The Shortwave Central YouTube channel brings you the opening for today's special broadcast, for the 6th Anniversary of Texas Radio Shortwave.
Video available at: https://youtu.be/XJvPIZ7APDs
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Saturday, November 29, 2025
Friday, November 28, 2025
Calling All Radio Nutzz (CARN), slated for November 29 program
Don't miss the next program of Calling All Radio Nutzz !
Full of news, views, live tuning from both coasts, plus other information related to the HF spectrum, that`s DC to daylight. A new Interval series, plus continuing radio waves and the ionosphere. A link to the book itself is available on The Internet Archive, with full details in the first program. New tapes from GB's DXpeditions & radio experiments.
Calling All Radio Nutzz (CARN)
November 29, 2025
1900 - 2200 UTC
The Live Stream. For everything CARN.
For your contact pleasure
We look forward to presenting the show and hope you can join us on those Saturdays throughout the DX season, or Enjoy Our Casts when sent out.
The Bands Are Alive !!
73's & 33's
Jen & GB
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Jen's special Gobble-Gobble Thanksgiving program is ready to celebrate friends and family on this special day.
Don't miss it - 20:00 - 23:00 UTC, and beyond, with special music of all kinds, plus her own 'Good Giving Thanks' music and more!
Live video available at:
Happy Thanksgiving from Jen in the Rad - with warm greetings to you!
Texas Radio Shortwave set to celebrate Six Years
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Don't miss the two broadcasts on this special occasion!
Texas Radio Shortwave is celebrating its sixth anniversary on Friday, November 28, 2025.
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2000 UTC on 3975 kHz to Europe from ShortwaveRadio in Winsen, Germany, transmitting with 1 kW into a crossed dipole antenna
2300 UTC on 9670 from Channel 292 in Rohbach, Germany, transmitting with 10.5 kW into a 10.5 dB gain beam antenna.
Texas Radio Shortwave uses a version of The Yellow Rose of Texas as its interval. signature song.
Texas Radio Shortwave turns six years old this Friday, November 28, and we’re celebrating in style. We’ve rerecorded our very first broadcast, this time with higher-quality versions of the original music and refreshed announcements.
Our inaugural show aired via North American pirate station Radio GaGa, back before we settled on a regular music format. It’s an eclectic mix—two Texas artists in the set, plus a grab-bag of songs we just liked. Artists include Gary P. Nunn, Tom Petty, Green Day, Jethro Tull, and The Specials.
Listen to Texas Radio Shortwave from Anywhere in the World
Texas Radio Shortwave broadcasts via ShortwaveRadio and Channel 292 in Germany. We know reception can sometimes be tricky outside Europe—but don’t worry, there’s an easy solution.
Use a free remote European receiver.
If your own radio can’t quite pick us up, tune in through one of these online software-defined radio (SDR) receivers:
• Weston-super-Mare, UK – Our favorite! The owner welcomes TRSW listeners.
• University of Twente, Netherlands – A reliable and popular choice.
For U.S. listeners:
You can often hear our late-night (UTC) Channel 292 broadcast on 9670 kHz using a receiver in rural Maryland, USA, hosted by N5RTC.
Reception reports welcome!
Bonus QSLs:
Veteran listeners may recall we missed a fourth-anniversary show in 2023. To make up for it, three listeners who report Friday’s broadcast will be randomly selected to receive an Imaginary Fourth Anniversary QSL in addition to their sixth-anniversary card. These three special cards will bring the total number of 2023 imaginary QSLs to five, out of almost 4,000 QSLs issued since we started.
Of almost 4,000 QSLs issued since we started.
Looking forward to hearing from everyone—and thanks for six great years of listening!
Whether you listen on your own radio or through a remote SDR, we’re happy to verify your reports. Please email texasradioshortwave@protonmail.com
Many TRSW programs are available at www.mixcloud.com/texasradiosw
TRSW's Facebook page www.facebook.com/texasradiosw
TRSW Listener's Group Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/580199276066655/
(TRSW)
Monday, November 24, 2025
Rare DX - La FM from San Andrés Island
La FM from San Andrés Island, operating on 910 kHz, is the latest addition to #Rare DX videos, now available at the Shortwave Central YouTube channel,
Available at: https://youtu.be/dJDSkx5b8VA
San Andrés Island is considered a separate country, although politically part of Colombia, and is 1470 miles north.
Observed as San Andrés but nicknamed El Centro, it is the department's main urban center and considered an "exotic holiday destination."
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https://www.youtube.com/c/ShortwaveCentral
A Closer Look at Papua New Guinea
Ray Robinson and Jeff White bring you this week's Wavescan, with a closer look at Papua New Guinea, which leaves all of us wondering, " Will Papua New Guinea return to shortwave?"
Jeff: In May this year, the government of Papua New Guinea announced “Medium Term Development Plan IV”, which included a goal of achieving 100% broadcast coverage of the country by 2030. The Minister for Communications asked the state broadcaster, the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) for their recommendations, and in response, NBC suggested reintroducing the use of shortwave radio – a possibility which is now being explored with manufacturers and funding partners. In light of this, we thought it might be interesting to review what we know of the history of broadcasting in PNG, and in particular, their previous use of shortwave. Ray Robinson in Los Angeles has been sifting through the records. Ray?
