Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gary (W4EEY), who shares a link the following archived documentary on the BBC World Service from 1982:
Video: ‘Afternoon Plus’ documentary on the BBC World Service (1982)
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Listening In Brazil ZP-30 Radio Station, “The Voice Of Paraguayan Chaco”, AM 610 kHz.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following guest post:
Listening In Brazil ZP-30 Radio Station, “The Voice Of Paraguayan Chaco”, AM 610 kHz.
by Carlos Latuff
The first time I tuned on to ZP30 “The Voice of Paraguayan Chaco”, a Christian radio station from Paraguay, was during tests with Innova KV-12002. It was 7 p.m. Brasilia time, and when I turned on the receiver, I came across a medium-wave broadcast with an announcer speaking in German. This surprised me because the medium-wave stations I usually receive at night in Porto Alegre, Brazil, are from Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, and none typically broadcast in a language other than Spanish.
I listened to the news bulletin, entirely in German, and throughout the transmission, I noticed the word “Paraguay” mentioned a few times. I concluded that it must be a Paraguayan radio station broadcasting in German. A quick Google search for radio stations in Paraguay broadcasting in German led me to ZP-30. I found their website, tuned in to the streaming audio, and confirmed I was listening to the same station on my radio.
Check out the ZP-30 website here: https://www.zp30.com.py
At that moment I recorded a video of the radio station playing German songs. I wanted the news bulletin, but I found it quite difficult, either due to problems with propagation, other kinds of interference, or due to a station that operates on the same frequency and that sometimes overpowers the Paraguayan broadcaster.
It took me almost a week to record the news bulletin with decent audio quality, using a ferrite rod AM antenna and my good ol’ XHDATA D-808 receiver.
This station, in addition to German and Spanish, broadcasts news and Christian preaching in languages ??spoken by indigenous communities from the Chaco region in Paraguay.
In Brazil, there was a migration of AM stations to FM, which left the medium-wave spectrum vacant. I believe that, from now on, it will be possible to listen to stations that I had never heard before. Stay tuned!
Some Christian preaching in German:
(Attached a video I made of ZP-30 radio station broadcasting news in German. Porto Alegre, June 4, 2024)
I am the morning DJ on WORD
FastRadioBurst 23 letting you know of our Imaginary Stations transmissions this week. On Sunday 9th June 2024 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz we bring you a show called WORD to Europe via Shortwave Gold. Expects words and letters, books, (Radio Phonics) Laboratories, libraries, acronyms, verbs and even an interview with the up-and-coming Wordrock band “Abbreviations and Ampersands” if time allows and loads more.
Our second show is another edition of the wonderful Shortwave Music Library on Wednesday 12th June 2024 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI. Expect all sorts of eclectic music selections of the finest quality from DJ Frederick.
Here’s more on WORD.
For more information on all our shows please email [email protected] and check out our Mixcloud page here.
Adi spots two rare receivers on eBay. What are they?
FURUNO RH1-1 Radio Receiver
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adi, who writes:
Hi Thomas, I was just browsing eBay when I decided to see what was “new” in the receivers section.
These popped up:
https://ebay.us/iRSC87 [eBay partner link]
RH1-1? [See photo above] Google doesn’t know much about it.
Pfitzner – Teletron type TE712B
https://ebay.us/RNQEy3 [eBay partner link]
The seller from Poland writes, “The receiver was produced specifically for reconnaissance purposes.” I wonder what was heard through its circuits…? ?
I guess a few readers can tell us more about them.
Regards,
Adi
Thanks for sharing, Adi. I’m not familiar with either of these receivers, but I’m sure some of the experts in our community can shed some light on them!
From the Isle of Music – June 2024
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Tilford, who writes:
On June 8, 2024, we will feature music from the winning albums in the Fusión Alternativa (“No me formes crisis by Toques del Río) and Nueva Trova plus Notas Discográficas (“Universos” by Tony Ávila y Su Grupo) categories of Cubadisco 2024
Times & Frequencies are:
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- 1700-1800 UTC 9670 kHz with beam E-F towards South Asia
- 1900-2000 UTC 3955 & 6070 kHz (omnidirectional for Europe and beyond)
- 2300-2400 UTC 3955 kHz (omnidirectional for Europe and beyond)
All transmissions from Channel 292, Rohrbach, Germany
We will honor reception reports with an eQSL using websdrs IF
1. The entire hour is reported
2.. Which websdr is clearly specified.
This will be strictly enforced beginning this month; reports for just a few minutes of the show will be acknowledged with a short note of thanks instead.
WWII Radio History: D-Day broadcasting and communications
Maj. Gen. Ralph Royce (second from right), 9th Air Force deputy commander, with engineers on the Normandy beachhead one day after D-Day. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Kris Partridge, who writes:
With the imminent approach, Thursday, June 6, 2024, of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, followed by operation Overlord.
Being both a radio amateur and in the broadcast industry , I have done a little research and find the two items, below, relating to D-Day and post-D-Day communications and broadcasters.
One, from the BBC Archives for a UK ‘view-point’
and Two, from RadioWorld for the US angle
But remember it was nearly a year away to VE-Day, so more research to be done on the effort of broadcasters to “bring the story home”
Also, one amateur radio related note: A SES (Special Event Station) with the callsign GB8ODD: https://g5fz.co.uk/up-coming-special-event-stations-by-the-lswc/
Being a WWII history buff, I really appreciate the links. Thanks, Kris!
24 heures du Mans: TM24H callsign and special event QSL!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Jamet, who shares the following announcement:
TM24H callsign is active on the occasion of The 24 heures du Mans
On the occasion of The 24 Heures du Mans Automobile, Radioamateurs from the Radio
Club de la Sarthe – F6KFI – will activate the call sign TM24H from June 02 to 16, 2024 inclusive.
Traffic will be on all bands (SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK, FT8, QO100) and VHF.
A special QSL card will confirm each contact.
QSL manager: F6KFI via office, as well as the possibility of a diploma.
See rules: http://aras72.r-e-f.org/
Send your comments to: [email protected]
See also: https://www.qrz.com/db/TM24H
Official website of The 24 Heures du Mans: https://www.24h-lemans.com/en