*
Theme
-
00:00
“Birthday Serenade” -
Willi Glahe
*
Opening Announcement - 00:16
Welcome to “Wavescan”,
international DX program from Adventist World Radio
Researched and written in
Indianapolis, produced in studios of shortwave WRMI
Program outline
1.
French Radio in the South Pacific: New Caledonia - 2
2. Underwater Radio
3. EDXC
Report: interviews David Ricquish & George Brown
4. Special QSL of the
Week SQOTW24: The World’s Shortest Reception Report
*
Focus on the South Pacific. French Radio
in the South Pacific: New Caledonia - 2 - 00:52
The introduction of wireless
technology into New Caledonia, the French colony in the South Pacific, took
place in the year 1920 when a new wireless station was installed at the
Semaphore Station in Noumea, the island capital. The Semaphore Station was a white square
tower located on a hill top, a little over 300 feet high. The callsign for this new maritime wireless
station was FQN, indicating a French territorial possession.
The equipment at the station was changed
from electrical spark operation to electronic valve or tube operation in 1924,
and a new callsign was adopted, HZG.
Then 8 years later, the transmission equipment was upgraded and
modernized at apparently a new location, and again a new callsign was
allocated, this time FJP. Test
broadcasts from this new facility were noted in the United States on exactly
6000 kHz, and also 7100 kHz in 1936.
Two years earlier, in the month of
July 1934, photographer and electrician, Charles Graveau in Noumea New Caledonia
began to implement procedures in order to obtain government approval to
establish his own amateur radio station.
He took to the air during the next year with the use of his home made
transmitter rated at just 20 watts input; that is 12 watts output, as listed in
a historic document.
At this time, the Charles Graveau
station, licensed with the amateur callsign FK8AA, was simply an amateur
operation in use to communicate with any other amateur radio station that could
hear his low power signal. However, as
was the custom in those days, there were occasions when FK8AA radiated music
from whatever gramophone records were available.
However, the real objective of
Charles Graveau was to establish a radio broadcasting station, and on April 28,
1937 he began a regular program service over his amateur station, FK8AA. Each Wednesday and Saturday evening his radio
broadcasts went on the air, an hour in duration beginning at 5:30 pm.
This new radio broadcasting service
was inaugurated over his amateur radio station in the family home at 44 Rue del
Alma, in Noumea, New Caledonia. He
identified the station on air as “Radio Noumea", though the
official callsign FK8AA was still in vogue.
The new Radio Noumea FK8AA was first
noted internationally in New Zealand in January of the following year 1938, and
from that time onwards, the station was sought by many international radio
monitors in New Zealand, Australia and the United States. Even at such a low power, the station was
heard occasionally at a great distance.
Even though QSL cards were available, obtaining one was just as
difficult as even hearing the station.
The hobby and commercial radio
magazines in the same three countries, New Zealand, Australia and the United
States, frequently reported news about the station, and on occasions even
showed successful loggings. Initially
FK8AA was logged on 6120 or 6122 kHz, though in the earlier part of the year
1940, the frequency was adjusted to 6130 kHz.
Perhaps the transmitter was modified at this stage to increase the power
a little.
Around a year later, the station in
its sign off routine added two more anthems to its scheduling. In addition to the French Le Marseillaise,
listeners now heard also God Save the King and the Star Spangled Banner, as a
tribute to the island’s allies. Soon afterwards, March Lorraine became a
signature tune for these still twice weekly program broadcasts.
However, due to the international
attention that was coming to New Caledonia with the massive American presence,
the local government began active planning in 1942 for an official government
radio broadcasting station. This new
station was inaugurated on air towards the end of that year, or perhaps very early
in the next year, 1943. At that stage,
the original FK8AA as a broadcast station was retired, though the amateur
operation was revived again after the end of the Pacific War.
The Australian magazine Radio &
Hobbies reported the new government station for the first time in April 1943,
when a new channel 6155 kHz was noted, though the previous callsign FK8AA was
still shown, perhaps incorrectly. The
final listing with the FK8AA callsign in this same magazine was in July
1946.
