FRS Holland's celebrates 46th Anniversary program on November 8th

 

Dear FRS Friend,

Listeners are informed that FRS-Holland will be on air on Sunday, November 8th, and we will celebrate our 46th anniversary.

Check our website at https://frsholland.nl/  and go to Latest News in our top menu for more detailed information.

We are looking forward to having your company on Sunday, November 8th!

73s the FRS team

FRS-Holland 46th anniversary 

Dear FRS Listener,

Following our Summer Splash last July/August, we are happy to announce our 46th anniversary broadcast.

On Sunday, November 8th, FRS-Holland will take to the air between 09:52- 14:35 CET. 

Frequencies will be 7700//9300 and 7400 kHz. 

Expect a great variety of music, mail, FRS 46 items and… much, much more. Find out yourself; there are a few surprises. 

QSL, sticker and…FRS poster

Of course another nice QSL card is waiting for you. And when writing to our PO Box 2702 min Herten, you will receive our colorful sticker with the station logo. For only 10 euros (incl. P&P) we will send you a beautiful poster telling part of our history in pictures. A must-have for any FRS enthusiast. 

The FRS team is ready to make your Sunday a wonderful one!"

(FRS)

Texas Radio Shortwave, November 7, 8, 2026

 

All times UTC

November 7, 2026

1500, 3975, 6160  Shortwave Radio Gold to Europe. Michael Strah on TRSW-The Music of T-Bone Walker

1900, 3975  Shortwave Radio Gold to Europe.. Michael Strah on TRSW-The Music of T-Bone Walker

November 8, 2026

1300, 9670  Channel 292 to Europe. Michael Strah on TRSW-The Music of T-Bone Walker

2300, 9670  Channel 292 to North America. The Music of T-Bone Walker

TRSW website: www.trswradio.com

Unless otherwise shown, programs are one hour long.

Programs for Europe (Eur) and beyond on 3975 and 6160 kHz over Shortwave Radio Gold in Winsen, Germany, are transmitted with 1 kW into crossed dipole antennas.

Programs for Europe (Eur) and beyond on 6070 and 9670 kHz over Channel 292 in Rohrbach, Germany, are transmitted with 10 kW into an inverted V antenna.

Programs for North America (NAm) and beyond on 9670 kHz over Channel 292 are transmitted with 10 kW into a 10.5 dB gain beam antenna.

Texas Radio Shortwave uses a version of The Yellow Rose of Texas as its Interval Signal/Signature Song.

Texas Radio Shortwave verifies correct, detailed reception reports by electronic QSL. This includes reports from listeners using remote receivers (SDRs). Texas Radio Shortwave's email is reports@trswradio.com 

Many TRSW programs are archived at the TRSW website:  www.trswradio.com

Texas Radio Shortwave's Facebook page is www.facebook.com/texasradiosw.

Texas Radio Shortwave's Listeners' Group Facebook page is

www.facebook.com/groups/580199276066655/.

(TRSW)

Radio Caroline North set for November 7-8 broadcast

 

Radio Caroline North‘s next broadcast is between 7th – 8th November, live from our radio ship Ross Revenge.

You’ll hear some great music from the 60s to 90s – plus you could win a fabulous Roberts Beacon 320 Bluetooth Speaker in this weekend’s competition draw.

Listen on 648 AM across England, The Netherlands, Belgium and beyond, on 1368 AM in the North/North-West courtesy of our friends at Manx Radio, worldwide online here via our Caroline North Player, on smart speakers and the Radio Caroline app.

We’d love to hear from you during the broadcast via north@radiocaroline.co.uk and remember, it’s the only email address that gets you straight through to our ‘North’ broadcasters.

The programme of this can you now find on https://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/#caroline_north_schedule.html

Nico in Gouda, the Netherlands (2026-11-02)

Throwback Thursday-German Radio Stations During World War II

 

Photo via Wikipedia

This week's edition, originally aired on September 23, 2001

German Radio Stations During World War II

It is indeed a fascinating experience to thumb through old radio magazines and discover the radio events of yesteryear again. Gone now are the stations, at least the simplistic form in which they were on the air at the time, and no longer associated with them are the technical staff and on-air personalities that made them newsworthy at the time.

The events of the Great Conflct in Europe are now more than half a century old, and many today know nothing about these things except as they read about them in history, or as perhaps some elderly acquaintance happens to share some of his memories. Such is the case with radio stations in continental Europe in the middle of last century.

During the era of occupation in continental Europe, most of the international shortwave stations were taken over by the occupation forces, and in several notable cases the callsigns were temporarily changed to a new designation.

