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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares the following news from the Wellbrook Communications homepage: Wellbrook Communications will cease trading at the end of April 2023. This is due to retirement. I would like to thank everyone for their custom over the past 27 years. No doubt, the venerable Wellbrook loop has […]

By Jock Elliott, KB2GOM Okay, let’s get this straight to begin with: I’m not on C.Crane’s payroll; I get nothing for what you are about to read. I have bought two of their radios with my own money, and they sent me one for review. Today I received an email from C.Crane, headlined “How to […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Nick Hall-Patch who shares the following announcement: IRCA Reprints open to public The International Radio Club’s Reprints collection of over 1100 articles about antennas, radio propagation, receivers, accessories, plus items of general interest to MW DXers, continues to grow. We’ve published an update to the index, at DXer.ca [PDF] […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Marwan, who writes: Hello Thomas, I hope this email finds you well and you will enjoy the photos I am attaching. Two weekends ago my wife and I and went to see our grand daughter who lives and hour and a half away. On our way back we decided […]

Last week, I published a post asking SWLing Post readers what type of radio their “daily driver” is at present. Click here to read that post. I created a survey form and left it open for about five days. In that time, we received 639 responses! If you’d like to read the results, continue scrolling […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Don Moore–noted author, traveler, and DXer–for the latest installment of his Photo Album guest post series: Don Moore’s Photo Album: Cuenca, Ecuador (Part 2) by Don Moore In the song Por Eso Te Quiero Cuenca (That’s Why I Love You Cuenca) the singer recites a litany of the many reasons to love […]

Fastradioburst23 here to let you know about our next imaginary Stations offering on Sunday 19th March 2023 on 9395 kHz at 2200 hrs UTC. This week it’s a WORK special. They’ll be a shortwave tea break with an assortment of biscuits*, training courses, interview tips and lots of tunes to get your through your shift. […]

Hello shortwave listeners! I wanted to make this post in order to provide an updated broadcast schedule for my transmissions to North America for the Spring of 2023. This radio program is 1 Hour in length and features miscellaneous discussion (sometimes about current events, other times about random subjects on my mind) at the start […]

Radio Waves: Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Welcome to the SWLing Post’s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio. Enjoy! Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Dennis Dura, Rich Cuff, Ron Chester, and David Iurescia for the following tips: Exploring a 1 Million Watt Broadcast […]

By Jock Elliott, KB2GOM If the folks who participated in The Great Medium Wave Daylight DX Challenge were on trial for “having fun,” they would be found guilty and sentenced to . . . more DXing challenges! Results As nearly as I can tell, 13 people participated, and many had something positive to say about […]

(Source: Slate via NT) Replacing Humans “Is the Furthest Thing From Our Mindset,” Says the Company Selling an A.I. Radio Host RadioGPT can talk. It can research. It can take your calls. And it could be coming to your market. The humble broadcast-radio host, whether a disc jockey or interviewer or reporter, has been going […]

A little over a week ago, many of us participated in the 2023 Virtual Winter SWL Fest. I enjoyed all of the presentations and the casual conversations many of us had in the hospitality lounge and various break-out rooms. Again, kudos to the Fest organizers and all of the volunteers who moderated the various rooms […]

[If you haven’t already, please check out this previous post about The Great Medium Wave Daylight DX Challenge.] Here are the rules: Frequency range is the medium wave band: 520-1710 kHz 10 am to 2 pm your local time today (Saturday, March 11, 2023). . . report the results in the comments to this post. […]

Fastradioburst23 here to let you know about WFCR Flying Carpet Radio this Sunday 12th March 2023 on 9395 kHz at 2200 hrs UTC. Brought to you by the Imaginary Stations crew this is an exotic journey through the skies on what looks like a common or garden floor covering made from thick woven fabric. Don’t […]

Here are the rules: Frequency range is the medium wave band: 520-1710 kHz 10 am to 2 pm your local time on Saturday, March 11, 2023 . Any radio with any antenna, but must be the radio at your location (no using remote internet radios) The listener must hear the signal in real time The […]

Fastradioburst23 here to let you know about WFCR Flying Carpet Radio this Sunday 12th March 2023 on 9395 kHz at 2200 hrs UTC. Brought to you by the Imaginary Stations crew this is an exotic journey through the skies on what looks like a common or garden floor covering made from thick woven fabric. Don’t […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Jamet, who writes: Hello Thomas To complement the article Carlos’ Shortwave Art and recording of the Voice of Korea, I send you a recording of the Voice of Korea made with a TECSUN PL-330 with a 23-foot wire antenna: February 9, 2023 – 04:12:00 p.m. UTC – Frequency: […]