Programming and scheduling over the
new Radio Pacifique Noumea was very similar to the earlier FK8AA, and
apparently the concept and perhaps some of the family staff were transferred
from the old station to the new. During
the latter part of the war years, the new Radio Noumea increased its hours of
on air programming and they also broadcast special programming for troops
serving in the Pacific arena.
That is the story of the amateur
become professional radio broadcast station, FK8AA in Noumea, New
Caledonia. Interestingly though, there
was another radio broadcasting station on another French island in the South
Pacific with a similar amateur background and with a similar callsign. This other station was on the air under the
callsign, not FK8AA but rather FO8AA, and it was not located in New Caledonia
but rather in Tahiti. That’s
the story for another occasion here in Wavescan.
* Program
Announcement - 07:17
Allen Graham
* Underwater
Radio -
08:03
It is known that at least five radio
broadcasting stations, or major components thereof, are lying at the bottom of
the ocean in the ship that was carrying the equipment at the time. Four of these sunken ships were due to enemy
action, and one was the result of a fierce winter storm.
Back in the year 1940, soon after
the onset of the European Conflict, a 100 kW shortwave transmitter,
manufactured at the Marconi company in Chelmsford England, was shipped out to
Singapore Island. It was intended that
this transmitter would be installed at a new shortwave station still under
construction, adjacent to the early Radio Malaya station at Jurong on the
western side of Singapore island. When
activated, this station was to act as a relay for the BBC London, with coverage
into Asia and the Pacific.
However, due to an attack by an
enemy submarine, the ship was sunk en route and the entire cargo was lost,
including the electronic equipment for the new BBC shortwave relay
station. Instead, a 50 kW RCA shortwave
transmitter was subsequently consigned to Singapore, but before it could be
activated, it was removed and taken to Barbados in the Caribbean where it was
installed for Cable & Wireless at Bearded Hall under the callsign VPO.
Back in the year 1941, plans were
laid for the installation of a megapowered mediumwave station at a secret
underground location near Crowborough in England. This station was intended to beam surreptitious programming in various
languages to continental Europe, and also to act as a BBC relay station for
coverage into the same continental areas.
At the time, a super powered 500 kW
transmitter was nearing completion at
the RCA factory in Camden New Jersey which had been ordered by NBC for
mediumwave WJZ at Bound Brook, New Jersey.
However, the FCC had imposed a 50 kW power limit for mediumwave stations
in the United States and NBC-WJZ no longer needed this huge transmitter.
China demonstrated an interest in
procuring this megalithic transmitter, but while negotiations were still underway,
the British government arranged to purchase it and have it shipped across the
Atlantic. The transmitter was
re-engineered for 600 kW, disassembled into smaller units, crated and stowed
separately into several different ships.
One of these cargo ships, carrying
the antennas and towers, was sunk in the Atlantic by an enemy submarine and the
equipment was lost. Very hurriedly, new
towers and antennas were manufactured in the United States and freighted across
the Atlantic where it was all installed above ground for the underground
American transmitter, known as Aspidistra, at Crowborough.
During the latter half of the
European Conflict, PWI Press Wireless International, manufactured and shipped
across the Atlantic numerous transmitters, large and small, for use in islandic
and continental Europe. Some of these
shipments contained their famous 40 kW shortwave transmitter, and other
shipments contained complete mobile radio broadcasting stations. The mobile stations usually contained a 400
watt transmitter, always capable of high speed Morse Code, and sometimes also
capable of voice transmission.
Much of this radio equipment was
manufactured at their new factory quite near to their large shortwave station
at Hicksville on Long Island, New York and then shipped across the
Atlantic. PWI states that at least one
of these mobile stations was sunk by an enemy submarine in 1944, and that
station still lies to this day on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.
Also in the year 1944, Lord Louis
Mountbatten expedited the construction of a large shortwave station at Ekala, a
dozen miles north of Colombo in Ceylon, as it was known in those days. A large shipment of radio equipment,
including electronic items from the Marconi factory at Chelmsford and redundant
antenna systems from the Isle of Wight, were shipped out from England.
However, the entire consignment was
lost to enemy submarine action in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sri
Lanka. Ultimately, a new consignment of
equipment was sent out from England, and this was installed at the SEAC
installation at Ekala, where it was in use for many years for the relay of
programming by the BBC London, the Voice of America and Adventist World
Radio. This SEAC station also carried
programming on behalf of SLBC, the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.
