Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of CGTN (June 24, 2025)

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


Carlos notes:

Trump criticizes Israel, Iran over ceasefire violations, CGTN Radio, China, 11770 kHz

Part of CGTN Radio news bulletin (in English) about Trump’s criticism over Israel-Iran ceasefire violations. Listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on a Xhdata D-808 receiver.

Click here to view on YouTube.

Radio Lavalamp reimagined

Greetings to all SWLing Post community, here’s a couple of programmes we’ve lined up for you this week.

We bring you a double dose of Radio Lavalamp, inspired by a low powered community and internet radio station from Osaka, Japan now reimagined by Imaginary Stations. Expect some way out sounds from all genres from the groovy to ethereal.

We’ve got programme one on Saturday 28th June 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 20th June 2025 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2000 UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold).

And programme two of Radio Lavalamp on Wednesday 2nd July 2025 via WRMI. It’s going to be a groovy trip via the ionosphere so tune in and turn on as many times as you like next week.

Here’s a trailer of an old show of Radio Lavalamp to get you in the ethereal mood.

For more information on all our shows, please write to imaginarystations@gmail.com and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Radio New Zealand (June 21-22, 2025)

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening reports of recent Radio New Zealand broadcasts.


Carlos notes:

War on Iran, Radio New Zealand

Part of Radio New Zealand (RNZ) news bulletin (June 21 and 22).

Click here to view on YouTube.

Click here to view on YouTube.

SAQ at 100: Celebrating a Century of Global VLF Communication

Photo: Martin Wallgren

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Jamet, who shares the following news:

Grimeton SAQ turns 100!

On July 2, 2025, the SAQ Grimeton Radio Station in Sweden celebrates its centennial — a hundred years of quiet transmissions that have bridged continents and eras.

Built in 1925, this UNESCO-listed radio station still transmits Morse code using a pre-electronic VLF generator.

A silent voice of peace across the globe.

SAQ to air at 100th anniversary on July 2nd 2025: https://alexander.n.se/en/celebrate-100-years-with-saq-grimeton/

English program: https://alexander.n.se/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Jubileumsdagen_Grimeton100_en.pdf

 

SAQ transmits telegrams worldwide on 17,2 kHz at 11.00 CEST (09.00 UTC) and 15.00 CEST (13.00 UTC). The startups begin at 10.30 CEST (08.30 UTC) and 14.30 CEST (12.30 UTC).

Learn more:

Radio Farda is back on the air as of June 20, 2025

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who writes:

From Jean-Michel Aubier on WOR list:

Radio Farda is back on shortwave since June 20, 2025:

    • 1700-1900 on 9450 (DHA)
    • 2300-0400 sur 9620 (WOF)
    • 0400-0700 sur 12035 (DHA)
    • 1300-1700 sur 12035 ‘DHA)
    • 1900-2300 sur 12035 (WOF)
    • 0700-1000 sur 13710 (DHA)
    • 1000-1300 sur 15720 (DHA)

Thank you for the tip, Paul.

Please share your recording of the 70th Anniversary BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica here!

Halley VI Antarctic Research Station

In the comments section of this post, I’d like you to share your recording of the 2025 BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica!

Time and frequencies

Our intrepid contributor, Richard Langley, reports the following message from the British DX Club:

Shortwave schedule 2130-2200 UTC on 5960 UAE, 9575 Ascension Island, 12065 Woofferton (UK), 13810 Woofferton (UK).

Please comment with your recording on this post!

Listening to the 2017 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast from the back of my vehicle in Saint-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada.

I’ve created this dedicated post where you can comment and include links to audio and video of your 2024 Midwinter Broadcast recordings. This will allow you to post your logs and recordings at your convenience without my availability becoming the bottleneck.

Here’s the format I’d like you to leave in your comment of this post:

Name:

Listening location:

Notes: (Include frequencies and any details about your receiver and antenna.)

Link to audio or video: (YouTube, Vimeo, Internet Archive, SoundCloud, etc.)

Video and Audio Recordings

There is no way to directly upload audio in your comments, however, you can link to the recordings if you upload them to the Internet Archive (which I’d highly recommend) or any of the video streaming services like YouTube and Vimeo–or audio services like SoundCloud.

To be clear: I will not have the ability to upload your videos for you–so please don’t email me your video files–you’ll simply need to upload them to a service above and share them here with a link in the comments. 🙂

As with each year, I’ll make sure the BAS team and the BBC receive a link with all of your recordings!

Help record the 2025 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast later today (June 21, 2025)

Every year, the BBC broadcasts a special program to the scientists and support staff in the British Antarctic Survey Team. The BBC plays music requests and sends special messages to the small team located at various Antarctic research stations. Each year, the thirty minute show is guaranteed to be quirky, nostalgic, and certainly a DX-worthy catch!

After successful listener events from years past, I’m once again calling on all SWLing Post readers and shortwave radio listeners to make a short recording (say, 30-60 seconds) of the BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast today and share it here on the SWLing Post. Details on this below.

Time and frequencies

Our intrepid contributor, Richard Langley, reports the following message via the British DX Club:

Shortwave schedule 2130-2200 UTC on 5960 UAE, 9575 Ascension Island, 12065 Woofferton (UK), 13810 Woofferton (UK).

A slightly shorter version will be carried the same day from 1832-1900 UTC on BBC World Service English streams online as well as via DAB in the UK.

Recording the Midwinter Broadcast has become an SWLing Post community tradition! Read our previous post for more details.

I’m especially fond of this broadcast as it always falls on my birthday and it’s always fun capturing this unique DX!

Share your recording and notes with us!

Comment with your recording!

During the Midwinter broadcast, I will publish a dedicated post where you can comment and include links to audio and video of your 2024 Midwinter Broadcast recordings. When this post is available, I will link to it here. This will allow you to post your logs and recordings at your convenience without my availability becoming the bottleneck.

So that there’s no confusion, I’ve turned off comments on this post so that comments are left on the appropriate article.

Here’s the format I’d like you to leave in your comment of the dedicated post:

Name:

Listening location:

Notes: (Include frequencies and any details about your receiver and antenna.)

Link to audio or video: (YouTube, Vimeo, Internet Archive, SoundCloud, etc.)

Video and Audio Recordings

There is no way to directly upload audio in your comments, however, you can link to the recordings if you upload them to the Internet Archive (which I’d highly recommend) or any of the video streaming services–like YouTube and Vimeo–or audio services like SoundCloud.

If you have a photo you’d like to include in your comment, send me an email from the same address you used in your comment. I’ll manually post the image at the top of your comment when time allows.

As with each year, I’ll make sure the BAS team and the BBC receive a link with all of your recordings!