Radio magazines at the time report that four shortwave stations in continental Europe were taken over and reactivated by the occupation forces. These stations were located in Denmark, Holland, Luxembourg and Yugoslavia. 

The small 6 kw. transmitter at Skamlebaeck in Denmark, OZU, was reactivated on its 41 metre band channel by the occupation forces in mid-April 1940. However, this station was closed again in early 1942 because of the restricted coverage area of the single small transmitter. The equally low-powered 5 kw. shortwave transmitter in Luxembourg without a call sign was also apparently in use for only a limited period of time.

However, the famous 40 kw. Dutch station, PCJ, in Hilversum, Holland with its equally famous rotatable antenna system was heard widely throughout the era of conflict. During the era of German occupation, it was heard in Australia under the German callsign DXL15.

Construction work on a small 4 kw. shortwave transmitter at Zenum, near Belgrade in Yugoslavia, began early in the year 1939. This station went on the air just as the European Conflict broke out, and it was taken over by the occupation forces as Sender Belgrade.

During the war, German authorities constructed two new shortwave stations, one at Vichy in France and the other at Bratislava in Czechoslovakia. It is likely that the Vichy transmitter was around 20 kw., and apparently it was later taken into service as a regional shortwave station with a relay of the National Program. Little is known about the station at Bratislava; just that it was launched in mid 1941 and that it was on the air as Radio Bratislava on 9525 kHz.

However, in four different countries in continental Europe, the familiar callsigns of four well-known shortwave stations were changed.

The shortwave station in France was located just outside Paris, and it was on the air with two transmitters at 15 kW. with callsigns TPA and TPB. During the era of occupation, this station was on the air under a German callsign, DXL.

In Norway, a single 5 kw. transmitter was installed at Lambertseter in 1938 with the callsign LKJ, and under occupation it was given a German callsign DXI.

In Poland, a 10 kw. transmitter was co-sited with two lower-powered units at the shortwave site near Warsaw with the callsign SPW, and it was given a German callsign DXC.

In Czechoslovakia, two 30 kw. Tesla transmitters at Podebrody with callsign OLR were redesignated with several different callsigns: DZ and DBZ, and DH, DHE and DHE.

It is probable that no QSL cards were ever issued by any of these stations during this turbulent period of radio history.

(Wavescan 352)

The Radio Story of Koenigsberg-Kaliningrad

Thank you to the Wavescan staff for sharing this week's feature on Kaliningrad

Jeff:  Squeezed between the countries of Lithuania to the north and Poland to the south, up against the Baltic Sea, is the small territory of Kaliningrad.  It’s actually a part of Russia, but since the demise of the USSR in 1991, it has been separated from the rest of Russia by more than 200 miles.  Given its strategic location, though, Kaliningrad, or Koenigsberg as it was once known, became a very important base for radio transmissions from the Soviet Union.  So here today with that story, is Ray Robinson in Los Angeles.

Ray:  Thanks, Jeff.  One of the great landmarks in the city of Koenigsberg for more than 700 years was its grand castle.  Construction of this monumental edifice began during the year 1257, soon after the city was founded by its early Prussian ancestors.  Over the centuries, Koenigsberg Castle was enlarged and beautified, and it became the pride and honor of the city's inhabitants.

During 1944, the city of Koenigsberg and its grand castle were largely destroyed by aerial bombardment, and the last standing ruins were completely blown up 24 years later to make way for the modernization of the city.  Today, all we can learn about the once-famous castle is just what the history books tell us – there’s nothing left on the ground.

The city itself was founded two years earlier than the castle, in 1255 A.D.  It became an important German city on the edge of the Baltic Sea, and it was at one stage the capital of the German state of East Prussia.  The city was taken over by the USSR on April 9, 1945, and during 1946, the name of the city was Russianized from the German Königsberg to Kaliningrad.

The surrounding territory, also known in earlier times as Koenigsberg, became the Kaliningrad Oblast, a province in the Russian Empire.  However, in 1991, when several of the Russian states became independent, Kaliningrad was left separated from the mother country by more than 200 miles, with the independent Baltic states and Belarus in between.

Thus, Kaliningrad is described these days as a Russian exclave; that is, Kaliningrad is recognized as an integral part of Russia, though it is separated geographically from the main territory of Russia itself.

A major radio broadcasting station was established in Koenigsberg nearly 90 years ago, a radio station that rivaled the castle in importance.  So, here in Wavescan today, this is the story of wireless and radio in Koenigsberg and Kaliningrad.

For the beginning, we must go back even further, 102 years ago, to when a wireless communication station was established in old Koenigsberg, and this was identified on air in the German version of Morse Code with the two letters KO, remembering that there was an umlaut, 2 dots, over the letter O.

