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In celebration of the upcoming World Radio Day 2023, our friend David Goren has produced another amazing World Wide Waves episode with Maria Margaronis presenting. You can listen live, but the audio will also be linked to The Documentary website once it has aired: World Wide Waves ’23: The sounds of community radio (BBC World […]

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 Ron Chester, David Iurescia, and Dennis Dura for the following tips: Device transmits radio waves with almost no power—without […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares his radio log art of a recent Voice of Korea Broadcast. Carlos’ goal is to vividly illustrate the broadcaster’s message in his own unique artistic style and is not a reflection of his own beliefs or those of the SWLing Post. His objective is for his […]

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 one. Part two will soon be released and we’ll post it on the SWLing Post as well! Thank you, Bob! Enjoy:

Hi all shortwave community, Fastradioburst23 here letting you know about the 45th Parallel Midwinter Broadcast this Sunday 12th February 2023 courtesy of the Imaginary Stations crew. It’s on 9395 kHz at 2300 hrs UTC via WRMI. There will be a good bit of circular latitude fun and some fine forty fives played throughout the show. […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares his radio log art of a recent Voice of Korea broadcast. Carlos notes: Part of Voice of Korea news bulletin, broadcasted in Spanish via shortwave: a message of solidarity from Kim Jong-un to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad regarding the massive earthquake that struck northwest Syria. […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, TomL, who notes that the 2023 edition of the WRTH is now available from at least two retailers and is expected to ship this month (February 2023). Tom writes: Hi Thomas, RadioDataCenter shows the book In Stock. Also, Universal Radio says orders being taken. https://shop.radiodatacenter.net/product/wrth-2023-book/ https://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/books/2023.html TomL Thank you […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares his radio log art of a recent Radio Romania International broadcast. Carlos notes: Part of Radio Romania International news bulletin: Romanian rescue teams sent to Turkey to assist earthquake victims. Shortwave broadcasting in Spanish. Listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Click here to view on YouTube.

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares his radio log art of this recent broadcast of the Voice of Turkey. Carlos notes: Part of Turkey/Syria earthquake news coverage via shortwave broadcasting of Voice of Turkey, in French. Listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Click here to view on YouTube.

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Egil (LA2PJ), who notes that the Retekess V115 AM/FM/shortwave receiver is on sale at AliExpress for $17.90 US. Typically, this radio costs about $24-$25, Thanks for the tip, Egil! Click here to check it out.

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Lin Robertson, who shares a link to the USAGM Congressional Budget Justification for Fiscal Year 2023. Click here to download the PDF. If you’re interested in how shortwave services are being affected by the budget, you can do a simple search for the word “shortwave.” One change of note […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Pete Madtone, who writes: I took a trip to the Victoria and Albert Museum yesterday on my day off and whilst browsing the galleries spotted this wonderful radio (pics attached)! It was in the Design 1900 to Now display (Room 61) if any of the readers fancies having a […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares his radio log art of Radio Vatican. Carlos notes: Excerpt from today’s Vatican Radio program, broadcast in Portuguese on shortwave, bringing a message from Pope Francis in solidarity with the thousands of victims of the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. Signal captured in Porto […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Wlodek, who has been quite busy repairing vintage receivers and ham radio gear during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Wlod’s neighborhood in Kiev experiences frequent blackouts, thus much of his soldering work must be done while mains power is available. Wlod just shared the following video documenting a recent […]

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, Michael McShan, and David Iurescia for the following tips: Morse Code is making a comeback! Children as […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, TomL, who shares the following guest post: Old Fashioned Band-Scan after the Solar Storms by TomL This is just an old fashioned band scan to randomly see what I could hear after last week’s solar perturbations when the Solar Flux Index went well over 200. I considered what I […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares the following video via YouTube: Click here to view/listen via YouTube. Wonderful recording. Thank you for the tip, Dennis!

