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Friday, 4 July 2025
July 2025 SAQ Grimeton VLF station 100th year anniversary 17.2kHz transm...
Thursday, 3 July 2025
USCG Marine Weather broadcast, Chesapeake, Virginia 13089 kHz; first copy
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
BBC Antarctic Midwinter broadcast 2025 closing down from Wooferton 12065...
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
Comparing AM and LSB reception audio from Radio Mosoj Chaski 3310 kHz, B...
Monday, 30 June 2025
VMW HF Marine Radio Service, Wiluna, Western Australia 12362 kHZ, first ...
Friday, 27 June 2025
First copy of Rádio Nacional da Amazônia 6180 kHz on the DSP2
Thursday, 26 June 2025
BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast from Ascension Island on 9575 kHz copi...
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
My Sony ICF-2001D is going to 'Radio Cruncher' for refurbishment (oh and...
Monday, 23 June 2025
One of the last BBC Radio 4 Shipping Forecast transmissions? Copied on m...
Sunday, 22 June 2025
2025 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast: tuning the 4 frequencies on the ...
Saturday, 21 June 2025
I contacted Eton Support this week and it appears the Elite Satellit is ...
Friday, 20 June 2025
Amazing DX on the Sony ICF-SW100 + random wire: Bolivia 3310 kHz, Ecuado...
Thursday, 19 June 2025
USCG Marine Weather broadcast, Chesapeake, Virginia 8764 kHz; first copy
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
I wrote a message of complaint to the BBC and then read some potential g...
Saturday, 14 June 2025
I wrote to my local Member of Parliament regarding the closure of BBC Ra...
Thursday, 12 June 2025
The state of longwave and tropical band shortwave radio at end of the fi...
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
Rostov VOLMET 6617 kHz copied with the vintage Yaesu FRG8800
Monday, 9 June 2025
Cheap wideband antenna amplifier/High-Z converter can't even deliver cle...
Sunday, 8 June 2025
Amazing AM audio from Radio Mosoj Chaski 3310 kHz Bolivia, on the brilli...
Saturday, 7 June 2025
Great DX on the Sony ICF-SW55: Radio Tarma 4775 kHz, Radio Mosoj Chaski ...
Friday, 6 June 2025
The strongest signal I've ever copied from Radio Mosoj Chaski 3310 kHz, ...
Thursday, 5 June 2025
The warm glow and superb audio from a 1956 Ferranti 255T receiver: Radio...
Wednesday, 4 June 2025
Beware of cheap wideband antenna amplifiers...they usually deliver very ...
Tuesday, 3 June 2025
Roma Radio IAR 2663 kHz Marine Meteorological Broadcasts For Shipping, C...
Sunday, 1 June 2025
Radio Tarma 4775 kHz Bolivia also copied on my new bedside radio!
Superb Synchronous Detection circuit on the brilliant Sony ICF-SW77 - on...
Thursday, 29 May 2025
Radio La Montana 4940 kHz, Venezuela copied in Houston Texas using the P...
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
WWVH time signal from Kauai, Hawaii; station information notice and ID c...
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
Radio New Zealand Pacific bird song interval signal before switching ove...
Nice to catch Shannon VOLMET in Houston, Texas on 5505 kHz with the Tecs...
Monday, 26 May 2025
Daylight copy from Houston of Radio Educación XEPPM-OC on 6185 kHz, Mexi...
Friday, 23 May 2025
Maritime station Olympia Radio (Iraklion SVH) 2799 kHz USB, Greece copie...
Thursday, 22 May 2025
Insanely good reception of Radio Mosoj Chaski 3310 kHz Bolivia on the Lo...
I thought I was hearing things! Radio Logos, Peru 4810 kHz is back and a...
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Siberian Village Radio transmissions copied around 3.0728 MHz using the ...
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Rádio Nacional da Amazônia 11780 kHz, Brasilia, Brazil, booming loudly i...
First ever copy (albeit weak/fading) of Ifrikya FM Ourgla, Algeria on 13...
Wherever you are in the world, you can listen to Premier League football...
Monday, 19 May 2025
Testing the Malahit DSP2: Comms. on Santa Maria (AZR) Oceanic Air Traffi...
