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 2010
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.37 (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.
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.