Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who writes: Now you just just had to talk about the Icom IC-735. In the final episode from the 1992 BBC 8 part series “Pole To Pole with Michael Palin” (Bitter End), you will see a couple of IC-735’s used. They are located about 7:04 and […]
Are you a ham radio operator and/or SWLer that would like to dabble in DRM (Digital Radio Mondial) but don’t have a purpose-built receiver? A friend recently brought to my attention a clearly-outlined DIY photo instructional for a modification you can make to the classic Icom IC-735 ham transceiver to add a 12 Hz downconverter […]
Over the past week, I asked the SWLing Post community if they’ve ever regretting parting with a radio, and then what radios they’ve owned that had the most “fun” factor. The response from these two posts was pretty overwhelming. I don’t actually check the SWLing Post viewer stats that often, but I was too curious: […]
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John R Palmer, who replied to our previous post about radio regrets with a question. John asks: Name a piece of radio gear that for some reason, technical, emotional, design etc. that you’ve gotten more fun using than you would ever have expected based on its price, maybe more […]
When my buddy, Pete dives into a project that would have otherwise been placed on the backburner, had it not been for sheltering at home during the Covd-19 pandemic, he calls it an episode of “Lockdown Lunacy.” Lockdown Lunancy I don’t think there could be a better name for the bug that has bitten me. […]
Dear SWLing Post Reader, It’s New Year’s Eve and as I do each year, I’ve been spending time on the radio tuning around the bands–crossing borders and time/date zones at will. Most broadcasters spend this day going over events of the year, playing music and looking back. Some even have an in-house on-air party of […]
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mehdi Asgari, who writes with news from his amateur radio club (EP2C): We had a one-day [amateur radio] program on July 16, 2016. Our club organized an activity from 5:00 AM local time to 8:30 PM (local time) in Karaj’s heights (50 km of Tehran). We had a vertical […]