Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dan Van Hoy, who writes:
After the recent tragedy in Texas, I realized a lot of people might be looking for weather radios. So, I decided to make a video on that topic which I believe will be informative for just about everyone.
Even some of the knowledgeable members will have a video they can refer their family and friends to for further education and guidance:
Click here to view on YouTube.
Thank you for making and sharing this excellent video, Dan!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent Rádio Nacional broadcast.
Carlos notes:
Lula says he will fight against US tariffs, Rádio Nacional, 6180 kHz
“…President Lula stated this Friday that he will fight against US tariffs at every possible level. ‘I’ll try to fight at all levels so those tariffs do not come. I’ll fight at the WTO, I’ll talk to my BRICS colleagues. Now, if there’s no way out, through discussion, face-to-face, we’ll establish reciprocity. If you impose a tax here, we’ll impose a tax there!…'”
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Paul Jamet who notes that Arctic 252 plans to conduct on-air tests in August 2025. The project received a donation of a Nautel ND2000 transmitter, complete with its matching antenna tuning unit and antenna.
Initial test transmissions will run at 500 Watts. Once testing and fine-tuning of the antenna system are complete, transmission power will be increased to 1 kW for broader reach beyond Finland.
For more updates as the launch approaches, visit arcticradio.net.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent Rádio Nacional broadcast.
Carlos notes:
Lula responds to Trump’s tariffs, Radio Nacional (BR)
Lula responds to Trump’s tariffs, excerpt from the news bulletin from Radio Nacional, 11780 kHz, listened on a Tecsun R-1012 receiver.
“…First we’ll try to negotiate, but if there’s no negotiation, the law of reciprocity will be put into practice. If he’s going to charge us 50 (%), we will charge him 50…”
Rachael Myrow discovered her father’s Telefunken Opus 7. (Photo: KQED)
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia for sharing this touching story from KQED: “How a 1957 Vintage Radio Rekindled a Daughter’s Bond With Her Dad.”
A beautiful piece about memory, connection, and the emotional power of radio.
Read it here: https://www.kqed.org/news/12047317/how-a-1957-vintage-radio-rekindled-a-daughters-bond-with-her-dad
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Adi, who writes:
Hi Thomas,
I’m reading the book about the 1957-58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition. It hold many remarks of their radio operations with various antarctic bases and even with hams in Europe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition
So I went to Youtube, I found two contemporary films
one at 17:20, frankly I don’t think it was shot during the expedition, it looks too “un-antarcticy.”
And shorter but better quality is this:
At about 9:07 a “New Zealand’s radio sets” are mentioned
I wonder if any of the devoted readers can tell more about the radios they see in those pictures.
Best regards, Adi
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent Radio ZP-30 broadcast.
Carlos notes:
Part of news bulletin (in German) of Paraguay’s Radio ZP-30, on Panama’s state of emergency over banana workers protests. Listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on a Xhdata D-808 receiver.