Saturday, 17 May 2025
Raddy RF919: incredible reception of Mosoj Chaski 3310 kHz, Bolivia and ...
Friday, 16 May 2025
The Shipping Forecast on a beautiful and cleverly designed, vintage port...
Thursday, 15 May 2025
My new bedside radio: the Icom IC-R75! Copying hard-core DX - Radio Moso...
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
VMW HF Marine Radio Service, Wiluna, Western Australia 12362 kHZ, copied...
Tuesday, 13 May 2025
USCG Marine Weather broadcast, Chesapeake, Virginia 13089 kHz, copied wi...
Monday, 12 May 2025
HSW Bangkok Meteorological Radio 8743 KHz with ID; first copy since 2022
Saturday, 10 May 2025
Ridiculous reception of Radio Mosoj Chaski 3310 kHz Bolivia on a random ...
Friday, 9 May 2025
Siberian Village Radio transmission around 3.150 MHz AM, copied in Oxfor...
Thursday, 8 May 2025
Space comms 19060s style: tour of the original Apollo Mission Control at...
Wednesday, 7 May 2025
Huge S9+10 signal from Vatican Radio on 17540 kHz, with commentary on th...
Maritime station Olympia Radio (Limnos) 2730 kHz USB, Greece copied in O...
Monday, 5 May 2025
A summary of the first two months using the Malahit DSP2 portable receiver
Testing the excellent SDRplay nRSP-ST: Radio New Zealand Pacific booming...
Sunday, 4 May 2025
Very rare audio from Radio Mosoj Chaski 3310 kHz, Bolivia - proper hard-...
If you decide to buy a Raddy RF919, these are the accessories in the box...
Friday, 2 May 2025
Welcome to Houston: an overview of my DXing equipment and activites
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Unboxing and overview of the Raddy RF919... and why I decided to give th...
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
WWVH time signal from the island of Kauai, Hawaii on 10 MHz, copied from...
Monday, 28 April 2025
BBC World Service relay Ascension Island, 7410 kHz copied in Houston, Texas
Sunday, 27 April 2025
Radio New Zealand Pacific calling! Copied on my 35 quid Tecsun PL-360 wi...
Friday, 25 April 2025
HSD Bangkok VOLMET 6676 kHz USB first copy in Oxford UK with clear ID
Thursday, 24 April 2025
NMN Chesapeake Virginia Marine Weather Broadcast 6501 kHz, copied with v...
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Testing the Malahit DSP2: Radio La Montaña Colombia 4940kHz copied in Ox...
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
Roma Radio IAR 2719 kHz Marine Meteorological Broadcasts For Shipping, P...
Monday, 21 April 2025
VMW HF Marine Radio Service, Wiluna, Western Australia 8113 kHZ, first copy
Saturday, 19 April 2025
Idiotic behaviour on 80 metres tonight but try as they might, it didn't ...
Friday, 18 April 2025
Radio Educación XEPPM-OC on 6185 kHz, Mexico City and literally booming ...
Thursday, 17 April 2025
RAF Military VOLMET St. Eval, Cornwall copied in Houston Texas on 11253 kHz
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Radio New Zealand Pacific in the morning 1968 style - Grundig Satellit 6...
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
Original documentation and instructional manual for my 1969 Grundig Sate...
Monday, 14 April 2025
Testing the Malahit DSP2: Gander VOLMET 3485, 6604, 10051 and 13270 kHz,...
Sunday, 13 April 2025
Maritime station 'Polish Rescue Radio' 2714 kHz USB, Ustka, Poland copie...
Saturday, 12 April 2025
Saturn 5 rocket displayed complete at Space Centre, Houston, Texas
Arriving at Space Centre Houston - a great view of the Space Shuttle/Boe...
Friday, 11 April 2025
Comms. from Gander Aeradio 5616 kHz Newfoundland & Labrador, copied with...
Thursday, 10 April 2025
Radio New Zealand Pacific copied yesterday morning on their spring/Summe...
Wednesday, 9 April 2025
Sydney, Nova Scotia (VCO) Maritime station 2749 kHz USB Canada, copied i...