The same year, on June 14, 1924, the first radio broadcasting service was officially inaugurated in Koenigsberg, with 1.5 kW on 462 metres, 650 kHz.  This service was identified by name rather than by callsign letters, as Ostmarken Rundfunk.  Because the city was important, so also was the radio station; and over the years, this grew in size, in programming and in equipment.

A second program channel was implemented in the early 1930’s, and as a result of the frequency coordination conference known as the Lucerne Plan which went into effect on January 1st, 1934, both channels changed frequencies, to 1031 kHz for the first channel, and 1348 kHz for the second.  The first channel was upgraded to a 100 kW transmitter in 1937, while the second continued with 2 kW.

When open hostilities commenced in continental Europe in September 1939, Germany proudly stated that "a powerful broadcasting station was already on the air in Koenigsberg".  But during the following year, 1940, a new program service was inaugurated over the main broadcasting system in Berlin, known in English as the "Radio Koenigsberg Program".  It was a nationwide broadcast intended to demonstrate the national unity of the German territories.  Soon afterwards, the production of this national program was transferred to the studios in Koenigsberg itself; and then in 1944 with the East Prussian territory under pressure from the Russians, the production of this program was transferred again to studios in Oslo, Norway.

In 1946, Koenigsberg Radio, or more accurately, Kaliningrad Radio now that the territory was part of the USSR, was listed with just 2.5 kW on 959 kHz.  During the following year again, the administration of Kaliningrad Radio was transferred from Kaliningrad itself to the major radio station located in Leningrad.  Kaliningrad thus became simply an authorized relay station for Russian programming from the motherland, with the medium wave transmitter identified in Russian documents as RV129.

In 1953, a 135 kW Hungarian-made medium wave transmitter was installed at Kaliningrad, and this was inaugurated on 1386 kHz as transmitter RV143.  11 years later, a Tesla medium wave transmitter was co-installed as RV 144.  Interestingly, at this stage, the transmitters were physically located south of Kaliningrad city, though they were officially listed as Kaunus, Lithuania, some distance further north.

Then, in December 1974, a 2.5 megawatt medium wave transmitter was installed at what became a huge new transmitter site south of Sovetsk.  This unit was described as the world's most powerful medium wave transmitter, made by Taifun, and it was heard variously on either 1116 or 1386 kHz.

At the same time, two Tesla 20 kW shortwave transmitters were also installed at this new location.  Soon afterwards, additional high-powered shortwave transmitters were installed, rated at 50, 100 and 250 kW.  These units were used to relay Radio Moscow programming, and also for jamming purposes.

When political circumstances in Europe changed and Russia dropped the jamming of incoming shortwave broadcasts, it is reported that a total of 30 jamming transmitters were removed from the Kaliningrad facility for installation at other locations throughout Russia.

In 1993, a tourist who was also a radio enthusiast visited the massive Kaliningrad radio station, and he stated it was located a little north of the town of Bolshakovo.  He described the massive medium wave antenna system with three beams, each consisting of two parallel rows of four towers, each 850 feet tall.  There was also a tall longwave tower, and a bevy of diamond shaped shortwave rhombic antennas.

There was a period beginning in February 1995 when the Kaliningrad station was noted on the air carrying relays not just from Radio Moscow, but from other international broadcasters as well, such as Radio Nederland from Hilversum, Holland, United Christian Broadcasters from the UK, also the BBC from London, ABC in Denmark, the Voice of the Mediterranean, and others as well.

But in early 2006, the Kaliningrad radio station discontinued the use of shortwave, and in the 20-teens, Russia progressively switched off medium wave transmitters across the country.  Bolshakovo is still listed with 1200 kW on 1215 kHz in the 2015 WRTH, but by the 2026 edition, the two remaining medium wave transmitters of Radio Rossli at Bolshakovo – 600 kW on 549 kHz and 150 kW on 1143 kHz – are both now shown as being inactive.

Numerous QSL cards from many organizations are known for the longwave, medium wave and shortwave broadcasts from the Kaliningrad transmitters, including a picture card from Radio Nederland showing the Kaliningrad facility.

So, for centuries, Koenigsberg was noted for its grand castle as an ancient landmark; and yes, in more recent times, another significant landmark was the massive radio station in Kaliningrad, verily one of the world's largest.

Back to you, Jeff.

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

 :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts

:Issued: 2026 Nov 02 0217 UTC

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#                Weekly Highlights and Forecasts

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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity -26 October - 01 November 2026

Solar activity was at low levels with nine C-Class flares observed.

