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World Wide Waves '24 - The Documentary (BBC World Service) Radio can be a lifeline for women: a place to speak out in safety; a place to find their voices. We hear from women taking to the air and making waves in the cracks left by the Taliban in Afghanistan; in Fiji's scattered archipelago threatened [...]

As a dedicated content DXer and broadcast enthusiast, I've always found joy in the pursuit of obscure programming across various mediums. While shortwave radio has been my preferred method since childhood, the allure of Wi-Fi radio and streaming content has grown increasingly appealing over time. Amidst the vast landscape of online content, The Worldwide Listening [...]

Hi all SWLing Post Community, FastRadioBurst 23 from Imaginary Stations crew letting you know that we have two different episodes of CELT this week. Our first Celtic themed show will be beamed to Europe via the services of Shortwave Gold on Sunday 18th February 2024 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then at [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Peter Skiera, who reaches out to introduce us to his service, Recommended Stations. Peter explores the realm of online streaming radio stations to curate a monthly internet radio station known for its reliability and superior audio fidelity. Each selection reflects Peter's discerning taste, highlighting stations that are both special [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Frans Goddijn, who shares the following guest post: Receiving sounds from the Amsat QO-100 Es'hail2 stationary satellite by Frans Goddijin Over the last 1-2 years several radio enthusiasts have mentioned the Amsat QO-100 Es'hail2 stationary satellite but so far I had no clue where to begin receiving signals from [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia, who shares the following announcement from Vatican News: Vatican Radio celebrates 93rd anniversary The birth of Vatican Radio, the Pope's radio,' on February 12, 1931, and World Radio Day, celebrated on February 13, are an opportunity to revisit two significant chapters in the life of a medium [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mike (KW1ND), who writes: Good afternoon, Thomas. I see that SDRplay has released their successor to the RSP1A, the 1B model. https://www.sdrplay.com/rsp1b/ Also, Tech Minds has done a quick review of it, along with the lastest SDRConnect software, Preview 2: 73, Mike KW1ND I love SDRplay products and I'm [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Post contributor, Mike (VE3MKX), who shares the following photos from Hamcation 2024. Photo Gallery Click to view the entire photo album->

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Troy Riede, who shares the following news from Spaceweather.com: Spaceweather.com SOLAR RADIATION STORM-NOW: For the second time in less than a week, energetic solar protons are raining down on Earth's upper atmosphere. Forecasters call this a solar radiation storm." Today's storm (near category S2) is rich in hard protons" [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor, Paul Jamet, who shares the following contribution to World Radio Day 2024 on behalf of the Club du Perche: Word Radio Day 2024 Paul JAMET Member of the Radio Club du Perche Among the framing elements of the 2024 edition, UNESCO states on its website that the celebration highlights three important [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor,Carlos Latuff, who shares the Radiofax news report (above) from Kyodo News Agency and hisamazing artwork (below) detailing the news and his Radiofax reception. Carlos writes: This time, the main headline of Kyodo News Morning Edition it's about the passing of the world-renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa.

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia, who shares the following announcement from the SDXF website (translated via Google Translate): Tuesday, February 13, 2024, it is time again for World Radio Day. Sweden's DX Association participates in the celebration with a newly produced special program. As in previous broadcasts, there will be a mix [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Post contributor, Alan Roe, who shares his B-23 (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 B-23 v4.0 (PDF) As always, thank you for sharing your excellent guide, Alan! This dedicated page will always have [...]

Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post contributors who've shared this story from a variety of sources. The following article comes from ARS Technica and was shared by Mark Hist: 200-foot AM radio tower disappears, halting Alabama station broadcast A 200-foot AM radio tower has been missing for at least a week, leaving an [...]

by Jock Elliott Today is the 154th birthday of the National Weather Service. The NWS covers from American Samoa to the Virgin Islands and from Hawaii to the Arctic Circle of Alaska, and it does so with fewer than 4,000 employees nationwide. It is, according to Mike Smith's blog: one of the few federal agencies [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who shares the following piece which recently aired on BBC Radio 4 (click link below to listen): To mark the centenary of the Greenwich Time Signal on the BBC, Paddy O'Connell asks the unaskable - Do We Still Need the Pips? First broadcast at 9.30pm on Feb [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor and noted political cartoonist,Carlos Latuff, who shareshis 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 theSWLing Post. His objective is for his [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who has notified us that KSKO (his FM station in McGrath, Alaska) will be on shortwave every Friday from 21:00 to 22:00 UTC via Spaceline Bulgaria on 5,900 kHz. As of last week, this will be a weekly broadcast spot for KSKO. Thanks for the tip, Paul!