Tuesday, 8 April 2025
Roma Radio IAR 2680 kHz Marine Meteorological Broadcasts For Shipping, ...
Monday, 7 April 2025
The shortwave radio landscape in 1990 at the time of the fall of the Ber...
Sunday, 6 April 2025
WWV/H Scientific Modulation Working Group announcement on 10 MHz
Saturday, 5 April 2025
A tune through the 40 metre amateur band from a hotel in Houston, Texas....
WWVH time signal from the island of Kauai, Hawaii on 15 MHz, copied from...
Friday, 4 April 2025
Maritime station Olympia Radio (Iraklion SVH) 2799 kHz USB, Greece copie...
Thursday, 3 April 2025
Voices from the South Pacific on the tiny but totally brilliant Sony ICF...
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Malahit DSP-2 testing: Reach Beyond Australia 15320 kHz, Kununurra, West...
Saturday, 29 March 2025
£10 upgrade to my HF multi-band end-fed wire
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
Unboxing and first impressions of the Choyong LC90 Multi-Band Smart Inte...
WWV time signal from Fort Collins Colorado on 5000 kHz copied in Houston...
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
Radio La Montana 4940 kHz, Venezuela copied in Houston Texas using the P...
Radio Educación XEPPM-OC on 6185 kHz Mexico City: armchair copy from Hou...
Sunday, 23 March 2025
My view that the Malahit DSP2 is a brilliant radio was rudely countered ...
Saturday, 22 March 2025
E07 "The English Man" Russian numbers station copied on 15858 kHz with a...
Friday, 21 March 2025
Great news from the USA? S.315/119th Congress - AM Radio for Every Vehic...
Testing the Malahit DSP2: Radio New Zealand Pacific 13755 kHz - and chec...
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
A bit of hard-core DX: Radio Tarma 4775 kHz Peru copied with the brillia...
Springtime house-keeping in the shack, although mostly (Storm Darragh -i...
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
Transatlantic medium wave DX on the SDRplay nRSP-ST: WINS 1010 New York ...
Monday, 17 March 2025
Comms on Shanwick Oceanic Air Traffic Control 3491 kHz copied with the M...
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
The rise & fall of longwave broadcasting since The Lucerne Plan 1934 usi...
SDRplay nRSP-ST testing: transatlantic medium wave DX Bloomberg Radio 11...
Tuesday, 11 March 2025
Operating the HARS Friday net on 80 metres with a Kenwood TS990 and list...
Monday, 10 March 2025
Testing the new SDRplay nRSP-ST: great audio on shortwave from Reach Bey...
Transatlantic medium wave DX: WXKS 'Talk 1200' Newton, Mass. strong sign...
Sunday, 9 March 2025
"The Buzzer MK2" copied under WRMI Okeechobee, Florida on 5950 kHz
Friday, 7 March 2025
Chaîne 3, 252 kHz Tipaza Algeria stopped transmitting on 01/03/25 and re...
Thursday, 6 March 2025
'Shack-in-a-box' Yaesu FT-991A on TX and the Elad FDM DUOr on RX for the...
Wednesday, 5 March 2025
Missing on longwave: Chaîne 3, Tipaza Algeria 252 kHz stopped transmitti...
Monday, 3 March 2025
There were 681 stations on the shortwave Tropical Bands alone, when I wa...
Sunday, 2 March 2025
S30 'The Pip' on 3363/3753 kHz and 'The Alarm' on 4770 kHz copied with t...
Saturday, 1 March 2025
Comparing the Elad FDM DUOr & Icom IC-R8600: medium wave DX: WXKS 1200 k...
Friday, 28 February 2025
I received a polite telling off via email last weekend for referring to ...
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
Using the Tecsun external AM antenna with the Malahit DSP2 for longwave ...
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
E07 "The English Man" Russian numbers station copied on 12158 kHz with a...
Monday, 24 February 2025
Two brilliant radios: The Icom IC-R8600 versus the Elad FDM DUOr - what'...
Saturday, 22 February 2025
I got my beloved Sony ICF-SW55 portable receiver back, recapped and with...
Working the Harwell Amateur Radio Society Friday sked on 80 metres with ...