Region 4561 (S11, L=28, class/area=Dai/030 on 26 Oct) produced the

largest event of the period: a C2.8 flare at 26/1840 UTC, as well as

nearly all of the remaining C-class flares of the period. The only

exception was a C1.5 flare at 26/0134 UTC from Region 4560 (N13,

L=49, class/area=Fao/020 on 26 Oct). The only notable CME activity

was from a filament lift-off at approximately 26/2142 UTC from an

area near N30E75. Analysis indicated mostly a miss, though a

glancing blow was not ruled out of the question on 31 Oct. 

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at

high levels throughout the period, with the exception of 31 Oct when

values dropped to moderate levels. 

Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet levels 26-29 Oct, quiet to

active levels on 30 Oct, unsettled to G2 (Moderate) levels on 31

Oct, and quiet to G1 (Minor) levels on 01 Nov. Activity increased

the last two days as a result of the onset of a positive polarity CH

HSS combined with possible CME effects mixed in from the 26 Oct

filament eruption. 

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity -02 November - 28 November 2026

Solar activity is expected to be predominantly at low levels, with a

slight chance of isolated M-class

(R1-R2/Minor-Moderate) radio blackouts) flare activity associated

with any developing spot groups during the period. 

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is

expected to be at moderate levels on 02 Nov and 06-18 Nov. Flux

levels are anticipated to reach high levels on 03-05 Nov and 19-28

Nov. 

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at mostly quiet levels

on 03-04 Nov, 08 Nov, 13-15 Nov, and 20-25 Nov. Unsettled to active

periods are anticipated on 02 Nov, 05-07 Nov, 09-12 Nov, and 26 Nov.

An increase to G1, possibly G2, geomagnetic storm levels is likely on

27-28 Nov. The increase in activity is associated with multiple

recurrent coronal holes. 

:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt

:Issued: 2026 Nov 02 0218 UTC

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#      27-day Space Weather Outlook Table

#                Issued 2026-11-02

#

#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest

#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index

2026 Nov 02      95          10          3

2026 Nov 03     100           5          2

2026 Nov 04     100           5          2

2026 Nov 05     105          10          3

2026 Nov 06     110          10          3

2026 Nov 07     115          10          3

2026 Nov 08     115           5          2

2026 Nov 09     120          15          4

2026 Nov 10     115          10          3

2026 Nov 11     110          10          3

2026 Nov 12     110          10          3

2026 Nov 13     105           5          2

2026 Nov 14     105           5          2

2026 Nov 15     105           5          2

2026 Nov 16     100          10          3

2026 Nov 17      95          20          5

2026 Nov 18      95          20          5

2026 Nov 19      90          10          3

2026 Nov 20      90           5          2

2026 Nov 21      85           5          2

2026 Nov 22      85           5          2

2026 Nov 23      85           5          2

2026 Nov 24      90           5          2

2026 Nov 25      95           5          2

2026 Nov 26      95          10          3

2026 Nov 27      95          24          5

2026 Nov 28      95          20          5

(NOAA)

WRMI Winter Schedule, effective November 1, 2026

 

WRMI B-26 Winter Schedule 

Effective: 01 November 2026

The current color grid program schedule is available at: 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pcIEX8kisrOPqlXHDAq6gympKUgDj0SIb96qce2kGGQ/edit?pli=1&gid=0#gid=0

All times UTC

Programming in English, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish

0000-0100   5050la   5810ca  5850na  7730na   15770eu   17790va   

0100-0200   5800sa  5950na   7730na  730na  7780ca   5850na  9455na    15770eu  17790va

0200-0300   5010ca  5050la    5850na  5950na   7570na  7730na  7780ca   9455na   15770eu

0300-0400   5050la   5850na   5950na  9955la   15770eu    

0400-0500   5050la   7570na   7730na   7780ca   9955la   15770eu

0500-0600   7570na   7730na   7780ca   15770eu

0600-0700   5850na   7570na   7730na   7780ca   9395na   15770eu

0700-0800   5850na   7570na   7730na   7780ca   9395na   15770eu

0800-0900   7730na  7780ca    9395na   15770eu

0900-1000   5890ca   7730na   9395na   15770eu

1000-1100   7570na   7730na   7780ca   9395na   15770eu

1100-1200   5850na   7570na   7730na   7780ca   9395na

1200-1300   7730na   9395na   15770eu

1300-1400   7730na   9395na   

1400-1500   7730na   9395na   15770eu

1500-1600   7730na   9395na   17790va

1600-1700   7730na   9395na   17790va

1700-1800   7730na   9395na   15770eu   17790va

1800-1900   7730na   9395na   15770eu   17790va

1900-2000   7730na   9395na   17790va

2000-2100   9293n   17790va

2100-2200   7730na   9395na   17790va

2200-2300   5850na   7730na   15770eu   17790va

2300-0000   5010ca   5850na   7730na   9455na   17790va

Target Areas:

ca  Central America

eu  Europe

la  Latin America

na North America

sa  South America

va  Africa/South America

WRMI website:  http://wrmi.net/

Reception Reports: info@wrmi.net   wrmiqsl@gmail.com

https://www.wrmi.net/index.php/reception-report-qsl/ 

Rapid E-QSL: Send a reception report and receive an immediate e-QSL to: wrmiqsl@gmail.com

