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Thursday, 28 December 2023
A review of the 2024 edition of the World Radio and TV Handbook
Monday, 25 December 2023
The diminishing, but still wonderful sounds of Christmas Eve on longwave...
Wednesday, 20 December 2023
Radio New Zealand Pacific on 7390 kHz: afternoon signal comparing audio ...
Monday, 18 December 2023
Brilliant young person operating a YOTA station and handling a pile-up w...
Friday, 15 December 2023
Voice of Vietnam 11885 kHz, Hanoi-sontay first copy since
Monday, 11 December 2023
Belka DX + upconverter: BBC Radio Wales 822 kHz booming into Oxford
Wednesday, 6 December 2023
Jamming of Republic of Yemen Radio, Jeddah 11860 kHz copied with yaesu F...
Sunday, 3 December 2023
London Air Traffic Control, Daventry North 127.1 MHz copied on Uniden UB...
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Artificial Intelligence discussion booming from China Radio Internationa...
Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Folk music booming S9+20 dB from Antena Satelor, Brasov on 153 kHz longw...
Thursday, 16 November 2023
RÚV Iceland copied on longwave 189 kHz from Gufuskalar 189 kHz - catch t...
Sunday, 12 November 2023
Tropical station Radio Tarma, Peru 4775 kHz strong signal pushing S8 on ...
Thursday, 9 November 2023
Part 2: one of the best signals I have ever copied from Radio Mosoj Chas...
Tuesday, 7 November 2023
Clear interval signal from HCJB Quito 6050 kHz, Pico Pichincha, Ecuador ...
Saturday, 4 November 2023
The last ever weather report transmitted on 243 kHz longwave, from Kalun...
Wednesday, 1 November 2023
Chaîne 3 signal, from Tipaza, Algeria booming on 1,189.65 metres (did yo...
Sunday, 29 October 2023
A brief overview of how to set-up SDRnno with WXtoImg NOAA weather satel...
Thursday, 26 October 2023
The Shipping Forecast BBC Radio 4 longwave 198 kHz copied on a 1954 Phil...
Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Radio Mosoj Chaski 3310 kHz, Bolivia - one of the best signals...
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Unboxing my repaired and upgraded Sony ICF-SW55 portable shortwave receiver
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Daylight signal from Chaîne 3 signal, Tipaza, Algeria 252 kHz longwave, ...
Saturday, 14 October 2023
How to build a simple 'V' dipole antenna for NOAA weather satellite tele...
Thursday, 12 October 2023
Difficult DX: Radio Voz Missionaria 5940.22 kHz Camboriu, Brazil copied ...
Tuesday, 10 October 2023
NOAA 18 weather satellite signal copied using a Uniden UBC125XLT scanner...
Saturday, 7 October 2023
An overview of my quick and easy set-up for receiving and decoding NOAA ...
Friday, 6 October 2023
First copy since June 2020: HCJB Quito 6050 kHz, Pico Pichincha, Ecuador...
Thursday, 28 September 2023
Four shortwave portables that had the potential to be among the best but...
Monday, 25 September 2023
Radio Algérie Internationale 891 kHz, copied with Elad FDM DUO; audio vi...
Friday, 22 September 2023
What on earth is going on?! I1IKT calling CQ on 40m, but music is playin...
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
More commentary on the the devastating earthquake in Morocco, Medi 1 on ...
Friday, 15 September 2023
Polski Radio Jedynka 225 kHz longwave booming in Oxford on a classic Yae...
Wednesday, 13 September 2023
In the wake of the devastating earthquake in Morocco, Medi 1 on longwave...
Monday, 11 September 2023
UVB-76 'The Buzzer' copied on 4625 and 4275 kHz using the brilliant JRC ...
Sunday, 10 September 2023
Comparing the Yaesu FRG-100 wide and narrow audio bandwidth filters - Ra...
Saturday, 9 September 2023
Radio Logos 4810 kHz Peru: first copy from the UK of this tropical stati...
Wednesday, 6 September 2023
Chaîne 3, Tipaza, Algeria 252 kHz longwave, strong daylight signal into ...
Monday, 4 September 2023
Transatlantic medium wave DX: Help!!! Is this Rádio Cultura 1200 kHz, Sã...
