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C.Crane at the Dayton Hamvention
As I walk around the Dayton Hamvention, I’m finding a lot of familiar faces from the shortwave radio community. In the North Hall, I came across non other than Bob Crane with C.Crane Radio. We had a nice chat about … Continue reading
“Boatanchors” and antique wireless at the Dayon Hamvention
I’ve always found the Dayton Hamvention flea market to be a great place to find antique radios, but this year, the selection (along with the weather) seems to be exceptional. I’ve attached a few photos I took yesterday morning as … Continue reading
Pirate Radio Recordings: Undercover Radio
Saturday night, I had a chance to record three pirates on 6925 kHz: North Woods Radio, Captain Morgan Shortwave and Undercover Radio. For tagging, I’m posting each individually. The final station from Saturday night is Undercover Radio. Undercover Radio was broadcasting … Continue reading
Pirate Radio Recordings: Captain Morgan Shortwave
Saturday night, I had a chance to record three pirates on 6925 kHz: North Woods Radio, Captain Morgan Shortwave, and Undercover Radio. For tagging, I’m posting each individually. The second station I recorded Saturday night was Captain Morgan Shortwave. Captain … Continue reading
Alex’s shortwave frequency charts
SWLing Post reader, Alex, recently sent me an email offering his shortwave frequency charts. He welcomes feedback: I have found lists of frequencies not very helpful in my short wave listening. Charts are much better, as you scan the dial. So … Continue reading
Going to Dayton? Visit Ears to Our World’s booth–and meet us!
For the second year in a row at the Dayton Hamvention, fellow volunteers and I will be representing the charity Ears To Our World (ETOW). We will be in booth 601 in the East Hall. Stop by and introduce yourself! … Continue reading
Pirate Radio Recordings: North Woods Radio
Saturday night, I had a chance to record three pirates on 6925 kHz: North Woods Radio, Captain Morgan Shortwave, and Undercover Radio. For tagging, I’m posting each individually. The first station I recorded Saturday night was North Woods Radio. North … Continue reading
Andy Sennitt: The Media Network years – the future
Media Network, which covered international broadcasting developments, recently ended a 30-year run on RNW. In the first three articles of this series, Andy Sennitt recalled some of the highlights, and in this final part he looks at how international broadcasting … Continue reading
In Zimbabwe, “if you want to hear the truth…listen to Shortwave Radio Africa…listen to VOA”
This is a brilliant piece on the lack of press freedom in Zimbabwe and the importance of shortwave radio. It was broadcast yesterday on Weekend All Things Considered. Links to the show and audio are below. (Source: NPR) In Seke, … Continue reading
North Korea: Jamming shortwave radio 18 hours a day
(Source: Times Union) [...]Martyn Williams, who writes the blog NorthKoreaTech.org, said that the government’s intense use of its scant resources and electricity to jam foreign news broadcasts reflected its concern about the impact of outside media. North Korea targets between 10 … Continue reading