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Hammond Museum of Radio Welcomes Visitors Again

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Markku Koskinen, who shares the following tip from Guelph Today:

Hammond Museum of Radio reopens after two years

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…]

Hurricane Erin from NOAA radiofax via USCG Honolulu

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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.

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Voice of Turkey (August 18, 2025)

KPH Crypto Transmission on August 30, 2025 at 20:00 UTC

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Paul Jamet, who notes that the Maritime Radio Historical Society is hosting another Crypto Transmission from KPH on Saturday, August 30, 2025 at 20:00 UTC.

Click here for full details about the event and how you can participate on the Maritime Radio Historical Society website.

Radiofax imagery of Hurricane Erin

100 Years Ago: A Teenager in Iowa Reaches Greenland by Radio

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Collins QSL Card via the Collins Bookshop

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia, who shares this fascinating article from The Gazette:

Arthur A. Collins Legacy Association celebrates 100th anniversary of major radio breakthrough in Cedar Rapids

CEDAR RAPIDS — Years before the first trans-Atlantic phone call, and decades before international direct dialing would become available, a Cedar Rapids teenager had a direct line to one of the most remote places on earth.

And decades before companies like Collins Radio and Rockwell Collins became multibillion dollar enterprises, a 15-year-old’s ham radio was connecting Arctic explorers with the world from an attic on Fairview Drive.

On Aug. 3, 1925, Arthur A. Collins made headlines as the first person to communicate with MacMillan scientific explorers in Etah, Greenland on short-length radio waves — what The Evening Gazette in Cedar Rapids hailed as “a new chapter into the history of radio.”[…]

Explore the full story on The Gazette.