Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares his radio log art of a recent broadcast of NHK Japan.
Carlos notes:
Part of NHK news bulletin, in Japanese, about Trump assassination attempt.
Click here to view on YouTube.
[T]his is the radiofax I got today from Kyodo News, with two front pages dedicated to the assassination attempt. Click here for the original radiofax audio file.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gérard Koopal, who writes:
Dear Thomas,
See below for a schedule from RTI stating their direct transmissions/programs from Tamsui Taiwan in German starting this Friday [July 12].
Reports can be sent to: [email protected] or by post: Radio Taiwan International, German Service, P.O. Box 123-199, Taipei 11199, Taiwan.
They also state that there will also be programs in French from August 9 until September 1 on Saturday and Sunday on the same times and frequencies directly from Tamsui.
All reports will receive a special QSL card.
The following announcement from RTI was translated to English via Google Translate:
Dear listeners,
Radio Taiwan International will once again be broadcasting German-language programs on several days this year directly from the Tamsui transmitter in Taiwan.
Broadcast dates and frequencies:
The broadcast times are given in UTC (CEST=UTC+2)
1700-1730 UTC 11995 kHz
1730-1800 UTC 9545 kHz
July 12th (Friday)
July 13th (Saturday)
July 14th (Sunday)
July 19th (Friday)
July 20th (Saturday)
July 21st (Sunday)
July 26th (Friday)
July 27th (Saturday)
July 28th (Sunday)
August 2nd (Friday)
August 3rd (Saturday)
04.08. (Sunday)
Please send reception reports by email to: [email protected]
or via the online form: https://de.rti.org.tw/index/content/id/8
or by post to: Radio Taiwan International, German Service, P.O. Box 123-199, Taipei 11199, Taiwan
We will again confirm reception reports with a special QSL card!
further information:
https://de.rti.org.tw/radio/programView/id/2001
We would also like to point out that in August and September (August 9th to September 1st, 2024) RTI will also broadcast French-language programs directly from the Tamsui transmitter on Friday, Saturday and Sunday on the same frequencies at the same times.
Kind regards
Your RTI editorial team
[email protected]
https://de.rti.org.tw/
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bob Purse, owner and curator of the excellent Inches Per Second audio archive and blog, who recently posted a 1968 recording of Radio Australia. This recording is in the queue to be published on the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive, but I thought I’d share it here first since I know there are so many Post readers who are fans of Radio Australia.
Bob shares the following notes with his recording on Inches Per Second:
Periodically, I have shared parts of the large collection of shortwave recordings, most of them of Australian programming, which I picked up… somewhere, at some point. I’ve shared most of it, at this point, but have a few tapes left. I held off on this because the quality is fairly poor, then near the end becomes abysmal, but I thought I should share it, since there is an audience for these recordings. The newscast heard here makes it clear (specifically, the golf results, among other stories) that at least part of this tape is from the second week of March, 1968.
Note that this recording will also be available on the SRAA on August 16, 2024. Thanks again for sharing this, Bob!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares his radio log art and recording from Rádio Mitre:
Carlos notes:
“…World commotion, Donald Trump assassination attempt. It was at a campaign event in Pennsylvania. While the Republican candidate was giving his speech, several shots were heard and immediately afterwards he fell with a wound to his ear…”
The Grundig G3 sported a Dual Conversion PLL Digital tuner with smooth tuning and no discernible muting between frequency steps.
Like some others of my age (roughly) who have posted here, I vastly prefer radios that do NOT mute between tuning steps . . . that provide smooth, continuous tuning.
So, does anyone know of any true, new, currently in production, radios with an analog receiver? Could be AM, FM, and/or shortwave?
And, if there are any, obviously I am interested in the ones that you think work well.
Cheers, Jock
Hi it’s FastRadioBurst 23 from Imaginary Stations here letting you know of a couple of our summertime specials this coming week.
On Sunday 14th July 2024 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz the Imaginary Stations crew will be bringing you more summer of shortwave celebrations with COOL 3. More summer vibes and happy sunshine tunes even if though the weather outside isn’t summerlike at your QTH (or perhaps it is?)
Then via WRMI on Wednesday 17th July 2024 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz we’ll be bringing you a great show in the form of Radio Ace, alas no Flash Frisbone but an array of wonderful tunes and the story of Mingling Mike. It’s a winner and well worth a listen so tune in.
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.
Radio Seribatu FM Tower
Welcome to the SWLing Post’s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio. Enjoy!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Dan Robinson, William Pietschman, NT, and Tracy Wood for the following tips:
Baofeng walkie talkie sets are common among Maoists, insurgent groups, and anti-military forces in India and Myanmar, aiding communication in remote areas.
Made by China’s Fujian Baofeng Electronics Co., huge numbers of these walkie talkie sets have been seized wherever there is insurgency. They are inexpensive, hardy, easy to use, and have a range of 5 km, which can be extended to 10 with an easy hack. [Continue reading…]
The Commander, 1 Brigade Nigerian Army, Gusau, Brigadier General Sani Ahmed donated 100 sets of BAOFENG Communication Radios (Walkie-Talkies) to members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in a brief ceremony at Headquarters, 1 Brigade Gusau Zamfara State
In his remarks, the Brigade Commander, Brigadier General Sani Ahmed said the donation of the Baofeng Radios is part of his Corporate Social Responsibilities to the host communities and to enhance the operational capacity of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in the state. He added that this will aid the CJTF to carry out their responsibilities in securing lives and property in their respective communities effectively. [Continue reading…]
[Note: this is not a radio article, but mentions a connection to ham radio.]
György Buzsáki first started tinkering with waves when he was in high school. In his childhood home in Hungary, he built a radio receiver, tuned it to various electromagnetic frequencies and used a radio transmitter to chat with strangers from the Faroe Islands to Jordan.
He remembers some of these conversations from his “ham radio” days better than others, just as you remember only some experiences from your past. Now, as a professor of neuroscience at New York University, Buzsáki has moved on from radio waves to brain waves to ask: How does the brain decide what to remember? [Continue reading…]
SWLing Post Tracy Wood writes with the following note:
The Internet audio stream for Niue’s Radio Sunshine now appears to be active, albeit not 24×7. The station operates locally on FM but formerly was a top AM DX target.
Niue is a self-governing dependency of New Zealand.
On the technical side, the audio stream URL unfortunately appears to be somewhat dynamic as it’s using a “radioplayer” Javascript. The player (and stream) can be found at the tvniue.com homepage, the official radio/TV corporation of the island.
Fans of Oceania radio can add this one to other area countries that stream such as Nauru, Kiribati, and Samoa.
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