{"id":351,"date":"2009-10-01T13:20:54","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T13:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=351"},"modified":"2009-11-02T11:03:46","modified_gmt":"2009-11-02T11:03:46","slug":"radio-st-helena-day-november-14th-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/radio-st-helena-day-november-14th-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio St. Helena Day – November 14th, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sthelenalogo\"<\/a>Radio St. Helena has announced that their annual Radio St. Helena Day<\/strong> will be held on November 14th, 2009. If you would like to try your shortwave listening skills, this is a fun event indeed. DXers around the world try to tune into the annual broadcast and snag St. Helena’s unique QSL card.<\/p>\n

Below is the full press release from Radio St. Helena:<\/p>\n

Radio St. Helena Day 2009 will be on Saturday, 14. November 2009.<\/p>\n

The “Party On-The-Air” will have the following schedule.
\nTime in UTC Target Area(s)
\n20:00 – 21:00 India \/ Southeast Asia
\n21:00 – 22:00 Japan \/ Asia
\n22:00 – 23:30 Europe
\n23:30 – 01:00 North America \/ Central America \/ Caribbean
\nThe transmission will be on 11092.5 KHz in Upper Side Band, as usual.<\/p>\n

Radio St. Helena is very pleased to announce that the newly designed RSD 2009 QSL cards will be sponsored by the highly respected Japan Short Wave Club. This good news has been reported by Mr. T. Ohtake of the JSWC. It can truly be said, that without the very generous help of the JSWC, there would not have been a RSD Revival in 2006.<\/p>\n

To get a QSL from Radio St. Helena, you must send a written and verifiable reception report
\nby AIRMAIL and include sufficient return postage. Email-reports will be not be verified. Recordings will not be returned. In EURO-countries, please send a 5-Euro banknote. Otherwise, please send 3 or more US dollar banknotes to cover the required return postage.
\nRadio St. Helena
\nP.O. Box 93
\nJamestown , St. Helena
\nSTHL 1ZZ
\nSouth Atlantic Ocean
\n—————————–
\nvia AIRMAIL
\nvia United Kingdom & Ascension
\n————————————————
\nThe last two lines of the above address are very important and should be written as shown. Be sure to use sufficient postage on your letter to RSH. Ask at your local post office for the correct AIRMAIL postage for your letter to go all the way to St. Helena.
\nEmails and telephone calls from DXers everywhere are very welcome during the broadcasts.
\nA special email address for RSD 2009 will, probably, be announced in October.
\nGary Walters and his Team at RSH wish everyone excellent listening conditions, hope that you enjoy the programming, and hope that the sunspots will be kinder to us this year.<\/p>\n

With best 73’s,<\/p>\n

Robert Kipp<\/p>\n

(source: Radio St. Helena)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

02 Nov 09: Note that the special email address for this event is:<\/p>\n

radio.announcements4669 (at) msn.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Click<\/a>

Click here to see St. Helena's remote location in the South Atlantic Ocean. (Map coutesy of Wikipedia)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Radio St. Helena has announced that their annual Radio St. Helena Day will be held on November 14th, 2009. If you would like to try your shortwave listening skills, this is a fun event indeed. DXers around the world try to tune into the annual broadcast and snag St. Helena’s unique QSL card. 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If you've been an SWL for a few decades you likely also remember the very popular Radio St. Helena day! 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