THE LISTENING POST

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~ Stalwart log reporter Harold Sellers reported the return of medium wave (MW) CKMX-1060 and its shortwave partner CFVP-6030 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada after a too-long absence. The 6030-kHz transmitter was the bad boy in this instance and CFVP’s engineering staff did yeomen’s work in restoring service to the “Funny 1060” shortwave outlet. The only hangup was CFVPs unfortunate power level, left to fight those 49-meter mammoths using only a paltry 100 watts. Still, if you get lucky, send your reception report to: <qslcalgary@gmail.com>.

~ I’ve mentioned World Music Radio before. The Danishbased unlicensed shortwave broadcaster has been active lately. The latest splash is that the station has begun to use 25800 kHz, quite a way up there frequency-wise, where there should be little — if any — QRM. It’s being noted in Europe around 1730 UTC. Good luck, listeners!

~ Radio Vanuatu (RV) is showing up again on its third harmonic (11835 kHz) around 0600 UTC. Maybe RV is toying with the idea of an international service, even by mistake?

~ Now that Committee to Preserve Radio Verifications (CPRV) is no longer active, Adrian Peterson of Adventist World Radio’s (AWR) Wavescan