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The National Geographic online store has a few Grundig radios on sale. Most notably, the Grundig G8 for $24.95. The G8 is a great little shortwave receiver. I’m very impressed with the performance, especially for a $25 radio (normally, these sell at retailers for $50.00 US). Features include: FM/MW/SW/LW Auto/manual tuning Auto Tuning Storage (ATS) [...]
Over the past weeks, many of you may have noticed that the website for Passport To World Band Radio, Passband.com (note: no hyperlinking here), has closed shop. This, of course, following the death of every SWLer’s favorite guide, the Passport To World Band Radio. If this is new to you, read some of our previous [...]
(Source: Gizmodo) The bizarre, constant audio output of one particular mysterious Russian “Numbers Station” has changed, for the first time in 20 years. This might mean something bad is about to happen, or simply that someone finally remembered to switch tapes. Click here to read the full Gizmodo post.
(Source: New Zealand Herald) In a move inspired by pirate radio stations of the 1960s, political activists in the South Pacific are planning to position a Dutch-registered merchant vessel in international waters off the coast of Fiji to defy censors in the military dictatorship. Opponents of the coup leader and self-appointed Prime Minister, Commodore Frank [...]
Universal Radio has announced that they are taking orders for the new Grundig S450DLX–an obvious replacement/improvement on the Eton/Grundig S350DL. I have used an S350DL extensively and find that its audio is exceptional. It is a very capable short and medium-wave receiver. Based on Universal’s description, it appears the S450DL has many improvements including: An [...]
This post is off topic from my typical posts about wireless technology. Nonetheless, I’m a sucker for documentaries regarding the history of technology. BBC Radio 3 recently had a Sunday documentary about the “Pleasure Telephone”–a Victorian era technology that used telephone almost like we use radio today. As someone interested in broadcasting and technology, I [...]
Want to chase some fun DX? Radio St. Helena Day 2010 is almost here–this time being held in October. Details below: (Source: Jaisakthivel via Hard-Core DX) Radio St. Helena Day 2010 : Date,Times and Targets ————————————————————- RSD 2010 will be on 11092.5 kHz USB, Saturday, 9th October 2010 Target Region Times (UTC ) Beam Heading [...]
(Source: Switzerland in Sound via RNW Media Network) Bob Thomann and Bob Zanotti, better known as The Two Bobs formerly of Swiss Radio International, have been friends with Jeff White for decades. Jeff started out as a shortwave listener, and then got into HF broadcasting himself, originally with a project called Radio Earth, and then [...]
According to The Zimbabwean, Voice of Zimbabwe, a subsidiary of the state-controlled Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings (ZBH) was officially launched in the Midlands capital of Gweru on 30 July 2010. Voice of Zimbabwe was established in 2007 and broadcasts on shortwave frequency. As Kim Elliot points out, the Voice of Zimbabwe was created to counter other [...]
This weekend, NPR’s Guy Raz interviewed Mark Stout, the official historian at the International Spy Museum. Their topic? Numbers stations. Click hear to go to NPR’s webpage, listen and/or read the full transcript. You can also download an MP3 audio file of the report by clicking here. For even more numbers station audio, check out the [...]