Category Archives: Schedules

Updates to the WRTH Summer A12 schedules are now available for download

The World Radio TV Handbook (WRTH) A12 schedules updates file is now available to download, free of charge, from the WRTH website. This is a comprehensive update and supplement to the printed 2012 WRTH.

(Source: Sean Gilbert, WRTH)

The WRTH Editorial team is pleased to announce that the Summer/’A’ season broadcasting schedules file is now available to download, free of charge, from the WRTH website – click on http://www.wrth.com/ and follow the link “Latest PDF Updates”.

The file is in PDF format (you will require the free Adobe Acrobat reader to open this file. If you do not have the Acrobat reader, please visit http://www.abobe.com/ to download and install it). The 86 page file is approximately 4500kB in size and contains the following information:

Summer / ‘A’ Season broadcasting schedules for over 200 international and Clandestine/Target stations;

Frequency listing of the above stations to facilitate band scanning;

Broadcasts in English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish;

International DRM broadcasts.

Please feel free to pass this information on so that we may reach as many SWL’s, DX-er’s and professionals as possible.

For contact details, transmitter sites and much more, please refer to the printed WRTH, which is available to order from the website.

We hope you find this a useful accompaniment to the printed WRTH.

On behalf of the publisher and editorial team at WRTH, happy listening!

73,
Sean D. Gilbert,
International Editor – WRTH (World Radio TV Handbook)

DX-Antwerp special broadcast May 12th

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(Source: DX-Antwerp)

The Belgian club, DX-Antwerp, is celebrating its 30th anniversary on May 12th. They’re airing a commemorative shortwave broadcast on the following schedule:

0430-0530 UTC 17880 kHz Issoudun F AM India
0800-0900 UTC 9680 kHz Issoudun F AM Western-Europe
1200-1300 UTC 6015 kHz Issoudun F DRM Western-Europe
1400-1500 UTC 17880 kHz Montsinery GUF AM North America East
1530-1630 UTC 15775 kHz Issoudun F DRM India
1700-1800 UTC 21680 kHz Montsinery GUF AM North America West
2000-2100 UTC 17755 kHz Montsinery GUF DRM North America

A special QSL card was designed for this occasion. Send a report by
ordinary mail to:

DXA QSL
c/o TDP Radio
PO Box 1
B-2310 Rijkevorsel
Belgium

or e-mail to [email protected].

ShortwaveSchedule.com: An up-to-date online frequency/broadcaster database for shortwave radio

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ShortwaveSchedule.com's interface is easy to use and read. (Click to enlarge)

There are a number of online shortwave frequency databases out there, but until recently, I was never satisfied with any one single site. Some of the more user-friendly sites are horribly out-of-date and many of the up-to-date sites are difficult to navigate when you’re in a hurry. After all, it’s one thing to view schedules in a book like WRTH or the Worldwide Listening Guide, where you can touch the page and make notes; it’s a much different experience to scroll down frequency listings on your computer monitor.

I’ve been using a new shortwave schedule database recently called ShortwaveSchedule.com, and I must say, I’m very pleased with it. This site combines several useful features into one shortwave schedule database that have previously not belonged to any one site.

This site makes it easy to search by frequency for quick ID and for a full listing of what is broadcasting at that moment.

This site’s database allows you to search:

By broadcaster
By frequency
By what’s on the air “now”

These are the most common searches I use when I need a quick identification. The site is basically an online version of Aoki’s Bi Newsletter shortwave transmission database.

Best yet, the site’s owner, VAXXi, tries to continuously improve the site and is even open to suggestions from users. I made a suggestion recently and received a quick response. The site author also created a very helpful online user guide and updates the homepage with version notes.

Anyway, check out the site and feel free to comment, to note your favorite online schedule site, or make suggestions.

World Radio TV Handbook 2012 contest

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This beautiful book could be yours!

UPDATE: This contest is now closed and the winner will be announced soon. Thank you so much to all who participated! We will do more contests in the future as we occasionally have extra shortwave radio supplies/books. We’re thinking of “name that interval signal” contests and other fun events. If you have any suggestions, or if you are a retailer who would like to contribute a prize, please contact us. Thanks! -Thomas

We just so happen to have an extra copy of the 2012 WRTH (World Radio and TV Handbook) here at the SWLing Post HQ. So, we’ve decided it would be fun to share it with a SWLing Post reader who would like a copy of this excellent resource–which also happens to be a great read, featuring many articles that we’re sure you’ll enjoy.

And since the SWLing Post recently opened a Facebook account, this little contest will be a great way to spark some interest there.

How can you win? Simply “like” us on Facebook–before 12:00 UTC on April 11, 2012–and you will automatically be entered to win the 2012 WRTH. We’ll pick a reader at random and notify the winner via Facebook.

Then, simply send us your postal address, and we’ll pop this in the mail to you. And though we may regret the postage (this is a heavy book!) this contest is open to anyone on the planet!

If you’re not familiar with the newest edition of the WRTH, check out our recent review.

Click here to go to our Facebook page now!

Updates to the WRTH B11 schedules are now available for download

Scandinavian Weekend Radio–catch it on shortwave

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SWR (Scandinavian Weekend Radio) is one hip shortwave broadcaster–they’re grass-roots, people-driven and format-free. SWR has been on the air since 2000 and they were, at the time, Scandinavia’s first and only privately owned shortwave radio station.

SWR is not an easy catch for those of us outside of Europe, but with propagation better than it has been in the past few years, it certainly makes for fun DX.

When can you catch SWR? They typically broadcast on the first Saturday of every month for 24 hours, starting 2:00 UTC.

They are scheduled to operate on the following dates:

January 13th-14th 2012,
February 3rd-4th 2012
March 2nd-3rd 2012

You’ll find SWR on the following shortwave frequencies: 11,720 kHz, 11,690 kHz, 5,980 kHz and 6,170 kHz.

Let us know if you hear them! We’d like to thank Alokesh Gupta for the tip.

5th Edition of The Worldwide Listening Guide now available

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John Figliozzi’s The Worldwide Listening Guide is now available for order at Universal Radio. This is the 5th edition of Figliozzi’s book and is unique in that it not only offers shortwave radio listings, but also provides podcast, terrestrial, satellite, Internet, digital, analog, AM, FM and other format schedules.

John Figliozzi is a life-long shortwave radio enthusiast and an excellent writer. His guide is 160 pages, wire-bound and easy to lay flat on your desktop.

Click here to view more details at Universal Radio.

Update: Be sure to check out RNW’s review of The Worldwide Listening Guide.