QSL Report 2.0 - June 2026

 

                              Bringing you the latest in QSLing from across the globe

Welcome to the June 2026 edition of QSL Report 2.0!  Thank you for your comments and contributions.

QSL Report 2.0 is a revival of my former QSL Report column in Monitoring Times magazine. Each issue brings you updates on QSLing trends—what worked (and what didn’t) along with special event QSLs and stations verified across amateur radio, mediumwave, pirate, shortwave, and utility bands. If you’ve received a QSL from any of these stations, share your results with the world!

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Blonde Zeeman 1617/1618 kHz. Full data prepared QSL returned as verified in five days, for postal report to: Blonde Zeeman: T.J. Taimastraat 4 9269 PB Veenwouden, Netherlands (Jouke van der Galien, NLD/BDXC).

Radio Piepzender 6005 kHz. Partial data e-QSL. Received in 32 days for e-report to radioqsl@hotmail.com (John van der Vere, NLD)

Ruqui Radio 6020 kHz. Full data e-QSL. Received in 30 days for e-report to ruquiradioam@gmail.com (Manuel Méndez, Spain/BdXC).

Telstar Radio International 6045 kHz. Full data e-QSL. Received in 20 days for e-report to erdenman@gmx.de (Artur Fernandez Llorella, Spain)

XTC Shortwave 6290 kHz. Full data e-QSL. Received in two days for e-report to xtcshortwave@googlemail.com (van der Galien).

Zender Akenzo, 5840 kHz. Full data e-QSL. Received in ten months, for e-report to akenzoteam@hotmail.com (Llorella).

Mediumwave

Algeria

Radio Gharda?a 873 kHz. No-data e-letter from Ali Djerdi, Directeur. Received in two days for e-report to radio.ghadaia@gmail.com (Llorella)

Bahamas

ZNS QSL

ZNS The National Voice 1540 kHz. Full data e-QSL from Deon Morris. Received in 63 days for e-report to D.Morris@znsbahamas.com (Roberto Pavanello, Italy/DX Fanzine).

Bonaire

TWR Bonaire 800 kHz. Full data e-QSL from Jason Helmboldt. Received in two days for posting e-report to https://twr.org/bonaire-QSL-form (Moreno Villarroel, FB/QSL Chasers).

Eswatini

TWR QSL

Trans World Radio 1170 kHz. Full data color scenery e-QSL. Received in seven days for e-report to lstvrop@twr.org (G Van Horn, LA)

France

Pop Shop Radio via Roumoules, 1467 kHz. Full data e-QSL in one day, for e-report to radiopopshop@gmail.com (Ghibaudo).

Ireland

Radio North 846 kHz. Full data e-QSL. Received in 44 days for e-report to radionorth846mwads@gmail.com (Hashimoto Kenji, Japan/FB/DX Fanzine).Verified in seven days with the same email address (Llorella).

Italy

Radio Metropolia 1503 kHz. Full data e-QSL from Antonello Napolitano. Received in five days for e-report to dxf@dxfanzine.com (Llorella).

United Kingdom

Radio Red Hill, 1431 kHz. Full data e-QSL from Ian, Station Engineer, in less than 24 hours. E-report posted on the station’s website form. (Paul Flanagan, UK/DX Fanzine)

United States

WNAM Neenah, Wisconsin 1280 kHz. Full data QSL. Received 12 days from follow-up report to steve.edwards@cumulus.com and MP3 audio file. Received six years after Sheigra DXpedition (Alan Pennington, UK?BDXC). Good catch, this station is now inactive.

Shortwave

Ascension Island

KBS World Radio 9655 kHz. Full data e-QSL. Received in 17 days by postal mail, for e-report to french@kbs.co.kr (Christian Ghibaudo, France).

Australia

Reach Beyond Australia 11925. Full data e-QSL in ten days, for e-report to radio@reachbeyond.org.au (Rod Pearson, FL).

South African DX Report via Reach Beyond Australia, 15440 kHz. Full data e-QSL from André Gouws. Received in two days, for e-report to andrea9@duck.com (Llorella) 

Bulgaria

Radio Taiwan International 9790 kHz. Full data logo e-QSL. Received in 40 days for an e-report to rus@rti.org.tw (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria/BDXC)

Clandestine

National Unity Radio 5900 kHz, via Tamsui, Taiwan. Received in 12 days for e-report to umg.info@unimedia.net (Pearson).

France

Atlantic 2000 International via Rohrbach Waal, 6070 kHz. Full data e-QSL. Received in two days, for the French e-report to atlantic2000international@gmail.com (Ghibaudo).

Germany

VOLA 9670 kHz via Channel 292. Full data e-QSL from Jim Salmon. Received in one day for e-report to volanair@gmail.com (Llorella).

Super Clan Radio 9670 kHz via Channel 292. Full data e-QSL in ten days, for e-report to superclanradio@yahoo.com (Llorella).

Texas Radio Shortwave 9670 kHz via Channel 292. Full data e-QSL. Received in one day for an e-report to texasradioshortwave@proton.com (Ghibaudo).

Guam

KTWR 9900/12040 kHz. Full data e-QSL in two months for e-report to asiafeedback@twr.org (Sam Wright, MS)

Indonesia

Voice of Indonesia 4755 kHz. Full data e-QSL. Received in 35 days for e-report to voilisteners@gmail.com (J. Waga, Germany/BDXC)

Madagascar

KTWR relay 15440 kHz. Full data e-QSL in three months for e-report to asiafeedback@twr.org (Pearson).

New Zealand

Radio NZ Pacific 13690 kHz. Full data e-QSL. Received in three days for an e-report posted at www.rnz.co.nz/qsl (Ben Clement, OR)

United Arab Emirates

QSL

Gaweylon Tibetan Radio via Dhabbaya relay, 15215 kHz. Full data scenery e-QSL from Anil R. Alfred, Director. Received in three days. Noted station is part of the FEBC/FEBA broadcast. For email to: gaweylon@gmail.com (G. Van Horn, LA) 

Vietnam

Voice of Vietnam 9730 kHz. Full data color scenery e-QSL. Received in three days for French service. E-report to vovhanoi.france@gmail.com (Juan Carlos Pérez Montero, Spain/FB QSL) 9830 kHz. Full data e-QSL in 24 days, for French e-report to above address (Ghibaudo).

Utility

Estonia

Tallinn Radio 2187.5 kHz. Station QSL from Indrek Laur. Received in six weeks, for e-report to info@riks.ee and keskus@riks.ee (Llorella)

JRCC Tallinn, 2187.5 kHz. Full data e-verification letter. Received in one day for e-report to jrcc@politsei.ee (Llorella).

Germany

Bremen Rescue Radio

Bremen Rescue Radio 2187.5 kHz. Full data e-QSL in 13 days, for e-report to mrcc@seenotretter.de (Llorella).

Iceland

Reykjavik Radio, 2187.5 kHz. Full data e-Verification Letter. Received in one day for e-report to reyrad@hg.is (Llorella).

India

MRCC Chennai, 12577 kHz. Full data e-Verification Letter. Received in 11 days for e-report to mrcceast@indiancoastguard.nic.in (Llorella).

Memories of Radio Pakistan, Lahore

 

This episode originally aired on September 3, 2000

It was back in the year 1968 that we as a family were transferred from Perth in Western Australia to Lahore in Pakistan.  Soon after our arrival at our new location, I received a letter from an international radio monitor in the United States enquiring about the small shortwave station operated by Radio Pakistan in Lahore.

I checked my radio files and noted that I had received several QSL cards for different outlets of Radio Pakistan, and that each card listed a shortwave transmitter in Lahore under the callsign APL3.  The World Radio TV Handbook also listed APL3 in Lahore, as a 1 kW shortwave unit on the air on 21 different channels, though most of these were never used.

Now, it so happened that the transmitter base for Radio Pakistan Lahore on mediumwave was located on Multan Road, just half a mile from Adventpura, the estate where we were living.  On one occasion, my Pakistani assistant and I drove down to the station, and we were given a cordial welcome and a friendly guided tour.  I saw the small shortwave transmitter, now off the air.  I was told that there was little need for a low-powered shortwave transmitter in the Lahore area, and that there were no plans to re-activate it.

Just last year, when I made a nostalgic return visit to Pakistan, I revisited the transmitter site on Multan Road, only to discover that the entire station is gone, transferred to another location.  The whole area is now a modern housing estate.

The history of Radio Pakistan Lahore, shortwave APL3, is very interesting.  It would appear that this transmitter was at first on the air shortwave in Karachi under the callsign APK2.  It was transferred to Lahore around 1950 and it was in service in Lahore as APL3 until about 1967.  Programming was always on relay from the network of Radio Pakistan, usually from the local mediumwave station.  Very few QSL cards were ever issued for this small regional shortwave unit.

Thus, the historic shortwave transmitter, 1 kW APL3, was long ago discarded, and the property is now a housing estate.

Medium Wave WOR in New York on Shortwave

Thank you to the staff of Wavescan for this week's feature on New York's WOR

Jeff: The 104 year-old medium wave radio station WOR in New York City is one of the most well-known stations in the United States, and indeed it’s also very well-known to medium wave DX-ers worldwide.  It is a 50,000 watt Class A clear channel news/talk station on 710 kHz, currently owned by iHeartMedia.  However, few people today are aware of WOR’s involvement in experimental shortwave broadcasting back in its earlier years.  Ray Robinson has the story.

 Audio Clip - WOR - Radio 710  available at: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/wavescan/episodes/2026-05-23T17_00_00-07_00

Ray: Thanks, Jeff.  WOR is one of the oldest continuously operating radio stations in the United States, and it’s the only station in the New York City metro area to have retained its original three-letter callsign.  It was launched by Jack Poppele, of subsequent Voice of America fame, in February 1922.  At the time, the station’s city of license was Newark, New Jersey and it was installed on the sixth floor of the fourteen-story Bamberger Department Store in Newark.  Bamberger’s subsequently became a division of the Macy’s department store empire.

With a studio on the 6th floor and a showy antenna on the roof of its Newark store,

Bamberger's launched WOR to sell more radios.

In a shortsighted move on December 1, 1921, the U.S. Department of Commerce set aside a single wavelength, 360 metres (833 kHz), for radio stations to broadcast entertainment programs.  The store applied for a license, which was granted two months later, on February 20, 1922.  Its original transmitter was a 250 watt unit constructed by De Forrest, duly assigned to the 833 kHz channel, which quickly became congested causing stations in the same area to have to share time.  WOR’s debut broadcast came two days later, on February 22, 1922.

The license application had requested the callsign WLB, but that had just been assigned to another station so they were instead granted the sequential call WOR, which had been relinquished by the Orient Line passenger vessel, SS "California".  So the call, WOR, had meaning as the first two letters in the name Orient Line, but it had no meaning whatsoever for the Bamberger store.  The purpose of the station for Bamberger’s was to help them sell more radio receivers, and for general publicity for the store.

Soon afterwards, the 250 watt transmitter was relocated from the sixth floor to the roof of the Bamberger building; and shortly afterward again, it was replaced with a more stable 500 watt Western Electric transmitter.  By the summer of 1922, there were so many stations in the New York area that WOR was only on the air for a few hours per week.  During the following year, 1923, WOR was allowed to move from the highly undesirable 833 kHz channel to the more open frequency of 740 kHz.

With an eye to capturing the New York metro market, new studios were opened at Chickering Hall on West 57th Street in Manhattan, though shortly afterwards, these were moved to a more prominent location at 1440 Broadway.

And when the station was just five years old in 1927, a more impressive purpose-built transmitter facility was constructed on a plot of land four miles west of Manhattan in Kearney, New Jersey.  There, the power level was raised to 5 kW, and the frequency was changed to 710 kHz – the same frequency still used to this day.

In 1928, WOR began their first foray into shortwave usage by operating a mobile shortwave transmitter, W2XAQ, which they had installed in an aeroplane for a remote broadcast.  After that, the 50 watt unit was installed at their new transmitter base in Kearney.  As a no-longer-mobile experimental unit, its callsign was then changed to W2XCX, with the intent of installing a higher-powered unit in due course.

Early in 1933, it was announced that WOR was ready to install a powerful new shortwave transmitter.  The transmitter itself was already constructed, the announcement stated, but the building was not yet readied for this purpose.

Then, the following year, in 1934, a much larger transmitter facility was constructed at more distant Carteret, New Jersey, 21 miles southwest of Manhattan, on a 34 acre property next to the Rahway River.  The new building was planned to house several transmitters, including the 5 kW unit from Kearney, a new 50 kW medium wave unit, an air navigation beacon, and also the shortwave transmitter.  The counterpoise system for the medium wave antenna was made up of 35 miles of buried copper wire spread over an area of some 10 acres, including beneath the flowing waters of the Rahway River.

WOR announced that both the new transmitter site at Carteret, and the new shortwave service from that site using the callsign W2XHI, would be inaugurated on December 1, 1934.  However, the inauguration was postponed until March 4, 1935, when the President of the United States at that time, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, performed a remote opening ceremony for the new transmission site during a special event at the White House.

 Audio Clip - WOR - 1440 Broadway   https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/wavescan/episodes/2026-05-23T17_00_00-07_00

But the fulltime shortwave service failed to materialize.  Subsequent press releases indicated delay after delay, until finally in November 1935, the shortwave project was abandoned, without further explanation.

In 1936, WOR did conduct another significant remote broadcast from out in the Atlantic, where their old 50 watt shortwave transmitter had now been installed on the new luxury passenger liner, the "Queen Mary" (that’s right, the one that’s now permanently moored in the port of Long Beach, California).

In April 1937, radio monitors in the United States were surprised to hear WOR being relayed on shortwave by the Press Wireless station at Hicksville, NJ, initially under the callsign W2II.  And, on several more occasions during 1937, the programming from WOR medium wave was again heard being relayed by PWI Hicksville.  The Hicksville callsign for the later broadcasts was W2XGB.  The shortwave channel was usually 17310 kHz, and PWI did issue QSL cards to confirm reception of these broadcasts.

On two occasions, the high-profile Jack Poppele of station WOR attempted to communicate with the planet Mars using the Press Wireless transmitters at Hicksville; once in 1924, and again in 1939.  These attempts were notably unsuccessful, probably due to the fact that Mars is uninhabited, although to be fair, they didn’t know that at the time!!!

In the late 1930’s, WOR operated a high-fidelity shortwave transmitter on 11 metres under the callsign W2XJI.  In spite of the low power for this experimental operation, which was just 100 watts, it was often heard in Australia and New Zealand when propagation conditions supported a maximum usable frequency that high.

The late 1930’s was also when early experiments in fax broadcasting took place, and WOR initially used their medium wave transmitter late at night for the broadcast of a fax newspaper, in parallel with a shortwave fax transmitter using the callsign W2XUP.  Like the high-fidelity W2XJI, this also operated on 11 metres, and was similarly heard in Australia and New Zealand, where it was also occasionally reported with music programming.

The final occasion when a shortwave relay of WOR was noted was in September 1942, around the time when Hicksville was conducting experimental broadcasts in preparation for their planned relay of the new Voice of America.  International radio monitors in New Zealand and Australia sent reception reports for these shortwave broadcasts direct to WOR in New York City, but official reply letters stated that they knew nothing of the relay of WOR programming over callsign WJQ on 10010 kHz from Hicksville.  However, they helpfully suggested to keep on listening to the same shortwave channel, to hear WOR again.

Thus it was, that medium wave WOR was involved with shortwave broadcasting in five different ways:

1. Between the years 1928 and 1936, they are known to have operated their own 50 watt shortwave transmitter as W2XAQ/W2XCX on several occasions.  

2. In the mid-1930s, they planned and prepared for a fulltime shortwave station, W2XHI, that never materialized.  

3. In 1924 and 1939, WOR was involved in unsuccessful shortwave transmissions to the planet Mars via the facilities of Press Wireless, Hicksville. 

4. In the late 1930’s, WOR experimented with high fidelity broadcasts on 11 metres under the callsign W2XJI, and with fax broadcasts on 11 metres under the callsign W2XUP.

5. In the late 1930’s and early 1940’s, WOR programming was often noted being relayed on shortwave by PWI, Hicksville.  

WOR began experimental FM broadcasting in 1939, and became one of the first licensed commercial FM stations in 1941.  They were involved in early TV transmissions as well, launching WOR-TV in October 1949.  The WOR transmitter site at Carteret, NJ was used for some 32 years, until 1967, when a new transmitter facility was constructed near Lyndhurst, NJ, almost adjacent to the old Kearney site, and the previous site down in Carteret became a community park.

Then 40 years later again, in 2007, another new transmitter facility was built for WOR at Rutherford, NJ, just a mile or two north of the Lyndhurst property, which became a golf course.  These days, with studios at 125 West 55th Street in Midtown, Manhattan, WOR can be heard widely with their news/talk format with 50 kW on 710 kHz.

 Audio Clip - WOR – iHeart  https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/wavescan/episodes/2026-05-23T17_00_00-07_00

They use a three-tower directional antenna array to protect KIRO which is also on 710 in Seattle.  WOR has always been a reliable verifier of reception reports.

Back to you, Jeff.

Special music broadcast from C.M. Obrechr on May 30th

 

Musician C. M. Obrecht has a special broadcast of mixed music, Bringing Music Across Asia.

 Saturday, 30 May 2026 13:00-14:00 UTC on 21700 kHz AM.

For listeners in South East Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia) and parts of China and Japan.

Transmitting from Dhabayya, United Arab Emirates  (250 kW)

(c.m.obrecht on Instagram 25 May https://www.instagram.com/c.m.obrecht/?hl=en  )

These are in addition to his monthly broadcasts via Germany's Channel 292, including the May 30th broadcast, on 9670 kHz at 2100 UTC.

https://cmobrecht.jimdofree.com/shortwave-radio/

A Pennington/BDXC)

Encore Classical Music on Radio Tumbril

 

Dear Listener

Regular Broadcast times of Encore By WRMI and Channel 292 are:

02:00 - 03:00 UTC Friday 5850 kHz WRMI to US

20:00 - 21:00 UTC Friday 15770 kHz WRMI to Europe

10:00 - 11:00 UTC Saturday 9670 kHz Channel 292 to Europe

01:00 - 02:00 UTC Sunday 5850 kHz WRMI to US and Canada

19:00 - 20:00 UTC Sunday 3955 kHz Channel 292 to Europe

02:00 - 03:00 UTC Monday 5950 kHz WRMI to the US and Canada

13:00 - 14:00 UTC Tuesday 15770 kHz WRMI to Europe, the east coast of the US, and Iceland. (Sometimes RTTY on the lower sideband. Suggest notch out or use USB.)

Some Things to see on The Encore Website:

The Encore website is www.tumbril.co.uk, where you will find:

Important information about the funding of Encore - Radio Tumbril.

Up-to-date transmission times and frequencies.

The playlists for the most recent programmes.

An email link.

Informal reception reports as well as those requesting eQSL cards, are welcome.

THIS FORTNIGHT'S PROGRAMME - First broadcast on FRIDAY 29th May by WRMI at 0200 UTC on 5850, and 2000 UTC on 15770 and then Channel 292 on SATURDAY 30th May at 10:00 UTC on 9670 kHz:

Begins with part of Dvorák's Serenade for wind instruments, then all of Smetana's String Quartet No. 1.

After that some poems of John Donne set to music by Britten, and to finish the Sonatina for Flute and guitar by Tedesco.

Brice Avery - Encore - Radio Tumbril - www.tumbril.co.uk.

GMØTLY

Audio download available for Jen's Memorial Day Special

 

Jen's Memorial Day Special for the Sunday, May 24th  program is available now for your listening or downloading. 

Long Link to Sunday's Cast.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mwyjonkddr99zuou7sf5c/Jen-s-Memorial-Day-special-For-Sun.-May-24th-18-21-plus-heard-on-Unique.mp3?rlkey=ohl9sempg9en6u3z4wmiw2ec0&dl=0

Tiny URL

https://tinyurl.com/mr7rtrb3

For your contact pleasure:  Jenur@proton.me

Blog Logs-June 2026

 

                                Proving once again … that shortwave is not DEAD!

Welcome to the June 2026 issue of Blog Logs. Thank you for your emails, logging contributions, and following my latest daily tweets on X at: Shortwave Central (Gayle Van Horn W4GVH@QSLRptMT).

