Patrick E. Travers,
Sheffield,
England
Patrick wrote to us after our
first transmission at 14th Aug 2000.
"Great to hear your radio staion on your
very first day of broadcasting. I first noted SWR
on the 1st July 2000 20.30 hrs UTC, on shortwave
frequency of 11720 kHz.. Quite a lot of QRM from
11715 kHz -blank carrier, with a very strong
signal...Details: Caroline. I spy for the dti (brings
back memories of listening to Laser 558!)..."
Note: SWR -QSL No 1!
Dimitri Mezin,
Kazan,
Russia
This next report comes way back year 2001. "Greetings
to you all at Scandinavian Weekend Radio! This
night I've done it-- picked up your signal on
11720 kHz. It's the first time I managed to hear
your signal. -- So keep up the good work! And if
you will be mentioning my message in your program,
you may say hi to fellow Scandinavian/Baltic
DXers who I'm in contact with..."
Martin Shöch,
Eisenach,
Deutschland
Martin wrote to us Aug 3, 2006.
He wrote: "...Today I'm glad that I can
report to you for the first time the reception of
your station here in Eisenah. In the past I tried
several times to hear your station, but never was
successful. But since I have a daughter I have
not much time left for radio listening anyway.. .
That is also the cause why I sent this report so
late..."
Rumen Pankov,
Sofia,
Bulgaria
Rumen wrote to us Oct. 2006.
He wrote: "For the first time I heard Your
Radio "SWR" on september and I would
like to thank You for Your original &
interesting broadcast. By the way several times
details about Your airings were included in our
DX programme which is weekly on shortwaves via
Radio Bulgaria...."
Björn Bengts,
Kuggom,
Finland
Brjörn kirjoitti meille lokakuussa 2006:
"...Olen 65 vuotias maanviljelijä ja elän
vaimoni Riinan kanssa pienellä maatilalla. Olin
kiinnostunut radiokuuntelusta jo vuodesta 1955.
Sen jälkeen oli runsaasti välivuosia ja aloitin
uudelleen harrastuksen pari vuotta sitten. Muita
harrastuksiani ovat linnut, autot ja kukkien
hoito..."
Rudolf Renkwitz,
Bützow,
Germany
Rudof wrote to our station at 6th Feb 2006:
"I'm interested in all radio and tv stations
(ham, bc, utility). From some radio stations i
got QSL-cards on QSL-letters, pennants and other
souvenirs for my collection..."
Nick Sharpe,
Middlesex,
England
Nick wrote to us 3rd May 2003: "I was
delighted to finally get some decent reception of
Scandinavian Weekend Radio today and last night.
I have been trying for the past few years to hear
them but with all the big boys using their 500,000
watt tranmitters i didn't hold out much hope for
your poor old 50 watt transmitter. I was so
pleased to read on the short wave pirate e-mail
group taht you had turned the direction of the
antenna to face the United Kingdom. Then I was
listening to an English voice on 11720 kHz an
concluded it must have been the BBC World Service
but they had over sun the programme shot. At that
moment an announcement was made that you are
listening to Scandinavian Weekend Radio. The look
on my face was truly amazing..."
Hannu Romppainen,
Paltamo,
Finland
Radioystävämme Hannu kirjoitti meille
heinäkuussa 2001: "Suuret kiitokset
ohjelmastanne lauantaina 7.7.2001! Tämä oli
sitten jo kolmas kerta, kun innostuin
lähettämään SWR:lle kuuluvuusraportin.
Raportin lähettämiseen vaikutti totuuden
nimessä uudet 49 mb:n taajuudet...Toivotaan,
että teillä riittää virtaa siellä Virroilla
toimittaa musiikkipitoista ja radioaiheista
ohjelmaa koko Suomen iloksi. Onnea 1-vuotiaalle!!!"
Steffen Werner,
Neukirch,
Deuttschland
Werner wtote to us July 9th 2001:
"I'm 32 years old and live in NEUKIRCH/LAUSITZ,
a willage in south east part fron Germany... With
my new world receiver Yeasu FRG-100 and a new
adjustly 50 metre longwire antenna I could
listening now for the first also your programme
on shortwave. It was only a faint signal, but
with good modulation on this time..."
