Radio Dellen International in Dutch

We are at thed moment running about 100 watts of output power. Programme in Dutch coming up around 1000 UTC / 1200 CET/SNT.

Radio Dellen International soon going live

From around 1500 UTC / 1700 CET/SNT we will be broadcasting live from the DX Parliament at Dellenbaden, Delsbo. These broadcasts will be repeated in our  nighttime music mix.

Radio Dellen International update

We have not yet completed the installations fully and will continue tomorrow morning. So we expect to be on the air around noon on Friday, June 1. Frequencies are 5895 and 6065 kHz.

Radio Dellen International soon on the air!

A message from the Radio Enthusiasts.... We are not only listening, we are broadcasting, too! This weekend we at Delsbo Radioklubb will be broadcasting under the name of Radio Dellen International from Delsbo in Sweden. The frequencies used will be 5895 and 6065 kHz. The latter frequency was used by Radio Sweden for many years until their sad demise so you could say we are carrying on an old Swedish tradition.

We will start installing the equipment today Thursday, May 31 (btw myself and Clint Eastwood are celebrating our birthday today - another year has come to us....). We will start working at 1600 UTC (1800 CET/SNT) and it will probably take a few hours to get everything together. But we expect to go on the air with our  first test transmission tonight. We will update this blog before we go on the air.

We are naturally very interested in knowing how our signal is penetrating into your area and you are welcome to mail us at info @ rock.x.se during the tests. A QSL card will be available and your reception reports plus some form of return postage can be sent to:

Ronny Forslund
Radio Dellen International
Vita Huset
SE-17995 Svartsjö
Sweden

We would appreciate if you could spread the news in forums, Facebookgroups, mailing lists and whatever. Good listening! /Ronny Forslund, Delsbo Radioklubb - DRAK

From the Radio Shack

Welcome to my – or I should rather say our – blog! As a member of Delsbo Radioklubb (DRAK), I will tell you about our various activities, including BC loggings and so on. One of my biggest interests is DX-ing and although it may seem like an oldfashioned pastime today, there are still a few of us around, enjoying our hobby like we always did. The DX section of Delsbo Radioklubb consists of five members, Dan Andersson (chairman of DRAK), Rolf Larsson, Jan Edh, Peter Stillberg and yours truly, Ronny Forslund (a k a RonnyBGoode). We are sharing a listening shack not far from Delsbo in the province of Hälsingland (some 350 km north of Stockholm) and here we have access to a number of beverage antennas in various directions plus one delta loop and a G5RW antenna.

A special favourite area of ours is mediumwawe (broadcast band) DX-ing and naturally, being in a sunspot minimum of the solar cycle, this season has given many great catches. Especially nice is being able to catch MW/AM signals from North America but we generally try to listen for anything of interest. We expect the holidays to give quite a few new catches and are looking forward to many enjoyable hours in front of our receivers.

As for me I use a JRC NRD-535D which I think is a great receiver and it has given me many good catches over the years. I am sure the other members of our DX-group will present their equipment soon. I am, of course, referring to their receivers....

Delsbo Radioklubb, DRAK, is a very active club and apart from DX-ing we have a lot of active hams in the club. Our club station has the signal SK3PH and this year the club is active with a special signal, 7S35PH, which is to commemorate our 35th anniversary. Yes, we have been around for that long and I am sure we will still be around in another 35 years. Once you have been bitten by the radio bug it stays with you forever.

I will get around to compile the loggings from my latest listening session in our shack and will be back soon. Take care and keep on listening!