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ben-Zion, who writes: I love your website and wanted to contribute a radio in cinema sighting from the 1980 South African film The Gods Must Be Crazy. I look forward to your readers feedback regarding this SONY unit. Kind Regards. Ben-Zion Thanks for the tip! Oh I do love […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Pavel, who shares the following message and images. Note that this message was originally sent to me prior to Christmas, but never arrived in my inbox. Thank you, Pavel, for the follow-up: Hi Thomas, First of all, I wish you and your entire family and all blog readers a […]

Fastradioburst23 here to let you know of the return of the Shortwave Music Library this Sunday 5th February 2023 via WRMI at 2300 hrs UTC on 9395 kHz. This week we delve into the library shelves for some pop music remixes and a few instrumental jazz pieces – perfect for a relaxed evening. Tune in!

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jeff (KJ7LTU), who writes: Thomas, I was wondering if you, or your readers, know if Radio Tamazuj and Radio Dabanga are coordinating their broadcasting efforts? This last Sunday I picked up their transmission on 15550 kHz. Radio Tamazul signs off at 15:57 UTC and Radio Dabanga signs on at […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Frans Goddijn, who writes: Hi Thomas: I bought a vintage antenna tuner, one that does not need a power source, very basic just a box with some beautiful coils and nice big variable capacitors and it works for the big magnetic loop antenna here. I have four GRAHN loop antennas which […]

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, JP, NT, and Paul for the following tips: Hear Absolute Radio’s 200KW Transmitter Switch Off Forever (YouTube) […]

By Jock Elliott, KB2GOM It was a reader, Mario Filippi, who set me on this path. He posted a comment that said, in part: “An interesting place to DX would be the segment between 1500 – 1590 kc’s where there are a number of news stations, one being federal news on 1500.” Huh, I thought, […]

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 One) by Don Moore For me travel is all about seeing new places and having new experiences. When I retired in 2017 my plan was to spend the next […]

DRM Test Broadcast on 954 kHz from Transmitter in Czech Republic (DRM Consortium) DRM is now on air in the Czech Republic, on a medium wave channel that used to carry a powerful AM signal. It is broadcast on 954kHz (power reported as 3kW) from the ?eské Bud?jovice transmitter site, located in the South Bohemian […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares his radio log art of a recent broadcast from the BBC World Service (Somali Language Service). Carlos’ goal is to vividly illustrate the broadcaster’s message in his own unique artistic style and is not a reflection of his own beliefs or those of the SWLing Post. […]

Hi all shortwave community, Fastradioburst23 here letting you know about KSPY on WRMI from the Imaginary Stations crew. We can’t give too much away but tune into 9395 kHz at 2300 hrs UTC on Sunday 29th January 2023 for further instructions. Remember if anyone asks, you didn’t read it here.

Some of you know I’ve been working on a review of the Sangean WFR-39 WiFi/Internet radio. I’ve placed that review on hold as I’ve just learned that Sangean is working on updates to address a number of the issues I discovered while evaluating this unit over the past three months. Besides an overly sluggish CPU, […]

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 contributor Dennis Dura for the following tips: Public radio engineers await fate of major antenna maker (Current) The potential sale […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adrian Korol, who shares the following announcement. Please note that this announcement has been machine translated–click here to read the original announcement in Spanish (PDF): First Short Wave Emission of Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel Radio LRA 36 From the Esperanza Antarctic Base Last Saturday, January 21, at 12:15 […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Steckler, who writes: Hi Thomas, A few weeks ago, I watched the movie “Bullitt”, starring Steve McQueen, and shot on-location in San Francisco. The centerpiece of that movie was a thrilling car chase through San Francisco; McQueen did a lot of the driving himself. The director was Peter […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares his radio log art of a recent recording of the Voice of Korea’s Japanese Language Service. Carlos’ goal is to vividly illustrate the broadcaster’s message in his own unique artistic style and is not a reflection of his own beliefs or those of the SWLing Post. […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes: Following up on the item about the Grundig SAT 700 in a scene of Last of Us, the series “Hunters“, with Al Pacino, about Nazi hunters, featured a beautifully restored Zenith wood cabinet radio in the second to last of 8 episodes. The Zenith is […]

Good day all shortwave community, Fastradioburst23 here letting you know of a further CBRG special on WRMI from the Imaginary Stations crew. It’s a special low r.p.m. edition and it’s on Sunday 22nd January 2023 on 9395 kHz at 2300 hrs UTC. More on CBRG below. Tune in and enjoy!

