Wednesday, September 16, 2009

QSL Blog Report

August 2009 verifications

Station: - NHK World Radio Japan
Date: - 30-07-2009
Frequency: - 11705 kHz (Yamata)
Time: - 1400-1430 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - “Sunflower” (Tsunan-Machi, Niigata Prefecture).

Station: - NHK World Radio Japan
Date: - 02-08-2009
Frequency: - 9585 kHz
Time: - 1345-1430 UTC
Language: - Hindi
Description: - “Summer Festival” (Nagano Prefecture)

Station: - China Radio International
Date: - 28-07-2009
Frequency: - 9570 kHz
Time: - 1630-1655 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - The Great Family of the Chinese Nation – Mongolian ethnical minority group.

Station: - Radio Canada International
Date: - 18-07-2009
Frequency: - 11700 kHz (via Kunming relay, China)
Time: - 0000-0057 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Maple Leaf Mailbag Special QSL verified by Bill Westenhaver. 60 Years of Radio Worldwide! Radio Canada International is proud to offer its loyal listeners a series of exclusive QSL cards to mark its 60th anniversary. For 60 years, RCI has been bringing you rich, diverse radio that today include over 300 hours of programming each week. Tune in weekly to Ian Johns and his Maple Leaf Mailbag team on shortwave, satellite or www.rcinet.ca/

Station: - Radio Canada International
Date: - 20-07-2009
Frequency: - 9620 kHz (via Emirler relay, Turkey)
Time: - 0000-0057 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Maple Leaf Mailbag Special QSL verified by Bill Westenhaver. 60 Years of Radio Worldwide! Radio Canada International is proud to offer its loyal listeners a series of exclusive QSL cards to mark its 60th anniversary. For 60 years, RCI has been bringing you rich,
diverse radio that today include over 300 hours of programming each week. Tune in weekly to Ian Johns and his Maple Leaf Mailbag team on shortwave, satellite or www.rcinet.ca/

Station: - Radio Taiwan International
Date: - 13-06-2009
Frequency: - 13840 kHz
Time: - 1600-1700 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Paphiopedilum. Taiwan – the Orchid Kingdom – has a history of orchid cultivation going back a hundred years and is the world’s largest orchid exporter. The genus paphiopedilum is known as the Fairly Slipper Orchid in Chinese on account of the shape of its petals and coloring fas also given it the name Lady’s Slipper.

Station: - Radio Sweden
Date: - 06-08-2009
Frequency: - 13600 kHz
Time: - 1530 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - TERACOM, Hoerby Radiostation.

Station: - RDP International Radio Portugal
Date: - 06-08-2009
Frequency: - 15770 kHz
Time: - 1430-1500 UTC
Language: - Portuguese
Description: - QSL verified by Christiane, Lisbon’s hills.

Station: - Vatican Radio
Date: - 28-01-2009
Frequency: - 9310 kHz
Time: - 1530-1550 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Photograph of Pope Benedict XVI.

Station: - Radio Ukraine International
Date: - 22-07-2009
Frequency: - 7440 kHz
Time: - 0300-0400 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - National Radio Company of Ukraine.

Station: - Radio Free Asia
Date: - 26-07-2009
Frequency: - 11590 kHz (IBB Kuwait)
Time: - 1200-1230 UTC
Language: - Tibetan
Description: - This card honors radio pioneer Nikola Tesla who patented the basic system of radio in 1896. Tesla’s schematic diagrams describing the basic elements of a radio transmitter were later used by Marconi. In 1896 Tesla also constructed an instrument to receive radio waves. This QSL is issued for all confirmed reception reports from July – August 2009. Please continue to send your reception reports to us at qsl@rfa.org

Station: - KBS World Radio
Date: - 04-08-2009
Frequency: - 7275 kHz
Time: - 1800-1900 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - Donggang River – Whit its pristine beauty and well-preserved ecosystem, Donggang River in Gangwon Province is one of the cleanest waterways in South Korea. It is home to a great number of plant and animal species currently at risk of extinction.

Station: - The Overcomer Ministry
Date: - 04-08-2009
Frequency: - 13810 kHz (Juelich, Germany)
Time: - 1500-1530
Language: - English
Description: - The Overcomer Ministry.

Station: - The Voice of Greece
Date: - 17-07-2009
Frequency: - 15650 kHz
Time: - 2300-2400 UTC
Language: - Greek
Description: - “The prince of the lillies ” fresco from Konssos (1.500 B.C.) Heraklion Archaeological Museum (Crete).
Station: - Voice of Russia
Date: - 22-07-2009
Frequency: - 11985 kHz
Time: - 1600-1630 UTC
Language: - English
Description: - The Voice of Russia, 29 October 1929 - 29 October 2009. The Voice of Russia, 20-30s.

Station: - Voice of Russia
Date: - 23-07-2009
Frequency: - 6070 kHz
Time: - 1500-1530 UTC
Language: - Hindi
Description: - The Voice of Russia, 29 October 1929 - 29 October 2009. The Great Patriotic War 1941-1945.
(Mukesh Kumar, Cosmo Club/Bihar, India)
Email: thecosmosclub@yahoo.co.in
Website: http://thecosmosclub.blogspot.com/