Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark (VA3MK), who writes:
I found a great website written by the former head of broadcasting in Finland.
I hope this brings back memories of YLE Radio Finland.
I used to listen regularly on 15.400 MHz when they were on the air. Enjoy:
http://www.ulkomaanmedia.net/RFTIMELINE.html
What a fabulous deep dive into YLE Radio Finland history! Thanks for sharing, Mark.
(Source: Jim Salmon, Radio Emma Toc)
Programme Contents – a look at – two documentaries about 1920’s radio – ‘Radio Sings’ & ‘Sounds From The Ether’, the BBC Antarctica Midwinter broadcast, Radio Caroline memories, RadioShack’s ‘Sounds of SW’, & hello to listeners.
Ways to listen… Radio Emma Toc World Service – programme no. 5 – September 2020
Check out Radio Emma Toc online, or visit the World Service page
You can listen to our shortwave or FM broadcasts via our relay partners as follows:
WRMI – Radio Miami International – 9955kHz – covering Latin America (& beyond)
Tuesdays 18:00 EasternTime / 22:00 UTC
WRMI – Radio Miami International – 9455kHz – covering Eastern North America (& far beyond)
Sundays 21:00 EasternTime / 01:00 (Monday) UTC
Unique Radio Australia – online – covering Australia (& beyond)
Saturdays 17:30 AEST / 07:30 UTC and Sundays 17:30 AEST / 07:30 UTC
World FM – 88.2MHz / 107.6MHz – covering Tawa, Marahau & Stoke, New Zealand
Sundays 22:00 NZST / 10:00 UTC and Thursdays 16:30 NZST / 04:30 UTC
(every other week – alternating with HRI – Hobart Radio International)
Channel 292 – 6070kHz – covering Europe (& beyond)
Friday 4th September 20:00 UTC & Saturday 19th September 19:00 UTC
Scandinavian Weekend Radio – 6170kHz / 11690kHz / 1602kHz / 94.9MHz
covering Finland & Europe – Saturday 3rd October 05:00UTC
Happy listening! If you are outside the transmitter coverage areas, why not listen via the broadcasters’ online services. Website details for the above stations are listed on our own website here – www.emmatoc.org/worldserviceschedule
If you don’t have access to receivers & aerials you can try using an online SDR receiver – ve3sun.com/KiwiSDR – experience the enjoyment of tuning around shortwave from worldwide locations online.
We are happy to issue eQSLs for reception reports sent to – [email protected] – & will gladly include for online reports. If using an online SDR, please give us the SDR location.
If any stations wish to relay our programme a download link is available on our website. Please advise us of times & dates so we can publicise in our schedule.
Finally – please note – we are still able to take requests for our November Global Request Show. Email us with your song choices!
Thank you!
Jim Salmon – Radio Emma Toc
WBCQ’s Ampegon antenna at the Monticello transmitting site.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Benjamin, who shares the following news tip via Radio Insight:
Family Broadcasting Corporation is selling shortwave Christian “World Harvest Radio” WHRI Furman SC to Allan Weiner for $1.25 million. Weiner also owns shortwave Talk “The Planet” WBCQ Monticello ME as well as Talk/Rock 780 WXME/98.3 W252DW and Classic Country “Kixx 94.7” WBCQ-FM Monticello. The seller owns multiple Christian television stations as well as Christian AC “Pulse-FM” 103.1 WHME South Bend IN, 96.9 WHPZ Bremen IN, and 92.1 WHPD Dowagiac MI.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul, who shares the following video of a recent presentation by Rob Sherwood (NC0B) for Ham Holiday Oklahoma.
I love Rob’s presentations because not only is he an authority on testing receivers and transceivers, but he also has a very pragmatic approach to operating radios. Rob speaks to the importance of using pre amps, attenuators and adjusting your receiver for band conditions. I’ve been with lifelong ham radio operators and SWLs who never use pre amplification, attenuation, or adjust their RF gain control–these are very powerful tools, especially during the noisy summer months.
If you’ve never seen one of Rob’s presentations before, I highly recommend checking out this one:
Thanks again for the tip, Paul!
Click here to check out Rob Sherwood’s home page and receiver test data table.
Photo from the Argentine Antarctic Base (LRA36) – Source: RAE
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Giuseppe Morlè (IZ0GZW), who shares the following:
Dear Thomas
Here is the link of to video regarding the transmission of LRA 36 in USB mode Saturday July 25, 2020 from 17.00 UTC on 15.476 MHz.
A good result if I think it was almost impossible to listen to it with the sun still high … the place where I listen, in Formia, Italy, is really excellent.
73. Giuseppe Morlè iz0gzw.
Thank you for sharing this, Giuseppe! I’m always impressed with the DX you catch there at your location in Formia! Grazie e ciao!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adrian Korol, who shares the following announcement:
RAE Argentina to the World, broadcasting from Antarctica
RAE will join a trial transmission by LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel, broadcasting from Base Esperanza, in the Argentine zone of Antarctica.
This Saturday, July 25, between 17:00 and 21:00 UTC, the Antarctic station will perform a series of tests on the 15476 kHz frequency (19-meter band), Upper Side Band, via a Collins HF80 transmitter and a rhombic antenna.
RAE Argentina al Mundo will put on the air two 30-minute programs, one in Spanish and the other in English, hosted by Fernando Farias, focusing on the history of RAE and LRA36 with historical files and information that listeners, DXers and radio amateurs alike will appreciate. On the Spanish-language show, Fernando is joined by RAE’s director Adrián Korol.
Let’s recall that last Saturday, July 18th, the first test USB transmissions were carried out with excellent results amid optimal broadcast conditions .
Damian Tranamil, LRA36 operator and technician, answered afterwards more than a hundred reception reports from all over the World.
Many listeners said they had the chance to pick up a station from Antarctica for the first time, while others said they were thrilled to be able to receive Arcángel San Gabriel’s signal for the first time in 20 years.
Accurate reception reports will be verified with an electronic QSL card (eQSL). They are to be sent to : [email protected]
We also appreciate listeners sending clips of them receiving our broadcast, or tagging us when they post on social media.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jim Meirose, who asks:
Each day in NJ I am hearing China Radio International in German on 9.570 MHz. It “fades in” up out of the noise about 2 pm EDT, and strengthens until the broadcast signs off just before 3 pm (1800 UTC).
Two things: first, I have found on a couple of websites that a broadcast from CRI on 9.570 does run daily and signs off just before 1800 UCT, but–the listings say it is in English. What I am hearing is in German.
I would like to find someone who can explain the discrepancy in languages between the listings and what I hear.
Second, I would like to know for sure where the transmitter for this broadcast is located. I know CRI broadcasts not only from Beijing but from Albania, Cuba, and possibly others. Can someone tell me the answer?
Thanks very much.
Per your request, Jim, I’ll toss your question out here to the experts in the SWLing Post community. Please comment if you can help Jim with his inquiry!