{"id":62069,"date":"2025-02-15T09:05:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T13:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=62069"},"modified":"2025-02-15T09:05:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T13:05:27","slug":"might-it-be-time-to-bring-shortwave-out-of-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/might-it-be-time-to-bring-shortwave-out-of-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"“Might it be time to bring shortwave out of retirement?”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Woofferton Transmitting Station (Photo by Shirokazan via Wikimedia Commons.)<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor David Iurescia for sharing this fascinating piece from The Spectator<\/a><\/em>. 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\u2014once the backbone of wartime communications\u2014could again play a vital role in ensuring information access when all else fails. \u201cTrue, it\u2019s retro-analogue, but shortwave gets through to people where more sophisticated digital communications fail,\u201d Beal writes, making the case for renewed investment in resilient radio infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Read the full article here: https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/article\/bring-back-shortwave\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\u2014once the backbone of wartime communications\u2014could again play […]<\/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":[3,43],"tags":[4895,4082,102,4655],"class_list":["post-62069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-david-iurescia-lw4daf","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-why-radio","tag-why-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-g97","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65198,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/rtis-spanish-japanese-programs-ranking-among-shortwave-broadcasters\/","url_meta":{"origin":62069,"position":0},"title":"RTI\u2019s Spanish & Japanese programs ranking among shortwave broadcasters","author":"Thomas","date":"January 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia, who shares this article from Radio Taiwan International highlighting how RTI\u2019s Spanish and Japanese shortwave programs have placed in global listener polls, with the Spanish service especially popular across dozens of countries and the Japanese service recognized at Japan\u2019s largest amateur radio\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "International Broadcasting"","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-08-08_RTI-DE_QSL_r.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-08-08_RTI-DE_QSL_r.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-08-08_RTI-DE_QSL_r.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-08-08_RTI-DE_QSL_r.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-08-08_RTI-DE_QSL_r.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-08-08_RTI-DE_QSL_r.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62993,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/papua-new-guinea-plans-shortwave-comeback-by-2030\/","url_meta":{"origin":62069,"position":1},"title":"Papua New Guinea Plans Shortwave Comeback by 2030","author":"Thomas","date":"May 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia, who shares a promising update from Radio New Zealand International: Papua New Guinea\u2019s national broadcaster, NBC, has announced plans to reintroduce shortwave radio as part of a strategy to achieve full nationwide coverage by 2030. 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