JHY QSLs

Latest QSLs:

BBC Radio Solent 999, Fareham 999 & BBC Radio Solent 1359, Bournemouth 1359. E, v/s Nick Roberts, Senior Operations Engineer. I heard BBC Solent in Spring 2020 with local closing announcements on these two frequencies. Thanks JM.

ZYJ457 Rádio MEC, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 800 Full data pdf-QSL

ZYI535 R. Educadora, Braganca, PA 1390 is now on FM 93.7 MH, but Silvio Fontinele answered my f-up with long letter in Fiinnsh, lots of pictures and greetings from the staff.

NHK1 Matsuyama, Niihama 531 letter from Matsuyama. They verified my report from local program, but said that they do not issue any more QSL cards. Probably FFF.

JOBO/JOBW KBS Kinki Hoso.1215 full data QSL card

KMHL Marshall MN 1400 e-mail via station´s web formula, v/s Heath Radke

Radio Relizane 90.8. My first Algerian station. Heard in Central Finland, distance 3450 km. Nice Es opening bringing many Algerian stations. At first they did not believe I heard them using radio, since they are heard normally only in the vicinity. However, later they wrote that maybe wind and sea had helped the signal to reach Finland. Messenger

Pravda Radio, Smetanichi tx 88.1, e after long time from this Bielorussian station, v/s Evgeny Boyarchuk, radio host

Champagne FM, Reims. Romilly-sur-Seine-tx 91.7 via Messenger

Ciao Radio, Bologna 93.25 via Messenger

Latest QSLs:

RNE R5 Sevilla 603 QSL card

RN RN Sevilla 684 QSL-card

COPE Cordoba 1215 e, v/s Manuel Marín Servicios Técnicos Andalucía Oriental. TNX TPM & JP

DXKS Surigao City 1080 Messenger, TNX JM.

XEBCS La Radio de Surcalifornia, La Paz BS 1050 via Messenger, TNX LAL

ZYH709 Radio Jovem Pan News, Brasilia DF 750 e, v/s Alvaro Nocera, Chefe de reportage wrote in Finnish

ZYI825 Radio Canção Nova, Gravatá PE

1480 This station is now on FM, but the verified my f-up report via Messenger.

KGYN Guymon OK 1210 e, v/s Greg Steckline. TNX JTA

KSPT Sandpoint ID 1400 e, v/s Dylan Benefield, Blue Sky Broadcasting

Rock FM, Bucuresti. Cluj-Napoca -tx. 92.2 via reply in Romanian via Messenger

Zhelezo FM, Zheleznogorsk (KU) 99.0 via VK

Pannon Rádió , Subotica 91.5 e, v/s Agárdi Gábor, igazgatóhelyettes, Pannon RTV

Radio Krym Realii, Kiev 103.8, e v/s Andrii Hevko, Crimea Realities producer (RFE/RL)

New QSLs

BBC Asian Network, Wolverhampton 828 e, v/s Ankur Desai

RNE RN Zaragoza 639, e

Radio Lesotho, Maseru Lancer’s Gap 639; Ultimate FM, Maseru, Lancer’s Gap 891 via Messenger

Bangladesh Betar, Dhaka Savar 630; Dhaka Savar 819 ; Rajshahi 846; Chittagong 873; Barishal 1287; R Bangladesh FS, Khabirpur 15520. Hand written verification card and letter, signed by Towhidur Rahman, Senior Engineer, Research & Receiving Centre

JOAD NHK1 Okinawa via Nago 531 QSL card and postcards from Okinawa

XEACH Monterrey, NL 770 e, v’s Gustavo Galindo Berber

ZYJ46 R Relogio, Rio de Janeiro RJ 580 Messenger, 2.5 years without f-up. The v/s told that he/she is on the air and will send greetings to me. I’ve QSL from Rádio Relogio Federal already on SW 4905 kHz.

Radio Jih. Hodonín -tx 88.9 via Messenger for f-up. They told that they had answered me year ago, but somehow I had not received their message..

R Zlín, Zlín 91.7 e, v/s Michal Pistolas, programový konzultant. The station is now HitRadio Zlin.

Akademickie Radio Luz, Wroclaw 91.6 Messenger verification

New QSLs in March

Smooth Radio Kent, Hoo St. Werburgh 1242 I heard local commercials for Kent, e-mail reply.

RNE RN Bilbao, Pais Vasco 639 e

RNE RN Pontevedra, Galicia 855 e

JOHG NHK1 Kagoshima 576 letter, I was thanked for valuable report, but they wrote that unfortunately the company does not issue any more QSL cards

HLSA KBS2 Happy FM, Namyang 603 full data QSL-card, stickers. I got a letter stating that I have to do customs declaration. I made it myself in the internet, estimated the value of the contents to be quite low and did not have to pay tax. After a week the letter arrived.