Sunday, 3 September 2023
Radio Tarma, Peru 4775 kHz booming in, almost touching S9 on the Yaesu F...
Friday, 1 September 2023
Huge signal from Chaîne 3 signal, Tipaza, Algeria on 252 kHz longwave, b...
Thursday, 31 August 2023
E11 'Oblique' Numbers Station, 5409 kHz, Warsaw, Poland strong signal co...
Wednesday, 30 August 2023
Sign the 'change.org' petition to keep BBC Radio 4 on 198 kHz longwave!
Friday, 25 August 2023
A review with commentary on the best shortwave portable receivers I've e...
Thursday, 24 August 2023
First copy of Radio Senda Cristiana 4820 kHz, La Union, Arequipa, Peru
Wednesday, 23 August 2023
Catch them whilst you can: Iceland RÚV on longwave 189 kHz from Gufuskalar
Tuesday, 22 August 2023
Sangean ANT-60 Portable Shortwave Reel Antenna: not quite a good as the ...
Sunday, 20 August 2023
My beloved Sony ICF-SW55 has finally died...but I have decided to have i...
Friday, 4 August 2023
A commentary on what appears to be the imminent death of broadcasting on...
Wednesday, 2 August 2023
Very rare copy from my QTH of XEPPM Radio Educación 6185 kHz, Mexico City
Monday, 31 July 2023
By popular demand: watch the tiny Belka DX blow away the Sangean ATS-909...
Saturday, 29 July 2023
The best interval signal on the radio: DR Langbølge 243 kHz, longwave K...
Thursday, 27 July 2023
Tuning through the 40m amateur band in the woods with the Sangean ATS-909X2
Wednesday, 26 July 2023
Operatic music from North Korea (DPRK - Voice of Korea) booming into Oxf...
Tuesday, 25 July 2023
Even the diminutive Tecsun PL-368 beats the Sangean ATS-909X2 for SSB au...
Monday, 24 July 2023
'Ice cream van' music jamming UVB-76 'The Buzzer' - copied on the brill...
Friday, 21 July 2023
Hard-core medium wave DX: Radio LS6 Buenos Aries 1350 kHz Argentina cop...
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
Oxford Shortwave Log: radio memories from 1975 to 2020
Tuesday, 18 July 2023
Jamming of 'The Buzzer' UVB-76 4625 kHz, continues: copied on Icom IC-R7...
Sunday, 16 July 2023
Tecsun PL-368 + random wire: DPRK (North Korea -Voice of Korea) quite a ...
Thursday, 13 July 2023
Using a old screwdriver in a 'Cat's Whisker' diode arrangement for my cr...
Monday, 10 July 2023
Dismal USB audio level on the Sangean ATS-909X2: comparing with the Tecs...
Saturday, 8 July 2023
North Korea (Voice of Korea - DPRK) booming into Oxfordshire S9+ 10 dB o...
Friday, 7 July 2023
The brilliant Icom IC-R75 currently available at at ML&S and Lamco...gra...
Thursday, 6 July 2023
Copying a rag chew on 40 metres with the Tecsun PL-360 and a random wire...
Tuesday, 4 July 2023
Listening to the news in English from North Korea with the Sangean ATS-9...
Saturday, 1 July 2023
Working a Puerto Rican station (TI5VMJ) on 10 metres with the Kenwood TS990
Thursday, 29 June 2023
Cuban numbers station HM01 'Spanish Lady': 9065 kHz, weak copy in the mo...
Tuesday, 27 June 2023
Dxing in the woods with the Sangean ATS-909X2 and ANT-60 antenna. Voice ...
Saturday, 24 June 2023
La Montana, Columbia or Radio Sanantonio, Peru? Copied on 4940 kHz: with...
Monday, 12 June 2023
The new 'Buzzer' on 4612 kHz reverts back to the 'Squeaky Wheel' and is ...
Saturday, 10 June 2023
The West Oxfordshire woods I use for Dxing are beautiful this time of ye...
Using an Allen Key in a 'Cat's Whisker' diode arrangement for my crystal...
Thursday, 8 June 2023
DXpedition: Breaking out the Sangean ATS-909X2 for the first time
Tuesday, 6 June 2023
The 'second UVB-76 Buzzer' has morphed into a modified version of S32 'S...
