There’s still time to snare the
16th Anniversary QSL card from Radio Free Asia. The microphone and
flag card features a glimpse of what the RFA broadcasters use in the Washington
DC studios. The Anniversary card will be used to confirm all valid reception
reports through December 31, 2012. Reception report details may be submitted by
following the QSL REPORTS link at www.techweb.rfa.org or email to qsl@rfa.org.Listeners
without Internet access, can mail their reports to: Reception Reports, Radio
Free Asia, 2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300,Washington, DC 20036 USA. Complete
multilingual RFA schedules may be found in MT ExPress.
Ludo Maes, sends in news of changes from Belgium’s TDP, which brokers air time for
programs with political or
religious background. TDP has been replaced with a new company name called
Broadcast Belgium. Please delete the former contact email info@transmitter.org with
ludo.maes@broadcast.be for correspondence and reception
details.
Still
scrambling to find addresses, for ship communication heard in the utility bands
? Try googling at www.google.com, the ship name + vessel owner. Follow the
Contact link for a fill-in-the details page
or a postal address.
Armed Forces Radio (AFRTS) closed the Saddlebunch Keys, Florida transmitters, due to budget cuts, however you can still verify Diego Garcia (4319, 12759 USB kHz) and Guam (5765, 13362 USB kHz) relays. Post program details online at the Contact Us link on the AFN website www.myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil. Postal mail to: NMC DET AFRTS-DMC, 23755 Z Street, Bldg. 2730, Riverside, CA 92518-2017.
Here’s a favorite among DXers. Puzzled on an interval signal ? Not sure on an identification announcement ? Hobbyists know the value of air checks, jingles, signature tunes, and of course interval signals. Log on to Interval Signals Online www.intervalsignals.net to search by-country a plethora of stations from across the globe. Interval Signals Online is an excellent aid to guide you through those puzzling DX moments.
MEDIUM WAVE
Hungary-MR4,
Magyar Radio, 1188 kHz AM. Full data verification letter, signed by Edit Julia
Kaupert. Received in six months for an AM report. Station address: Stefánia
út.7, 6720 Szeged, Hungary (Artur Llorella, Spain/HCDX)
KCEG, 780 kHz
AM. Fountain, Colorado. Colorado’s
Country Classics. Full data QSL signed by Timothy C. Cutforth,
Owner/General Manager. Received in six days for an AM report. Email tcut4th@msn.com or radioranch@live.com (John Wilkins, CO/NRC DX News) No
station address at press time. Streaming audio http://780kceg.com/
KWEI, 1260 kHz
AM. Weiser, Idaho. La Rasa-Spanish Radio.
Full data QSL, signed by David L. Combs. Received in seven days after nine
attempts from 2004. Station address: KWEI Spanish Radio, 1156 N. Orchard
Street, Boise, Idaho 83706. Streaming audio www.kweiradio.net
(Wilkins).
WFBL 1390 kHz
AM. CNY Talk Radio. Full data
verification from Don Wagner, General Manager. Received in 65 days for an AM
report and mint stamps. Station address: CNY Talk Radio, 8456 Smokey Hollow
Road, Baldwinsville, NY 13027. (D. Arrington, PA) Email: d.wagner@lmgiradio.com Website:
www.wfbl.com
WFLF 540 kHz
AM. Maitland, Florida. How Central
Florida Stays Informed. No data confirmation email via Katherine Brown,
Program Director katherinebrown@clearchannel.com.
Received in 141 days for an AM report. Station address: 2500 Maitland Center
Parkway, Maitland, FL 32751. (Al Muick, PA/HCDX) Streaming audio via iHeart
Radio www.540wfla.com/
WVON, 1690 kHz
AM. The Talk of Chicago. Verification
letter signed by LaVetta Hodges-Account Executive, plus audience card. Received
in 150 days for an AM report. Station address: 1000 E. 87th Street,
Chicago IL 60619-6397. (Patrick Martin, Seaside, OR) Streaming audio www.wvon.com/
RUSSIA
Voice of
Russia, 11960 kHz. Full data Manned
Flight Into Space card, signed by Mrs. A. Molodkina. Received in 24 days
for an E-report to letters@ruvr.ru Postal
address: Pyatnitskaya 25, 115326 Moscow, Russia (Shukhrat Rakhmatullaev,
Uzbekistan/RUS-DX) Streaming/on-demand audio www.ruvr.ru.
SPAIN
Radio Exterior
España (REE) 7275 kHz. Full data 70th Anniversary card, signed by
Secretaría Técnica. Received in ten days for an E-report to ree@rtve.es
(Llorella) Station address: Casa de la Radio, Avenida de la Radio y Televisíon
4, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223 Madrid, Spain. ((Llorella).
UTILITY
France-CROSS
Jobourg 2187.5 kHz. No data letter and verification statement, signed by
Thierry Pichon, le professeur principal de l’enselgnement maritime, directeur
par intérim du CROSS Jobourg. Received in 192 days for a utility report.
Station address: CROSS Jouburg, 14 Route d’ Auderville, 50440 Jobourg, France.
(Patrick Robic, Austria/UDXF) CROSS, sometimes called CROSSMA, is an
organization of monitoring activities at sea and rescue coordination, based in
Jouburg, France.
Italy-VEN, Non
Direction Beacon, Venezia, 379 kHz. Full data prepared QSL card stamped as
verified. Received in 16 days for a utility report. Station address: ENAV
s.p.A., CAAV Venezia, Aeroporto Internazionale Marco Polo, 30030
Tessera-Venezia, Italy (Robic)
Italy-LIN, Non
Directional Beacon, Linate 386 kHz. Full data prepared QSL card stamped and
signed by Marco Casiraghi. Received in 21 days for a utility report. Station
address: ENAV S.P.A., Milano ACC, C.P. 55, 20090 Linate Aeroporto, Italy
(Robic).
United
States-BL-NAVMARCORMARS Groton, 14391.5 kHz. Full data QSL card in 70 days, for
utility report of annual Armed Forces Day broadcast. QSL address: Robert Veth,
Director, 4 Lantern Lane, Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824-1316 (Robic).
Vietnam-XVN-Nha
Trang Radio, 8414.5 kHz. Full data prepared QSL card stamped as verified.
Received in 68 days for a utility report. Station address: Vishipel Cong Ty
Thong Tin Dien Tu Hang Hair, Vietnam, Dai Thong Tin Duyen Hai Nha Trang, 40/1
Tran Pu, Vinh Nguyen, TP Nha Thrang, Vietnam (Robic).
UGANDA