Chanter's adventures in QSLing, updated as necessary

[chanter1944]

This is going in here on the highly unlikely chance that anyone's interested in which stations I've successfully QSL'd so far.

For general information's sake: Chanter is a shortwave listener (SWLer), as well as a ham (amateur radio operator). She's also a DXer in both arenas (a seeker of distant, rare, or otherwise hard to catch stations - DX is the radiotelegraph abbreviation for distance). QSL's are cards/letters/sometimes other swag received from stations around the world in response to valid reception reports a person sends in (QSL is the radiotelegraph code for understand, or I understand). I can't see the cards I get, but since when has that stopped me?

SWL QSLs are usually in response to listener letters, whereas hams often exchange cards after making contact. If I decide to post the ham QSLs I've received, I'll do it in another entry. This one's delightfully long as is! :)


Argentina beacon LU4JJ, Concordia, Entre Rios: card received January 27, 2015
Argentina beacon LU1FHH, La Plata: card sent registered mail, received November 24, 2015
Radio Australia: card with a regional map and transmitter sites on the obverse, received July 2, 2012
Radio Australia: card with a local outdoor scene on the obverse, received July 14, 2012
Radio Austria International: QSL letter with a snowy Salzberg image on the obverse, received September 15, 2012
Radio Belarus: card with a cathedral on the obverse, received March 22, 2013
Belgium's DX Antwerp DXing club: card for the club's 30th anniversary broadcast with radio waves on the obverse, received in May 2012
Brazilian time station Observatorio Nacional do Brasil: card and letter received March 14, 2013
Radio Nacional da Amazonia: QSL letter with transmitter images received in late August, 2012
Radio Difusora de Macapa: QSL letter received November 7, 2012
Radio Aparecida: card with saints and other religious imagery on the obverse received September 30, 2013
Radio 9 de Julho: letter, window sticker and key chain received July 8, 2014
Radio Itatiaia: card with the station transmitter on the obverse and small station stickers, received June 9, 2015
Radio Brasil Central Goiania: card received June 26, 2015
Brazil beacon PY2WFG, Ipiranga, Sao Paolo: card with antenna setup received December 10, 2014
Brazil beacon PT2SSB, Brasilia: card received January 27, 2015
Brazil beacon PY4MAB, Pocos de Caldas, Minas Gerais: card received May 20, 2015
Brazil beacon PY2RFF, Sao Pedro, Sao Paolo: card received December 23, 2015
Radio Canada International: two bilingual bookmarks and multiple stickers received in April 2012
Radio Canada International: card with station antennas on the obverse, received June 19, 2012
Radio Canada International: card received July 13, 2012
Canada time stationn CHU: card with an image of a nineteenth-century historical figure on the obverse, received in April 2012
Canada local CFRB, Toronto, Ontario: card received October 22, 2012
Canada local CFRY, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba: e-mail confirmation of reception as of September 5, 2012
Canada local CHAM, Hamilton, Ontario: E-QSL received June 25, 2012
Canada local CKDM, Dauphin, Manitoba: e-mail confirmation of reception as of September 3, 2012
Canada local CKLW, Windsor, Ontario: E-QSL received June 26, 2012
Canada beacon VA3KAH, Kah-She Island, Ontario: card received October 28, 2014
Canada beacon VA7PL, Kelowna, British Columbia: card featuring a festively-lighted Kelowna received December 11, 2014
Canada beacon VE9BEA, Fredericton, New Brunswick: card received late December, 2014
Canada beacon VE1VDM, Truro, Nova Scotia: card received January 7, 2015
Canada beacon VE2REA, Quebec City, Quebec: card received December 9, 2015
