A QSL for my reception of NDB AST on 325 via Enaire: informacion@enaire.es.
It is one of two beacons for Aeropuerto de Asturias in Northern Spain. The other one is AV-387 which I got confirmed earlier.
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Power 927 broadcasts from Abbiategrasso, south west of Milan. I’ts a pity that a station that boasts that it “brings the medium waves back to life” doesn’t foster the DX community that supports exactly this purpose. I heard Power 927 since 2022 and sent multiple reports. Never got a reply.
The good news is that Antonello Napolitano, the man behind DX Fanzine, runs a DX program “Bande Rumorose” on a couple of Italian LPAM stations. Power 927 is one of them. And he does QSL!
This is what Antonello wrote:
Thank you very much for your report on the reception of the DX Show in Italian “Bande Rumorose”.
It has been checked and agrees with our log.
Attached please find a F/D eQSL for listening to the DX Show “Bande Rumorose” (If it contains errors, don’t hesitate to write to me again!).
Let’s explain the meaning of the QSL’s cartoon.
“Bande Rumorose” literally translates as “Noisy Bands” and means “Rumble Strips.” The key point of the image is precisely the wordplay. In road signage, “Bande Rumorose” refers to those strips on the asphalt that make the car vibrate and produce noise to attract the driver’s attention.
Here, however, “Bande” (Italian for “Bands”) should not be understood in its road-related meaning (“Strips”), but as radio bands — specifically medium wave and shortwave.
The illustration suggests that, from the point of view of “ordinary” people, that is, those who are not passionate about radio, these radio bands appear to be nothing more than a collection of noise, static, interference, and incomprehensible signals. Just as rumble strips on the road are annoying to drivers, radio bands seem “noisy” and uselessly chaotic to those who fail to grasp their appeal.
The cartoon therefore plays on the contrast between the common perception: just annoying noise, and that of the DXers: signals, communications, QSLs, passion
The pneumatic drill becomes an extreme metaphor for the attempt to “silence” or destroy that world which, for those who don’t love it, seems like nothing but a lot of racket. It is an affectionate irony toward a passion that few people understand, but which, for those who live it, is anything but noise.
For your information, “Bande Rumorose” is being carried over 5 italian MW stations (Radio Metropolis, Radio Briscola, Emmereci Radio (or Media Radio Castellana), Power 927 and Radio Centrale Milano. Future plans call for the addition of other medium wave stations in Italy and, hopefully, of a shortwave relay, too!
“Bande Rumorose” is also distributed via its channel on YouTube which can be found at this link: https://www.youtube.com/@BandeRumoroseChannel
The program, which I describe as an old style DX show, consist of DX News, profile and/or history of both, MW and SW stations from all over the world, interviews with DXers and shortwave personalities (for example Dino Bloise) and logs of recently received medium and short wave stations (some of them accompanied by good quality recording of their jingles or station identification announcements!).
“Bande Rumorose” is on air as follows (All times CET = UTC+1 hour):
• Emmerreci Radio, Castel San Pietro Terme (BO), Sundays, at 1100, Fridays at 2300 on 711 e 1098 kHz.
• Power 927, Abbiategrasso (MI), Sundays at 1100, Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays, at 2100 on 927 kHz.
• Radio Briscola, Lenta (VC), Sundays, at 1100 and 1830 on 1449 kHz.
• Radio Centrale Milano, Milano, Sundays, at 1030, Mondays, at 2300 on 1575 kHz.
• Radio Metropolis, Trieste, Sundays, at 2205 on 1503 kHz and 93.90 MHz FM for the city of Trieste.
Reception reports with comments on the content of the show are welcome (Short mp3 recordings appreciated) EXCLUSIVELY to: banderumorose@dxfanzine.com
Please note that reports sent to any other e-mail address, even if they are under my control, will not be verified!
For the sake of good order, let me add that reports based on reception via public remote SDR receivers (Twente, Kiwi and so on) will not be verified.
The reason is simple: such reports are useless as we can check such online SDR receivers by ourselves.
Kilrock Radio, a beloved Dutch low-power AM (LPAM) station known for its free-form mix of pop, rock, and soul music, has completed a significant relocation from its original home in ‘s-Gravendeel to Zuiddorpe in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen.
The move was prompted by station owner Willem Klomps relocating his residence in July 2024. As a result, broadcasts on 1287 kHz medium wave ceased on June 1, 2024, after over a year of on-air presence in the Dordtsche Kil area — the inspiration for the station’s name.
After an intensive relocation process and home renovations, Klomps began rebuilding the studio and antenna mast in late July 2025. The station retained its “Kilrock” branding, fittingly, as the new region also features local “kil” waterways. On September 20, 2025, Kilrock Radio resumed test transmissions on the same frequency, 1287 kHz, marking its return after more than a year off the AM band.