HLKA KBS1 Sorae 711 Full data QSL, via customs.

XEUT Tijuana BC 1630 Messenger verification for f-up. Wikipedia: “On October, 2022, UABC Radio ceased broadcast operations on its terrestrial stations, and moved the station's College Radio format (which was branded as "UABC para tus oídos") to online only.”

WPPC R Felicidad, Peñuelas 1570 e, tnx TPM!

ZYK773 R Cumbica, Guarulhos SP 1500 via FB for f-up , now Gru FM 84.7, they had recognised the voice of Ione Oliveria. Still on their FB page they announce R Cumbia on 1500 AM.

YVNS R Reloj, Maracaibo 1300 This station was closed down years ago. I had recording of La Voz de Liberacion with station identification. Maros Souza from Igreja Pentecostal Deus e Amor verified my report.

KONA Kennewick-Richland WA 610 e, v/s Robb Francis, Director of Operations, Spoken Word. TNX JTA

Tok FM Rzeszów tx 93.6 & Tok FM Bydgoszcz tx 98.5 e, v/s Kamila Ceran

Latests QSLs

Smooth Radio Dorset, Bournemouth 828 I had heard local commercials for Dorset region. Now reply via e-mail, v/s Kelsey

RNE RN Ponferrada 855. E-mail from Ponferrada, a picture of the staff at Ponferrada was attached. V/s Paco Revilla. Ponferrada is one of the rare stations on 855 kHz, so I was lucky to hear it at my summer cottage at the end of January

RNE RN Córdoba, Cabra (AND) 972 e-mail verification from Córdoba

RNE R5 Castilla y León, Soria 1125 e from Soria, v/s David Sánchez, redactor de informativos de TVE en Soria. And later for the World Radio Day interview for RTVE in Spanish was made using Google Meets and aired in Spanish Television..

COPE León 1215 Now when Absolute R stopped broadcasting on 1215 Cope León has been heard daily. However, Córdoba seems to be more difficult one

NHK2 Hokkaido, Nayoro/Obihiro/Muroran 1125,

JOPC NHK2 Hokkaido, Kushiro 1152 letter and QSL card. Unfortunately Hokkaido NHJ stations do not give call sign identification as other NHK2 stations do, they just id as "NHK daini hoso desu". However, the same identification and same announcer on many Hokkaido frequencies was adequate proof that this was their identification

Sor Wor Thor - R Thailand, Tak 864 e-mail from R Thailand WS

HO.. La Primerisíma, Panamá 1470 via Messenger

HJRL Antena de Los Andes, Santa Rosa de Cabal 1520 I heard them late January at my cottage and got fast reply via WA

WHTK Rochester NY 1280 e-mail, v/s Joe Lomonaco , Creative Services Director, iHeart Media Rochester

KPUR Amarillo TX 1440, e v/s Craig Vaughn, Operations Manager/Program Director/Production Director Cumulus Amarillo. TNX JTA!

KMPC Los Angeles CA 1540 e from this Radio Korea station

More QSLs in January:

Radio Attiva, Media Veneta Radio, Piove di Sacco 1278 e-mail

RNE RN Malaga 729 e-mail from Malaga

RNE RN Granada 774 e-mail from Granada stating that on air was “ nuestra compañera Mayte Frontiñán contando las noticias de Granada.”

SER Radio Melilla, Melilla 1485 I’ve been trying to hear this station for many, many years. In late January I finally succeeded when visiting at my summer cottage and Melilla was heard with fine signal strenght. And directora Antonia Ramos Peláez was herself on air and send e-mail and attached a PDF verification letter. Now I have all SER stations verified on 1485 kHz. Only missing SER is Girona on 1008 kHz.

JOVK NHK1 Hakodate 675, letter, QSL-card, v/d Natsumi Ozeki, Public Relations Section, Sapporo Regional Headquarters, Japan Broadcasting Corporation, 9-1-5 Kita1- jonishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8703

JOQK NHK1 Niigata via Takada 792 e-mail, two pictures of Takada station attached

LU9 Radio Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata BA 670 via Messsenger

HCBD1 R Monumental, Quito 1510 On air verification. I send my audio clip to the DJ on air while watching and listening their live programme on Facebook. And I saw the locutora listening to her phone and reading something. And soon I got greetings and verification stating that yes it was really Monumental I had listened to. Later I listened and recorded the verification from their FB page where the program was stored.

