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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 [...]

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 [...]