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Today: Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot features music from Haiti and the Dominican Republic

Tecsun PL-880: $150 at MTC Radio with free shipping

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares the following promotion at MTC. He notes that there may be an additional coupon code can also be applied.

Click here to check it out at MTC.

Video: New DRM Module covers 150 kHz to 108 MHz

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Screenshot of DRM Module

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alan, who shares the following video via Cambridge Consultants:

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Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) is the only universal digital radio broadcasting system that can broadcast on all frequencies, offering unparalleled audio, coverage, cost-efficiency and sustainability when compared to legacy analogue radio services – and yet there’s been no portable, low-power, low-cost radio available bring these benefits to life. Until now.

With the release of the DRM1000 module from CC and CML Micro, billions of listeners worldwide can enjoy access to a world of entertainment, information and life-saving emergency warning functionality through digital radio mondiale services.

This milestone doesn’t just mark a technological advancement; it heralds a new era of possibilities. For broadcasters and manufacturers worldwide, it ignites a fresh wave of innovation, while for listeners in remote or low-income areas, it offers a crucial lifeline to the digital world.

“What connects the Finnish YLE station and Prague?”

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Professionals at the station often had a background as radio amateurs or radio electricians. Photo from YLE’s archive.

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adid, who writes:

Hi Thomas, a post on Reddit with a picture of radio stuff lead me to Google for its source.

It led me to this page https://yle.fi/a/3-11502533

My Finnish is not as good as Google’s, but even with its poor “auto” translation, the story can be fairly understood and bring to life the 1968 Soviet’s invasion to Prague from the YLE side.

That article was written in a book by an YLE broadcasting engineer for 40 years. A few pages of his book can be viewed here with more nice pictures.

As a child I do recall that event in the local news coverage and it was also immortalized few months later, in the Israeli music scene with an amazing song, very popular till today.

I’m sure many of SWL’ers can share some of their memories of that Soviet’s invasion to Prague in 1968.

Best regards, adi

Frank’s take on WebSDRs and the SWL Contest that encourages use of them

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Frank, who writes:

Hi, I am Frank SWL F14368, organizer of the SWL Contest 2024. I have written an article [about the use of WebSDRs]. Maybe you like to share on your nice website for SWL ?

https://icomjapan.blogspot.com/2023/12/listen-world-for-free-on-your-computer.html

My contest is open to listeners who use a Kiwi or a WEB SDR. Not many contest accept this.

Thank you very much.

Best regards

73 de Frank SWL F-14368 / FØDUW

Video: Danilo Nonato’s Tour of Rádio Nacional

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following video via Danilo Nonato. Please note that this video is in Portuguese. If needed, simply turn on Closed Captioning and have YouTube auto-translate the video into your language of choice. Enjoy: