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Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art of a recent NHK broadcast and JMA Radiofax. Carlos notes: NHK news bulletin about typhoon N 10 bringing heavy rain to Japan. Listened in the grounds of the Faculty of Humanities of the Juiz de Fora University, Minas Gerais, #Brazil. Click [...]

Hi it's FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know what Imaginary Stations will be bringing to you via the shortwaves this week. On Sunday 1st September 2024at 0900/1300 hrs UTCon6160 kHzand then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz we will be presenting Skybird Drive-in Radio via Shortwave Gold. We've got the matinee and [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bruce, who writes: Here is an unknown radio from the recent Netflix mini-series Ripley". The setting is early 1960's Italy. IMO this show was very good and artistically filmed in black & white. Beautiful radio-thanks, Bruce! Readers: can you ID this vintage model? Please comment!

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art of a recent NHK broadcast warning about the dangers of Typhoon #10. Carlos notes: #Japan braces for typhoon n 10. News from NHK shortwave radio, listened on the grounds of Faculty of Humanities of the Juiz de Fora University, Minas Gerais, [...]

Radio Waves: Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Welcome to theSWLing 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, Kostas, Pete Eaton, Rich Cuff, and Balazs Kovacs for the following tips: SV3ORA's new YouTube Channel Many [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Julian Stargardt, who writes: Hi Thomas, I thought SWLingers would like to know that the Tecsun S-2200X will be on sale from 27 August at Anon Co for US$372.00 See: https://www.anon-co.com/product/tecsun-s2200x-radio That's a lot of radio for a reasonable price. The Anon site has a good description of the [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Steffen Schultz, who writes: Hello Thomas, As a regular reader of your blog, I was fascinated by the reports on the XHDATA D-220 [affiliate link] and ordered a black one. I was not disappointed. Of course it's not a DXing machine, but finally we have a device wich reaches [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor,Bob Colegrove, who shares the following guest post: U. of Twenty Site for Phones and Tablets by Bob Colegrove I'm not sure if this is new. It may have been around for a while. Very recently, while accessing the WebSDR site at the University of Twente, it detected that I was on [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art of a recent NHK broadcast and Japan Meteorological Agency Radiofax transmissions. Carlos notes: Here we go again with just another typhoon threatening Japan with powerful winds: Typhoon n10 (Sham sham). Click here to view on YouTube. Japan Meteorological Agency charts received [...]

By Jock Elliott, KB2GOM In the run-up to the Nutty Idea XHDATA D-200 DX Contest, I really thought that sorting through the data might take a while. Why? Because I heard from so many people who said they had bought the D-220, were pleasantly surprised at its performance, and thought the contest sounded like fun. [...]

Hi it's FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know what Imaginary Stations will be bringing to you via the shortwaves this week. On Sunday 25th August 2024at 0900/1300 hrs UTCon6160 kHzand then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz they have WEST via Shortwave Gold. Don't worry, there won't be any quick on the [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art of a recent NHK broadcast. Carlos notes: Excerpt of shortwave news bulletin from NHK about a earthquake that hit Ibaraki Prefecture. Listened in Rio de Janeiro with a solar-powered receiver, which can be used as an emergency radio set. Click here [...]

Many thanks to Mike Serio who notes: Hi Thomas, Just a note to let you know that digikey has a supply of Ham Radio Workbench DC Power Strips in stock, 43 at the time I reviewed. Product number is HRWB101. Thought you might want to let your audience know. These are neat little kits, I [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alan Roe, who writes: The BBC World Service six-month" schedules now seem to have been deleted permanently from the BBCWS website. I have therefore produced my own at-a-glance" schedule listing the BBC WS English programmes on shortwave, which I have now updated to version 1.3. Click here to download [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art of a recent NHK broadcast. Carlos notes: Part of NHK shortwave radio news bulletin about typhoon n 7 Ampil" approaching Japan. Listened yesterday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Click here to view on YouTube.

Hi it's FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know what Imaginary Stations will be bringing to you via the shortwaves this week, sunspots permitting of course. On Sunday 18th August 2024at 0900/1300 hrs UTCon6160 kHzand then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz they have COOL 6 via Shortwave Gold. More summer vibes from [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Richard Cuff and Markku Koskinen who share the following (sad) news: 900 CHML closes, ending nearly a century of local radio in Hamilton (Toronto Star) Station pointed to financial losses as major reason behind closure A mainstay of Hamilton's airwaves for almost a century has gone off the air. [...]

