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FastRadioBurst 23 letting you know of our Imaginary Stations transmissions this week. On Sunday 9th June 2024at 0900/1300 hrs UTCon6160 kHzand then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz we bring you a show called WORD to Europe via Shortwave Gold. Expects words and letters, books, (Radio Phonics) Laboratories, libraries, acronyms, verbs and [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adi, who writes: Hi Thomas, I was just browsing eBay when I decided to see what was new" in the receivers section. These popped up: https://ebay.us/iRSC87 [eBay partner link] RH1-1? [See photo above] Google doesn't know much about it. https://ebay.us/RNQEy3 [eBay partner link] The seller from Poland writes, The [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Tilford, who writes: On June 8, 2024, we will feature music from the winning albums in the Fusion Alternativa (No me formes crisis by Toques del Rio) and Nueva Trova plus Notas Discograficas (Universos" by Tony Avila y Su Grupo) categories of Cubadisco 2024 Times & Frequencies are: [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Kris Partridge, who writes: With the imminent approach, Thursday, June 6, 2024, of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, followed by operation Overlord. Being both a radio amateur and in the broadcast industry , I have done a little research and find the two items, below, relating to D-Day and [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Jamet, who shares the following announcement: TM24H callsign is active on the occasion of The 24 heures du Mans On the occasion of The 24 Heures du Mans Automobile, Radioamateurs from the Radio Club de la Sarthe - F6KFI - will activate the call sign TM24H from June [...]

(Source: Japan Today) Is Japan witnessing the death of AM radio? Since February, some commercial radio broadcasters have begun a trial suspension of AM radio, with a real possibility the pause will extend to a permanent discontinuation across the country as broadcasters look to cut costs. Thirteen of the 47 commercial operators in Japan have [...]

I received a message yesterday from Raddy Marketing that they are offering a bonus antenna for the RF919 radio which will be shipped with future orders. Here is the note they sent: All previous RF919 orders from our website or Amazon are eligible to request the new antenna. Customers can contact our customer service at [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art of ZP-30 in Paraguay broadcasting in German. Carlos notes: ZP-30, Christian radio station in Paraguay broadcasting in German. Listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Click here to view on YouTube.

Many thanks toSWLing Post contributor and DXer, Ralph Perry, who shares the following announcement (click here for more background in a previous post) : 99-CENT PACIFIC ODYSSEY' WEEK IS HERE! Click here to check it out on Amazon.com (note that this is an affiliate link that supports the SWLing Post at no cost to you.) [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Michael (BD4AAQ) who shares the following guest post: Shanghai Coast Radio Station (XSG): Those Giant Antennas! The 17th of May is the World Telecommunication Day. It is also the open day of Shanghai Coast Radio Station. On this day, a group of amateur radio operators were invited to visit [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia, who shares the following article from Radio World: World Radio Television Handbook" Lives On With its comprehensive listing of radio/television stations worldwide, including their frequencies and general program content, theWorld Radio Television Handbook" has been an essential companion for broadcasting listeners and radio professionals. So when publisher [...]

FastRadioBurst 23 letting you know of our forthcoming shortwave transmissions this week. On Sunday 2nd June 2024at 0900/1300 hrs UTCon6160 kHzand then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz we bring you the return of Free Radio Skybird beamed to Europe via Shortwave Gold. Tune in and enjoy the return of the station [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor, Bill Meara who sharesthe following article from the excellent SolderSmoke Podcast blog: 2014 Off the Shelf" Regen Comes Off the Shelf (Two Videos) Walter KA4KXX spotted an error in the schematic of my 2014 Off the Shelf" regen receiver: The source resistor on the MPF-102 should be 2200 ohms, not 2.7 [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Kostas (SV3ORA), for sharing the following post which originally appeared on his website: Update June 1, 2024: Kostas is not currently selling the NR-1 as a product but has, instead, made the entire project open and available for everyone to build their own. You may contact him for more [...]

FastRadioBurst 23 letting you know of a forthcoming project from DJ Frederick called The Radio Enthusiast e-APA. It looks very interesting and will cover subjects we all love radio-wise! As the flyer above states the main purpose of the project is for fun, to connect with other radio enthusiasts, to share information & creativity." It'll [...]

