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SWL Fest 2010 – March 5–6, 2010
For those of you readers who often feel you’re alone in your enthusiasm for radio, I highly encourage you to attend the NASWA-sponsored SWL Fest in Kulpsville, Pennsylvania this year. This will be my second year attending, and I have eagerly awaited the arrival of the ‘Fest. It is jam-packed with radio-related information and attended [...]
Disco Music Via Shortwave and in DRM
The Disco Palace a radio station dedicated to disco music, has announced that they are now broadcasting disco music in stereo via shortwave radio and using DRM (Digital Radio Mondial) technologies. They are targeting North America and Europe with the following broadcasts: Broadcast Frequencies Europe from 1400-1500 UTC 6015 kHz North America from 2000-2100 UTC 17755 kHz The Disco [...]
PCJ Media Brings Nash Holos to Shortwave
PCJ Media has announced the addition of Nash Holos (Ukrainian: “Our Voice”) to its program roster. Nash Holos is a bilingual Ukrainian-themed radio program which focuses on Ukrainian culture with an international perspective. The program is produced and hosted by Paulette (“Pawlina”) Demchuk MacQuarrie. Pawlina made her radio debut in 1990, when Nash Holos first went on [...]
Radio Prague To Continue Shortwave Broadcasts
From Andy Sennitt at RNW Media Network: An article on Radio Prague’s website deals with the situation following the Czech government’s decision to reduce the station’s budget, especially with regard to shortwave, which the Director of Radio Prague, Miroslav Krupicka, says accounts for about half the station’s audience reach: “Radio Prague’s budget for this year has been [...]
Humanitarian Radio Relief in Haiti
Radio Friends: For those of you who don’t know, I’m the founder and director of a newly formed non-profit organization called Ears To Our World (ETOW). ETOW’s mission is to send self-powered shortwave radios to schools in the developing world–you may have seen us recently featured in the Dec. 2009 edition of Popular Communications. You [...]
A Look Inside the 2010 World Radio TV Handbook (WRTH) and Interview with Publisher
The World Radio TV Handbook (WRTH)–a printed guide to broadcasts on shortwave, mediumwave, longwave, and FM, as well as on TV–is now available for purchase in its 64th edition. This guide is known as the key reference book for hard core DXers, shortwave radio listeners, broadcasters and radio enthusiasts of all stripes. This year, WRTH’s publisher [...]
Uniwave Di-Wave Now Available in North America through Universal Radio
Universal Radio is now selling the Uniwave Di-Wave in North America for $299.95US. What is the Di-Wave? See previous post and comments here.
UKQRM And The Fight Against Noise
Whether you’re new to shortwave radio listening or have been an amateur radio operator for years, more than likely you’ve occasionally encountered electrical interference, that annoying hum or buzz that permeates your listening experience. This noise can often be difficult to pinpoint or eliminate. For most of us, the common culprits are fluorescent lights, computer monitors, [...]
New Shortwave Radio–The Thanko Raremono USB Shortwave
I can’t wait to review one of these. It’s a new, inexpensive, computer-controlled shortwave radio by the Japanese company, Thanko. The jury is out about its performance, but it does have the following features: AM, FM and good Shortwave coverage (3,000 kHz-20,000 kHz) Ability to record radio programs live or schedule recordings of future broadcasts. Hooks up to [...]
SWLing.com’s Radio Gift Buying Guide
Would you like to buy a shortwave radio as a gift for someone, but you don’t know a thing about radios? Or, are you thinking about buying a radio for yourself (cashing in a gift card, for example) but aren’t sure how much you need to spend to be satisfied with function and performance? Want [...]