Canada amateur VE6AO: card with Calgary stampede info on the obverse received December 26, 2013 - letter went astray, my fault
Chile (religious) CVC La Voz: card and wristband (really!) received August 13, 2012
China time station BPM: card and eclipse viewer received April 16, 2013
China Radio International: card with the diverse Chinese family on the obverse, received in May 2012
China Radio International: card with a member of the Shui ethnic minority on the obverse, received August 9, 2013
China Radio International in Spanish: card with a member of the Drung ethnic minority on the obverse, received April 24, 2015
China Radio International in Russian: card and cut paper artwork received in early December, 2015
China National Radio 1: card with presumed studio building on the obverse, received March 7, 2013
Alcaravan Radio: card received January 22, 2013
Voice of Croatia: card received in April/May 2012
Voice of Croatia: card received June 12, 2012
Voice of Croatia: card with a blue globe image on the obverse received September 13, 2012
Radio Habana Cuba: card received November 2, 2012
Radio Rebelde: card received November 2, 2012
Radio Prague: card and ruler (really!) received August 14, 2012
Radio Okapi: card received February 20, 2013
HCJB Voice of the Andes in German: card with vintage station image received May 24, 2013
France beacon F5ZWE, Foix: card received in late December 2014
Deutsche Welle: card received April 1, 2015
Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Gruss and Bord 2012: card with shipboard/shoreside imagery on the obverse, received January 15, 2013
Norddeutscher Rundfunk Gruss An Bord 2013: card received February 16, 2014
Voice of Greece: card with ancient Greek jewelry on the obverse, received January 19, 2013
Greece ERT3 Makedonias: card with temple and metalwork on the obverse, received December 17, 2012
All India Radio: card with floating tealight candles on the obverse received September, 2013
Athmeeya Yathra: E-QSL with a hand tuning a radio pictured, received August 22, 2012
Voice of Indonesia: card, travel brochure and sticker received March 25, 2014
Galei Zahal: card with green microphone and desk on the obverse, received November 7, 2012
Italy time station Asociazione Amici de Italcable - card received January 26, 2013
Italy beacon IW3FZQ, Rovigo: card received January 29, 2015
NHK World: card with an image of Mount Fuji on the obverse, received May 2, 2013
NHK World: card received April 30, 2013
NHK World in French: card received March 28, 2016
Radio Nikkei: card with transmitter site on the obverse, received May 9, 2013
Mexico beacon XE3WMA, Merida, Yucatan: card received June 25, 2015
Radio PMR Pridnestrovye: threefold card received July 20, 2012
Radio Netherlands: card for the station's marathon Dutch broadcast with blue sky and RNW globe logo on the obverse, received June 11, 2012
Radio Netherlands: card with Dutch morning on the obverse, received July 11, 2012
Radio Netherlands: card for the station's marathon English broadcast received July 25, 2012
The Mighty KBC: card with station logo and information received in December 2012
Radio Dabanga: red thank you for listening card received February 5, 2013
Radio Tamazuj: yellow thanks for listening card received February 12, 2013
Dutch pirate Bluestar Radio: E-QSL and antenna picture received March 31, 2013
Radio New Zealand International: card with the Asia Pacific region and transmitter sites on the obverse, received July 23, 2012
Radio New Zealand International: card received in early August, 2014
Auckland volmet: QSL letter received July 21, 2016, after a delightful E-QSL and personal note from their QSL manager!
New Zealand beacon ZL3TEN, Christchurch: card with the cathedral of Christchurch on the obverse, received May 19, 2015