Hi all SWLing Post Community, FastRadioBurst 23 from the Imaginary Stations crew here letting you know that this week DJ Frederick presents WMMR - Mystery Mix Radio. The show, featuring all sorts of musical goodness from his record collection will be beamed to Europe via the services of Shortwave Gold on Sunday 11th February 2024 [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor,Carlos Latuff, who shares the Radiofax news report (above) from Kyodo News Agency and his amazing artwork (below) detailing the news and his Radiofax reception. Carlos writes: Expect the unexpected from the pages of today's Kyodo News Morning Edition (first two pages). Few headlines: 281 landslides caused by Noto quake, Hamas demands [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor,Bob Colegrove, who shares the following guest post: A Conundrum with the Radio Data System (RDS), or Why I Set the Clock Manually By Bob Colegrove There's an old story about a man who owned two watches. One watch ran but lost a minute every hour. The other watch didn't work at [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor,Carlos Latuff, who writes: Now I've a notebook computer, and I can decode the Kyodo News radiofax signal accurately. Unfortunately, unlike Fldigi, the MixW software doesn't have the option to save the image, which forces me to make print screens, paste them into a graphics program and save them as an image. [...]

Hi all SWLing Post Community, FastRadioBurst 23 from the Imaginary Stations crew here letting you know that this week we present another installment of WDWD - Off the Map Radio. Programme 3 in the series will be going out to Europe via the services of Shortwave Gold on Sunday 4th February 2024 at 1000/1400 hrs [...]

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 David Iurescia and Richard Cuff for the following tips: Reaching hostages and prisoners, through Israeli and Palestinian radio (NPR) [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor, Bill Meara who writes: Thomas: I found this in an old radio magazine. SWLPost is on The Intercept Watch! Radio. July 1934 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio/30s/Radio-1934-07.pdf 73 Bill How cool! Thank you for sharing, Bill!

Many thanks to SWLig Post contributor, Adrian Korol, who shares the following announcement from Horacio Nigro: Dear Colleagues, Alejandro Petrecca (Chief of the LRA1 Transmitter Plant) and Claudio Garcia (technical operator of Radio Nacional El Bolson and amateur radio operator with previous experience at LRA 36) finally arrived at Joint Antarctic Base Esperanza today. Their [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor,Carlos Latuff, who shares the Radiofax news report (above) from Kyodo News Agency and hisamazing artwork (below) detailing the news and his Radiofax reception: Carlos notes, One thing is certain. Anyone who follows Kyodo News via radiofax and, especially, the navigational warnings, never dies of boredom!" No kidding, Carlos. That's scary stuff [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,Don Moore-notedauthor, traveler, and DXer-for the latest installment of hisPhoto Album guest post series: Don Moore's Photo Album: Costa Rica (Part Two) by Don Moore It's been three months since the last time I put together one of these pieces because I was busy finishing my book, Tales of a [...]

Thank you to all of the notes of support and kindness I've received during my mother's Hospice care and after her passing. Mom's memorial service was yesterday; and while it was a somber day, it was brightened by this large, beautiful floral arrangement that arrived at the church where the service was held: Here's the [...]

Hi all SWLing Post Community, FastRadioBurst 23 from the Imaginary Stations crew here letting you know that this week we present another installment of WDWD - Off the Map Radio. Programme 2 in the series will be going out to Europe via the services of Shortwave Gold on Sunday 28th January 2024 at 1000/1400 hrs [...]

Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor,Michael Ye (BD4AAQ), for the following guest post: Twins, Yet Each One Unique - A Comparison of the Worldwide Version of LC90 with its Chinese Counterpart by Michael Ye (BD4AAQ) The export version of the LC90 is now available in the market [affiliate link]. Previously, we examined the Chinese version, which has [...]

Many thanks to SWling Post contributor, Istvan, who writes: Dear Thomas, 2023 Contest results now with more details in the Score database": http://www.topdx-radioclub.com/top10dx.html Certificates can be downloaded here: http://www.topdx-radioclub.com/certificate-2023.html Thank you very much in advance! All the best, Istvan Thank you for sharing the results and, most importantly, hosting this contest! Readers, note that you [...]

By Jock Elliott, KB2GOM The XHDATA D109-WB is a small radio that hits a sweet spot on the price/performance curve, delivering a lot of performance for not a lot of money (probably less than $60 US, depending on the source). The D109-WB measures 5.9''L x 1.45''W x 3.07''H and weighs just over 10 ounces. It [...]

Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post contributors who share the following article written by our friend Kim Elliott for Radio World: Why We Need Shortwave 2.0" by Kim Andrew Elliott Debate about the future of shortwave broadcasting focuses on the correct observation that shortwave listening is no longer a mainstream activity in most [...]

Many thanks to Ton & Klaas-Jan who share the following announcement: On 14 & 15 February we (the royal netherlands army signal regiment) will celebrate our 150th anniversary. We will be on air for 36 hours with a all kind of historical and in-service radio's on all bands in SSB and CW with cadets, servicemen, [...]

Good day to all SWLing Post Community, FastRadioBurst 23 from the Imaginary Stations crew here letting you know that this week we present WDWD - Off the Map Radio. It'll be going out to Europe via the services of Shortwave Gold on Sunday 21st January 2024 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul (KW1L), who writes: The Maritime Radio Historical Society, in cooperation with our good friends at the Cipher History Museum, present a unique, over-the-air cryptographic challenge. https://www.radiomarine.org/mrhs-events On January 20 2024, KPH will transmit a coded message consisting of 5-digit groups. The message will be encrypted using typical Cold [...]

(This is an article from the August 2023 edition of The Spectrum Monitor, used with the kind permission of Ken Reitz, editor - Robert Gulley, K4PKM) Perseid meteor streak. (Courtesy: European Southern Observatory, via Wikimedia creative commons) Incoming! An Introduction to Meteor Scatter Propagation By Robert Gulley K4PKM One of my all-time favorite quotes from [...]

Hello, Friends, A quick update: My mother passed away on Sunday afternoon after a long battle with cancer. The past few weeks have been hectic and fully devoted to my mother's Hospice care. The next two week are devoted to being with family and caring for my father-in-law who is currently in the hospital. I [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares the following article from The Korea Herald: N. Korea halts radio station known for sending coded messages to spies in Seoul (The Korea Herald) North Korea is pressing ahead with measures to disband its inter-Korean organizations, apparently stopping a radio station previously used to send [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Frank, who shares the following information about the SWL Contest he ihe held at the end of 2023. Hi, I am Frank SWL F14368 organiser of the SWL Contest 2023. I have posted the results of the contest here: https://icomjapan.blogspot.com/2024/01/winners-of-swl-contest-2023.html I will organise a new contest in 2024 with [...]

Hi all SWLing Post Community FastRadioBurst 23 from Imaginary Stations here letting you know that this week we've another Numbers Station special going out to Europe via Shortwave Gold on Sunday 14th January 2024 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then on 3975 kHzat 2100 UTC. We're talking numbers here! Then on early [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tracy Wood, who writes about a new series featuring Gibraltar's broadcasting history. Tracy writes: Edition #1 launched last night celebrating 60 years of the founding of GBC. The series' title holds special meaning... Recordandote" was the name of GBC's cross-border radio show sending family messages during the era when [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adid, who writes: Hi Thomas, Due to the current war in Israel, GLZ the IDF radio station will relay it's FM content to 1287Khz and 945Khz on MW. Here is the official report https://www.gov.il/en/departments/news/04012024_2 Regards, Adi Thank you, Adi.

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Giuseppe Morle, who writes: Dear Thomas and SWLingPost Friends, I'm Giuseppe Morle iz0gzw, Many friends have asked for the DICA wiring diagram after my recent post and demonstration. I'm not a technician but a simple passionate listener and qrp'er... I made this video with a drawing that I hope [...]

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 NT, Dennis Dura, Alan, and Rich Cuff for the following tips: WSJ Report: Audacy Close to Filing for Bankruptcy [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and supporter, Chuck Rippel (K8HU), who shared the following comment on this post regarding his excellent Superadio restoration services. I wanted Chuck's comment to get more visibility, so I am reposting it here (hope you don't mind, Chuck!). Chuck comments: A number of folks have written, asking if I [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Giuseppe Morle, who shares the following antenna project: Dear Thomas and SWLing Post Friends , I'm Giuseppe Morle, iz0gzw, from Central Italy, Formia on the Tyrrhenian Sea... Some time ago I had drawn this minimal HF antenna on paper... I took advantage of the New Year's Eve rain to [...]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Chris, who writes: Hello Thomas, As a long time SWLing Post reader, I wanted to pass along something you and your readers might find interesting in the subject of internet radios. While I have many MW and SW radios in my collection, I have reluctantly researched some PORTABLE wifi [...]

Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post readers who sent me this message-a re-post from the IRCA mailing list: Death of Andrew Ikin- Wellbrook Communications From: Tracey Gardner Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2024 13:10:23 EST I am the bearer of very sad news. My good friend Andrew Ikin of Wellbrook Communications passed away on [...]