A QSL…AND THE LOG BOOK

A QSL….AND THE LOG BOOK

HUH?.....WHAT'S THIS?.........ROB GETS A QSL CARD!!

Yes! That doesn't happen very often. 

 Many years ago, I sent hundreds of reception reports and enjoyed very much the QSL collecting part of the hobby. But these days, I don't actively chase QSLs. In recent times, I think I've sent off three reception reports in the last three years. The verifications came back, and then I was not sure what I should do with them! Put them in a box with all the others?

 Anyway, last February I enjoyed listening to an English transmission from Bangladesh Betar. It was a lovely signal, too! I monitored the entire 30 min broadcast and emailed a reception report, attached a short mp3 recording of the signal, and gave feedback on the programs heard. I was hoping for a short email acknowledgement from the English language department. I wasn't necessarily looking for a QSL card, but rather to just correspond and comment as a listener

 After two months, I had heard nothing, so I sent a follow up email report. More months passed, and still no response. 

 Then, this week an airmail letter arrived in the post, dated June 16. It looks like they must have found my February email! The QSL and letter are included here in this blog post. So……..thank you Bangladesh Betar for your lovely reply. It was much appreciated. But for better listener loyalty, perhaps a quicker response to listener feedback and interaction may ensure you continue to have a solid shortwave audience.


FROM THE LOG BOOK

This week, three listening sessions on Tuesday July 28 have yielded some good DX here at Mount Evelyn. 
TROPICAL BANDS - Heard on July 28

3905   INDONESIA. RRI - Marauke. A good signal coming through the noise at 1315 with local news reports, ID and canned anncts, then laid-back instrumental music at 1323. Nice to hear them more regularly these days.

 4009.97   UNIDENTIFIED. Perhaps this is Birinchi Radio - Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) at 1330 with talk, at a low level and very difficult to pull out from the noise.

 4750   BANGLADESH. Bangladesh Betar - Shavar. Soulful Bangladeshi songs with Bangla anncts at 1335, pleasant listening but with co-channel QRM from CNR 1.

 4800   INDIA. AIR - Hyderabad. Hindi talks at 1345, mixed with CNR 1, fair to poor level.

 4870   INDIA. AIR - Delhi. At a poor level for the Nepali service at 1350 with a long speech. No sign of Indonesia.

 4920   INDIA. AIR - Chennai. Rapid Hindi talk at 1402, a few wisps of Indian music before another announcer continued, fair level.

 5010   INDIA. AIR - Thiruvananthapura. Lovely selection of Hindi songs at 1409, fair to good signal.


31 METRE BAND - Heard on July 28

9475   USA. WTWW - Lebanon TN. At a weak level in English at 0158 till ID, a song and s/off at 0202.

9490   FRANCE. R. Republica - Issoudun. Spanish to Cuba at 0157, good signal.

9510   IRAN. VOIRI - Zahedan. Arabic to NAf at 0142 fair to poor.

9520   ROMANIA. RRI - Galbeni. Romanian service to ENAm at 0136, into Spanish at 0200, poor signal throughout.

9550   IRAN. VOIRI - Kamalabad. Weak signal at first around 0130 but improved somewhat by 0210 for the Spanish service to SAm.

9580   CUBA. CRI - Quivican. English to ENAm at 0155, weak signal.

9635   INDIA. AIR - Aligarh. Sindhi language service to Pakistan at 0150, a weak signal till 0200 s/off 

9690   AUSTRIA. AWR - Moosbrunn. Urdu talks at 0215, fair signal.

9730   ROMANIA. RRI - Tiganesti. French magazine-style program to ENAm at 0140, fair signal.

9770   TURKEY. VoTurkey - Emirler. Spanish to SAm 0145 with a music program, good signal.


22 METRE BAND - On July 28

13580   UZBEKISTAN. BBC - Tashkent. Hindi service to SAs with the news at 0233, good signal.

13590   CHINA. CRI - Beijing. English at 0305 to EAs. weak signal.

13600   CHINA. CRI - Kashi. Tamil service to SAs at 0235, good signal

13650   D.P.R.K. VoKorea - Kujang. Long anthem for the opening of the Mandarin service at 0307, fair signal.

13695   INDIA. AIR - Bengaluru. At 0240 in the Kannada language to to ME, beautiful signal with Bollywood music.

13740   CUBA. R. Havana - Bauta. Spanish talks at 0245, fair to poor signal.

13740   IRAN. VOIRI - Ahwaz. Early s/on around 0245, then ID in Dari language at 0252 and anthem, QRM Havana co-channel.

13760   D.P.R.K. VoKorea - Kujang. Spanish to SAm at 0315, weak signal.

13780   CHINA. CRI - Kunming. Nepali service at 0317, with Mandarin lessons, weak signal.

13800   IRAN. VOIRI - Sirjan. Hindi service closing at 0250, fair signal.

13840   SRI LANKA. VOA Deewa R - Iranawila. Chit-chat in Pashto at 0255, good signal.

13850   EGYPT. R. Cairo - Abis. The usual unreadable signal with distortion and goodness-knows-what-else at 0258. There could have been an ID at 0300, who knows!!!

13860   GERMANY. R. Farda - Lampertheim. Farsi news at 0302, poor signal.

73 and have a great weekend everyone!

Rob Wagner VK3BVW



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