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Monday, 29 December 2025
What's left on medium wave? Radio Caroline 648 kHz, Orfordness, Suffolk ...
Sunday, 28 December 2025
'Wavescan' closing comments, copied via WWCR 4840 kHz, Nashville, USA, ...
Saturday, 27 December 2025
Collecting BBC Radio 4 Shipping Forecast recordings on all my radios: su...
Thursday, 25 December 2025
The diminishing but still wonderful sounds of Christmas Eve on longwave,...
Wednesday, 24 December 2025
Radio New Zealand Pacific closing down on Christmas Eve, on 13755 kHz at...
Tuesday, 23 December 2025
Medium wave signals from across the Atlantic Ocean: Bloomberg Radio 1130...
Monday, 22 December 2025
What's left on medium wave? RTT Radio Nationale 630 kHz, Tunis/Djedeida...
Sunday, 21 December 2025
The two best SW portables of all time: Eton E1 vs Sony ICF-2001D: daylig...
Saturday, 20 December 2025
Radio New Zealand Pacific 13755 kHz news and weather copied with the won...
Friday, 19 December 2025
Unboxing the last ever print edition of the World Radio and TV Handbook ...
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
I worked OK1WCF in the Czech Republic on FT8 with only 100 mW of TX power!!
Sunday, 14 December 2025
I'm collecting BBC Radio 4 198 kHz Shipping Forecast recordings on all m...
Saturday, 13 December 2025
I worked PA7D in The Netherlands running FT8 on the Icom IC-705 with onl...
Friday, 12 December 2025
3975 kHz Shortwave Radio: Shortwave DXing program CQ-Serenade copied on ...
Wednesday, 10 December 2025
What's left on medium wave? BBC Radio Somerset 1566 kHz simultcasting Ra...
Tuesday, 9 December 2025
I'm collecting BBC Radio 4 198 kHz Shipping Forecast recordings on all m...
Saturday, 6 December 2025
Radio User magazine is now incorporated into Practical Wireless - a coup...
Friday, 5 December 2025
I worked several stations on FT8 with only 500 mW TX power using the Ico...
Tuesday, 2 December 2025
The two best SW portables of all time: Eton E1 vs Sony ICF-2001D: All In...
Monday, 1 December 2025
Made in Hong Kong: three 1970s pocket transistor radios still sealed in ...
Sunday, 30 November 2025
FT8 experiment: 500mW TX power into my end-fed wire using the Icom IC-705
Friday, 28 November 2025
I'm collecting BBC Radio 4 198 kHz Shipping Forecast recordings on my ra...
Thursday, 27 November 2025
Elad FDM DUOr with Bose SoundLink Mini 2 speaker vs Yaesu FRG-8800 via b...
Wednesday, 26 November 2025
Amazing collection of FT8 QSOs using the Icom IC-705 and an indoor Wonde...
Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Eton E1 synchronous detection locked onto North Korea Interval Signal - ...
Sunday, 23 November 2025
I'm collecting BBC Radio 4 198 kHz Shipping Forecast recordings on all m...
Saturday, 22 November 2025
Sony ICF-SW55 vs ICF-2001D: comparison of recovered audio from Radio New...
Friday, 21 November 2025
DXing with an indoor random wire and Eton Satellit Grundig Edition: St. ...
Thursday, 20 November 2025
I'm collecting BBC Radio 4 198 kHz Shipping Forecast recordings on all m...
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Several FT8 contacts made on 40m using the Icom IC-705 with 1W into my e...
Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Chaîne 1 from Béchar Algeria now audible on 153 kHz as Antena Satelor sh...
Radio New Zealand Pacific 13755 kHz copy on the Sony ICF-2001D with AM a...
Sunday, 16 November 2025
Three receive options with the Kenwood TS990 whilst operating on a Harwe...
Saturday, 15 November 2025
Radio New Zealand Pacific 13755 kHz Bellbird interval signal & ID in AM ...
Friday, 14 November 2025
DXing with an indoor random wire and Eton Satellit Grundig Edition: UK V...
Thursday, 13 November 2025
I'm collecting BBC Radio 4 198 kHz Shipping Forecast recordings on all m...
Wednesday, 12 November 2025
This is the first time I have ever heard a Maritime-Mobile station on HF...
Monday, 10 November 2025
Much stronger BBC Radio 4 198 kHz signal on my longwave crystal radio se...
Sunday, 9 November 2025
What's left on medium wave? fantastic to copy Radio Keralam 1476 kHz, Un...
Saturday, 8 November 2025
What's left on medium wave? Antena 1 on 720 kHz, Portugal - various tran...
Thursday, 6 November 2025
Lindars Radios open day special event station GB0LIN will be QRV from 8 ...
The two best SW portables of all time: Eton E1 vs Sony ICF-2001D: HCJB 6...
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
MW DX: Harbour Light of the Windwards 1400 kHz Carriacou, Grenada on the...
Tuesday, 4 November 2025
Lindars Radios open day this Saturday 8th November with Special Event St...