Back in 1965, Ronan O’Rahilly in
England ordered a 50 kW mediumwave transmitter from Continental Electronics in
Dallas Texas for installation on the ship Mi Amigo, which was on the air at the
time as the famous pirate radio station, Radio Caroline. During that era, Continental was constructing
several 50 kW mediumwave transmitters, Model 317C, for various clients.
However, the BBC suddenly needed two
50 kW mediumwave transmitters for its new Central Africa Relay Station at Francistown in
Botswana and entrepreneur O’Rahilly agreed to allow the BBC to take the No
12 transmitter that he had ordered. The BBC also took an additional unit, No 13,
so O’Rahilly agreed
to accept transmitter No 14 in this series which he installed on board the Mi
Amigo.
Some 15 years later, on March 19,
1980, the ship Mi Amigo encountered a Force 10 storm and she drifted for 10
nautical miles before running aground on the Long Sand Bank. The ship sank next day where she now lies in
10 feet of water in the Thames Estuary out from London.
The 50 kW mediumwave transmitter also went down
with the ship, and that is where it lies
to this day, at the shallow bottom of the North Sea!
*
EDXC France Report - 14:23
Interviews:
David Ricquish
George Brown
*
SQOTW24 Special QSL of the Week: The World’s Shortest Reception Report
- 23:32
It is rather obvious that a good
reception report should contain detailed information that is heard from a radio
broadcasting station, and it is preferable that this information should extend
over a period of at least 20 minutes or more.
However, there are occasions when a shorter reception report may be acceptable.
Back on July 17, 1986, I was
traveling by car for an appointment in a country area in Indiana in the United
States. In a lonely isolated location
where electrical interference would not be expected, I stopped the car and
turned on the radio receiver. The
desired station was WQTC on 1520 kHz in the town of Bryan, in the neighboring
state Ohio.
Four years earlier, I had visited
this mediumwave radio station in Bryan when it was on the air under an earlier
callsign, WBNO. At that time, this
station was on the air with the usage of solar energy electricity, the first
and only station in the United Sates that was using solar panels for this
purpose. I already had received a QSL
from WBNO with ½ kW on 1520kHz.
However, the station had been sold
and under the new management, the callsign was changed to WQTC, still with
solar power and still with ½ kW on the same
channel 1520 kHz. However, I did desire
a QSL card acknowledging the new callsign WQTC.
Unfortunately, even though
mediumwave station WQTC was on the air in the adjoining state, yet reception on
the radio was terrible, with lots of QRN and QRM; local electrical noise and
interference from other stations.
However, at the bottom of the hour, I did hear just two identifiable
words, “Bryan
Radio”.
And so, I did send a reception
report and a prepared QSL card to the station in Bryan Ohio. In the reception report, I apologized for
such a brief report, but I stated that I had heard just two identifiable words,
and that these two words indicated an advertisement for a radio shop in Bryan,
or it was part of the station identification announcement.
In due course, the prepared QSL
card, rubber stamped onto a Post Office Postal Card, came back to my home
address, duly signed and rubber stamped with the old callsign WBNO, though the
new callsign WQTC was also shown on the card.
A verified reception report
containing just two words? You had
better do better than that!
*
Music of the World - 26:20
New Caledonia:
Traditional folk music, local instrumental & group vocal
*
Closing Announcement - 26:40
Thanks for listening to “Wavescan”,
international DX program from Adventist World Radio
Researched and written in
Indianapolis
Next week:-
1.
Radio Broadcasting in the Land of the Three Rivers: Diamond Jubilee
Celebrations
2.
Australian DX Report
3.
SQOTW24 Special QSL of the Week: Nostalgic Memories of First Radio Broadcast
Several QSL cards available. Send your AWR & KSDA reception reports
for Wavescan to the AWR address in Indianapolis; and
also to the station your radio is tuned to: WRMI or WWCR
or KVOH, or to the AWR relay stations that carry Wavescan. Remember too, you can send a reception report to each
of the DX reporters when their segment is on the
air here in Wavescan: Japan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Australia &
India. They will verify with their own colorful QSL
card. Return postage and an address
label are always appreciated.
