Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent UN Radio broadcast via WRN.
Carlos notes:
U.N. radio, via World Radio Network (Russia), 13650 kHz
Click here to view on YouTube.
by Dan Greenall
Back in the early 1970’s, a wide variety of Mexican stations could be heard on shortwave as evidenced by the loggings columns in the SPEEDX club’s monthly bulletins. Examples from this time period can be found here:
https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Speedx.htm
As well, the late Dr. Richard E. Wood wrote about what was available to be heard from Mexico in the 1971 Communications Handbook on page 18. You can read this here:
A brief recording of La RH, Radio Tricolor (in Spanish) on 11880 kHz from Mexico City can be found here:
The official international broadcaster, Radio Mexico, was known to issue colorful station pennants like the one pictured. Click here to listen to their ID’s in Spanish (though they did use some English) by a female and male announcer, likely on 21705 kHz (one of the many frequencies they used).
Currently, the only station broadcasting from Mexico on shortwave is Radio Educacion, XEPPM, from Mexico City on 6185 kHz. This recording was made on July 10, 2025 using a remote SDR close to the transmitter to ensure the best overall quality. The QSL attached is one received by my (then) 12 year old son in 1994.
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:
Heavy rain warning in Gujarat, All India Radio, 9620 kHz
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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Giuseppe Morlè, who writes:
Dear Thomas,
I’m Giuseppe Morlè, IZ0GZW, from Formia, in central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
I’d like to show you my antenna board for shortwave and mediumwave listening with portable receivers like the Tecsun PL-660.
The board has two distinct circuits:
In the video, you’ll see how the board works on its own, and then how performance improves when I connect a 15-meter wire and throw it over the balcony of my house. In that case, the signal becomes much stronger.
Tuning is done with a 900 pF variable capacitor. To listen to mediumwave, I simply disconnect one side of the shortwave loop. With just that single variable capacitor, I can tune all of the bands.
It’s a surprisingly effective antenna for small portable receivers, and it’s built entirely from recycled materials—at no cost.
I hope you enjoy it. Greetings to all the friends of the SWLing Post.
73, Giuseppe Morlè, IZ0GZW
Click here to view on YouTube.
Many thanks, Giuseppe, for once again sharing your creativity with us. I’m always impressed by the antennas you design and by the performance you achieve—especially considering they’re largely homebrewed from recycled parts. That’s radio at its very best!
[Note that his video is in Italian, but you can turn on subtitles for your preferred language.]
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Markku Koskinen, who shares the following tip from Guelph Today:
After a two-year-long closure the Hammond Museum of Radio has reopened.
The museum at 595 Southgate Dr. attached to Hammond Power Solutions was closed because of a major renovation to the building which included an addition. In order to protect more than a thousand artifacts from construction, dirt, dust and vibrations the museum closed. Everything was covered with tarps and cloth.
Some of the more valuable radios were relocated to storage. Employees would regularly check there were no leaks coming from the ceiling and no cracks in the walls. The museum reopened last month by appointment only. [Continue reading…]
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Carlos Latuff, who shares the following radiofax images and notes:
Hurricane Erin, featured on NOAA’s 24/48 tropical surface forecast, received a radiofax last night in Porto Alegre, Brazil, from the USCG radio station in Honolulu, Hawaii (16135 kHz USB).
Curiously, the signal from the USCG radio station in Honolulu reached Porto Alegre MUCH better than the signal from the USCG radio station in Boston. Honolulu is approximately 12,744 km away from Porto Alegre, while Boston is 8,307 km.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent Voice of Turkey broadcast.
Carlos notes:
Pakistan flood death toll exceeds 300, Voice of Turkey, 9870 kHz