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Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Vatican Radio (January 7, 2025) and Bonus Radiofax

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares illustrated radio listening report of a recent Vatican Radio broadcast.

Carlos notes:

Vatican Radio’s African News Panorama, in English.

John Mahama sworn in as president of Ghana, Guinea’s capital lockdown due protests against military junta, explosive detonated in schools and kidnappings in Nigeria, arrest order for the Mauritius’ former minister of finance. Listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

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Bonus: Kyodo News Radiofax

In 30 years, since the 1995 Great Hanshin quake, when the concept of “disaster-related deaths” was created (deaths caused by illness resulting from fatigue and stress while living in shelters) at least 5,456 people have been recognized as disaster-related deaths by local govts.

Kyodo News Morning Edition radiofax received in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Jan 7, 10h50 UTC, 16970 kHz.

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Vatican Radio (January 6, 2025)

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist Carlos Latuff, who shares an illustrated radio listening report of a recent Vatican Radio broadcast.

Carlos notes:

Part of Vatican Radio’s African Service (in English). Archbishop of Bamenda (Cameroon), Andrew Nkea, and the gratitude to God for surviving 25 years of a civil war. Listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

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‘Shortwave Era’: A New Book by Radio Taiwan International

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia, who shares the following item via RTI:

Radio Taiwan International launches new book ‘Shortwave Era’

Radio Taiwan International (Rti) launched a new book Shortwave Era: From the Cold War to Democracy, From Intelligence Broadcasting to the Voice of Peace, Let the World Hear Taiwan’s Voice last month.

Shortwave Era chronicles Rti’s nearly century-long journey broadcasting Taiwan’s voice to the world in multilingual languages.

It provides a detailed account of how Rti has used multilingual broadcasting to build international communication bridges, witnessing Taiwan’s significant interactions with the global community. From World War II to the end of Cold War, Rti was not only an international radio station but also played a unique role on the special battleground, including executing intelligence missions through the “Teresa Teng Time” program and compiling “Communist Bandit Broadcasts” as part of classified intelligence operations.

Rti Chairperson Cheryl Lai remarked that today’s Rti is like a “mini United Nations,” with colleagues from around the world sharing “Taiwan’s story,” which is also “the world’s story,” fully reflecting Rti’s international character and cultural mission.

Post Readers: I was unable to find a link to this book. If you discover a link, please share it in the comments section.

Alan Roe’s B-24 season guide to music on shortwave (version 3.0)

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alan Roe, who shares his B-24 (version 3.0) 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 v3.0 (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.

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Vatican Radio’s African News Panorama (January 4, 2025)

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares illustrated radio listening report of a recent Vatican Radio broadcast.

Carlos notes:

Vatican Radio’s African News Panorama, in English. Earthquake, volcano eruption in Ethiopia, migrant boat shipwreck in the Mediterranean, people flee Mozambique due election unrest, Mauritius’ central bank governor released on bail, China foreign minister to visit Namibia, Republic of Congo, Chad and Nigeria. Listened in Porto Alegre.

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The Sun is Flaring (X and M Class )

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Troy Riedel, who shares the following news courtesy of the excellent SpaceWeather.com site:

THE SUN IS FLARING AGAIN: Sunspot AR3947 is sizzling with activity. Since yesterday it has produced three X-class solar flares and multiple strong M-flares. NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite recorded the extreme ultraviolet and X-ray flashes:

Each flare has produced a shortwave radio blackout on Earth. Almost all longitudes of our planet have experienced intermittent loss of signal below 20 MHz during local daylight hours. Long-distance propagation has been very unreliable.

Remarkably, no significant CMEs have emerged. For some reason, these explosions have not lifted much material out of the sun’s atmosphere. Future blasts may behave differently, however, and the activity shows no sign of abating as the sunspot turns toward Earth.