Have you subscribed to the Shortwave Central YouTube channel? You will find a vast selection of videos and audio airchecks, and the Playlist is growing! Join your fellow radio enthusiasts at: https://www.youtube.com/c/ShortwaveCentral 

The Shortwave Central blog brings you the latest from the ever-changing realm of radio. Additional radio information is covered in my Bits & Bytes monthly column in The Spectrum Monitor e-zine at: https://www.thespectrummonitor.com/

Languages as indicated

// denotes station heard on a parallel frequency

*Sign-on Sign-Off*/ frequencies in kHz

Monitoring  May 1 – 28, 2026   

UTC, frequencies kHz 

Longwave

225, Polskie Radio, Jedynka, 2200-2215. Polish national anthem to the lady’s station info in Polish. YouTube video: https://youtu.be/Xj1wn7fwLkk

Mediumwave

Argentina

1130, Emisora Santiago y Copia Evita. Spanish songs from Argentina to local ads. QRM from Uruguay’s Nacional Uruguay on 1130 kHz (Rudolf Grimm, Brazil).

Bolivia

1560, Radio Luz do Mundo, la Paz. Spanish at 0054 with biblical sermons to a congregation. (Grimm).

Bonaire

800, Trans World Radio, Bonaire/Radio Trans Mundial via Kralendijik. Spanish programming at 0010. Christian vocal tunes, with QSM from Brazil’s 800 kHz Radio MEC, Rio Janeiro (Grimm).

Eswatini

1170, TWR Africa 1859-1910. Male announcer’s English readings from the book of Mark, Chapter 4. Additional sermon comments from Hebrews. New program Hope in Hard Times at 1905 (Van Horn) YT video: https://youtu.be/ocYXB5FLl3s

Paraguay

660, Radio Regional Concepción. Spanish at 0009 with interviews on the high prices in Paraguay. Newscast and station ID. (Grimm).

680, Radio Cáritas, Nemby. In Spanish for religious mass.(Grimm)

1140, Central Radio, Ypané. Spanish at 2330 with sports commentary (Grimm).

Moldova

1413, Radio Vesti FM 2156-2210. Two male announcers in Russian to fanfare music at 2200. Station promotional and station ID. Promos for upcoming national and economic news. Time tips to ID at 2200, followed by newscast (Van Horn).

1485, Radio Zelyoniy Glaz, Dorkovskaya. Fair to poor signal from Russian Kiwi SDR. Male announcer’s text and conversations with the accompanying announcer. (Van Horn)

United States

1490, WANG Biloxi, Mississippi. 2158-2210 Afternoon sports talk, slogan quote "Supertalk MS Gulf Coast." ID for sister station WOSM (Ocean Springs, Mississippi). News cast and local commercials. (Van Horn)  YT video available at: https://youtu.be/bvNTMknvTfU

Shortwave

Armenia

12060, SM Radio Dessau via Gavar relay 1554-1615. Transmitter promptly on at 1554 to 1600 sign-on. Classic interval signal from Radio Berlin International into RBI identification. German national anthem, ID, and contact info. The program mix of German and English. (Van Horn) YT video:https://youtu.be/0KrsMXx07dQ

Ascension Island

6135, BBC World Service in English via English Bay at 0534-0539. Interviews about Namibia and Nigeria. (Grimm)

Australia

11900, Reach Beyond Australia at 1357. English programming Messages from the  Heart. Closing announcements, Kookabura call to sign off. (Harold Sellers, Canada)

Brazil (Portuguese)

5939.4, Voz Missionaria, Camboriú 2141-2152. Male’s Religious text to songs. SINPO 25422; 11750.8, 2038-2054. (Manuel Méndez, Spain/BDXC).

6010, Rádio Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte, 2139-2151. Brazilian songs to  announcer’s comments and program “A Hora do Fazendeiro.” Heard on // 15189.8. SINPO 15421; 15189.8, 2130-2149 (Méndez).

6150, Rádio Saturno 0503-0524. 0503-0525. Brazilian music program with SINPO 15422 (Méndez).

11780, Rádio Nacional da Amazônia, Brasília, 1002-1043. Announcer’s comments and intros to Brazilian music. SINPO 25422 (Méndez).

Canada

6070, CFRX Toronto 0626-0648. English news and comments. QRM from Germany’s Channel 292 on this frequency. SINPO 12321 (Méndez).

China

5990, 0105. China Radio International. Male/female announcers’ Russian text and trading conversations to Chinese music. (Van Horn).

Clandestines

11815, Radio Payam. 1755-1800. Farsi programming jammed by Iran. Station broadcast via Wooferton, UK relay, promoting anti-Iranian programming. (Van Horn) YouTube video available at: https://youtu.be/c0Ssy2pU-os

9470, RBS (Revival Broadcasting System)9470 (ex 7200). Programming from Taiwan to North Korea. Korean religious scripture text. Fanfare music as background. Additional text to instrumental hymn (Van Horn). YT video:https://youtu.be/BVBY1JBQwkQ

Colombia

5910, Alcaravan Radio, Puerto Lleras, 0507-0545. Spanish and English religious texts and vocal tunes (Sellers).

6010, La Voz de tu Conciencia, Puerto Lleras 0506-0541. Spanish religious text and comments. SINPO 14321 (Méndez).

