The Hidden Woodsmen 2026 Holiday Sale: Great Pouches for Field-Portable Shortwave Radios

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The Mlite-880 in the Hidden Woodsmen General Purpose Pouch

A quick note for SWLing Post readers: this article has been re-posted from our sister site, QRPer.com. Although the field kits I mention below are amateur radio kits, these pouches and packs could just as easily hold any number of portable shortwave radios. For scale, I’ve taken a couple of photos of my MLite-880 and Qodosen DX-286 with two of the pouches and inserted them below. If you spot one you like, simply measure your radio and compare it against the dimensions listed on the Hidden Woodsmen product page to confirm the fit.

by Thomas (K4SWL)

Our friends at The Hidden Woodsmen are having a sale on many of their pouches. They’re all made in the USA and are very high-quality.

The sale prices are an incredible value.

Click here to check out the sale.

I’m a big fan of several of these pouches and packs.

The Possible Pouch is on sale for $25 (normally $40). I use mine for a wide variety of field kits, including my Xiegu G106:

It easily holds an entire field kit, including my bare-bones throw line and weight. I love the super beefy zipper.

I also love the General Purpose Pouch, which is on sale for $20 (normally $35).

I’ve fit an entire field kit in it for both my TR-25 and, later, my QMX.

It’s small, but it holds a surprising amount of gear. You can read the field report where I used this with my TR-25 here.

The Stash Pack is also on sale for $15. An insane value, in my opinion.

I’ve purchased a few of these for my family, friends, and myself.

These are small waist packs, but they’ll easily hold a minimalist QRP field kit. The one above holds a small kit I built around the MTR-3B Currahee and TinyGawant antenna. Read about that here.

Of course, it easily holds an Elecraft KH1.

A few other items are on sale, too, and I have to assume the sale runs while supplies last.

As many of you know, I’m quite the pack geek, and I can’t stress enough what a value these items are. The Hidden Woodsmen is selling hand-crafted, made-in-the-USA gear for prices you’d find for cheaply made items on Amazon.

I’ve no affiliation with The Hidden Woodsmen, just a very happy customer.

The Haversack you see above isn’t on sale, but at $150 I feel it’s an excellent value. This pack has been my main EDC bag for the better part of the year. I even took it to the UK this summer; I love it so much.

This is a great opportunity to buy a high-quality product from a cottage-industry company for your holiday gifts.

Check out The Hidden Woodsmen products here.

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Radio 10 (November 9, 2026)

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report.

Carlos notes:

…”Foreign press focused Pope Leo XIV’s speeches on the government’s economy. Media outlets in the United States and Europe interpreted his public interventions as indirect criticism of the austerity program, especially for cuts in sensitive areas such as disability, education, and social assistance. They also highlighted his references to democratic coexistence, dialogue, and the careful use of words, in an apparent allusion to Javier Milei’s confrontational style. Furthermore, let us recall that before business leaders and unionists, the Pope questioned the drama of unemployment and recalled that the State must ensure access to the world of work”…

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KNOT the nine o’clock news on shortwave

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Happy November to all our SWLing Post friends! Here’s what Imaginary Stations is cooking up for your shortwave radio/SDR listening pleasure.

On Wednesday 11th November at 0300 hrs UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI we revisit the Shortwave Music Library to see if we have any overdue recordings. Expect the unexpected we say, without irony or ironing.

Later that day at 1900 hrs UTC on 3975 kHz via the services of Shortwave Gold, it’s a repeat of the first edition of Radio Clarion from 2022. Sound the fanfare!

And at the weekend we continue KNOT – The Beatles on Saturday 14th November at 1200 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 15th November at 1000 hrs and 1400 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and 1900 hrs UTC on 3975 kHz via Shortwave Gold. We’re playing more tunes about the Beatles; cover versions of Beatles songs and bands that have that Beatles vibe – just not the Beatles. Celebrate the Fab Four with the Fab Five DJs from Imaginary Stations.

