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  FOLDING QSL CARDS IN HAM RADIO This is a brief look at how the traditional amateur radio QSL card has changed its look recently. The folding QSL is a fabulous souvenir of special DXpeditions undertaken by groups of hams to distant and sometimes rare global locations. This video features just a few of the many very fancy and elaborately designed QSLs I have received in the last few years. This video is probably best viewed in full-screen mode. 73 and good DX! Rob Wagner VK3BVW Current local time in Mount Evelyn, Australia CLICK HERE for VK3BVW Live Stream (Clublog) QRZ callsign lookup: Search Callsign lookups provided by qrz.com © Rob Wagner, Mount Evelyn DX Report, and contributors 2012-2026

  DX QUICK TIPS January 18, 2025 3250   D.P.R.KOREA. KCBS - Pyongyang. 1105 Korean with commentary and music from a choir and orchestra. Fair signal. Also heard  // 6100 (clashing with the co-channel CRI Mongolian service) and 11680, where it was the strongest. Jan 11. 3480   KOREA REP. Voice of the People - Goyang, Gyeonggi Province. 1120 Korean commentaries. Good signal and no jamming. // 3910 (light jamming), 3930 (heavier jamming), 4450 (siren jamming), 4560 (no jamming), 6520 (heavy jamming), and 6600 (jamming) were all heard with reasonably good signals. Jan 11.  4755   INDONESIA. VoIndonesia - Cimanggis. 1132 Mandarin with music programming. Fair signal, Jan 11. 4990   CHINA. Hunan RTV - Xiangtan, Hunan Province. 1140 Mandarin with long talks. Low-powered 10 kW outlet, fair to poor signal, Jan 11. 9275   USA. WMLK - Bethel PA. 2318 Booming signal with the usual American preaching, Jan 9.   9405   PHILIPPINES. FEBC R. Liangyou ...

  PHILIPPINES: A Powerful Broadcasting Voice to the World Part 1 This article first appeared in my World of Shortwave Listening column in the December 2024 issue of The Spectrum Monitor magazine. Further details on this excellent publication are available at www.thespectrummonitor.com PART 2 - CLICK HERE . (Part 2 of this extended article looks at Radyo Pilipinas and the famous Far East Broadcasting Company.) Almost since the start of broadcasting, radio has been a vital part of how Filipino citizens consume their media. It began as far back as 1922 with the commencement of KZKZ (AM) in Manila. Starting with just a 5-watt transmitter, the signal was boosted in 1924 to 100 watts. It didn’t take long before broadcasting facilities and new stations spread rapidly across the Philippine islands on both mediumwave and shortwave. During World War Two, the 1942 Japanese invasion of the country saw many stations, especially around Manila, shut down or commandeered by the Japanese army for ...

  PHILIPPINES: A Powerful Broadcasting Voice to the World Part 2 This article first appeared in my World of Shortwave Listening column in the December 2024 issue of The Spectrum Monitor magazine. Further details on this excellent publication are available at www.thespectrummonitor.com PART 1 - CLICK HERE. (Part 1 of this extended article looks at the broadcasting scene in the Philippines, plus the history and current situation of the Voice of America.) Radyo Pilipinas The government station Philippine Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an arm of the Presidential Broadcast Service, operating under the Presidential Communications Office. In addition to shortwave, the organization has extensive AM, FM, television, and affiliate networks that have existed in many forms since the post-WWII era. Since the war, PBS shortwave programming has been sponsored and aired over VoA transmitter sites in Malolos (north of Manila) and Tinang (central Luzon). As mentioned earlier, from 1969, the station ...

  THE AMAZING DR-48 RECEIVER IN ACTION The short video below demonstrates how a radio from the mid-1970s still performs well. Although it is nearly 50 years old, the Panasonic DR-48 (also known as the RF-4800) still produces a good sound on the shortwave bands. The recordings of these three shortwave broadcasters were made on January 1, 2025, between 0900 and 0930 UTC. Thanks for watching! 73 and good DX to you! Rob Wagner VK3BVW Current local time in Mount Evelyn, Australia CLICK HERE for VK3BVW Live Stream (Clublog) QRZ callsign lookup: Search Callsign lookups provided by qrz.com © Rob Wagner, Mount Evelyn DX Report, and contributors 2012-2026