Wavescan address:-
Box 29235
Indianapolis
Indiana 46229 USA
Wavescan @ AWR.org
Jeff White, shortwave WRMI
*
Music Outrun - 28:26
*
Program Ends - 28:55
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1. Underwater Radio
Radio
Stations Lost at Sea
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No Year
Date Station Country Location Equipment Ocean NWS
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1. 1940 BBC Singapore Jurong 100
kW Marconi Indian
1
2.
1941 Summer BBC England Crowborough Masts & antennas Atlantic 292
3. 1944 PWI Europe
Continent Mobile
station Atlantic 312
4. 1944 SEAC Ceylon
Ekala Equipment Indian 179
5. 1980 March 20 Caroline England
Long Sand Bank 50 kW Continental Thames 253
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2. The Radio Scene in
the Exotic South Pacific
Topics in Alphabetic Order of Island
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No. Island Topic Years
NWS -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
01. Bruny Callsign VLA 1930 - 1941 306
02. Enderbury Eclipse 1937 - 1944 28
03. Howland Amelia Earhart 1937 - 2014 276
04. New Caledonia American Radio Stations 1943 - 1946 306
French
Radio South Pacific 1920 - 1942 308
05. “Ocean” Pacific Deception 1942 - 1945 76
06. Pitcairn Pitcairn Backgrounds xxxx - 2009 19
Pitcairn Radio - 1 1921 - 1939 19
Pitcairn Radio - 2 1922 - 1944 20
Return to Pitcairn 1938 - 1938 42
Callsigns & QSL Cards 1921 - 2012
43
Pitcairn on the Air 2006 - 2012 191
07. Saipan Original KSAI 1945 - 1946 133
08. Tonga Tin Can Eclipse 1930 - 1930 50
Tonga Radio 1921 - 2009 55
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3. French Radio in
the South Pacific: New Caledonia - 2
Early
Broadcasting Stations
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Year Information
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Early Wireless
Station
1920 1st
wireless station established in Noumea, New Caledonia DXM New Caledonia
Semaphore
Station, square white tower US Hydrographic Office 91
Standing
back of town 312 feet above sea level
FQN
22 16 12 S & 166 27 32 E
1921 FQN
Noumea Semaphore Station YBWT&T 82.7 550
1923 FQN
Noumeau WW 82.2 23-3-23 4 10
1924 HZG
Noumea Semaphore Station YBWT&T 82.7 500
1928 HZG
Noumea Semaphore Station AWARG 79.1 146 41
1936 Jan New
station testing 6000 kHz IDXA-TGC 1-36 6
1936 May Testing
on 7100 kHz ISWC 5-36 9
1937 Listed
as FJP Noumea Howland Earhart Search
1949 Medical
alert radio, FJP Noumea WHGlibdoc
1949 FJP
700 kHz 300 w YB 84.2 FIBS 15-4-49 152 219
Radio
Noumea 6000 8182 & 6208 500 watts
Amateur Station
Becomes Radio Broadcasting Station FK8AA
1934 Jul Charles
Graveau, 44 Rue del Alma, Noumea, Newspaper report
RQ
official permission establish radio station
1935 FK8AA
station began broadcasting, assistance from family DXM New Caledonia
1937 Apr 28 FK8AA
12 watts 20:00 1st official program Newspaper report
1938 Jan New
Radio Noumea heard NZ 1½ hrs daily 6120 kHz ISWC 1-38 12
1938 Aug FK8AA
QSL lists power as 20 watts (input) ISWC 8-38 5
1938 Sep FK8AA
1 hr Wed & Sat 6120 kHz 20 watts ISW
