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by Andrew (Grayhat) This tip was originally published on the SWLing Post discussion board There's an interesting and promising project that leverages AI to remove noise from radio audio signals-including SSB and CW. The project is called RMnoise, and it uses artificial intelligence trained to recognize desired signals. Once trained, it can dramatically reduce background [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Fred Waterer, who writes: The History Guy" (a terrific YouTube channel) talks about the technical marvel of uniting the four radio networks and soldiers overseas via shortwave at Christmas 1942 and 1943. Click here to view on YouTube.

As the year draws to a close, I want to take a moment to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukkah, a meaningful Winter Solstice, and warm wishes to everyone celebrating this season in their own way. Radio listening has a unique way of bringing us together-quietly, thoughtfully, and often [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shares the latest entry in his Radiofax scrapbook. Carlos notes: Kyodo News Morning Edition December 22, 2025 Kyodo News English Edition December 23, 2025

Many thanks toSWLing Post contributor, Alan Roe, who shares his updated B-25 Holiday Programmes on Shortwave. Alan provides this amazing resource as a free PDF download. Click here to download Holiday Programmes on Shortwave v3.2 (PDF) Alan notes that this will be the final update that he shares for this 2026 Holiday season. If he [...]

Greetings all SWLing Post community, here's more Imaginary Stations WNTR shows for the festive season just when you're fed up with what's on Christmas TV. The first is via shortwaveradio.de on Saturday 27th December 2025 at 1200 hrs UTCand then again on Sunday 28th December 2025 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Roseanna, with Radio Northern Europe International, who shares this announcement about RNEI's Yule Special 2025. Radio Northern Europe International will once again mark the season with a special holiday broadcast, featuring festive programming created especially for shortwave listeners. If you enjoy seasonal specials, unique music selections, and hearing independent [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Post contributor, Alan Roe, who shares his updated B-25 Holiday Programmes on Shortwave. Alan provides this amazing resource as a free PDF download. Click here to download Holiday Programmes on Shortwave v2.0 (PDF) As always, thank you for updating and sharing your excellent guide, Alan! This dedicated page will always have the [...]

by Dan Greenall Attention all SWL's! For those of you with a little extra free time over the holiday season, I would highly recommend having a look at two books that were written by a couple of very respected DXer's from the past. They are both available on the Internet Archive and their respective [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Bill Patalon for sharing this thoughtful NPR piece about Radio Dabanga-an Amsterdam-based broadcaster that serves as a lifeline for listeners in war-torn Sudan. Radio Dabanga is facing a funding crisis after major cuts to foreign aid, including U.S. Agency for International Development support. For many Sudanese, Radio Dabanga has [...]

Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) Bands Noted by Bob Colegrove This is not the sort of thing you might consider typical DX. One reporter traced a signal like the one I describe here to the innocuous utility box at the corner of his lot. No, it is not noise. It is an RF signal, essentially [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Post contributor Terry (N5RTC), who shares the following Holiday schedule for Texas Radio Shortwave (click image to enlarge):

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributorDon Moore-notedauthor, traveler, and DXer-who shares the following post: Two Portable Antennas for Remote DXing (Part One) By Don Moore Don's traveling DX stories can be found in his bookTales of a Vagabond DXer[SWLing Post affiliate link].If you've already read his book and enjoyed it, do Don a favor and [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Post contributor, Alan Roe, who shares his B-25 Holiday Programmes on Shortwave and B-25 (version 3.0) season guide to music on shortwave. Alan provides these amazing resource as a free PDF download. Click here to download Holiday Programmes on Shortwave v1.0 (PDF) Click here to download Music on Shortwave B-25 v3.0 (PDF) [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shares the latest entry in his Radiofax scrapbook. Carlos notes: Today's Kyodo News English Edition, received via radiofax in Porto Alegre.

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shares the latest entry in his Radiofax scrapbook. Carlos notes: Today's Kyodo News Morning Edition, radiofax received in Porto Alegre.

Greetings all SWLing Post community, here's more Imaginary Stations news for the holiday season. We've more episodes of WNTR celebrating the forthcoming festive period, the first via shortwaveradio.de on Saturday 20th December 2025 at 1200 hrs UTCand then again on Sunday 21st December 2025 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz and [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor, David Iurescia, who shares the following announcementfrom Radio Romania international: RRI's Personality of the Year in 2025 Like every year, Radio Romania International is again inviting listeners to choose their favourite person in 2025. It's been a difficult and complicated year, with Russia's war in Ukraine waging on, conflicts in the [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Post contributor Carlos Latuff, who writes: Since the pandemic, I've been receiving news in Brazil from the Japanese agency Kyodo News, transmitted by radiofax. From now on, I'll print the radiofax and paste them into this scrapbook, illustrating one or more news items. I love it, Carlos! You'll fill that book quickly [...]

by Dan Greenall Shades of the 1970's. Commercial AM radio (in English) the way it used to be. Heavy on nostalgic music from the 1960's to the 1990's, plenty of good old style jingles, and of course, the LM chime every hour. Decades ago, the LM" used to stand for Lourenco Marques Radio as the [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Ken, who shares the following announcement: Broadcasting across the globe on shortwave radio,All Tribes Radiochampions world peace through an eclectic blend of culturally diverse music, spoken word, and vintage treasures from the golden age of radio. We offer a welcoming platform for independent artists who license their work through [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Bob (K7ZB), who writes: Hi Tom, Bob, K7ZB here, and I was just looking at a post on your SWL site for NSS, the US Navy station which was activated back in 1918. It brought to mind a very unique QSL card I made for a listening event back [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Fred Waterer for sharing the following update from Marion's Attic. Fred received notice of two upcoming holiday-themed episodes airing on WBCQ. Here's the message he received: Hello Fred, Marion's Attic will be spinning upbeat, Christmas Light", 78 rpm Christmas records. T hat will be show number 1,022, airs Sunday, [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia for sharing the following article from People Magazine: Joe Walsh Reveals the Surprising Way He Ended Up Learning Morse Code as a Kid." In this short piece, musician Joe Walsh discusses the unexpected way he was first introduced to Morse code during childhood. It's an interesting bit [...]