France

17620, Radio France International via Issoudun. Hausa service to West Africa at 1624-1629. Announcer’s text and conversation (Grimm).

Germany

3995, HCJB Deutschland. Tune in at 0035 amid ongoing German religious hymns.  This programming continued to 0055 monitoring (Van Horn). 

Germany

15460, 1730-1745. AWR relay via Nauen. Oromo service to station ID in English, French, Spanish, and German. Musical interlude, English station ID, contact and website info. Station ID repeated in the Oromo religious text. (Van Horn) YouTube video: https://youtu.be/QShZyT00pwI

Guam

15215, KSDA Adventist World Radio, 1555 in Hindi. Religious text and Christian music. Announcements to English ID and off before the scheduled time at 1559 (Sellers).

India

15410, AIR/Akashvani External Service. Swahili to Africa at 1240-1246. (Grimm)

Japan

11800, NHK World Radio at 1400. English service, including the NHK Newsline program, for a good signal. (Sellers)

Kuwait

7460, Radio Farda via Umm al-Riman. Farsi service 0338-0348 to Iran (Grimm).

Luxembourg

6140, Radio Gloria via Radio Onda, Junglinster, 2138-2156. German programming for religious text and songs. SINPO 35433 (Méndez).

Madagascar

6065, TWR Africa relay 0258-0310. Malagasy sign-on with ID and contact info, followed by religious text. (Van Horn) YT video https://youtu.be/EsCLjqIUFHg

México

6185, Radio Educación, Ciudad de México, 0503-0611. Mexican music selections. Announcer’s Spanish comments and station ID. SINPO 25422 ((Méndez).

Netherlands

7265, Radio Europe, Alphen, 1929-1955. English pop vocals to station ID at 2001 as “Radio Europe.” (Méndez).

Mali

5995, ORTM/Radio Mali, Bamako 2345-0007.* Lady’s French text to African highlife tunes and instrumentals. French station ID resuming to highlife variety. The station abruptly went off mid-music. (Van Horn).

Oman

15295, BBC World Service via Al Seela. English service to South Asia. Heard 1235-1240. Two announcers’ conversation about children’s health concerns. (Grimm).

Peru

4775, Radio Tarma. The station is located in Tarma. Heard 0141-0152 with Peruvian music. SINPO 15421. (Méndez).

Philippines

15450, FEBC Manila-Bocaue. Keren-Sgaw service to Southern Myanmar and Northwestern Thailand. Noted 1413-1419 (Grimm).

Romania

15170 DRM, Radio Romania International, Tiganesti. Spanish for South America at 2332. Discussing the population of Romania to regional music and an external report on the country’s culture. (Grimm).

South Korea

15575, KBS World Radio at 1302. English service with world news during poor signal // 9570 (Sellers).

Spain

15500, Radio Exterior España, Noblejas. Spanish programming to North America at 2346-2352. News and commentaries to sports talk (Grimm).

Taiwan

9405, Radio Taiwan International at 1600. English sign-on with ID and newscast, for poor signal quality (Sellers).

United Kingdom

5875. BBC World Service. English to Central Europe at 0522-0531. Commentaries on Russia, Putin, and Estonia (Grimm).

United States

5010, Radio Prague International via WRMI Okeechobee. Spanish to the Caribbean at 0001. Beginning of RPI programming with a newscast. (Grimm).

9795, KNLS Alaska at 1247. English service with Bible lessons, heard on  // 7355, poor quality; 9580 at 1400 in English with very poor signal. (Sellers).

Vietnam

9840, Voice of Vietnam at 1334. English service with world newscast during poor signal // 12020 with RTTY interference (Sellers).

Memorial Day, May 25, 2026

 

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins, May 25, 2026

 Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts

:Issued: 2026 May 25 0601 UTC

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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 18 - 24 May 2026

Solar activity ranged from low to moderate levels. The largest flare was an M2.3 (R1-Minor) at 22/1029 UTC from Region 4436 (N18, L=333, class/area Dai/200 on 13 May). The region was also responsible for a C8.3 and C9.5 flares on 21/1814 UTC and 21/1825 UTC, respectively. This region was then responsible for the majority of the C-class activity until its rotation off the W limb on 21 May. On 23-24 May, the majority of the C-class activity occurred from Region 4446 (S13, L=141, class/area Dko/280 on 24 May). No Earth-directed CMEs were observed during the period. 

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels on 18-24 May due to CH HSS influences. The highest flux observed was 6,667 pfu at 18/1435 UTC. 

Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to active levels. Solar wind parameters began the period in a slow decline from 560 km/s as negative polarity CH HSS effects gradually diminished. At 19/0630 UTC, a small shock was observed increasing total field to 7-8 nT while solar wind speed increased to near 625 km/s before beginning to decline once again. This was likely the glancing effects from a CME that left the Sun on 16 May. Solar wind speed continued to decrease to nominal levels through 22 May. The geomagnetic field reacted with quiet to active levels on 19 May. Quiet to unsettled levels were observed on 18 May and 20-22 May. Quiet conditions occurred on 23-24 May. 

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 25 May - 20 June 2026

Solar activity is expected to be at low to moderate levels (R1-R2, Minor-Moderate) on 25 May through 07 Jun with the return of old Region 4432 (N14, L=081). Mostly low levels with a chance for M-class flares is expected from 08-20 Jun. 

