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QSL Unification Media Group via Tamsui 5900 kHz

March 4, 2026 / / 0 Comments

Thanks to a tip from Hugo Matten I was made aware of a transmission of the Unification Media Group via the 300 kW Tamsui transmitters in Taiwan.

QSL Unification Media Group, via Tamsui, Taiwan on 5900 kHz

In addition to the nice eQSL card they made me aware that I used an incorrect name. It is not “National Unity Radio” (which reminds me of NUG Radio broadcasts from Taiwan directed at Myanmar). They would like to be referred to as Unification Media Group (UMG):

Dear Peter Reuderink,

Thank you for listening to our broadcast. We will gladly send you a QSL card to confirm your reception report.

Please note that our organization’s name is Unification Media Group (UMG), not “National Unity Radio.” We are aware that an incorrect name may be appearing in some places, which seems to have been set arbitrarily by the broadcaster facility. We would appreciate it if you could refer to us as UMG in the future.

Best regards,
UMG team

5900 kHz is the frequency on which Overcomer Ministry and Bible Voice broadcast from Kostinbrod in Bulgaria. The transmissions of UMG between 2000 and 2100 UTC should be exactly in between Kostinbrod programs, but my reception still suffered from interference from a Brother Stairs/Overcomer Ministry transmission. At the start of the program the UMG station ID was however an easy catch:

According to their website Unification Media Group (UMG) is a news and entertainment production organization focused on North Korea.
Through video, radio, and online news, UMG brings the latest developments from North Korea to South Korean and international audiences in addition to North Koreans themselves. UMG is helping to increase global awareness of North Korean issues and is arming the people of North Korea with the freedom of information.

While radio has fallen out of favor in much of the world, radio remains the only way to provide North Korean residents with information in real-time. Moreover, since it does not leave behind physical evidence or require expensive technology, it is considered one of the safest and most accessible media platforms in the DPRK. Unification Media Group (UMG) has been broadcasting radio programming to North Korean audiences since 2005. Currently, UMG produces and broadcasts three hours of programming each day, including local and international news, civic education and cultural programs. According to a Gallup survey conducted in 2015, 2-3% of North Korean citizens said they have previously listened to UMG broadcasts. North Korean citizens can listen to UMG’s programming with short-wave radios, and overseas workers can listen to recordings uploaded daily to the UMG website.

QSL All Tribes Radio via Channel 292

March 1, 2026 / / 0 Comments

A nice eQSL from All Tribes Radio broadcasting via Channel 292, Rohrdorf, Germany on 9670 kHz:

eQSL from All Tribes Radio broadcasting via Channel 292 Rohrdorf, Germany

And a brief audioclip of their station ID:

All Tribes Radio is a station with roots in Costa Rica. On their website, which I also used to submit my reception report, you can find a nice narrative their history, which I repeat below:

Broadcasting across the globe on shortwave radio, All Tribes Radio champions world peace through an eclectic blend of culturally diverse music, spoken word, and vintage treasures from the golden age of radio.

We offer a welcoming platform for independent artists who license their work through Creative Commons, while also sharing open-source, public-domain, Copyleft, and other copyright-free content.

Founded in 2008, All Tribes Radio (ATR) streamed Creative Commons music 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to an average of 6,000 listeners per month in more than 120 countries across every continent. With studios in Nosara, Costa Rica, ATR’s signal reached the world via an internet server in Tampa, Florida.

In 2011, streaming gave way to podcasting, resulting in the production of 68 one-hour episodes for iTunes, completed in 2012.

ATR entered a new chapter in 2020 with its first shortwave broadcasts: a weekly one-hour program showcasing Creative Commons music in English, Spanish, German, French, and Italian. These were transmitted from WRMI in Okeechobee, Florida, and Channel 292 in Rohrbach, Germany. Unfortunately, the disruptions of Covid-19 brought those broadcasts to an end the following year.

Happily, as of November 30, 2025, ATR has returned to the shortwave airwaves—now transmitting exclusively from Channel 292 with 10 kW of power and a 315º beam aimed toward northern and western Europe. One-hour broadcasts can be heard each Sunday from 1400–1500 UTC on 9670 kHz. Reception reports are warmly welcomed, and e-QSL verification is available.

Key Channel Radio scheduled this weekend:

January 30, 2026 / / 0 Comments

The Key Channel Team informed us that they will be on air this weekend. See below for details:

Dear friends, it’s been 10 years since our first broadcast. Many things in our lives have changed, but we’ve always been in your company. We thought we’d celebrate with a special broadcast featuring some exciting news. New prestigious collaborations. We are sure that you will celebrate with us by listening to us in large numbers as always. Good listening !!

Jasmine.

Port Sudan Radio GMDSS DSC tests

January 5, 2026 / / 0 Comments

On December 17th I received two GMDSS DSC messages from Port Sudan Radio on 8414.5 kHz. Both were messages to imaginary MMSI numbers: 888888888 and 99999999, so I guess these were tests.

Port Sudan popping up on my DX Atlas map

Now Sudan is one of the countries I did not manage to QSL. Letters to the Sudan National Broadcasting corportation (which was broadcasting on shortwave in the 90’s) or Khartoum Aeradio remained unanswered.

This time I sent an email to Port Sudan radio which until now remained unanswered. But as I learned that the Danish company Danphone was involved in the recent installation of GMDSS equipment at Port Sudan Radio I asked if they could help out. I got a friendly reply, for which I’m grateful, but no QSL or contact.

So Sudan remains on my “to do” list.

Email from Danphone, confirming that they implemented GMDSS in Port Sudan, but no QSL.

QSL T8WH Hope Radio 9930 kHz

December 23, 2025 / / 0 Comments

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)

QSL from WHRI, a station broadcasting from Indiana, USA, in the late 80ies. For some time they broadcast from Palau as well

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.

QSL RuquiRadioAM

December 12, 2025 / / 0 Comments

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:

QSL RuquiRadioAm via Channel 292

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.

Jordan Alcolea

QSL Sunny Jim’s Trance Journey via Channel 292 9670 kHz

November 23, 2025 / / 0 Comments

As I wrote to Jim: “If you would have asked me if there would be Trance on Shortwave… I would have said no.” But with good quality reception via Channel 292 it is possible, although it my wife who goes to trance festivals with me preferring to stay behind the radio.

Within a day I got this nice fully detailed QSL from Jim for my reception report of SJTJ on Channel 292, Germany. Sunny Jim (Jim Salmon) has a very nice website about his radio adventures.

QSL KSET 6160 kHz

November 21, 2025 / / 0 Comments

A QSL from KSET on 6160 kHz. No not, a US call sign, but a program from Imaginary Stations via Shortwave Gold, Winsen on 6160 kHz.

eQSL KSET (Imaginery Stations) via SW Gold, Winsen, 6160 kHz

Imaginary Stations makes an effort to build each program around a specific theme.

This time music released on audio tape ony was played: “Imaginary Stations celebrates the analog renaissance with KSET, K-S-E-T, dedicated to the fascinating world of audiotapes… Tune in and unwind with us .. on some of the coolest cassettes to be found anywhere. Hey can you hand me that pencil?”.
Those who are as old as I am will remember that you indeed used a pencil to rewind the tapes by sticking a pencil in one of the spools.

The call sign KSET is another gimmick of Imaginary Stations. They often use a name that not only refers to the program content, but also suggests a US or Canadian call sign. Their next show on November 22nd/23rd is called CMDY.

QSL Crusader Radio via Channel 292

October 30, 2025 / / 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”.

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