Is Nasional FM on Shortwave Full-Time?

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Greenall, who writes: Hi Thomas Regarding a post on the WRTH Facebook page from December 17, 2025, there was a report that “Nasional FM” was …

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Dan Notes Voice of America’s Return to Shortwave

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Greenall, who shared the following message on March 1, 2026 [note the delay in posting Dan’s message due to recent site maintenance]: Hi Thomas Thi…

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Music on Shortwave from Down Under

by Dan Greenall Sometimes, while I’m puttering around at my desk, I like to listen to some music on the radio without the chatter of commercials and other talk interruptions. Now, in the dead of wi…

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The Remarkable Life of Dr. Leslie Radnay, W1PL

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dan Greenall, who writes: I know many of your readers are amateur radio operators and have a passion for all things radio. A couple of years ago, I was sortin…

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Cold War DX and Tactical Callsigns

by Dan Greenall During the Cold War years, many different signals could be found on shortwave that cannot be heard today. For example, there were two Germanys, several broadcasters from the USSR no…

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A DXer looks back at the Voice of America

by Dan Greenall 50 years ago, Voice of America broadcasts could be found all over the shortwave dial. In addition to a number of transmitter sites located stateside, the VOA used to broadcast from …

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Taiwan on Shortwave – Then and Now

by Dan Greenall For nearly a half-century, The Voice of Free China broadcast programs via shortwave to a worldwide audience from Taipei, Taiwan. As a relatively new SWL in the early 1970’s, I was a…

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Some holiday reading for shortwave listeners

by Dan Greenall Attention all SWL’s!   For those of you with a little extra free time over the holiday season, I would highly recommend having a look at two books that were written by a couple of v…

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Check Your Time with the LM Chime

by Dan Greenall Shades of the 1970’s.  Commercial AM radio (in English) the way it used to be. Heavy on nostalgic music from the 1960’s to the 1990’s, plenty of good old style jingles, and of cours…

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Radyo Pilipinas World Service Back On The Air

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dan Greenall, who writes: Hi Thomas As per the announcement on the SWLing Post, Radyo Pilipinas did indeed return on the air December 1 at 0200 hours UTC on t…

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