(GVH/Teak Publishing)

EWTN Announces Closure

 

IRONDALE, Ala. — EWTN Global Catholic Network announced today the end of its shortwave radio service, WEWN, after 34 years of operation. The decision, approved by EWTN’s Board of Governors, will take effect Oct. 31, 2026. 

Launched on Dec. 28, 1992, WEWN was EWTN’s first radio service, offering Catholic programming to national and international listeners in geographic regions where access to other forms of media was often limited. It also served as a catalyst for EWTN’s expansion into international television operations beginning in 1995. Since then, EWTN’s 11 global television channels and numerous regional channels have reached audiences in more than 160 countries and territories. EWTN Radio has grown to become an extensive network with over 600 AM/FM stations worldwide as well as satellite and digital platforms.

“Over the last 34 years, our shortwave radio operations played a foundational role in the global expansion of EWTN’s evangelization efforts. Many souls have been reached through WEWN’s transmissions,” said Michael P. Warsaw, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of EWTN. “As we shift the use of shortwave to newer and more far-reaching distribution channels, we remain grateful for the co-workers and benefactors who sustained the service for so long and committed to expanding access to faithful Catholic content.”

Warsaw particularly acknowledged his gratitude for the late Piet Derkson and his wife, Trudy, whose $26 million gift made the construction of WEWN possible and helped Mother Angelica, EWTN’s foundress, advance the network’s mission of sharing the truth of the Gospel around the world. 

Several factors influenced EWTN’s decision to cease shortwave operations, including massive declines in listenership due to the wide availability of mobile phones, terrestrial and satellite radio, and digital platforms even in remote areas; antiquated transmission infrastructure; and high operating and maintenance costs. 

EWTN ceased direct shortwave broadcasts targeted specifically at North America in 2008. In recent years, its English-language shortwave service reached audiences primarily in Africa and the Middle East. The Spanish-language shortwave coverage was directed to Latin America.

EWTN Radio’s content continues to reach these audiences through its digital platforms, online streaming services, mobile applications, podcasts, satellite distribution, and its extensive network of AM/FM affiliates.

 (ETWN 10/30/2026)

Radio Northern Europe International slated for Halloween broadcasts

 

This weekend, on Saturday the 31st of October 2026, Radio Northern Europe International invites all of you to tune into a rather spooky broadcast at 2000 UTC on 1467kHz medium wave (500kW) and with a bonus 30 minutes afterwards (2030-2100UTC) on 6070kHz short wave (10kW).

Mamma will be entertaining you with a recognisably traditional start to the show, before travelling through the playful and surreal, and into genuinely thought-provoking, and even unsettling genres in this Halloween Special Show.

The coverage for this show is as follows:

1467kHz 500kW From Roumoules, France

6070kHz 10kW From Rohrbach, Germany

Wishing you all health and happiness during the spooky season,

Roseanna

Radio Nova International set for special broadcast

 

Radio Nova International will be making a test transmission this Sunday, November 1 2026, at 17.00 UTC on 7425 kHz.  Tentatively assumed to be from Europe, though no actual site has been released. 

 Please send reception reports for eQSL verification to qslnova@gmail.com.

(Neil Armstrong WRTH Facebook)

Halloween programming from Jen and the ghouls !

 

Jen's Hollowed Eve Part 1 

October 30th at 20:00- 00:00 Saturday UTC with  Weenish music with OTR . 

Part 2  on November 1st at 19:00 - 23:00 UTC featuring All R & R with a Slab of Surf on Unique

and my Rockin Under Taker and Body of a show.

All forms of Real Deal R& R..in Weenish themes, All Rock & Roll with a Slab of Surf instrumentals..

Our Live Stream.

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

Plus, our live chat room is open for you in

https://libera.chat/

Click on connect, then web chat

Please put in the following:

For Nickname, or like me radionutresss

Then, on the next line, channel; that's the following:

#eyeradiojd

And you are in the room.

If you like, you can come in costume.

