Monday 31 December 2018

Bangkok Meteorological Radio QSL letter and folder received for a RR of 13th June 2018 for broadcast on 8743 Khz

Bangkok Meteorological Radio was logged on 8743 Khz on 13th June 2018.
Daily Weather Forecast, Broadcast message for shipping in English was heard from 1331 UTC to 1336 UTC.

Reception report was sent via multiple email address.
After a few follow up emails they verified my report with the following QSL letter and folders.








Thursday 27 December 2018

Special Christmas DRM broadcast from KTWR Guam Transmitter on 9380 Khz

Special Christmas DRM broadcast from KTWR was received on 9380 Khz on 25th December 2018. Christmas music was heard from 1230 UTC to 1243 UTC.

A part of the broadcast can be heard in the following clip.




Wednesday 26 December 2018

Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) Annual Christmas Special broadcast Gruß and Bord via Moosburnn, Austria

Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) Worldwide Annual Christmas Special broadcast 'Gruß and Bord' via Moosburnn, Austria was logged on 9570 khz. Christmas songs and  greetings from seaman and families was monitored from 1926 UTC to 1935 UTC.

In the following clip, one of the NDR host wishes Merry Christmas to 'Colombo Express'  which is one of the largest container ships in the world.


Monday 17 December 2018

Voice Of Mongolia 12015 Khz QSL

Voice Of Mongolia from Ulaanbaatar was received on 12015 Khz on 18th June 2018.
News and regular mail box program was heard from 1530 UTC to 1555 UTC.

Reception was noisy but I was able to copy the whole broadcast. SINPO was: 34333

A reception report was sent on the following day. After a few follow up emails Voice Of Mongolia replied with following beautiful QSL card.

Although they mistakenly mentioned the wrong (19th June) date in the card. It should be 18th June.



Voice of Mongolia reception on 18th June 2018

Thursday 13 December 2018

Radio Veritas Asia QSL

Radio Veritas Asia from Quezon city, Philippines in Bengali was received on 11880 Khz on 27th June 2018, a few days before the final transmission on shortwave.

Fair signal strength observed but the reception was affected by severe noise. SINPO was- 34233.

A reception report was email on the following day. RVA verified my report with the following QSL card. A few station Stickers, pen and key ring were also included in he envelop.

Thanks to RVA for those goodies.









Sunday 18 November 2018

World Harvest Radio from Palau island (T8WH) 9930 QSL

World Harvest Radio (T8WH)  in English was logged on 9930 Khz at 1230 UTC on 7th July 2018.   Easy English studies' and Christian music was received with clear audio.

Reception report with audio clips was sent on the following day via email. 


WHRI(T8WH ) replied with the following beautiful QSL card which reached my place a few weeks ago.


Here is a short footage of the above mentioned broadcast as received on
Grundig Yacht Boy 400

Monday 1 October 2018

Radio Taiwan International QSL and pennant received

Radio Taiwan International (RTI) in English was logged on 9405 Khz at 1600 UTC on 30th July 2018.  Reception report was sent on the following day via email. 

RTI replied with the following QSL with a nice station pennant. Thanks to RTI









Friday 28 September 2018

Radio Taiwan International in English was logged on 9405 Khz

Radio Taiwan International in English was logged on 9405 Khz at 1600 UTC on 30th July 2018.
News, 'Hear in Taiwan' and 'Chinese Culture 101' were heard with very good signal.
SINPO was 44344. Reception report was sent via email.


Following is an excerpt from the above mentioned broadcast.


Tuesday 25 September 2018

QSL verification from SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng

Xi Wang Zhi Sheng (Sound Of Hope) was received on 13th June 2018 at around 1127 UTC. Chinese conversation  and piano music was noted on 15070 Khz with fair signal strength with frequent fading and atmospheric noise .
A reception report with audio files was sent via email.
After 80 days SOH verified my report with the scanned image of QSL which was posted later by snail mail.


Indeed, the paper QSL verification card  arrived in the mail after 25 days on September 20th 2018.  



Scanned QSL by email


Station Email: allenz@soundofhope.org

Wednesday 19 September 2018

QSL from China Tibet broadcasting Holy Tibet

China Tibet broadcasting (Holy Tibet) was received on 11th June 2018. CTB news and 'Tibet story' was heard on 4905 Khz and 6110 Khz  Reception on both frequency was excellent. SINPO: 44444
A reception report was sent on the following day via email and snail mail.

QSL Email is holytibetprogram@163.com

After 65 days the following envelop with  QSL card  and picture postcard came into my mail box on 16th August 2018 .






Sunday 9 September 2018

All India Radio DRM test transmission via Kingsway, New Delhi on 7th September 2018

All India Radio DRM test transmission via Kingsway, New Delhi on 11620 Khz was received in Kolkata on 7th September 2018. 

Flawless reception, No audio dropouts was noted. 

Saturday 1 September 2018

QSL verification from FEBC Radio Liangyou broadcast via Iba, Philippines

FEBC Radio Liangyou: Transmitting from Philippines Radio Liangyou was logged on 9th July 2018 at 14000 Hrs UTC. Christian religious program in Chinese was heard on 9345 khz with SINPO: 44344.

Email reception report was sent on the following day via email.

The following full detailed QSL card came to my mail box on 28th August 2018. It was posted from Hong kong.




A few minutes of broadcast video can be checked HERE

Sunday 26 August 2018

FEBC Radio Liangyou via Transmitter in Iba, Philipines

FEBC Radio Liangyou: Transmitting from Philippines Radio Liangyou was logged on 9th July 2018 at 14000 Hrs UTC. Christian religious program in Chinese was heard on 9345 khz with SINPO: 44344.
Email reception report was sent on the following day to arc@liangyou.net .

 Here is the short footage of the broadcast as received on Grundig Yacht Boy 400

Sunday 19 August 2018

All India Radio Vividh Bharati & FM Gold on 657 Khz in DRM mode with 200 KW Medium wave TX Power

AIR- Vividh Bharati & FM Gold on 657 Khz in DRM mode with 200 KW Medium wave TX Power from Amtala near Kolkata. 

Receiver used: DRM receiver AV-DR-1401



Sunday 12 August 2018

QSLs from Radio Free Asia TX via IBB Lampertheim, IBB Tinian and Dushanbe


Radio Free Asia (RFA): Four QSL received for my reception reports on four different transmissions of RFA ..








Wednesday 8 August 2018

All India Radio Port Blair QSL received

All India Radio Port Blair on 4760 Khz was logged on13th June 2018. Programing in hindi 'Jalyan Sambandhit Suchna' and Special filmy song program 'Jai Bharati"  for Indian armed forces observed from 1415 to 1432 UTC.
SINPO was 34233.  Fair signal strength with Moderate noise and fading noted from Kolkata.

Reception report with audio files were sent on the following day to spectrum-manager@air.org.in

AIR verified my report with the flowing QSL verification.




A few minutes of video as recorded on 13th June 2018

Friday 3 August 2018

KBS World Radio in English via Kimjae QSL


KBS World Radio via Kimjae was received on 9785 Khz on 21st May 2018. At 1401 UTC News in English and K-POP Connection was heard with SINPO: 43343.
Reception report sent on the following day. A QSL card with sticker and schedule came to my mailbox on 22nd July 2018.

QSL card depicts the historic moment of
2018 Inter Korean Summit. Two Korean presidents, Moon Jae-in from South and Kim Jong-un from North.