom of the Sea”, which might imply that their QTH is what used to be the former Zuiderzee.

QSL Key Channel Radio Italy 6270 kHz

April 24, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

e QSL from Key Channel Radio, Italy, on 6270 kHz

Last weekend Key Channel Radio, broadcasting from Emilia Romagna, Italy, was on air on 6270 kHz. Massimo, who operates the station was so kind to give me a heads up warning. Reception wasn’t easy as propagation conditions were poor and there was quite a bit of noise/interference which required them to change frequency a few times.

Massimo sent me the beautiful e QSL, a friendly email and some photo’s of the stunning scenery in Emilia Romagna:

Dear Peter, thanks for your valuable listening report. In the end you listened to us too. Tough evening, stanag, CW all active. Yes we changed the frequency 4 times.
KCR has been broadcasting since January 2016 from a location on the hills of the Emilian Apennines.
We use a commercial transmitter with a maximum power of 400 W (in use 250 W) and a self-built Morgain 48/88 Antenna.
There are three of us who manage it, I take care of the technical part, programs.
My girlfriend takes care of important statistics on listeners and small studies on propagation. A dear friend of ours takes care of the graphics, the promos and QSLs are her creations.
We are an open radio, we have collaborated with several German Pirate Radios, Doctor Tim, Radio BZN and more. Now we collaborate with Radio Monique, Bart even made a broadcast and several Jingles for us. (Pirate for Peace Member).

QSL Radio60! 5840 kHz

April 15, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

Last weekend I received Radio60! in good quality on 5840 kHz. Most likely via the transmitter of the Dutch free radio station Contikenzo.
The program was presented by Jürgen who is known as Erden Man in the Free Radio world. He sent me this beautifully designed e-QSL via erdeman(at)gmx.de . Thank you Jürgen!

QSL Mike Radio 6275 kHz

October 6, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

A very nice, fully detailed eQSL from Mike Radio. Mike Radio is a Free Radio station operating from the province of Gelderland, The Netherlands. For the Gen Z folks: the station is powered by solar energy!

I sent my report to mikeradio(at)live.nl . UKdxer told me than Mike is one of the younger free radio stations in the Netherlands.

My personal opinion is that rules on hobby broadcasting via MW/SW should be relaxed as apparently nobody seems to care about the interference of PV installations on these frequencies…

Thank you Mike!

QSL Radio Frieloo 6290 kHz

September 27, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 2 Comments

For the reception of Radio Frieloo on 6290 kHz I received a friendly QSL email from the operator. I sent my report to frieloo(at)outlook.com .

Radio Frieloo is a pirate station operating from the province Gelderland in The Netherlands. The operator told me that he is not often in the air. When it is the case it is mostly to test antenna designs. The transmitter is a R&S with 100 Watt as shown in the picture.

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.