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:
The station number in my QSL-collection
(including FM-stations) is presented first.
All stations are heard in the original way of DX’ing BELOW ARCTIC CIRCLE and WITHOUT SDR.
My goal is 200 DX-countries without peditions to Lapland and without SDR.
Kaikki asemat on kuultu napapiirin eteläpuolella ja perinteisin menetelmin ilman SDR-kuuntelua!
QSLs 2012
JANUARY
1142. Radio Murski Val, Murska Sobota 648 letter 3 weeks.
This station has become a regular station on 648 kHz in Finland because BBC has
closed down the powerful transmitter on the same frequency. I heard Radio Murski Val with a Wednesday evening tourism show.
QSLs 2011
DECEMBER
KRKO Everett WA 1380 printed QSL-card by snailmail and Christmas greetings. This station was heard
on 7 Nov 2007. I got email QSL earlier. KRKO has 50 kW transmitter
in Snohomish. KRKO is one of the oldiest AM stations
in Washington, this station got the first license
already on 23 Aug 1922. The postal address for the station is: KRKO-AM 1380,
2707 Colby Avenue, Suite 1380, Everett, Washington 98201, USA.
AUGUST
1141. Radio Nord Revival, Sala,
Sweden 7485 nice QSL-card 3 months from QSL-Manager.
Radio Nord Revival was broadcasting with 10 kW
SW-transmitter last May. The station has blog at: http://www.radionordrevival.blogspot.com/
JULY
RTL Radio Letzebuerg 88.9 MHz and RTL Radio Letzebuerg
“Die Besten
Hits aller Zeiten” 93.3
MHz, two colourful QSL-cards by snailmail from
Luxembourg. Radio Luxembourg 1440 AM or “208” was my favourite radio station in the golden
1980’s in the Mediumwave band. Nowadays I had to
catch the signal on FM band. On 10th June 2011 FM signals bounced so
well that I was able to pick up RTL here in Finland. Luxembourg was my FM
country n:o 17.
JUNE
1140. WILS Lansing MI 1320 email for follow-up report
from Local Sales Manager. WILS “More compelling talk radio” has become more
regular in Finland after NRK Norway closed down the high power 1200 kW
transmitter on 1314 kHz. WILS was my station no.150 from the good old USA.
Thanks to Christer for QSL info!
MAY
1139. Radio Morobe, Lae 3220 friendly email from this nice NBC provincial radio
station.
Thank you Pekka for QSL
info. Radio Morobe was my 19th verified
NBC station. I heard this station in Muhos in 2002.
1138. CKAC Montreal QP 730 email from Directeur général for follow-up
report back in 2009.
APRIL
1137. WZRX Jackson MS 1590 email after follow-up and
wav-file. This was my first AM station from the state of Missisippi.
WZRX was broadcasting Midnight Radio Network in Muhos
in November 2010.
FEBRUARY
1136. KNR Simiutaq 720 nice
email came to me from Greenland on 11th February when KNR shut down
all MW transmitters. Since this date Greenland is broadcasting in the FM band
only. Now I have QSLed 5 countries and 145 stations
(150 points) in Muhos pedition
center.
1135. KNR Nuuk 570
verification in the same email.
JANUARY
1134. CJSL Estevan SK 1280
nice snailmail letter and coverage map from Broadcast
Engineer. “CJ 1280 Radio” operates with 10 kW from Estevan.
Estevan is located just 20 km from the US border. The
v/s is working for CJSL/CHSN-FM in Estevan and
CFSL/CKRC-FM in Weyburn.
1133. RNE-5 Tarragona 1314 email for follow-up report
in 8 days.
1132. CBR Calgary AB 1010 email for follow-up report
from Director of Programming in 5 days. I heard this CBC station in December
2009 during my DX pedition in Muhos
near Oulu.
1131. Radio Cadena Nacional, Cali 980 email from Ingeniero
RCN Cali. RCN 980 is a 24
hours news station located
in Cali.
1130. CKDY Digby NS 1420 short but nice email from Annapolis Valley
Radio Network. It is great that there are Canadian country music stations like AVR
still in the mediumwaves. More information about AVR
is available at: http://www.avrnetwork.com/
1129. Radio Timbira do Maranhao, Sao Luis, Maranhao 1290 nice email in Portuguese from Gestor de Radiodifusao.
TWR Bonaire, Netherlands
Antilles 800 QSL-card 6 weeks from P.O.Box 388,
Bonaire. I already had QSL from TWR Bonaire 9535 back on 1988. So this
MW-transmitter did not give me a new station point.
QSLs 2010
DECEMBER
1128. JOAF Matsuyama 1116
QSL-card and program schedule “time table” in 6 weeks. JOAF was my 300th
rank point in Asia. It is really fantastic that the Japanese stations are still
printing these fine QSL-cards. Nankai Broadcasting
Corporation has webpages at http://www.rnb.co.jp/. JOAF has a 5 kW
transmitter on 1116 kHz.
