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AM bandwidth confusion: IF Filters today vs. yesterday by 13dka Whether or not a radio is a joy to listen to, or apt for difficult DX is decided to a large part by the last IF filter stage. Most radios of the past didn’t come with many IF filters to begin with, their quality varied […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following tip from Adrian Korol: New broadcast of “Uniting Voices” on LRA 36 “National Radio Archangel San Gabriel” LISTEN TO LRA 36 TODAY FROM THE ANTARTIDE.. AND WITH LOTS OF NEWS! Saturday April 15 – 18:00 HS ARGENTINA LOCAL (21:00 UTC) until 24 local […]

Hi SWLing Post community Fastradioburst23 here letting you know of another journey in a westerly direction being made by the Imaginary Stations crew this Sunday 16th April 2023 at 2200 UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI. Get your compass and shortwave radio out again and go WEST for a second time this Sunday.

Radioddity Raddy RF75A By Robert Gulley K4PKM The RF75A is an interesting little radio which (currently) retails on Amazon for ~$53.00 in the States. It can also be purchased via Radioddity directly for $53–if you use this referral code, you can save $15 off a $65 purchase. Before we get into specifics, two things are […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following video of his open-air DX shack in McGrath, Alaska. Paul notes: I got my iRig working and recorded audio of Rádio Nacional da Amazônia on 11780 kHz directly from the radio into my phone and it sounds really good with such a strong […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alan Roe, who shares his A-23 (version 1.1) season guide to music on shortwave. Alan provides this amazing resource as a free PDF download: Click here to download Music on Shortwave A-23 v1.1 (PDF) Thank you for sharing your excellent guide, Alan! This dedicated page will always have the latest […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paolo Viappiani, who shares the following guest post: The WJ-8711 & WJ-8712 vs. Ten-Tec RX-340 & RX-331 Receivers by Paolo Viappiani, Carrara, Italy In recent years, a renewed interest has grown in regards to the best HF receivers using “first generation” DSPs, typically the HF-1000/HF-1000A, WJ-8711/WJ-8711A and WJ-8712 models […]

Hi SWLing Post community Fastradioburst23 here letting you know in what direction Imaginary Stations will be going in this Sunday 9th April 2023 at 2200 UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI. In one word we’ll be going WEST, there’ll be some Westbound trains, themes from Westerns and some spoken word from Adam West. So get […]

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 Paul, and Dennis Dura for the following tips: Ford to drop AM radio in new models, except commercial vehicles […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John, who writes: The video below started with a curious investigation of a mysterious button found on 1980/90 era cassette recorders…. just to end up as being essential knowledge that we probably never had back on the day during our listening sessions. I think the blog readers will love […]

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 Ulis Fleming, Dennis Dura, and Tracy Wood for the following tips: One Man’s Quest to Revive the Great American […]

I am sharing an email I received from Jeorg at Klingenfuss.org regarding increased solar propagation and the threat to satellite and wired communications in times of war. For those who may not know, Klingenfuss aggregates utility, shortwave, military and other HF frequency lists in book and CD form. I received this email as a customer […]

Grazing the rich pastures of the interwebz I just stumbled upon this short documentary made by students of the School of Visual and Media Arts program at the University of Montana. It aired on Montana PBS in November 2022 and was uploaded to YouTube 2 weeks ago. I like the modern style of this work, […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Cuff, who shares this brilliant article from the archives of NASWA: https://www.naswa.net/journal/1996/04/techtopics199604

RTÉ Radio 1 long wave 252 service to end next month (Source: RTÉ) RTÉ has announced that it is ceasing the long wave 252 service for Radio 1 from next month. The move was originally announced in 2014 but was postponed because of protests from Irish organisations in Britain. RTÉ said in a statement that […]

Hi SWLing Post community Fastradioburst23 here letting you know about a transmission of The Shortwave Music Library this Sunday 2nd April 2023 at 2200 UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI. DJ Frederick will be searching deep into his record collection to bring you some classic pop & library music. Expect some great tunes as always.

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Pete Jernakoff, who writes: Last Saturday evening, I was cruising through the SW bands and came across music and talk on 2640 kHz, a rather odd (I would think) frequency on which to find such a broadcast format. The music was of the soft pop variety (for example “Vou […]

Many thanks to SWling Post contributor, Paul Jamet, who writes: Hi Thomas, After the HRD-737 : https://swling.com/blog/2019/01/inside-the-hanrongda-hdr-737-wide-frequency-receiver/ and the HRD-747 : https://swling.com/blog/2022/03/paul-is-impressed-with-the-hanrongda-hrd-747/ here is the HanRongDa HRD-A320 Does anyone have any information about this new receiver released by HanRongDa? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005320277700.html With the WB band, this receiver seems intended mainly for the North American market. I […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, noted DXer, and author, Ralph Perry (a.k.a. Chet Nairene), who notes that he was recently interviewed by Simon Ostheimer on Tales of the Orient regarding Ralph’s latest novel, Pacific Dash. Ralph notes that, “DXing directly influenced my seeking an international life” and thus fueled his passion to write novel […]

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 Troy Riedel, Dennis Dura, and Richard Cuff for the following tips: Strongest solar storm in nearly 6 years slams […]

Hi SWLing Post community, Fastradioburst23 here letting you know about a transmission of KZOO, another installment of the imaginary radio stations show to be broadcast this weekend via the good folks at WRMI. It’s on Sunday 26th March 2023 at 2200 UTC on 9395 kHz and will feature those strange and wonderful instruments that wouldn’t […]

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 […]