{"id":14338,"date":"2015-08-12T21:14:40","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T01:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=14338"},"modified":"2015-08-12T21:14:40","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T01:14:40","slug":"obtaining-qsls-from-am-broadcast-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/obtaining-qsls-from-am-broadcast-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"Obtaining QSLs from AM broadcast stations?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RCA-Dial\"<\/a><\/p>\n

SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Paul Grodkowski, writes:<\/p>\n

“Just a quick question to anyone at the SWLing Post:<\/p>\n

Is the practice of sending a reception report to a AM broadcast station in return\u00a0for a QSL card still accepted in the age of the internet ?<\/p>\n

So many stations are broadcasting online now that I wonder if they have QSL cards\u00a0at all?<\/p>\n

I just want to keep up with the times and not bother busy people at radio stations\u00a0and look out of date, yet at the same time would like to confirm report of\u00a0reception.<\/p>\n

Any information would be greatly appreciated.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks for your\u00a0question, Paul! I’m no expert on AM broadcast QSLing, but I’m pretty sure many mediumwave stations still respond to listener reports. Indeed, I believe there are even radio enthusiasts who act as\u00a0QSL managers of larger clear channel<\/a> stations (CFZM<\/a> comes to mind).<\/p>\n

Of course, one brilliant resource for all things MW DX\u00a0is the National Radio Club (NRC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Readers:<\/strong> Can you help answer Paul’s question? Please comment. Also, if you have some AM broadcast QSL cards, please contact me<\/a> as I would love to post some.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SWLing Post reader, Paul Grodkowski, writes: “Just a quick question to anyone at the SWLing Post: Is the practice of sending a reception report to a AM broadcast station in return\u00a0for a QSL card still accepted in the age of the internet ? So many stations are broadcasting online now that I wonder if they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,433,3],"tags":[4053,4099,4055,3678,4054,1272,1273],"class_list":["post-14338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-am-qsl","tag-mediumwave","tag-mediumwave-qsls","tag-mw-dx","tag-mw-qsl","tag-national-radio-club","tag-nrc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3Jg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43771,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/is-there-such-a-thing-as-too-close-when-requesting-a-qsl\/","url_meta":{"origin":14338,"position":0},"title":"Is there such a thing as “too close” when requesting a QSL–?","author":"Thomas","date":"June 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dziugas, who recently contacted me with the following question: Hello, I have a question \u2013 what is the legit distance to ask for a QSL card? As a Lithuanian, I have sent (and succeeded) with requests to Hungarian, Czech and Estonian stations. 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I would like to know of other stations that I can listen to and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "International Broadcasting"","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PL-680-Sync-Detector.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PL-680-Sync-Detector.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PL-680-Sync-Detector.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":40191,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/radio-malaysia-qsl-and-memories\/","url_meta":{"origin":14338,"position":2},"title":"Radio Malaysia QSL and memories","author":"Thomas","date":"October 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"In response to our post regarding Radio Sarawak, SWLing Post contributor, M Breyel, shares the following: These were the shortwave frequencies RTM used in 1975. This is my QSL card for an RTM transmission originating from Penang, as received on Denver, Colorado. 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