eQSL from Radio 208 in Hvidovre, Denmark
- Station: Radio 208 in Hvidovre, Denmark
Band: 5970 KhZ Shortwave Band
Date: March 28, 2022
About: Radio 208 shortwave operates with just 100 watts of transmitting power. I pulled them in from a web SDR located in Bonn, Germany. They call themselves "The Rock of Copenhagen". Radio 208 is a music station playing songs from the period 1964-1984. The main focus is on classic rock, punk/new wave, alternative and progressive music. Radio 208 broadcasts on short wave from Hvidovre, Copenhagen, since May 1st 2020. From the beginning the frequency was 5805 kHz, but in December 2020 this was changed to 5970 kHz. The aerial is a horizontal dipole. The power is 100 Watts. They also broadcast with 500 watts on 1440 AM.
Radio 208 Web Site with a link to their Facebook page.
Notes: They sent an eQSL on July 6th, 2022.
World Music Radio in Randers, Denmark
- Station: World Music Radio in Randers, Denmark
Band: 5930 KhZ Shortwave Band
Date: January 17, 2023
About: From their website: World Music Radio (WMR) first went on the air in 1967 from the Netherlands, and broadcast from there until August 1973. Programmes were aired each Sunday morning and later also on Saturdays. The popular WMR frequency among many shortwave enthusiasts in Europe at that time was 6250 kHz.
Later in the 1970’ies and 1980’es, programmes from WMR were carried through the facilities of Radio Andorra, Radio Milano International and Radio Dublin - as well as via FM stations in Italy and France.
In 1997 WMR came back on the air from May to August from a new HQ in Denmark using powerful transmitters in South Africa, giving truly worldwide coverage but with Africa as the main target area.
In 2004 WMR was re-launched and this time again from own transmitters as was the case in 1967-1973. Transmissions were carried out from our transmitter site near Karup in Central Jutland, Denmark, on 5815 kHz (7 kW) and for a brief period also on 15810 kHz (500 W).
In January 2018 WMR commenced broadcasting on 5840 kHz (100 W) and from December 2018 also on 15805 kHz (200 W). Frequencies were changed to 5930 and 15790 kHz in December 2020 and in April 2021 WMR commenced broadcasting to Copenhagen on 927 kHz.
Official Website
Notes: I emailed World Music Radio at wmr@wmr.dk and sent them a reception report. If I receive a reply I will post it here. I posted a 2021 WMR QSL I found on the internet, above.