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No – Not a QSL from “Once Q” WQII Q11 San Juan 1140 kHz

November 5, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

But I still received a nice new Transatlantic Station: WQBA from Miami!

1140 AM is the channel on which I typically receive CBI “CBC Radio One” from Nova Scotia, Canada. But this time I heard a few Latin American songs, and a clear ID “11-40 AM” in Spanish. I wasn’t sure about the station call though (in hindsight I didn’t recognize the American “Double – U” as I was focused on Spanish and so I didn’t even realize that the call sign was pretty well audible). The four songs I heard were all by singers from Puerto Rico. The only station from Puerto Rico on this frequency, WQII “Once Q”, was listed as “inactive”.

Recording of ID… once you know what to hear it is quite clear: “Double-U -Q-B-A 11-40 AM, El Pulso de Miami”!

So as their website seemed “alive and kicking” I sent a report to Mr. Jose Cheo Cruz and received a confirmation within an hour… so it seemed that it really was “Once Q”, currently still at low power, soon to be heard a full power.

Now we might miss the traditional QSL card these days, but it is so much easier to connect with other DX-ers around the world. So I posted my “alleged” reception “for comments”. Both Mauno Ritola from MW-list and Guido Schotmans from the BDXC pointed out that it was WQBA “El Pulso de Miami” I heard.

The WQBA ID in perfect quality… matches my reception

Disappointing? Maybe, but it is still a new Transatlantic station for me. The only thing is: will I get it QSL-ed?

Despite the annoucements on their website and enthusiastic replies from the owner, it remains to be seen if “Once Q” is really active, or even will become active on 1140 AM.

QSL NDB 340-GJ Gjogur Airport

November 4, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

During the CLE-321 event I heard 5 new beacons from the north coast of Iceland. Beacons from the south and south-west are heard more often here in the Netherlands. My guess is that they benefit from transmission over water. This time there were excellent conditions to the Arctic regions allowing me to pick up these beacons including NDB 340-GJ Gjogur Airport.

Gjogur –. .— on 340 kHz as registered with Pskov software

Earlier I wrote about the two beacons serving Akureyri Airport, a bigger international airport. This post is about 340-GJ for Gjogur Airport, or Gjögurflugvöllur.

Gjogur is one of the airports that is purely there for the benefit of the local population, most likely sponsored by the Icelandic government. It is staffed part-time by an AFIS controller, and only opens for Norlandair flights, which are twice a week in the winter and once a week in the summer. In the winter, the airport is the only means of access to the entire district, as the access road is impassable.

There is a very nice slideshow “Descent into the Fjord” by Rajan Parrikar available on the internet that gives a nice impression of a flight to Gjogur Airport.

QSL NDB 387-NB and 415-OE Akureyri Airport

October 31, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 1 Comment

The weekend of September 27th I participated in a Collective Listening Event (CLE 321) of the NDB-list group. I just fitted my make shift antenna in the garden (5x5x5 delta with NTi Megaloop FX box). And stations came booming in… Not only did I receive 6 beacons from Nunavut (I will write about that later), but I also received 5 new beacons from Iceland. In hindsight I guess that exceptional conditions were more important than my antenna… but judging my other medium wave receptions my antenna is working well! Hjalti Guðmundsson from Isavia was so kind to confirm my reception.

The first two beacons I’d like to comment on in my blog are NB on 387 kHz and OE on 415 kHz. Both are serving as navigation beacons for Akureyri Ariport. Akureyri Airport – or Akureyrarflugvöllur in Icelandic – was established in 1954. Already in 1928 there were flights to Akureyri, but those were seaplanes from Reykjavik landing on the fjord of Eyjafjörður. Today there are seasonal international flights from the UK, Switzerland and The Netherlands serving tourism.

I struggled a bit to find the location of both beacons, but I guess the map below is correct. I tried GoogleMaps to find a picture of the beacons… but so far I wasn’t successful. If you are… please let me know in the comments.

UPDATE: Patrick ON4CDJ informed me that by using the coordinates provided by several sources for NDB OE you end up on an industrial parking lot. Between the light poles there is one strange mast – occupied by a seagull. Is this NDB OE?

QSL Crusader Radio via Channel 292

October 30, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

In June 2024 I listened to a program of Crusader Radio via Channel 292 on 9670 kHz. A few weeks ago (65 weeks later) I received a nice reply and confirmation for my report. Now I have to wait and see whether a “snail mail” QSL will reach my letter box.

Hi Peter,

thank you for your email and I can of course confirm that you received
the program and it is a pleasure to do via email.
Thank you very much for taking the time for the reception report. I have
to apologise for the late reply. I am just wading through just short of
2000 emails of whom 95% are spam or scam.

The more refreshing it is to find a geniune email. You have added your
address. We will soon be sending out real snail mail QSL cards I will
make sure that yours will be in the batch to be sent out.

thank you very much again for your email.