10-38 12
1939 Apr FK8AA
6120 kHz Wed & Sat 5:30-6:30 quite good signal R&H
79.11 5-39 58
1939 Jun FK8AA
6122 kHz heard only once Sydney R&H 79.11 7-39 57
1939 Aug FK8AA
6122 kHz heard east coast Australia Wed & Sat 5:30-6:30
R&H 79.11 9-39 55
1939 Sep FK8AA
6122 kHz heard east coast Australia Wed & Sat 5:30-6:30
R&H 79.11 10-39 54
1939 Oct FK8AA
6122 kHz heard well Wed & Sat 5:30 - 6:30 R&H 77.10 11-39 54
1939 Nov FK8AA
heard NZ & Brisbane 6122 kHz R&H 79.11 12-39 50
1939 Nov FK8AA
heard NZ ATC 6140 kHz 50 watts DXP 9-94 1
1939 Dec FK8AA
6122 kHz, heard not as well as few months back R&H 79.11 1-40 68
1940 Jan FK8AA
6122 kHz weak signal R&H 79.11 2-40 56
1940 Mar FK8AA
6122 kHz, fair signal late afternoon (reported on 6132?) R&H 79.11 4-40 57
1940 Apr FK8AA
6122 kHz fair strength 6:00 pm R&H 77.10 5-40 63
1940 May FK8AA
6130 kHz, station has changed frequency R&H 77.10 6-40 62
1940 Jun FK8A
A 6130 kHz good signal 5:30-6:30 R&H 77.10 7-40 64
1940 Jun Same
as below ISWC
6-40 16
1940 Jul FK8AA
6130 kHz, now nightly R&H 79.11 8-40 58
1940 Aug Heard
every night Australia NZ 6130 kHz good signal 5:30-6:30 R&H 77.10 9-40 56
1940 Sep FK8AA
6130 kHz, heard well nightly R&H 79.11 10-40 57
1940 Oct FK8AA
6130 kHz, signaled weakened recently R&H 77.10 11-40 55
1940 Dec FK8AA
6130 kHz heard very weakly around 5:30 pm R&H 77.10 1-41 55
1941 Jan FK8AA
listed 6120 kHz, power unknown ISWC
2-41 16
Charles
Graveau, 44 Rue del Alma, Noumea
1941 Jan FK8AA
6130 kHz sometimes fair signal, sometimes inaudible R&H 77.10
2-41 56
1941 Feb FK8AA
6130 kHz heard occasionally 5:30 pm R&H 77.10 3-41 55
1941 Apr FK8AA
6130 kHz heard opening every night 5:30 pm quite fair signal R&H 77.10 5-41
57
1941 May FK8AA
6130 kHz 5:30 - 6:30 pm R&H 77.10 6-41 57
Plays
Star Spangled Banner, GSTK & Marseillaise
1941 May 11 FK8AA
6130 kHz, heard with afternoon church service R&H 77.10 6-41 57
1941 Jun FK8AA
6130 kHz, occasional additional program in afternoon R&H 77.10 7-41
57
1941 Jul FK8AA
6130 kHz fair strength R&H 77.10 8-41 57
1941 Aug FK8AA
6130 kHz loud signal 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm R&H 77.10 9-41 57
1941 Sep FK8AA
6130 kHz good signal R&H 79.11 10-41 56
1941 Oct FK8AA
6130 kHz coming in fairly well R&H 77.10 11-41 57
1941 Nov FK8AA
listed 6120 kHz, power unknown ISWC
2-41 16
Charles
Graveau, 44 Rue del Alma, Noumea
1941 Nov FK8AA
6130 kHz 6130 kHz, quite good at opening R&H 77.10 12-41 56
Now
uses March Lorraine
1941 Dec FK8AA
6130 kHz still heard 5:30 pm R&H 79.11 1-42 57
1942 Jan FK8AA
6130 kHz good strength R&H 77.10 2-42
1942 Feb FK8AA
6130 kHz not heard Sydney, but heard elsewhere R&H 77.10 3-42 57
1942 Apr FK8AA
6130 kHz heard occasionally, Free French programming R&H 77.10 5-42 57
1942 May FK8AA
6130 kHz poor signal in Sydney R&H 77.10 6-42 51
1942 Jun FK8AA
6130 kHz Planning to increase English programming R&H 77.10
7-42 51
1942 Jul FK8AA
6130 kHz poor signal R&H 77.10 8-42 51
1942 Aug FK8AA
6130 kHz week signal recent months R&H 77.10 9-42 51
1942 Sep FK8AA
6130 kHz fair signal R&H 77.10 10-42 51
1942 Oct FK8AA
