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Indeed, the military music is the jammer. Denge Gel often contains talking, and more relaxed music.

Thanks Alex. First time for me. I will keep trying, to get a clearer catch.

You're welcome!

Better late than never 😊

Thank you so much for your comment! Unfortunately I don't know what SM stations are... I know about Sirius XM, but SM is something that I have never heard of and even a Google search does not help. I hope someone else will see this comment and be able to give some advice.

Hi Lew, this is great, it sounds to me as if you caught some very distant MW stations from China in Scotland! Congratulations! This is entirely possible. I know a MW DXer in Finland who regularly picks up China and India. Which radio did you use?

I am using my 1980's Panasonic RF-1680L, Andre. I just decided to have a random scan this afternoon on MW using the Tecsun loop & have picked up stations in China, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine & North Africa. Amazing I only realised one station was in Turkey due to checking the football scores as the station was commentating on the Besiktas match lol 😃

@@lew9223 Hi Lew, it looks like you had an amazing MW day yesterday! Using a really nice radio 🙂 The Tecsun AN-200 loop really makes a difference, I love mine.

Thanks Andre, yes very good MX dx'ing, the most stations I've picked up in a very long time, I guess conditions must have been just right, along with the Tecsun loop. Another older radio I have been using is a Philips AE-3205 from about 1990, really good sensitivity & sound. Enjoy La Reunion sir 👍

Thank you so much for your comment! For portable radios I would recommend the Tecsun PL-680, it is a good all-rounder. Also the XHDATA D-808. Both are great if you enjoy FM, MW and SW, and also use SSB mode. If you do not listen to signals in SSB mode I would most definitely recommend the Qodosen DX-286, it is a fantastic radio, in all bands. Terrific for MW, SW and FM DXing. Which SDR do you use? If you say base station, do you mean transceivers, or do you mean desktop radios? I don't use any transceivers, so unfortunately I won't be able to help there. For desktop communication receivers I would recommend looking for good-quality used receivers, such as the Kenwood R-1000, R-2000 or R-5000, or similar radios from JRC, Yaesu, Philips. Modern desktop radios are very expensive and I don't have any experience with any of those. I have been lucky to find good-quality used receivers for sale here in South Africa. I use a Kenwood R-1000 (also know as the Trio R-1000) and it works like a dream, a very good receiver that was made in Japan in the early 1980s. I suggest looking at sites like eBay and Facebook Marketplace for receivers like these, to be patient, and to test the radios properly before you buy anything. But, that being said, a good-quality portable radio, like the Tecsun or Qodosen that I suggested, would serve you very well.

@@swlistening Thank you, this is all very helpful! And yes, I did mean desktop receivers, sorry. Some years back I owned a Drake SW8, which was a great receiver; I wish I'd have kept it. I do prefer receivers with SSB, as in certain noisy conditions I've found it can help to tune in even an AM broadcast using SSB. My SDR is the SDR Play RSPdx, which I found outstanding. But I'll always prefer more 'analogue' radios for everyday listening and a tad more self-sufficiency. Excellent advice, cheers!

@@thormusique My pleasure, glad I could help. I like the Tecsun PL-680 specifically because it is full analogue, it is a very nice portable radio.

Hi Eugene, thanks for your comment! I am a bit confused though, what is the international version? I did not know that there were different versions.

DX-286 is the international version, SR-286 for Chinese domestic market

@@eugenehot4755 Thanks Eugene!

Thanks Andrew! I have heard Vatican Radio in Swahili before, I am more or less in the target area so it is an easy catch for me.

Awesome! Thank you for watching and welcome to my channel!

You should enter!

I hope you and the cat will enjoy the Clooblut! It would have been nice if Frank could have received some sponsorship for his contest. Maybe if there is a lot of interest in this one, he might get sponsorship for future contests. I thought I would try a new jingle this year, for a change. Something a bit lighter, but still radio related, the new tune is called "River Radio 92.3 WBPM", I like the name! This jingle will remain for all of 2025 now, so you will soon become familiar with it also :-)

@@swlistening The Clooblut store Lijianied me instead! 😠 In hindsight, I wish I had left a note with the seller to make sure that they sent me a Clooblut as that's the name on the RD-218 that they advertised. No doubt they're the same thing, but I've always felt safer buying the exact brand and color as this channel's guru, TMFSA! 🙂 I hope all is well in La Reunion by the time you read this. I'm not sure how's the wireless broadband service on the island is and hope you'll have a safe trip up in the mountains! 🌍🙏

@@StratmanII I am sure the Lijiani will perform the same 🙂 I'm just getting ready now to go to the airport, I will arrive at 05:35 Reunion time, that is 02:35 UTC, Monday morning. Thank you for the travel wishes!

@@swlistening Hi Andre, I discovered that not only the RD-218 is also available in the FM/AM/WB (no SW) version but it's also sold by another brand named "Geshon" or something like that. The RD-218 is a nice, inexpensive radio and having a digital display helps me tune to Business FM (89.9 MHz) easily which is a tricky-to-tune local FM station at my QTH. I'd still buy this even if the manufacturer changed the Lijiani name to KOJI! 🐶🐕📻❤

It is indeed good news that the private stations are still on air.

Indeed, it is the same for me, very clear reception on DAB+ here in Johannesburg.

This station you received almost sounds like REE, but it's not the correct frequency for them... Or is Ifrikya doing soccer reporting in Spanish?

@@swlistening lmao, I keep meaning Radio Rebelde in that post 😂

Thanks for this information Norman!

Thank you so much Lew, and thank you for the tip! I bookmarked the Radio 4 website so that I can listen to more of the programmes, really very interesting.

Yes, Radio 4 is pretty good, I listen most days. It will be -20c in some locations in Scotland tonight, ok for SW tuning but Reunion sounds more appealing 😃

@@lew9223 Good luck with that cold weather 🥶 I think Reunion does sound quite appealing when compared to -20 degrees Celsius! 🌄

Thank you so much Duane! The year has been good so far, I hope for you as well! Here the weather is very pleasant, we had a heatwave just before Christmas, over 35 degrees Celsius (95 F) for several days. But then the summer rains arrived, and now we are back to our normal weather, lots of rain and temperatures around 25 degrees Celsius (77 F). Good luck with the snow!

@swlistening Thanks for the Reply Andre .

There are many US viewers on my channel and they seem to pick up a lot of SW stations. Usually sunset and sunrise are good times to listen, or late at night when it is dark. Maybe you can try to catch some of the WRMI stations, although you might be a bit too close to the transmitters. They have many programmes every day. There is a schedule on their website, here: www.wrmi.net/index.php/programming/ At night you should also be able to hear European stations, and certainly some South American stations. Try Radio Nacional da Amazonia from Brazil on 11780 kHz, after dark, perhaps also Radio Voz Missionaria on 9665 kHz. These two stations are on air 24 hours a day. Also try for Radio Exterior de Espana on 17715 kHz (targeting South America) and 9690 (targeting North America) at night your time.

@@swlistening that's great. thank you

Thanks Dominic. I am concerned about the audio, it sounds 100% fine here on my side, but if it is distorted on your side, something might be wrong. Was it distorted throughout?

​@@swlisteningYour audio came out five by five, good buddy! No distortion whatsoever. ☺️👍🏼

No distortion here either, nice clear sound.

@@StratmanII Thanks for this 🙂

@@lew9223 Thanks Lew.

Thanks Ken, these will go out regularly again now :-) Like you, I hope that I will report on new stations, and not stations shutting down!

My pleasure Michael, glad you like them!

Hi Jeffrey, no, you can't listen while you are charging the radio. It introduces terrible noise. This is not unusual though, it happens with most radios when you charge the battery.

@@swlistening Okay, thank you. Do you recommend this or the XDATA-D808? I need excellent FM more than anything.

@@JeffreyMcMahon Jeffrey, for FM DXing I would recommend this radio. It is one of the best for FM DXing. But If I may ask, do you do FM DXing, or do you just want to listen to strong local signals? Music or talk, or both?

