Gaweylon Tibetan Radio always plays beautiful music from Tibet and has one of the most beautiful QSL letters of any shortwave station. Many thanks to Anil R. Alfred for the confirmation.
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Australia.
At the beginning of January 2026, I was able to hear ABC News Radio, 6PB from Busselton, on the now free frequency 1152 kHz in Salzburg. To my surprise, the signal was not only audible for minutes, but Jaguar’s good spectrum image is of course a great help with such weak signals. Graham Himmelhoch-Mutton, ABC Master Control Radio, very kindly confirmed reception, my third QSL from an Australian ABC station that I was able to receive in Salzburg.
Finland.
Zoomrock FM from Finland can be heard the first day on 1242 kHz. The station from Turku/Kaarina transmits at 700 watts and can also be heard in Salzburg in the evening, despite interference from Oman. Thanks to Mauno Ritola for this information.
Australia in Austria.
In the WRTH Yearbook 2026, I had the opportunity to write an article about my medium wave reception from Australia. Australia is a difficult task here in Salzburg, but a worthwhile goal. Due to the shutdown of some stations in Europe, reception in the evening hours is quite possible if you have a lot of patience. Enjoy my article in the WRTH!
“New” AziLoop.
Work on the “new” AziLoop antenna continues. The clamps to hold the individual elements of the now much more stable Spiderbeam mast are ready.
Radio Anacaona, Dominican Republic.
On 19 January 2026, a rarely heard station in Salzburg: 1140 Radio Anacaona from San Juan de la Maguana in the Dominican Republic. Identified itself with the call sign HIRA and later in the programme with “La Reina del Sur”.
“New” AziLoop.
The new solid Spiderbeam mast has arrived in Salzburg. I am now using the extremely robust bottom 5 elements of the 18-metre Spiderbeam HD mast. The clamps for the upper points of the loops have also arrived. All that’s missing now is the top cover and the right weather for installation.
Lesotho reactivated.
Ultimate Radio from Maseru, Lesotho, has reactivated its transmitter on 891 kHz and can be heard here in Salzburg on the Africa Beverage antenna at around 2030 UT, despite interference from Algeria and a station in Holland. I was able to hear the station in 2016 and also received a confirmation at that time.
Radio Kano, Nigeria.
I’ve been hearing a station on 729 kHz on my Africa Beverage in the evenings for days and couldn’t identify it for a long time. January 9, 2026, however, there was an advertisement for an company from Nigeria. And with that, it wasn’t far to Radio Kano, which has been broadcasting since 1946 from Nigeria. And also on 729, which isn’t even listed in the WRTH or the MWLI. But now that the station has been identified, there’s also a Facebook page. It doesn’t refer directly to 729, but there’s a label with 729 on it in the photos and also in the studio background. I received a friendly confirmation from the seldom heard station today.
AziLoop.
Over the last few days, as far as the cold weather has allowed, I have set up a temporary solution for my AziLoop antenna. It is far from being correctly installed, but you can hear something with it. Perhaps I will be able to erect the new Spiderbeam mast in February.
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