FEBC Philippines (it seems fairly innocuous): card with a monkey-eating eagle on the obverse received November 25, 2013
Radio Veritas Asia in Tagalog: card with a waterfall scene on the obverse, as well as two station stickers, received March 21, 2014 (17 months!)
Radio Romania International: card received in May 2012
Radio Romania International: card received May 22, 2013
Radio Romania International: card received April 18, 2016
Voice of Russia: card with Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space on the obverse, received in May 2012
Radio Sonder Grense: QSL letter received May 30, 2013
KBS World: card with the Princess Man - featuring people in ceremonial dress - on the obverse, received in April 2012
KBS World in Spanish: station card, stickers and desk calendar received May 22, 2013
Radio Nacional de Espana: globe card received September 22, 2012
Radio Exterior de Espana in Sefardi: card received November 19, 2013
SLBC Sri Lanka: card received November 28, 2014
Radio Sweden: personal note and cloth tote bag (!) received June 8, 2015
Radio Taiwan International: card with a painting 'The Green Grass Lake?' on the obverse, received in April 2012
Radio Taiwan International: card with an MRT subway image on the obverse, received March 21, 2014
Radio Taiwan International: card with a train station image on the obverse, received April 20, 2015
PCJ Radio International: QSL letter received August 15, 2013
PCJ Radio International, Christmas 2013 broadcast: card honoring Victor Goonetilleke received March 21, 2014
Voice of Turkey: card with a snowy/icy landscape on the obverse, received in May 2012
Voice of Turkey: card with a fortress or castle on the obverse received November 18, 2013
Voice of Turkey Russian service: card and tasseled bookmark received August 22, 2016
BBC Worldservice: multiple program schedules received in May 2012
Chelmsford Calling: pictorial card, 'thank you for listening card' and business card received October 14, 2015
US time station WWVH: card with images of the transmitter on the obverse, received in May 2012
US time station WWVH: card received May 1, 2014
US time station WWVH: card received April 17, 2016
US time station WWV: card with transmitter images on the obverse, received August 3, 2012
US time station WWV: card with transmitter images on the obverse, received unexpectedly August 3, 2012 for a late March broadcast, as I thought the report had gone astray!
US time station WWV reactivated on 25mHz: trifold card received June 28, 2014
Voice of America in French: card and calendar received November 23, 2012
US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS via Key West): card received June 15, 2012
Radio Free Asia in Mandarin: 18 years of broadcasting card with coverage map on the obverse, received October 10, 2012
Radio Free Asia in Uyghur: card with a Vietnamese dan tran on the obverse, received June 17, 2014
Radio Free Asia in Khmer: card received February 28, 2015
KPH Night of Nights 2012: marine radiotelegram received October 25, 2012
WBCQ The Planet: card with globe and rainbow on the obverse, received October 18, 2012
Adventist World Radio (in Urdu, and it's a rare catch, so I QSL'd it): card with two young women on the obverse, and postcard of an Indianapolis church received October 11, 2012
US local WHO, Des Moines, Iowa: card with an owl image on the obverse received in late 2012
US beacon N8PVL, Livonia, Michigan: card with the state of Michigan on the obverse received June 26, 2014
US beacon K4JEE, Louisville, Kentucky: card with a cardinal on the obverse received June 28, 2014
US beacon K5AB, Goldthwaite, Texas: card received July 2, 2014
US beacon KG4GVV, Summerville, South Carolina: card received July 9, 2014
US beacon W0ERE, Highlandville, Missouri: card received July 15, 2014