1127. BBC Essex 765 email
and Christmas greetings from Chelmsford. The frequency of 765 kHz is a big
challenge for Finnish Dx’ers because there is 150 kW Radio
Petrozavodsk. BBC Essex was my station no.70 from the British Isles.
1126. WTWW Lebanon TN 5755
email-QSL from President and General Manager in just 1 day. WTWW “We Transmit
World Wide” is broadcasting 1200-2300 UTC on 9480 kHz and 2300-1200 UTC on 5755
kHz with 100 kW transmitter located in Lebanon Tennessee. This religious
station has webpages at http://wtww.us/.
1125. JOOR Osaka 1179
QSL-card from Mainichi Hoso in one month. JOOR has
become more regular station in Finland because Radio Sweden has closed down the
300 kW transmitter in Sölvesborg. JOOR osaka is broadcasting with 50 kW from Takaishi,
Osaka.
1124. Radio Sighet 1404 QSL-card, program schedule and Christmas
greetings from Radio Romania HQ in Bucuresti. I am
still looking forward for direct reply from Sighet
local office. Radio Sighet was broadcasting local
program in Hungarian and Romanian during our DX-pedition
in Muhos.
1123. KKAA Aberdeen SD 1560
nice email from KYFR Operations Manager and Public Affairs Director. My snailmail letter to Aberdeen was returned back from the US
post. I am glad I found the right email-address for this Family Radio station.
Thank you all Finnish Dxers for v/s tips!
NOVEMBER
1122. CFRY Portage La Prairie
MB 920 nice email-QSL in 2 weeks. CFRY broadcasts 25 KW during the day and 15
KW during the night time hours. The transmitter is located 75 kms West of Winnipeg. CFRY is one of the Golden West Radio
stations. Golden West Radio owns and operates 32 other AM/FM stations in the
Canadian prairies and has its head office in Altona,
Manitoba.
1121. JOCK NHK-1 Nagoya 729
QSL-card in 3 weeks from NHK Nagoya station, 1-13-3 Higashisakura,
Higashi-Ku, Nagoya, Aichi 461-8725, Japan. JOCK was one of the most regular NHK
stations during my DX-pedition in Muhos
in November. JOCK was my station n:o 250 from Asia.
1120. JONR Osaka 1008
QSL-card in 3 weeks from Asahi Broadcasting Corporation.
1119. JOHR Sapporo 1287
QSL-card in 3 weeks from Hokkaido Broadcasting Co. Ltd. The verification signer
wrote: “Would you enclosed international reply coupon from the next time if
possible?”. HBC Radio is asking IRC for the return postage.
1118. WCCW Traverse City MI
1310 two nice emails from General Manager. WCCW is “13-10 ESPN Radio”. This
station has a sister station WTCM 580 which is much more difficult catch than
WCCW here in Finland.
JUNE
1117. Radio Disney WHKT
Portsmouth VA 1650 two QSL letters (reports back in 2007 and 2009) from Local
Programming Manager.
US state no.40. I am still
hunting for AZ, AR, DE, HI, MS, NV, NH, SC, VT and WY in the AM band. WHKT was
my 1100th verified radio station (without FM stations) in my DX
career. All these stations are being heard below the Arctic Circle and without
SDR.
APRIL
1116. WSB Atlanta GA 750
email from Director of Engineering. Georgia was my US AM state no.39. Normally
750 AM is dominated by CBC Newfoundland but this time I had some luck in Muhos.
MARCH
1115. KCKK Littleton CO 1510
email 2 days for a follow-up. KCKK was my N.American
station no.250. Thank you Barry for info!
1114. WGAN Portland ME 560
letter 3 months from Program/News Director. This was my first US station on 560
AM.
Portland Radio Group has
stations: WMGX, WPOR, WGAN, WYNZ, WBAE and WVAE in Maine.
1113. WRED Westbrook ME 1440
long and friendly email from Atlantic Coast Radio, Portland. Atlantic Coast
Radio has the following stations: WRED/WJJB (1440 AM/96.3 FM), WPEI (95.9 FM)
and WLOB (1310 AM, 95.5 FM). WRED was carrying the national satellite network programing of Sporting News Radio when I heard it last
December.
FEBRUARY
1112. KBUL Billings MT 970
email with mp3 in just 6 days. Some listeners have even heard the special
announcement “Newsradio 9-70 Big in Finland, Denmark,
Norway and Sweden” live in the airwaves! KBUL has received several other
requests from Finland this year.
1111. CFFB Iqaluit, Nunavut
1230 friendly letter in 2 months. CFFB was broadcasting CBC North with local
weather forecast when we heard the station in Muhos
(near Oulu) last December. The transmitter power is just 1 kW. CFFB was the
first North American AM station we heard every evening after 18.00 UTC in Muhos. This station was the first station I have ever heard
from Nunavut.
1110. KNX Los Angeles CA
1070 two emails 1 month. Picking up US west coast stations are pretty tough
below the Arctic Circle. Newsradio KNX was actually
my 3rd AM station from California.
1109. ZNS1 Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas,
Nassau 1540 short email with station logo in 1 month.
