Mail Roundup – March 28, 2023

A roundup of messages we've received in the last two weeks

Vlad Palcu, 28.03.2023, 17:07

Hi everyone,

Spring is finally
here, and we’re all happy to be able to go out again and enjoy nature as much
as possible!

We’ve got
reports of changing pastime activities or other spring-related changes from many
listeners too. For instance, Shin Makino of Japan wrote:

Japan
is getting warmer during the daytime and the weather is gradually becoming
reminiscent of spring. Butterbur sprouts have bloomed in the garden again this year, and the cherry blossom season is about
to begin.

What a wonderful
time of the year that is in Japan – and it’s also the start of the tourist
season. Hope you all enjoy it!

We also got some
season greetings from Chris Malboeuf (Canada) too:

Happy
first day of spring! Hope you’re enjoying it with the nice weather in Romania.

We return the
same message of renewed hope to all our listeners!

After last time
we said hello to long-time listeners Ian Morrison and Paul Flanagan, this time
we’re happy to greet Gunnar Green of Sweden. Here is what he wrote:

Let me please introduce
myself: I am a 69 years old shortwave enthusiast
who lives in Motala. Sweden. I have been
a DX-er for over 50 years, since 1969. I have sent some reception reports to
Radio Romania International during the years. However due to an intensive working
life there have been a shortage of time to write to you as much I would like
to. But now when I am retired and have more time I thought I should write and give
you my opinion.

We’re very happy we are part of your retirement plan, Gunnar. A very
wise choice!

These past weeks
we also got a ham card from Joseph Shipp (USA), which we thought we might share
with you.

Since the last update, we got reports
from a number of our listeners signaling trouble picking up the 6020 kHz
and 7410 kHz. Michael Naven of Rochester NY (USA) reported none of
the frequencies work due to an ongoing solar storm, something confirmed by
other listeners as well. Starting March 27, Michael did manage to pick up our
broadcasts on 9550 and 11620 kHz, although signal is
reportedly poor on the latter. We do hope reception conditions will improve as
we operate further adjustments.

Over the last two weeks we also got many
reactions to president Klaus Iohannis’s visit to Japan. Sakae Onozawa and
Teruhiko Kachi particularly reacted to an Artscape segment we broadcast on this
occasion:

By
the way, earlier this month, the President of Romania and the Prime Minister of
Japan signed the Strategic Partnership between the two countries. Dedicating to this, you broadcast
Japanese culture in Romania in the programme of
Artscape which I was very interested in. As I am not familiar with
Japanese pop-culture, I found out about sumika, Genki Kawamura, and so on not
from NHK of Japan but from RRI.! Anyway,
I am glad that Japanese culture is accepted in Romania. I hope that the friendship between Romania
and Japan will last for a long, long time. (Teruhiko Kachi)

I
was very pleased to see an article about Japanese film producer and picture
book author Genki Kawamura on ARTSCAPE today. I really like his novel If
Cats Disappeared from the World and his animated movies. But I was very
surprised because I didn’t expect RRI to broadcast an article about his
activities. I hope that the world he creates will be loved by the Romanian people.
(Sakae Onozawa)

We also got a
very heart-warming letter from Dahmani Rachid (Algeria), which we decided to
share with you below:

My friends and loved ones at Radio Romania’s
English section. Greetings of love and appreciation to all of you! The love we have with the things we enjoy can be very
positive and an important part of our lives. When it comes to a particular radio
station such as Radio Romania, this may indicate an interest in culture, music,
and current events in other societies. Radio Romania’s English division has a variety of
programs including culture, music, news and more, which means there is a lot to
enjoy and learn from. I feel that my love for this station is indescribable.
This may be because of the connection that I feel with the content and
information it provides, and I may have an interest in knowing this where all
the elements of tourist attractions gather. Since my childhood, the Romania culture drew my
attention in all its branches, and I fell under its influence, and I sought to
know this rich country, which gathered everything I long for and adore, and it
became my first and favorite destination. Regardless of the reasons, the love I feel for Radio
Romania’s English section is a beautiful thing and can be useful for broadening
my horizons and learning new things. It enables me to continue listening to the
station and benefiting from its programs to enhance my knowledge and expand my
culture.

We are very grateful so many of you often choose to write simply to appreciate
our hard work and the quality of our broadcasts – it really means a lot!

Our regards go to
everyone who took the time to write to us: Fabrizio Savini (Italy), Nasir Aziz
(Pakistan), Prothama Prone (Bangladesh), Payel Ahmed (Bangladesh), Tapan Basak
(India), Nusrat Jahan (Bangladesh), Ratan Kumar Paul (India), Madhab Chandra
Sagour (India), Misayo Tanaka (UK), Eti Mone (India), Yaaraa Ahmed
(Bangladesh), Renita Rini (Bangladesh), Upoma Khatun (Bangladesh), Karniz
Fatema (Bangladesh), Siddhartha Bhattacharjee (India), Najim Uddin (India), Zosna
Rahman (Bangladesh), Jauoad Saber (Morocco), Digvijay Sarnobat (India), Malik
Allah Bachaya (Pakistan), William Parks (USA), Costa Constantinides (Cyprus),
Jayanta Chakrabarty (India), Abdul Mannan (Bangladesh), Lamia Akter
(Bangladesh), Alokesh Gupta (India), Kari Tuovinen (Finland), Diego García Díaz
(Spain), H.M. Tarek (Bangladesh), Saif Khan (Bangladesh), Miss Mariya (Bangladesh),
Fariya Fariya (Bangladesh), Amena Amena (Bangladesh), Mark Buskirk (USA),
Rozina Akter (Bangladesh), Tarjin Ahmed (Bangladesh), Jakub Denisiuk (Poland),
Richard Lemke (Canada), Debakamal Hazarika (India)

With the switch
to the DST we also updated the list of summer frequencies, which you can find
below.

We’ve had a lot
of requests from listeners to send them custom prints of our programme
schedule. Unfortunately, we don’t do that anymore.

Also as a final
remark / request, please do not refer to the reception report form on our
website – it is still temporarily unavailable pending a proper fix. We kindly
ask everyone to submit their letters, comments, reports and suggestions to engl.rri@gmail.com or to our postal
address: Radio Romania International, 60-64 G-ral Berthelot Street, Sector 1,
Bucharest, PO Box 111, code 010165.

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