Thursday, 1 June 2023
E11 'Oblique' Numbers Station, 12815 kHz, Warsaw, Poland copied with Yae...
Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Simple Dxing at home: Tecsun PL-368 + random wire: Reach Beyond Australi...
Monday, 29 May 2023
A bit of CQWW SSB contesting on 80m with the Kenwood TS990
Sunday, 28 May 2023
Rostov VOLMET 6617 kHz copied in Oxford UK with the Yaesu FRG-100 and We...
Friday, 26 May 2023
Tecmag PL-368 + random wire: Radio New Zealand International copied in t...
Thursday, 25 May 2023
Using a Stanley knife blade in my 'Cat's Whisker' diode arrangement for ...
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
Radio Brazil Central 4985 kHz, Goiania, Brazil, last copied from Oxford ...
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Santa Maria (AZR) Oceanic Air Traffic Control 6628 kHz USB, Azores, copi...
Friday, 19 May 2023
More bad behaviour on 40 metres...why do these people bother?!
Thursday, 18 May 2023
Pure radio joy: The interval signal from DR Langbølge 243 kHz, longwave ...
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Tecsun PL-368 + random wire: interval signal from North Korea (DPRK - Vo...
Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Working the Harwell ARS Wednesday net with the Yaesu FT-991A and BLA350 ...
Monday, 15 May 2023
E11 'Oblique' Numbers Station, 9052 kHz, Warsaw, Poland copied with Yaes...
Friday, 12 May 2023
Santa Maria (AZR) Oceanic Air Traffic Control 6628 kHz USB, Azores, copi...
Thursday, 11 May 2023
M3YSB attracting deliberate jamming of his signal with an airhorn and ot...
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
Another US Emergency Action Message copied on 8992 kHz with the Yaesu FR...
Thursday, 4 May 2023
Lost recording of classic interval signal for DR Langbølge 243 kHz, long...
Tuesday, 2 May 2023
'E07' 'English Man' Russian Numbers Station (Moscow area) on 18.232 kHz ...
Lost recording of RTL on longwave 234 kHz at Christmas 2022 before they ...
Monday, 1 May 2023
'M23' assumed to be a French Numbers Station 5345 kHz, copied this after...
Sunday, 30 April 2023
Santa Maria (AZR) Oceanic Air Traffic Control 6628 kHz USB, Azores, copi...
Saturday, 29 April 2023
The second 'Buzzer' copied on 4612 kHz, close to the original UVB-76 on ...
Friday, 28 April 2023
Transatlantic MW DX: Medium wave DX: VOCM 590 kHz Newfoundland and Labra...
Thursday, 27 April 2023
United States Air Force Emergency Action Message 8992 kHz copied with Ya...
Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Using the Kenwood TS990 to work Rob, operating GB3HQ station for the RSG...
Monday, 24 April 2023
Using a Swiss Army Knife blade as a 'Cat's Whisker' type diode for my cr...
Friday, 21 April 2023
Working CT1FPW, Portugal, on 21.228 MHz using a Yaesu FT-991A and BLA350...
Working Alexander in Ukraine UT1VW using the Yaesu FT-991A & the BLA350 ...
Thursday, 20 April 2023
3 transatlantic medium wave stations copied togther: VOCM (590 kHz), WIN...
Wednesday, 19 April 2023
Chaîne 3 signal, from Tipaza, Algeria on 252 kHz very strong last night ...
Tuesday, 18 April 2023
'PG6JC/Jamboree' & others worked in the afternoon with my Yaesu FT-991A...
Monday, 17 April 2023
Working Ben in Copenhagen OZ5BF on 21.214 MHz using the Yaesu FT-991A an...
Sunday, 16 April 2023
Final moments of live broadcasting from RTÉ Radio 1 on longwave 252 kHz
Friday, 14 April 2023
International Shortwave League afternoon net on 7128 kHz - my first ever...
Tuesday, 11 April 2023
Hard-core DX with a simple set-up: Tecsun PL-368 and a random wire - Rad...
Monday, 10 April 2023
United States Air Force Emergency Action Message 8992 kHz copied with Ya...
Friday, 7 April 2023
Iceland closed on 207 kHz and RTE to follow soon on 252 kHz..the longwav...