Crusader Radio is broadcasting religious programs focusing on how to reach Salvation “through faith alone in our Lord Jesus Christ”.

QSL CBC Bonavista Bay 750 kHz

October 26, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 4 Comments

A QSL from CBC Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, Canada on 750 kHz. I struggled to hear them earlier due to the presence of nearby MCB from Alphen aan de Rijn on 747 kHz. But now that one has move to 846 kHz I can hear CBC regularly.

My report to radionews@cbc.ca received three different answers from people at CBC. One of them was Todd O’Brien who invited me for an interview in the afternoon show he was hosting. They replayed my recording of a topic on the Toronto Blue Jays and the original clip to show the listeners the difference is quality. How nice is that!

QSL Voice of Indonesia 4755 kHz

October 22, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

Since 2018 the Voice of Indonesia is back on shortwave. They are using frequencies in the 90 meter band (3325 kHz) from Palangkaraya on the island of Borneo and 60 meter band (4755 kHz) from Jakarta on this island of Java. A remarkable change of strategy as most broadcasters have left shortwave, and tropical band frequencies in particular.

According to Voice of Indonesia the reason is to promote Indonesian culture and government views, at relatively low costs and with the ability to reach areas where digital infrastructure is not as easily available as in other parts of the world.

eQSL from RRI Voice of Indonesia on 4755 kHz

Via voilisteners@gmail.com I received a personal email and a beaticul eQSL card for my reception of their program on 4755 kHz. I listened to their Spanish and German program which could be received in reasonable quality at 17:30 and 18:00 h UTC respectively. They even have a Dutch program which I will try to receive on 3325 kHz in the coming months.

My first QSL from the Voice of Indonesia is from February1989. See below.

In those days they were still broadcasting in the 25 and 19 meter band, and despite their 100 kW of power I don’t recall it being an easy catch. Funny thing is that in those days they didn’t have a broadcast in Dutch.

QSL CRI “Radio Kitaya” 1521 kHz

October 19, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

My first medium wave QSL from China!
CTGN, or China Radio International is broadcasting in Russian language on 1521 kHz from Hutubi with 500 kW. Hutubi is located 60 kilometers from Urumchi, the capital of Xinjiang. Officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

eQSl from CRI Radio Kitaya on 1521 kHz via English Service

On the audioclip below you can hear the familiar CRI tune, followed by a Chinese and Russian ID: “Govorit Mezhdunarodnoye Radio Kitaya (This is China Radio International speaking)”. I sent my report to crieng@cri.com.cn. After a recent reminder I received the e-QSL

QSL Voice of Vietnam 11885 kHz

October 17, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

Earlier I wrote about the 80th anniversary of the Voice of Vietnam. My reception report to englishsection@vov.vn was awarded with a beautiful traditional QSL in a nice envelope:

QSL KTL Radio via Channel 292

October 13, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

KTL is an internet radio station broadcasting a live stream from various studios across Germany and one in The Netherlands.

Occasionally KTL also uses Channel 292. I listened to a German program “Beatschuppen” full of oldies. I am not sure if this was a relay of their regular on-line radio program though. It offered the opportunity for listeners to send a request “Musikwunsch” which suggests that this broadcast was live.

My request didn’t make it to the show, but I got their e-QSL. I sent my report to andre(at)ktl-radio.de .

e-QSL from KTL Radio via Channel 292 on 6070 kHz

QSL Radio Augusta 6140 kHz

October 7, 2025 / Peter Reuderink / 2 Comments

Thanks to a tip from Hugo Matten I learned that Radio Augusta is active again via the Radio Onda transmitter in Junglinster (formerly Radio Luxembourg). I received them last weekend. My report via their webform was answered three (!) times. By Mike Guy, the DJ on duty, by Didier Petit, station manager, and by David Angell who presents the Wednesday/Thursday shows.

The first time I heard Radio Augusta was when I received their program on 1611 kHz. Didier confirmed my reception report stating that the program content was Radio Augusta but that he is unaware of who relays the show on AM. He explained that he lives in Ivory Coast where he broadcasts via internet and on a local FM outlet. And so Radio Augusta on AM always remained somewhat shrouded in the mists of underground radio. And that’s how it should be, in my opinion!

In 2024 Radionieuws reported that the mediumwave radio station Augusta on 1611 kHz was taken off air by the BIPT, the Belgian Institute for Post and Telecommunications. Their location was apparently the Wallonian village of Péruwelz.

Radionieuws article about Radio Augusta shut down.

The good news is that Radio Augusta is now back in the “ether’… because for my generation internet radio will never beat the “vibes” of good old radio over the airwaves. Via Radio Onda, Junglinster, Luxembourg they are on the air at 1800 h UTC. Please check their schedule as this might change when we move from summer to winter time. But even if you don’t have the opportunity to listen to them through the airwaves, don’t hesitate to tune in to their internet stream… it truly brings back good old feeling of offshore radio as it was meant to be! “When the dreams come true”