At about 1118 UTC on Saturday 1st January 2022, I tuned in to WTWW, in the USA. This was a new station for me. They were transmitting in the English language on 5085 kHz.

WTWW stands for ‘We Transmit World Wide’. The radio station is owned by Leap of Faith Inc, and was initially licenced as WBWW while under construction. It has been on the air since 19th February 2010.

The WTWW website has quite a few references to amateur radio. WTWW broadcasts the QSO Live show. Sponsors of WTWW include R & L Electronics (deal in amateur radio gear), The Spectrum Monitor, and Icom. You can also listen to Bob Heil’s Organ music on WTWW.

Their program consisted of various music. Their broadcast was coming from WTWW’s 100kW Lebanon, Tennessee transmitter.

More information can be found on their website at……

https://wtww.us/

The overall reception of WTWW was fair. This was mostly due to the signal being fair and there being moderate static crashes on the band.

Below is a short video of my reception of WTWW.

References.

1. Short Wave Info, 2022, <https://www.short-wave.info/>, viewed 1st January 2022.
2. World Radio TV Handbook, 2022
3. WTWW, 2022, <https://wtww.us/>, viewed 1st January 2022.

I then tuned in to Vatican Radio at 1142 UTC on 31st December 2021. Vatican Radio was broadcasting on 15595 kHz in the English language.

The program consisted of Mass in English. The broadcast was coming from the 100kW Santa Maria di Galeria

The overall reception of Vatican Radio was excellent.

Below is a short video of my reception of Vatican Radio.

References.

1. Short Wave Info, 2021, <https://www.short-wave.info/>, viewed 31st December 2021.
2. Short Wave Schedule, 2021, <https://shortwaveschedule.com/>, viewed 31st December 2021.

At about 1042 UTC on 30th December 2021, I tuned in to a new station for me, Unique Radio broadcasting in English on 5035 kHz Upper Side Band (USB).

According to their Facebook page:- “Unique Radio is a Non-commercial shortwave radio station on 5035 kHz USB days/nights & sometimes 3210KHz USB occasional use at nights from Thursday through Monday Morning. Broadcast from within the Tamworth Regional council area NSW Australia.”

The overall reception of Unique Radio was fair to good. Listening to music on either USB or LSB is never great in my opinion. The signal strength was good and there was only slight fading on the signal. There were static crashes on the band.

Below is a video showing my reception of Unique Radio.

References.

1. Facebook, 2021, <https://www.facebook.com/groups/1972235949678222>, viewed 30th December 2021.
2. Unique Radio, 2021, <https://www.uniqueradio.biz/>, viewed 30th December 2021.

At about 0822 UTC on Thursday the 30th December 2021, I tuned in to Radio France International broadcasting in the French language on 13695 kHz.

The broadcast was originating from their Issoudun 500 kW transmitter. West Africa was the target audience.

The overall reception of Radio France International was fair – good. The signal strength was good and there was no fading on the signal. However, there was some ‘bleed over’ from CNR13 in China on 13700 kHz.

Below is a video showing my reception of Radio France International.

References.

1. Short Wave Info, 2021, <https://www.short-wave.info/>, viewed 30th December 2021.
2. Short Wave Schedule, 2021, <https://shortwaveschedule.com/>, viewed 30th December 2021.

At 1142 UTC on 29th December 2021, I tuned in to Radio Prague International broadcasting on 5050 kHz in the Spanish language.

The broadcast was coming from their Okeechobee Florida 100kW transmitter.

The overall reception of Radio Prague was fair. The signal strength was fair and there was a moderate amount of static crashes on the band.

Below is a video of my reception of Radio Prague International.

References.

1. Short Wave Info, 2021, <https://www.short-wave.info/>, viewed 29th December 2021.
2. Short Wave Schedule, 2021, <https://shortwaveschedule.com/>, viewed 29th December 2021.

I then tuned in at 1054 UTC on 29th December 2021, to KTWR GUAM. They were initially broadcasting in the Sundanese language. From 1100 UTC they were broadcasting in the English language.

