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Radio Bulgaria QSL?
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 |
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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. |
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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 USA |
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On Apr 27, 12:59*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 USA- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That's what I'm gonna do - not that there's much to report. Their folk songs came across clear and lively, but the voices sounded like they were under a sea of oatmeal. BTW, how are you doing? Is your backside fit yet? |
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... 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'm only just beginning to look into the possibility of getting set up to receive DRM. Does "FM Quality" have some special meaning with DRM? As I understand it DRM30 isn't really capable of anything one could really truthfully call "FM Quality", even on MF let alone HF. But maybe it's the official name of one of the modes. -- Brian Gregory. (In the UK) To email me remove the letter vee. |
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"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. |
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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 |
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Radio Bulgaria QSL?
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. |
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Radio Bulgaria QSL?
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 |
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