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November 2025 Schedule Updates: From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following update:

The semiannual time and season changes always bring challenges to FTIOM and UBMP on 6070 and 9670, and we will be pausing our shows on those two frequencies for a month or two until things sort themselves out.  We will have two transmissions of each show on 3955 on Radio Channel 292 from Germany during the interim as follows:

From the Isle of Music

November’s show will feature some Cuban music recordings that entered the Latin and regular GRAMMY competitions this year (it will be too soon to tell if any of them won either.)
Friday, November 14:
3955 kHz at 1700 UTC, repeats 2200 UTC

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot

November’s show will be a polka party featuring Polish-American bands from the northeast US and Chicago. If you think you don’t like polkas, you just haven’t listened to the right bands.
Friday, November 21:
3955 kHz at 1700 UTC, repeats 2200 UTC

In addition to direct radio reception, we do honor reception reports using remote SDRs as long as the whole program is described and which SDR is specified. All QSLs are e-QSLs only.

Thanks for all you do for radio. Contrary to what some its critics are fond of chanting, shortwave can still be a voice of and for peace, and in these times, that is more important than ever.

Radio World: The World Is at Your Mouse Click

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Fred Waterer who shares this article from Radio World that takes a closer look at how online SDR networks have transformed shortwave listening. Even for those of us who regularly use Web SDRs, it’s an interesting perspective on how these global receiver networks continue to evolve and expand the reach of radio in the 21st century.

Click here to read the full article at Radio World.

Bob’s Radio Corner: Shortwave Multiplex?

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Reported by Bob Colegrove

Incurable DXers are always looking for new challenges.  So it was, I recently did some scanning between 42 and 45 meters (~6600 to 7000 kHz).  Trenton Military on 6754 kHz and the MARS net on 6913 kHz are regulars here, as are a selection of pirates above 6900 kHz.  However, I have never experienced anything like this.  It took me a while to sort things out.  A pirate on 6930 kHz was quickly detected on the upper sideband, but there was some garble slightly lower.  It turned out to be a few folks having a QSO in Spanish on the lower sideband of 6930 kHz.

Two transmissions both squatting on the same frequency.  The irony was, sans carriers, there was absolutely no mutual interference.  Each signal was clearly received by alternately pressing the USB and LSB buttons.  Likely the QSO folks were somewhat out of band for 40 meters, and it goes without saying that the pirate shouldn’t have been there.  Nevertheless, I would call that efficient use of the spectrum.

Date:  October 11, 2025

Time:  0030 until 0100 UTC

Receiver:  Tecsun PL-880

Antenna:  Bob’s Updated Passive, Resonant, Transformer-Coupled Loop Antenna for Shortwave

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Radio ELWA (October 17, 2025)

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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 Radio ELWA broadcast.

Carlos notes:

Radio ELWA, Monrovia, Liberia, 6050 kHz

Click here to view on YouTube.

Bangkok Meteorological Radio: Can you name that tune?

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dan Greenall, who writes:

Bangkok Meteorological Radio in Thailand broadcasts marine weather several times a day on 6765.1 and 8743 kHz USB in both Thai and English. An interval tune is played between the Thai and English segments that has left me trying to put a name to it for nearly a week as I play it over and over in my head. There seems to be a vague resemblance to “Love Me Tender” by the late Elvis Presley but now I’m looking for help. Can anyone “Name That Tune”?

Here is a recording made on October 9 around 1300 hours UTC using the LA6LU KiwiSDR in Thailand. Have Fun!

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Radio ELWA (October 16, 2025)

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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 Radio ELWA broadcast.

Carlos notes:

Program “Thru the Bible”, with J. Vernon McGee, Radio ELWA, Monrovia, Liberia, 6050 kHz

Click here to view on YouTube.

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report, QSL, and Recording of Radio ELWA (October 14, 2025)

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

Update/Correction: It was discovered after posting this recording and message that it’s actually Radio ELWA’s 72nd anniversary year, despite a recent post on their website claiming it was their 70th anniversary. 

Carlos notes:

While conducting these recent radio listening sessions, I discovered that ELWA Radio celebrated its 70th anniversary in May of this year. To mark this occasion, I decided to create a commemorative illustration of this station, which is a true symbol of the resilience of the Liberian people.

I was informed by the station’s manager, Rev. Perry Saydee, that the program I tuned into yesterday, October 14th, is called “Thru the Bible,” and searching on YouTube, I found the audio related to my radio listening session.

The program is hosted by Steve Shwetz and shows sermons by Dr. J. Vernon McGee, Presbyterian minister from the United States who died in 1988

I was kindly awarded with this e-QSL card due my listening report of October 13th.

Today, October 15th, I also managed to capture ELWA Radio’s interval signal.

Click here to view on YouTube.