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Balázs Kovács, who writes: Hi Thomas, Some radios from the first episode of the new post apocalyptic (video game adaptation) series “The Last of Us”. with best regards, Balazs Great catch! Thank you for sharing this with us, Balázs! These images are pretty dark, but I bet some readers […]

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 (K2DCD), Ulis (K3LU), Blake (K8LSU) for the following tips: Radio history was made in Binghamton and one […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adrian Korol, who shares the following announcement: LRA 36 RADIO NACIONAL ARCANGEL SAN GABRIEL presents UNIENDO VOCES, a special production made together with RAE (Radiodifusión Argentina al Exterior) and dedicated to shortwave listeners, DXers and ham radio amateurs from all over the world. The transmission will take place on […]

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 Dennis Dura for many of these tips! BBC Bangla issues its final broadcast after 81 years (Global Voices) The new year was […]

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! Radio Martí news: Migrants land by Keys broadcasting tower promoting Cuban democracy (Miami Herald) Washington maintains a waterfront radio tower in the Florida Keys to […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Don Moore–noted author, traveler, and DXer–for the following guest post: A DXpedition to East Sandy By Don Moore When I was in college over forty years ago, seven of us had a small DX club in central Pennsylvania. A couple of times a year we would gather at the house of […]

Fastradioburst23 here just letting you know that the Imaginary Stations Seeburg special called CBRG will be transmitted to Europe via Channel 292 on Sunday 15th January 2023 on 6070 kHz at 1200 UTC if you didn’t catch it on WRMI the other week. Tune in and enjoy! More on the programme below.

Hi Fastradioburst23 here to let you know of the travel themed imaginary station show on WRMI this Sunday 15th January 2023 at 2300 hrs UTC on 9395 kHz. More on the show below:

By Jock Elliott, KB2GOM If you had been monitoring 29.620 around 1615Z on January 5, 2023, it’s just barely possible that you could have heard me leap out of my chair and do the “Astonishment Dance,” while yelling: “Are you kidding me?!! Is this even possible?!!” Let me set the scene: it was a quiet […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Zoltan Azary, who has written an extensive theoretical analysis of ferrite sleeve loop antennas. This article has a very academic flavor and for those who are interested in antenna design, he welcomes your comments! Click here to download the 14 page PDF, “Analysis and Design of FSL Antennas: Open […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gabry Rizzi (IV3MIR), who writes: Hi, I’m an Italian radio amateur IV3MIR and I have a YouTube channel entirely dedicated to the radio “GabryMir Radio”. I’m sending you the link of one of my latest videos. If you like it I would be happy to see it on your […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Balázs Kovács, who writes: Hi Thomas, Happy New Year! Some pictures in two topics: 1.) First, a nice Zenith H511 Consoltone (MW) got a few seconds of screen time recently in the fourth episode of the third (final) season of “His Dark Materials” series: 2.) At the end […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Frans Goddijn, who writes: Hi Thomas! Yesterday was dark and rainy and as I switched on my old Siemens REL 445 E311 b1b there was an interesting snippet of program on BBC4 with a meditation that nicely fitted the afternoon’s atmosphere: Best regards, Frans Wonderful–thank you for sharing that […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nick Booras, who writes: Hello Thomas I recently got a new Icom 9500 and have made several in depth videos on it for my YouTube channel including multiple direct comparisons to other premium receivers. Here is the main overview video: Click here to view on YouTube. Thank you for […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who writes: I had a strong s9+20 signal on 9595kHz Mon Jan 9th, 2023 here in Alaska in the 1900UTC hour with nothing but a repeating loop of the same island-y like music. The track was about 3-5 minutes long and there was no station announcements of […]