HANNUN QUSILLEJA / HANNU’S QSLs
v/s names and email addresses
are not usually mentioned here to avoid spam
emails
TIME TO
CELEBRATE - 1000 VERIFIED RADIO STATIONS
EARLIER QSLs of mine: QSLs 2005 -
2007
The station
number in my QSL-collection (including FM-stations) is presented first
QSLs 2009
APRIL
1084. Radio 700, Kall-Krekel 6005 colourful QSL-card
in 2 months.
This German station is operating with 1 kW transmitter
located in Kall-Krekel. Radio 700 has webpages at www.radio700.de.
1083. WMKI Boston MA 1260 short email for follow-up
report. Radio Disney was heard in December 2007 in Kivesvaara hill.
MARCH
1082. WHKZ Warren OH 1440 nice letter 6 weeks from
Director of Engineering. WHKZ was previously known as WRRO and WHHH before
that. Many programs on WHKZ are simulcast with WHKW 1220 kHz in Cleveland.
However, there is a local studio in Warren. The night pattern is a butterfly
wing shape with major lobes going NE and SE from the Antenna system.
1081.Dunamis Broadcasting, Mukono, Uganda 4750
colourful QSL-card in 3 weeks from
HAGCM
P. O. Box 425, Station “E”
Toronto, Ontario M6H 4E3
Canada
This African station is using 1 KW transmitter.
1080. CKVO Clarenville NL 710
1079. CKGA Gander NL 650
1078. VOCM St. John’s NL 590 emails for three
VOCM-stations from Program Director. He writes:
“We find your reports to be accurate,
and can confirm your successful reception of these stations. Please note that
we do not mail confirmation unless the sender includes a self-addressed
envelope with a stamp of sufficient postage to mail same from Canada. CASH is not acceptable,
and will not be returned, and no confirmation report will be sent. The
preferred method of confirmation is via email. You may attach an MP3 audio file
of your reception if you wish, but we will not accept a link to any other site
that would contain said audio file, due to the danger of viruses.”
FEBRUARY
1077. AIR Najibabad 954 email from Programme Head in 2
weeks. Najibabad is a small town in North India. It is in Uttar
Pradesh state of India and
is about 25 km away from other Indian state Uttarkhand.
The transmitter was closed down at 23.10 Indian Standard time, that is 1740
UTC. AIR Najibabad was my 31st AIR station.
1076. DZEC Eagle Broadcasting Corporation, Quezon City
1062 friendly email with staff picture in just 1 week. DZEC 1062 kHz has relay
stations DZEC Dagupan in Northern part of Luzon, DZEC in Southern part of
Luzon, DZEC Cebu in Visayas and DZEC Davao in Mindanao. It was indeed a great
pleasure to listen to DZEC although the signal was not so strong here in
Finland.
1075. CJYQ St.John’s NL 930 nice and fast email for
follow-up report from Music Director. CJYQ has been one of the most common
North American AM stations at my listening location. If radio conditions are
well enough for Trans-Atlantic connections, Radio Newfoundland 930 kHz is among
the first radio stations. Newfoundland stations can be normally heard just
after 2200 GMT, that’s around midnight in Finland.
1074. WMSW Hatillo PR 1120 email from La Secretaria de
la emisora in 1 week. Radio Once has nice webpages at radionce.com.
1073. KDHL Faribault MN 920 “It sounds like you found
us” -email from the station. Manitoba station does interference KDHL during
nighttime when KDHL has night antenna pattern. KDHL was heard during my
DX-pedition in Muhos with Simo S. Soininen on 2nd February 2008. The
TA-conditions were favourable only during the first two days of our pedition.
Most of the NA stations we heard were from Newfoundland and Quebec.
JANUARY
1072. CIGM Sudbury ON 790 nice email. CIGM will move
to FM 93,5 and change the format likely to Top 40 (and a good chance they will
change the call-letters). Target date is 1st July 2009. So, you
better be hurry if you want CIGM AM QSL.
1071. KVNS Brownsville TX 1700 finally two QSL-cards
from Weslaco. KVNS operates with a power of 8.8 kW during the day and just 880
watts at night. The antenna is non-directional. I heard this station two years
ago in January 2006 in Muhos.
