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TOP NEWS ==== ZCZC TIPS 558 4/12 18.50 R.N.E. R5 - Valencia SS NX reg. Comun. Valenciana buono 612 3/12 18.50 R.N.E. R1 - Lleida Catalano NX reg. Catalunya buono 675 4/12 21.20 R. Calypso - Oostwold Dutch MX suff. 738 2/12 18.04 R.N.E. R1 - Barcelona Catalano NX reg. Catalunya ottimo 801 3/12 18.04 R.N.E. R1 - Girona Catalano NX reg. Catalunya buono 846 4/12 20.45 MCB R. - Alphen aan den Rhijn Dutch MX buono 855 5/12 19.50 R.N.E. R1 - Huelva SS NX reg. Andalucia suff. 927 2/12 14.50 Power 927 - Abbiategrasso IT MX ottimo 972 7/12 17.50 Sunrise R. - London EE talk suff. 1044 6/12 22.57 R. Valladolid - SS ID e pubblicità locale buono 1080 2/12 23.25 R. Huesca - SS sport locale buono 1116 3/12 22.57 R. Albacete - SS ID e pubblicità locale buono 1125 2/12 18.50 R.N.E. R5 - Soria SS NX reg. Castilla y Leon suff. 1152 5/12 17.04 R.N.E. R5 - Lleida Catalano NX reg. Catalunya suff. 1287 4/12 23.03 R. Castilla - Burgos SS ID e pubblicità locale suff. 1368 3/12 23.15 Manx R. - Douglas EE MX buono 1377 2/12 22.55 CNR 1 - Xingyang Cinese talk suff. 1395 2/12 23.05 R. Seabreeze - Grou Dutch MX suff. 1431 5/12 23.45 VoA - Gibuti EE talk suff. 1440 3/12 16.10 Regional R. - Narni IT MX suff. 1449 3/12 23.35 BBC Asian Service - Peterboroug EE MX suff. 1467 3/12 23.25 R. Paradijs - Utrecht Dutch MX buono 1476 2/12 17.45 Museum R. - Bad Ischl Tedesco MX buono 1503 5/12 06.25 R.N.E. R5 - La Linea SS NX locali Cadiz buono 1521 2/12 23.20 R. Panj - Coventry MX suff. 1521 3/12 17.48 R. Castellon - SS ID e pubblicità locale buono 1521 3/12 17.55 R. China Int. - Xingyang Russo MX suff. 1602 5/12 23.32 R. Segovia - SS ID e pubblicità locale buono 1611 2/12 17.40 R. Monza - Dutch MX buono 1620 4/12 19.40 R. Wilskracht - Dutch MX buono 1620 5/12 19.10 R. Luka - Dutch MX buono 1629 2/12 17.25 R. Twentana - Dutch MX buono 1629 5/12 19.15 R. Marskramer - Dutch MX buono 1629 6/12 17.45 R. Spanningzoeker - Dutch MX buono 1636 7/12 19.40 R. Mi Amigo - Dutch MX buono 1638 2/12 19.40 R. Bluebird - Dutch MX buono 1638 5/12 19.25 R. Spakenburg - Dutch MX buono 1640 6/12 17.40 R. Eigen Risiko - Dutch MX buono 1647 6/12 19.20 R. Moonbreaker - Dutch MX buono 1656 2/12 17.20 R. Al Capone - Dutch MX suff. 1647 3/12 19.40 R. Columbia - Dutch MX buono 3330 3/12 04.40 CHU - Ottawa EE/FF ID e pip pip suff. 4775 3/12 23.30 R. Tarma - SS talk suff. 4940 3/12 04.45 R. Montana - ? SS predica suff. 4950 4/12 20.10 R. Mystery 21 - EE ID e MX buono 5780 3/12 15.50 R. Mystery Theatre - EE MX buono 5800 1/12 13.20 R. Akenzo - EE MX buono 5835 1/12 13.05 Mike R. - EE MX buono 5835 2/12 17.50 R. Europe - Ucraino MX suff. 5850 7/12 17.45 R. Joey - EE MX buono 5880 1/12 13.10 R. Rock Revolution - EE MX suff. 5930 4/12 17.50 World Music R. - Randers EE MX buono 5940 2/12 21.35 Voz Missionaria - Camboriu PP MX buono 5995 2/12 21.40 R. Mali - Bamako FF MX buono 6060 6/12 17.15 R. Casanova - Winterswijk EE MX buono 6070 4/12 02.50 CFRX - Toronto EE talk suff. 6180 2/12 21.30 R. Nac. Amazonas - Brasilia PP talk buono 6185 4/12 02.55 R. Educacion - Mexico D.F. SS MX suff. 6210 7/12 16.10 R. King SW - EE MX suff. 6280 5/12 17.00 R. Monique Int. - EE MX ottimo 6295 3/12 16.50 R. Abu Dhabi - EE MX buono 6300 4/12 16.20 R. Taxus - EE MX buono 6300 7/12 17.35 R. Johnny Tobacco - EE MX ottimo 6325 7/12 14.10 Weekend Music R. - EE MX buono 6395 3/12 17.30 R. Black Power - EE MX buono 6865 7/12 17.20 Sound of Hope - Cinese talk buono 6875 1/12 13.35 R. Europe - IT MX buono 6935 6/12 17.20 R. Argus - EE MX suff. 7390 2/12 14.15 R. New Zeland Int. - Wellington EE talk buono 9345 2/12 14.45 FEBC - Pasig City Cinese talk buono 9870 2/12 14.25 KTWR - Guam Coreano talk buono 10000 1/12 13.15 Italcable - Viareggio IT ID e MX buono 10000 4/12 17.30 BPM - Litong Cinese ID e pip pip buono 11875 2/12 14.20 Reach Beyond Australia - Kylsyth talk suff. NNNN ----

