{"id":52351,"date":"2022-04-03T07:16:21","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T11:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=52351"},"modified":"2022-04-03T07:16:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T11:16:21","slug":"video-the-glory-days-of-shortwave-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/video-the-glory-days-of-shortwave-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: &#8220;The Glory Days of Shortwave Radio&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/QSL-collage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18470\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/QSL-collage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/QSL-collage.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/QSL-collage-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/QSL-collage-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/QSL-collage-463x300.jpg 463w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Adi, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hi Thomas, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sf_UzdvTyKQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this video<\/a> just popped for me on YouTube. I searched the <em>SWLing Post<\/em> and didn&#8217;t find it, it&#8217;s not new so maybe you missed it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you, Adi. I&#8217;m almost positive I&#8217;ve posted this one before&#8211;but if I have it&#8217;s been so long it should be re-posted! A wonderful nostalgia trip! Thanks for sharing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sf_UzdvTyKQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sf_UzdvTyKQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adi, who writes: Hi Thomas, this video just popped for me on YouTube. I searched the SWLing Post and didn&#8217;t find it, it&#8217;s not new so maybe you missed it. Thank you, Adi. I&#8217;m almost positive I&#8217;ve posted this one before&#8211;but if I have it&#8217;s been so long it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,288,7566,746,43],"tags":[94,4094,4091,1302,4082,4093],"class_list":["post-52351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-radio-memories","category-recordings","category-shortwave-radio","tag-interval-signals","tag-nostalgia","tag-radio-history","tag-radio-nostalgia","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-videos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dCn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65029,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/video-when-shortwave-radio-connected-soldiers-overseas-with-their-families-in-wwii\/","url_meta":{"origin":52351,"position":0},"title":"Video: When Shortwave Radio Connected Soldiers Overseas with Their Families in WWII","author":"Thomas","date":"December 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Fred Waterer, who writes: \"The History Guy\" (a terrific YouTube channel) talks about the technical marvel of uniting the four radio networks and soldiers overseas via shortwave at Christmas 1942 and 1943. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xiS4Imqs47M Click here to view on YouTube.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/xiS4Imqs47M\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":48668,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/adi-discovers-a-portable-receiver-on-the-set-in-la-chinoise\/","url_meta":{"origin":52351,"position":1},"title":"Adi discovers a portable receiver on the set of &#8220;La Chinoise&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"April 26, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adi, who writes: I was reading something in the paper where Jean-Luc Godard\u2019s La Chinoise (1967) was mentioned. So I googled for it and found just a trailer, when this set was popped for few frames: I also found a production still: I wonder\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/La-Chinoise.9.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/La-Chinoise.9.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/La-Chinoise.9.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/La-Chinoise.9.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49091,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/don-recommends-radio-boulevard-for-a-deep-dive-into-radio-history\/","url_meta":{"origin":52351,"position":2},"title":"Don recommends Radio Boulevard for a deep dive into radio history!","author":"Thomas","date":"June 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Don (W7SSB), who writes: Hi Thomas, One of my friends has probably the best museum in the history of radio ! https:\/\/www.radioblvd.com\/ Your readers can spend days looking at all the information from the early days to present ! Plenty of pictures! Don W7SSB\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-e1530836181998.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-e1530836181998.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-e1530836181998.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-e1530836181998.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":48979,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/johns-1965-rci-shortwave-club-certificate-triggers-serious-shortwave-nostalgia\/","url_meta":{"origin":52351,"position":3},"title":"John&#8217;s 1965 RCI Shortwave Club certificate triggers serious shortwave nostalgia!","author":"Thomas","date":"May 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John (G3VUO), who shares the following: Hi Tomas, Seeing [the] article about RCI prompted me to remember the halcyon days of SW Listening. I still have my RCI Shortwave Club certificate issued in 1965 when I was only 14 years old! In those days\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/RCI16052021.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/RCI16052021.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/RCI16052021.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/RCI16052021.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":42493,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/adams-andes-dxers-international-certificate\/","url_meta":{"origin":52351,"position":4},"title":"Adam&#8217;s Andes DXers International certificate","author":"Thomas","date":"March 25, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adam Smith, who shares the following certificate and writes: I was going to share a piece of history I just came across going through some of my shortwave radio boxes. Lots of QSLs but this its a membership in ANDES DX Club! Good times!\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;DX&quot;","block_context":{"text":"DX","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/dx\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Andes-DXers-International-e1585135233133.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Andes-DXers-International-e1585135233133.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Andes-DXers-International-e1585135233133.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Andes-DXers-International-e1585135233133.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":44028,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/video-1954-inauguration-of-ree-rne-shortwave-radio-transmitters\/","url_meta":{"origin":52351,"position":5},"title":"Video: 1954 Inauguration of REE\/RNE Shortwave Radio Transmitters","author":"Thomas","date":"June 25, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ulis Fleming (K3LU), who shares the following video via Twitter and notes: Spain: Must see newsreel video of the 1954 inauguration of REE\/RNE shortwave radio transmitters: NOT N 604 B Click here to watch video at the RTVE archives. 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