Despite the distance (with 116 kilometers the distance from my QTH in Woerden to Zuiddorpe is three times bigger than that to their previous location in ‘s Gravendeel), reception quality was pretty good in the afternoon. I did have to turn the 6x6x6 m delta loop N/S to receive them. At night SER Galicia is dominant.
Enaire (informacion@enaire.es) was so kind to confirm another couple of beacons from Spain that I received. This time I heard NDB VT from Vitoria on 308 kHz. As usual they sent their nice information sheet:
NDB 308-VT is one of the two NDBs for Vitoria Airport. The other beacon is is 345-VTA. Below you can see how they nicely align with both sides of the runway. Both antennas have a set-up which is a bit different from most Enair beacons: a “Sistema radiante de tipo margarita” as opposed to most Enaire beacons that have a dipole: “Sistema radiante de tipo T”.
A nice fully detailed eQSL from T8WH Hope Radio, broadcasting from Palau. Mrs Deborah Anderson answered my reception report via their website in a day. Palau is an archipelago of 340 islands, islets and atolls. Only eight of the islands are inhabited.
The construction of the shortwave station started in the 1980s initiated by High Adventure Ministries (founded by George Otis Sr.), a U.S.-based Christian organization. As construction was delayed by environmental concerns High Adventure Ministries rented air time at AWR Guam before the Palau site was completed in 1991. They operated under the callsign KHBN (sometimes referred to as T8BZ later). The station used transmitters sourced from other sites, including older RCA units from HCJB in Ecuador and possibly a Harris unit from the U.S. Early plans considered Guam or even a ship-based facility, but the project settled in Palau. It broadcast evangelical Christian programming, primarily targeting Asia.
Around the early 2000s the station was acquired by LeSea Broadcasting (later Family Broadcasting Corporation) under Dr. Lester Sumrall. It became part of World Harvest Radio International (WHRI), operating as Angel 3 (T8WH) and Angel 4 (T8BZ), with multiple 100 kW transmitters. The site in Medorm featured curtain antennas directed toward East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Northeast Asia. Programming focused on English-language Christian content, reaching China and other restricted areas, with some brokered time for other ministries. World Harvest Radio closed the Palau site on October 27, 2019, ending its shortwave operations there (and consolidating elsewhere)
In September 2020, the facilities were acquired by MFC Ministries (led by Apostle Joe Perozich), which relaunched it as Hope Radio. Test transmissions resumed in late 2020 (e.g., on 9930 kHz), and it continues to broadcast Christian programming to Southeast Asia and beyond.The site remains active as of late 2025, making it one of the few remaining shortwave relay stations in the Pacific focused on religious content. No major government or secular international broadcasters (like Radio Australia or Voice of America) have historically used this specific transmitter; earlier references to such relays appear to be misidentifications.
While staying for holiday on Curacao I had the opportunity to receive the BBN Radio stations from Colombia (BBN Bogotá 1100 AM) and Venezuela (BBN Caracas 1260 AM). And both of them sent me a QSL. But I never heard BBN Radio stations on my home QTH… until this month:
During a good opening to Panama (I heard Radio Adventista 1560 AM as well) I picked up BBN Radio from Rio Abajo/Via Cincentenario. That’s how it is listed in MWLIST, but in fact it is a suburb of Panama City. The building and antennas are clearly visibile on GoogleMaps (we live in beautiful times to be able to just do this on the internet):
BBN is not as well known in the DX community as for example TWR and AWR. That is most likely because they do not operate on Shortwave. The organisation runs quite a few FM stations in the United States, in addition to 4 low power AM stations. But they are also active in 14 countries in South America, with medium wave presence in Chile, Colombia, Panama and Venezuela. Rather than excited preaching heard so often on other stations the BBN programs that I listened to were always about explaining the Bible in a more modest fashion.
My QSL is the first Mediumwave QSL from Panama. Not the first QSL from Panama, as I received QSLs for HPP Panama Radio from Balboa (Maritime) in 1989 and Panama Aeradio in 1990. That said, I’d never though I would be able to receive such a station on my suburb QTH. The trick:
1) A large loop antenna in the garden (I have an NTI Megaloop FX on a 6x6x6mtr delta shaped loop on a flag pole)
2) Record every night the entire MW band with your SDR
3) Use WavViewDX to analyze each recording: it reveals the few minutes a signal is strong enough to make an attempt to decode it
4) Become a member of MWLIST.org. Sometimes it helps when friends tell you which IDs you should try to recognize…
Asfalt Telegrafen is a hobby station that received a temporary license to broadcast on 1494 kHz every year around New Year’s Eve. That was all there was to it for this friendly station. But on the Asfalt Telegrafen website, I read that they received a new frequency, 1440 AM:
November 27, 2025:
After three requests, we have finally received a new frequency from PTS, the Swedish postal and telecommunications company, namely 1440 kHz = 208.3 meters on the medium wave band.
