Category Archives: Specials

A tour of the Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Thomas

The following is an article I wrote for The Monitoring Times magazine in April of this year. It’s a virtual tour of the newly-dedicated VOA Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station in Greenville, North Carolina. The Monitoring Times reaches a large audience, … Continue reading →

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Scandinavian Weekend Radio Christmas specials & frequencies

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Thomas

(Source: Scandinavian Weekend Radio via Alokesh Gupta) Scandinavian Weekend Radio is broadcasting a series of Christmas Specials on 5980, 6170, 11690, 11720 kHz the 24th & 25th of Dec 2012. The full broadcast schedule can be found here: http://www.swradio.net/schedule.htm

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The Mighty KBC’s holiday broadcasts include DRM

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Thomas

In this series of special holiday broadcasts, The Mighty KBC is targeting different regions of the world.  See how many you can hear: The following broadcast times and frequencies are valid for December 22, 23, 25 and 26 Targeting Europe … Continue reading →

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More shortwave digital text (and the reason behind it)

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Thomas

SWLing Post readers have seen previous posts regarding text being broadcast via shortwave digital modes on WBCQ, WRMI and The Mighty KBC (which broadcasts again this weekend). Recently, Kim Elliott explained his mission behind these digital tests. Not only do … Continue reading →

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NASB: Special DRM broadcasts for Wavescan

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Thomas

(Source: NASB via Alokesh Gupta) The “Wavescan” DX program which is a joint production of NASB members Adventist World Radio and Radio Miami International, will be included in a new series of four DRM (digital) shortwave transmissions called ”DRM Mix” sponsored by Spaceline … Continue reading →

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Universal Radio features Grundig S450DXL deal and new catalog

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Thomas

Universal Radio has started a special deal-of-the-week on their home page.  They’re featuring the Grundig S450DLX as their first deal. At $88.77 US and including the book, “Discover DXing,” this is an excellent gift idea (indeed, we featured this radio in our 2011 … Continue reading →

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The Mighty KBC to broadcast in DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale)

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Thomas

The Mighty KBC has announced that they’re going to broadcast in DRM again on the 22, 23, 25 & 26 of December from 16:00 – 18:00 UTC. This is in addition to their previous announced December specials. The DRM broadcasts … Continue reading →

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Saturday, from Bulgaria, Dr. Elliott will control your web browser

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Thomas

As DRMNA.info says: “Let Dr. Elliott take control of your PC!” I agree. On several occasions now, Dr. Kim Elliott has transmitted digital messages via shortwave radio in an assortment of digital modes. We’ve mentioned this in the past (and we … Continue reading →

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VOA adds shortwave frequencies for US election coverage

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Thomas

(Source: VOA via Kim Andrew Elliott) Special election programming on the Voice of America 0200-0600 UTC, November 7: Africa 0200-0300 UTC  909, 1530, 4930, 6080, 9885, 15580 0300-0600 UTC  Existing broadcasts Middle East 0200-0400 UTC   9480, 12005, 15255 0400-0600 UTC   … Continue reading →

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Shortwave Radio Recordings: The Mighty KBC on 9,500 kHz

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Thomas

Once again, The Mighty KBC broadcast a two hour mix of music to the world on 9,500 kHz. Fortunately, I was able to record the entire broadcast–you can listen below. The KBC signal and audio out of their transmitter in … Continue reading →

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