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.
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
73
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
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent NHK broadcast.
Carlos notes:
When an emergency occurs, such as an earthquake or tsunami, NHK, the Japanese public broadcaster, switches its programming to exclusively news coverage of the event. Even the broadcaster’s homepage switches to a light version to reduce cell phone battery consumption.
When I received news of the tsunami, it was already after 10 p.m. in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and the propagation to Japan at that time is terrible; you couldn’t hear anything!
However, in the morning, after 4 a.m., propagation reopens, and then it was possible to monitor part of NHK’s radio coverage of the tsunami.
Click here to view on YouTube.
Radio Australia from the collection of Tom Gavaras
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Tom Gavaras, who recently reached out with an update:
“I want to make you aware that I have posted almost all of my shortwave QSL cards online, representing more than 210 broadcast countries. They can be viewed at: https://radiotapes.com/qsl/”
What an incredible achievement! Tom’s QSL collection spans decades of shortwave radio history and includes verification cards from a vast range of international broadcasters.
Browse the collection here: https://radiotapes.com/qsl/
Thanks again, Tom!