@swlistening 89.3 from Pasadena to Torrance can be a problem. I just bought the radio and battery charger. I'm eager to test it next week

@@JeffreyMcMahon I am very confident that the Qodosen will pick it up. It is very good on FM. Please let me know when it arrives whether you are able to pick up this signal.

My plesier Anthony! Glad you enjoyed it! I will pack on Saturday, flying out on Sunday. But I have begun putting out some stuff, like my passport and euro notes and coins (from previous trips) 🙂

Hi Johann, in my own experience with DAB+ it has worked well also. I can hear DAB+ signals here in Johannesburg, they are clear and strong. But I have read complaints from others that DAB+ does not work so well when you are driving in your car, it cuts out more easily than FM. And, of course, the biggest issue is still the cost of the receiver. DAB+ receivers are quite a bit more costly than FM receivers. I don't have anything against DAB+ though, I like the fact that it is so clear (when you have a good signal), and that you can have access to many more stations than on FM.

@@swlistening I still don't know how to compare FM and DAB reception in a meaningful way. Sure, FM degrades gracefully while DAB suddenly cuts out. In Austria DAB is broadcast really at a fraction of transmission power compared to FM. So how bad would FM be received if broadcast at the same EIRP - if that would actually make a fair comparison.

True, it is hard to compare, because these two modes are so different. I think for most people it is just about being able to hear their radio stations clearly, without interference and without cutting out.

@@swlistening yet not everyone loves DAB+ audio at 72 kbit/s or so, even with clever tricks of HE-AACv2 encoding 😜 But original DAB is worse. In UK, most stations actually broadcast in mono! And with reduced audio response. I've read that Absolute Radio is only 80k mono in old MP2 codec, with audio bandwidth cropping at 12.5 kHz. Analogue FM stops at 15-16 kHz, depending on audio processing settings (though standard is 15k). But Absolute was not on FM, except in London and West Midlands... they were an AM station, and they closed all AM transmitters in January 2023. Their audio bandwidth on AM was around 6.5 kHz. So, apparently, that was an easy equation nevertheless...

@@ArnieDXer > yet not everyone loves DAB+ audio at 72 kbit/s or so, even with clever tricks of HE-AACv2 encoding Absolutely, and I do notice the difference in my car head unit when switching between FM and DAB+. However you get "used" to the different sound, whether that's for good or bad.

Baie dankie Albert, en dieselfde vir jou en jou familie!

Thanks Adrian, happy new year to you too! I think Radio Rebelde has been off the air for a while now? Maybe because of the electricity crisis in Cuba? I'm just guessing though, it is not a station that I know well.

@swlistening I knew it was off air ,I taught something would come up and would be on air ,I m doing a radio contest ,it finishes tonight

It’s 19:00 UTC here in Florida and R. Rebelde is on the air at 5025 kHz, SINPO of 54354.

@@Mike-ot3yg Thanks Mike, so it is still broadcasting! Unfortunately I never hear this station here in Johannesburg.

@@swlistening can get a carrier and perhaps some extremely weak, unreadable traces of audio here in NE Poland as well... but only if I enable a noise blanker in my SDR LOL. Should improve later.

Thanks Caroline. And thanks for your reception report!

@@swlistening It sounded like you've identified some I couldn't identify

@@CarolineFord1 Indeed, I used the World Radio and TV Handbook, it is an excellent resource. Sometimes it lists frequencies that no other site lists.

True Caroline, they are near Akrotiri where i lived a number of years ago in the SBA (sovereign base area) there are two areas in the SBA both hosting British military bases ! Ironically the lincolnshire poacher numbers station was also located here amongst other installations.

Thanks!

Hi Marvin, I haven't announced details for the next raffle yet, I will do it some time during the year, on my channel.

My pleasure, I am glad the video helped!

@@swlistening My version has some slightly different way of accessing the many functions, some are exactly the same but several are different. Qodosen must have updated the software since you made the video, my unit is labelled DX-286. What a little gem of a radio!

@@mootpointjones8488 I also have the DX-286 and it is true, some of the functions are accessed in slightly different ways.

I'm very happy to hear that you're enjoying the D-219! It really is a great little radio.

Thanks! I do enjoy listening on both radios, they are both really good!

Thank you Arnie!