Radio Metropolis broadcasts with 1 kW from Trieste, Italy. Despite relatively low power it is not a difficult catch. The only thing I observe is that they are often subject to deep fading like the other low power Italian stations.
I tried to QSL them in the past, but I was never succesful. Until I learned last week that my friend Antonello Napolitano, known for his DX-fanzine bulletins, is hosting a DX show. And he was so kind to QSL my report.
This is what Antonello wrote:
As you may be aware I am the producer and host of a DX show in Italian called “Bande Rumorose” carried over 5 italian MW stations (Radio Metropolis, Radio Briscola, Emmereci Radio or Media Radio Castellana, Power 927 and Radio centrale Milano). If you listen to “Bande Rumorose” on any of the above mentioned stations and send me a reception report I will verify it with a specific e-QSL.
For the sake of good order, let me add that reports based on reception via public remote SDR receivers (Twente, Kiwi and so on) will not be verified. The reason is simple: such reports are useless as we can check such receivers by ourselves. Last but not least, I want to recognize the efforts made by true DXers for picking up the signals from those Italian stations.
“Bande Rumorose” is also distrubuted via its channel on youtube which can be found at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/@BandeRumorose-x3w
The program, which I describe as an old style DX show, consist of DX News, profile and/or history of both, MW and SW; stations from allover the world, interviews with DXers and shortwave personalities (for example Dino Bloise) and logs of recently received medium and short wave stations (some of them accompanied by good quality recording of their jingles or station identification announcements!).
“Bande Rumorose” is on air as follows (All times CET = UTC+1 hour):
• Emmerreci Radio, Castel San Pietro Terme (BO), Sundays, at 1100, Fridays at 2300 on 711 e 1098 kHz.
• Power 927, Abbiategrasso (MI), Sundays at 1100, Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays, at 2100 on 927 kHz.
• Radio Briscola, Lenta (VC), Sundays, at 1100 e 1830 on 1449 kHz.
• Radio Centrale Milano, Milano, Sundays, at 1030, Mondays, at 2300 on 1575 kHz.
• Radio Metropolis, Trieste, Sundays, at 2205 on 1503 kHz and 93.90 MHz FM for the city of Trieste.
Reception reports are welcome (Short mp3 recordings appreciated) to: banderumorose@dxfanzine.com