Hans Nilsson,
Norrala
Sweden
Hans wrote to us 6th April, 2002: "I have
read your radio station a long time in the DX-magazines,
but I always froget when is the first Saturday of
the month. However today I remembered, so here
follows my report of reception.... It was indeed
very nice to hear you for the first time and the
programme was also nice. Reception quality was
perfect and you came in here like local stations.
Also very good modulation..."
Göran Hardenmark,
Halmstad,
Sweden
Göran wrote to us : "...The
4th of November did I have big pleasure to hear
your radio station...I'm 26 years old, working as
a head waiter at big conference & spa hotel
called Hotel Tylösand... My other interests are
travelling and I collect beer. I'm a member of
the Swedish Beer Association, which is trying to
make the Swedish people drink better beer and the
Swedish goverment to reduce tax on beer. I've
tried over 950 different beers from 67 different
countiers..."
Arie.van Dam,
De Bilt,
the Netherlands
Arie send report to us Aug 2000.
Aleksandr Sidorov,
Zaporoskje region,
Ukraine
Aleksandr did wrote to us several
reports. This time he writes our January 2007
broadcast: "...I have been interested in
remote radio stations for 11 years. I am 37 years
old, and I am working a radio-engineer, here in
Ukraine....I hope to hear you soon..."
Marco Bauer,
Hartheim,
Germany
Marco wrote to us June 7th, 2007:
"...I'm 27 years old and a shotwave listener
since 1990.... I have made a recording of the
audio for you in MP3 format and burned it into a
mini CD that you can find in this letter. My
receiver is an old German military receiver from
1974, called "Telerton TE704 C",
connected to a 50 m long wire antenna in my
garden... I have discovered your website about
SWR which is indeed very informative. You have my
full admiration for running such a radio station..."
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Gianluigi Nadali,
Milan,
Italy
Gianluigi wote to us July 9th, 2007:
"Undersigned had the great pleasure to listen to
one of your broadcasts. Having a hobby to listen
to radiostation from all around the world since
1978. For your information I can tell you that I
am an Italian, and I work in an advertising dept.
of newspaper. I am 43 years old, living in the
second biggest city in Italy named Milan. I am
using an Japanise reciever: JRC NRD-525 and a 20
m. wire antenna..." He have our QSLs nro 572 and
575.
Eckhard Röscher,
Dessau,
Germany
Eckhard wrote 2nd Sept 2000.
He wrote: "I think it is very good idea to
create a new radio station on short wave.
Therefore I wish you whole team a lot of success
for your programmes... I would like to experience
more about you and your station!"
Jyri Rauhala,
Tampere,
Finland
Jyri kirjoitti meille raporttinsa
marraskuussa 2000. Tässä hänen kommenttejaan:
"...Varsinaista sillisallaattia teidän
ohjelmistonne...Ehdottomasti paras pätkä oli
tuo Villen ja mikälie sen toisen tiskijukan nimi
ollutkin show. Se oli tosi reipasta..."
Dan Olsson,
Furulund,
Sweden
Dan wrote to us December 2000:
"...I'm 40 years old and my interests are
sport, collect stamps and listen to music. I
listened to different radiostation since october
1975... Today I have answer from 1876 different
radiostations in 199 countieres..."
Isao Yamanaka,
Futtsu-Shi,
Chiba-Ken,
Japan
Isao wrote to us Aug 6, 2006.
He wrote: "...I heard your station by using
a remotely controlled receiver located Skurup,
Sweden. This receiver can be contolled via
internet. (www.dxtuners.com).."
Mikko, Eero ja Marko + HD-Timppa,
Oulu,
Finland
Rokuan poppoo kirjoitti meille runsaiden kuvien
kera lokakuussa 2006:
"Terveisiä Rokuan mökkiläisiltä! SWR
kuului harvinaisen hyvin tänä lokakuisena
lauantaina 2006. SMS-raporttejakin tuli
läheteltyä... Keli oli mukavan lämmin.
Välillä käytiin jäähdyttelemässä
järvenpohjassa. Vieraileva helvetin enkeli
kiitteli Lynyrd Skynyrdistä vaikka Freebirdiä
ei löytynytkään...."
Mike Casey,
Manchester,
England
Mike from Machester wrote to us with cassette
tape August 2004: "I prepared for July with
a compass to point antenna towards Virrat and
with numbered cassettes ready to record all 24
hours without accidental deleting: but received
nothing. This may have been due to my antenna
being pointed in the wrong direction due to a
mains wire being in the wall near where I used
the compass. I corrected this for your August
broadcast and managed a good start on 11690 kHz
ar 21.00 with SINPO 13432 (on enclosed tape)...."