Monday, 3 November 2025
What's left on medium wave? Radio Sultanate of Oman 1242 kHz - a distanc...
Sunday, 2 November 2025
What's left on medium wave? Radio Baltic Waves International 1386 kHz Vi...
Saturday, 1 November 2025
Garden Shortwave listening: “This is the Voice of Türkiye” old-school in...
Friday, 31 October 2025
Radio New Zealand Pacific 13755 kHz strong signal into Oxford this morni...
Thursday, 30 October 2025
Superb service from Lindars Radios, Yeovil - and check out their Open Da...
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Rarely heard TWR Africa 15105 kHz from Manzini, Eswatini copied with th...
Monday, 27 October 2025
My first SSB QSO using the Icom IC-705 - with M0KEP near Malvern using 3...
Sunday, 26 October 2025
DXing with an indoor random wire and Eton Satellit Grundig Edition: WWCR...
Saturday, 25 October 2025
Garden shortwave listening with the RF919 & Sangean ANT-60 wire: China R...
Friday, 24 October 2025
Operating with a Kenwood TS990 and copying other club member's transmiss...
Thursday, 23 October 2025
Collecting BBC Radio 4 198 kHz Shipping Forecast recordings on my radios...
Friday, 17 October 2025
The two best SW portables of all time: Eton E1 vs Sony ICF-2001D: Reach ...
Thursday, 16 October 2025
I'm collecting BBC Radio 4 198 kHz Shipping Forecast recordings on all m...
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
The last word IMHO on what is the best portable shortwave radio for trav...
Sunday, 5 October 2025
The Eton E1 synchronous detection locked on to HCJB Ecuador 6050 kHz for...
Saturday, 4 October 2025
Harwell Amateur Radio Society Friday night net calling members onto 80 m...
Friday, 3 October 2025
I'm collecting BBC Radio 4 198 kHz Shipping Forecast recordings on all m...
Thursday, 2 October 2025
A commentary on ideas for an indoor antenna design for working SSB and FT8
Wednesday, 1 October 2025
The BBC Radio 4 Shipping Forecast 198 kHz longwave, copied on my home-br...
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
I worked F4LNC on FT8 with 500 mW on FT8 within in a few minutes
Monday, 29 September 2025
DXing with an indoor random wire and Eton Satellit Grundig Edition: S51D...
Sunday, 28 September 2025
Another mini channel update - what's been going on this past week
Friday, 26 September 2025
My Sony ICF-2001D is back from 'RadioCruncher' & better than ever, but i...
Thursday, 25 September 2025
I worked several stations on FT8 using an IC-705 with only 5W into an IN...
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
DXing with an indoor random wire and Eton Satellit: weak copy of UVB-76...
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
I worked Ukraine - UX7QV on FT8 with an INDOOR Wonder Wand MK2 antenna u...
Is it possible to work an FT8 contact with 10W into an indoor Wonder Wan...
Monday, 22 September 2025
I'm collecting BBC Radio 4 198 kHz Shipping Forecast recordings on all m...
Saturday, 20 September 2025
Mini channel update - what's happening next with Oxford Shortwave Log
Thursday, 18 September 2025
Radio recycling: out with the old Kenwood TS480HX and in with the new Ic...
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
The 2026 edition of the World Radio and Television Handbook will be the ...
Monday, 15 September 2025
DXing with an indoor random wire and Eton Satellit Grundig Edition: Voic...
Sunday, 14 September 2025
I'm collecting BBC Radio 4 198 kHz Shipping Forecast recordings on all m...
Friday, 12 September 2025
I'm collecting BBC Radio 4 198 kHz Shipping Forecast recordings on all m...
Thursday, 11 September 2025
Vintage (1982) Icom IC-740 amateur radio rig operating perfectly on a sked
Wednesday, 10 September 2025
DXing with an indoor random wire and Eton Satellit Grundig Edition: Vati...
Tuesday, 9 September 2025
Appreciating the warm September sunshine and my ramblings on seasonal an...
Monday, 8 September 2025
Eton E1 synchronous detector locked on to Reach Beyond Australia 11870 k...
Sunday, 7 September 2025
Dxing with an indoor random wire and Eton Satellit Grundig Edition: Voic...
I'm collecting BBC Radio 4 198 kHz Shipping Forecast recordings on all m...
Friday, 5 September 2025
Superb S9 + 25 dB reception of Vatican Radio 15565 kHz Santa Maria Di Ga...
Wednesday, 3 September 2025
I'm collecting BBC Radio 4 198 kHz Shipping Forecast recordings on all m...
Monday, 1 September 2025
Tuning through 40 metres at the weekend copying the "Hotel Quebec" stat...
Sunday, 31 August 2025
HCJB Ecuador 6050 kHz copied on my 30 quid Tecsun PL-360 + random wire
Saturday, 30 August 2025
I'm collecting BBC Radio 4 198 kHz Shipping Forecast recordings on all m...
