Immediate Frequency Change for VORW Radio International’s broadcast to East Asia

Dear Listeners,

Due to significant interference which has emerged from a neighboring station – causing reception issues for the existing broadcast on 9705 kHz, I have made the decision to immediately change frequencies in order to resolve this issue.

This one-time newsletter is being sent in order to inform listeners of this change.

Effective immediately, the transmission to East Asia will now be heard on 9740 kHz (9.740 MHz) instead of 9705 kHz.

The Transmitter power, broadcast time and target area remain exactly the same – this change is being made solely to manage the issue of interference, to ensure clear reception to listeners in the target area and beyond!

Here is the updated broadcast schedule:

Thursdays 0900 UTC – 9740 kHz – Paochung 300 kW – East Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific, the Americas

Each program is 1 hour in length and the aim of this radio show is to provide good music and commentary to listeners worldwide. Oftentimes, listener music requests are taken and played – and all are invited to participate.

Reception reports (which will be verified with an E-QSL) and additional feedback are most welcome at [email protected]

Thank you for your patience, understanding and reception feedback – which informed me of this reception issue and allowed me to resolve it promptly!

John Jurasek
VORW Radio International.

DXing Comes to the Madison Clinic

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dennis Dura, who shares news from Radio World that DXing will be featured for the first time at the Midwest Regional Broadcasters Clinic (“Madison Clinic”) this September. The presentation will introduce broadcast engineers and industry professionals to the fascinating world of radio signal propagation and DX reception—and perhaps inspire a few new DXers along the way.

Read the full article at Radio World: https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/show-news/dxing-will-be-featured-at-the-madison-clinic

1976 U.S. Bicentennial Callsigns

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Greenall, who writes:

Hi Thomas,

In 1976, amateur radio operators in the United States were allowed the option of using a special prefix in place of their regular one to celebrate the country’s bicentennial year. Many amateurs issued special QSL cards for this bearing the new prefix, making reference to the US bicentennial year on the front.

Others simply modified their existing cards. The bicentennial commissions in Massachusetts and South Dakota even made up fill-in-the-blank commemorative QSL cards.

WL1CEN was a special events station in Lexington, Massachusetts, that appears to have been operating earlier in 1975.

The American Radio Relay League also issued a bicentennial WAS award to amateurs making contacts with all 50 U.S. states during 1976.

Here is a link to more bicentennial QSL’s

https://archive.org/details/ac-2-ghk-4-front

I wonder what’s going on this year, as I am not QRV at the moment?

Dan Greenall, VE3HLC

Alan Roe’s A-26 Season Guide to Music on Shortwave (version 3.0)

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alan Roe, who shares his A-26 (version 3.0) season guide to music on shortwave. Alan provides this amazing resource as a free PDF download.

Click here to download Music on Shortwave A-26 v3.0 (PDF)

Alan has also created at-a-glance, single-page PDF programme grids for BBC World Service, CGTN Radio, Radio Romania International, Voice of Turkey, and Radio Taiwan International — all updated for the A-26 broadcast season. If you’d like to download these, visit Alan’s Box account here: http://tinyurl.com/shortwaveprograms

As always, thank you for sharing your excellent guide, Alan!

This dedicated page will always have the latest version of Alan’s guide available for download.

The GPS Numbers Station: Hidden Encrypted Messages in Plain Sight

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Image: NASA

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Scott Gamble, who writes:

Hi Thomas –

An interesting article was published in the most recent issue of Inside GNSS magazine that suggests that the US Military has been using an obscure field in GPS broadcasts to deliver encoded messages, potentially for use by intelligence agencies.

The article “The Empty Field That Wasn’t: GPS, OTAD, and Two Decades of Encrypted Messages,” by Steven J. Murdoch of University College London, is available via the link below:

https://lsc-pagepro.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=865273&p=62&view=issueViewer

Scott

CHU Closure on June 22, 2026

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dennis Dura, who shares the following article from Radio World about the impending shutdown of Canada’s iconic CHU shortwave time station.

We’ve covered CHU’s imminent closure several times here on the SWLing Post, but this Radio World piece provides a particularly nice overview of the station’s history, purpose, and enduring significance to the radio community. It’s well worth a read, especially if CHU has ever been one of those familiar signals on your dial.

Read the article here:
https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/headlines/canadas-chu-shortwave-time-station-to-be-silenced

Downbeat, country music and a record room

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Hi to all SWLing Post community. Here’s news of what Imaginary Stations will be bringing to those shortwave bands this week.

We have the fourth programme in the Downbeat on Shortwave series via Shortwave Gold, where guest DJs Jesse Yuen and One Deck Pete bring you two 15-minute downtempo mixes each over the hour-long show. Expect some ambient, dub and downtempo vibes to wind down to at the weekend. The schedule for the show is on Saturday 13th June at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 14th June at 1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and 2000 hrs UTC on 3975 kHz/6160 kHz. Listening while horizontal is an option.

On Wednesday June 17th at 2000 hrs UTC on 3975 kHz/6160 kHz we bring you the repeat of last week’s Skybird Folk & Country Radio. If you’re into both those genres you are going to love this show if you didn’t catch it last week

Also on Wednesday 17th June 2026, at 0200 hrs UTC on 9395 kHz on WRM I we have WHFM – Herman’s Radio and Record Room. This is the third in a series of programmes recorded by DJ Frederick Moe in memory of his father Herman (1919-2001) and feature mid-century sounds including country, jazz, folk and easy listening.