6130 kHz fair signal R&H 77.10 11-42 51
1942 Nov FK8AA
6130 kHz heard quite well R&H 77.10 12-42 51
1942 Dec FK8AA
6130 kHz heard quite well R&H 77.10 1-43 51
1942 Family
broadcasting station closed DXM New Caledonia
1942 FK8AA replaced by La Voix de le
France dans la Pacifique DXM
New Caledonia
1943 Jan FK8AA
6130 kHz heard daily weak signal R&H 77.10 2-43 47
1943 Feb FK8AA
6130 kHz heard daily, latter part of transmission in English
R&H 77.10 3-43 45
1943 Apr FK8AA
6155 kHz expanded hours, English & French R&H 77.10 5-43 45
1943 May FK8AA
6155 kHz, expanded hours, French & English R&H 77.10 6-43 45
Programming
for troops in Pacific
1943 Jun FK8AA 6155 kHz, expanded hours, French
& English R&H 77.10 7-43 45
1943 Jul FK7AA
(?) 6155 kHz, same scheduling as last month R&H 77.10 8-43 45
1943 Aug FK8AA
6162 kHz good signal R&H 77.10 9-43 37
1943 Sep FK8AA
6210 kHz good signal R&H 77.10 10-43 37
1943 Oct FK8AA
6200 kHz reports on new schedule wanted R&H 77.10 11-43 37
1943 Nov FK8AA
6200 kHz 6:15-7:00 pm & 8-9 pm daily, French only
R&H 77.10 12-43 37
1943 Dec FK8AA
6200 kHz 6:15-7:00 pm & 8-9 pm daily, French only
R&H 77.10 1-44 37
1946 Jul Final
listing under FK8AA callsign 6280 kHz R&H 77.10 7-46 66
Radio Pacifique,
Nouméa
1940 Aug Heard
NZ ATC 7380 kHz, not yet heard Australia R&H 77.10 9-40 56
1940 Dec Radio
Pacifique 4050 kHz 9 pm & 7280 kHz 8:30 pm R&H 77.10 1-41 55
1941 Nov 100
watts on 7560 kHz ISWC 11-41 16
1942 FK8AA
replaced by La Voix de le France dans la Pacifique DXM New Caledonia
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4. SQOTW28: Special QSL of the Week
Progressive Topics
——————————————————————————————————————————————————
No Call
Location Land IRM
kHz (k)W
Year Date Significance QSL NWS ——————————————————————————————————————————————————
001
7LA Launceston Tasmania AMP
1100 .1 1961 Nov 6 Emergency
transmitter C 282
002
RA Kabul
Afghanistan AMP 96.1 .01 1971
Jul 4 Experimental FM C 284
003
VOA Poro Philippines AMP 15000 LP 1984 Feb 19 Malfunctioning
exciter L 286
004
TTY Perth Australia AMP
1130 .2 1966 Jun 24 6NM
transmitter to 6ED DIYC 287
005
ICPA Kabul Afghanistan AMP 102.8 ½ 1972
Aug 27 Hotel Intercontinental DIYC 289
006
KSFO Frisco California AMP
560 5 1989
Oct 18 Temporary after
earthquake C 290
007
RM
Havana Cuba AMP 9600 100 1982
Feb 3 Relay Radio Tashkent C
291 008 NILB Central Pacific PH
10800 LP 1968 Dec 23 Apollo
Recovery, 1,000 SW L 292
009
AWR Ekala Sri
Lanka CG 11800 100 1981
Feb 21 Test broadcasts Africa &
ME C 293
010
PJC Willemstad Curacao PH
8694
1 1969 Jan 9 Morse
loop C
294
011
AFRTS Adana Turkey
AMP 1590 .01 1980
Mar 24 Plane, WL in ft DIYC 295
012
AWR Sines Portugal TD 9670
250 1977 Aug 26 Self-designed AWR card C 296
013
VoM Honhor Mongolia CL 12085
250 2012 Sep 14 Lived in Ulaan Baatar L&C 297
014
CRI Beijing China UQ
21660 2005 Sep 19 Firedrake
jammer C 298
015
RM Russia
AMP 11875 1984 May 2 Russian
jammer, BBC ARS? C 299
016
NBC Pt Moresby New Guinea VL 4890
35 2006 Mar 18 Reduced power C 300
017
RM
Murmansk Russia JB
5930 5 1979
Jan 13 Long wait DIYC & L
