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Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Vatican Radio (April 16, 2026)

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent Vatican Radio broadcast.


Carlos notes:

Vatican Radio: Pope Leo XIV criticizes foreign exploitation of Africa during Mass in Cameroon.

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Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Vatican Radio & BBC (April 15, 2026)

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent Vatican Radio & BBC broadcast.


Carlos notes:

Vatican Radio & BBC: Pope Leo XIV lands in Cameroon for second leg of his Apostolic Journey

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Radio Televisyen Malaysia Active on Shortwave: New Logs from Kajang Transmitting Station

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following update:

A follow-up to my post last month: https://swling.com/blog/2026/03/is-nasional-fm-on-shortwave-full-time/

I am now hearing RTM regularly on shortwave on both 11885 kHz and 15295 kHz through Kiwi SDR’s located in Southeast Asia and Australia. As Timm Breyel pointed out, programming seems to be in Chinese on 11885 with IDs noted as “Sabah V FM” at the 52-second and one-minute mark of the attached recording. Voice announcements on 15295 continue to be in presumed Malaysian, but identification can be heard as Nasional FM at the 6:05, 6:14, and 6:20 marks of the second recording. These are both coming from the Kajang Transmitting Station near Kuala Lumpur. It will be interesting to see how far afield their signal can be heard.

Sabah V FM April 2, 2026 on 11885 kHz at 0128 UTC:

Nasional FM April 2, 2026 on 15295 kHz at 0255 UTC:

73

Dan Greenall, Ontario, Canada

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Vatican Radio & BBC (April 13, 2026)

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of recent Vatican Radio & BBC broadcasts.


Carlos notes:

Vatican Radio & BBC: Pope Leo XIV begins Africa trip

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Radio Prague International Marks 90 Years—Share Your Story

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia, for sharing this announcement from Radio Prague International, which invites listeners to help celebrate its 90th anniversary by sharing their own stories and memories connected to the station. As part of the celebration, Radio Prague is highlighting its rich history and global audience engagement built over decades of international broadcasting. ?

Read the full article here: https://english.radio.cz/your-story-our-history-celebrate-90-years-radio-prague-international-us-8883445

A Transoceanic on the Beach? Help Ed ID This Mystery Radio

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Ed, who writes:

Here in Philly, while perusing a vintage artifacts store here in Philadelphia, I found a 1958 magazine with a photograph of an attractive shortwave receiver model.

Maybe readers of the SWLing Post can identify this radio? Is it the successor to the Zenith Transoceanic series?

Cheers,

-Ed

Please comment if you can shed some light on this particular radio.