Frank DO7FJK
Cornovia PostcardsQSL - Archie Willis - W6LPJ - Sun Valley, California, 1987 - Phil Mendez
Mike K3LOERE: https://mastodon.radio/@kb6nu/115799330749096237
There are a lot of interesting topics in this episode, thanks!
I have a stack of international reply coupons I need to use this year. I had to get them from Die Post in Switzerland because that's how to get a QSL card back from the United Nations station 4U1UN. So I need to figure out 9 other IRC-using DX stations I've contacted toot suite!
The ARRL software contest should be for analyzing your logs to find IRC QSLers!
ON5ZO-OQ5MI just sent out about 150 #QSLcards with the QDure #qsl print service. Good for confirming ±350 incoming QSL requests via #clublog 's #OQRS system.
I should have sent one to myself to check the turnaround time.
I made over 23k QSO in 2025 with my own calls, excluding UBA SES calls.
Shortwave ListeningArnie’s New Year’s Radio Celebrations List
Arnie the DX Man has published his annual list of New Year celebrations on worldwide radio bands. The list starts on page 5.
Another list from me – this time I'm encouraging you to catch New Year 2026 celebrations from around the world with #shortwave, #mediumwave & #longwave #radio, as long as these broadcasts are still there & can be accessed either on your own radio or via remote SDRs 🌍docs.google.com/document/d/1…
— Arnie the DXman (@arniedxer.bsky.social) 2025-12-30T17:24:30.419Z
The list includes lots of remote SDR opportunities, because international broadcasting on the airwaves has obviously diminished, compared to the 1980s.
Arnie starts with Kiribati, at 10:00 UTC, but the first real opportunity should be Radio New Zealand Pacific, on 13755 kHz at 11:00 UTC – the New Year’s eve program starts at 06:00 UTC (so it’s under way now), and according to Alan Roe, the program host "will often respond live on-air to emails received during the programme". So let’s keep him posted about the relevance of shortwave transmissions – and wish him and everyone there a happy new year.
Radio Taiwan International’s 2026 QSL Card Series, Medium Wave Transmission from Göteborg, and other Radio News
Japan
Radio Japan’s Mandarin service continues to air an "AI-voiced" daily news bulletin, retransmitted several times a day. The French service news is still read naturally. The Mandarin bulletin can currently be heard rather well here in NW Germany, from 14:00 to 14:10 UTC on 9750 kHz. The news is followed by a Japanese language course.
Slovakia
Radio Slovakia International appears to be saved (that’s what "Wavescan" previews suggest), and chances are that WRMI will continue to carry RSI’s English and Spanish services. However, the German service is no longer broadcast on shortwave, as the Kall-Krekel transmitter site in Germany has apparently ceased operation on the two frequencies that used to carry RSI programs (3985 and 6005 kHz).
Sweden
Medium wave test transmissions are scheduled from the Radiomuseet in Göteborg, Sweden, on the December 20 and 21 weekend. Frequency: 981 kHz.
Taiwan
Radio Taiwan International has announced its 2026 QSL card series. All of the twelve monthly editions will feature drawings by a Japanese listener, made during a stay of his in Taiwan.
#mediumWave #NHK #QSLCards #RadioSlovakiaInternational #RadioTaiwanInternational #shortwave
Heute sind meine ersten QSL Karten angekommen 😁
SWLing PostCold War VLF and a Bob’s Homemade “LWL” QSL Card
https://swling.com/blog/2025/12/cold-war-vlf-and-a-bobs-homemade-lwl-qsl-card/
KE0FFTMy latest interesting, old QSL card from places I’ve visited or lived in the past is from R.E. Linthicum (3KM) at 2013 Benning Rd. in Washington D.C., to Mr. William E. Lineback Jr. (4CK), at 843 Piedmont Ave in Winston-Salem, N.C. ~ postmarked Apr 29, 1921 out of Washington DC. Any further verifiable info that I find on these operators / equipment listed will be posted in the comments below. #QSLcard #KE0FFTqslcard #KE0FFTqsl #QSLcards #KE0FFThingsInMyShack
Let’s try this again. No ChatGPT.
I collect old QSL cards from places that I’ve lived & worked in the past (& some that are just interesting for other reasons). I found this card online for a reasonable price & thought that it’s one worth sharing.
The card is postmarked 1937, Ayer, Mass. Fort Devens, where I was stationed in the Air Force for Morse code school back in 1992.
Verified info I find may follow.
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#QSLcard #QSLcards #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #ke0fftQSL #ke0fftQSLcard