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HISTORY AND PICS OF SAN BENEDETTO RADIO IQP

IQP - SAMBENEDETTORADIO - 1950

Sambenedettoradio was born in 1945 for initiative of local shipowners, above all of Sambenedettese merchant marine, thriving and full expansion in those years. It was inaugurated in the summer of 1949. It was the first coastal radio station to be opened in Italy in the postwar period and Mr. Serafino Romani was the first operator. The radio station was in the north-west of the old football field “F.lli Ballarin”, in Morosini street, one hundred meters from the sea, in a small brick cottage with only one room for all radio equipments........

1950 - THE COAST STATION SAMBENEDETTORADIO IQP

AND Mr. ELISEO BIANCO EX R/O OPERATOR OF THE ITALIAN ROYAL NAVY

1950 - THE COAST STATION SAMBENEDETTORADIO IQP

THE SMALL BRICK COTTAGE WHERE IQP

SAMBENEDETTORADIO BORN IN 1945

IQP - SAN BENEDETTO RADIO – 1949 AND THE RADIO OPERATORS

FROM LEFT : NEREO GROPAIZ – GIUSEPPE MOSCA I6TIH – SERAFINO ROMANI

The radio station was controlled by an ex R/T operator of the Italian Royal Navy Mr. Eliseo Bianco, a man of great technical ability, pioneer in the maritime communications sector on behalf of the S.I.R.M. (Society Italian Maritime Radio). The station was operated 24 hours at day, it regulary transmitted meteo bulletins for supporting a safety navigation in the Adriatic Sea, a guarantee for all sailors in those years. The R/T Eliseo Bianco was helped from an operational staff composed of Mr. Giuseppe Mosca (today I6TIH), Mr. Serafino Romani and Mr. Nereo Gropaiz.......

1949 - THE COAST STATION SAMBENEDETTORADIO IQP

OPERATED BY GIUSEPPE MOSCA TODAY I6TIH

1949 - THE TECHNICIAN RADIO GIUSEPPE MOSCA I6TIH

ON BOARD OF A SHIP CHECK THE RADIO

Sambenedettoradio was a support point for all shipowners, especially for those involved with oceanic fish. This radio station frequently transmitted to unthinkable distances reaching ships in the Alantic Ocean during night time using Amplitude Modulation…. really extraordinary.

1958 - THE COAST STATION SAMBENEDETTORADIO IQP

FROM LEFT THE TECHNICIAN RADIO GIUSEPPE MOSCA I6TIH AND IMPERIO BOELLIS

WITH A NEW RADIO RX HALLICRAFTER

MONTESECCO AREA AND THE AERIALS IQP - SAN BENEDETTO RADIO

In 1965 the Italian Government stopped S.I.R.M. (Society Italian Maritime Radio) financing and a lot coastal stations were closed. Only few radio stations remained operational, the most important between the main italian fishing harbours is San Benedetto del Tronto better known as SAMBENEDETTORADIO (IQP)

IQP - SAMBENEDETTO P.T. RADIO - 1968

IQP - SAMBENEDETTO P.T. RADIO - 1968

THE RADIO OPERATOR Mr. PIETRO PAPETTI

it was famous for its first Italian fishing-boats and for its presence in the Atlantic Ocean, so Sambenedettoradio remained opened and passed under the control of the Italian Post and Telecommunications Office (Ministero delle Poste e delle Telecomunicazioni), the small and romantic coastal radio station, built on the beach near the harbour, was transferred into a new building of the PP.TT. (Ministero delle Poste e delle Telecomunicazioni) located in the center of the city.

THE NEW BUILDING WHERE SAMBENEDETTORADIO - IQP

WAS TRANSFERRED IN 1962 TO THE SECOND FLOOR

Here the receiving and transmitting equipments were systemaized. I remember the enormous pylon on the stable summit and the long aerials on each quadrant. After some years the transmitter was set in Grottammare two km for from San Benedetto del Tronto, in the Montesecco area (on the top of a hill) about 150 mt. slm. IQP.

Sambenedettoradio has been for half of a century a reference point in the Adriatic sea for the whole local merchant marine and for all the ships that transited in this area till the advent of cellular phone which upset everything and everybody.