On Apr 27, 3:59*am, dxAce wrote:
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!

I'd just send 'em the single report and see what happens.

dxAce
Michigan
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Exactly. I know for a fact I have a qsl from them, but it's been a
while back. I know from my notes that I didn't send them a tape which
is odd because during that period I was on the kick of sending the
stations solid proof of my contact, must have been short on micro-
cassettes or money that week. {?}

"bpnjensen" wrote in message
...
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!

They're clearly desperate and will try anything to get their listener
numbers into double figures.

--

Brian Gregory. (In the UK)

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On Apr 27, 9:54*am, "Brian Gregory [UK]" wrote:
"bpnjensen" wrote in message

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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!

They're clearly desperate and will try anything to get their listener
numbers into double figures.

--

Brian Gregory. (In the UK)

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LOL! A little clean audio would help! I listened two nights ago - on
11600, their German and French transmissions were clear and
understandable - I speak neither language, but I could plainly make
out words and phrases and could have easily written a report based on
those. Then the English came on, and the hosts sounded like mud.
WTF? The prelim ID/freq recitation and music sounded fine...

Bruce

On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:13:25 -0700 (PDT), bpnjensen
wrote:

On Apr 27, 9:54*am, "Brian Gregory [UK]" wrote:
"bpnjensen" wrote in message

...





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!

They're clearly desperate and will try anything to get their listener
numbers into double figures.

--

Brian Gregory. (In the UK)

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LOL! A little clean audio would help! I listened two nights ago - on
11600, their German and French transmissions were clear and
understandable - I speak neither language, but I could plainly make
out words and phrases and could have easily written a report based on
those. Then the English came on, and the hosts sounded like mud.
WTF? The prelim ID/freq recitation and music sounded fine...

Bruce

Maybe they heard you...

I listened to the 2300UT English broadcast on 9700kHz and the
modulation was good. A few pops in the audio but completely copyable.
There was a strange artifact in the signal. In the background was a
ringing noise similar to the bells on the Voice of Greece only audible
during voice portions.

I switched to 11700kHz around 2315UT to check reception. Noise was
noticeably higher with weaker signal. Modulation looked about the same
but there was some fading. No backgound ring on this frequency.

We need more sunspots. Still have not listened to the DRM broadcast.

Jim

On Apr 29, 4:39*pm, wrote:
On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:13:25 -0700 (PDT), bpnjensen





wrote:
On Apr 27, 9:54*am, "Brian Gregory [UK]" wrote:
"bpnjensen" wrote in message

....

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!

They're clearly desperate and will try anything to get their listener
numbers into double figures.

--

Brian Gregory. (In the UK)

To email me remove the letter vee.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

LOL! *A little clean audio would help! *I listened two nights ago - on
11600, their German and French transmissions were clear and
understandable - I speak neither language, but I could plainly make
out words and phrases and could have easily written a report based on
those. *Then the English came on, and the hosts sounded like mud.
WTF? *The prelim ID/freq recitation and music sounded fine...

Bruce

Maybe they heard you...

I listened to the 2300UT English broadcast on 9700kHz and the
modulation was good. A few pops in the audio but completely copyable.
There was a strange artifact in the signal. In the background was a
ringing noise similar to the bells on the Voice of Greece only audible
during voice portions.

I switched to 11700kHz around 2315UT to check reception. Noise was
noticeably higher with weaker signal. Modulation looked about the same
but there was some fading. No backgound ring on this frequency.

We need more sunspots. Still have not listened to the DRM broadcast.

Jim

Here's the funny part - I can *never* get a good copy on their earlier
NAm broadcasts. They are even worse, for me, than their later 11600
to Europe.

At 2300 there is nothing but a weak het on those freqs. Sun's up high,
too early for the west coast.

BJ

Bruce,

The idea of course is to get people to actually listen to their
programming on a regular basis. As others have said, more than likely,
their real listening audience in North America is probably under 10.
Still wouldn't hurt to send a QSL request along with a few bucks to
help with postage and handling and see what happens.

On Apr 27, 12:51*pm, SC Dxing wrote:
Bruce,

The idea of course is to get people to actually listen to their
programming on a regular basis. As others have said, more than likely,
their real listening audience in North America is probably under 10.
Still wouldn't hurt to send a QSL request along with a few bucks to
help with postage and handling and see what happens.

Thanks - Yeah, that's what I did. I actually rather enjoy listening
to some stations once or twice a fortnight (RNZI gets my ear at least
a couple times a week and I like both R. Prague and R. Romania I.),
but when the audio is so bad, what's the point?

I wish the USPS still sold IRCs. I'd be happy to send them a couple
of those each time. I have no idea how these different countries
handle Yankee bucks...

Of course, back in the Cold War days, getting a response was *easy* -
I got not only a QSL but also a pennant, a schedule, and about twenty
pounds of glossy propaganda magazines in brown kraft paper wrappers to
boot! Man, those things smelled funny...probably be classified as
hazmat these days...

Bruce

On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:12:15 -0700 (PDT), bpnjensen
wrote:

On Apr 27, 12:51*pm, SC Dxing wrote:
Bruce,

The idea of course is to get people to actually listen to their
programming on a regular basis. As others have said, more than likely,
their real listening audience in North America is probably under 10.
Still wouldn't hurt to send a QSL request along with a few bucks to
help with postage and handling and see what happens.

Thanks - Yeah, that's what I did. I actually rather enjoy listening
to some stations once or twice a fortnight (RNZI gets my ear at least
a couple times a week and I like both R. Prague and R. Romania I.),
but when the audio is so bad, what's the point?

I wish the USPS still sold IRCs. I'd be happy to send them a couple
of those each time. I have no idea how these different countries
handle Yankee bucks...

They handle as many of them as they can. Most international amateur
operators now request "green stanps" (dollars). Problem is the world
economy is so bad that theft is rampant. I never put my call sign on a
qsl envelope because that guarantees someone will open it to search
for money. Most hams overseas that exchange cards and request return
postage have got post office boxes now.

Of course, back in the Cold War days, getting a response was *easy* -
I got not only a QSL but also a pennant, a schedule, and about twenty
pounds of glossy propaganda magazines in brown kraft paper wrappers to
boot! Man, those things smelled funny...probably be classified as
hazmat these days...


Radio Peking had that nice coat of red leaded paint on everything.

Jim





Bruce