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:
Typhoon No. 5 (Nari) has made landfall in Hokkaido: NHK+Japan Meteorological Agency (radiofax)
Typhoon No. 5 (Nari) has made landfall in Hokkaido, Japan. Part of NHK news bulletin (in Japanese), 11625kHz + radiofax (partial) from Japan Meteorological Agency.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent Rádio Nacional broadcast.
Carlos notes:
Lula says he will fight against US tariffs, Rádio Nacional, 6180 kHz
“…President Lula stated this Friday that he will fight against US tariffs at every possible level. ‘I’ll try to fight at all levels so those tariffs do not come. I’ll fight at the WTO, I’ll talk to my BRICS colleagues. Now, if there’s no way out, through discussion, face-to-face, we’ll establish reciprocity. If you impose a tax here, we’ll impose a tax there!…'”
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent Rádio Nacional broadcast.
Carlos notes:
Lula responds to Trump’s tariffs, Radio Nacional (BR)
Lula responds to Trump’s tariffs, excerpt from the news bulletin from Radio Nacional, 11780 kHz, listened on a Tecsun R-1012 receiver.
“…First we’ll try to negotiate, but if there’s no negotiation, the law of reciprocity will be put into practice. If he’s going to charge us 50 (%), we will charge him 50…”
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent broadcasts outlining natural disasters around the world.
Carlos notes:
Any doubt that climate change is here to stay? Check the news!
News related to the global climate crisis in news bulletins from three broadcasters:
– Radio ZP-30 (Paraguay)
– CGTN Radio (China)
– KBS World Radio (South Korea).
Listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on an Xhdata D-808 receiver.
Greetings to all SWLing Post community, here’s our shows we’ve lined up for you this week.
We bring you SURF on Saturday 12th July 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 13th July 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). As they say, “Let’s go surfing now, turn on your radio, that’s how, join us on the high frequent seas”. Join the dawn patrol (if it’s early morning where you are) and jump on your board and go surfing with the shortwave radio dial and you’ll be riding those (air)waves before you know it.
And we’ve got an episode of COOL on Wednesday 16th July 2025 at 0200 hrs UTC via WRMI. Think summer vibes galore and tunes to listen to whilst chilling on the beach. Towels, deckchairs and sunblock at the ready please!
Here’s a trailer about riding the shortwave SURF to get you in the mood.
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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A portion of the Edward R Murrow Transmitting Site’s antenna farm.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Greenall, who shared the following message and recordings yesterday, July 4, 2025. Dan writes:
Hi Thomas
Happy Independence Day!
Just finished listening to Radio Marti as follows:
9565 kHz strong then abruptly off at 2200 UTC (recording below)
11860 kHz strong then abruptly off at 2201 UTC
11930 kHz strong then abruptly off at 2201+ UTC
13605 kHz not heard today but strong on July 1st (recording below):
73
Dan Greenall
Thank you for sharing these logs and recordings, Dan! I hope you had a wonderful Canada Day on the 1st of July as well!
Greetings to all SWLing Post community, here’s a couple of programmes we’ve lined up for you this week.
We bring you Downbeat on Shortwave on Saturday 5th July 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 6th July 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). Guest DJs Jesse Yuen and One Deck Pete bring you two 15 minute downtempo mixes each of some ambient and downtempo vibes to help you drift away. Expect some blissful vibes for a Sunday.
And we’ve got an episode of the SkyBird Drive in Radio on Wednesday 9th July 2025 via WRMI.
Make yourself a tasty snack (hot dogs, tacos, ice cream or burgers) and turn on that in-car shortwave AM radio for the full sound experience. Imagine you’re in a big cadillac, tilt your seat back (but not too far) and enjoy all sorts of cinema related tunes as you would in an outdoor experience (unless you are listening to the radio outdoors). Enjoy our evening’s programming.
Here’s a trailer about the Skybird Drive in to get you in that cinematic mood.
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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