On March 28, 2020 I could enjoy beautiful music from Sofa King Radio on the free radio frequency 6260.2 kHz. A reception report could not be missed. The address is radiosofaking@gmx.net.
RADIOFAXCIMILE BROADCAST FROM ‘SHANGHAI METEO’
Shanghai Meteo is on the air with radiofax broadcasts between 07.30 and 09.30 UTC on 16557.1 kHz! Below some pictures that I received on April 3 and 2, 2020!
SPECIAL CORONA SSTV STATION ‘TC1STAYHOME’ IN THE AIR ON 14230 KHZ
‘TC1STAYHOME’ is a special event callsign from Istanbul,Turkey for the awareness of COVID-19 pandemic. For a couple of weeks; stay home, stay safe please. They are on air beween 27.03.2020-25.05.2020, hope this threat leaves our world before the date ends.
UNDETAILED E-QSL FROM RADIO MYSTERY 21 – THE SPIRIT OF MUSIC
Mystery 21 is a pirate station that can be heard 24h/24h on 4700 kHz. The e-mail address is mysteryradio21@gmail.com.
QSL FROM JAPAN MEDIUM WAVE STATION ‘JOJB NHK RADIO 2’ FROM KANAZAWA, JAPAN
On November 19, 2019 I have good reception towards the Far East. On 1386 kHz I could then receive JOJB NHK Radio 2 uit Kanazawa, Japan, at the end of the broadcast day, with the identification. In the YouTube recording from during my observation: JOJB-NHK Radio 2, Kanazawa, Japan 1386 kHz you will hear the identification after 2 seconds. After 10 seconds you will hear the Japanese National Anthem and the interval signals after 1 minute and 8 seconds. I wrote my reception report to the address I found in the WRTH 2019.
SLOW SCAN TELEVISION – SSTV ON 14230 kHz USB
From the morning hours I regularly tune a receiver (connected to the 19 m-band dipole antenna) to the SSTV frequency 14230 kHz. In the evening I view the statues of the past day. Every now and then there is a “special picture” which I also send a report, if I can find an e-mail address somewhere! Recently there was SSTV transmission from Algeria, Ivory Coast and one from Malta. In Turkey, Special Event Station ‘TC18GL’ has been in the air since March 13, 2020. More information about all these stations is available at QRZ.com.
QSL FROM ‘IRRS – ITALY RADIO RELAY SERVICE’ FROM ITALY
I received a very current QSL card from IRRS from Milan, Italy. The address for reception reports is reports(at)nexus.org.
MEDIUM WAVE QSL FROM JOUB NHK RADIO 2 FROM AKITA IN JAPAN
I received a qsl card, a personal letter, post cards and a lot of stickers from JOUB NHK Radio 2. I heard them with the Beverage antenna on 774 kHz with the National Anthem of Japan and the interval signal at the end of the day’s broadcasts at 15.40 UTC.
QSL FROM ‘VALPARAISO PLAYA ANCHA RADIO – CBV’ FROM CHILE
Recently I received a registered mail from Chile from “Armada de Chile” with a beautiful QSL card from Vanparaiso Playa Ancha Radio – CBV and with interesting information about their Facsimiles broadcasts. There was also information about the NAVTEX broadcasts on 518 kHz and on 490 kHz. This QSL- card was for a reception report of a DSC message broadcast on 8414.5 kHz.
QSL FROM PITCAIRN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
Between October 18 and November 1, 2019 there was a DXpedition with the callsign VP6R on the small island of Pitcairn in the South Pacific. On October 31, I was able to receive some of their QSO’s in the 17 m Band in Morse! I received the nice QSL below as confirmation and lasting reminder of my catch!