Friday, 29 August 2025
Voice of Korea (DPRK) on 12015 kHz with and without the best noise reduc...
Harwell Amateur Radio Society Friday night net - calling members onto to...
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
I'm collecting BBC Radio 4 198 kHz Shipping Forecast recordings on all m...
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 2025 from Wooferton on 12065 kHz copie...
Monday, 25 August 2025
I'm collecting BBC Radio 4 198 kHz Shipping Forecast recordings on all m...
Thursday, 21 August 2025
A commentary on having the best shortwave portable of all time - the Eto...
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 2025 from Ascension Island on 9575 kHz...
"Golf Romeo Two Hotel Quebec" calling CQ on top band and 80 metres with ...
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
BBC Radio 4 Shipping Forecast 198 kHz received on the Binatone Worldstar...
Monday, 18 August 2025
Eton E1: simply superb audio from Voice of Turkey, Emirler, on 17815 kHz
Friday, 15 August 2025
Longwave news: Antena Satelor 153 kHz reduced programming and BBC Radio ...
Thursday, 14 August 2025
Amazing copy of Radio Mosoj Chaski 3310 kHz Bolivia on my 30 quid Tecsun...
Wednesday, 13 August 2025
BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 2025 from Ascension Island on 9575 kHz...
Tuesday, 12 August 2025
BBC Radio 4 Shipping Forecast on 198 kHz longwave, copied on the rarely ...
Cheap amplifier purchased from Amazon still terrible on airband and FM b...
Monday, 11 August 2025
The Eton E1: demonstrating excellent AM synchronous detection: Reach Bey...
First copy of Radio Tarma 4775 kHz, Peru on the brilliant DSP2 receiver
Friday, 8 August 2025
The Lowe HF-150: excellent sensitivity & selectivity is all about: Radio...
Thursday, 7 August 2025
Thank you very much to all of you who subscribed to the Shortwave Bullet...
Wednesday, 6 August 2025
Voice of Korea (DPRK) 13760 kHz copied on the Eton E1 with AM synchronou...
Tuesday, 5 August 2025
Traditional religous music on Radio Logos 4810 kHz - a weak, but constan...
Monday, 4 August 2025
Trio R-1000 bought at the Newbury & District ARS rally for £100: deliver...
Saturday, 2 August 2025
Tuning through several 'Siberian Village Radio' AM transmissions above 3...
Friday, 1 August 2025
Amazing LSB audio from Radio Mosoj Chaski 3310 kHz Bolivia, on the pint-...
Wednesday, 30 July 2025
Siberian Village Radio transmissions copied in Oxford, UK around 3.131 M...
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Hard-core DX: Radio Mosoj Chaski 3310 kHz - comparing audio on Elad FDM ...
Monday, 28 July 2025
I came 27th in Engand for the 2025 CQ SSB World Wide WPX Contest (low po...
Saturday, 26 July 2025
The Eton E1 - king of shortwave portable radios returns to the shack af...
Friday, 25 July 2025
Radio Tarma 4775 kHz, Peru, very strong signal into Oxford peaking S9+ (...
Thursday, 24 July 2025
Homeward bound from George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston
Radio New Zealand Pacific on 13690 kHz booming into Houston, Texas with ...
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Please subscribe to Thomas Nilsson's brilliant Shortwave Bulletin - publ...
Monday, 21 July 2025
WWVH time signal from the island of Kauai, Hawaii, station ID copied on ...
Saturday, 19 July 2025
Rádio Nacional da Amazônia 6180 kHz, Brasilia, Brazil copied with adjace...
Gander Radio VOLMET 13270 kHz copied with QSB from my hotel in Houston, ...
Friday, 18 July 2025
I just made a purchase at the 'bigapple59' eBay radio shop and highly re...
Thursday, 17 July 2025
Radio New Zealand Pacific closing on 17675 kHz and signing on 13690 kHz ...
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
The 3rd harmonic of BBC Radio 4's 198 kHz transmission is now audible - ...
Monday, 14 July 2025
The 2nd harmonic of BBC Radio 4's 198 kHz longwave transmission is back ...
Radio New Zealand Pacific bird song interval signal and sign-on to 13690...
Saturday, 12 July 2025
Copied Shannon VOLMET again, this time on 8957 kHz from Houston, using t...
Friday, 11 July 2025
Radio New Zealand Pacific - the news on 9700 kHz - copied in Houston, Te...
Thursday, 10 July 2025
A brief summary of how my Tecsun PL-880 and Bonito NTi MegaLoop FX perfo...
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Radio New Zealand Pacific closing on 13690 kHz and opening on 9700 kHz -...
Gander Radio VOLMET 10051 kHz last ever copy - with a decent signal in H...
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Gander Radio VOLMET 6604 kHz - now sadly deceased - copied in Houston on...
Monday, 7 July 2025
Trenton Military VOLMET 6754 kHz copied in Houston, Texas
Sunday, 6 July 2025
First copy of NMN Chesapeake Virginia Marine Weather Broadcast on 13089kHz
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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