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Leeds Radio featured in the NY Times

(Source: NY Times) WHEN an insurance company declared the merchandise at Leeds Radio “not pilferable” last year, it meant that the store’s hundreds of thousands of analog electronic parts — all manufactured before 1968 — were unlikely to be stolen … Continue reading

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Passion for Morse Code, Night of Nights featured in NY Times

Many of you reading the SWLing Post are not only passionate shortwave radio listeners, but also amateur radio operators. My love of shortwave radio listening eventually led me to obtain my ham radio license, and as a result, to learn … Continue reading

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Radio Caroline seeks a spot on the British AM dial

(Source: NY Times) “Since first taking to the air from a makeshift studio on an offshore ship in 1964, Radio Caroline has endured government raids, shipwrecks and a decade of radio silence before finding a land-based studio in the southeastern … Continue reading

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