Friday, 21 February 2025
Not bad for 6 quid...and exactly how I listened to Radio New Zealand Int...
Thursday, 20 February 2025
By popular demand: Radio Caroline 648 kHz, Orfordness Suffolk, England, ...
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
Malahit DSP2 portable SDR receiver: unboxing and a brief overview of fea...
SDRplay nRSP-ST: BBC Radio Wales 882 kHz; great audio from one of the la...
Monday, 17 February 2025
"The Buzzer MK2" loud in Oxford on 5782 kHz and copyable on 6930 kHz...w...
Sunday, 16 February 2025
The news this morning from Radio New Zealand Pacific 13755 kHz, copied o...
Friday, 14 February 2025
Don't believe anyone who tells you shortwave is dead! Take a look at the...
For Tam, who kindly very gifted me his Sony ICF-SW77 years ago: Transatl...
Thursday, 13 February 2025
The Lowe HF-150 is simplicity itself, but immensely capable: hard-core D...
Monday, 10 February 2025
What on earth is going on??!! A full page advertisement for world-band r...
Testing the SDRplay nRSP-ST: UV-71 The Buzzer 4625 kHz, The Alarm 4770 k...
Comparing the Elad FDM DUOr against the Icom IC-R8600: Bloomberg Radio 1...
Saturday, 8 February 2025
Thank you to the friends of Oxford Shortwave Log...over 10,000 subs and ...
Monday, 3 February 2025
AM radio in the UK is in a shocking state, as clearly detailed in the WR...
Working the Harwell Amateur Radio Society Friday sked on top band with t...
Saturday, 1 February 2025
Samara VOLMET 8888 kHz - the first time I have ever copied their signal ...
Friday, 31 January 2025
United States Air Force Emergency Action Message on 11175 kHz copied wit...
Thursday, 30 January 2025
E11 'Oblique' Numbers Station, Warsaw, Poland: first time I copied their...
Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Can the 10,000+ friends and subscibers of Oxford Shortwave Log do me and...
Tuesday, 28 January 2025
My all-time favourite radio station on shortwave booming into Oxford thi...
USAF Emergency Action Message (EAM) received on 4724 KHz USB using the e...
Sunday, 26 January 2025
Comms on Shanwick Oceanic Air Traffic Control 4651/5649 kHz and Santa Ma...
Saturday, 25 January 2025
Voice of Korea (DPRK) nice signal into Oxford on 13760 kHz using the Tri...
Thursday, 23 January 2025
WWCR Nashville broadcast obliterated by XPB Russian spy station 15825 kHz
A strong signal from Bamako, Radio Mali 5995 kHz copied with the Icom IC...
Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Russian spy station E06 'English Man' 16161 kHz booming into Oxford S9
Tuesday, 21 January 2025
Radio Voz Missionaria 9665 kHz Camboriu Brazil copied with the simply ex...
Thursday, 16 January 2025
The terrible state of longwave broadcasting is all too clear in the 2025...
Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Excellent audio on longwave using the SDRplay nRSP-ST and a Bose speaker...
Tuesday, 14 January 2025
Radio New Zealand Pacific booming in S9+on10 dB on the 22m band 13755 kH...
Sunday, 12 January 2025
My annual review of the WRTH World Radio & Television Handbook: 2025 edi...
Friday, 10 January 2025
Radio New Zealand Pacific calling on the 22m band 13755 kHz at 06:59 am ...
Thursday, 9 January 2025
Hardcore DX copied on the SDRplay nRSP-ST: Radio Voz Missionaria 5939.72...
Wednesday, 8 January 2025
The last time I ever used my original Elad FDM DUO :-( Decoding Pinneber...
Tuesday, 7 January 2025
I must make time to complain more about stuff! ...and thanks for your s...
Monday, 6 January 2025
Comparing the nRSP-ST with the Icom IC-R8600 & Elad FDM DUOr: Radio New ...
Saturday, 4 January 2025
Why am I regularly criticised for the cost of some of the equipment feat...
Friday, 3 January 2025
The Radio Times Christmas edition - a commentary on the 'radio' content
Wednesday, 1 January 2025
Bringing in 2025 with BBC Radio 4 longwave 198 kHz, using century-old ra...
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