Jan-Mikael Nurmela,
Uurainen,
Finland
Jan-Mikael lähetti raporttinsa 2.2.2002
lähetyksestä. Liitteenä oli myös kunnan
väriesite. Tämän erittäin yksityiskohtaisen
käsinkirjoitetun raportin mukana seuranneessa
kirjeessä hän kirjoitti seuraavaa: "Hei!
Nimen on Jan-Mikael Nurmela. Olen 12 vuotta ja
SDXL:n nuorimpia jäseniä ellen nuorin.
Harrastan DX-kuuntelua, postimerkkien ja
kolikkojen keräilyä ja kielten opiskelua...Tämä
on ensimmäinen kerta, kun kuuntelin asemaanne ja
tuskin jää viimeiseksi... Kuuntelusta innostuin
oma-aloitteisesti ja aloin kuuntelemaan
kotiradiolla keskiaaltoja. Pian löysin
tekstikanavalta tietoja tästä harrasteesta...
Nykyinen vastaanottimeni on siis Sangean ATS-909,
jonka hankin kolmisen kuukautta sitten..."
The perfect
Reception Report ever to SWR! 10 points!
Chris Lobdell,
Stoneham, MA,
USA
Chris was heard us 1 September 2001 and wrote to
us:
"Reception here war very poor at best... I
did hear a man in English announcing "Box 35"
and saying "SWR On The Air Again". Most
of the time all I got was a carrier with some
audio at times... I'm 49 years old, married and a
pirate DXer for 9 years...."
Christoph Ratzer,
Grödig
Austria
Christopher was heard our transmission at 2.
September 2000: "I was very pleased to hear
last year the first time your transmission... I
have been interest in remote radio stations for
20 yars. I am 37 years old and I am working as a
DTP-operator here in Salzburg-Austria..."
Gothe Ringström,
Skollersta,
Sweden
Mr.Ringström wrote to us at May 4th 2002
broadcast: "I heard your station on the
frequency of 5980 kHz. The signal strength here
was Good. There was moderate inteference from
other station, overall redability here in Sveden
good. My receiver is a IC R-75 and R390A/URR.
Antenn outdoor K9AY Loop an 90 meter outdoor... I
wish your station the best of success. I hope to
hear from you soon."
Peter Witten,
Aalborg,
Denmark
Peter worte to us: "...I had
the pleasure of listening to your station on
saturday the 4th of November 2006...Its was nice
to hear SWR again. I have heard your station
before, but sometimes it is a little bit
difficult because of other station on the
frequencies. I enjoyed your programme with a (british?)
DJ playing nice oldies-music...I'm 44 years old
an live in Aalborg in the nortern part of Danmark.
I have been DXing since 1979..."
Rolands Strautmalis,
Cesu rajons,
Latvija
Ronalds wrote to us some finnish
words 12th Novenber 2006:
"Hyvää päivää!...Best regards from
Latvia again after some time! I am sending to you
information about receiving of your radio station
on the medium wave frequency 1602 kHz on 4th
Novembet here in Latvia, approximately 80 km from
Latvian capital Riga...My QSL collection during
more than 8 years at the present moment consists
of confirmations from 377 radio stations from 79
countries..."
Mauriz Kohler,
Leipzig,
Deutschland
Mauriz wrote to us 22.3.2007:
"...My name is Mauriz, age 42, SW-listener
since 1982..." In this picture he is at
football WM 2006 with Pele. Score: D-Sweden 2-0.
Andrea Lawendel,
Milano-MI,
Italy
Andy sent us e-mail, but also
written letter and report at May 8th, 2007:
"...as follow up to the SMS I sent a few
minutes ago, please find enclosed two MP3 clips
of my reception on 11720 around 17.00 UTC of
today, May 5th. SWR has been also heard yesterday
night, May 4th, around 21.35 (the DJ was speaking
a fluent, British accented English and he too has
read on air the SMS I had sent)...This time I'm
going to write down this reports on paper, so
that I'll be able to tune into SWR, which can be
considered as a fairly touch one at my lattitude.
I've just posted an other story about SWR on my
blog, stating how nice it would be if other clubs
or assosciation should follow your model and set
up a regular station for others, DXers and
shortwave listeners, to tune...."
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