US beacon AA1TT, Claremont, New Hampshire: card received September 10, 2014
US beacon AB8Z, Parma, Ohio: card received August 5, 2014
US beacon WA4ROX, Largo, Florida: card with a Florida radio listening image on the obverse received November 7, 2014
US beacon NM0V, Monument, Colorado: card with dogs playing in the snow on the obverse received November 13, 2014
US beacon KW7HR, Prosser, Washington: card with antenna setup on the obverse and personal note received December 2, 2014
US beacon W1DLO, Calais, Maine: card with a US map highlighting the state of Maine received December 11, 2014
US beacon W7SWL, Tucson, Arizona: card and letter received December 26, 2014
US beacon WL7N, Ketchikan, Alaska: card received December 22, 2014
US beacon KA7BGR, Central Point, Oregon: card received January 14, 2015
US beacon K0HTF, Des Moines, Iowa: card received January 15, 2015
US beacon N7MA, Rose Lake, Idaho as of January 2, 2015: card with Rose Lake scenery on the obverse received March 24, 2015
US beacon KH6WO, Laie, Oahu, Hawaii: battleship USS Missouri card received March 25, 2015
US beacon WJ5o, Troy, Alabama: card received May 31, 2015
US beacon NT4F, Wilmington, North Carolina: card received June 18, 2015
US beacon WA2DVU, Cape May, New Jersey: card received June 19, 2015
US beacon WI4L, Dalton, Georgia: card received June 22, 2015
US beacon WB5DXZ, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: card received early September, 2015
US beacon KG4ERE, Franklin, Tennessee: card received September 12, 2015
US beacon N5MIG, Helena, Arkansas: card received May 19, 2016
US beacon KE5JXC, Pecan Island, Louisiana: card received July 28, 2016
US beacon WB9OTX, Versailles, Indiana: card received August 1, 2016
US local WHO, Des Moines, Iowa: card received in 2012
US amateur k4LKL, Lakeland, Florida: card received August 10-11, 2012
US amateur W1OP, Providence, Rhode Island: card received July 14, 2012
US amateur W4UG, Virginia Beach, Virginia: card with a lighthouse on the obverse received August 3, 2012
US amateur WA0DX, Otumwa, Iowa: card received August 16, 2012
US amateur W8EDU, Cleveland, Ohio: card with a sunset on the obverse received August 31, 2012
US amateur WX9PIA, Illinois: card received February 20, 2013
US amateur W8UM, Lansing, Michigan: multiple cards received April 17, 2013
US amateur W7FO: card with US map with highlighted Montana received January 3, 2014, after a year and a half!
US pirate Northwoods Radio: card with mallards on the obverse, received in June 2012
US pirate The crystal Ship (TSC) via High Plains Relay Service: unexpected E-QSL featuring a literal crystal ship, globe, baseball and other images, received June 21, 2012
US pirate Pirate Radio Boston: E-QSL featuring the jolly Roger and a ship, received June 24, 2012
US pirate Radio Ronin Shortwave: card with a red sun and samurai figures on the obverse, received July 16, 2012
US pirate WPON the weapon: card with a QR code and two guns! :( on the obverse, received August 16, 2012
US pirate X-FM: E-QSL received August 29, 2012
US pirate X-FM: E-QSL received September 28, 2012
US pirate Radio Paisano: E-QSL received October 18, 2012
North American pirate Boom Box Radio: card with cartoon character and boom box on the obverse received February 23, 2013
US pirate Radio Casablanca: E-QSL received September, 2013
Radio Vaticana: card with a photo of the Chapel of the Annunciation on the obverse, received July 2, 2012
Radio Vaticana: card with an image of Pope Frances I on the obverse received in September, 2013
Voice of Vietnam: card with an outline of Vietnam on the obverse, received June 29, 2012
Voice of Vietnam: card with Hao Long Bay on the obverse, received September 18, 2012
Voice of Vietnam: card received April 25, 2016