First QSLs of 2023:

Sunshine R, Ludlow 855 via Messenger

RNE RN Burgos (CL) 801 e-QSL

RNE R5 Valladolid 936 e-QSL

JOPB NHK2 Shizuoka 639 v/s Kenichi Ito, letter, QSL-card, stickers

RAB Aomori Hoso, Noheji 1062,

JOGE RAB Aomori Hoso 1215 QSL-card, program schelude

NHK1 Tohoku Regional, Kuji/Tono/Yokote/Sameura/Shinjo/Tajima/Iwaki 1341 e from NHK Morioka

LT7 Radio Provincia de Corrientes, Corrientes CS 900 Heard with nice identifications at AIH in October, now verification via WA, they recognised the announcer on air

L..... AM Renacer, Moreno BA 1340 e, v/s Dario Riobo, Operador Tecnico de Radio Renacer

ZYH519 R Novo Tempo, Salvador, BA 920 via WA, tnx JTA

CW33 La Nueva Radio, Florida 1200 via Messenger, v/s Telma Barcos Torena. She made news report of my reception report: https://www.cw33florida.com.uy/index.php/locales/14282-radioaficionado-de-finlandia-sintonizo-la-33

ZP13 Radio Chaco Boreal, Asuncion 1330 v/s Vladimir Jara, producer of Punto Rojo program. In January the program is now audible on Mil AM rom Asucnción.

KZMQ Greybull WY 1140 e, v/s Rita Conners / VP of Business Affairs. TNX JTA.

WJAS Pittsburgh PA 1320 Messenger

KTOQ Rapid City SD 1340 e, v/s Ted Peiffer, General Manager/Sales Manager

X977, Vestmannaeyjabæ 90.4 e-mail for f-up from this Icelandic station

Radioblu (Fabriano). Cingoli -tx 92.0 e, v/s Tulio Luciano

Last QSLs of 2022;

Album AM, Uden (NB) 864 I heard DX test on Christmas eve. René send long mail thanking me for the report but wrote that my listening does not count, since I used a remote Kiwi located at Kotka, Finland. He wrote he had got some “real” reports from Finland like from Harri at Paimio.

Jiangsu Xinwen Zonghe Guangbo, Hongze 1602 e in English

IBC Iwate Hoso 684, letter, QSL-card, pictures of transmitter and antenna

NHK1 Tohoku regional, Koriyama/Hirosaki/Kamaishi/Noheji 846 I heard Tohuku regional program. Nice QSL card from Fukushima. Noheji and Hirosaki are located in Aomori prefecture, Koriyama in Fukushima prefecture and Kamaishi in Iwate prefecture.

BSN Niigata Hoso, Tokamachi/Kashiwazaki 1062 letter, program schelude

JOLG NHK1 Tottori 1368,

JOLC NHK2 Tottori 1125,

JOLC Tottori via JOLZ Yanago 1512 Letter in Japanese

Umm al Qiwain BS, Umm al Qiwain 846 e, Broadcast Engineer Farhat Ali Siddiquie

Latest QSLs:

MCB Radio, Alphen aan den Rijn 747 e, v/s Rene Splinter

RNE RN Islas Baleares, Palma de Mallorca 621 e, full page letter in Finnish, pictures of the antennae and transmitter.

JOIP NHK1 Oita 639 verification letter; my stamps were returned

JOXK NHK1 Tokushima 945 QSL card, postcards, my stams were returned

HJCZ W Radio, Bogotá

690 e, v/s Andrés Torres D., Director W Radio Colombia

CHNL Kamloops BC 610 e, v/s Paul James, News/Program Director, RadioNL 610

KKSE Parker CO 950 e, v/s Kevin Shockey

WJDA Quincy MA 1300 via Messenger, short “Confirmado”

KFBC Cheyenne WY 1240 via Messenger, v/s Keith Kelley

WPWC Dumfries-Triangle VA 1480 via Messsenger

R Icaro-Inblu, Gemmano tx. 92.0 via WA

GTRK Yuzhnyy Ural, Chelyabinsk 67.25 via VK

Radio Ukrayinsʹkykh Dorih, Lviv tx 91.9 Messenger, v/s ex Director Anton Ozadovskyy and by e-mail Eugene Melnik, Head of digital projects United Radiogroup

NEW QSLs:

Radio Flandria, Hemelum 1602 via Messenger, v/s Ron Williams send lots of picures of his radio station and antena

Dimtsi Hafash, Asmara 840, 950 via Messenger in Tingrinja

Zîbó Jiāotōng Wényì Guǎngbò, Zibo SD 1476 surprise e-mail in Chinese

AIR Silchar 828 QSL-card 1y1m

AIR Darbhanga 1296 QSL card 1y

AIR Bhagalpur 1458 QSL-card from Delhi in 11 months

Radio Corporación, Viña del Mar 900 V/s Cristian E. Castillo Moreno, Director General Radios La Señal AM. Radio Corporación is not at the moment on air, the station has been sold to Castel Company and they are starting the station again next year with "interesting programming" hoping to reach large audience.