I once again attended Four Days in May and the Dayton Hamvention this year-it was an amazing event and I believe attendance was at a record level (over 35,000 attendees!). I stayed quite busy speaking with readers of the SWLing Post and QRPer.com. I really appreciate all of the kind words and support-it was great [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Kris Partidge, who notes that there's a new shortwave radio station in: Radio Piko! The station is run by a hobbyist and transmits music, old time radio shows, and interviews. The station uses fixed frequencies and announces broadcasts on the website a day before. Radio Piko even has a [...]

Indy 500 Special Event Station: You Can Still Earn a Certificate! by Brian D. Smith, W9IND Not every Indianapolis 500 goes the full distance. Seven of the 107 races run since 1911 have been shortened by rain, notably the 1976 event that covered only 255 miles. In the same spirit, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Amateur [...]

FastRadioBurst 23 letting you know of our forthcoming shortwave transmissions this week. On Sunday 26th May 2024at 0900/1300 hrs UTCon6160 kHzand then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz we bring you The Imaginary Lounge beamed to Europe via Shortwave Gold. Stick on your best Interview whistle and flute and swan about with [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following announcement: Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, May 2024 This month, our guests are 1. Clay Ross, leader of the American Patchwork Quartet, an excellent multiethnic fusion project (including Falu, a previous guest on this show) sharing some of their debut album by the same [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares the following review: [Note that all Amazon and Radioddity links are affiliate links that support the SWLing Post.] Raddy RF-919 Receiver: Best Portable in Years - Held Back Only By Soft Muting While Tuning by Dan Robinson It's quite extraordinary that in these days of [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art of a recent NHK (Japan) broadcast noting the helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. Carlos notes: Part of NHK news bulletin, in Japanese, about Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in helicopter crash in Iran. [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following schedule: From the Isle of Music, 8 June 2024 as follows: 1700-1800 UTC on 9670 kHz with Beam E-F (best for South Asia remote listeners) Repeat: 1900-2000 UTC on 3955 & 6070 kHz Repeat: 2300-2400 UTC on 3955 kHz (best for East Asia [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adrian Korol, who shares the following announcement: Dear Thomas LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel has good news to share with shortwave listeners AND DXers around the world. Starting this week LRA36 will have 4 weekly emissions on 15476 kHz USB according to the following schedule: Tuesday 1:00 [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Don Elliott, who shares this piece in which Radio Ink interviews him regarding the future of AM radio: Getting In The AM Radio War Room With Don Elliot

FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know of our shortwave outings this week. On Sunday 19th May 2024at 0900/1300 hrs UTCon6160 kHzand then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz we bring you Skybird Radio International which is beamed to Europe via Shortwave Gold. Expect all sorts of sounds from this world of ours. [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Van Hoy, who shares a link to this blog regarding the new Lego Retro Radio: LEGO's buildable Retro Radio actually plays music thanks to a sound brick Thank you, Dan! I'm mighty tempted to put in an order for this radio! Lego also has a page with more [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art of a recent Vatican Radio broadcast. Carlos writes: Part of Vatican Radio news bulletin, in Portuguese, about destructive floods in Kenya (translation below): Here's a translation: ... caused havoc across the country, the Kenyan Bishops' Conference expressed its deep sympathy and [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Jamet, who writes: The French department of KBS has sent me the postage stamp issued on October 19, 2023 to mark the 50th anniversary of KBS - Korean Broadcasting System - a department with which I have maintained close relations for over 25 years as the station's official [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares the following video via the Geerling Engineering YouTube channel: Description: The Center for Automotive Research says it would cost the industry $3.8 billion dollars to solve interference problems in EVs to put AM radio in new cars. It's a wonder any EVs on the road [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Post contributor, Alan Roe, who shares his A-24 (version 2.0) season guide to music on shortwave. Alan provides this amazing resource as a free PDF download: Click here to download Music on Shortwave A-24 v2.0 (PDF) As always, thank you for sharing your excellent guide, Alan! This dedicated page will always have [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia, who shares the following announcement from the Voice of Indonesia: Voice of Indonesia, the Overseas Service of Radio Republik Indonesia (VOI RRI) will carry out an adjustment on our shortwave frequency starting Monday, 13 May 2024 at 00:00 UTC. We are moving from 4750 KHz into 4755 [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art of a recent broadcast of Radio Zorrilla de San Martin, covering the extensive flooding in Brazil and Uruguay. Carlos notes: Extract from the news bulletin of Radio Zorrilla de San Martin, AM 1400 kHz, about the floods in Brazil and Uruguay. [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post sponsor and supporter, SDRplay, who shares the following announcement: SDRplay announces the RSPdx-R2 SDRplay Limited is announcing the launch of the RSPdx-R2 which is an enhanced version of its highly popular multi antenna port SDR, the RSPdx. Jon Hudson, SDRplay Sales and Marketing Director said Global supply chain support issues [...]

FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know of our shortwave outings this week. On Sunday 12th May 2024at 0900/1300 hrs UTCon6160 kHzand then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz we have Mystery Mix Radio - Name That Theme which is beamed to Europe via Shortwave Gold. This show as the title implies, is [...]

2024 Checkered Flag Award: Time to Get Racy! By Brian D. Smith, W9IND You can't go 3 for 3 if you haven't gone 1 for 1. And if you want to add the 2024 Checkered Flag Award to your collection, you'll have to bag the first W9IMS special event of the year sometime between now [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Troy Riedel, who shares the following news via Spaceweather.com: HUGE SUNSPOT HURLS CME TOWARD EARTH: A sunspot so large it visually rivals Carrington's famous sunspot of 1859 hurled a CME toward Earth today. Don't worry! A new Carrington Event is not in the offing. The incoming CME isn't potent [...]

(Source: Texas Radio Shortwave) TRSW returns to Channel 292 monthly TRSW returns to Channel 292, Rohrbach, Germany, on each month's first consecutive Saturday and Sunday. (In September, that's the 7th and 8th.) Programs air the first Saturday on 3955 kHz at 1900 UTC and the first Sunday on 9670 kHz at 1200 UTC. Tentative programs [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Michael, who shares the following announcement: The 2024 editions of my NDB handbooks and CDs are available now. As always I've incorporated the latest changes and monitoring results. The new GNDBH contains the details of more than 17400 NDBs worldwide. It is the perfect listening companion for radio listeners [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes: SWLing Post readers have no doubt seen the appearance of the Raddy RF-919, which is manufactured by Hanrongda in China. I have generally not been impressed by some receivers from this company, notably the HRD-747/757 and the reviews seem to support this. However, from first [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Greenall, who writes: Hi Thomas In addition to digitizing many of my old SW and BCB audio files, I have begun setting up some of my QSL galleries on the internet archive in order to help preserve radio history. I am sending along a few links that perhaps [...]

FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know of our shortwave outings this week. On Sunday 5th May 2024at 0900/1300 hrs UTCon6160 kHzand then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz we have a show called Test Cards on Radio which is beamed to Europe via Shortwave Gold. This show is a must for fans [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Frans Goddijn, who writes: Dear Thomas, Last week I bought & installed the new KiwiSDR receiver and shared it on the web so anyone can use my setup. I posted a blog about it: https://kostverlorenvaart.blogspot.com/2024/04/kiwisdr2-radio.html Excellent, Frans! Thanks for sharing! Readers, you can check out and use Frans' KiwiSDR [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dean Bianco, who writes: Inspired by Chuck Yarbrough s YouTube video, I ordered one of the newly-manufactured replacement power supplies for the WJ-8711A/HF-1000A series from WJ Systems, a new company run by noted WJ master technician Stephen Pappin. For those of us who own one (or more) of the [...]

Many thanks to the National VOA Museum of Broadcasting for posting the following video on their YouTube channel: Click here to view on YouTube.

Hi, FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know of a couple of our shows this week. On Sunday 28th April 2024at 0900/1300 hrs UTCon6160 kHzand then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz we have The Shortwave Garage Sale beamed to Europe via Shortwave Gold. Pull open that garage door, crank up your shortwave [...]

Many thanks to a number of readers who've sent me the following email announcement (that I unfortunately) also received today from Martin Jue at MFJ Enterprises: Heavy Sad Heart Dear Fellow Hams and Friends, April 25, 2024 Dear Fellow Hams and Friends, It is with a sad heart as I write this letter. As many [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following broadcast schedules: From the Isle of Music, May 11, 2024 Broadcast: The main feature will be special guest Kiki Valera with some of his new son cubano album Vacilon Santiaguero". Broadcast times: May 11: 0900-1000 UTC 9670 kHz & 1900-2000 UTC 3955 and [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art of a recent Voice of Korea broadcast. Carlos notes: Kim Jong Un guides combined tactical drill simulating nuclear counterattack, via Voice of Korea. Click here to listen via 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 Alan, Dan, and Rich Cuff for the following tips: WQVR(AM) Is Granted CP to Use HEBA Antenna at Night [...]