Sunday, 2 April 2023
The end of the annual CQWW SSB contest - and a few words of wisdom from ...
Friday, 31 March 2023
Tecsun PL-368 + a random wire in the garden: Voice of Korea (DPRK - Nort...
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Lost recording: Radio Tarma, Peru 4775.03 kHz copied with Icom IC-R75
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
Lost recording: first copy of Novosibirsk VOLMET 6693 kHz, Siberia
Monday, 27 March 2023
"Fairford Tower closed, for air traffic zone transition service contract...
Friday, 24 March 2023
Tecsun PL-368 + a random wire in the garden: Rádio Clube do Pará 4885 kH...
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
Transatlantic MW DX: Harbour Light of the Windwards 1400 kHz, Carriacou,...
Saturday, 18 March 2023
Medium wave DX: VOCM 590 kHz Newfoundland and Labrador booming into Oxfo...
Thursday, 16 March 2023
Final copy of LRA36, Arcangel, San Gabriel, Antarctica, Test Broadcast o...
Sunday, 12 March 2023
"Fairford Tower closed, for air traffic zone transition service contract...
Wednesday, 8 March 2023
How Oxford Shortwave Log started and going full-circle from the Tecsun P...
Sunday, 5 March 2023
LRA36, Arcangel, San Gabriel, Antarctica, Test Broadcast on 25/02/23 cop...
Friday, 3 March 2023
Reach Beyond Australia 11825 kHz Kununurra, copied S9+in20 the afternoo...
Wednesday, 1 March 2023
Lovely signal from Radio 4 longwave with my 'Foxhole' diode fitted to th...
Sunday, 26 February 2023
LRA36, Arcangel, San Gabriel, Antarctica, Test Broadcast on 25/02/23 cop...
Saturday, 25 February 2023
A quick review of the World Radio & TV Handbook 2023 edition!
Thursday, 23 February 2023
North Korea booming into Oxfordshire S9+ on 12015 kHz with the Icom IC-705
Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Using an old Philips screwdriver and pencil lead as a 'cats whisker' dio...
Friday, 17 February 2023
Comparing reception on the Elad FDM DUO & Icom IC-R75: VOCM 590 kHz Newf...
Thursday, 16 February 2023
Transatlantic MW DX: WWKB Buffalo New York 1520 kHz copied in Oxford UK
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
N1W (Uxbridge Massachusetts USA) reporting my signal as 59 using my M6 c...
Saturday, 11 February 2023
St. Petersburg VOLMET 6617 kHz copied with the brilliant Icom IC-705
Thursday, 9 February 2023
Shanwick Radio Oceanic Control 6622 kHz copied with Icom IC-705
Monday, 6 February 2023
Using a pair of pliers as a diode for my crystal radio set!
Sunday, 5 February 2023
Everton 1, Arsenal 0 !?! I listened to the game on my new-to-me 1950's ...
Thursday, 2 February 2023
Nothing more than a coil and a diode to listen to the sports news on med...
Monday, 30 January 2023
BBC World Service on shortwave copied on my crystal radio set
Thursday, 26 January 2023
Spirit Radio 549 kHz County Monoghan Ireland, copied in Oxford, UK using...
Monday, 23 January 2023
A quick review of the excellent Icom IC-705 portable transceiver
Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Listening to BBC Radio 4 longwave 198 kHz, using a crystal radio with a ...
Saturday, 14 January 2023
Uniden Bearcat UBC125XLT scanner: unboxing and brief commentary on why I...
Friday, 13 January 2023
Another trip back to the early days of radio! Charleston Radio Internati...
Thursday, 12 January 2023
They must be drunk on the '1933' net! Karaoke sign-off...
Monday, 9 January 2023
I decided to power up my old Yaesu FRG-8800 - here's Radio New Zealand I...
Friday, 6 January 2023
Another example of improved longwave reception on my crystal radio using...
Thursday, 5 January 2023
Radio Tarma, Peru 4775 kHz copied on the vintage Yaesu FRG-8800
Monday, 2 January 2023
The last moments of RTL on longwave 234 kHz: gone after 90 years, probab...
Sunday, 1 January 2023
Another example of super longwave reception using my crystal radio set
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