Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report.
Carlos notes:
Welcome to the SWLing Post’s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio. Enjoy!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Frank and Dennis Dura for the following tips:
Many thanks to Frank who shares the results of the 2026 SWL Contest on his website.
[Click here to read about the winners and prizes.]
FM broadcast signals can travel long distances under the right conditions.
We’ve touched on E-skip several times in this space, particularly how double-hop sporadic-E makes transatlantic receptions possible. Receptions like these have been documented by long-distant radio enthusiasts such as Ireland’s Paul Logan catching North American signals, and the reverse accomplished by Bryce Foster on Cape Cod and Larry Horlick in Newfoundland.
Now, another operator, this time in Spain, has joined those ranks. Mauricio Molano, a retired 47-year radio veteran and DXer since age 15, recently shared his loggings with us.
The National Association of Broadcasters and other prominent players are celebrating Tuesday’s House vote in favor of the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act. But the passage of the bill did involve some compromises.
The radio industry admits it didn’t get everything it wanted when the original bill when it was first introduced. The bill includes a sunset provision of eight years instead of the 10 years originally proposed.
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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Alan Roe, who shares his A-26 (version 5.0) season guide to music on shortwave. Alan provides this amazing resource as a free PDF download.
Click here to download Music on Shortwave A-26 v5.0 (PDF)
Alan notes that this is likely the final update for the A-26 season.
Alan has also created at-a-glance, single-page PDF programme grids for BBC World Service, CGTN Radio, Radio Romania International, Voice of Turkey, and Radio Taiwan International — all updated for the A-26 broadcast season. If you’d like to download these, visit Alan’s Box account here: http://tinyurl.com/shortwaveprograms
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.
Hi to all our SWLing Post friends. Here’s the Imaginary Stations schedule for your shortwave listening pleasure.
On WRMI on Wednesday 16th September 2026, at 0200 hrs UTC on 9395 kHz we bring you The Shortwave Music Library. DJ Frederick searches through the dusty archives of the library and selects some wonderful tunes.
Later that day at 1800 hrs UTC on 3975 kHz/6160 kHz via Shortwave Gold, we bring you The Skybird Lounge. Retire with us to the lounge for some chilled out listening pleasure.
At the weekend on Saturday 19th September at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 20th September at 1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and 2000 hrs UTC on 3975 kHz/6160 kHz via Shortwave Gold, we return to our Imaginary States project and visit the state of New Mexico. We will be sampling music from bands who call New Mexico home. There might even be a well-known song about Albuquerque!
For more information on all our shows, please write to us at [email protected] and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.
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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report.
Carlos notes:
NHK: 25th Anniversary of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks
by Dan Greenall
Back in the 1970’s, All India Radio (also called Akashvani) had no programs beamed to North America. Perhaps, partly because of this, it took me nearly a year and a half of DXing to finally hear them from my listening post in southern Ontario, Canada. I used to think their evening transmission to the UK and Western Europe on 9912 at 1945 hours UTC would be my best bet, but as it turns out, I had better luck at 1330 UTC when their target area was Southeast Asia. This was part of their General Overseas Service in English, and their schedule from the 1975 World Radio TV Handbook is attached.
Here is a recording of the station circa 1971, beginning with their interval signal.
Fast forward 55 years to September 1, 2026. English language programs from All India Radio now seem to be quite scarce. There are only one or two daily news bulletins in English, each roughly 15 minutes in length. Many of their broadcasts are aired via powerful transmitters in Bengaluru (Bangalore) in southern India.
This first recording was made using a remote SDR near Perth, Australia, on September 1, 2026, on 15410 kHz beginning around 0243 hours UTC. At about the 2:11 mark of the recording, they switch into English with the announcement: “Akashvani presents morning news.”
In the second recording, made September 9, a strong signal was noted on 15260 kHz at 0130 hours UTC, while tuning on a KiwiSDR in Bandung, Indonesia. The familiar interval signal of All India Radio is heard beginning at the 1:25 mark followed by sign on in Indonesian.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report.
Carlos notes:
NHK: Extremely heavy rain in Shikoku and Tokai regions; risk of linear precipitation zones in various areas.