Author Archives: Thomas

Paul Notes That WWFF is Open to SWLs

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Jamet, who writes:

Hello Thomas,

I think you’re familiar with this program and its website:

WWFF – World Wide Flora & Fauna : https://wwff.co/

I was informed by the head of the French branch that this program is not limited to amateur radio operators. SWLs (shortwave listeners) can also participate and receive awards.

Rules : https://wwff.co/wwff_cont/uploads/2025/09/WWFF-Global-Rules-V_5.10.pdf

Best of luck.

Paul JAMET

I did not realize this although I do participate in WWFF as an on-the-air activity. Thanks for the tip!

BBC’S Emergency Radio Service

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Carlos Latuff, who writes:

Despite the BBC announcing the end of its regular Arabic broadcasts in January 2023…

…the British broadcaster created, in May and November of the same year, an extraordinary service that transmits programming in Arabic to Gaza and Sudan.This is the BBC’s “emergency radio service,”…

…broadcasting Monday to Friday on 15280 kHz, a frequency that is not listed in the official BBC schedule…

…but is mentioned on the short-wave.info website and the shortwave.am app.

And here’s the illustrated radio listening report of one of those transmissions.

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Vatican Radio (April 23, 2026) – Bonus PDF

How to Find and Add/Repair Missing Streams on Skytune Radios

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Rich, who shares the following tip:

Thomas,

Have noticed a few posts recently about Internet radio, the most recent about the C. Crane version.

I own the C. Crane radio and an Ocean Digital, and both use the Skytune aggregator.

Frequently, stations will just stop working, and while I have had limited luck using the inspect function in Chrome to see the HTML code, it’s not a sure thing. Recently, while trying to repair a feed, I stumbled across this on the Skytune Facebook page.

By using the Radio stream URL search engine, you can enter the station call sign, and it will show you the streaming link, which you can copy and enter into the Skytune radio by using its local IP address on your network.

I have corrected several today and added a few stations that are not listed on Skytune, and I thought others would find this useful.

Click here to check out the Radio Stream search engine.

73,
Rich, WD3C

Thank you so much for the useful tip, Rich!

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Vatican Radio (April 20, 2026)

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of the BBC (April 18, 2026)

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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 BBC Africa broadcast.

Carlos notes: