Author Archives: Thomas

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Mark Hirst, who writes:

Thomas,

Episode 4 of Pluribus dropped today (November 21).

It opens with a radio operator methodically tuning across the amateur bands listening for a signal.

Mark

Wow! I’ve been watching Pluribus and wondered how I missed this shot, only to realize that episode 4 just dropped! Thank you for sharing this, Mark. I’m excited to watch it later today.

Not So Identical: Jeff Compares the PL-660 and PL-680

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Jeff McMahon, who notes that he’s just published a new article exploring why the Tecsun PL-660 and PL-680 “twins” aren’t quite twins after all. Jeff compares the two radios in his garage setup and finds that while the PL-660 is more sensitive, the PL-680 has a clear advantage where it really counts outdoors: better audio fidelity without distortion at high volumes.

You can read Jeff’s full post here.

Radyo Pilipinas World Service (RPWS) Returns to Shortwave

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Richard Cuff, who shares the following news via the Philippine News Agency:

The government’s international service, Radyo Pilipinas World Service (RPWS), is set to resume shortwave broadcasts on 1 December 2025 from the Philippines Transmitting Station in Tinang, Tarlac. The relaunch comes through a new partnership between the Presidential Broadcast Service–Bureau of Broadcast Services and the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO), which aims to create a global network of volunteer correspondents reporting from Filipino diaspora communities. These broadcasts underscore shortwave radio’s continued value in connecting remote and global audiences—including overseas Filipino workers—with cultural news, heritage programming and first-hand reports from abroad.

Click here to read the full story.

“Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Hungarian Service Ceases Operations”

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Balázs, who shares the following news via Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the following remarks:

“USAGM notified Congress on November 5, 2025, that it intended to terminate RFE/RL’s Hungarian Service” – perhaps it is just a coincidence that the delegation led by Viktor Orbán arrived in Washington the next day and began their meetings with the Trump administration. (On the RFE/RL HU website, articles have been published on topics that are “uncomfortable” for the current government, and with the emergence of a new opposition party (and increasingly severe economic difficulties), the ruling party’s chances of victory in the upcoming April elections have significantly decreased (first time after 16 years). For this reason, the ruling party (using state resources) is further intensifying its already high level of propaganda activity (in offline media, there is now only one commercial TV channel left that is not under its influence) and is using methods that it has not used before.

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