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Propagation has still been lousy (except last week some NA, no new ones except CHRF 980), but few QSLs have arrived, mainly for the reports of AIH40:

756. SER Radio Rioja 1179 em 2d v/s Javier Cermeño Davalillo, Director
757. SER Radio Jaen 1026 em, audioclip 4d v/s Antonio Gómez Sabariego, Administrador
758. Antena 1 720 em 2d v/s Paula Carvalho (Portugal!)
759. KTWG Agana 801 em 0d v/s Leilani Dahilig (Guam on MW!)
760. KSUM Fairmont MN 1370 em 0d v/s Mark Persons, W0MH
761. KBUF Holcomb KS 1030 em 13d v/s James Janda, Program Director
762. WAYY Eau Claire WI 790 em 11d v/s Rick Roberts, Operations Manager
763. WCUB Two Rivers WI 980 QSL-card
764. CHOK Sarnia ON 1070 em 13d v/s Lee Michaels
765. CKPC Brantford ON 1380 em 0d v/s Mike Rose, Program Director
766. CKYL Peace River AB 610 em v/s Kent Schumaker, Operations Manager
767. KXNO Des Moines IA 1460 QSL-card
768. CHRF Montréal QC 980 em 0d v/s Yvan Ruel, Coordonnateur de projet
769. KEZW Aurora-Denver CO 1430 em 0d v/s Rick Crandall, Program Director
-. NPO Radio 2 88.00 4,5m em v/s Emma Willems

I have recently activated my other old hobby: listening of foreign broadcasting stations on medium- and shortwaves. This weekend there was a special activity for so called “free radio” around the world, so many “pirate stations” have been active. I decided to log my MW/SW catched to this blog.

14th January 2012

6170 FIN: Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Virrat with strong 59+30dB signal. This is a legal station although many DJs have strong free radio background (and some are hams). DJ Häkä already confirmed my reception report by email. 1100-
6205 NLD: Sluwe Vos Radio. Sent thanks for report to me in live transmission. 1414-1420*
6300 NLD: Radio Morning Star. Bad QRM. 1505-
6320 NLD: Radio Osaka. 1526-
6331 NLD: Radio Boomerang. Close down just after coming to QRG. -1444*
6374,7 R Caroline International. One of many R Carolines. 1250-
6920 NLD: Trans Europe Radio. “This is test transmission of Trans Europe Radio”. Sent also greetings to me. Good signal with 60 watts and G5RV antenna. 1302-1328*
6925 NLD: Radio Mustang. Very loud although said that he is “low power station”. -1457*
7535 NLD: Trans Europe Radio. Heard also here with strong S9+10dB. In live transmission said thanks to me for my email report and promised to send me a QSL card next week. 1500-
15235 NLD: Radio Shadow. Good signal, playing oldies. 1225-
15460 NLD: Radio Black Bird. Also sent greetings to me in live transmission. MUF was down, fading from average to zero. Black Bird already sent me QSL via email and mentioned that he used CB-antenna 1 meter above the ground with 4 radials. 1126-
15515 NLD: Radio Borderhunter. This station is probably in Baarle-Hertog or Baarle-Nassau.

I already received email-QSLs from SWR and Radio Black Bird (who is ham radio operator too…).