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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Fred Waterer, who writes: I just rediscovered this 9 year old video. It may be old news to you, I'm not sure. An Icom display photobombs this Japanese music video, which up to that point I found, well, amusing on a number of levels. LADYBABY Nippon manju Music Clip [...]

by Dan Robinson We have seen so many great receivers and other equipment appear in movies, it's surprising that this one may have slipped by our Radios in Movies radar. In Apocalypse Now, the classic 1979 epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) is briefed in a hotel [...]

by Dan Robinson The explosions/detonations of HT radios targeting the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon continue to make headlines, with latest reports digging into the origins of the units and containing reaction from ICOM. This story is one of those rare occasions when the radio manufacturing industry is thrust into the spotlight. Reuters reported that: [...]

FastRadioBurst 23 here with news of what the Imaginary Stations crew are up to. This Sunday coming on 22nd September 2024 there's another episode of Skybird Radio International via the services of Shortwave Gold. The show which features an across the board selection from around this musical globe of ours will be broadcast at 0900/1300 [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art of a recent CGTN/CRI broadcast. Carlos notes: Part of CGTN Radio news bulletin about typhoon Bebinca approaching China. Listened via shortwave in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Click here to view on YouTube.

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Frank SWL (F14368), who writes: I've written three articles about the next contest project in January 2025, a list of our sponsors for 2024, and a list of listeners who worked this contest 2024. Check them out here: https://icomjapan.blogspot.com/ Frank also shared the following banner for the 2025 contest:

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art of a recent NHK broadcast. Carlos notes: Sounds like old news...but it's not! Part of NHK news bulletin about typhoon nr. 14 approaching Japan. Listened via shortwave in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Click here to view on YouTube.

Many thanks to Dan Greenall, one of our dedicatedShortwave Radio Audio Archive contributors, who shares the following guest post: Clear channel BCB stations - My Introduction to the world of DXing by Dan Greenall Sometime in the mid 1960's, I acquired a Japanese made AM only transistor radio similar to the one pictured. I was [...]

If you happen to be in or near Asheville, North Carolina area this Saturday, I would encourage you to check out the Asheville Radio Museum's Vintage Radio Market this weekend at AB Tech Community College. Click here for full details and photos. I've been a member of this wonderful museum for many years and volunteer [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tracy Wood, who writes: Thomas / SWLing: You might be hearing Yanoma" or Yanomamo" spoken on the HF bands. Here's cinematic proof. A movie has just been released about the Yanomami people's struggles against cattle farmers and gold miners invading their tribal lands in Brazil and Venezuela. The film [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art of a recent Voice of Vietnam broadcast. Carlos notes: Excerpt from the news bulletin of the Voice of Vietnam" radio on Typhoon Yagi, September 11, 2024. Click here to view on YouTube. (Original in Spanish and translation for English follows) ...En [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following recording of a USCG National Weather Service broadcast along with NOAA radiofax weather maps. Carlos notes: Part of National Hurricane Center's Tropical Weather Outlook Text, Hurricane Francine warning, broadcasted by US Coast Guard at Chesapeake, VA. Listened at Urca Beach, Rio de Janeiro, [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art of a recent Voice of Vietnam broadcast. Carlos notes: Part of news bulletin from Voice of Vietnam, right from Hanoi, about typhoon Yagi's path of destruction in Northern Vietnam. Listened in Rio de Janeiro. ...The Vietnam Fatherland Front on Tuesday launched [...]

Hi it's FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know that the Imaginary Stations crew will be bringing to you the return of Skybird Radio International via the shortwaves on Sunday 15th September 2024at 0900/1300 hrs UTCon6160 kHzand then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz via Shortwave Gold. Expect some wonderful eclectic music in [...]

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 Stefano Rampazzo, David Iurescia, and Paul for the following tips: SWLtools App for the Belka receiver Many thanks to [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art of a recent CGTN (China Radio international) broadcast. Carlos notes: Part of CGTN Radio (China Radio International) news bulletin about damages caused by Super Typhoon Yagi in Chinese provinces. Listened in Rio de Janeiro. Click here to view on YouTube.

Identify the Radio! SS-GB is a British mini-series from 2017 in which a British homicide detective investigates a murder in a German-occupied England in a parallel universe where the Nazis won World War II. The show reminds one of the fantastic Man in the High Castle which ran from 2015 and 2019 and similarly created [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gerard Koopal, who writes: The oldest still existing station in the world Nauen" in Germany will have a special broadcast on September 8 for the open memorial day from 10.00 till 16.00 central European summertime or 08.00 till 14.00 UTC for 100 years broadcast radio in Germany. See text [...]

Many thank to SWLing Post contributor, Frank, who writes: Its me Frank SWL F14368 The SWL contest 2024 is now finished Can you please remind our listeners to send the logs before September 10, 2024 to this email address: swlcontest@gmx.fr All participants will receive an E-award ! The rules of the contest was here https://icomjapan.blogspot.com/2024/01/rules-of-swl-contest-2024-june-july.html [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art of a recent China Radio international broadcast plus radiofax transmissions from the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau. Carlos notes: Part of news bulletin from China Radio International about Super Typhoon Yagi. Listened in downtown Juiz de Fora, Brazil. Frequency of 13640 kHz. Click [...]

Hi it's FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know that we haven't a clue what the Imaginary Stations crew will be bringing to you via the shortwaves on Sunday 8th September 2024at 0900/1300 hrs UTCon6160 kHzand then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz via Shortwave Gold. There's a good possibility it's another episode [...]

The SWLing Post has been online since 2008, and over the years, I've seen our readership grow into a vibrant, international community of radio enthusiasts who support each other. From the beginning, my goal for the SWLing Post has never been to focus on me, but rather to highlight the diverse ways people enjoy radio [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Jamet, who shares the following announcement from Radio Free Asia: Dear friends, Below is the press release for RFA's QSL card # 86, our latest QSL card design, which marks Radio Free Asia 28 Anniversary. We hope you enjoy this new QSL card and we look forward to [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis radio log art of a recent Radyo Pilipinas broadcast plus bonus Japan Meteorological Agency radiofax transmissions. Carlos notes: News bulletin from Radyo Pilipinas (12120 kHz) about the possibility of lahar flows from volcano Mayon due tropical storm Enteng". Lahar is a mixture of water, [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following announcement: From the Isle of Music, September 14, 2024 On August 10, 2024, we will feature music from the Academic Music categories (concert soloist, chamber, symphonic) of Cubadisco 2024. This will include a rare opportunity to hear some Beethoven performed by Cuban virtuosos. [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Post contributor, Alan Roe, who shares his A-24 (version 4.0) 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 v4.0 (PDF) As always, thank you for sharing your excellent guide, Alan! This dedicated page will always have [...]

1976 Japanese TV commercial for the National Cougar 2200 (aka Panasonic RF-2200 aka National Panasonic DR-22) by 13dka (The commercial starts at the 1:00 mark. It's part of longer video with Japanese commercials from that year, there is a whole collection on YouTube if you like those!) Doing some research on other old technical gems [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gerard Koopal, who writes: Dear Thomas, The Mighty KBC has left their DAB+ frequency in the Netherlands and are now changing to MW 891 kHz. from September 1. The original text From the Mighty KBC is below. Gerard Koopal Almere, The Netherlands The Mighty KBC August 31, 2024!!! Today [...]

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 [...]