Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares his radio log art of a recent NHK broadcast.
Carlos notes:
Excerpt of shortwave news bulletin from NHK about a earthquake that hit Ibaraki Prefecture.
Listened in Rio de Janeiro with a solar-powered receiver, which can be used as an emergency radio set.
Many thanks to Mike Serio who notes:
Hi Thomas,
Just a note to let you know that digikey has a supply of Ham Radio Workbench DC Power Strips in stock, 43 at the time I reviewed. Product number is HRWB101. Thought you might want to let your audience know. These are neat little kits, I really like mine!
72,
Mike Serio
KG4MTN
Thanks for the tip, Mike! These will likely sell out quickly. Note that this is the second version of the DC Distribution Panel Kit and is even more robust than the first one which is now discontinued.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alan Roe, who writes:
The BBC World Service “six-month” schedules now seem to have been deleted permanently from the BBCWS website. I have therefore produced my own “at-a-glance” schedule listing the BBC WS English programmes on shortwave, which I have now updated to version 1.3.
Click here to download BBC World Service Programmes: A24 Season (PDF).
Best wishes
Alan Roe, Teddington, UK
This is a wonderful quick reference sheet, Alan. Thank you so much for stepping up and making it available to the community!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares his radio log art of a recent NHK broadcast.
Carlos notes:
Part of NHK shortwave radio news bulletin about typhoon n° 7 “Ampil” approaching Japan. Listened yesterday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Hi it’s FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know what Imaginary Stations will be bringing to you via the shortwaves this week, sunspots permitting of course. On Sunday 18th August 2024 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz they have COOL 6 via Shortwave Gold. More summer vibes from the Imaginary Stations crew from the comfort of their sun lounger.
Then via WRMI on Wednesday 21st August 2024 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz we’ll be bringing you a back to school special of KMART, your “official supermarket shortwave radio station”. Expect voucher give-aways, extended opening hours and the best blue light specials on the planet (*All subject to availability of course). Tune in and enjoy an alternative to shopping on the shortwave dial.
We now have a Patreon page for our regular listeners here. Monthly memberships are available for exclusive audio and zines.
For more information on all our shows, please send to [email protected] and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Richard Cuff and Markku Koskinen who share the following (sad) news:
Station pointed to financial losses as major reason behind closure
A mainstay of Hamilton’s airwaves for almost a century has gone off the air.
900 CHML announced on social media on Wednesday that the radio station would be closing after many years of providing the city and surrounding area with local talk-radio programming.
“This decision, though incredibly difficult, has been made after careful consideration and is necessary following years of financial loss,” read the post.
“The shift of advertising revenues to unregulated foreign platforms, combined with the difficult regulatory and competitive landscape, has forced us to make the difficult decision to close,” added the post. [Continue read at the Star…]
Hi Folks,
Just an update on the 40% discount event for the XHDATA D-220. That promotion is over (many thanks to XHDATA for offering us this exclusive discount!), however, Amazon has a 15% discount for the radio, and the Black version is a couple dollars less than the Orange, which brings it back down close to the 40% discount we had.
Personally, even at full price, I think the radio is a steal, but that’s just me.
Looking forward to the contest this weekend (thanks Jock!) – should be a lot of fun!
Cheers! Robert K4PKM