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Diving into the KBIN again

Hi SWLing Post community, this is Fastradioburst23 calling to let you know of another opportunity to dive into the KBIN.

Our next bargain transmission of quality recycled radio is on Sunday 8th May 2022 at 1800 EST/2200 UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI. Expect some great value for money as usual with free sample packs from KSOL and KDUB for the first thirty listeners through the shortwave supermarket doors*.

*Offer valid while stocks last. Usual terms and conditions apply.

LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel: First broadcast of 2022 on May 7

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adrian Korol, who shares the following announcement from LRA 36:This year the radio team is all female–the host, producer and technicians are all women: Romina Zabalza, Mariela Churquina, Claudia Albarracín, and María Eugenia Rodríguez.

LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel, Base Conjunta Esperanza (Antarctic) Season 2022.

FIRST 2022 TRANSMISSION:

SATURDAY MAY 7, 2022 AT 15:00 UTC ON 15.476 KHZ USB

REPORTS TO: [email protected]

Thank you so much for sharing this, Adrian! LRA 36 is one of my favorite stations to DX!

More from out of the KBIN this weekend

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Hi SWLing Post community, this is Fastradioburst23 again and just letting you know of another episode of KBIN this coming weekend via WRMI. Each week it seems the KBIN gets reloaded. Will you skip into the skip with us and see what we can recover?

It’s at 1800 EST/2022 UTC on Sunday 1st May 2022 on 9395 kHz and it’ll be another “straight out of the bargain bin” broadcast. We’ve got more recycled radio for you including KFOG and CTRN so tune in and catch yourself another great value for money transmission. Remember this is a once in a lifetime offer, never to be repeated again (until the next time)!

KBIN – Bargain bin radio on shortwave this weekend

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Firstly, a big hi to all of the SWLing Post community, this is Fastradioburst23 and I’m just letting you know of our new transmission called KBIN this coming weekend via WRMI.

It’s at 1800 EST/2022 UTC on Sunday 24th April 2022 on 9395 kHz and it’ll be a bargain bin bonanza of a broadcast. We’ve got some recycled radio including KMRT and WGTR (Golden Throats Radio) and some new tunes dumped in for good measure. Tune in and catch yourself a shortwave bargain!

UPDATE: The audio of the transmission is now online here.

Radio Pravda dlya Rossii: A new crowdfunded shortwave program aimed at Russia

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Andrea Borgnino, who notes on Twitter that there’s a new “uncensored” shortwave program targeting Russia. Andrea links to this crowdfunding site which describes the initiative and asks for support:

We are going to broadcast an uncensored program in Russian for people in Russia. The technical possibilities have already been clarified.

The internet is becoming more and more restricted and sometimes at risk for the Russian people.

Right now, uncensored news in Russia is absolutely essential. We draw our motivation from these experiences and see it as a social responsibility to act. The programs will be broadcast on shortwave. Ir is possible to receive that programm with the simplest Radio and the listener is not exposed to the risk of being tracked.

Technically everything is ready for the start, and it could start immediately.

In addition we have some journalistic partners with us to create a daily program of around 60 minutes in length. The program will be broadcast twice a day. Everyone works for free and even the studios will not earn any fee. The only thing we have to pay is the powerful transmitter. every fund is welcome [sic]

It appears this crowdfunding campaign started a couple weeks ago. Chris Greenway added this helpful info on Twitter:

This new station is Radio Truth for Russia (Radio Pravda dlya Rossii). It is hiring airtime on SW transmitters in Germany & Austria:

- 0500 GMT on 9670 kHz (Mon/Wed/Fri)
- 1500 GMT on 13600 (Tue/Thu/Sat)
- 1900 GMT on 6070 & 9670 (Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun)

Times/freqs probably subject to change

Many thanks Andrea and Chris for the information.

Please note that none of us are involved in this initiative. It’s for this reason I can’t vouch for the information being broadcast; indeed, I don’t believe I even know the organizers. I’m simply sharing what we’ve learned about the initiative and schedule.

Please feel free to comment if you can provide further insight and background. Thank you!

Update: According to @Radio22_HF, this is the YouTUbe channel associated with this project. Perhaps the organizers of this project can comment with details.