For correspondence, please use the email address,

JenUR@proton.me

Jen & a bunch of GHOULS

Halloween programming from Texas Radio Shortwave

 

October 31, 2026

UTC/frequency/station relay/target area/programming

31 0200   9670 Channel 292 NAm 2026 Texas Halloween

31 1500   6160     Shortwave Radio Gold Eur 2026 Texas Halloween

31 1900 (2 hrs) 3975  Shortwave Radio Gold Eur Reprise: 2025 Texas Halloween / 2026 Texas Halloween

31 2300  9670  Channel 292  NAm   2026 Texas Halloween

texasradioshortwave@protonmail.com

Unless otherwise shown, programs are one hour long.

Programs for Europe (Eur) and beyond on 3975 and 6160 kHz over Shortwave Radio Gold in Winsen, Germany, are transmitted with 1 kW into crossed dipole antennas.

Programs for Europe (Eur) and beyond on 6070 and 9670 kHz over Channel 292 in Rohrbach, Germany, are transmitted with 10 kW into an inverted V antenna.

Programs for North America (NAm) and beyond on 9670 kHz over Channel 292 are transmitted with 10 kW into a 10.5 dB gain beam antenna.

Texas Radio Shortwave uses a version of The Yellow Rose of Texas as its Interval Signal/Signature Song.

Texas Radio Shortwave verifies correct, detailed reception reports by electronic QSL. This includes reports from listeners using remote receivers (SDRs). Texas Radio Shortwave's email is texasradioshortwave@protonmail.com.

Many TRSW programs are archived at www.mixcloud.com/texasradiosw.

Texas Radio Shortwave's Facebook page is www.facebook.com/texasradiosw.

Texas Radio Shortwave's Listeners' Group Facebook page is

www.facebook.com/groups/580199276066655/.

texasradioshortwave@protonmail.com

(TRSW)

QSL Report-November 2026

 

Welcome to the November 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 the latest QSLing trends—what worked (and what didn’t)—along with special event QSLs and verification reports from amateur radio, mediumwave, pirate, shortwave, and utility stations.

Have you received a QSL from one of these stations? Share your results with the world!

Send your contributions and correspondence to w4gvhla@gmail.com

QSL Contact List

China, China National Radio (Kazakh service) crieng@cri.com.cn 

Euro Free Radio-FRS Holland frs@frsholland.nl 

Euro Free Radio-Radio Titantic International radiotitanic@aol.com 

Euro Free Radio-Radio 210 Golden Oldies info@shortwavedx.nl 

Euro Free Radio- Cassanova International radiocasanova@hotmail.com 

Euro Free Radio-Radio de Blauwe Kow deblauwekoe@hotmail.com 

Euro Free Radio-Enterprise Radio enterpriseradio@hotmail.com 

Euro Free Radio-Radio Balconia radiobalconia@hotmail.com 

Euro Free Radio-Radio Atlantis info@radioatlantis.eu 

Euro Free Radio-Radio Pamela radiopamela01@gmail.com 

Euro Free Radio-Radio Taxus taxus-radio@gmx.net 

Euro Free Radio-SRV Radio srvradio@gmail.com 

Euro Free Radio-Studio 1A Berlin via Radio Delta info@radiodelta.am 

Europe Free Radio-Telestar Radio International erdenman@gmx.de 

Euro Free Radio-Radio Voyager radiovoyager@hotmail.com 

Euro Free Radio-Radio Va t69 studio69@hetnet.nl 

Euro Free Radio-Radio Zand radiozand@protomail.com 

Germany, Archive Radio via Channel 292 archiveradio@europe.com 

Germany, SM Radio Dessau maxberger@smradio-dessau.de 

Philippines, FEBC info@febc.ph 

South African DX Report via Wavescan andre9@duck.com 

Taiwan, Radio Taiwan International (German service) deutsch@rti.org.tw 

Taiwan, Voice of America via Tinang opn@usagm.gov 

United States, Radio Prague International via WRMI Okeechobee, FL https://francais.radio.cz/reception 

Vietnam, Voice of Vietnam (French service) vovhanoi.france@gmail.com 

Mediumwave

Brazil

1310, Rádio Brasil Sul-ZYJ.  Full data email response in 12 minutes from Carlos Mangili, Gerente Administrativo, for e-report to comercial@radiobrasilsul.com.br 

(Néstor Damián Fischetto, Bahia Blanca, Argentina (DX Fanzine))

Radio CBN Foz-ZYJ3551. No-data email response from Jorge Guirado-diretor Geral, in 30 minutes, for e-report to geral@cbnfoz.com. Reply from: jorgeguirado@catve.com.br (Fischetto).

France

1467, Pop Shop Radio via Roumoules relay. Full data e-QSL in one day, for e-report to radiopopshop@gmail.com (Jürgen Waga, Berlin, Germany/BDXC).

