Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent CGTN broadcast.
Carlos notes:
U.N. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese on the Gaza genocide, CGTN
Greetings all SWLing Post community, here’s the Imaginary Stations shortwave schedule for this week. On Saturday 20th September 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 21st September 2025 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2100 UTC (new time slot) on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold) we bring you the next module of Skybird School of the Air.
As with last week’s lesson (which is online here if you missed the class) the subject of the show is all things educational. We will be starting where we left off last time as we had a lot more material to go into the first lesson, but we had problems with the overhead projector and the fire alarm went off unexpectedly. So rough books at the ready and no latecomers please (unless you have a good excuse).
On Wednesday 24th September 2025 via WRMI we have an episode of Skybird Radio International. Expect tunes from all around this globe of ours and all genres too. No passport, visa papers or over packed suitcases needed for this transmission. You will be travelling via the ionosphere.
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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One of our sponsors, Choyong Radio, has launched a new Kickstarter campaign for what they call “the next generation walkie-talkie.”
According to the campaign specs, the WT2 combines:
Choyong’s vision: “This isn’t just for outdoor adventurers or radio enthusiasts—it’s for anyone who values staying connected and entertained.”
I’ll admit that Choyong has done an impressive job with the LC-90, packing a lot of features into one radio. I can see where this HT-sized unit would really appeal to those who enjoy traveling. Keep in mind, though, this is a crowdfunded campaign—so you’re investing in a product to help bring it to full production. Unlike many first-time campaigns, however, Choyong already has experience successfully taking products from design to market.
Check out the campaign here:
The Next Generation Multi-Functional Dual-Mode Walkie-Talkie (Kickstarter)
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent KBS World broadcast.
Carlos notes:
South Korean government takes action against high suicide rates in the country, KBS, 11810 kHz.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Terry (N5RTC), who shares the following schedules for Texas Radio Shortwave (click image to enlarge):
Greetings all SWLing Post community, Imaginary Stations have a couple of great programmes this week over those short waves. The first is on Saturday 13th September 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 14th September 2025 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2000 UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold) we bring you the first in the programmes called Skybird School of the Air.
The programme is aptly educational themed especially as the schools are back so do have that notepad at the ready as you don’t want to miss anything as there will be a multiple-choice quiz at the end of transmission*.
It’s all good natured though and there won’t be any weekend detentions if you get the odd answer wrong. The only qualification you need to listen to the transmission is to own a shortwave radio or access to an online SDR. If all goes well we will have a local school brass band in the studio for a rollicking version of “Schools Out” and a first year college student choir entertaining us with a song about the importance of algebra and how fun it can be*. Tune in and be prepared to learn something.
* All subject to availability of course.
On Wednesday 17th September 2025 via WRMI we have another Radio Ace episode. Thanks to all the listeners who emailed us wanting to hear the show return to the airwaves and keep them ears open to catch if the great DJ Flash Frisbone will appear or not.
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 Dennis Dura for sharing this excellent Hackaday feature: Quieting That Radio. If you’ve ever struggled to hear weak signals through modern RFI, this piece, featuring content from Electronics Unmessed, is well worth checking out. It explores the hidden interference SDR setups often face and offers simple, practical/inexpensive fixes—like adding a counterpoise or ferrite choke—that can make all the difference in pulling in those hard-to-hear stations. This is advice we’ve recommended in past articles, but it’s brilliant to see demonstrated improvement.