Category Archives: Shortwave Radio

Put another log on the fire

Hi to all SWLing Post community! FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know what audio treats the Imaginary Stations crew have in store for you next week.

On Saturday 4th January 2025 at 1200 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and also on Sunday 5th January 2025 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2100 UTC on 3975 kHz via Shortwave Gold we have the debut of WARM. If it’s cold where you are, you will already know the benefits of the show. We’re talking records to warm the cockles of your heart, blazing tunes and even a couple of simmering cover versions to turn up the heat on the shortwave dial.

If all goes well we will also have The Baltimore Boilermen and Boilerwomen Pipe Band in the studio bringing you a rendition of “Feeling hot, hot, hot” and some central heating tips (all subject to availability of course). It’ll be a fun hour, so wrap yourself up in your favourite blanket, put on some fluffy slippers, make yourself a hot chocolate and enjoy the show.

On Wednesday January 8th 2025 at 0300 UTC via WRMI we have another episode of the wonderful Radio Ace. Tune in for an hour of something very radio related.

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

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Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of KBS World Radio (December 30, 2024)

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares illustrated radio listening report of a recent KBS World Radio broadcast.

Carlos notes:

Hey Thomas my friend, wish you, your family and the SWLing Post community a happy 2025.

Full news bulletin of KBS World Radio (in Spanish), with focus on the tragic plane crash in South Korea that killed 179 passengers. Listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Click here to view on YouTube.

Bonus: Last Kyodo News Morning Edition radiofax of the 2024. Received today in Porto Alegre, 10h20 UTC, 16970 kHz (USB).

Some headlines:

Japanese woman on business trip to China sentenced to six years in prison for espionage charges for actions in Japan
Request for arrest warrant for South Korean president
South Korean plane crash: Recording device retrieved for joint investigation and analysis with U.S. authorities
Three children dead, mother arrested on suspicion of murder

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Brazilian Navy Weather Bulletin via PACTOR/FEC

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Carlos Latuff, who writes:

Decoding weather bulletin broadcasted in the PACTOR/FEC system by the Brazilian Navy radio station in Rio de Janeiro. Received today at Parque Marinha in Porto Alegre, 12710 kHz (USB), 21h45 UTC.

Click here to watch on YouTube.

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Rediscovering the Golden Age of Utility DXing

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

Hi Thomas

Back in the 1970’s, I used to enjoy hunting for “utility” radio stations outside the regular SWBC bands. When I came across a copy of the Utility DXer’s Handbook from 1971 recently on eBay, I couldn’t resist purchasing it. I have since made a page on archive.org for it to help preserve this unique piece of radio history. Anyone interested can follow this link and take a look at the world of utility radio as it was over 50 years ago.

Also, I have included links to some of the recordings and QSL’s from these stations that I have set up on the Internet Archive.

Wow, Dan! What a utility DXing treasure trove you’ve created on Archive.org. Thank you for sharing these resources and recordings with us!

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Texas Radio Shortwave’s January-March 2025 program schedule

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Terry Colgan of Texas Radio Shortwave, who writes:

Hi – Here’s our program schedule for the first three months of 2025. We’re continuing to air monthly programs over Channel 292, Rohrbach, Germany, featuring Texas musicians (except in January).

We kick off the New Year with an hour of programming from Swedish pirate station Radio Igloo. It’s been a long time since they’ve been widely heard in North America, and we hope they receive a good response to the program. TRSW and Radio Igloo will issue separate QSLs for correct, detailed reception reports.

We’ve changed the time of our MixCloud streams to make them more accessible to worldwide fans of music by Texas artists and old-time radio shows. Previously, the stream time favored North American enthusiasts. We offer different QSL designs for reports on the MixCloud streams.

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Musikalischer Frühschoppen: A special DRM broadcast on December 27, 2024

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Alan, who shares the following announcement from the DRM Consortium:

DRM SW transmissions from Germany after Christmas

On 27 December, SE-TA 2, a private German shortwave radio station, will be on air with a 4-hour moderated music programme “Musikalischer Frühschoppen” from the Waldheim, Germany, transmitter.

The frequency will be 6195 kHz.

The two-hour programme will be played twice in succession within the 4-hour transmission windows. The DRM transmission will be in two different configurations:

09-11 UTC 16 QAM in MSC Mode B
11-13 UTC 16 QAM in MSC Mode C

Both featuring xHE-AAC audio, Journaline, DRM TextMessages with DL+ information, stations logos and Slideshow images.

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KMTS Calling, KMTS Calling

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Hi to all SWLing Post community! FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know what the Imaginary Stations crew have up their sleeves for this festive weekend. We’d like to send holiday greetings to our listeners old and new. Thank you for your support, we couldn’t do it without you.

On Saturday December 28th 2024 at 1200 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and repeated on Sunday December 29th 2024 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and also at 2100 UTC on 3975 kHz via Shortwave Gold is the end of year transmission of KMTS (Kearsarge Mountain Transmission Service). Expect the weird and wonderful and also radio related tunes.

Then on Wednesday January 1st 2025 at 0300 UTC via WRMI we have another version of KMTS which by the way was the very first Imaginary Station from the crew. Tune in for some strange audio excitement and start the new year on the right frequency.