Ireland

846, Radio North. Full data e-QSL in seven days, for e-report to radionorth846mwads@gmail.com (Artur Fernandez Llorella,  Catalonia, Spain).

Israel

1287, Galei Tsahal via Haifa. No-data email response in one day for an MP3 audio file to radio@galatz.co.il (Waga).

Lithuania

666, Radio Signal. Full data e-QSL. Received in 20 minutes from Tele Centras, Lithuanian Radio and Television Centre, fir e-report to pagalba@telecentras.it (Arial Osvaldo Torres, Argentina/FB/Fanzine).

Spain

684, RNE Andalucía. E-QSL received in six weeks, from Antonio Martin Riscos, for e-report to andalucia@rtve.es (Llorella).

Sri Lanka

882, TWR Asia via Puttalam relay. Full data e-QSL in 72 days, for e-report to asiafeedback@twr.org (Waga).

Uruguay

1480, Radio Internacional, Rivera. E-mail response after follow-up from Pablo Yanuzzo, Director, pabloyanuzzo@gmail.com (Korinek). 

1580, CW54 Emisora del Este. No email response in one day from Carlos F. Falco, Director, for an e-report to federalfm@federalfm.com.uy (Fischetto)

West Indies 

Harbour Light of the Windwards, Carriacou, Grenada 1400 kHz. Full data 8x10 color e-QSL, plus personal letter. Received in 30 days for e-report to harbourlight@harbourlightradio.org (Gayle Van Horn, LA).

Shortwave 

Australia

5400, Reach Beyond Australia. Full data e-QSL in 20 days, for an e-report to radio@reachbeyond.org.au (Rod Pearson, FL). 

Clandestine

5920, New Korea Hope Broadcasting via Taiwan. Full data e-QSL in two days, for an e-report to nkhb316@gmail.com  (Pearson).

15215, Radio Zaman Bidari via Issoudun, France relay. Full data e-QSL from Mardavij. Received in one day for e-report to radiozamanbidari@proton.me (Sam Wright, MS)

Germany

9670, SJTJ via Channel 292. Full data e-QSL in three days for e-report to sjtijradio@gmail.com (Llorella).

9670, Laser Hot Hits via Channel 292. Full data e-QSL in three days for e-report to studio@laserhothits.co.uk (Llorella).

Classic QSL from VOI

Indonesia

4755, Voice of Indonesia. Full data color e-QSL. Received in ten days, for e-report to voilisteners@gmail.com (Jonathan Stevenson, AK).

Luxembourg

6140, Radio Augusta via Junglister. Full data e-QSL in one day, for e-report to radioaugustainternational@gmail.com (Bob Williams, UK/BDXC)

Malaysia

15295, National FM via RTM. Full data color scenery e-QSL from Mohammed Fauzi Bin Ali Hassan, Chief Assistant Director. Received in 20 days for e-report to pnk_rtmkajang@rtm.gov.my (Stevenson).

New Zealand

Classic QSL from New Zealand

13690, RNZ Pacific. Full data e-QSL. Received in two days for posting reception report online at www.rnz.co.nz/qsl (Ben Clement, OR).

Tajikistan

9320, TWR Asia, via Dushanbe relay. Full data e-QSL. Received in 30 days for e-report to asiafeedback@twr.org (Pearson).

United States

15770, WRMI Okeechobee, FL. Full data QSL card to verify I Love Italy program on WRMI. Received in 40 days for e-report to andrea@mangiarotti.org (Clement)

Utility

383.0, Non-Directional Beacon, Alderney Airport, Guernsey, U.K.. Prepared QSL card returned in 21 days, signed by Anthony Wesley, Watch Manager Anthony.wesley@gg (Vashek Korink, Czech Rep./DX Fanzine)

359.0, Non-Directional Beacon, Ronaldsway, Isle of Man. Prepared QSL card returned as verified in 28 days, by Mike Clements, Air Traffic Engineer, mike.clements@gov.im (Korinek).

8414.5, DSC (Digital Selective Calling) Valencia Radio. E-QSL received in two days from Carlos Valencia Martinez, for e-report to valencia@cellnextelecom.com (Llorella).

13988.5, JMH Kagoshima (Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). E-QSL in three weeks for e-report to jmh-qsl@met.kishou.go.jp (Llorella)

Encore classical music from 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

11:00 - 12:00 UTC Saturday 9670 kHz Channel 292 to Europe

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

18:00 - 19:00 UTC Sunday 3955 kHz Channel 292 to Europe

03:00 - 04:00 UTC Monday 5950 kHz and 7730 kHz WRMI to the US and Canada

13:00 - 14:00 UTC Tuesday 15770 kHz WRMI to Europe, east coast of 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 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.

