Radio Exterior de Espana (Noblejas)

Radio Exterior de España Transmitting from Noblejas, Spain was heard on 20th July 2012. It's English language broadcast was monitored from 1900 UTC to 1959 UTC on 9665 khz. Reception (SINPO) was 33333. Weaker signal strength with slight fading but audible and clear speech was observed. An email reception report was sent to ree@rtve.es  shortly after the broadcast end.


A special QSL card for 70 th  anniversary of Radio Nacional de España (Spanish national Radio)  was received on 10th October 2012

Voice Of Russia (via Chita Atamanovka)

Voice of Russia from Chita Atamanovka was logged on 2 nd June 2012. VOR's English language broadcast was monitored from 10.18 to 11 UTC on 15170 khz. Reception (SINPO) was 34333. Weaker signal strength with noise but audible and clear speech was observed. A reception report was emailed to world@ruvr.ru and letters@ruvr.ru shortly after the broadcast. On 4 th June 2012, Elena Osipova, Letters Department,Voice of Russia, emailed promising to send a QSL card.

After sending follow up emails an envelop from Voice Of Russia arrived in my mail box on 8th September (after 96 days) 2012 which includes A QSL card that confirms my reception report of June 2012


Email: world@ruvr.ru  or letters@ruvr.ru

Radio Netherlands Worldwide Final day English broadcast

Radio Netherlands Worldwide  Last and final day English broadcast on shortwave was heard on 29th June 2012 at 1400 UTC on 9800 khz via Trincomalee, Srilanka.
RNW station interval, followed by RNW station ID and announcement of the last RNW English language broadcast. followed by a Dheera Sujan narrating the history of RNW (Down Tthe Memory lane from 1928 The Happy station Show to current free speech time)
Saxophone played the very nostalgic tune of  RNW  at 1430 UTC.
Broadcasting ended with RNW station interval (the bells)

Reception report was emailed and posted on the same day. A thank you email message was received immediately after submitting the email report.
A special finalday QSL card was received on 8th September 2012 .

RCI's Final Broadcast (via Urumqi, Kunming and Sackville transmitters)

The last and final broadcast from Radio Canada International (RCI) in English was received on 24 June 2012 from 1500 to 1557 UTC on 11675 khz via  Kunming and 15125 khz via Urumqi relay transmitter site in China.

Reception (SINPO) on 11675 khz was 44444 and on 15125 khz was 43333.

Another transmission was received from Sackville site in New Brunswick, Canada

on 15235 khz. Reception (SINPO) was 24443. that was the final English transmission from Sackville transmitter.
Maple leaf Mailbag was presented by Terry Haig with lots of listeners letters protesting the ending of RCI on shortwave. It was the last mailbag programme from RCI on shortwave.

Radio Netherlands Worldwide from Hilversum (Tinang, Philipines)

Radio Netherlands Worldwide  was heard on 23rd June 2012 from 1000 to 1050 UTC on 15110 khz via Tinang,  Philipines
'South Asia Wired' by  Devi Boerema was running. Reception (SINPO): at 1400 UTC was 45444 -- Very Strong signal strength, No noise and fading out and clear speech was noted.
Reception report was emailed to letters@rnw.nl on the same day. A thank you email message was received immediately after submitting the report.
A QSL card was received on 28th July 2012.

Radio Netherlands Worldwide from Hilversum (Trincomalee, SriLanka)

Radio Netherlands Worldwide via Trincomalee, SriLanka was received on  22nd June 2012 from 1400 to 1422  UTC on 9800 khz .'The State We're In ' by Jonathan Groubert  was running.
 Reception (SINPO): at 1402 UTC was 45444 -- Very Strong signal strength, No noise and fading out and clear speech was observed.
Reception report was emailed to letters@rnw.nl on the same day. As usual a thank you email message was received immediately after submitting the report.
A QSL card was received on 28th July 2012. with a Radio Netherlands Worldwide sticker

Rhein Main Radio Club (Sitkunai, Lithuania)

(RMRC) Rhein Main Radio Club's special broadcast of the EDXC Conference  from Sitkunai, Lithuania was monitored on 10 June 2012 from 17.50 to 18.30 UTC (broadcast to  Asia ) on 11.900 kHz. Reception (SINPO) from 17.30 to 17.57 UTC was 33443- strong interference (on the same frequency )from China Radio International was observed that suppressed RMRC broadcast. At 17.56 UTC reception improved greatly to 45444 once China Radio International closed.

Reception report was submitted on 11 June 2012 on-line at RMRC website and emailed. An eQSL was received on 18 June 2012 along with a brief message from   Dr. Harald Gabler, RMRC CEO

Email: mail@rmrc.de