{"id":63453,"date":"2025-07-25T08:30:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=63453"},"modified":"2025-07-24T09:09:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:09:48","slug":"dan-takes-us-on-a-south-pacific-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/dan-takes-us-on-a-south-pacific-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan takes us on a South Pacific Tour!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dan Greenall, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In years gone by, many Pacific island nations relied on shortwave radio to air their programs across the vast expanses of ocean. These included countries such as Kiribati, Tahiti, Fiji, Saipan, New Caledonia, the Marshall Islands, Cook Islands, and Papua New Guinea. There are recent reports that the latter is seriously looking at a return to shortwave by 2030. https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/papua-new-guinea-plans-shortwave-comeback-by-2030\/ Even in Hawaii, the licence of World Harvest Radio KWHR expired in 2009.<\/p>\n

While the above nations can no longer be found on shortwave, a handful of other stations are still operating in 2025 and make excellent DX targets for listeners around the world. If you prefer optimal quality reception, choose to listen through a remote SDR closer to the transmitter site.<\/p>\n

Click on the various links below to hear samples of audio from some of the remaining broadcasters located in the South Pacific region.<\/p>\n

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Radio New Zealand<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/radio-new-zealand-1970-qsl\/RNZ%20interval%20signal%20sdr.ironstonerange.com_2025-06-21T16_59_22Z_6135.00_am.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/radio-new-zealand-1970-qsl\/RNZ%20via%20zl4md.proxy.kiwisdr.com_2024-12-14T16_56_40Z_7390.00_am.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Radio Vanuatu<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/radio-vanuatu-via-zl-1-rot-2025-01-08-t-21-58-57-z-9960.00-amn\/Radio%20Vanuatu%20via%20ZL1ROT_2025-01-08T21_58_57Z_9960.00_amn.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/radio-vanuatu-via-zl-1-rot-2025-01-08-t-21-58-57-z-9960.00-amn\/Radio%20Vanuatu%20via%20sdr.rogerh.co.nz_2025-01-29T21_58_51Z_9960.00_am.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC)<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/sibc-via-zl-2bkw.proxy.kiwisdr.com-2025-06-21-t-11-58-37-z-5020.00-am\/SIBC%20via%20zl2bkw.proxy.kiwisdr.com_2025-06-21T11_58_37Z_5020.00_am.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

T8WH Hope Radio (Palau)<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/t-8-wh-hope-radio-palau-kiwi.manilasdr.net-2025-06-21-t-02-30-22-z-15680.000-am\/Hope%20Radio%20Palau%20kiwi.manilasdr.net_2025-06-21T01_57_41Z_15680.000_am.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/t-8-wh-hope-radio-palau-kiwi.manilasdr.net-2025-06-21-t-02-30-22-z-15680.000-am\/T8WH%20Hope%20Radio%20Palau%20kiwi.manilasdr.net_2025-06-21T02_30_22Z_15680.000_am.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

KSDA Adventist World Radio (Guam)<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/ksda-guam-1987-reverse\/AWR%20Guam%20sign%20off%20via%20ve3hls.proxy.kiwisdr.com_2025-06-21T16_27_08Z_15680.00_am.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/ksda-guam-1987-reverse\/KSDA%20Agat%20Guam%20ve3hls.proxy.kiwisdr.com_2025-06-07T12_00_16Z_9610.00_am.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Trans World Radio (Guam)<\/a><\/h3>\n

Note: this one is scheduled for closure by the end of October 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/ktwr-agana-guam-ve-3hls.proxy.kiwisdr.com-2025-06-08-t-10-58-21-z-11965.00-am\/KTWR%20Agana%20Guam%20ve3hls.proxy.kiwisdr.com_2025-06-08T10_58_21Z_11965.00_am.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/ktwr-agana-guam-ve-3hls.proxy.kiwisdr.com-2025-06-08-t-10-58-21-z-11965.00-am\/KTWR%20sign%20off%20rick-kiwi.ddns.net_2025-07-11T11_14_59Z_11965.00_lsb.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Sit back, relax and enjoy the tour!<\/p>\n

73<\/p>\n

Dan Greenall, Ontario, Canada<\/p>\n

This is wonderful! Thank you for taking us on the tour, Dan! We always appreciate your recordings, QSLs, and insights!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Greenall, who writes: In years gone by, many Pacific island nations relied on shortwave radio to air their programs across the vast expanses of ocean. These included countries such as Kiribati, Tahiti, Fiji, Saipan, New Caledonia, the Marshall Islands, Cook Islands, and Papua New Guinea. There are recent […]<\/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":[3,305,746,43],"tags":[10271,94,899,737],"class_list":["post-63453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-recordings","category-shortwave-radio","tag-dan-greenall","tag-interval-signals","tag-qsl-cards","tag-shortwave-radio-recordings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gvr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62993,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/papua-new-guinea-plans-shortwave-comeback-by-2030\/","url_meta":{"origin":63453,"position":0},"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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