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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Paul Jamet who notes that Arctic 252 plans to conduct on-air tests in August 2025. The project received a donation of a Nautel ND2000 transmitter, complete with its matching antenna tuning unit and antenna.
Initial test transmissions will run at 500 Watts. Once testing and fine-tuning of the antenna system are complete, transmission power will be increased to 1 kW for broader reach beyond Finland.
For more updates as the launch approaches, visit arcticradio.net.
Lula responds to Trump’s tariffs, Radio Nacional (BR)
Lula responds to Trump’s tariffs, excerpt from the news bulletin from Radio Nacional, 11780 kHz, listened on a Tecsun R-1012 receiver.
“…First we’ll try to negotiate, but if there’s no negotiation, the law of reciprocity will be put into practice. If he’s going to charge us 50 (%), we will charge him 50…”
Rachael Myrow discovered her father’s Telefunken Opus 7. (Photo: KQED)
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia for sharing this touching story from KQED: “How a 1957 Vintage Radio Rekindled a Daughter’s Bond With Her Dad.”
A beautiful piece about memory, connection, and the emotional power of radio.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Adi, who writes:
Hi Thomas,
I’m reading the book about the 1957-58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition. It hold many remarks of their radio operations with various antarctic bases and even with hams in Europe.
Part of news bulletin (in German) of Paraguay’s Radio ZP-30, on Panama’s state of emergency over banana workers protests. Listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on a Xhdata D-808 receiver.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent broadcasts outlining natural disasters around the world.
Carlos notes:
Any doubt that climate change is here to stay? Check the news!
News related to the global climate crisis in news bulletins from three broadcasters:
– Radio ZP-30 (Paraguay)
– CGTN Radio (China)
– KBS World Radio (South Korea).
Listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on an Xhdata D-808 receiver.
Greetings to all SWLing Post community, here’s our shows we’ve lined up for you this week.
We bring you SURF on Saturday 12th July 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 13th July 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). As they say, “Let’s go surfing now, turn on your radio, that’s how, join us on the high frequent seas”. Join the dawn patrol (if it’s early morning where you are) and jump on your board and go surfing with the shortwave radio dial and you’ll be riding those (air)waves before you know it.
And we’ve got an episode of COOL on Wednesday 16th July 2025 at 0200 hrs UTC via WRMI. Think summer vibes galore and tunes to listen to whilst chilling on the beach. Towels, deckchairs and sunblock at the ready please!
Here’s a trailer about riding the shortwave SURF to get you in the mood.
For more information on all our shows, please write to [email protected] and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.
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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Paul Jamet who notes that Arctic 252 plans to conduct on-air tests in August 2025. The project received a donation of a Nautel ND2000 transmitter, complete with its matching antenna tuning unit and antenna.