And the Arctic DX Club now reports the following via SDXF:
We have fantastic news: thanks to a generous offer from Torleif Roos, the Arctic Radio Club can broadcast weekend programs via Asfalt Telegrafen. Peter Stillberg has compiled two programs that will be broadcast according to the following schedule:
On December 20th and 21st (repeat), and on December 24th and 25th (repeat) from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM on SNT on 1440 kHz, the old frequency of Radio Luxembourg!
Listener reports can be emailed to: Asfalttelegrafen: am1440khz@gmail.com or CountryGospelChurch: peter@countrygospelchurch.com
Correct reports will be answered with a QSL card via email.
We hope for a good reception. Many thanks to Peter and Torleif for this excellent arrangement. We would like to congratulate Torleif, because after three attempts, he has finally received permission from PTS to transmit Asfalttelegrafen on 1440 kHz for the entire first half of 2026!
Greetings
Peter Stillberg
So it looks like we can enjoy Asfalt Telegrafen for much longer, and the above offers some great QSL opportunities!
Ruqui is the nickname of Jordan Alcolea. I followed him on his DX blog RuquiDX already for quite some time. Here he posts about his radio receptions and QSLs.
But Jordan also has a radio program that runs on Channel 292, Radio Casanova and Wooferton: RuquiRadioAM. I heard him with a program with nice “Celta Folk Rock” and a German/Spanish ID:
Jordan answered my report to ruquiradioam@hotmail.com in 3 weeks with a very nice QSL:
You can find the schedule for the RuquiRadioAm upcoming broadcasts here. Big thanks to Jordan. After the famous Glenn Hauser he is probably the second DX-er which I heard with his own shortwave radio show.
A very nice QSL from WBT Charlotte, North Carolina, broadcasting on 1110 AM. Not my first QSL from North Carolina, as it is the home of the Greenville VOA transmitters for as long as it lasts.
Back to WBT in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the oldest and most powerful radio stations in the southeastern United States. It first signed on the air on April 10, 1922, as the fourth licensed commercial radio station in North Carolina, originally owned by the Southern Radio Corporation and operating with just 100 watts. Early programming featured live music, local talent, and play-by-play broadcasts of the Charlotte Hornets minor-league baseball team.
In 1925 the station was purchased by Charlotte automobile dealer C.C. Coddington, who increased power and moved the studios into the city. The call letters WBT (which originally stood for “Watch Buick Travel,” a nod to early sponsor Buick) became permanently associated with Charlotte when Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company (later Jefferson-Pilot, and now Lincoln Financial) acquired the station in 1929. Under Jefferson ownership, WBT joined CBS in 1929, became a 50,000-watt clear-channel station in 1933 (one of the first in the South), and built its famous three-tower directional array on Nations Ford Road that still protects WWWE in Cleveland at night.
From the 1930s through the 1960s, WBT was the dominant full-service station in the Carolinas, airing a mix of network programs, country music shows (including the legendary Briarhoppers), farm reports, and powerful news operations that made it a primary emergency information source during hurricanes and ice storms. It shifted to news/talk in the 1970s, added FM simulcast on 99.3 WBT-FM (later WLNK) in the 1990s, and was sold along with Jefferson-Pilot’s broadcasting assets to Greater Media in 2006 and then to Entercom (now Audacy) in 2017.
Today, after more than a century on the air, WBT remains Charlotte’s heritage news/talk station, still broadcasting with 50,000 watts on 1110 kHz and identifying itself proudly as “The News Talk 1110 & 99.3 WBT.”
I heard them on October 16th LT with a “Go Rhino” commercial:
I’m really grateful for the fact that there are still stations that award DX listeners with nice QSLs. A big thanks to WBT an their team!
WBT could be heard regularly at my QTH in October 2025. The clip below is what I heard on from October 23rd, with clear WBT ID’s.
1008 kHz is a busy frequency here in Woerden. With the antenna directed 300 degrees for Transatlantic reception Radio Experience, Wageningen is dominant. Hugo Matten made me aware of a new radio station from Monster near The Hague, Radio Intiem. As conditions for TA DX were poor I changed the direction of my antenna to block out Radio Experience, heard Radio Intiem with a test transmission on Saturday, but Radio Transparant in decent quality on Sunday.
My reception report to info@radiotransparant was confirmed with an email:
Below a clip of their show with a “Dit is Radio Transparant voor de omgeving Flevoland” ID.
Radio Transparant is registered as an LPAM station Creil, in the Noordoostpolder. The Noordoostpolder was the first of three huge reclamation projects to gain more agricultural land in The Netherlands, which added a 12th province to The Netherlands.
Reception here (120 kms) benefits from the fact that the groundwave signal is across the IJsselmeer.
VERON : NL 14228
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