Currently waiting on:
United Nations beacon 4U1UN, New York City, New York
Radio Tirana special DS contest as of November 2015
Radio Algerienne as of October 15, 2012
Radio Nacional da Angola as of April 10, 2016
Radio Argentina al Exterior as of June 9, 2012
Argentina beacon LU2ERC, Ensenada, Buenos Aires as of December 5, 2014
Argentina beacon LW6DJD, La Plata, as of late October 2015
Bangladesh Betar as of April 5, 2013
Radio Santa Cruz as of September 1, 2012
Radio Clube do Para as of September 1, 2012
Radio Inconfidencia as of December 4, 2012
Radio Bandeirantes as of April 26, 2014
Radio Daqui Goiania as of May 27, 2014
Radio Gaucha as of May 27, 2014
Brazil beacon PU2NJO, Embare Santos, Sao Paolo as of September 27, 2014
Brazil beacon PU5AZA, Navegantes, Santa Catarina as of late November, 2014
Trenton volmet as of September 1, 2012
CBC Nord-Quebec as of November 7, 2012
CKZN, CBC 1 Newfoundland simulcast as of November 7, 2012
Canada local CBK, Watrous, Saskatchewan as of October 2, 2012
Canada local CBW, Winnipeg, Manitoba as of August 22, 2012
Canada local CFAM, Altona, Manitoba as of September 3, 2012
Canada local CFCO, Chatham, Ontario as of July 28, 2012
Canada local CFMB, Montreal, Quebec as of June 9, 2012
Canada local CFRB, Toronto, Ontario as of summer 2012
Canada local CFTR Toronto, Ontario as of August 21, 2012
Canada local CFZM Zoomer Radio, Toronto, Ontario as of May 2012
Canada local CHIN, Toronto, Ontario as of January 13, 2013
Canada local CHML, Hamilton, Ontario as of June 12, 2012
Canada local CHKT, Toronto, Ontario as of June 14, 2012
Canada local CHTO, Toronto, Ontario as of July 4, 2012
Canada local CIAO, Brampton, Ontario as of August 30, 2012
Canada local CINA Radio India, Mississauga, Ontario as of June 11, 2012
Canada local CJEU, Gatineau, Quebec as of January 13, 2013
Canada local CJMR, Oakville, Ontario as of late June, 2012
Canada local CJMS, Saint-Constant, Quebec as of February 28, 2013
Canada local CJRB, Boissevain, Manitoba as of September 5, 2012
Canada local CKAC, Montreal, Quebec as of October 2, 2012
Canada local CKDO, Oshawa, Ontario as of July 25, 2012
Canada local CKGM TSN Radio, Montreal, Quebec as of late June, 2012
Canada local CKJH, Melfort, Saskatchewan as of November 11, 2012
Canada local CKLQ, Brandon, Manitoba as of August 30, 2012
Canada beacon VE4ARM, Austin, Manitoba as of August 2014
Canada beacon VE7MTY, Pitt Meadows, British Columbia as of late October, 2014
Canada beacon VE1CBZ, Keswick Ridge, New Brunswick as of December 1, 2014
Cape Verdian amateur station D4C as of May 1, 2013
China time station BPM as of April 10, 2016
Radio progreso SW as of February 2014
Cuba local Radio Progreso, 880kHz as of October 15, 2012
Cuba local Radio Rebelde, 710kHz as of September 11, 2012
Cuba local Radio Reloj, 1020kHz as of December 26, 2012
Radio Republica as of August 2, 2012
Radiodiffusion Television de Djibouti as of March 2, 2013
Voice of the Tigray Revolution
Afrique No.1 as of September 1, 2012
Radio Verdad as of December 4, 2012
CVC Voice Asia as of October 26, 2014
Radio Payam-E Doost
Shannon volmet as of August 29, 2012
IBC (Italian Broadcasting Corporation) as of late July 2016
Italy beacon IZ1EPM, Chivasso City as of October, 2014
Radio Kuwait as of August 1, 2012
Radio Mauretanie as of early June 2012
Radio Educacion as of October 23, 2012
Mexico beacon XE3D, Merida, Yucatan as of October 2014
Mexico beacon XE1RCS, Cerro Gordo, Querétaro as of late October 2014
Mexico beacon XE2O, Allende, Nuevo Leon as of December 1, 2014
Mexico local XEG - la ranchera de Monterrey, Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon as of September 1, 2012
Mexico local XERF, Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila as of July 25, 2012
Mexico local XEX - Estadio W, Mexico City, Mexico DF as of August 21, 2012
Mexico local XEW, Mexico City, Mexico DF as of October 19, 2012
Morocco Medi 1 as of August 21, 2012
Voice of Nigeria as of June 19, 2012
Radio Pakistan as of December 1, 2014
Russia time station RWM as of June 3, 2014
Radio Rwanda as of February 18, 2013
International Radio Serbia as of June 19, 2012
Channel Africa in Swahili as of July 4, 2016
Radio Omdurman Sudan as of August 8, 2012
Ibra Radio as of November 30, 2012
ZBC Tanzania Zanzibar as of November 16, 2012
Radiodiffusion Nationale Tchadienne as of September 12, 2012
RTT Tunis as of early June 2012
FEBA Radio Akhbar Mufriha as of September 2015
Afia Darfur Radio as of July 1, 2012
US beacon K3FX, Neptune City, New Jersey as of June 18, 2014
US beacon K5TLJ, Trumann, Arkansas as of June 29, 2014
US beacon KG4TIM, Vance, Alabama as of June 25, 2014
US beacon W8YT, Martinsburg, West Virginia as of late July, 2014
US beacon N1KON, Centerville, Indiana as of late July, 2014
US beacon W6WX, San Jose, California as of January 2, 2015
US beacon N7SCQ, Dixon, California as of January 2, 2015
US beacon W5BUB, Cedarville, Arkansas as of September, 2015
US beacon K1SPD, La Vergne, Tennessee as of September, 2015
US territory beacon NP2SH, Saint John, US Virgin Islands as of July 1, 2014
US territory beacon KP3FT, Ponce, Puerto Rico as of late November, 2014
Venezuela beacon YV5LIX, Caracas as of October 2014