1070. KVAN Burbank WA 1560 email for follow-up report.
Station was heard in Spanish in Muhos on 8th Nov 2007. Thank you JPR
for the excellent QTH and SSS for the v/s tip.
QSLs 2008
DECEMBER
1069. JOER Hiroshima 1350 beautiful QSL-card with
program schedule in Japanese after follow-up and cassette recording.
JOER was heard during my DX-pedition in Muhos in
November 2007.
AUGUST
1068. CJRS Montréal, Quebec 1650 email for follow-up
report in just 30 minutes.
CJRS Radio Shalom was heard in Muhos in November 2007.
CJRS was my 1050th verified radio station (without FM).
MAY
1067. Radio Cristal del Uruguay, Las Piedras 1470
English language QSL-card from Laura. Thank you!
APRIL
1066. BBC Guernsey 1116 QSL-card, two stickers, funny
book-mark etc. with “apologies for the delay” from
It took 1 year and 3 months. BBC local stations still
do reply to reception reports.
BBC Guernsey was heard in a pedition in Muhos in
January 2007.
MARCH
1065. Marfil Estéreo, Pto Lleras 5910 QSL-card and
recording for follow-up report in 2½ months
QSL-cards from YLE Tekniikka
YLE Pori 963 last transmission 31st Dec
2006 and
YLE Helsinki 558 last transmission
YLE Radio Finland left mediumwave band on 31st
December 2007. There are no more LW, MW or SW broadcasts from YLE.
YLE has now printed a special QSL-card for the last
transmission on 558 kHz.
Reception reports for 558 kHz special QSL should be
sent to:
YLE Tekniikka
PL 96
00024 Yleisradio
FINLAND
1064.
TWR Benin 1566 email-QSL from DX-Secretary
1063. WJR Detroit MI 760 QSL-card for follow-up report
from Operations Manager.
It is really great that some US stations do reply with
traditional QSL-card by snailmail.
WJR was heard for a long period during my DX pedition
in Muhos last November.
FEBRUARY
1062. WHK Cleveland OH 1420 nice letter and two pictures
from WHK Director of Engineering in 3 months.
WHK was the first broadcast station on the air in Ohio
in the mid 1920’s.
The transmitter location Seven Hills in Cleveland is
the same even today.
JANUARY
1061. KFBK Sacramento CA 1530 letter, two refrigerator
magnets and “NewsTalk 1530 KFBK” balloon.
The verie signer was the Staff Engineer.
1060. KYKN Keizer OR 1430 two emails for follow-up
report.
KYKN was my first Oregon station. Now I have scored 38
US states. I heard KYKN in a pedition in Muhos in November.
1059. WFNN Erie PA 1330 email with station photos for
follow-up report 2 days.
WFNN is “Fox Sports Radio AM 13-30 the Fan”.
1058. CFRW Winnipeg MB 1290 email for follow-up report
from Assistant Program Manager.
CFRW was my 1250th point in the FDXA Rank
1057. XEPE “San Diego 17-hundred” Tecate 1700 email 1
day for follow-up report from CE.
XEPE operates with 10 kW non-directional antenna
nighhtime.
The studios are in the USA but the transmitter is
located near Tijuana.
A nice snailmail letter from Voice of Nevis 895.
VON replied to me by email already in December 2007.
V/s welcomed me to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis.
1056. CFRA Ottawa ON 580 letter 6 weeks from Chief
Engineer.
CFRA is part of Chum Radio Ottawa and operates with
the power of 50.000 watts.
Chum Radio Ottawa has the stations CFRA-580, CKKL-FM
93.9, CFGO “Team 1200” and CJMJ “Magic 100”.
1055. WHBC Canton OH 1480 email with attached
transmitter photos for follow-up from Director of Engineering.
According to the CE WHBC has received a small number
of reception reports from Finland, Sweden and Norway this winter.
1054. WLQV Detroit MI 1500 email for follow-up from
Sales Manager.
V/s was amazed that WLQV can be heard in Finland.
1053. WLIB New York NY 1190 email for follow-up
report.
WLIB was my 200th verified radio station
from North America. All stations are heard below the Arctic Circle.
The staff of WLIB has been very busy lately because of
their 1 year anniversary.