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QSL Radio Tour, Potenza 101.8 MHz

July 17, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

OOps… I checked my Spam inbox and had a nice surprise: a few weeks ago I received a QSL from Radio Tour, a smaller regional station from the Potenza area. I heard them on 101.8 MHz, a transmitter from Potenza with 500 Watts. I sent my report with MP3 to scrivi@radiotour.fm and received a reply within a day!

email to QSL my reception of regional station Radio Tour from Potenza, Italy

Radio Tour operates 13 fairly low power transmitters from the Potenza area. And that’s what I like about this catch! The strongest station is 4 kW on 100.3 MHz, also from Potenza. There is an 800 Watt transmitter in Balvano, and their third strongest transmitter is the one I received… The slogan of Radio Tour is “Radio Tour Viaggo in 1^a classe nel passato” – “Radio Tour, I travel 1st class journey into the past”… which I found a bit surprising as I heard songs from the 90-ies… but that’s probably because of my own age…

QSL Radio Maria España 88.5 MHz

July 5, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

Radio Maria operates 95 radio stations in many countries around the world. I have received Radio Maria stations from Austria, Colombia, Italy, Venezuela. A few years ago they were even active on the former Dutch national radio frequency of 675 kHz before this transmitter was closed. But unlike similar world wide religious broadcasters like AWR or TWR they have no presence on shortwave.

QSL Radio Maria Espana on 88.5 MHz — F/d email to QSL Radio Maria España, received on 88.5 MHz.

Mr. Lopez from Radio Maria España was so kind to confirm the report of my reception made during a Sporadic E opening on June 24th. I sent my report to radiomaria@radiomaria.es . Unfortunately their are 4 stations present on this frequency, all low power. Given reception conditions that day my guess is that Toledo (2kW) was the transmitter I received, Marbella being less likely.

QSL CADENA 100, Murcia 89.7 MHz

July 1, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 2 Comments

A QSL from CADENA 100. I heard them during the June 24th opening to Spain. The 8 kW transmitter is located in Murcia. I sent my report to cadena100@cadena100.es.

Email QSL from CADENA 100, Murcia, 89.7 MHz

CADENA 100 is a nationwide network owned by COPE. It broadcasts adult contemporary music. I heard a quiz and the “Black Eyed Peas”. In 2023 it was the 2nd most listened to music radio station in Spain.

QSL Pop Lasser, Valencia 90.3 MHz

June 29, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 3 Comments

The return on my Spanish Sporadic E reception reports is quite poor. Especially when you compare it to the response rate of the Italian stations (over 50%). But at least my report to Pop Lasser FM from Valencia, Spain, was answered with a kind reply from the technical department. I sent my report to popradiofmvalencia@gmail.com .

Email answering my reception report to Radio Pop Lasser on 90.3 MHz from Valencia, Spain.

Pop Lasser (the RDS display shows Laser by the way) broadcasts from Valencia with only 2 kW. I heard them with pop music and local commercials from Valencia, which – in addition to the PI code/RDS – helped the identification.

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 Logos, Foggia 97.3 MHz

June 25, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

While it is nice to receive one of the frequencies of a network broadcaster, receiving a standalone local station has its own appeal. Radio Logos operates a 10 kW transmitter on 97.3 MHz from Foggia, near the Adriatic coast in southern Italy. I love their “old school” logo!

Email to QSL my reception of Radio Logos, Foggia, Italy.

Radio Logos is a religious broadcaster, related to the “Chiese Cristiane Evangeliche” in Italy. I sent my report to rlogos@tiscali.it , and Eliseo Falla was so kind to answer within a day. The reply is personal but not very detailed.

The Radio Logos transmitting facilities in Foggia.
Apparently the antenna tower is an old construction crane.

QSL RTL 102.5 … on 102.3 MHz from Monte Faito (Salerno)

June 24, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

I heard RTL 102.5 on 102.3 MHz… Despite its name, this radio station from Italy is not endorsed or affiliated with the RTL group from Luxembourg. It has an Italian owner and RTL is an acronym of Radio Trasmissioni Lombarde. RadioFreccia, my first Sporadic E station I received since years, is also part of the RTL 102.5 group.

Armando Finocchi was so kind to confirm my reception report. There are multiple RTL 102.5 stations on this frequency, but Armando suggests it might have heard the transmitter at Monte Faito with 158 kW. I have learned that power means nothing during Sporadic E openings… but Monte Faito is situated close to Salerno and Napoli. And as I received mainy stations from this area during the June 2nd opening I guess he is right.

QSL Radio Sportiva, Perdifumo (Salerno), 94.7 MHz

June 23, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

QSL from Radio Sportiva, an Italian sports network. It doesn’t have nationwide coverage, but they cover about 70% of the country I guess. Mainly north, Rome, south and large parts of Sicily and Sardinia. On 94.7 MHz they have two transmitters, just a few kilometers apart, in the province of Salerno. The loacation is about 50 kilometers southeast from Napoli, 1525 km distance from my QTH. Power is 10 and 4 kW.

I heard this station during the Sporadic E opening of June 2nd. My report and YouTube clip sent to info@radiosportiva.com were answered within a day with a brief acknowledgement:

Email to QSL my reception of Radio Sportiva, Italy

QSL Radio Norba, Potenza 98.2 MHz

June 22, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

A nice email QSL from Radio Norba. Radio Norba operates a FM network in the southern half of Italy. I received them on 98.2 MHz via the 10 kW transmitter in Potenza. A distance of 1574 kilometers from my QTH.
On this YouTube clip you can hear them and see their full PI/RDS 5353/R-Norba. I sent my report to radionorba@radionorba.it .

QSL Radio Club 91, Benevento (Napoli) 92.1 MHz

June 21, 2024 / Peter Reuderink / 0 Comments

QSL from Radio Club 91, Benevento, Italy. Another station I received during the beautiful opening on June 2nd, 2024. Radio Club 91 is a station in the Napoli Region. On 92.1 MHz I received a signal from their repeater in Benevento. It is listed with only 300 Watts! A recording of the ID I heard:

Radio Club 91 is a radio station in the region Napoli. The station started in 1976 as Radio Discoteca Maracanà. It broadcasted the disco evenings from the discotheque live. In the early 80ies the name was changed to Radio Maracanà Club 91. Soon thereafter that became Club 91, again supported by a discotheque with the same name in Casoria.