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels on 25-27 May and 12-20 Jun due to CH HSS influences. 

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at unsettled to active levels on 27-29 May, 04 Jun, 09 Jun, and 11-15 Jun due to recurrent CH HSS activity. G2 (Moderate) storm conditions are likely on 11 Jun

and G1 (Minor) storming on 12 Jun due to CIR/CH HSS onset. 

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#      27-day Space Weather Outlook Table

#                Issued 2026-05-25

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#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest

#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index

2026 May 25     140           5          2

2026 May 26     145           8          3

2026 May 27     150          12          4

2026 May 28     140          12          4

2026 May 29     140           8          3

2026 May 30     145           5          2

2026 May 31     145           5          2

2026 Jun 01     145           5          2

2026 Jun 02     145           5          2

2026 Jun 03     150           5          2

2026 Jun 04     145          15          4

2026 Jun 05     140           5          2

2026 Jun 06     135           5          2

2026 Jun 07     135           5          2

2026 Jun 08     130           5          2

2026 Jun 09     125          12          4

2026 Jun 10     130           5          2

2026 Jun 11     130          30          6

2026 Jun 12     125          25          5

2026 Jun 13     120          12          4

2026 Jun 14     115          10          3

2026 Jun 15     115           8          3

2026 Jun 16     110           5          2

2026 Jun 17     110           5          2

2026 Jun 18     110           5          2

2026 Jun 19     115           5          2

2026 Jun 20     120           5          2

(NOAA)

Memorial Day Special 2026, on Unique Radio

 

                    Remembering those who served ... and those who                                      gave the ultimate sacrifice

Jen's Memorial Day special  will air on Sunday, May 24th, on Unique Live Stream

Memorial Day Only For The Troops this year.

All about the remembrance & also experiences from serving. Losing a comrade, plus regular music about the War Machine.

All forms of music. Sunday UT 1800 to 2100plus.

Live Stream

http://uk4-vn.mixstream.net:8104/index.html   

For your contact pleasure

Jenur@proton.me

Hope to see U.

Enjoy The Long Weekend & Remember Them.

Jen In The Rad.

Throwback Thursday - The "Nauen" Station in Germany

                 

Preserved Nauen transmitter building designed by Herman Muthesius, dating from 1920

               This edition of radio nostalgia first appeared on Wavescan, June 4, 2000

Alternate radio transmitters . The two i the center were 100 kW units from 1913. The two on the other side were 400 kW.

The town of Nauen is situated about 25 miles west of Berlin in what was at one stage East Germany. Located here is an old and historic radio station with what could be described as four sub-sites. This facility was established in 1906 under the callsign POZ with the installation of a 20 kW. Spark transmitter made by Telefunken. Almost a century later, what has happened to this site?

Over the years, it was used mainly as a communication facility, though at times also for radio broadcasting. In 1945, the radio equipment was removed, taken to Russia by train, and buried at a lonely site somewhere in the USSR. A few years later, radio equipment was again installed at Nauen, and into the 1950s it contained 28 transmitters and a bevy of antennas.

Nauen Transmiter Station at Nauen

When the two Germanys were reunited in October 1990, Deutsche Welle took over this historic old site, and it was finally and fully deactivated in the Spring of the next year. At the time, suggestions were made that the old main building would become a radio museum.

Just two kilometers away is the site that was established for the old Radio Berlin International. The first transmitter, a 50 kw. unit, was installed at this sub-site in 1959, and five years later a 100 kw. unit was added. Subsequently, three transmitters at 500 kW. were also installed at this RBI sub-site.

Umbrella Antennas at Nauen

When Deutsche Welle took over all RBI facilities in East Germany on October 2, 1990, five transmitters were in operation, using 32 antennas that stretched for nearly one kilometer. One kilometer east of the RBI site was another sub-site with a single transmitter at 100 kW. and an experimental rotating antenna that could also be slewed horizontally. This transmitter was made in East Germany and installed in 1964.

The 4th sub-site at Nauen is more recent, where Deutsche Welle has installed four new transmitters, the 500 kW. Alliss units were made in France. Each transmitter is housed as a separate unit, attached to just one rotatable antenna.

When Deutsche Welle took over all of the RBI sites in the former East Germany, they were all in use for a short period of time as temporary relay units of Deutsche Welle (for which QSL cards were issued).

So what is left at old Nauen? Everything is gone except several old buildings, and one older transmitter at 100 kW. is still on the air. However, the new sub-site is indeed very active, with the four new transmitters at 500 kW. in daily usage.

(photos/Wikipedia)

Audio Archive: The Sounds of Shortwave - 1982

 

An archived special recording from Bob Grove, of Grove Enterprises, on The Sounds of Shortwave. Recorded from Brasstown, NC - 1982 

(26.06 minutes).

Now available at the  Shortwave Central YouTube channel at:

https://youtu.be/geAzAqyqwGs

Non-QSL Cards – Medium Wave & Shortwave

 

Thank you to the Wavescan staff for sharing this feature on QSLing. A special thank you to Ray Robinson, who commented that this week's program was "mainly thanks to Adrian Peterson, who researched most of it many moons ago."

