{"id":64466,"date":"2025-11-02T06:35:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T10:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=64466"},"modified":"2025-11-02T07:44:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T11:44:46","slug":"rnz-pacific-launches-2025-26-cyclone-watch-service-on-shortwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/rnz-pacific-launches-2025-26-cyclone-watch-service-on-shortwave\/","title":{"rendered":"RNZ Pacific Launches 2025\u201326 Cyclone Watch Service on Shortwave"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Ian Millett (N3CVA), who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thomas,<\/p>\n

This was posted to the RNZ website at 2 pm NZ time November 1.<\/p>\n

RNZI announces start of Pacific Cyclone Watch Service<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Image source: Screenshot of RNZI announcement<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/international\/pacific-news\/577507\/rnz-pacific-cyclone-watch-service-activated<\/a><\/p>\n

A photo of a shortwave radio in a news article on Radio New Zealand International\u2019s online Pacific page (see screenshot above) caught my attention. It shows someone holding a Panasonic RF-3750 portable FM\/MW\/SW receiver from the 1990\u2019s (like the one pictured below). The caption reads, \u201cMany remote communities in Pacific island countries rely on shortwave radio.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photo Credit: Internet Archive Community Images Collection (IMG_20200605_201148.jpg).<\/p><\/div>\n

The article, titled \u201cRNZ Pacific Cyclone Watch Service activated<\/a>\u201d is about RNZ Pacific\u2019s Cyclone Watch Service that operates during the South Pacific cyclone season which runs from November 1 through April 2026. RNZ Pacific will broadcast hourly updates from Meteorological services in the region once cyclone alerts are issues. The article reminds readers that when local power grids and broadcasters are down \u201cour broadcasts may be the only updates that people in the Island nations and territories can receive.\u201d It also lists the on-air frequencies for the RNZ Pacific Cyclone Watch Service for the 2025-2026 cyclone season.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m glad RNZI is still on shortwave and understands its role in providing these broadcasts of critical information to remote areas. I remember during the 1970s, listening to Pacific cyclone bulletins broadcast by Radio Australia and plotting them on my National Geographic maps. I grew up on an island at the southern end of the Caribbean archipelago and from June to November I was plotting the track of cyclones in my own region, with information from medium stations like Radio Antilles, Montserrat, and Trans World Radio, Bonaire, and of course WWV on shortwave.<\/p>\n

Credit for this information goes to RNZI https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/international\/listen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Ian Millett (N3CVA), who writes: Thomas, This was posted to the RNZ website at 2 pm NZ time November 1. RNZI announces start of Pacific Cyclone Watch Service \u00a0https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/international\/pacific-news\/577507\/rnz-pacific-cyclone-watch-service-activated A photo of a shortwave radio in a news article on Radio New Zealand International\u2019s online Pacific page (see screenshot […]<\/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":[3,43,6578],"tags":[10955,10957,259,2576,87,10956],"class_list":["post-64466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-weather-radio","tag-cyclone-watch-service","tag-ian-millett","tag-radio-new-zealand","tag-radio-new-zealand-international","tag-rnzi","tag-rnzi-cyclone-watch-service"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gLM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23865,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/rnzi-continues-to-serve-people-across-the-pacific-region\/","url_meta":{"origin":64466,"position":0},"title":"RNZI “continues to serve people across the Pacific region”","author":"Thomas","date":"February 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: RNZ Press Release via London Shortwave) Press release: Following the ABC's decision to cut shortwave radio transmission in the Pacific, Radio New Zealand International wants to reassure our listeners that we are committed to our Pacific broadcast partners. 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