SWLing PostMay 10

DXing from another country – Bermuda 1975

https://swling.com/blog/2026/05/dxing-from-another-country-bermuda-1975/

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DXing from another country – Bermuda 1975

by Dan Greenall A half-century ago, long before the internet, e-mail, and SDRs, I was fortunate to visit the islands of Bermuda. In addition to meeting up with a fellow amateur radio operator, whom…

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SWLing PostApr 28

Ethiopia on Shortwave – Then and Now

https://swling.com/blog/2026/04/ethiopia-on-shortwave-then-and-now/

#AmharaStateRadioi #DanGreenall #Ethiopia #ETLF #FanaMediaCorporation #FMC #RadioFana #RadioHistory #RadioNostalgia #RadioOromiya #RadioVoiceOfRevolutionaryEthiopia #RadioVoiceOfTheGospel #Recordings #ShortwaveRadioRecordings #TheVoiceOfTigrayRevolution

Ethiopia on Shortwave – Then and Now

by Dan Greenall Back in the early 1970’s, Radio Voice of the Gospel, station ETLF, in Addis Ababa was the best way to hear this country, though it was by no means an everyday occurrence here …

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SWLing PostApr 27

How Shortwave Sparked Ralph’s Lifetime of Adventure

https://swling.com/blog/2026/04/how-shortwave-sparked-ralphs-lifetime-of-adventure/

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How Shortwave Sparked Ralph’s Lifetime of Adventure

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Ralph Perry, who shares, in his latest Substack post, a look back at how shortwave radio helped shape his life—sparking a lifelong curiosity about the wider w…

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SWLing PostApr 5

Bob’s Radio Corner: Where it Began – The AM Medium Wave Broadcast Band

https://swling.com/blog/2026/04/bobs-radio-corner-where-it-began-the-am-medium-wave-broadcast-band/

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Bob’s Radio Corner: Where it Began – The AM Medium Wave Broadcast Band

By Bob Colegrove One of the great attractions of the radio hobby is that it has so many different areas on which to specialize.  As examples, one can focus on a particular band, collect or restore …

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SWLing PostJan 18

Bob’s Radio Corner: What Is It About Radio Dials?

https://swling.com/blog/2026/01/bobs-radio-corner-what-is-it-about-radio-dials/

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Bob’s Radio Corner: What Is It About Radio Dials?

– Recollections of Bob Colegrove In the late ‘60s, I worked as a mechanical assembler at Communications, Electronics Inc. (CEI) in Rockville, Maryland (acquired by Watkins-Johnson Company).  …

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SWLing PostJan 13

A DXer looks back at the Voice of America

https://swling.com/blog/2026/01/a-dxer-looks-back-at-the-voice-of-america/

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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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SWLing PostJan 2

Taiwan on Shortwave – Then and Now

https://swling.com/blog/2026/01/taiwan-on-shortwave-then-and-now/

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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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SWLing PostDec 27

Video: When Shortwave Radio Connected Soldiers Overseas with Their Families in WWII

https://swling.com/blog/2025/12/video-when-shortwave-radio-connected-soldiers-overseas-with-their-families-in-wwii/

#CommandPerformance #FredWaterer #RadioHistory #RadioNostalgia #TheHistoryGuy #WWII

SWLing PostNov 29, 2025

Anachronism Alert: FM on a Radio in the WWII Blitz?

https://swling.com/blog/2025/11/anachronism-alert-fm-on-a-radio-in-the-wwii-blitz/

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Anachronism Alert: FM on a Radio in the WWII Blitz?

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Paul, who writes: Hi Thomas, while watching this documentary from the BBC telling how people Northern Ireland survived the Blitz in World War 2. I spotted thi…

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SWLing PostOct 3, 2025

Vatican Radio – Then and Now

https://swling.com/blog/2025/10/vatican-radio-then-and-now/

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Vatican Radio – Then and Now

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following post: When I began shortwave listening back in 1969, Vatican Radio was one of the first stations I came across. That sa…

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