{"id":6233,"date":"2013-04-16T08:25:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T12:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6233"},"modified":"2013-04-16T08:34:34","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T12:34:34","slug":"alcaravan-radio-qsl-and-photos-of-transmitter-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/alcaravan-radio-qsl-and-photos-of-transmitter-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcaravan Radio QSL and photos of transmitter site"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After posting this recording of Alcaravan Radio<\/a> a few weeks ago, I sent in a reception report to\u00a0the station–within a day, I received this QSL<\/a>\u00a0along with photos of the station’s transmitter and antenna site (see below).<\/p>\n

Many thanks to Alcaravan’s QSL manager,\u00a0Rafael Rodr\u00edguez R., for the prompt response! These would have been posted sooner, Rafael, but I’m only now catching up after some extended travel. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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Alcaravan Radio’s antenna site and transmitter house. (Click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Alcaravan Radio’s 5,910 kHz transmitter. (Click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n

Take note that Rafael Rodr\u00edguez R. also has a DX blog in Spanish; one I hope you take a moment to visit:\u00a0http:\/\/dxdesdecolombia.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After posting this recording of Alcaravan Radio a few weeks ago, I sent in a reception report to\u00a0the station–within a day, I received this QSL\u00a0along with photos of the station’s transmitter and antenna site (see below). Many thanks to Alcaravan’s QSL manager,\u00a0Rafael Rodr\u00edguez R., for the prompt response! These would have been posted sooner, Rafael, […]<\/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":[56,894],"tags":[1814,1864,1865,248,224,1863],"class_list":["post-6233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-qsl-gallery","tag-alcaravan-radio","tag-alcaravan-radio-qsl","tag-alcaravan-radio-transmitter-site","tag-qsl","tag-qsl-card","tag-rafael-rodriguez-r"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1Cx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16341,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/alcaravan-radio-christmas-qsl\/","url_meta":{"origin":6233,"position":0},"title":"Alcaravan Radio Christmas QSL","author":"Thomas","date":"December 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0Rafael Rodr\u00edguez R.,\u00a0QSL Manager for Alcaravan Radio, for sharing this\u00a0Christmas QSL Card:","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Alcaravan Radio QSL Card Christmas","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AlcaravanRadio.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AlcaravanRadio.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AlcaravanRadio.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AlcaravanRadio.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10488,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/shortwave-radio-recordings-alcaravan-radio-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":6233,"position":1},"title":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: Alcaravan Radio","author":"Thomas","date":"August 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, August 8, I was able to record Alcaravan Radio out of Puerto Lleras,\u00a0Columbia. 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