Greetings all SWLing Post community, here's what the Imaginary Stations crew have for you next week. We've two shows celebrating the forth coming holiday period with a series of shows called WNTR, the first via shortwaveradio.de on Saturday 13th December 2025 at 1200 hrs UTCand then again on Sunday 14th December 2025 at 1000/1400 hrs [...]

by Thomas (K4SWL) It's been a long while since I've written a receiver review. Years ago, I cranked them out several times a year and genuinely loved the process-evaluating performance, quirks, economics, and overall user experience. Writing reviews is, to this day, one of my favorite things to do. But over the past four years, [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Giuseppe Morle, who writes: Dear Thomas, I'm Giuseppe Morle, IZ0GZW, from Formia in central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea. This is one of my builds from a few years ago: the T Ferrite antenna. It's a minimal antenna designed mainly for mediumwave, but it also performs well on shortwave. [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia for sharing the following news and holiday tradition from NDR Horfunk. Each Christmas Eve, NDR airs its beloved Gru an Bord" (Greetings on Board) program-a broadcast of messages from families in Germany to loved ones serving at sea. It's a tradition stretching back to 1953, connecting crews [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Petr (OK1RP), who shares the following update: Hi Tom, I'm pleased to let you know that I've successfully reconstructed the data from my old blog that was attacked, and I've been able to republish it. I will gradually be posting both restored content from the old site and new [...]

I wrote the following for QRPer.com, and thought readers here on the SWLing Post might appreciate it too: I was recently invited onto Techtonic, the weekly technology program on WFMU, hosted by Mark Hurst. If you've never listened to Techtonic, I encourage you to check it out-it's one of the most thoughtful shows out there [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Post contributor, Alan Roe, who shares his B-25 (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 B-25 v2.0 (PDF) Alan has also created at-a-glance, single-page PDF programme grids for BBC World Service, CGTN Radio, Radio [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Ian Millett, who writes: On a recent visit to the New York Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), in the kids section of the Design Store, I spotted a retro boombox with AM, FM, and SW bands. MOMA sells the Snoopy-themed BX-85 Bluetooth Cassette Player Boombox, by Retrospekt, for $99 [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor James Salmon, who shares the following announcement: The December edition of Sunny Jim's Trance Journey' is now available for your delectation! Once again a 60 minute show with a selection of electronic music that I'm currently enjoying! Transmission schedule below, & further details together with an online player on our webpage [...]

Greetings all SWLing Post community, here's what the Imaginary Stations crew are putting out into the Ionosphere next week. We love the Pirate Radio ships here at Imaginary Stations, so we have a tribute to them and to great lakes everywhere. We have two shows in the Great Lakes Pirate Radio Ships series, the first [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dan Greenall, who writes: Hi Thomas As per the announcement on the SWLing Post, Radyo Pilipinas did indeed return on the air December 1 at 0200 hours UTC on the announced frequencies on 12020, 15640 and 17665 kHz. I was able to hear all three frequencies quite well using [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor Terry (N5RTC), who shares the following schedules for Texas Radio Shortwave (click image to enlarge): Holiday Schedule January 2026February 2026

by Dan Greenall This region consists of the western part of Asia from Turkey to Iran including the Arabian Peninsula and Egypt. Decades ago, most of the countries had a shortwave broadcasting service that made intriguing DX targets for listeners like me. Some were relatively easy to hear, while others provided more of a challenge [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Paul, who writes: Hi Thomas, while watching this documentary from the BBC telling how people Northern Ireland survived the Blitz in World War 2. I spotted this glitch. The picture is from a scene when Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declared war on Germany. It will be noted that the [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shares the followingillustrated radio listening reports of two recent NHK broadcasts. NHK November 25, 2025 Carlos notes: China's President Xi speaks with President Trump by phone, stressing his position on Taiwan, NHK, 11815 kHz. China says withdrawal of remarks necessary to resume dialogue, justifies refusal [...]

Greetings all SWLing Post community, here's what Imaginary Stations crew are putting out into the shortwaves next week. We've another Guess what the theme is" with the Mystery Mix Radio show (WMMR) via shortwaveradio.de on Saturday 29th November 2025 at 1200 hrs UTCand then again on Sunday 30th November 2025 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following update: December continues with 3955 kHz only, and since it is the season for various holidays in multiple countries, both programs will be surprise packages" of musical goodies for those who need a break from regular holiday programming. Dates and times are as follows: From [...]

By Jock Elliott, KB2GOM Rob, W4ZNG, endured three weeks without electricity on the Mississippi Gulf Coast as a result of Hurricane Katrina. When he and I spoke about his experience (and what any one of us might want in our fertilizer hits the fan" radio kit), he mentioned that during Katrina, all of the local [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Mark Hirst, who writes: Thomas, Episode 4 of Pluribus dropped today (November 21). It opens with a radio operator methodically tuning across the amateur bands listening for a signal. Mark Wow! I've been watching Pluribus and wondered how I missed this shot, only to realize that episode 4 just [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Jeff McMahon, who notes that he's just published a new article exploring why the Tecsun PL-660 and PL-680 twins" aren't quite twins after all. Jeff compares the two radios in his garage setup and finds that while the PL-660 is more sensitive, the PL-680 has a clear advantage where [...]