Category Archives: Shortwave Radio

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of the Voice of Turkey (August 6, 2025)

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

Carlos notes:

Brazil’s Lula vows to defy US tariffs, Voice of Turkey, 9870 kHz

“…Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has declared that his government will not back down in defending the country’s economic interests and will resort to international channels against new US tariffs. Lula stated at an event in Brasilia: ‘In 2025, we will use all possible measures to defend our interests, starting with the World Trade Organization’…”

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Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of NHK (August 5, 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 NHK World broadcast.

Carlos notes:

Hiroshima bombing, 80 years later. NHK, 11965 kHz.

As we mark the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, a new picture book has been published, featuring essays and other writings by children who experienced the bombing, with illustrations by Chihiro Iwasaki.

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More imaginary transmissions

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Greetings to all SWLing Post community, Imaginary Stations have a couple of great programmes coming your way this weekend via the shortwave spectrum.

We’ve got another transmission of KNTS – Kearsarge North Transmission Service on Saturday 9th August 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 10th August 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). Expect shortwave and ham related sounds and some very interesting programming.

We’ve got another edition of The Shortwave Music Archive on Wednesday 13th August 2025 at 0200 hrs UTC via WRMI and we have a musical selection from all genres from DJ Frederick’s musical library. Expect all sorts of good and fun stuff.

The Imaginary Stations crew produces eclectic programs for shortwave and other media. We need your financial help to cover our production and transmission costs and keep us on the airwaves for a long time to come. More below:

For more information on all our shows, please write to [email protected] and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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Dan Unearths Radio Memories: A 1990s Treasure Trove of Broadcast Ephemera

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

Hi Thomas

Before the days of the internet and e-mail, handwritten or typed reception reports mailed out to broadcast stations would often net the lucky DXer other goodies, including station brochures, program schedules, frequency guides, station stickers, blank reception report forms, pennants, booklets, and other items in addition to that coveted QSL verification.

The QSLs were stored carefully away in albums or shoe boxes, while much of the other paper ephemera eventually (over the years) made its way into a recycle bin. Recently, while cleaning out some storage boxes in the basement, I came across a number of envelopes containing some of the aforementioned items from the early to mid-1990s. To preserve these newly discovered pieces of radio history, I have scanned much of the material and included it here.

Here’s a sampling:

There are 39 JPEG and 7 PDF files to view: https://archive.org/details/radio-finland-program-guide-1992-3-page-2

Dan Greenall VE3HLC, Ontario, Canada

Thank you so much for archiving and sharing these, Dan! Pure radio nostalgia.

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of NHK (August 1, 2025) with Radiofax Imagery

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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 NHK World broadcast along with bonus radiofax imagery.

Carlos notes:

Volcano eruption, typhoon no. 9: excerpts from NHK news bulletin

Volcano eruption, typhoon no. 9: excerpts from NHK news bulletin, 11965 kHz

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Plus radiofax from Japan Meteorological Agency, featuring typhoon no. 9 (“Krosa”), 7795 kHz USB, received yesterday in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on Xhdata D-808 receiver.

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of All India Radio (August 1, 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 All India Radio broadcast.

Carlos notes:

Trump’s tariffs on India, All India Radio, 9620 kHz

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Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of NHK (July 30, 2025 – Tsunami Coverage)

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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 NHK broadcast.

Carlos notes:

When an emergency occurs, such as an earthquake or tsunami, NHK, the Japanese public broadcaster, switches its programming to exclusively news coverage of the event. Even the broadcaster’s homepage switches to a light version to reduce cell phone battery consumption.

When I received news of the tsunami, it was already after 10 p.m. in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and the propagation to Japan at that time is terrible; you couldn’t hear anything!