By Robert Gulley K4PKM
I ran across this interesting article this morning dealing with AM radio’s role in emergencies from Nic Anderson, a former radio station general manager, in support of the The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act before the Senate.
WWV’s transmitter building in Fort Collins, Colorado (2014)
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia, who shares this YouTube short from Scientific American. So great to see our good friend, Matt Deutch:
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 David Iurescia and Dennis Dura for the following tips:
One of Britain’s key wartime radio stations is up for sale for nearly half a million pounds.
Criggion Radio Station in Powys was used not only to transmit messages to warships and submarines during World War Two and the Cold War, but to connect Britain to the world before satellite communication.
Part of the station, named Shortwave A, is now on the market for £495,000 – though neither the original radio equipment nor the station’s distinctive 600ft (182.9m) towers remain.
Robert Pearce, a retired Royal Air Force radio engineer who owns another part of the former station, said: “It’s very, very sad we’ve lost it. We were the absolute leaders in technology.”
Thousands of people gathered in Prague’s Old Town Square on Sunday afternoon to protest against plans to abolish television and radio licence fees and transfer funding for Czech Television (?T) and Czech Radio (?Ro) to the state budget.
The demonstration, titled Hands Off the Media, was organised by the Million Moments for Democracy association.
Around 4,000 people gathered in central Brno on Saturday to show their support for public service media.
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters is now the latest industry group to join Radio Ready, the coalition advocating for the prominence of terrestrial radio in connected car dashboards.
CAB joins 40 Radio Ready members representing approximately 10,000 radio stations worldwide, a Tuesday announcement said.
The move follows the addition of the U.S.-based National Association of Broadcasters in July, as Radio World reported, expanding the coalition’s North American representation.
Radio Ready hopes to build momentum as automakers consider radio’s presence within vehicle dashboards.
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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:
Rádio 10, Argentina: Milei took part in the operation to help Flávio Bolsonaro flee from Brazil to the U.S.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report.
Carlos notes:
“Local and American media outlets reported that right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who lost in the runoff election for Brazil’s presidential campaign, had left Brazil and was heading to the United States.”
Hi to all our SWLing Post friends. Here’s what Imaginary Stations has planned (after that clock changing exercise last week) for your shortwave radio/SDR listening pleasure.
On Wednesday 28th October 2026, at 0200 hrs UTC on 9395 kHz. We bring you another edition of WHFM: Herman’s Radio & Record Room on WRMI this week with vintage tunes & old-time radio programs from the 1930s through the 1960’s. Next week we’ll shift into something different so stay tuned!
Later that day at 1900 hrs UTC on 3975 kHz via Shortwave Gold to Europe and surrounds, we’ll be beaming an encore Skybird Radio International from 2024. They’ll be tunes from around the globe, and off the maps.
And at the weekend, on Saturday 31st October at 1200 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 1st November at 1000 hrs and 1400hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and 1900 hrs UTC on 3975 kHz via Shortwave Gold, TV on the Radio continues without Piers Morgan or The View. Tune in for a mix of surprises from that radio set with the moving pictures.
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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Giuseppe Morlè, who writes:
Dear Thomas,
I’m Giuseppe Morlè from Formia, in central Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
This is a creation of mine from 2013, made entirely from recycled materials—it’s a manual antenna tuner for my QRP gear.
Today, I pulled it off the shelf and used it as an antenna itself.
I’ve dubbed it the “scarrafone” (cockroach) antenna.
In the Neapolitan dialect, “scarrafone” means cockroach; since it bears a resemblance to one, that’s the name I gave it.
Even I was surprised by how well it performs as an antenna.
It features a coil made of aluminum wire, equipped with an alligator clip used to find the optimal tuning point.
There’s a 1000 pF variable capacitor, and on the side, an additional banana jack where I can plug in a random-wire antenna to boost the received signal.
The “scarrafone” works very well—even without the random wire—across all HF bands; you just need to find the right tuning point.
On the lower bands, the entire coil is used, adjusted via the variable capacitor.
You can see it in action on my YouTube channel:
The only expense I incurred was 5 euros for the capacitor; everything else is recycled material.
The “scarrafone” works great with portable radios, such as those from Tecsun and others.
I hope this might be of interest to all of you.
Best regards to you and all the friends at SWLingPost.
73, Giuseppe Morlè (IZ0GZW)