Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors David Korchin and Pete Polanyk, who share the following documentary from the BBC World Service:
The Documentary Podcast
At the world Morse Code championships in Tunisia, competitors must battle to be the fastest and most accurate at sending and receiving Morse code.
Click here to read the full description and listen at the BBC World Service.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares illustrated radio listening report of a recent CGTN broadcast.
Carlos notes:
Part of CGTN Radio news bulletin (in English) about Bashar al-Assad’s fall in Syria. Listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Click here to view on YouTube.
Kyodo’s Breaking News radiofax: “Assad regime collapses; Syrian opposition forces take control of capital”. Received in Porto Alegre,Dec 8, 2024, 10h20 UTC, 16970 kHz.
Notes:
– Syria government falls, rebels declare end to Assad family’s rule
– Ousted Syrian leader Assad flees to Moscow after fall of Damascus, Russian state media say
– S. Korea Pres. Yoon to step aside before resigning: party head
– South Korean police considering overseas travel ban on President Yoon over martial law
– Police in India clash with farmers during protest march over minimum price demand for crops
– Japanese actress Miho Nakayama’s death ruled accident while bathing
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Giuseppe Morlè, who writes:
Dear Thomas and Friends of the SWLing Post,
I am Giuseppe Morlè, IZ0GZW, writing to you from Formia, in central Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Do you remember the DICA 2 antenna? It was a small, shortened antenna with three ferrite cores inside, capable of tuning across all shortwave bands. Unfortunately, it no longer exists in its original form.
I have completely reworked the windings to enable the ferrites to also function for medium wave (MW) reception. Now, the antenna features:
• 35 turns for medium waves,
• 4 turns for shortwaves, and
• the same variable capacitor of over 1000 pF remains in use.
For medium waves, the antenna works wonderfully by induction. You simply place the ferrite core near the tube and turn the variable capacitor to achieve perfect tuning across the entire MW range.
I was genuinely amazed by its performance on shortwaves. Despite its small size, the antenna provides excellent gain, especially when a ground cable is connected to the variable capacitor’s casing.
I conducted several tests on my balcony. Initially, I thought the random ground wire simply improved the rotor’s tuning capability, but I discovered the antenna works equally well even when placed on a metal surface.
During a recent outing to Monte Orlando Park in Gaeta, I observed how the ground cable significantly enhanced both the signal strength and audio modulation. You can see this in my latest video, where I received Australian operators Greg and Grant on 20 meters with excellent signals.
The antenna’s two windings are separated and connected to the stator and rotor of the variable capacitor. On one end of the shortwave winding (the 4 turns), I’ve added a crocodile clip that can be attached or detached to switch between shortwave and medium wave operation. All of this functionality is achieved with a single variable capacitor.
I will soon share videos demonstrating all of these details and performances.
Thank you, Thomas, for your incredible activations—I follow them regularly on your channel, and they are a constant source of inspiration for me.
Greetings to you and all the Friends of SWLing Post!
73,
Giuseppe Morlè, IZ0GZW
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Tom Ally, who writes:
Found this on Gayle Van Horn’s webpage and thought you might be interested:
https://blacksmith-knoll.blogspot.com/2024/12/dear-esteemed-listeners-we-are-pleased.html
** Radio Blacksmith Knoll ** 6120kHz
Dear Esteemed Listeners,
We are pleased to announce our newest broadcast, scheduled to air on December 7, 2024.
As atmospheric conditions tend to vary significantly during the winter season, we have planned our December broadcast to air at the following times:
In the event of QRM/QRN, the broadcast will be postponed to the next available slot during the day, starting at the top of the hour.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alan Roe, who shares his B-24 (version 1.0) season guide to music on shortwave. Alan provides this amazing resource as a free PDF download:
Click here to download Music on Shortwave B-24 v2.0 (PDF)
As always, thank you for sharing your excellent guide, Alan!
This dedicated page will always have the latest version of Alan’s guide available for download.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares illustrated radio listening report of a recent Radio Ñanduti broadcast.
Carlos notes:
Part of Radio Ñanduti news bulletin (in Spanish), President of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, comments on US State Dept. report on corruption in his country. Listened in Porto Alegre, in a GE 3-5470B.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares illustrated radio listening report of a recent KBS World Radio broadcast.
Carlos notes:
Full news bulletin (in Spanish) of KBS World Radio on South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol martial law, listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Click here to view on YouTube.
Kyodo News English Edition radiofax on the same topic, Dec 4, 2024, 12pm UTC, 16970 kHz.
