The SWLing Post

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Carlos Latuff, who shares the following guest post: Exploring Radio Radio Nikkei by Carlos Latuff It’s been a while since I listened to Nikkei Radio, a Japanese commercial broadcaster that operates on shortwave for a domestic audience. If I remember well, the signal was very weak and, since I

By Jock Elliott, KB2GOM There was quite a bit of excitement in the ultralight radio community in 2024 when folks “discovered” the Qodosen DX-286 radio. The very first version of this radio was the Qodosen SR-286. Its Big Trick was that it was based on the NXP TEF6686 DSP chip which is designed for car

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares illustrated radio listening report of a recent NHK broadcast. Carlos notes: Part of NHK news bulletin (in Japanese) about the 30th anniversary of the Kobe earthquake. Listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Click here to view on YouTube.

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Bob Colegrove, who writes: Hi Thomas, No mention of UTC or frequency in the attached. Made my day, but some folks apparently were not amused. Source was “Short-Wave Report” by Hank Bennett, Popular Electronics, Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., New York, p. 86, March 1959. Regards, Bob Colegrove This absolutely made

Finding Rare DX with the Data File Analyzer By Don Moore Don’s DX traveling stories can be found in his book Tales of a Vagabond DXer.  I’ve been a real jack-of-all-trades in my over five decades of DXing. I began with SWBC (shortwave broadcast) but soon branched out to medium wave and voice utility. Later I