The overall reception of KTWR was fair – good. The signal strength was good and there was slight fading on the signal. There was some ‘bleed over’ from Sound of Hope on 11975 kHz until 1100 UTC. After 1100 UTC there was only slight interference from the Sound of Hope.

Below is a video of my reception of KTWR.

References.

1. Short Wave Info, 2021, <https://www.short-wave.info/>, viewed 29th December 2021.
2. Short Wave Schedule, 2021, <https://shortwaveschedule.com/>, viewed 29th December 2021.

Next on Wednesday 29th December 2021, I tuned in to IBRA – Radio Sadaye Zindagi broadcasting in the Dari language on 15490 kHz. This was a new station for me.

Sadaye Zindagi means ‘Sound of Life’. The station is part of Pamir Ministries and has been broadcasting since 1992.

The overall reception of Radio Sadaye Zindagi was fair. The signal strength was fair and there was slight fading on the signal. There was some ‘bleed over’ from CNR1 in China on 15480 kHz.

Below is a short video of my reception of Radio Sadaye Zindagi.

References.

1. Afghan Christian Radio, 2021, <http://sadayezindagi.com/mailform.jsp>, viewed 29th Decembeer 2021.
2. Pamir Ministries, 2021, <https://pamirministries.org/radio>, viewed 29th December 2021.
3. Short Wave Info, 2021, <https://www.short-wave.info/>, viewed 29th December 2021.
4. Short Wave Schedule, 2021, <https://shortwaveschedule.com/>, viewed 29th December 2021.

At about 0811 UTC on Wednesday 29th December 2021, I tuned in to Adventist World Radio – The Voice of Hope, broadcasting in the French language on 15.145 kHz.

Adventist World Radio has been broadcasting since October 1971, when it commenced leasing shortwave airtime in Portugal. In 2011, during WAR’s 40th anniversary, they were reaching nearly 100 broadcast languages.

Adventist World Radio website states:-

“AWR broadcasts the Advent hope in Christ through the most effective media to the people of the world in their own languages. Radio overcomes the barriers of government restrictions, cultural opposition, illiteracy, and geography.”

The broadcast was originating from AWR’s Moosbrunn 300kW transmitter in Austria.

The overall reception of Adventist World Radio was excellent. The signal strength was very strong and there was no fading on the signal and no interference from other stations.

Below is a short video of my reception of Adventist World Radio.

References.

1. Adventist World Radio, 2021, <https://awr.org/about/history/>, viewed 29th December 2021
2. Short Wave Info, 2021, <https://www.short-wave.info/>, viewed 29th December 2021.
3. Short Wave Schedule, 2021, <https://shortwaveschedule.com/>, viewed 29th December 2021.

Next on Tuesday 28th December 2021, I tuned in to KBS World Radio, SOUTH KOREA, broadcasting on 9570 kHz in the English language.

The broadcast was coming from KBS Kimjae 100kW transmitter site. The broadcast included the News and the Korea 24 program.

The overall reception of KBS was excellent. The signal strength was very strong and there was no interference from other stations. There was very little if any fading on the signal.

Below is a short video of my reception of KBS World.

References.

1. Short Wave Info, 2021, <https://www.short-wave.info/>, viewed 28th December 2021.
2. Short Wave Schedule, 2021, <https://shortwaveschedule.com/>, viewed 28th December 2021.

At about 1223 UTC on 28th December 2021, I tuned in to China National Radio CNR2 Business Radio, broadcasting in the Chinese language on 9515 kHz.

The broadcast was originating from the Beijing 100kW transmitter.

The overall reception of CNR2 was excellent. The signal was very strong and there was minimal fading on the signal.

Below is a short video of my reception of CNR7 Business Radio.

References.

1. Short Wave Info, 2021, <https://www.short-wave.info/>, viewed 28th December 2021
2. Short Wave Schedule, 2021, <https://shortwaveschedule.com/>, viewed 28th December 2021