Hi Folks, Just an update on the 40% discount event for the XHDATA D-220. That promotion is over (many thanks to XHDATA for offering us this exclusive discount!), however, Amazon has a 15% discount for the radio, and the Black version is a couple dollars less than the Orange, which brings it back down close [...]

Many thanks to Texas Radio Shortwave for the following update: We added an additional broadcast of our monthly program over Channel 292 in Rohrbach, Germany. We're working to cover Western NAm with a broadcast on 9670 kHz at 0300 UTC. Listeners in the South Pacific have also reported a listenable signal. We want folks worldwide [...]

Radio Waves: Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Welcome to theSWLing 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, Dennis Dura, Richard Cuff, and Bake Timmons for the following tips: Voice of America station in CNMI announces [...]

by Jock Elliott, KB2GOM Here are the rules: You must use a D-220 with native (built-in) antenna (no hooking it up to your two-mile-long Beverage antenna) No use of other radios or SDRs as spotter" radios. You must ID off the air. Any band the D-220 receives. Any location. Contest starts 6 pm your local [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor, Bob Colegrove, who shares the following guest post: A Band Aid for the XHDATA D-220 By Bob Colegrove In the olden days of analog radios, we would have generated a graph plotting frequency against a 0 to 100 linear bandspread scale. That permitted determination of a station's frequency with varying degrees [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art of a recent AWR broadcast. Carlos notes: Part of Adventist World Radio evangelist preaching in Yoruba language to Nigeria and region, broadcasted from Nauen, Germany. Listened in Florianopolis, Brazil. Click here to view on YouTube.

Many thanks to Texas Radio Shortwave who shares the following announcement: Because propagation was terrible on August 5th, we're again testing on 9670 kHz next Sunday, August 11, at 0300 UTC. The test will come from Channel 292 in Rohrbach, Germany. We'll issue Texas Coloring Book QSL #7 for correct, detailed reception reports to texasradioshortwave@protonmail.com. [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor,Aaron Kuhn, who shares the following guest post: Live Baseball on the Radio: Radio Selection Considerations In recent years, I've enjoyed attending minor league baseball games in my region. One of my favorite aspects of live baseball is bringing a radio to listen to play-by-play commentary. Experiencing the game in person while [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art of a recent NHK World broadcast. Carlos notes: Part of Thursday's NHK radio news bulletin about 7.1 earthquake that hit Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. Listened in Florianopolis, Brazil. Click here to view on YouTube.

Radio Waves: Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Welcome to theSWLing 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, and Alan for the following tips: Radio Apocalypse: HFGCS, The Backup Plan For Doomsday (Hackaday) To the [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art of these Furusato No Kaze and Nippon No Kaze il bon ue broadcasts: Carlos notes: Opening of Japanese government shortwave radio programs aimed at Japanese citizens abducted by DPRK between 1977 and 1983: Furusato No Kaze" (in Japanese) and Nippon No [...]

Hi it's FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know what Imaginary Stations will be bringing the shortwave community this week. On Sunday 11th August 2024at 0900/1300 hrs UTCon6160 kHzand then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz they have yet another version of COOL, this time COOL 5 via Shortwave Gold. Like the last [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post andShortwave Radio Audio Archive contributor, Dan Greenall, who writes: Hi Thomas From the early 1970's, where sadly, some of my original logbooks went missing many years ago. ANTEL, the Administracion Nacional de Telecommunicaciones in Montevideo, Uruguay used to use its telephone time announcement instead of a voice mirror - so [...]

Originally, the XHDATA D-220 DX Contest was intended to be on shortwave, but prompted by a question from Dennis, K2DCD, I consulted with Thomas (our Maximum Leader) and he said I say with a radio this basic, simply go for anything and everything logged." That makes sense and sounds like pure, unadulterated DXing pleasure. So [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art of recent broadcasts from the Voice of Korea, NHK, and KBS. Voice of Korea Carlos notes: Part of Voice of Korea news bulletin about floods in the DPRK: ...Shortly ago, floods and heavy rains seriously and consecutively damaged some areas of [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Julian Stargardt, who writes: SWLing fans might like to know that at the moment on eBay there are about a dozen Sony ICF 6700 receivers for sale [eBay partnership link]. The ICF 6700 is the more reliable version of the better known ICF 6800 - the ICF 6800 is [...]

