At about 0640 UTC on Friday, the 29th day of August 2025, I tuned in to the Star Star Broadcasting Station, transmitting on 20025 kHz.

The Star Star Broadcasting Station is a shortwave numbers station broadcasting from Taiwan, and is believed to be operated by Taiwan’s Military Intelligence Bureau of the Ministry of Defence for Taiwanese Intelligence agents operating in China. Star Star is xīng xīng guǎngbò diàntái in Chinese, and is also known as Xing Xing. (Wikipedia 2025)

The station commences transmission with a pipe flute, however, I have not heard that as of this time.  The transmission features an automated female voice in Mandarin.  (Number Stations 2016)

Below is a video of my reception.

References.

1. Number Stations Research – Numbers Stations Research and Information Center. (2016). V13 – New Star Broadcasting Taiwan Number Station. [online] Available at: https://www.numbers-stations.com/various/v13-new-star-broadcasting/ [Accessed 31 Aug. 2025].
2. Wikipedia Contributors (2025). Star Star Broadcasting Station. Wikipedia.‌

At about 1142 UTC on Sun day, the 24th day of August 2025, I tuned in to Guangzhou VOLMET, China, transmitting on 5673 kHz.

VOLMET is derived from the French words ‘vol’, meaning flight and ‘météo’, meaning weather. The purpose of a VOLMET transmission is to provide weather information to aircraft in flight. (skylbrary.aero 20250)

Guangzhou VOLMET is in the SEA2 South East Asia region. (Dxinfocentre.com 2025)

Below is a video of my reception.

References.

1. Dxinfocentre.com. (2025). VOLMET. [online] Available at: https://dxinfocentre.com/volmet-wx.htm [Accessed 31 Aug. 2025].‌
2. skybrary.aero. (n.d.). VOLMET | SKYbrary Aviation Safety. [online] Available at: https://skybrary.aero/articles/volmet [Accessed 31 Aug. 2025]‌

At about 0249 UTC on Sunday, the 24th day of August 2025, I tuned in to Madgascar World Voice (MWV) Madagascar, broadcasting on 13760 kHz in the English language.

Madagascar World Voice (MWV) is located in Mahajanga, Madagascar, and is a sister station of KNLS in Alaska, USA.  It is operated by World Christian Broadcasting.  (Wikipedia 2021)

MWV commenced transmissions in 2016 as KNLS sought a second transmission site in the southern hemisphere.  (Wikipedia 2021)

The broadcast was coming from the 100 kW transmitter in Mahajanga, Madagascar. The target audience was India.

Above:- Map showing the location of Mahajanga. Image c/o Wikipedia.

The overall reception of MWV was poor.

My equipment:-

• Yaesu FTdx101MP
• dipole antenna

Below is a short video showing my reception of MWV.

References.

1. World Radio TV Handbook 2025
2. Shortwaveschedule.com. (2024). ShortwaveSchedule.com. [online] Available at: https://shortwaveschedule.com/‌ [Accessed 24 Aug. 2025].‌
3. Short-wave.info. (2023). Short-Wave Radio Frequency Schedule. [online] Available at: http://www.short-wave.info/index.php [Accessed 24 Aug. 2025].
4. Wikipedia Contributors (2021). Madagascar World Voice. Wikipedia.

On 24th August 2025, I decided to fire up the Pearce Simpson Super Bengal and have a listen. There was quite a bit of action with the USA and New Zealand coming in, along with the Northern Territory.

My CB antenna is a Horizons Australia 5.2 metre long vertical on the top of one of my towers.

Below is a video of some of what I heard.

At about 0906 UTC on Saturday, the 23rd day of August 2025, I tuned in to the Voice of Mongolia, broadcasting on 12085 kHz in the English language.

Above:- World globe showing the location of Mongolia. Image c/o Wikipedia.

The broadcast was coming from the 250 kW transmitter in Ulaanbaatar. The target audience was the Far East.

The overall reception of the Voice of Mongolia was fair.

My equipment:-

• Yaesu FTdx101MP
• dipole antenna

Below is a short video showing my reception of the Voice of Mongolia.

References.

1. World Radio TV Handbook 2025
2. Shortwaveschedule.com. (2024). ShortwaveSchedule.com. [online] Available at: https://shortwaveschedule.com/‌ [Accessed 23 Aug. 2025].‌
3. Short-wave.info. (2023). Short-Wave Radio Frequency Schedule. [online] Available at: http://www.short-wave.info/index.php [Accessed 23 Aug. 2025].

At about 0855 UTC on Saturday 23rd day of August 2025, I tuned in to the Austravel Safety Net, transmitting on 5127 kHz, from Western Australia.

Austravel Safety Net Inc. is a not-for-profit HF radio club that is run by volunteers and was established to provide an affordable recreational HF radio communications network for its members. (Austravel 2023)

Below is a link to the Austravel Safety Net website:

https://www.austravelsafetynet.org.au/node/2

Below is a short video of my reception.

References.

1. Austravelsafetynet.org.au. (2023). Austravel Safety Net Inc. | The HF Radio Network For Those Who Trip, Trek, Track and Tour. [online] Available at: https://www.austravelsafetynet.org.au/ [Accessed 31 Aug. 2025].‌

At about 0805 UTC on Saturday, the 23rd day of August 2025, I tuned in to an unknown station, broadcasting on 12085 kHz.

The broadcast consisted of music including The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran, and Harry Styles.

I have been unable to identify what station this is. I initially thought it may have been Radio Delta International, but the music did not match what was being played on their livestream on their website.

The overall reception was fair. By 0825 UTC, the station had severely faded into the static crashes.

My equipment:-

• Yaesu FTdx101MP
• dipole antenna

Below is a short video showing my reception.

References.

1. World Radio TV Handbook 2025
2. Shortwaveschedule.com. (2024). ShortwaveSchedule.com. [online] Available at: https://shortwaveschedule.com/‌ [Accessed 23 Aug. 2025].‌
3. Short-wave.info. (2023). Short-Wave Radio Frequency Schedule. [online] Available at: http://www.short-wave.info/index.php [Accessed 23 Aug. 2025].

At about 0609 UTC on Saturday, the 23rd day of August 2025, I tuned in to Radio Romania International, broadcasting on 9700 kHz in the German language.

The broadcast was coming from the 300 kW transmitter at Tiganesti, Romania. The target audience was Western Europe.

The overall reception of Radio Romania International was good.

My equipment:-

• Yaesu FTdx101MP
• dipole antenna

Below is a short video showing my reception of Radio Romania International.

References.

1. World Radio TV Handbook 2025
2. Shortwaveschedule.com. (2024). ShortwaveSchedule.com. [online] Available at: https://shortwaveschedule.com/‌ [Accessed 23 Aug. 2025].‌
3. Short-wave.info. (2023). Short-Wave Radio Frequency Schedule. [online] Available at: http://www.short-wave.info/index.php [Accessed 23 Aug. 2025].

0605 UTC on Saturday, the 23rd day of August 2025, I tuned in to XSQ Guangzhou Radio, transmitting on 17398 kHz.

Below is a video of my reception.

At about 0549 UTC on Saturday, the 23rd day of August 2025, I tuned in to the US Air Force, transmitting on 15016 kHz.

I was fortunate to catch a little of the transmission before it went off the air. It contained

Have a look at the link below for an interesting article on the Monitoring Times…..

https://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/eam.html

Below is a short video of my reception.