Fastradioburst23 here to let you know about WFCR Flying Carpet Radio this Sunday 12th March 2023 on 9395 kHz at 2200 hrs UTC. Brought to you by the Imaginary Stations crew this is an exotic journey through the skies on what looks like a common or garden floor covering made from thick woven fabric. Don’t […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Connor Walsh, who shares the following piece from Radio New Zealand: Signal to noise – is AM radio really under threat? (RNZ) https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20230305-0910-signal_to_noise_-_is_am_radio_really_under_threat-128.mp3 Old-fashioned AM radio was an information lifeline for many during Cyclone Gabrielle when other sources wilted without power. Now a little-known arrangement that puts proceedings of […]

Radio Waves: Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Welcome to the SWLing Post’s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio. Enjoy! Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Dennis Dura, ______ for the following tips: Third largest structure in Iceland demolished (RUV English) Once ubiquitous, few radios […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following announcement: New broadcast of “Uniting Voices” on LRA 36 “National Radio Archangel San Gabriel” SATURDAY MARCH 11 – 18:00 ART Argentina Time (21:00 UTC) until 24:00 ART Saturday (03:00 UTC Sunday) Six hours of uninterrupted short wave radio from Antarctica The Antarctic station […]

The 2023 QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo will be held on March 25 – 26 and I would encourage you to register now. I have attended every QSO Today Visual Ham Expo since Eric (4Z1UG) created this brilliant virtual event. The online platform is quite easy to use and there are loads of fascinating topics […]

Radio Waves: Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Welcome to the SWLing Post’s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio. Enjoy! Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Adrian Korol, Richard Cuff, and Dennis Dura for the following tips: Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel picked up around […]

by Jock Elliott, KB2GOM After yesterday’s post appeared, Chuck Rippel reached out to me and offered: To whomever logs the most stations using a GE SR-I or SR-II, I will donate that person, a >free< SR-I or SR-II restoration. Includes, parts, alignment, cleaning, etc…. The winner’s only cost will be shipping. Should the winner already […]

For those of you who attended David Goren’s Shortwave Shindig at the virtual Winter SWL Fest were treated to a song called Tea With The Queen. This was no ordinary song–as David notes: This is what happened when I asked ChatGPT to write a country song about a trucker who has tea with Queen Elizabeth […]

By Jock Elliott, KB2GOM First a word of acknowledgement and thanks: it was Chuck Rippel who said (in part) — in response to this post — “We could make this interesting by restricting listening to the period 10AM – 2PM maybe 3PM.” And that got me to thinking that maybe a daylight DXing challenge might be […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, TomL, who shares the following guest post: Listening to LRA 36 by TomL I finally had time to go outdoors to listen to LRA 36, Antarctica. People were gushing about how well it is being received. My location was a park across the street from the Forest Preserve I usually go to […]

Many thanks to Texas Radio Shortwave contributor, Terry Colgan (N5RTC), who shares the following March 2023 schedule for Texas Radio Shortwave: This schedule is subject to change without notice. If you use this information, please credit Texas Radio Shortwave as the source. Thank you. In addition to these scheduled broadcasts, WRMI may air TRSW programs […]

If you’ve thought about attending the annual Winter SWL Fest, but found it difficult to make the travel arrangements, this year you can once again get a taste of the Fest by attending virtually. You’ll find the program below, but click here to view it at the Winter SWL Fest site, and click here to register (only $5 for […]

Fastradioburst23 here to let you know about our next imaginary Stations offering on Sunday 5th March 2023 on 9395 kHz at 2300 hrs UTC. This week it’s a KBIN special featuring WSTL and WELK. Tune in and enjoy some whistling, accordion tunes and even maybe some yodelling. Enjoy!

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adrian Korol, who shares the following details for the next two LRA 36 test broadcasts. Note that the first one is later today (Wed, Mar 1): LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel. Next Test Broadcast from Antartica: Wednesday March 1st, 21:00 to 23:00 UTC Saturday March 4th 21:00 to […]

Radio Waves: Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Welcome to the SWLing Post’s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio. Enjoy! Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Rich Dalton and Dennis Dura for the following tips: The JacoBLOG Junk Drawer – The AM Radio Edition (Jacobs […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bob Zanotti (HB9ASQ), who has, at my request, shared a video recording of a presentation he gave to the Fairlawn ARC last year. This is part two. If you missed part one, you can view it by clicking here. Thank you, Bob! Enjoy:

Radio Waves: Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Welcome to the SWLing Post’s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio. Enjoy! Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Trevor Robbins and Dennis Dura for the following tips: Digital Library Of Amateur Radio And Communications Is A Treasure […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adrian Korol, who shares the following tip and schedule for the LRA 36 broadcast today: LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel from Base Antartica Esperanza: Saturday, 25 February 2023 From 20:00 to 24:00 UTC On 15476 kHz (USB) Thanks for the tip, Adrian!

