{"id":64988,"date":"2025-12-22T08:24:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T12:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=64988"},"modified":"2025-12-21T08:27:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T12:27:47","slug":"some-holiday-reading-for-shortwave-listeners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/some-holiday-reading-for-shortwave-listeners\/","title":{"rendered":"Some holiday reading for shortwave listeners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>by Dan Greenall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Attention all SWL\u2019s! \u00a0 For those of you with a little extra free time over the holiday season, I would highly recommend having a look at two books that were written by a couple of very respected DXer\u2019s from the past.\u00a0 They are both available on the Internet Archive and their respective links can be found below.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Shortwave Voices of the World by Dr. Richard E. Wood \u00a0 (1969)<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ShortwaveVoicesOfTheWorld.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64989\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ShortwaveVoicesOfTheWorld.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"386\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ShortwaveVoicesOfTheWorld.jpeg 386w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ShortwaveVoicesOfTheWorld-204x300.jpeg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/a>I have mentioned this one before, but in case you missed it, you will find it here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/shortwave-voices-of-the-world-richard-wood-ed-1-pr-1-1969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/shortwave-voices-of-the-world-richard-wood-ed-1-pr-1-1969<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>The World in My Ears by Arthur T. Cushen \u00a0 (1979)<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-world-in-my-ears-cover.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64990\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-world-in-my-ears-cover.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-world-in-my-ears-cover.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-world-in-my-ears-cover-216x300.jpeg 216w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-world-in-my-ears-cover-737x1024.jpeg 737w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-world-in-my-ears-cover-768x1067.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-world-in-my-ears-cover-1106x1536.jpeg 1106w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-world-in-my-ears-cover-624x867.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>Newly uploaded, this one comes in two parts.\u00a0 Part One describes his early days and how his listening began, while Part 2 gets into the hobby in general.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/the-world-in-my-ears-part-1\/the%20world%20in%20my%20ears%20part%201\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/the-world-in-my-ears-part-1\/the%20world%20in%20my%20ears%20part%201\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Dan Greenall Attention all SWL\u2019s! \u00a0 For those of you with a little extra free time over the holiday season, I would highly recommend having a look at two books that were written by a couple of very respected DXer\u2019s from the past.\u00a0 They are both available on the Internet Archive and their respective [&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":[3,305,288,7566,43],"tags":[10271,1551,4094],"class_list":["post-64988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-radio-memories","category-shortwave-radio","tag-dan-greenall","tag-holiday-shortwave","tag-nostalgia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gUc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59532,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/guest-post-pre-internet-sources-of-shortwave-information\/","url_meta":{"origin":64988,"position":0},"title":"Guest Post: Pre-Internet Sources of Shortwave Information","author":"Thomas","date":"April 21, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following guest post: Sources of SWL Information \u201cPre-Internet\u201d by Dan Greenall When I first discovered the world of shortwave listening, many years before the internet, access to hobby related information was mostly available through over-the-air DX programs, monthly DX\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Guest Posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Guest Posts","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/guest-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WDX-SWL-Certificate-1971.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WDX-SWL-Certificate-1971.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WDX-SWL-Certificate-1971.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WDX-SWL-Certificate-1971.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WDX-SWL-Certificate-1971.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WDX-SWL-Certificate-1971.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":64114,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/vatican-radio-then-and-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":64988,"position":1},"title":"Vatican Radio &#8211; Then and Now","author":"Thomas","date":"October 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor\u00a0Dan Greenall, who shares the following post: When I began shortwave listening back in 1969, Vatican Radio was one of the first stations I came across. 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Examples from this time period can be found here: https:\/\/www.worldradiohistory.com\/Speedx.htm As well, the late Dr. Richard E. 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This media is also posted on Archive.org: I first began listening to shortwave radio in December 1969 at the age of 15. My parents were very supportive of this newfound hobby\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\/2024\/04\/Radio-Moscow-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Radio-Moscow-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Radio-Moscow-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Radio-Moscow-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62314,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/finding-the-kookaburra-on-shortwave-past-and-present\/","url_meta":{"origin":64988,"position":4},"title":"Finding the Kookaburra on Shortwave\u2014Past and Present","author":"Thomas","date":"March 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Greenall, who writes: Hi Thomas I still have warm memories of tuning into Radio Australia on 9580 kHz at sunrise during my early days of shortwave listening. 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