Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia, who shares this Radio World article, which reports that China has officially adopted the Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) standard to modernize its AM radio bands.
The plan includes technical guidelines for analog/DRM simulcasting, requirements for provincial transmitters to deploy DRM systems, and a nationwide push for DRM-capable receivers in vehicles.
Greetings to all SWLing Post community, Imaginary Stations have a couple of great programmes coming your way this weekend via the shortwave spectrum.
We’ve got another transmission of KNTS – Kearsarge North Transmission Service on Saturday 9th August 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 10th August 2025 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2000 UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold). Expect shortwave and ham related sounds and some very interesting programming.
We’ve got another edition of The Shortwave Music Archive on Wednesday 13th August 2025 at 0200 hrs UTC via WRMI and we have a musical selection from all genres from DJ Frederick’s musical library. Expect all sorts of good and fun stuff.
The Imaginary Stations crew produces eclectic programs for shortwave and other media. We need your financial help to cover our production and transmission costs and keep us on the airwaves for a long time to come. More below:
For more information on all our shows, please write to [email protected] and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.
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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent Radio Nacional broadcast.
Carlos notes:
Brazil’s Supreme Court orders house arrest of former president Bolsonaro, Rádio Nacional, 6180 kHz
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dan Greenall, who writes:
Hi Thomas
Before the days of the internet and e-mail, handwritten or typed reception reports mailed out to broadcast stations would often net the lucky DXer other goodies, including station brochures, program schedules, frequency guides, station stickers, blank reception report forms, pennants, booklets, and other items in addition to that coveted QSL verification.
The QSLs were stored carefully away in albums or shoe boxes, while much of the other paper ephemera eventually (over the years) made its way into a recycle bin. Recently, while cleaning out some storage boxes in the basement, I came across a number of envelopes containing some of the aforementioned items from the early to mid-1990s. To preserve these newly discovered pieces of radio history, I have scanned much of the material and included it here.
Here’s a sampling:
There are 39 JPEG and 7 PDF files to view: https://archive.org/details/radio-finland-program-guide-1992-3-page-2
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Dan Greenall VE3HLC, Ontario, Canada
Thank you so much for archiving and sharing these, Dan! Pure radio nostalgia.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent NHK World broadcast along with bonus radiofax imagery.
Carlos notes:
Volcano eruption, typhoon no. 9: excerpts from NHK news bulletin
Volcano eruption, typhoon no. 9: excerpts from NHK news bulletin, 11965 kHz
Click here to view on YouTube.
Plus radiofax from Japan Meteorological Agency, featuring typhoon no. 9 (“Krosa”), 7795 kHz USB, received yesterday in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on Xhdata D-808 receiver.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent All India Radio broadcast.
Carlos notes:
Trump’s tariffs on India, All India Radio, 9620 kHz