Yesterday (5th March 2022) I made contact Sam F4GYG who was activating FF-3200 in France.

I was very pleased to receive in my email inbox a QSL card from Sam.

Below are some photos of Sam’s activation from the WWFF Facebook page.

Today (6th March 2022) I spoke on the phone with John from the little town of Sherlock in South Australia. Sherlock is about 120 km from Adelaide in the Mallee region and has a population of about 75 people.

John telephoned here a few weeks ago and spoke with my wife Marija. I have been wanting to get back to John, but my bronchitis has been terrible. So today, with my illness improving, I phoned John.

Who is John?

John’s sister Janette works at radio station WRNO in the United States of America. Janette is originally from South Australia. I had sent a QSL card request to WRNO for my reception of their station back in November 2021. See the QSL card received below, and the message from Janette.

John advised me that he has tried to tune in to WRNO from his home in Sherlock, but has been unsuccessful. He further advised that I was one of only a few Australians who had been able to tune in to WRNO.

When John is next down this way he is going to pop in so I can show him the radio shack.

At the end of January, I received a certificate from the Royal Belgian Amateur Radio Society (UBA). It was issued for working at least 10 ON75 special event stations on the occasion of the UBA’s 75th anniversary.

Thanks to the ON75 operators and the UBA.

A few weeks ago I qualified for my latest VKFF certificate in the World Wide Flora Fauna program. It was the VKFF Hunter Honour Roll 1,625 certificate, which is issued for having worked 1,625 different VKFF references.

Thanks to all of the VKFF activators.

Yesterday in the mail I received a QSL card from Hope Radio Palau regarding my reception of their station on 12th December 2021.

Yesterday in the mail I received a QSL card from Radio Azadi. I tuned in to Radio Azadi on 6th November 2021 on 15640 kHz.

At about 1140 UTC on Sunday 20th February 2022, I tuned in to National Unity Radio, SOUTH KOREA, broadcasting in the Korean language on 6115 kHz.

The broadcast was coming from the Tamsui District 300kW transmitter in Taiwan.

The overall reception of National Unity Radio was good. There was a very evident jamming signal on the frequency.

Below is a short video showing my reception of National Unity Radio.

References.

1. Short Wave Info, 2022, <https://www.short-wave.info/>, viewed 20th February 2022.
2. Short Wave Schedule, 2022, <https://shortwaveschedule.com/>, viewed 20th February 2022.

At about 0930 UTC on 19th February 2022, I tuned in to NHK World Japan, broadcasting in the Japanese language on 15290 kHz.

The broadcast was coming from NHK’s Issoudun 250 kW transmitter in France.

The overall reception of NHK was good.

Below is a short video showing my reception of NHK World Japan.

References.

1. Short Wave Info, 2022, <https://www.short-wave.info/>, viewed 19th February 2022.
2. Short Wave Schedule, 2022, <https://shortwaveschedule.com/>, viewed 19th February 2022.

At about 0844 UTC on 19th February 2022, I tuned in to China Radio International, broadcasting in the English language on 17490 kHz.

The broadcast was coming from the Kashi-Saibagh 2022 500 kW transmitter.

The overall reception of CRI was good.

Below is a short video of my reception of CRI.

References.

1. Short Wave Info, 2022, <https://www.short-wave.info/>, viewed 19th February 2022.
2. Short Wave Schedule, 2022, <https://shortwaveschedule.com/>, viewed 19th February 2022.

At about 1509 UTC on 17th February 2022, I tuned in to Nippon No Kaze, broadcasting in the Japanese language on 7290 kHz.

This station is run by the Japanese government and targets any Japanese citizens that were abducted by North Korea and remain alive in the country. 

Abductions of Japanese citizens from Japan by agents of the North Korean government took place during a period of six years from 1977 to 1983.

The station has been on air since 9th July 2007 and is produced by the Japanese government agency “Headquarters for the Abduction Issue”.

Nippon no Kaze means Wind from Japan in English.

The overall reception of Nippon No Kaze was very very poor. There was severe interference from China National Radio CNR1 China broadcasting on the same frequency. There was also an obvious jamming signal on the frequency.

Below is a video showing my reception of Nippon No Kaze.

References.

1. Short Wave Info, 2022, <https://www.short-wave.info/>, viewed 17th February 2022.
2. Short Wave Schedule, 2022, <https://shortwaveschedule.com/>, viewed 17th February 2022.
3. Short Wave Archive, 2022, <https://shortwavearchive.com/archive/furusato-no-kaze-september-17-2015>, viewed 17th February 2022.
4. Wikipedia, 2022, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_abductions_of_Japanese_citizens>, viewed 17th February 2022.