Monday, May 05, 2008

QSL Report Central - the best from the vault

Back by request from several Shortwave Central web readers, I've reopened the vault to post the best of my back issues of the QSL Report column from Monitoring Times. Look for more editions coming.
Thanks to our readers!
Gayle VH

Albania
Radio Tirana 7425 kHz. Full data QSL signed by Drita Cico-Head of Monitoring Center, plus Albanian postcards. Received in 37 days for an email report and audio clips to dcico@abcom. Station address: External Service, Rruga Ismail, Qemali Nr 11, Tirana, Albania. Website: http://www.rtsh.com.al/ . (Nicholas Eranmo, Argentina).

Amateur Radio
Asiatic Russia UA9MA, 10 meters SSB. Full data two-color QSL card, Received in five months via ARRL bureau. Website: http://www.arrl.org/ (L. Van Horn, NC)

Colombia HK3JJH, 12 meters SSB. Full data black/white card. Received in 462 via ARRL bureau. (Van Horn).

Poland SN7Q, 15/40 meters SSB. Full data two color card. Received in 462 days via ARRL bureau. (Van Horn)

Austria
AWR/Adventist World Radio via Moosbrunn 6045 kHz. Full data AWR map card signed by Adrian Peterson, plus brochure and schedule. Received in 50 days. Station address: (for listeners in the Americas, Africa and Europe) P.O. Box 29235, Indianapolis, IN 46229 USA. Website: http://www.awr.org/ . (J.M. Perry, IN)

Clandestine
Radio Furusato no Kaze (Winds of Hometown) via Taiwan 9780 kHz. Thank you response letter signed by Toshiyuki Mizutano, and notice they do not have QSL cards. My prepared QSL card returned with booklets on abductees, plus Canadian postal money remittance. Letter received in 54 days for report and mp3 CD recording. (Ed Kusalik, Canada) Correspondence address via World QSL Book; Headquarters for the Abduction Issue, 1-6-1 Nagata-cho, chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8968, Japan.

Guam
American Forces Radio/AFRTS via Barrigada 5765 USB. Full data AFRTS logo card signed by Robert Winkler. Received in nine days for an English report, souvenir postcard and applause card. QSL address: Department of Defense, NMC DET AFRTS-DMC, 23755 Z Street, Bldg. 2730, Riverside, CA 92518-2017. Website: http://myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/ (Joe Wood, TN).

Kazakhstan
Family Radio Worldwide/WYFR via Alma Ata (Almaty) 7535 kHz. Full data (with site) Faithful Service card plus religious material. Received in eight months after email followup to info@familyradio.com . Address: (non technical) Family Stations Inc., 290 Hegenberger, Road, Oakland, CA 94621-1436 USA. Website: http://www.famiyradio.com/ (Kusalik)

Medium Wave
KKEE 1230 kHz AM Astoria, Oregon. Friendly electronic verification from Tom Freel at tom.freel@nnbproduction.com. Verified years ago as KVAS. AM QSL # 2961. Website: http://www.kkee1230.com/ (Patrick Martin, OR)

KTRO 910 kHz AM. Talk Radio Oregon. Prepared QSL card returned and signed by Justin Mansfield-Program Director. Station address: 6400 Lake Drive, Portland, OR 97222 USA. Website: http://www.am910ktro.com/ (Martin).

KUTR 820 kHz AM Taylorsville, Utah. QSL card signed by John Dehnel-Chief Engineer. Received in ten days for followup of 2005 report. Station address: 55 North, 300 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84180. Website: http://www.utaham820.com/ (Martin)

Mongolia
Radio Free Asia via Ulaanbaatar 7460 kHz. Full data QSL card unsigned. Received in 35 days for an English email report to qsl@rfa.org. Station address: 2025 M Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036 USA. Website: http://www.rfa.org/ (Henry Tidenberg, Salida, CO)

Sri Lanka
IBB/Deewa Radio via Iranawila 11510 kHz. Full data IBB/Deewa Radio via Sri Lanka on transmitter/sunset card signed by George O Miller-Station Manager. Received in 11 months and 37 days after no response from Washington, D.C. address. Station address: IBB/Sri Lanka Transmitting Station, c/o U.S. Embassy, 210 Galle Road, Colombo 2, Sri Lanka. (Kusalik)

Standard Time & Frequency Station
CHU 7335 kHz. No data QSL card and newsletter. Received in 37 days for an email report to chu@nrc.gc.ca. Correspondence address and web information via World QSL Book; Institute for National Measurement Standards (INMS), National Research Council of Canada, 1200 Montreal Road, Bld. M-36, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0RA Canada. Website: http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/chu.html (Eramo).

RWM 4995 kHz. Full data color card with illegible signature. Received in 214 days for an English report and $3.00U.S. Starion address: Russian State Time and Frequency Service, Institute of Metrology for Time and Space (IMVP), FGUP, VNIIFTRI, Moscow Region, Mendeleevo 141570 Russia. (Richard W. Parker KB2DMD, PA)

Tajikistan
Radio Free Asia via Dushanbe 7540 kHz. Full data QSL card unsigned. Received in 42 days for an English email report to qsl@rfa.org Station address: (see Mongolia). (Tidenberg).

United Arab Emirates
Deutsche Welle Dhabayya relay 9715, 15420 kHz. Full data Ukrainisches Programm map card and Schwerin Church card. Received both in two weeks. Station address: Customer Service, Deutsche Welle, D-53110, Bonn, Germany. Website: http://www.dw-world.de Deutsche Welle transmitters verified # 35. (Wendel Craighead, KS).

USA
Radio Hoa Mai via KWHR via Naalehu, Hawaii 12130 kHz. Full data personal letter (except for frequency) but included transmitter site. Programming details I listed in report were included in reply in Vietnamese. Received in one month from Nguyen Congbang-Executive Director. There was an additional letter from Mr. Nguyen and my dollar was returned. QSL address: Radio Hoa Mai, P.O. Box 842064, Houston, TX 77284 USA. (Craighead).