Radio Nord Revival QSL cards are now ready!

Our QSL cards has now arrived from the printers and it is a somewhat modified reproduction of the original QSL used by Radio Nord in 1961-62. If you would like to have one please send your reception report plus some form of return postage to:

Ronny Forslund
Radio Nord Revival
Vita Huset
SE-17995 Svartsjö
Sweden

Those of you who have already sent your reception reports can expect a QSL in your letterbox real soon. We will be back with further transmissions on May 27-29 and naturally, your reception reports will be most appreciated.

Håkan Widenstedt of the Radio Nord Revival team has died

We have received the tragic news that one of the key members of the Radio Nord Revival team, Håkan Widenstedt, sadly passed away on Monday, March 21. Below is a message from Bernt Nyberg:

I have today spoken with Bengt Meijer, manager of the Teracom shortwave station in Hörby. He confirms that the man who died while working in one of the transmitter masts is our friend Håkan "Xfielder" Widenstedt. Obviously he was sitting on a platform some 60 metres up in the mast dismantling one of the curtain antennas when he suddenly raised and fell down. The security equipment worked and he remained hanging a few metres below the platform. His colleagues instantly brought him down from the mast but his life could not be saved. It is believed that he may have been struck by sudden illness but that has as of yet not been confirmed.

Håkan was very interested in Radio Nord and offshore radio in general. He has been of great assistance with frequency planning for our project, contacts with the licensing authority and antenna calculations. When we finally got on the air on March 8, he sent me loads of short clips of our SW transmission recorded at the Hörby broadcsating station.

I received his latest email at 1007 on the day he died. He told me that he was very busy working with the dismantling of the Hörby broadcasting station and he asked if I was still interested in further radio experiments. "It would be very interesting to hear what ideas and plans you have for the future". He concluded his mail by "I'll get back to you, don't have time to write anything more right now".
What has happened is indeed tragical and it feels most sad that we have now lost a true enthusiast and friend.
Bernt Nyberg

As Bernt writes, Håkan played a very important part in the success of Radio Nord Revival as he was responsible for the frequency planning and also designed the shortwave antenna used. We will carry through the project as planned with further transmissions coming up on May 27-29 but it is indeed sad that Håkan is no longer with us and can be part of the project. Thank you for everything, Håkan, and rest in peace.

Radio Nord Revival SW transmitter

Many of you have asked about specific technical details concerning the SW transmitter which was used on 6060 kHz. Bernt Nyberg, owner and operator of this transmitter has now created a special webpage where you can find further information about the SW setup and many pics. Check out Bernt's Radio Nord page. On his website http://www.nybergsala.com/ you will find a lot of special technical solutions and services in the field of telecommunications and computer technology.

Final power amplifier tube 4CX15 000 J which was used in the 10 kW SW transmitter used for broadcasting Radio Nord Revival on 6060 kHz. More pics on Bernt's Radio Nord page.

Vintage Radio Nord sticker

Thanks to Henrik Klemetz for sending in this pic of a Radio Nord sticker which was used to put on envelopes. Henrik tells us that he sent a letter to editor O. Lund-Johansen of the World Radio TV Handbook/WRTH in Copenhagen back in 1961. The envelope fetched a good price a few years ago on Swedish auction site Tradera because of its Radio Nord connection.

Harmonic from Radio Nord Revival

As some of you have noticed, Radio Nord Revival was putting out a signal on the third harmonic of 1512 kHz, 4536 kHz, this weekend. This was due to technical troubles from a relay of the low pass filter. Therefore, the transmissions were stopped earlier than planned not to interfere with any radio services on this frequency. We take this problem seriously and the next time we will see to it that no harmonics at all are produced by using a very efficient low pass filter. On the positive side, the transmitter on 1512 kHz has had a great frequency stability and was on 1512,0001 kHz all the time which is an accuracy not often achieved by broadcasting stations. So we must have done something right :-)

Thank you all for your reception reports and comments. This is most helpful in planning upcoming broadcasts. Some of you have also sent in a small contribution to the project in addition to the return postage and we are very grateful for that. This is a project run by enthusiasts - for enthusiasts.

We are now looking forward to the transmissions on May 27-29. If you have any suggestions and ideas how we can improve our programmes, please let us know. Creative ideas are welcome! Do leave a comment in this blog. You can also mail us at ronny@ronnybgoode.se

Another night with Radio Nord Revival

As propagation was poor last night we will continue for another night on 1512 kHz, until Monday morning. Details of reception are most welcome. If you want a QSL card as confirmation you are welcome to send your reception report to:

Ronny Forslund
Radio Nord Revival
Vita Huset
SE-17995 Svartsjö
Sweden

Return postage is appreciated. E-mail reports can be sent to ronny@ronnybgoode.se and they will be verified by plain emails.  Good listening!

Update: Radio Nord Revival continues!

Yes, somewhat contradictory information from here now and then :-) But we have now decided to let the stream run overnight on MW 1512 kHz and into Sunday. This is especially interesting as many of you will be able to experience an increase ín signal strength around sunrise Sunday morning. So keep listening and please tell us how you are receiving us. Thank you for your support - this has been a marvellous occasion for us all.