Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares illustrated radio listening report of a recent Radio Nikkei 2 broadcast.
Carlos notes:
Eye of the Tiger, Survivor
RaNi Music, Radio Nikkei 2, Japan, 6115 kHz
Feb 26 2025, 09h00 UTC
Listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on a Sony ICR-N20 receiver.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares illustrated radio listening report of a recent Voice of Korea broadcast.
Carlos notes:
Press statement of Information Office Chief at DPRK Ministry of National Defence, Voice of Korea, DPRK, 12015 kHz, listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Click here to view on YouTube.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares illustrated radio listening report of a recent Radio 2 broadcast.
Carlos notes:
Trump designates Mexican cartels as terrorists, Radio 2, Rosario, Argentina, 1230 kHz AM.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares illustrated radio listening report of a recent Vatican Radio broadcast.
Carlos notes:
Pope Francis continuing to call Gaza parish from hospital. Vatican Radio, Rome, 11870 kHz.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares illustrated radio listening report of recent Radio Nikkei 1 and 2 broadcasts.
Click here to view on YouTube.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares illustrated radio listening report of a recent Radio Beunos Aires broadcast.
Carlos notes:
Part of Radio Buenos Aires’ news bulletin (in Spanish): Ukraine not invited to US-Russia peace talks:
“Kiev no fue invitada a las conversaciones entre Estados Unidos y Rusia destinadas a poner fin a la guerra en Ucrania, según confirmó una fuente del gobierno ucraniano.“
(Kyiv has not been invited to talks between the United States and Russia aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, a Ukrainian government source has confirmed.)
Listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in a SONY ICR-N20 receiver.
Woofferton Transmitting Station (Photo by Shirokazan via Wikimedia Commons.)
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia for sharing this fascinating piece from The Spectator. In a world increasingly reliant on fragile digital communication networks, what happens when cyber warfare, physical attacks, or global conflict disrupt the systems we depend on? Clifford Beal explores how shortwave radio—once the backbone of wartime communications—could again play a vital role in ensuring information access when all else fails. “True, it’s retro-analogue, but shortwave gets through to people where more sophisticated digital communications fail,” Beal writes, making the case for renewed investment in resilient radio infrastructure.
Read the full article here: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/bring-back-shortwave/