A "Non QSL Card"  from RAE Argentina

Jeff: It is probable that every international radio DX-er of long standing anywhere in the world has experienced the personal embarrassment of receiving notification from a distant medium wave or shortwave station somewhere that his or her reception report cannot be verified, due to a mistake in the reception report.  But, this situation can lead to some interesting communications.  Ray Robinson in Los Angeles has more.

Ray: Thanks, Jeff.  In actual reality, sometimes the listener has made a mistake like specifying an incorrect frequency or sending the report to the wrong station, sometimes it is a mistake on the part of the staff at the radio station, and sometimes there’s no mistake, just insufficient information from the listener about the program contents to enable verification.  Nevertheless, the receipt of a non-verification, whether by email or a non-QSL card or letter, is indeed a disappointment to the listener.

In order to cope with this type of circumstance, several of the large international shortwave broadcasting stations used to print special cards that outlined the likely problem, and those were posted to the listener, rather than the desired QSL card.

For example, Radio Netherlands in Hilversum, Holland, printed a special card back some fifty years ago that was a non-QSL card.  On one side was a world map in two colors, and on the text side was a statement indicating appreciation for the communication from the listener, but stating that the reception details were incorrect.  The listener was invited to write in again.

At least two forms of this card are known, the only difference between the two is a variation in the colors on the map.  Interestingly, Radio Netherlands also used this exact same design as a genuine QSL card.

In addition, on other occasions, Radio Netherlands used another non-QSL card which was plain on both sides.  On the text side, were small boxes which could be marked with an X indicating the information that was considered to be incorrect in the listener's reception report.

Many years ago, Radio Canada International also prepared a non-QSL card for similar usage, printed in English and French on a green card.

More common though, were QSL cards which could be used in both ways; that is, to verify the report, or to point out that the report contained inaccuracies.  The earliest card of this nature in the Heritage Collection now in Australia was issued by the medium wave station KGU in Honolulu back in the 1930’s.  An X could be placed against a line of type thus verifying the report, or against another line of type stating that the report was inaccurate.  Interestingly, a third line of type on this same card indicated that the programming of KGU was also heard on shortwave from the RCA communication station located at Kahuku on the northern tip of the island of Oahu.

The major Gospel station, HCJB in Quito, Ecuador, also followed the same concept with many of their QSL cards.  For example, a series of QSL cards issued in the 1970’s contained the twin options; either verifying the reception report, or stating that it was incorrect.  Interestingly, these cards were signed by Roger Stubbe who was at the time the Director of Engineering for shortwave station HCJB.

In the 1960’s, the BBC Far Eastern Relay station in Singapore issued a plain text card with four possibilities, only the first of which was good:-

• The report is in accordance with their schedules.

• The listener's information does not seem to be correct.

• The report was probably for a rebroadcast of the BBC over another station.

• The listener's report does not agree with any known BBC transmission.

With this BBC card from Singapore, X marked the spot that was most appropriate.  It should be stated though, that seldom in its entire history has the BBC ever officially acknowledged listener reception reports with a valid QSL card.

Of real interest are the QSL cards issued by the New Zealand Broadcasting Service for its network of medium wave relay stations throughout both islands.  In the Heritage Collection there are more than eighty QSL cards in this style, black text printed on bright pink card stock.  These cards do not give any specific information about the station that is verified in this way and they were in use for a period of some 20 years, running from 1936 to the mid-1950’s

.

A careful examination of these cards indicates at least nine different printings, in almost the exact same style.  Specific cards, identifying the actual station with its callsign and location, were printed for the main stations in the YA network, which were:

• 1YA Auckland

• 2YA Wellington

• 3YA Christchurch

• 4YA Dunedin

All of the other cards in this same bright pink style were generic and could be used to verify the reception of any of the multitude of medium wave stations that were on the air in this government broadcasting network.  This same card was also used to verify the reception of the news broadcasts from shortwave station ZLT7 in 1945 and 1946, and also for station 2AP at Apia in New Zealand Samoa.

The interesting thing about these particular QSL cards is that they could also deny valid reception.  One line stated that the reception report is verified, and the line below stated that the report did not contain sufficient information for verification.  The station secretary who checked the listener reception report simply Xed out the line that did not apply with a typewriter, thus leaving open the line that did apply.

Now, I have to say that for the Voice of Hope stations in California, Zambia and Israel, for which I was the verrie signer our cards were only sent for verification purposes, not for non-verification.  Most reception reports were received by email, so for incorrect or insufficient reports, we just replied the same way, by email.  For correct reports, we sent an actual QSL card.

But there you have it.  Even non-QSL cards over a period of time contained really interesting radio history.

So, Jeff, what’s your practice at WRMI?

Jeff: Well, actually, Ray, most of our reports nowadays come via email, rather than printed correspondence through the postal service.  So if we get an email with incorrect or incomplete or questionable information, we can contact that person and ask them, for example, which frequency they were listening to.  Recently, we had a report from someone mentioning a frequency that we don’t even use, and I could see from the details that it was for a program they heard on another shortwave station.  So I was able to email that person and tell them that they were listening to a different station – not WRMI.  But if we get a report that we’re just not able to identify, sometimes we will send them a blank QSL card for their collection.

(Wavescan Archives)