Good day SWLIng Post community, Fastradioburst23 here to let you know about our next imaginary Stations offering on Sunday 26th February 2023 on 9395 kHz at 2300 hrs UTC. This week it’s JNHK and it’ll be an hour of a distinctive Japanese flavour. Tune in and enjoy the sound of Japan wherever you are.

By Jock Elliott, KB2GOM Frequently when people write about attaching a long wire to a portable shortwave receiver, readers will comment that you need to worry about desensitizing or overloading the receiver or ever harming the front end of the receiver. Clearly that can be a concern. But recently I noticed something on the CCrane […]

By Jock Elliott, KB2GOM It is hard to imagine a less spectacular looking piece of radio gear than the SDRplay RSPdx. It is literally a black box. Aside from the printing on top of the box, the most exciting thing about the RSPdx are the two red plastic covers on the antenna connectors on the […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares his radio log art of a recent Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriell (LRA 36) test transmission. Carlos notes: Part of experimental shortwave transmission of Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, Antartica: Argentine rock and article on plastic/microplastic contamination in Antartica. Click here to view […]

Radio Waves: Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Welcome to the SWLing Post’s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio. Enjoy! Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Tracy Wood, Eric McFadden, and Dennis Dura for the following tips: ?Radio Gibraltar marks 65 years on the air […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paolo Viappiani, who shares the following guest post: ETON Elite Satellit: an expensive flop by Paolo Viappiani, Italy Introduction After various and sometimes conflicting announcements that have created strong expectations in radio listening enthusiasts, ETON has recently launched on the extra-European market (basically in the United States) what should […]

Loop on Ground Antenna Part 3 (using multiconductor wire) by TomL It dawned on me recently, perhaps due to sloppy thinking or unintended distractions, that I never wrote about my modified Loop on Ground (LoG) receive antenna that I use at parks and such. For over a year now, I have been using 3-conductor rotor […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adrian Korol, who shares the following announcement: LRA 36 NEW TEST BROADCAST ON SATURDAY 18th In full progress of the adjustment and improvement works in the audio chain of LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel, test broadcasts are being carried out (even on USB) with excellent signal reports which […]

Apologies for last week’s non-appearance on 9395 Khz, looks like WRMI was down all evening on that frequency. Fingers crossed the Imaginary Stations 45th Parallel Midwinter Broadcast will now be on this Sunday 19th February 2023 on 9395 kHz at 2300 hrs UTC. We promise there will be a good bit of circular latitude fun […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ken Hunt, who writes: Thomas, I don’t know whether you’ve featured “The Day of the Triffids” before on your RITM series (I searched for “triffids” on your site and came up empty). If not, there are three scenes in the 1962 movie where shortwave radios are used to listen […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dean Bianco, who shares a link to Rob Wagner’s overview of the new 2023 edition of WRTH (which is now under new ownership). Click here to read on the excellent Mount Evelyn DX Report. Thank you for the tip, Dean!

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, NT, who writes: Hi Thomas, I know you’ve shared info about the great World Radio History site before. Have you ever linked to the webpage for their entire Short Wave and DXing Collection? https://worldradiohistory.com/Short_Wave_Miscellaneous.htm Best, NT Thank you, NT. We may have linked to this before on the SWLing […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gary (G0CUQ), who writes: Hi Thomas, I remember a while ago some posts relating to music with short wave/radio leanings (Wilco & Quindar come to mind). I found a fairly new English group, The Random Earth Project, who have subtly slipped a numbers station in at the beginning of […]

RTVA Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tracy Wood, who notes: RTVA celebrated World Radio Day with this news story. The first person interviewed in the clip is Josep Maria Samper who happened to be the great RTVA engineer/ tourguide for antendees of EDXC 2019. (He has since retired.) https://www.andorradifusio.ad/noticies/radio-mes-30-anys-historia-andorra (The language is Catalan.) Not […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jack Dully, who shares a link to this Eavesdropper antenna on eBay and writes: When I had my roof top antennas, with the original building owner, I put up the Eavesdropper. There were 2 versions: this one with the twin lead-in and the second with a coax lead-in connection. […]