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QSL NDB 412-GRN Girona

January 29, 2026 / / 1 Comment

NDB GRN on 412 kHz is a beacon situated north of Girona Airport, in line with the runway. It is often listed as Gerona, which is the Spanish name for the city of Girona in Catalunya, but I prefer to use the name that the local population uses. My reception report was verified by Enaire via informacion@enaire.es .

The set-up of the beacon is typical for most of the Spanish NDBs: a 200 W transmitter with a “Sistema radiante de tipo T”:

Girona Airport was built in 1965 when there was not a lot of traffic. Passenger numbers grew spectacularly after Ryanair chose Girona as one of its European hubs, marketing it as ‘Barcelona-Girona’. In 1993, Girona Airport dealt with only 275,000 passengers; in 2008 passenger numbers increased to more than 5.5 million. But when Ryanair moved their Barcelona operations from Girona to the larger El Prat International Airport much of this was lost again. In 2024 around 2 million passengers used Girona Airport.

QSL AXL Bussum 1134 kHz

January 28, 2026 / / 0 Comments

AXL Bussum is a relatively new LPAM station that started in 2025. While it is only 28 kilometers from my QTH I was not able to receive this station until now: Polderpop Radio 1134 was always dominant. As I had my antenna N/S again this weekend I tried again. And AXL was there in good quality:

Now AXL has a cool website. But the focus is on streaming their music selection, which is nice, but doesn’t give a clue about whom to contact for a QSL. Fortunately my DX friend Ruud Vos helped me out. And the funny thing is that Henry Luchtmeijer, the man behind AXL, is very friendly to DX-ers and offers a beautiful QSL.

QSL AXL 1134 AM from Bussum

I have to applaud Henry for the initiative. Receiving a station from Bussum is not without significance: Bussum played a crucial role in the early history of Dutch television. On 2 October 1951, the very first official nationwide television broadcast in the Netherlands took place from Studio Irene in Bussum, marking the start of public television in the country. This was a true milestone: after years of experiments and test transmissions, regular television programmes were broadcast here for the first time to a national audience. Until around 1964, the national TV studios remained largely based in Bussum, before most activities were moved to Hilversum (the present-day Media Park) – partly due to a devastating fire in the Irene studio in 1971 that effectively ended the television era there. Although Hilversum later became the centre of Dutch broadcasting, Bussum remains historically the birthplace of Dutch television and an important symbol of the early years of this medium in our country.

Nice Hexagon antenna of AXL Bussum

Radio Lesotho on 639 kHz

January 25, 2026 / / 0 Comments

Since RNE closed their powerful 50-100 kW medium wave stations in Bilbao, La Coruña and Zaragoza on 639 kHz I have been able to pick up Radio Lesotho, broadcasting from Maseru a couple of times. Below a recording made on January 11th, 2026, at 2205 UTC:

With 9316 kms definitely one of the longest distances I received on medium wave, and definitely the furthest one in Africa. I have sent a reception report, but no reply yet. That was different in the 80-ies, when they were a regular catch on 4800 kHz tropical band. Below the QSL card from those days:

QSL Radio Nacional 1380 kHz

January 23, 2026 / / 0 Comments

Wow, this one was a bit unexpected. During my stay on Curacao, March 2025, I received Radio Nacional on 1380 AM, broadcasting from Santiago with 5 kW (1 kW night time).

But this week I received a nice, be it somewhat “cryptic” email from Radio Nacional confirming my reception report sent to 1380@radionacional.net

Radio Nacional is part of Grupo Medios del Norte, operating a few TV channels and 10 FM stations. Despite their name “Radio Nacional”, the station is a more modern or regional commercial station, likely established in the mid-to-late 20th century or later, as part of the growth of private radio in the Cibao region. It is not the same as any government “Radio Nacional”. References to it as “la emisora del pueblo” (the people’s station) suggest a community-oriented role in Santiago.

QSL NDB 351-CST Costix

January 17, 2026 / / 0 Comments

Enaire was so kind to confirm my reception of NDB CST on 351 kHz. This navigation beacon is located on Mallorca, the largest of the Baleares Islands. As always they included their nice data sheet:

The other beacon I received from Mallorca was ADX. The picture below show both beacons… and a third one, 401-PTC, a beacon I didn’t receive yet.

QSL WSKW “The Score 1160” Skowhegan

January 13, 2026 / / 0 Comments

In October 2025 I received WSKW from Skowhegan on 1160 AM. My report via their website remained unanswered. Thanks to a tip from Arild’s DX diary I got a lead to Mrs. Gracie Johnston from Mix Maine Media. She was so kind to confirm my report:

WSKW is not an easy catch. I received this station quite early for TA DX when they were most likely still broadcasting with 10 kW. Night time operation is 730 Watts only to avoid interference with “Class A station” KSL from Salt Lake City, which makes reception a challenge.


The audioclip above is my reception of sports talk and at 33 seconds: “Coast to Coast Infinity Sports Network”. This is brand they go by since 2022 when WSKW dropped the oldies and talk programming and returned to sports, branded as “1160 The Score”. As you can see in Mrs. Dellandrea’s reply, high school sports coverage is retained, with the remainder of the station’s programming being supplied by CBS Sports Radio (now Infinity Sports Network).

Below you see the old brand when they were still on a mix of oldies and sports. I don’t mind the new brand, but I wish they had retained the WSKW call sign in their logo.

QSL CBN CBC St. John’s 640 kHz

January 12, 2026 / / 0 Comments

With the closure of the powerful RNE stations from Bilbao and La Coruña on 639 kHz it is easier to catch CBN from St. John’s, Newfoundland on 640 kHz. Despite average conditions I could pick up a decent ID, “This is CBC Radio 1, 640 AM, Saint John’s”:

Mrs. Dellandrea was so kind to confirm my reception report within a day with a fully detailed email:

Port Sudan Radio GMDSS DSC tests

January 5, 2026 / / 0 Comments

On December 17th I received two GMDSS DSC messages from Port Sudan Radio on 8414.5 kHz. Both were messages to imaginary MMSI numbers: 888888888 and 99999999, so I guess these were tests.

Port Sudan popping up on my DX Atlas map

Now Sudan is one of the countries I did not manage to QSL. Letters to the Sudan National Broadcasting corportation (which was broadcasting on shortwave in the 90’s) or Khartoum Aeradio remained unanswered.

This time I sent an email to Port Sudan radio which until now remained unanswered. But as I learned that the Danish company Danphone was involved in the recent installation of GMDSS equipment at Port Sudan Radio I asked if they could help out. I got a friendly reply, for which I’m grateful, but no QSL or contact.

So Sudan remains on my “to do” list.

Email from Danphone, confirming that they implemented GMDSS in Port Sudan, but no QSL.

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