Tag: Rocca di Papa

QSL Radio Capital 95.5 MHz Rocca di Papa

June 8, 2026 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

A nice fully detailed QSL email from Radio Capital for my reception of their signal on 95.5 MHz from the powerful 50 kW transmitter at Rocca di Papa.

Radio Capital is a prominent Italian national private radio station known for its mix of classic hits (primarily from the 1970s–1990s), adult contemporary music, news, talk shows, and infotainment. Its slogan is “Solo bella musica” (“Only beautiful music”) as you can hear in my MP3 recording:

It is owned by Elemedia and shares sister stations like Radio DeeJay and m2o. Two stations I have received also, but never managed to get a QSL from.

QSL Radio Radicale 88.6 MHz (update)

June 27, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

Earlier I posted that I got a brief reply from Radio Radicale on the report sent via webform: “Yes it’s Radio Radicale. Thank you very much“.

Yesterday I received a fully detailed email from Paolo at Radio Radicale to confirm my reception on 88.6 MHz from Rocca di Papa, Italy. He shared that he is very familiar with the hobby and had a passion for shortwave radio in his youth. Thank you Paolo for the kind email and personal touch!

Fully detailed email QSL from Radio Radicale

QSL Radio Radicale, Rocca di Papa 88.6 MHz

June 17, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 1 Comment

The spectacular sporadic E opening on June 2nd resulted in quite a few QSLs. One of the first stations I heard was Radio Radicale on 88.6 MHz. Most likely from Rocca di Papa, some 20 kilometers southeast of Rome (1291 kms from my QTH). With 251 kW (listed) the transmitter is probably one of the strongest in Italy. As I couldn’t find an email address I filled in the webform their on their site. Within a day I received a simple reply attached to my message:

Yes,it’s Radio Radicale
Thank you very much

Radio Radicale was founded in 1975-76 as the radio station of the Italian Radical Party. When I saw their logo I thought this would be a socialist party (as the rose is symbol of socialism). But apparently the ideology was liberal. “Was” because the party was dissolved in 1989.

Radio Radicale continues however, but as you can read on Wikipedia, not without controversy. The station has no commercial advertisements. It relies for funding on the party and support from the Italian government as part of an agreement that Radio Radicale broadcasts parliamentary sessions. Which is exactly the sort of programme that I received, as you can hear on my YouTube clip.

UPDATE: fully detailed QSL email received!