The wonderful world of listening to the radio
The Voice of Turkey is one of the few governmental broadcasters left offering an international service in a variety of languages. And they still send out beautiful QSL cards. Last week I received this one for my reception report of their English program on 12035 kHz.
Radio Free Asia issued a new QSL card to celebrate the Chinese Year of the Rabbit. I received this QSL for my reception of their Tibetan program on 12125 kHz in January this year. Also got a leaflet explaining their mission “Bringing free press to closed societies”. The transmitter is located on the tiny island of Tinian, which is part of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Today was a slow day, I’m the middle of an NDB “contest” that doesn’t bring much sofar…(more about that tomorrow). So time to dig into my QSL collection for something special! I believe this is my tiniest QSL. Oh irony, it is from one of the biggest countries in the world: China! Funny fact: it came in a regular sized envelope!
In those days maritime stations were broadcasting CW markers which made long distance reception relatively easy despite limited transmitter power.
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