It’s shortwave rodeo time!

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Hi it’s FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know what Imaginary Stations will be bringing to you via the shortwaves this week. On Sunday 25th August 2024 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz they have WEST via Shortwave Gold. Don’t worry, there won’t be any quick on the draw competitions or mandatory poncho wearing but just some great western inspired tunes with whistling, twangy guitars, a bit of yodelling and some banjo picking. So next Sunday sit by the chuck waggon and put the shortwave radio on and strum along with your guitar to the sound of WEST.

Then via WRMI on Wednesday 28st August 2024 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz we’ll be bringing you yet another version of WEST for you campfire listening pleasure. So gather around the radio with all of your stablemates and enjoy a great old programme of way out western fun.

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Carlos’ Shortwave Art and recording of NHK (August 18, 2024)

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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.

Click here to view on YouTube.

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In Stock: The Ham Radio Workbench Podcast DC Distribution Panel Kit

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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.

Click here to purchase one via DigiKey!

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Alan Roe’s BBC World Service Programmes for the A24 Season

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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!

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Carlos’ Shortwave Art and recording of NHK World (August 14, 2024)

CHML: The latest mainstay AM radio station to close

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Richard Cuff and Markku Koskinen who share the following (sad) news:

900 CHML closes, ending nearly a century of local radio in Hamilton (Toronto Star)

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…]

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