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[email protected] · April 27th 10, 02:26 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:21:01 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Apr 26, 10:34*pm, bpnjensen wrote:
I would really like to get a simple QSL or verie from R. Bulgaria.
After listening to that station for months and years, I *finally*
heard a transmission, intended for Europe, on which I could understand
*a little bit* of what they hosts were saying (their sound on English
transmissions is uniformly muffled and audio-challenged). *I wrote
down the scant details I could, and went to the RB website ~ and I
found this. *They must be kidding.

This, from the R. Bulgaria website:

"Reception report

Dear listener of Radio Bulgaria,

The good news is that in order to become a member of Radio Bulgaria’s
Monitoring Club and receive the 6 QSL cards in the series you have to
fulfill the following requirements:

For the FIRST QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports
for January and THREE for February.

For the SECOND QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception
reports for March and THREE for April.

For the THIRD QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports
for May and THREE for June.

For the FOURTH QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception
reports for July and THREE for August.

For the FIFTH QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports
for September and THREE for October.

For the SIXTH QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports
for November and THREE for December.

A valid reception report should cover at least 15 minutes of our
broadcasts on any frequency and at the time you prefer, and should
include details of the contents of the broadcast and SINPO rating.

Upon reception of the full set of 6 QSL cards, you will also get the
Monitoring Club Membership Certificate of Radio Bulgaria.

Letters and reception reports should be sent within the period
specified for each QSL card."

It takes years to understand a single word of what these people are
saying, and then for a single QSL they want SIX in two months? *Forget
THAT!

Bruce Jensen

On their website there is a listing of DRM transmission on 9400KHz at
1530 UTC. It is interesting if anyone hears that and if it is better
than the regular broadcast.

I would expect it to be similar to Radio Romania's DRM broadcast which
is intended for Europe. I can hear Romania in DRM here in the Midwest.
It is FM quality when it is locked in, but it drops out completely
about 10% of the time. The 25 meter analog broadcasts beamed to North
America are 100% copy with just a little fading and background noise.

I will listen to Bulgaria and see if it is any different. Eibi lists
DRM at 1730UT instead of 1530UT, but I will try both.

The only station I know of from Europe that does a DRM broadcast
beamed to America is Vatican Radio from 2300UT-2330UT on 9755kHz. It
is FM quality and stays locked in under good conditions with only a
few momentary distortions.

Jim