Reception of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation

Another interesting catch of the past year's sporadic E season: Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation. The signal of the Voice of Palestine was received together with other stations from Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt. Broadcasting on the medium wave frequency of 675 kHz had been stopped at the beginning of 2000's, so this station is available on FM, satellites and online only at present.

Here is recording of the Voice of Palestine made on 90.7 MHz (transmitter in Ramallah, West Bank) in June 2021. Output power of the TX is unknown. Clear identification "Sawt Filastin" presents on the clip:

Station's website: http://vop.ps/

Reception of the former pirate FM station from France

 Radio Dio, FM station from Saint-Étienne, France has very interesting format and history. Here what Wikipedia page (created by Chris Henniker as a translation of the French language version of Wikipedia entry and henceforth edited by other users) tells about this broadcaster:

"Radio Dio is an independent radio station, broadcasting to the French city of Saint-Étienne and its outskirts. Its slogan is "Free, Wild, and Impertinent". Its mission is to speak to 'have-nots' and to promote the local, national and international independent scene. In spite of its emphasis on rock'n'roll, Radio Dio broadcasts a great diversity of current musical styles, including reggae, electro, and some blues and metal. Its logo is a cat because in Radio Dio, the cat ate the rat.

Dio broadcasts on the Internet and on FM frequency 89.5 MHz, in Saint-Etienne and its near surroundings. Having previously been a pirate station, Radio Dio was officially created in 1981, as part of the liberalization of the FM band. The station has three paid employees. It takes part in the diffusion and the discovery of talents, and particularly buildings.

It remains one of the few French radios not to broadcast adverts. Radio Dio is a founding member of the Ferarock national collective (of which it has always formed a part); a member of the Office and the commission d'Ecoute. It is also member of the collective d'associations ligériennes, the Slug, which manages the SMAC, Salle of the Current music of St Etienne, the Wire, which was inaugurated at the end of January 2008."

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Dio

Radio Dio has been received in Kyiv on 23rd of May 2021 from 09.07 till 09.12 UTC on the frequency of 89.5 MHz. RDS PI decoded: F857:

RX: Airspy Mini SDR

ANT: 80 mb dipole

Station's website: http://radiodio.org/

QSL from Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk

 I got also QSL-card by post for reception of MDR Thüringen on 91.7 MHz. Many thanks for it!

QSL for reception of the Heart FM

 Many thanks to the Global Engineering Team for the detailed QSL-letter confirming reception of the Heart on two frequencies of 96.6 and 106.2 MHz during sporadic propagation from United Kingdom!

QSLs and souvenirs from Norddeutscher Rundfunk

 Many thanks for the nice QSL-cards and souvenirs! Confirmed reception of NDR Kultur on 88.2 MHz (TX in Rostock-Toitenwinkel), NDR2 on 90.7 MHz (TX in Lübeck/Wallanlagen) and NDR1 Niedersachsen on 91.1 MHz (TX in Steinkimmen).

QSLs from Südwestrundfunk

 Many thanks for the nice QSL-cards and sticker! Confirmed reception of SWR2 on 90.4 MHz (Witthoh), SWR1 Baden-Württemberg on 87.8 MHz (Bad Mergentheim) (101.1 MHz mentioned on the second card is an error!) and SWR3 on 90.0 MHz (Haardtkopf).

Updated RDS settings of FM stations in Kyiv

 Some changes in RDS settings of FM stations in Kyiv:

QRG	Station	PI code	PS (Radiotext)
67.28	Svitle Radio Emmanuil	-	-
69.68	Radio Mariia	-	-
88.40	Priamyi FM	6284	Pryamiy / FM (Pryamiy FM)
92.40	Klasyk Radio	62E9	CLASSIC
92.80	NRJ	62F3	NRJ (www.nrj.ua / performer and song name)
93.80	Biznes Radio	62DB	BUSINESS
94.20	Radio Maksymum	1021	MAXIMUM / 94.2 FM
94.60	Armiia FM	6277	ARMY FM (ARMY FM)
95.20	Melodiia FM	62E5	MELODIA
95.60	Dzhem FM	62F7	Jam FM
96.00	Radio NV	62D3	RADIO NV (radio.nv.ua, tel: (044) 237-03-53 / perf. & song name / programme name)
96.40	HIT FM	62E1	HIT FM
96.80	DJ FM	62DA	DJFM (DJFM 96.8 044 537-37-37)
97.20	UA: Radio Promin	6272	UA:RADIO / PROMIN (UA: Radio Promin)
97.60	UA: Radio Kultura	6276	UA:RADIO / KULTURA (UA: Radio Kultura 97.6 MHz)
98.00	Radio Kyiv	7210	KYIV98FM / VIBER / +38098 / 0099898
98.50	Russkoie Radio Ukraina	62E3	PYCCKOE (Russkoe Radio Ukraina - www.rusradio.ua)
99.00	Radio Nostalgie	1099	RADIO / NOSTALGI / 99,0 FM
99.40	Hromadske Radio	6294	HROMADSKE RADIO 99,4 MHZ (Hromadske Radio 99,4 MHz)
100.0	Kraina FM	FF93	KRAINAFM / performer and song name / 100 / FM / REKLAMA / 3377310 (KRAINAFM 100% UA)
100.5	Radio Miami	FFFF	MIAMI (100.5 FM / HOME OF HIP-HOP)
101.1	Radio Piatnytsia	6211	PIATNYCA
101.5	Radio Relax	62E6	RELAX
101.9	Radio Shanson	62D8	SHANSON (Shanson, 101.9 FM, Kyiv, www.shanson.ua, reklama (044) 537-37-37)
102.5	Prosto Radio	7203	PROSTO / RADIO / 102,5MHZ / KIEV
103.1	Liuks FM	1047	LUX FM / 103.1 FM
103.6	Radio ROKS Ukraina	62E4	ROKS
104.0	Power FM	62D9	POWERFM (PowerFM 104.0  Kyiv 044 537-37-37)
104.6	Radio Jazz	62E7	JAZZ
105.0	UA: Ukrainske Radio	6200	UR-1
105.0	UA: UR Holos Kyieva	6200	UR-1
105.5	Stylne Radio Perets FM	6417	PEREC FM / HUMOR / & HITS / date / day of week and time / 456-8260
106.0	Lounge FM	62F4	LoungeFM (performer and song name)
106.5	Kiss FM	62E2	KISSFM
107.0	Yevropa Plius	1070	EUROPA / PLUS / 107 FM / Reklama / 3832121 (Europa Plus 107FM Reklama (044) 383-21-21)
107.9	Nashe Radio	62E8	NASHE (performer and song name)

QSL from Radio San Marino

 Recently I have received this QSL-letter and nice stickers from Radio San Marino for reception on the frequency of 102.7 MHz. Many thanks to Fabio Pelliccioni!

QSL-card from Radio Liechtenstein

 Surprise in my post box: QSL-card and personal letter from Radio L (Radio Liechtenstein) for reception on the frequency of 89.2 MHz during sporadic propagation from the Western Europe. Many thanks to the personnel of the station!

In contrast to my "epopee" with Radio San Marino, that was really rare case of a pure luck: 1) the station faded-in for only ~30 seconds right when ID was aired; 2) it is a luck that it broke through other much stronger co-channel stations then; 3) it is another luck, that I happened to hear and didn't skip this signal on the crowded SDR recording of that day's Es hop.

Station's website: https://www.radio.li/

Email confirmation from Radio SOLO

 Thanks to Morten Bach for email confirmation of the reception of Radio SOLO (Herning) on 91.2 MHz (500 W ERP TX in Ikast) in June this year!

Station's website: https://radiosolo.dk/

Email confirmation from Radio go!FM

 Many thanks to Allan Würtz for the email confirmation of reception of the Danish station Radio go!FM on the frequency of 92.2 MHz in June 2021, when the signal from Søften has arrived to Kyiv thanks to sporadic propagation.

Station's website: https://www.gofm.dk/

Email confirmation from Omrop Fryslân

 Thanks to Martin Wijbenga for the email confirmation of reception of Omrop Fryslân on the frequency of 92.2 MHz (transmitter in Jirnsum) during sporadic propagation in July this year! I always glad to receive this Frisian-language station here.

Station's website: https://www.omropfryslan.nl/

Email confirmation from RTL 102.5

 Thanks to Alessandro Palumbo for confirmation of reception of Italian station RTL 102.5 on the frequency of 91.8 MHz via transmitter in Lido degli Estensi in July this year.

Station's website: https://www.rtl.it/

Updated list of active Ukrainian FM stations on the OIRT band

 Updated and corrected list of active Ukrainian FM stations on the OIRT band

1) Missing 68.03 MHz - UA:Radio Kultura (Pervomaisk) and 71.90 MHz - UA:Radio Promin (Rokosovo) are added.

2) Some new candidates for future closing down are marked by results of the recent competitions.

Pirate broadcasts/relays (e.g. in Autonomous Republic of Crimea or other occupied territories) are not included in the list.

eQSL from MDR Thüringen

 Many thanks for the detailed eQSL for reception of MDR Thüringen on the frequency of 91.7 MHz.

Email confirmation from Radio Cuore

 Thanks to Simona Giorgi for email confirmation of reception of Italian station Radio Cuore on 91.9 MHz in July this year! I received signal of transmitter located in Buti / Monte Serra.

Station's website: https://www.radiocuore.it/

eQSL? from Bayerischer Rundfunk for reception of Bayern 2

 Thanks to Elmar Maurus for the nice transmitter antenna photo for reception of Bayern 2.