Comments

Re: Hmm...

[chanter1944]

Re: Tesla. Yay, another Tesla fan! :) He gets so little of the recognition he deserves, at least in this dimension. I can very easily see him developing a tesseract in another universe.

Re: Scarlett: Ooooops! Beg pardon. Blame that on the screenreader not differentiating between the sound of one variation on the name and another.

Re: RNW: I've actually started giving serious thought to the reason behind its continued existence in another timeline. I like the idea of a grassroots effort assisting in keeping the signal going, as it were, but I've wanted to play with what amounts to clandestine or opposition broadcasts to the States for a while now. Blame my interest in WWII, radio, and variations of the Resistance. I can easily imagine, given current factions involved in politics, a severely rightward-leaning America - think shades of A Handmaid's Tale rather than an overblown stock supervillain - and RNW acting as a source of unbiased news for the population. A Dutch government similar to this universe's current one could hardly object to rekindled transmissions, with their freedom of speech mandate laid on RNW the way it's been. Here, hang on. I'll share what notes I've scribbled so far.

Re: Scarlett and flame orange: I *like* that! And Bailey as a radio geek? Definitely. I still think it'll be Pat who initially picks up a displaced signal, though. He may call in Bailey for greater information. Hmm, yes. I can see this.

Re: Hmm...

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>Yay, another Tesla fan! :) He gets so little of the recognition he deserves, at least in this dimension. I can very easily see him developing a tesseract in another universe.<<

Yes. I love Tesla. He discovered many exciting things, and got so little credit for any of them. I have written various poems about him, including "The Second Coming of Fire" and "As Genius Does."

>>Re: Scarlett: Ooooops! Beg pardon. Blame that on the screenreader not differentiating between the sound of one variation on the name and another.<<

That's okay. Adaptive technology has its limits. From reading your journal, I gathered that you are vision-impaired.

Something that hasn't come up much in Schrodinger's Heroes, but that does in my other writing, is character diversity across disabilities. I have a very active blind character, Rai, over in Torn World; plus a bunch of others in various places. If you like that sort of literature, it's worth investigating. I have enough friends with different disabilities -- plus my body's quirks -- to augment research and manage reasonably accurate portrayals.

>>I've wanted to play with what amounts to clandestine or opposition broadcasts to the States for a while now.<<

I have taken to cross-checking news between different countries because I don't really trust American media anymore. BBC and Al-Jazeera are favorites. Haiti had some private radio stations that were very progressive; I remember reading about them after the earthquake. Central and South America have guerrilla radio with the equipment carried by trucks or even burros. Maybe RNW could be part of a global grassroots network using radio to provide facts in places that are fact-hostile?

>>Blame my interest in WWII, radio, and variations of the Resistance.<<

Works for me. I like resistance fighters. *chuckle* That's why Ash has the "Homeland Security" t-shirt with Geronimo on it.

>> I can easily imagine, given current factions involved in politics, a severely rightward-leaning America - think shades of A Handmaid's Tale rather than an overblown stock supervillain - and RNW acting as a source of unbiased news for the population.<<

I like this! It's very plausible. Fox News takes over and suddenly nobody has access to facts. Trouble with facts is, they go on being true even if you don't believe them, and they will bite you in the ass.

>>A Dutch government similar to this universe's current one could hardly object to rekindled transmissions, with their freedom of speech mandate laid on RNW the way it's been.<<

True, and historically the Dutch had a trading/exploration empire for a while. They're used to thinking globally.

>>Re: Scarlett and flame orange: I *like* that!<<

Yay!

>> And Bailey as a radio geek? Definitely. I still think it'll be Pat who initially picks up a displaced signal, though. He may call in Bailey for greater information. <<

Pat first, then Bailey, sounds plausible.

I really want to read this.