PLEASE MAKE A PAYPAL DONATION AND HELP KEEP ENCORE ON THE AIR - Go to - www.tumbril.co.uk

WRMI and Channel 292 are very generous with their airtime, but Encore still costs around 130 Dollars/Euros a month to broadcast.

If you can, please send a small contribution to help Encore keep going.

THE DONATION BUTTON is on the homepage of the website - www.tumbril.co.uk - which folks can use if they would like to support Encore.

(Please don't be put off by the POWR security wall when using the PAYPAL button - it is a harmless requirement of WIX, the website hosting service.)

THIS FORTNIGHT'S PROGRAMME - First broadcast on FRIDAY 30th October by WRMI at 0200 UTC on 5850, and 2000 UTC on 15770, and then Channel 292 on SATURDAY 31st October at 10:00 UTC on 9670 kHz:

Starts with the Elegy for Piano and Cello by Fauré, two songs from Caroline Shaw, and some solo cello music composed by Imogen Holst.

After that, part of Schubert's Symphony No. 5, and some film music by Jessica Locke. The programme finishes with the Suite Compostelana Para Guitarra by Frederico Mompou.

(This bulletin is sent by Bcc to the many hundreds of listeners who have been in contact with Encore over the last six years of broadcasting Encore.)

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

GMØTLY

Throwback Thursday-Radio Broadcasting from Ships: Europe and the Atlantic

 

This week's edition originally aired on July 22, 2001

Back during the era of the 1920s and 1930s, it was the custom of the day for ships passing each other in mid-Atlantic to salute each other by playing musical records over their communication radio transmitters. On many occasions this interesting phenomenon was noted, though usually the printed DX reports do not mention the name of the ship. However, at least seven famous passenger liners during that era are noted by name as broadcasting radio programming, at least on a temporary basis.

The SS Bremen of the German Lloyd Line laid claim to being the first passenger liner fitted with a wireless telephony set. This ship was launched around the year 1900 with the original callsign DDDX, though this was later changed to DOAH.

The famous ship Titanic is sometimes credited with sending in 1912 the last distress call in Morse Code as CQD and the first as SOS. Though this claim is discredited, yet it is probable that the Titanic sent the first and last combined CQD-SOS call. 

Interestingly, though, it is claimed that the Titanic also made several broadcasts of recorded music on its first and only voyage into the Atlantic. Available information would suggest that the first music broadcast took place as the ship was nearing Queenscliff in Ireland, and again as it was leaving.

On July 20, 1920, the SS Victorian left England, and among its many passengers were delegates attending the Imperial Press Conference in Ottawa, Canada. Each day, a program of speech and music was transmitted on the longwave channel 107 kHz to the Victorian from MZX at Chelmsford and from MPD at Poldhu in Cornwall. Each evening while en route across the Atlantic, the Victorian broadcast brief concerts to passing ships from its own 3 kw. transmitter MVN.   

Two years later, on October 29, 1922, the first radio broadcast in Denmark was made from a ship anchored in the harbor at Copenhagen. This was an experimental demonstration broadcast and the receiver was located in a lecture hall in the city.

The famous French liner Normandie was launched in 1932, and we quote the DX report from a listener in Australia. He says: "On Sunday morning October 30 at 12:45 am, Radio Paris made a special broadcast on 25.6 metres when it described the launching of the new French liner Normandie. The christening of the vessel by Madame Lebrun, wife of the president, was heard first, and as the liner ran down the slipway the playing of the Marsellaise was plainly audible. 

This ship, the Normandie, also made music broadcasts during its voyages across the Atlantic under the callsign FNSK.

The great Cunard liner Queen Mary was launched on September 26, 1935, and it commenced its maiden voyage across the Atlantic eight months later. When the vessel left Southampton on May 26, 1936, a broadcast from the ship was relayed by the BBC, and two days later an early morning relay was made. During its inaugural voyage and on several subsequent occasions, the Queen Mary made many broadcasts under the callsign GBTT while plying the Atlantic.

Our seventh ship in this historic line-up is the Dutch hospital ship De Hoop. This mercy vessel was launched in 1964, and it served fishing boats in the North Sea with medical, technical and spiritual aid. Religious services were broadcast in the Dutch language each Sunday and Wednesday with 300 watts on 2316 kHz under the callsign PHKS.

When the collecting of QSL cards came into vogue in the early 1920s, many of the ships on the air at the time issued verification cards or letters in response to reception reports from many different countries.

(Wavescan)

(photo via Wikipedia)