Broadcast/Short-Wave Station QSL Cards
Daily monitoring of frequencies throughout the electro-magnetic spectrum has been
going on for many years, and the activity is still strong today. A very dedicated group of
individuals, both young and old, continually scan the "bands" logging whatever they hear.
In January of 2012, Popular Communications magazine (Pop'Comm) started a new program to continue the
tradition of past magazines and issue registration call-signs to these hobbyists. WPC8UP was issued
to me on February 20, 2012 after I sent in my application.
(As of February 2013, Pop'Comm has become a digital supplement to CQ Amateur Radio magazine. However, I don't see Pop'Comm or
monitoring data mentioned on CQ magazine's website.)
My first call-sign registration (WPE8EUM) was issued by Popular Electronics magazine in 1962.
To the right are a couple certificates that I worked on during the 60's. Popular Electronics and
Electronics Illustrated magazines had sections devoted to "DXing," and both offered rewards for various
levels of listening achievement. (The Popular Electronics column was "The Short-Wave Report," and the
Electronics Illustrated column was "The Listener," which predated "The DX Club" of 1965.)
The columns were always filled with station
frequency lists, and early on, since I only had a standard AM radio, I payed close attention to the AM
broadcast band (BCB) listings. I can remember being amazed that some of the foreign stations listed
where actually being heard in North America on these frequencies. I was happy just to hear a station
from Mexico.
Probably my best AM broadcast band DX catch from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, was KNX in Los Angeles,
California. Of course, many of the stations I listened to were "clear channel" stations, but I did
pick up a few smaller stations while their engineers performed frequency tests.
These tests were usually late on Sunday
night or early Monday morning, and during these periods, the stations would run their maximum licensed
power. Sometimes the stations would turn off their directional antenna array and run omni, which
would allow for better reception in the remote part of Michigan where I lived.
Below, are QSL card selections from both the standard AM broadcast band, and short-wave.
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Joe (AJ8MH - WPC8UP)
ex: WPE8EUM, WN8AQL, WB5FCO and WJ5MH
I have a blanked out copy of the original Popular Electronics WPE certificate. I wanted one to
display in my shack with my information, as my original was not suitable for framing. These are not
for sale and can not be used for commercial purposes. However, you can e-mail me a request for the
PNG file.
You should be familiar with manipulating graphics to add your personal data. Also, the certificate
does have to be reduced to print on a single sheet of paper. When reduced, the certificate is
suitable for framing.
( aj8mh-radio at charter dot net )
AM Broadcast Band QSL Cards
Callsign and Location Information
CBK Owned by CBC in
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
CBM CBC (Canadian
Broadcasting Company) Montreal
CBW CBC Radio
Canada from Winnipeg, Manitoba
CHML Hamilton,
Ontario, Canada
CKLW Windsor,
Ontario, Canada near Detroit, Michigan
KDKA Group W from
Pittsburgh first on-the-air November 2, 1920*
KNX CBS at Columbia
Square in Los Angeles, California
KSO 5KW Station in
Des Moines, Iowa
WABC From Broadway
in New York City*
WBBM Chicago's
Showmanship Station
WBT Radio's
Southern Voice from Charlotte, NC
WBZ Westinghouse
Broadcasting from Boston*
WCAU CBS from
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
WCFL The Voice of
Labor - Big 10 WCFL - Chicago
WLS The Bright
Sound of Chicago Radio*
WHAM Since 1922
from Rochester, New York (Night Jazz)
WHO Clear Channel
from Des Moines, Iowa
WOAI San Antonio's
Radio Outlet to the World
WOWO Fort Wayne's
WOWO - Westinghouse Broadcasting
WRVA Serving
Virginia and the Nation since 1925
WSB The White
Columns of Atlanta
WWL Loyola
University of the South in New Orleans
KDKA, WABC, WBZ, and WLS cards are courtesy of KA6TTV - I had these cards at one time, but glued them to a
notebook in 6th grade, and I was never able to recover them. Oh, well...
Short wave Broadcast QSL Cards
Country and Station Information
Albania Foreign
Language Department - Radio Tirana
Australia Australian
Broadcasting Commission - Melbourne
Belgium ORU -
Belgium National Broadcasting (SW Svc) - Brussels
Bulgaria Radio
Sofia (The Sofia University) - Bulgaria
Bonaire Trans
World Radio (TWR) - Evangelical Christian
Czechoslovakia OLR -
Radio Praha Czechoslovakia - Prague
Denmark Shortwave
Department of Radio Denmark - Copenhagen
Ecuador HCJB
Ecuador South America (External Svc)- Quito
Egypt Egyptian
Broadcasting Company - Cario
Finland Finnish
Broadcasting Company (External Svc) - Helsinki
Ghana Ghana
Broadcasting Corporation - Accra
Germany
(West) Deutsche Welle (West Germany 1969)- Koln
Holland Radio
Nederland - Hilversum
Italy RAI -
Radiotelevisione Italiana - Roma
Japan NHK (Nippon
Hoso Kyokai) - Tokyo
Moscow USSR
Republic of
China The Voice of Free China - Taipei Taiwan
Sweden International Svc
Swedish Broadcasting - Stockholm
Tahiti Office de
Radiodiffusion - Papeete, Tahiti, South Pacific
Vatican S
Gabriel Telecommunications - Vatican