301 018 RM P’zavodsk Russia JB
5065 5 1979 Jan 21 Long wait DIYC & L
302
019
VLU2 Christmas Is Indian O. AMP
1420 .5 1977 Aug 23 Tried many
locations DIYC & L
303 020 XMX Christmas Is Indian O. AMP
341 .1 1977 Aug 28 Airplane
reception DIYC
304 021 AIR
Pt Blair Andamans JJ 1440
1 1992 Nov 12 Emergency transmission L 305 022
ABC Shepparton Australia TA 6080 100 2011
Feb 4 Emergency transmission C
306 023 ORTB Benin
CO SW 1985 Sep 20 Hard
to hear, difficult to QSL C 307 024
WQTC Bryan USA-OH AMP
1520 .5 1986
Jul 17 Two words, Bryan Radio DIYC
308
025
AIR
Bangalore India
MKP 9690 500 2014
Feb 28 Memory of 1st radio
broadcast C 309 026
CHU Ottawa Canada BW 3330
3 2010 Sep 16 Low power TSW
C&L 310
027
SW
11 Sites Asia
TA 2 SW
2014 Jun 5 IRDR Trial Broadcasts
C 311
028
TMR Rogaland Norway TD 6210 1970
Jul 8 Jamming against RNI P 312
029
NBC Pt Moresby New Guinea JJ 3925 10 1976
Oct 25 1st report from
India C 313 030 VOA Hawaii
AMP
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5. SQOTW28: Special QSL of the Week
Alphabetic Listing
——————————————————————————————————————————————————
Title Call City Country IRM City
Country NWS ——————————————————————————————————————————————————
Airplane
Monitoring AFRS Adana Turkey AMP Airplane Turkey
295
XMX Christmas Is Indian Ocean AMP Airplane Indian Ocean 304
Apollo
Recovery NILB USS Arlington Pacific PH Woodland H USA-CA 292
Demonstration
Transmitter TTY Perth W
Australia AMP Perth Australia 287
Difficult to hear ORTB Benin CO Norrkoping Sweden
307 Earthquake Emergency KSFO San Francisco USA AMP Eugene USA-OR 290
Emergency
Transmitter 7LA Launceston Tasmania AMP Launceston Tasmania
282
AIR Port Blair Andaman Is JJ Hyderabad India 305
ABC Shepparton Australia TA Depok
Indonesia 306 Experimental FM RA Kabul Afghanistan AMP Kabul
Afghanistan 284
First
Report: India NBC Port Moresby New Guinea JJ India 313 Jammer:
Firedrake CRI Beijing China UQ-S Norrkoping Sweden
298
Rogaland TMR Rogaland Norway TD Rosrath
Germany 312
Russian RM Russia AMP Poona India 299
Listener
Designed QSL Card AWR Sines Portugal TD Rosrath
Germany 296
Long
Wait: 11 Years XMX Christmas Is Indian Ocean AMP Airplane Indian Ocean 304
23 Years RM Murmansk Russia JB Lexington USA-MA 301
23 years RM Petrozavodsk Russia JB Lexington USA-MA 302
Low
Power CHU Ottawa Canada BW Karoonda S Australia 310
Malfunctioning
Exciter VOA Poro Philippines AMP Lahore
Pakistan 286
Many
Locations VLU2 Christmas Is Indian
Ocean AMP Carnarvon
Australia 303
Memories:
Letter from Home VOM Honhor Mongolia CL Bloomington USA-IN
297
1st Radio Broadcast AIR Bangalore India MKP Kerala India 309
Morse
Code Loop PJC Willemstad Curacao PH Woodland
H USA-CA 294
Reduced Power NBC Pt Moresby New
Guinea VL Naples USA-FL 300
Short
Reception Report WQTC Bryan USA-OH AMP Marion
USA-IN 308
Tashkent
Relay RM Havana Cuba AMP Berrien S USA-MI
291 Test Broadcasts AWR Ekala Sri
Lanka CG Nice France 293
IRDR 11 sites Asia TA Depok Indonesia 311
Translation
Transmitter ICPA Kabul Afghanistan AMP Kabul
Afghanistan 289
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