At about 0749 UTC on Friday 7th July 2023, I tuned in to Radio Vanuatu broadcasting in the Bislama language on 7260 kHz.

Above:- Radio Vanuatu logo. Image c/o https://www.vbtc.vu/en/radio-vanuatu/

Radio Vanuatu is Vanuatu’s national broadcaster’s front-line station. The station commenced broadcasting as Radio Vila in 1966. In 1980 following Vanuatu’s independence, it became Ratio Vanuatu. The station broadcasts in Bislama, English, and French.

Above:- World globe showing the location of Vanuatu. Image c/o Wikipedia.

The broadcast was coming from the Port Vila 2kW transmitter in Vanuatu.

The overall reception of Radio Vanuatu was very good. The signal strength was very strong.

Below is a short video of my reception of Radio Vanuatu.

References.

1. VBTC, 2023, <https://www.vbtc.vu/en/radio-vanuatu/>, viewed 14th July 2023.
2. WRTH 2023

At about 1123 UTC on Monday 3rd April 2023, I tuned in to the Pyongyang Broadcasting Station broadcasting in the Korean language on 4557 kHz.

Above:- World globe showing the location of North Korea. Image c/o Wikipedia.

The Pyongyang Broadcasting Station is the external service of the Radio & TV Broadcasting Committee of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. It is for Korean listeners in South Korea, Japan, and the Peoples Republic of China.

The broadcast was coming from the Pyongyang 50 kW transmitter.

The overall reception of Pyongyang Broadcasting Station was good. There were moderate static crashes on the band from storms in Australia.

Below is a video showing my reception of the Pyongyang Broadcasting Station.

References.

1. WRTH 2023

At about 1107 UTC on Monday 3rd April 2023, I tuned in to Radio Tarma, PERU, broadcasting in the Spanish language on 4775 kHz.

Above:- Radio Tarma logo. Image c/o Radio Tarma Facebook page.

The broadcast was coming from the Tarma 1 kW transmitter.

Above:- The location of Peru in South America. Image c/o Wikipedia.

Radio Tarma is located in Santa Ama de la Ribera de Tarma, the capital city of Tarma Province in the Junin region of Peru. It is located about 232 km east of the capital city of Lima in the mountain ranges of the Andes.

Above:- Map showing the location of Tarma in Peru. Image c/o Google maps.

More information on Radio Tarma can be found on their website at……

https://www.radiotarma.com/

The overall reception of Radio Tarma was poor.

Below is a video of my reception of Radio Tarma.

References.

1. Wikipedia, 2023, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarma>, viewed 13th July 2023.
2. WRTH 2023.

At about 1039 UTC on Monday 3rd April 2023, I tuned in to The Overcomer Ministry broadcasting in the English language on 5010 kHz and being relayed by WRMI.

The Overcomer Ministry is an evangelistic radio-based ministry of the late Ralph G. Stair and his religious organisation Faith Cathedral Fellowship Inc. Stair passed away in April 2021.

The broadcast was coming from the WRMI Okeechobee, Florida, USA 100 kW transmitter.

The overall reception of The Overcomer Ministry was fair. There were severe static crashes from local storms.

Below is a short video of my reception of the Overcomer Ministry.

References.

1. WRTH 2023.

Here is my latest VKFF award, the VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,825. It is issued for having worked a total of 1,8125 different VKFF references.

Thank you to all of the VKFF Hunters and thank you to Adam VK2YK the VK5 State VKFF rep.

Here are my latest FT8 award certificates.

Here are my latest FT8 award certificates.

Thanks to all of the FT8 operators and thanks to the various award managers.

Here is a selection of QSL cards received in the past few weeks for VK5MAZ and VK5PAS.