By Jock Elliott, KB2GOM Official Disclaimer: Yes, XHDATA is a supporter of the SWLing Post but this is my own crazy idea, and we aren't getting any commissions from the sales. XHDATA doesn't even know we're doing it!" It's all Robert Gulley's fault. He had the temerity to post an article about the XHDATA D-220 [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia, who shares the following news release via the DRM Consortium: DRM RNZ Shortwave Transmitter For Pacific Inaugurated On August 1st the New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister came to RNZ House in Wellington to mark the start of the use of the new analogue and [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following schedule: Our transmissions at 2300 UTC have been changed from 3955 to 9670 using Channel 292's booster beam aimed at the Caribbean, which should also allow for good listening in some other parts of the Americas. The 1700 UTC transmissions may occasionally bounce into parts [...]

Hi it's FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know what the Imaginary Stations crew will be bringing to the shortwaves this week. On Sunday 4th August 2024at 0900/1300 hrs UTCon6160 kHzand then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz they have another version of COOL, this time COOL 4 via Shortwave Gold. Like the [...]

Radio Waves: Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Welcome to theSWLing 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, David Iurescia, and David Snyde for the following tips: Sonic Bonds: A Journey into Wondrous Radio This [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares this update to his original Tecsun S-2200x review: TECSUN S-2200x: Some Updates by Dan Robinson Since my original Tecsun S-2200x review, I have run additional tests on the S-2200x and have the following observations, and responses to some comments. I continue to test this receiver, [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dale Parfitt, who writes: I wanted to mention a receive only antenna that I am using at my home QTH. I do a lot of NDB logging during the winter below 500kHz, some AM band DXing and 160M. In the past I have had Beverages, homebrew Flag antennas, Shared [...]

Hi Folks! The promised exclusive XHDATA 40% off code is here! The Radio is available to pre-order at Amazon today, and is supposed to be in stock at Amazon.com on the 1st of August. The discount code is : 40D220NEW While the detail page shows a 15% coupon, ignore that and place the desired radio [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Post contributor and supporter, Dan Robinson, who shares the following review: Tecsun Delivers The S-2200X - New Life For A 16-Year-Old Cabinet Design by Dan Robinson Note: Please see an addendum of updates at the end of this post. Some months ago, I learned from Anon-co that Tecsun planned to release an [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art, radiofax, and off-air recordings: Carlos notes: The season for hurricanes in the Atlantic and typhoons in the Pacific has arrived, and here I bring you info on typhoon Gaemi via radiofax from Japan Meteorological Agency and radio news from Radio ZP-30 [...]

Radio Waves: Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Welcome to theSWLing 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 Richard Cuff, Dennis Dura, David Korchin, Roger Fitzharris, David Iurescia, and NT for the following tips: In 1924, a [...]

Hi it's FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know what the Imaginary Stations crew will be bringing to the shortwaves this week. On Sunday 28th July 2024at 0900/1300 hrs UTCon6160 kHzand then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz they have another WMMR - Name that theme show via Shortwave Gold. This show has [...]

By Robert Gulley XHDATA recently contacted me about a new portable radio, saying XHDATA is planning to launch a new portable radio, the D-220, which has good reception and excellent sound quality. Not only can it receive FM/MW/SW bands, but the price will be surprisingly good value." Okay, well that sounded somewhat interesting (especially the [...]

Hi it's FastRadioBurst 23 from Imaginary Stations here letting you know of a couple of polka specials this coming week. On Sunday 21st July 2024at 0900/1300 hrs UTCon6160 kHzand then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz the Imaginary Stations crew bring you a shortwave Polka Party. So rent yourself some colourful Lederhosen [...]

By Brian D. Smith NASCAR comes to Indy this Sunday, which means that from now until then, you have a chance to snare the third and final QSL card in the 2024 set of amateur radio station W9IMS. Better yet, you can earn this year's Checkered Flag Award with less effort than usual, thanks to [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alan, who shares the following article from Red Tech: Medium wave's sunset in Europe (Red Tech) GENEVA - European medium-wave transmitters are going silent. On April 1, the BBC shut down the nine transmitters that had previously brought BBC Radio 4 in AM to the whole country. Since January [...]