HOLANDA; 7699.9, FRS Holland, recibida e-QSL por un informe de recepción de una transmisión que tuvo lugar el día 18 de noviembre entre las 1140 y las 1215 UTC, con una potencia de 350 watios. Tardaron en contetar 20 dias.
Por otra parte, en un PDF adjunto, envian "FRS Newsletter", participando una transmisión especial "FRS Holland's Holiday Season" para el día 30 de diciembre:
"NEXT FRS-HOLLAND BROADCAST It’s a long time tradition….FRS-Holland’s Holiday Season broadcast. On Sunday December 30th FRS-Holland will be on air with this annual festive broadcast. Note that the this broadcast will be on 7700 ánd a 5.8 MHz frequency (replacing 9300). Programnmes are run twice between 08:52-14:05 UTC/ 09:52-15:05 CET and 14:05-19:15 UTC/ 15:05-20:15 UTC. We realize that part of the 2nd run will be in the dark hours…not favourable for Europe but on the other hand better chances for North America. Our 5.8 MHz frequency (5800 or 5810 hopefully) will do better than 9300 in the later part (less risk of long skip). FRS-Holland offers you the opportunity to send in your December Greetings to radio friends and relatives. Your contributions are highly appreciated and will add something special to our programmes! You can easily produce a little (written) message and send it to [frs@frsholland.nl]. It only takes a few minutes of your spare time.... We raffle a radio DVD among those who participate in our December broadcast with their Seasonal greetings. We'd like to ask you to do it as soon as possible as some shows will be recorded within 10 days.Don't hesitate but just do it! If you have the opportunity to send in an audio (mp3) clip you are more than welcome! Written messages are also welcome via POBox 2701, 6049 ZG Herten in the Netherlands. Join us ringing out 2018....the FRS-Holland staff is looking forward to hear from you... I hope you will be tuning our way December 30th. Watch your mailbox as we always forward an e-mail prior to a proposed broadcast. And of course check our website. All info will be published at least 5 days before any broadcast.
REPORTS Reception reports sent by mail are consequently verified with our e-QSL. For snail mail we offer a high quality printed A5 size hard QSL copy- in full colour- which has a different (much better looking) back and is of course much more desirable compared with the e-QSL. Although we realize that an e-mail report is a quick and easy way in reporting, we feel that a ‘letter’ report to our mailbox (POB 2702) is a more ‘charming’ and personal way. For only 3 euro/ 3 US dollars we forward that desirable QSL along with a large A5 size color sticker! If you are interested in our exciting, adventurous history…you can obtain a hard-copy of our specially produced ‘30 Years of FRS-Holland’ booklet (24 pages, in colour!). Send 5 euro/ 7 US dollars to FRSH, POBox 2702, 6049 BE Herten, the Netherlands. A very interesting read is guaranteed!! All the best & 73s, Peter V. (on behalf of Jan, Paul, Dave, Roger, Bert, Bobby & Brian) 73s Peter V.
"AUTUMN 2018 BROADCAST On Sunday November 18th FRS’ third 2018 broadcast took place. It was decided to put out the programme schedule twice: 09:52-14:05 CET followed by a second run 14:05-18:10 CET.
The driving idea was to give listeners two chances tuning our way. In case someone would be prevented listening in the morning hours, there would be a 2nd chance in the afternoon. And of course vice versa! Additional advantage: propagation in the afternoon could be different (read: more favourable) compared with the morning hours. Frequencies were ‘good old’ 7700 in parallel with 9300 kHz. On Sunday Nov. 11th a few tests were successfully run on 9300. We were confident 9300 could do well.
Propagation that Sunday was fair/good and during most of the day signals on both freqs were audible in wide areas of the European continent. 7700 was the strongest/ loudest but there were areas in which 9300 was equal to 7700. FRS signals were received in at least 16 countries. Remarkably strong signals for instance in countries like Switzerland, Iceland, Italy & Norway. But also stable reception in Estononia and Kongsfjord (Artic). Later in the evening 9300 faded out in most areas.
That also counts for 7700 but that was later and in a smaller area. All in all we at FRS were happy with the overall results. At 11:15 CET our TX engineer decided to make a move from 9300 to 9335 kHz. Reason was a very annoying Stanag/ data signal causing a nasty heterodyne. Some listeners assumed the TX developed a fault…that was nót the case as we moved to 9335 kHz were the 31 mb outlet successfully continued.
Salient detail: not long after moving to another channel the data signal disappeared… Although we announced 9213 as a standby frequency, it was decided to continue on 9335.
Perhaps confusing for some listeners! A message was put on the website in which we informed about the 9300 → 9335 move. Please keep in mind: unforeseen circumstances can cause a necessary frequency change. In most cases FRS will move to an alternative near by frequency. And: in most cases we’ll put a quick message on the FRS site www.frsholland.nl. Just after 14:00 CET when the full repeat of pxs started, FRS moved back to 9300. Minutes later an Asian station signed on on 9305 and stayed for the next 50 minutes or so. That affected the 9300 signal but: we decided nót to move knowing the station would likely sign off within an hour. And that
Free Radio Service Holland is an independent, non-religious/ non-political Short wave station broadcasting to Europe since 1980.
Mailing address: P.O.Box 2702, 6049 ZG Herten in The Netherlands.
E-mail: [frs@frsholland.nl] — Website: [frsholland.nl]
A Balance between Music & Information joined to one Format, the FRS-Holland Sound tastes Different, Just a Bit Different
happened! FRS signed off at approx. 18:20 CET. November shows were presented by almost our complete team; only Roger Davis couldn’t make it this time. For the first time since long, a 30 minute FRS goes DX edition was part of the programme schedule. The show contained a wide variety of News from around the World and short wave news. On Nov. 24th, 25th (twice!) and 27th the complete November broadcast was streamed on the Internet. PRACTICAL TIP When receiving reports we notice again and again that there sometimes are huge differences in signal quality between listeners living not that far away from apart. No doubt SW signals can ‘act’ quite unpredictable but that’s not always the main cause. A good aerial is of vital importance! In particular when not using an expensive top receiver. A telescopic aerial isn’t as senstitive as an (outdoor) wire antenna. Even when not having enough space outside, you can try to connect a few metres of wire to your telescopic antenna inside the house; temporarily. Just try and test for the best results. Reception could certainly improve. It’s worth giving it a try…"
Manuel Méndez
Lugo, España
