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Photo Gallery: Asheville Radio Museum Annual Flea Market & Open House

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On Saturday, September 20, 2025, the Asheville Radio Museum held its fifth annual Radio Flea Market and Open House—and I attended with camera in hand.

As a proud member and volunteer at the museum, it’s always a treat to see the community come together around radios of every shape and size. The flea market is completely free for both attendees and vendors, and the turnout this year was fantastic. I enjoyed catching up with friends and meeting some new faces—including a number of readers from both the SWLing Post and QRPer.com!

While this sale often highlights antique and vintage radios, it’s by no means limited to them. You’ll find modern gear mixed in as well, as you’ll see in the photo gallery below.

I didn’t take photos of the museum itself during this visit, but I plan to share a full tour in the near future. In the meantime, if you’re in western North Carolina, the Asheville Radio Museum is open most Saturdays and is located on the campus of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. [Click here for directions.]

Flea Market Photo Gallery

(Click each image to enlarge.)

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of China National Radio (September 25, 2025)

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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 China National Radio broadcast.

Carlos notes:

Trump approves reinstatement of death penalty in Washington D.C., China National Radio (CNR), 17590 kHz

“US President Trump issued a proclamation on the 25th approving the reinstatement of the death penalty in Washington, D.C.

US Attorney General Pam Bondi has stated that she will seek to reinstate the death penalty nationwide.”

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Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of All India Radio (September 25, 2025)

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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 AIR broadcast.

Carlos notes:

Discours de Trump à l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies, All India Radio, 9620 kHz

“…The annual United Nations General Assembly has begun in New York. Discussions regarding the Israeli war on Gaza and the Russian war on Ukraine are central concerns. During his address, US President Donald Trump criticized the ineffectiveness of the United Nations, contrasting it with his own active efforts to stop offering it to Gaza…”

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Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Rádio Nacional (September 23, 2025)

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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 Rádio Nacional broadcast.

Carlos notes:

Excerpts from President Lula’s speech at the UN, Rádio Nacional, 1130 kHz AM

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Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot Encore Broadcast on September 28, 2025

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following update:

Special Extra Broadcast of September’s Program

Channel 292 will air an encore broadcast of September’s UBMP featuring jazz from Russia and Ukraine on September 28, 2025 at 0300 UTC (11pm Eastern US) on 3955 kHz.

This is an experiment – although most Europeans are fast asleep, this is supposedly the hour of maximum reach for the frequency, and it may or may not touch parts of the world that don’t receive the transmission directly at the usual times. We are about to find out.

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of CGTN (September 22, 2025)

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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 CGTN broadcast.

Carlos notes:

South China bracing for super typhoon Ragasa, CGTN, 9440 kHz

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Radiofax: Typhoons Neoguri & Ragasa

Two typhoons are active in the Pacific right now: Neoguri and Ragasa, the latter heading towards South China and Vietnam in the next few days according to this noisy radiofax from the Japanese Meteorological Agency, which I received yesterday in Rio de Janeiro (13988 kHz USB).