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PCJ Media Special About Shortwave Radio In Africa

Ears To Our World, a non-profit organization that distributes self-powered shortwave radios to classrooms in the 3rd world, is soon to be featured in a special dedicated radio show. The one-hour...

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Radio As A Force For Peace

Jocelyne Sambira In many countries ravaged by war and violent conflict, radio is sometimes the only way of getting information. In most of these regions, there is little or no infra- structure and...

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Myke shares 2012 season of ShortWaveMusic

Myke, over at ShortWaveMusic, has made his entire 2012 season of ShortWaveMusic freely downloadable on SoundCloud. This series was recorded from December 31, 2011 – January 16, 2012 throughout the West...

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Shortwave Radio Recordings: Radio Impala (Rwanda)

Yesterday, while recording the BBC coverage of Portugal v. Ghana in the World Cup, I noticed a relatively strong carrier on 17,540 kHz. A quick check of schedules and I realized this was the Rwandan...

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A map of every device connected to the Internet

(Source: John Matherly, via Gizmodo) SWLing Post reader, Mehmet Burk, shares this tweet from Sherry Rehman: Portrait of an unequally connected planet. A map of every device connected to the internet:...

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Shortwave Radio Recordings: Channel Africa

Despite dismal propagation, I was quite happy to receive a relatively strong signal earlier this week (31 August 2015) from Channel Africa, starting around 16:40 UTC on 15,235 kHz. This recording...

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Shortwave Radio Recordings: Radio Biafra

Last week, I received a tip from SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson: Radio Biafra, a new clandestine station, was audible on 15,560 kHz via the Universite Twente Web SDR. Despite miserable...

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Guest Post: Shortwave Recordings from Mount Kilimanjaro

Mount Kilimanjaro (Photo: Chris Johnson) Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Chris Johnson, for sharing the following guest post: Shortwave Recordings from Kilimanjaro by Chris Johnson Last month,...

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The Conversation: “100 Years of Radio in Africa: from propaganda to people’s...

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Marty, who shares the following article from The Conversation: 100 years of radio in Africa: from propaganda to people’s power (The Conversation) Radio is...

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