Subscribe to djfrederick.substack.com for updates and exclusive materials related to all things Skybird and Imaginary Stations and do check out our archived shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Reach Beyond Australia (November 5, 2026)

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report.

Carlos notes:

Shortwave radio never ceases to surprise me. While in Porto Alegre, I was listening to a broadcast aimed at Japan by the Australian radio station “Reach Beyond Australia” when I discovered the work of the great Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa.

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BREATH

By Shuntaro Tanikawa

The wind is breathing
beside my earlobe
carrying the voices of children
making the lake ripple
the wind is breathing

The insects are breathing
clinging to the grass
showing their translucent wombs
reflecting the blue sky in their eyes
the insects are breathing

The stars are breathing
somewhere far away
spiraling without end
twinkling without a sound
the stars are breathing

A person is breathing
all alone
exhaling suffering
inhaling sorrow
a person is breathing

Radio Waves: Automated Overnight Shortwave DXing, $17M Aroostook Superstation on the Market, Blessing EWTN, Radio Bulgaria QSL No. 11, and FM Deserves Protection Too

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Radio Waves: Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio

Welcome to the SWLing 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 Dennis Dura and David Iurescia for the following tips:

NightDX: Automated Overnight Shortwave DX Listening with an Airspy HF+ (rtl-sdr.com)

Thank you to Marco Zennaro for writing in and sharing NightDX, a free terminal app for macOS, Windows and Linux that lets an Airspy HF+ do your overnight shortwave listening for you. The menu interface is deliberately styled like early-90s DOS software.

NightDX pulls the EiBi, AOKI and HFCC broadcast schedules, plus live solar flux and Kp from NOAA. A propagation model then predicts what should reach your location and calibrates itself against what your own radio hears. The HF+ sweeps all the bands in about 10 seconds to see which carriers are really there, and overnight NightDX records the best stations, putting ones you’ve never logged first.

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$17M Aroostook shortwave superstation is on the market – The County (The County)

A famed Aroostook broadcaster is selling one of the world’s most powerful shortwave radio stations.

Monticello’s WBCQ The Planet, an international AM/FM shortwave radio broadcast station and free speech platform, constructed the $17 million Monticello Maine Superstation for the World’s Last Chance Church in 2019.

“We are selling [or leasing] the assets of what we call the superstation facilities, one of the most powerful radio stations in the world,” said Allan Weiner, who co-owns and operates WBCQ with his wife, Angela Weiner. “The facility that we built for them is surplus to our needs. We’re trying to get the Voice of America, the government or the military to take it over or other private shortwave broadcasters in the country.”

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The Final Blessing of EWTN’s Shortwave Station WEWN – Radio World (Radio World)

As we reported, EWTN Global Catholic Network‘s shortwave radio station WEWN shut down its operations on Oct. 31 after 34 years.

The Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word shared photos with Radio World of the friars’ annual visit to the WEWN transmitter site atop Vandiver Mountain on Aug. 13 this year.

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QSL No. 11: 1970 – Construction begins of BNR’s “new” building (Bnrnews)

In 2026, Radio Bulgaria is confirming radio listeners’ reception reports with a new series of 12 QSL cards. Each card features an image highlighting a particular historical event connected with the history of the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) and its Radio Bulgaria programme, which is celebrating its 90th anniversary. At the beginning of each month, a special feature takes you behind the scenes of these images, revealing some interesting facts about them.The eleventh QSL card for 2026 is dedicated to the “new” building of the Bulgarian National Radio.In the late 1960s, a decision was taken to construct a new building to provide more office and technical space for the multi-channel national broadcaster and its numerous employees. The foundation stone of the new home of the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) was laid on 17 August 1970.

The turning of the first sod for BNR’s new building, 17 August 1970

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Opinion: Hey Congress, FM Deserves Protection Too – Radio World (Radio World)

If Congress can act before the end of the year, it may yet require that AM stations can be heard in new automobiles in the United States. The House gave its assent in September.

Passage of the legislation would be great. It will restore to AM radio some value and provide a potential boost to listenership.

But what about FM? I’ve been giving this question some thought, and asking around.

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