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Asfalt Telegrafen will broadcast on 1440 AM

December 14, 2025 / / 0 Comments
eQSL from Asfaltstelegrafen, Ludvika, Sweden
eQSL from Asfaltstelegrafen, Ludvika, Sweden

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!

QSL Stockholm Radio 2187.5 kHz

September 12, 2025 / / 0 Comments

A nice QSL email from Stockholm Radio Sweden for a DSC message on 2187.5 kHz with a copy of the classic Stockholm Radio QSL card with call sign SDJ attached. I sent my report to info@stockholmradio.se .

email QSL for Stockholm Raidio at 2187.5 kHz

I sent this report because Hugo Matten received such a nice reply on his report. But as was explained to me in an earlier email all emergency monitoring (GMDSS/DSC) is done by JRCC Sweden, located in Gothenburg. They have access to the facilities of Stockholm Radio for that purpose.

Stockholm Radio is in fact only responsible for the VHF services from Stockholm.

A copy of the physical QSL card for Stockholm Radio that was in use in the 80s was enclosed.

QSL SAQ Grimeton 100th anniversary

July 25, 2025 / / 0 Comments

A QSL from SAQ Grimeton for my reception of their special 100th anniversary transmission on 17.2 kHz, July 2nd, 2025.

QSL to celebrate the 100 Year Anniversary Transmission of SAQ Grimeton

Reception quality was pretty good with an easy to decode CW signal: VVV VVV VVV DE SAQ SAQ SAQ:

SAQ Grimeton Radio Station is a historic longwave transatlantic wireless telegraphy station located near Varberg in southern Sweden. Built between 1922 and 1924, it is the only remaining station of its kind from the early 20th century and is renowned for its use of a unique Alexanderson alternator, a pre-electronic transmitter technology developed by Swedish-American engineer Ernst Alexanderson. The station, with the callsign SAQ, operates on a very low frequency (VLF) of 17.2 kHz and was primarily used to transmit Morse code telegrams to North America, particularly to Radio Central on Long Island, New York, from the 1920s through the 1940s. During World War II, it served as Sweden’s sole telecommunication link with the world and was later used for submarine communications until 1996.

QSL NDB OO-369 Örnsköldsvik

January 2, 2025 / / 2 Comments

Another beacon from northern Sweden confirmed. A QSL for NDB OO-369 Örnsköldsvik. The other NDB for this airport is OD-322. Chris Landstrom from Aviseq was so kind to send a confirmation (together with NDB OL Luleå):

As for OO, it’s definitely our station but it baffles me how your reception was so much worse than previous NDB’s or even OL which is several hundred kilometers further away from you than OO is, I looked into weather history for these dates and saw nothing that should indicate a worse prerequisite in terms of climate and considering OO’s placement there shouldn’t be any difficult obstructions or similar making it much worse than OL. I’m not aware of any conflicting frequencies that could play a role but maybe you have an idea what could cause this? Our monitoring receivers are generally placed at nearby airports so any long-range discrepancies wouldn’t be picked up;  but it would be fun to understand it better.

“I’m happy to confirm that Peter Reuderink has received the following stations:
NDB OO on 369 kHz on October 26th, 2024, 22:15 h UTC, and
NDB OL on 377 kHz, on October 27th, 2024, 23:15 h UTC” 

I explained Chris that the quality of the reception depends on the propagation at the time I scan that specific part of the frequency band. And at the time conditions were not stellar due to solar activity. Moreover, OO shares a frequency (with similar offsets) with NL Goteborg-Landvetter and MNE Munich, which are more or less in the same antenna direction and definitely much stronger at my QTH.

It’s nice to have these sort of conversations with the engineers that maintain these beacons!

QSL NDB OL-377 Luleå

December 31, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Chris Landstrom from Aviseq Sweden was so kind to confirm my reception of OL Luleå on 377 kHz (as well as OO Örnsköldsvik):

We’re happy to confirm these receptions – technically OL Luleå @ 377 kHz belongs to our colleagues in Luleå but due to workload right now I’m confident you’ll struggle for a reply there. They have quite a bit more work this time of year than we do so they’re pretty busy right now. I feel confident enough that we’re looking at OL Luleå here so I’ll go ahead and confirm that.

Luleå Airport is quite a busy airport with regular flights to Gothenburg and Stockholm, but also to Paris, Düsseldorf and London, plus charters to various holiday destinations around the Mediterranean.

QSL SAQ Grimeton Centennial Transmission

December 14, 2024 / / 1 Comment

December 1st, 1924, was the day on which the VLF transmitter in Grimeton with call sign “SAQ” was taken into service. The station connected with telegraphy transmission across the Atlantic to Riverhead and Rocky Point on Long Island, New York.
The quality of the Centennial Transmission was exceptionally good… better than any of my SAQ receptions so far.

e QSL SAQ Grimeton 17.2 kHz, December 1st, 2024

QSL NDB OD-322 Örnsköldsvik

October 10, 2024 / / 2 Comments

The fifth and final beacon of this series. A QSL for NDB OD-322 Örnsköldsvik Airport. Not in Lapland but close. Örnsköldsvik is the first airport in the world to have a remotely controlled air control tower. It is controlled from Sundsvall–Timrå Airport.

Örnsköldsvik Airport

Below please find the excerpt of the email to QSL the Lapland beacons. Thanks to Chris from AVISEQ. Feel free to contact me for the QSL address by dropping a comment!

QSL NDB DK-328 Vilhelmina

October 10, 2024 / / 0 Comments

The fourth beacon from the Lapland region in Sweden. Chris from Aviseq sent me an email to QSL NDB DK at 328 kHz, Vilhelmina. The beacon serves as navaid for South Lapland Airport, 1547 km from my QTH.

As is the case for Lycksele and Hemavan Airport there are daily flights from Vilhelmina to Stockholm Arlanda. Vilhelmina itself has a population of only about 4000. Apparently the huge distances to be covered in Sweden justify the airport.

QSL NDBs NUT-325 and SUT-342 Hemavan Airport

October 9, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Another two NDBs from Lapland, Sweden. NDBS NUT on 325 kHz and SUT on 342 kHz serve as navigation aids for Hemavan Tärnaby Airport. The distance to my QTH is 1632 kilometers.

Hemavan Tärnaby Airport with the ski resort Hemavan in the background

Hemavan and Tärnaby are ski/winter sport resorts. From the airport, which is adjacent to Hemavan, you can see the slopes in the background. Amapola (aka Populair) Airlines operates flights between Hemavan and Stockholm Arlanda.

My reports were confirmed by Chris from AVISEQ.

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