Bahamas was my country number 193. All countries are
being heard below the Arctic Circle and without SDR.
1108. Radio Symban, Sydney NSW 2368.5 a very nice letter, two post
cards, picture and CD full of Greek music in one month. Radio Symban is using only 500 watts transmitter. I heard this
Greek Australian station in December in Muhos. It is
always a great pleasure to receive snailmail packages
like this one. Thank you very much Tom!
- Yoido
Full Gospel 6715 deleted from the FDXA-rank on 9th Feb 2010 as an
unlicensed station. It makes minus one station.
1108. KLO Ogden UT 1430 a
very kind personal email in 2 weeks from Salt Lake City.
KLO was my 1300th
FDXA (Finnish DX-Association) rank point.
1107. CBY Corner Brook NL
990 QSL-card 1 month from CBC Transmission & Distribution Department in St.John’s. I also got QSL-card from CBT 540 and CBN 640.
However, CBN does not give me a new station point in the FDXA rank because I
already have CBC/CKZN St.John’s NL 6160 back in the
1980’s. CBN St.John’s started broadcasting on
November 14th 1932. At that time the station was known as VONF.
Today CBC Newfoundland has 9 AM transmitters bringing the coverage of about 90
% of NL and Labrador.
1106. CBT Grand Falls NL 540
QSL-card 1 month from Transmission & Distribution Department in St.John’s. CBT
1105. KQAQ Austin MN 970
letter, coverage map and program information 1 month from Station Manager. KQAQ
“Classic Country 970” has received reception reports also from Norway and
Italy. This nice Country music station has three state coverage: Minnesota,
Iowa and Wisconsin.
JANUARY
1104. KKOL Seattle WA 1300
email from the Engineering Department of Salem Radio Seattle. KKOL broadcast at
50 kW directional pattern during daylight hours and 43 kW directional pattern
during nighttime hours.
1103. WSAR Fall River MA
1480 email from Marketing Director. You can listen this station also on the web
at www.wsar.com.
1102. KKMS Richfield MN 980 QSL-card,
coverage map and program schedule from Chief Engineer in 2 weeks. It is really
fantastic to receive QSLs from snailmail in the 21st
century! Thank you very much.
1101. CKWX Vancouver BC 1130
email. “News 11-30” station is the official radio station of the Vancouver
winter olympics in February 2010. More information
can be found at: http://www.news1130.com/
1100. KCNN Grand Forks ND 1590 email. This was my 1100th
verified radio station! I started Dxing hobby in
1979.
1099. KGLO Mason City IA
1300 email from the morning show host: “Good to hear that KGLO can be heard a
long way from home”.
1098. WCRN Boston MA 830
email “You found us!”.
1097. WUNR Brookline MA 1600
fast email reply from Property & Office Manager. WUNR was broadcasting
Spanish at the time I was listening to 1600 kHz in Muhos.
1096. KOKC Oklahoma City OK
1520 two friendly emails with QSL in a few hours from Oklahoma. It is hard to
catch KOKC in Finland because the dominant station WWKB Buffalo NY is
directional to the east while KOKC is directional to the west. They do
this to avoid interference in the middle part of the United
States. Oklahoma was my 38th US state from the AM band.
1095. WARV Warwick RI 1590 a
very friendly letter, sticker an schedule from Vice President of Blount
Communications Group. Christian teaching and talk station WARV is using slogan
“Life Changing Radio” and broadcasts with 5000 watts from Rhode Island. Rhode
Island – “The Ocean State” is the smallest state in the USA. This was my first
QSL from Rhode Island and AM state no.36 (US state no.41 including US
SW-stations) in my QSL-collection.
1094. CHLW St.Paul AB 1310 friendly email in couple of hours from
Alberta. This Cat Country station has only 5 people: a manager, morning show
host/program director, a news and sports director, a sales representative and
an administrative person.
1093. KJR Seattle WA 950
“confirmed” email in just 30 minutes. KJR is a Fox Sports Radio in Seattle.
1092. KVGB Great Bend KS
1590 email. V/s writes: “We are a 5 KW station with a northwest antenna
orientation during night time hours. As a result of this we receive 3 or 4
reception reports every winter from Finland and Sweden. During daytime hours we
have an omni-directional signal pattern.” KVGB was my
first station from Kansas. US state no.37.
1091. WAAM Ann Arbor MI 1600 email was my 100th station heard
in Muhos listening station near Oulu.
1090. CHRB High River AB
1140 email v/s Office Manager. Country music radio station CHRB was one of the
most dominant Canadian stations during our local DX-pedition
in Muhos last December.
1089. KEX Portland OR 1190
email v/s Operations Manager.
1088. KOFI Kalispell MT 1180
email was my first US station from Montana. KOFI was my 100th verified AM
station from the USA. The Chief Engineer sent me also a snailmail
letter from Montana. KOFI is broadcasting news, talk and oldies with a power of
50 kW. Directional antenna nighhtime is radiated
towards Finland. Thank you for your letter!
1087. WVNA Tuscumbia AL 1590
email was my first US station from Alabama.