CM Obrecht shortwave radio via Woofferton, UK

 CM Obrecht shortwave radio broadcast via Woofferton was received on 18th April 2025 on 17555Khz between 1600 and 1700 hours UTC. one hour broadcast comprises with station IDs and mixed songs including contemporary Hindi songs.

Reception was very good from Bankura, India. SINPO= 44444

Reception report was sent via email. The flowing full data email verification was received on 21st April 2025

Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) Annual Christmas Special broadcast Gruß and Bord via Moosburnn, Austria

Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) Norddeutscher Rundfunk's  'Gruß an Bord' annual Christmas Eve (24th December 2020) German language broadcast via Moosbrunn, Austria was received between 1904 UTC and 1919 UTC on 9570 Khz and again between 2100 UTC and 2108 UTC on 9675 Khz.

Special Christmas broadcast dedicated to crews and passengers on cargo and cruise ships around the World was heard.

Reception report was sent via email. The flowing full data verification cards were received by mail in March 2021.

 

 

Following is a video footage of the above mentioned broadcast received on various receivers.

KTWR DRM transmission verification received

 
KTWR ‘s Weekly DRM transmission was logged on 29th March 2020. DRM transmission from Hagatna, Guam Island was received very good on 15200 Khz in Kolkata India. DRM Transmission was accompanied with data and (MOT images) slide shows. Special program concerning Coronavirus was heard at 1030 UTC.
Reception report was emailed on the following day.

Denise Gregson, from TWR Asia Frequency coordination department, verified the reception report with this beautiful  Full data QSL on 27th April 2020

 

The following  YouTube videos are excerpts of 29th March’s transmission which was received on Avion DR-808 DRM receiver.

 

IRRS Nexus IBA ‘Coronavirus Pandemic’ QSL received

 
 ‘War Room Pandemic’  Global daily Shortwave broadcasts via IRRS Nexus from Milano, Italy was received on 9640 Khz  on 13th March, 2020.
latest news reports and opinions on the effects of the coronavirus around the world heard between 1400  to 1459 UTC.
Despite atmospheric noise and some fading the speech was quite audible. SINPO =33232

A reception report was sent in the same day via email to IRRS Nexus. My report was verified within 24 hours with the following E- QSL card.

 

 

T8WH World Harvest Radio

 T8WH World Harvest Radio transmitting from Palau island situated in the western Pacific was heard on 9930 khz on 24th April 2019. Various spiritual songs were played between 1130 UTC and 1156 UTC   SINPO was 44344.

A reception report was sent via email on the following day.  T8WH World Harvest Radio replied with the following QSL card which came into my mailbox on 14th May 2019.

Here is a short video footage of the above mentioned broadcast received on XHDATA D-808

Veteran Indian DXer from Hyderabad enters into Limca Book of Records

Jose Jacob from Hyderabad, India has collected QSL from 132 different stations of All India Radio over a period of 42 years. Radio stations ranging from Shot wave, Medium wave, FM to the latest DRM mode. In the process he has achieved the feat of creating an Indian Record of collecting maximum number of QSL of different stations of a radio broadcaster in India.

Jose Jacob (VU2JOS) with Certificate from Limca Book of Records

As a teenager Jose started listening to radio and started to write to stations way back in 1973, when in his school days. Few years later in 1976 he first wrote to All India Radio, when his reception report was first verified with a QSL.  Over next 42 years, he has used various mediums, ranging from inland letters, post cards to emails, for sending reception reporting.

Over the years, with his special interest in All India Radio, he is one of key country contributors, from India, of World Radio TV Handbook updating about All India Radio to the director of global broadcasting.

Jose Jacob, is also a licensed amateur radio operator with call sign VU2JOS currently serving as Asst. Director at the National Institute of Amateur Radio (NIAR) www.niar.org
Limca Book of Records is an annual reference book published in India documenting human and natural world records. The world records achieved by humans are further categorised in education, literature, agriculture, medical science, business, sports, nature, adventure, radio, and cinema with Limca book of Records rules. (https://www.coca-colaindia.com/limca-book-of-records)

Limca Book of Records has recognized the feat as one of the Indian records in the radio category and awarded the certificate acknowledging the achievement.

My Henry's Island Dxpedition Logging videos published

Some of my radio station logging videos made in Henry's Island between 10th February to 13 th February 2019 were published  on SWLING.com. 

All loggings were made with Perseus SDR receiver, 250 meter beverage and PAR0DT miniwhip antennas.

Many thanks to OM  VU3JXD (Sandipan Basu Mallick) for helping me publish those videos.