A rare QSL letter from Radio Normandie dated 30th January 1937, confirming the trans-Atlantic reception in Gananogue, Ontario, Canada (over a distance of 5 572 km / 3 463 miles).
English Translation :
" We acknowledge receipt of your letter of 17 January and the listening results it contained.
It is Radio Normandie that you have heard and we congratulate you on this admirable result.
Please accept our best regards, sir ".
Radio Normandie operated on a frequency of 1113 kHz with a listed power of 10kw during the time of the reception and included programs directed towards Southern England.
QSL recipient Frank Petch was a dxer and an editor of the "Canadian DX Relay", a monthly dx publication from Ontario.
The Radio Normandie studio at Le Chateau de Caudebec-en-Caux
Radio Normandy - The Legend
A comprehensive collection of articles, images and mp3 sound clips concerning the interesting history of Radio Normandy is available at the Off Shore Echos website.
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