Category Archives: Shortwave Radio

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Jeff McMahon, who notes that he’s just published a new article exploring why the Tecsun PL-660 and PL-680 “twins” aren’t quite twins after all. Jeff compares the two radios in his garage setup and finds that while the PL-660 is more sensitive, the PL-680 has a clear advantage where it really counts outdoors: better audio fidelity without distortion at high volumes.

You can read Jeff’s full post here.

Radyo Pilipinas World Service (RPWS) Returns to Shortwave

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Richard Cuff, who shares the following news via the Philippine News Agency:

The government’s international service, Radyo Pilipinas World Service (RPWS), is set to resume shortwave broadcasts on 1 December 2025 from the Philippines Transmitting Station in Tinang, Tarlac. The relaunch comes through a new partnership between the Presidential Broadcast Service–Bureau of Broadcast Services and the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO), which aims to create a global network of volunteer correspondents reporting from Filipino diaspora communities. These broadcasts underscore shortwave radio’s continued value in connecting remote and global audiences—including overseas Filipino workers—with cultural news, heritage programming and first-hand reports from abroad.

Click here to read the full story.

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of CGTN (November 18, 2025)

X-rays and comedy on shortwave

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Greetings all SWLing Post community, here’s what Imaginary Stations crew are putting out on air next week. We’ve got a comedy special called CMDY via shortwaveradio.de on Saturday 22nd November 2025 at 1200 hrs UTC and then again on Sunday 23rd November 2025 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz and 2200 on 3975 kHz.

There’s stuff to hopefully make you laugh and cheer you up over the hour. Tune in and have a bit of a titter via the shortwaves!

On Wednesday 26th November 2025 at 0300 UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI we bring you X-Raydio. The show will explore audio from unusual musical formats and features a piece on Bone Music by Stephen Coates from The Real Tuesday Weld (who hosts a great radio show called The Bureau of Lost Culture on Soho Radio, London) and a flexi disc mix by Shane Quentin (from the excellent The Garden of the Earthly Delights show on CRMK). Tune in your shortwave radio (or an online SDR) to X-Raydio for something a little bit different for your airwaves!