Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tom Ally, who writes:
I am not sure if you saw this in your email yet, but you can now pre-order the WRTH 2024 at https://wrth.info/preorder-wrth-2024/
During checkout, apply the code earlybird to unlock a 5% discount. Remember: Shipping is free!
Thanks for the tip, Tom!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tom Ally, who notes that Universal Radio is accepting pre-orders for the 10th edition of John Figliozzi’s The Worldwide Listening Guide.
Click here to check out the WWLG at Universal Radio.
Note that Universal Radio closed their main store in Ohio, but continue to offer select radio products via their website.
Thanks for the tip, Tom!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Thomas Ally, who writes:
The new World Radio TV Handbook is on Amazon.
Click here to view on Amazon (affiliate link).
Or the WRTH shop: http://www.wrth.com/_shop/
Thanks for the heads-up, Thomas. Also, I see that both Universal Radio and the Book Depository has posted the new addition on their websites.
I can’t wait to check out WRTH 2020!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Thomas Ally, who notes that Andrew Yoder has released the 2017-2018 Pirate Radio Annual.
Here’s the announcement from the Hobby Broadcasting Blog:
2017-2018 Pirate Radio Annual is done and I’ve received the copies back from the printer already! This edition is 308 pages and contains an audio CD-R (playable on standard CD players) with clips from 87 different pirate stations from around the world, nearly all from 2016 and 2017. This edition contains 181 illustrations and entries for approximately 307 stations reported in North America in 2016 and 2017 (280 North American shortwave stations and 27 from Europe and South America).
It also contains some “articles” on the Common and Precious Beacon, Radio Pirana International from South America, and upcoming Global HF Pirate Weekends/propagation for reaching different parts of the world.
This edition will cost $20 ($16.50 + $3.50 shipping) in the U.S. I took the packed book to the post office for the international shipping cost and was shocked to discover that it will cost $24 to ship it anywhere in Europe (so, $38.00 = $16.50 + $21.50 to Europe) I’ll eat a couple dollars of the cost because the shipping is so high. It’s so expensive that it will soon pay for airfare to Europe just to deliver copies!
This price is good for the next month (up through 5/1/2019). I’m not sure if I’ll keep the price the same or raise it at that time.
Please send check or money order to:
Hobby Broadcasting
PO Box 109
Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17214or send the money via PayPal to info [at symbol] hobbybroadcasting.com. If you trust that I won’t run off with the money to Sealand, please use the “Friends and Family” option so that PayPal won’t charge a fee.
4/2 update: One final note about ordering via PayPal: Could you please include your shipping address with the PayPal order? The PayPal messages haven’t included addresses and when I sign into PayPal and click on the “more information about this transaction,” the address still isn’t coming up. So, I’ve been e-mailing people for addresses, which could delay shipping.
Thanks for the tip, Tom! I just ordered my copy!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tom Ally, who notes that today is National Radio Day:
(Source: National Radio Day)
About
National Radio Day is a time to honor one of the most longstanding electronic media and its role in our everyday lives. Radio delivers information, news, entertainment and company to millions of Americans every hour of every day. We invite listeners, broadcasters, producers and stations to celebrate on August 20.
History
Although there is not one authoritative source on the history of National Radio Day, it has been celebrated since the early 1990s on August 20. Perhaps it was decided that August 20 would be an appropriate day because 8MK (now WWJ) in Detroit, first broadcast on August 20, 1920.
According to Wikipedia, WWJ debuted as the “Detroit News Radiophone” and was “the outgrowth of interest in radio technology by the publishers of The Detroit News, combined with inventor Lee de Forest’s longtime promotion of radio broadcasting.”
Regular annual recognition didn’t quite take off until 2011 when NPR brought renewed attention to the day.
Now
National Radio Day is organized by Sabrina Roach, a Doer at Brown Paper Tickets, in partnership with non-commercial radio stations across the United States.
In July 2015, Roach called a meeting of radio broadcasters, producers and enthusiasts to discuss initiating a project to raise the visibility of non-commercial radio across the country. That effort put fresh energy behind the celebration of National Radio Day.
It’s also an ideal time to initiate a common project for full-power and low-power FM (LPFM) stations as hundreds of new LPFMs are getting on the air made possible by the Local Community Radio Act.
(Source: Shortwave Radiogram via Tom Ally)
Shortwave Radiogram begins 24-25 June 2017
The Shortwave Radiogram transmission schedule:
Sunday 0600-0630 UTC 7730 kHz
Sunday 2030-2100 UTC 11580 kHz
Sunday 2330-2400 UTC 11580 kHz
All via WRMI in Florida
Great to see that Kim Elliott isn’t skipping a beat moving from the VOA Radiogram to the Shortwave Radiogram in his retirement! Let’s support him by tuning in!
The Como Audio Amico
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tom Ally, who writes:
Saw this and wanted you to know about it since you mentioned loving his past Kickstarter [for the Solo WiFi radio].
I backed the Musica model instead of the Amico since it still has 18 days left and it had a CD player in it but thought you would like the portable Amico
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/819585793/como-audio-amico-portable-multi-room-wifi-music-sy
Thanks for the tip, Tom!
If I didn’t already own the Como Audio Solo, I would grab the Amico. It appears to be nearly identical to the Solo–save, in a vertical orientation–and includes an internal rechargeable battery option.
Here’s a full list of its specifications and features:
I continue to be very pleased with my Como Audio Solo–it pretty much lives in my radio shack and I use it daily to catch up on my favorite news and music sources. I distribute the Solo’s audio throughout the house with my SSTRAN AMT3000 AM transmitter–admittedly, an old school version of Como’s “multi-room audio sync”–!
When I need a battery-powered portable WiFi radio these days, I read for my Sangean WFR-28–thus, the Amico would be a pretty pricey impulse purchase for me at this point!
The Como Audio Musica
I find it fascinating Como has also introduced the Musica model which includes a CD player–somewhat of a unique feature in 2017.
Here are the Musica specifications and features:
I still have (quite literally) hundreds of CDs. While many have been converted to AAC and MP3 formats, there’s still something to be said for CD audio fidelity and enjoying a proper album format.
If you’ve been thinking about purchasing a Como Audio device, you might consider the new Amico and Musica via Como’s Kickstarter campaign.