The Daily News in Colombo published the following article: 'Eighty
Years of Broadcasting in Sri Lanka,' to commemorate the landmark in the
history of Radio Ceylon and the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.

Please see:

www.dailynews.lk/2005/12/27/fea02.htm

Maybe they could celebrate by answering some of their recent QSL
requests.

Bruce Jensen

bpnjensen wrote:

Maybe they could celebrate by answering some of their recent QSL
requests.

They're too busy celerbrating!

SLBC and AWR both QSL'd here, thankfully, many moons ago.

Keep trying though as I've got a few that won't come through for me either.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

bpnjensen wrote:

Maybe they could celebrate by answering some of their recent QSL
requests.

Are you looking specifically for an SLBC QSL, or simply a QSL from Sri Lanka?

If the latter is the case you might try to pry one out of Radio Free Asia, Voice
of America, Deutsche Welle, Radio Liberty, Radio Japan, or Radio Farda.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Are you looking specifically for an SLBC QSL, or simply a QSL from Sri Lanka?

If the latter is the case you might try to pry one out of Radio Free
Asia, Voice
of America, Deutsche Welle, Radio Liberty, Radio Japan, or Radio Farda.


dxAce
Michigan
USA

I like your term "pry" :-) Finagle is another that comes to mind.

Well, I was hoping for a verification from what I consider to be the
"home" station, SLBC or "Radio Sri Lanka." Besides being the home
station, I think it qualifies as a better catch due to its lower power
and slightly more specific target area/audience.

I agree, the other more international-style broadcasters would be a
better bet - I am sure VOA would provide one for one of their
easily-heard transmissions. If SLBC does not pan out (and even if it
does) I'll go for one or more of the others too.

Thanks!
Bruce

bpnjensen wrote:

Are you looking specifically for an SLBC QSL, or simply a QSL from Sri Lanka?

If the latter is the case you might try to pry one out of Radio Free
Asia, Voice
of America, Deutsche Welle, Radio Liberty, Radio Japan, or Radio Farda.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

I like your term "pry" :-) Finagle is another that comes to mind.

Well, I was hoping for a verification from what I consider to be the
"home" station, SLBC or "Radio Sri Lanka." Besides being the home
station, I think it qualifies as a better catch due to its lower power
and slightly more specific target area/audience.

I'm not sure if they are using any low powered transmitters anymore.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

I'm not sure if they are using any low powered transmitters anymore.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

I'm not certain either. As recently as a few years back, they were
using something like a 15 or 25kW xmtr on 19m (15425, IIRC), but since
have (1) upgraded to 80 kW or thereabouts and (2) apparently abandoned
that frequency. Now I hear them on 31m using the 80 kW, same
timeframe, coming in *about* as good as they used to around sunset on
the older lower power xmtr. Of course, I was able to hear some Sri
Lankan hams on 20m about the same time as the 19m transmissions, so I
presume that frequency and time was a sweet spot for both the
transmitter, the propagation and the receiver/antenna system (my
DX-Ultra antenna is a honey on 19m, its best wavelength). It still is
a sweet spot for signals from that part of the world to here, even with
the sunspot cycle at it's current near-minima state.

BJ

bpnjensen wrote:

I'm not sure if they are using any low powered transmitters anymore.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

I'm not certain either. As recently as a few years back, they were
using something like a 15 or 25kW xmtr on 19m (15425, IIRC), but since
have (1) upgraded to 80 kW or thereabouts and (2) apparently abandoned
that frequency. Now I hear them on 31m using the 80 kW, same
timeframe, coming in *about* as good as they used to around sunset on
the older lower power xmtr. Of course, I was able to hear some Sri
Lankan hams on 20m about the same time as the 19m transmissions, so I
presume that frequency and time was a sweet spot for both the
transmitter, the propagation and the receiver/antenna system (my
DX-Ultra antenna is a honey on 19m, its best wavelength). It still is
a sweet spot for signals from that part of the world to here, even with
the sunspot cycle at it's current near-minima state.

I remember them having a program of older pop music which was interesting to
listen to considering where it was from.

I just checked the QSL's and actually 'discovered' yet another from Sri Lanka.

This one is for reception of the Radio Monitors International DX Program
broadcast by SLBC 11735 kHz, 35 kW, v/s Jose Jacob (1983). It's a Radio Monitors
International QSL.

The AWR QSL 11735 kHz signed by Jose Jacob also shows 35 kW (1983). It also has
an AWR stamp reminiscent of the old EKKO stamps attached.

The SLBC QSL 9720 kHz does not show a transmitter power (1987).

dxAce
Michigan
USA

dxAce wrote:

bpnjensen wrote:

I'm not sure if they are using any low powered transmitters anymore.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

I'm not certain either. As recently as a few years back, they were
using something like a 15 or 25kW xmtr on 19m (15425, IIRC), but since
have (1) upgraded to 80 kW or thereabouts and (2) apparently abandoned
that frequency. Now I hear them on 31m using the 80 kW, same
timeframe, coming in *about* as good as they used to around sunset on
the older lower power xmtr. Of course, I was able to hear some Sri
Lankan hams on 20m about the same time as the 19m transmissions, so I
presume that frequency and time was a sweet spot for both the
transmitter, the propagation and the receiver/antenna system (my
DX-Ultra antenna is a honey on 19m, its best wavelength). It still is
a sweet spot for signals from that part of the world to here, even with
the sunspot cycle at it's current near-minima state.

I remember them having a program of older pop music which was interesting to
listen to considering where it was from.

I just checked the QSL's and actually 'discovered' yet another from Sri Lanka.

This one is for reception of the Radio Monitors International DX Program
broadcast by SLBC 11735 kHz, 35 kW, v/s Jose Jacob (1983). It's a Radio Monitors
International QSL.

The AWR QSL 11735 kHz signed by Jose Jacob also shows 35 kW (1983). It also has
an AWR stamp reminiscent of the old EKKO stamps attached.

The SLBC QSL 9720 kHz does not show a transmitter power (1987).

I also found one VOA QSL for 15250 via Colombo, Sri Lanka (1992).

dxAce
Michigan
USA

bpnjensen wrote:

I'm not sure if they are using any low powered transmitters anymore.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

I'm not certain either. As recently as a few years back, they were
using something like a 15 or 25kW xmtr on 19m (15425, IIRC), but since
have (1) upgraded to 80 kW or thereabouts and (2) apparently abandoned
that frequency. Now I hear them on 31m using the 80 kW, same
timeframe, coming in *about* as good as they used to around sunset on
the older lower power xmtr. Of course, I was able to hear some Sri
Lankan hams on 20m about the same time as the 19m transmissions, so I
presume that frequency and time was a sweet spot for both the
transmitter, the propagation and the receiver/antenna system (my
DX-Ultra antenna is a honey on 19m, its best wavelength). It still is
a sweet spot for signals from that part of the world to here, even with
the sunspot cycle at it's current near-minima state.

Here is the TDP info for Sri Lanka:

http://www.tdp.info/cln.html

Hard to say which of the older transmitters not shown to be out of service are
actually still functional.

dxAce
Michigan
USA