Ray: Thanks, Jeff. As recently as the late 20-teens, NBC was operating a network of about 20 regional shortwave transmitters, all with 10 kW, on various frequencies mostly in the 60 and 90 meter tropical bands. And if listings in the WRTH are to be believed, it appears the last shortwave transmitters were not switched off until sometime in 2022. So it’s somewhat surprising now to hear that use of shortwave is being seriously reconsidered. The transmitters in use previously were mostly NEC HFB-7840 models manufactured in the early 1990’s, and they apparently went silent when parts failed and knowledgeable engineers were not available to service them. Now it seems that parts have already been purchased for at least one transmitter on the island of New Britain, and are awaiting installation.
A Radio New Zealand broadcast on June 13 of this year included a discussion program in which it was stated that NBC in Papua New Guinea had approached Radio New Zealand for technical assistance in reestablishing their shortwave broadcasts within the next year. Such a request to RNZI, the most successful shortwave operator in the neighborhood (bar the Chinese) makes perfect sense, although it’s unclear what shape such assistance might take. So, let’s look at why shortwave has historically been so important to PNG, and why its reintroduction now is a practical necessity.
The island of New Guinea lying to the north of Australia has generally been considered to be the second largest island in the world, after Greenland, about 1,500 miles long. However, it was recently established that if the Greenland icecap were to melt, we would see that Greenland is actually three islands, not one, so New Guinea really is the largest. It’s part of the continent of Australasia, which includes the Australian landmass, New Zealand and New Guinea.
The western half of New Guinea, known as Irian Jaya, was administered historically by the Dutch, and in 1949, it was claimed by the newly independent country of Indonesia. It is now administered as six provinces within that country.
The eastern half of the island was split in the 1880’s between German New Guinea in the north and British Papua in the south. ‘Papua,’ by the way, is a Malay word which means ‘frizzy hair’, and it has been used for the island at least as far back as 1526. All of present-day Papua New Guinea came under Australian control at the end of World War I, although the different parts were still administered separately. The former German and British territories were united as Papua New Guinea after World War II (along with about 100 other islands, the largest being New Britain), and then the country gained full independence as a member of the British Commonwealth in 1975. Since then, the form of government has been a constitutional monarchy, now with King Charles III as the monarch, represented by a Governor-General. There is a legislature in the form of a national parliament, with a Prime Minister and members who are also provincial leaders.
PNG is a very mountainous country, mostly covered by thick tropical vegetation, with almost impenetrable jungle in the low-lying areas. There is a spinal mountain range running east-west for over 1,000 miles, with the tallest peak reaching 16,023 feet. The tree line is at around 13,000 feet, and some of the peaks above that contain rare equatorial glaciers.
The last official population estimate in 2021 was 11.8 million, but that number is unreliable because the population is highly rural, with only 14% living in urban centers. The capital, Port Moresby, has a population of less than 400,000, although that still makes it the largest city in the southwestern Pacific outside Australia or New Zealand. Unofficial estimates of the total population of PNG made using satellite imagery put the number closer to 18 million. The majority of that population lives in mountain villages where there are no roads or other infrastructure (no electricity, no running water), and they can only be reached by very arduous multi-day hikes on foot from the nearest provincial towns. Some villages have airstrips (often created by missionary groups), but most do not. Because of the isolation of these people groups, PNG is the most linguistically diverse country in the world, with 840 known spoken languages – not just dialects, separate languages. Each one has developed among people living in clusters of isolated mountain villages, sometimes numbering no more than about 20-30,000 speakers of each language.
Again, because of the isolation, it is estimated that at least 40% of the population are subsistence farmers, living completely independently of the cash economy. They do not have any connection with or receive support from the capital, and they rarely have any need for money.
The official languages of the country are English, Tok Pisin (or Pidgin) and Hiri Motu (a Polynesian language spoken by about 5% of the population in the south east). The lingua franca used for commerce is Tok Pisin, an English-based creole, although standard English is used in government, higher education, and formal writing.
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| Classic QSL from Radio East New Britain |
So, how do you unite a country as linguistically diverse as PNG? How do you forge a national identity? How do you even begin to think about reaching people who never come into even a regional town, let alone the capital? How can the authorities provide health education, warnings about weather events, emergency assistance when needed, and so on?
You would think that from a radio perspective, small, compact people groups could probably best be serviced by FM transmitters right in their communities, but the problem with that is lack of infrastructure. With no electricity, the transmitters would have to be powered completely by renewable energy sources such as solar, which would limit them to very low power operation, and then only during the daytime and when it wasn’t too cloudy, which it often is. Program production in the local language would also have to be powered in the same way, and for the most part, that’s just not viable.
Medium wave doesn’t work well in the tropics for regional coverage due to atmospheric noise, so where medium wave has been deployed (and there are a few 10 kW units in use), they’re only for population centers close to the transmitters. The only real alternative for national coverage is some form of shortwave broadcast from locations where there is at least a bare minimum of services. And that’s exactly what PNG had for decades, usually broadcasting in a mixture of English, Pidgin, and perhaps the most dominant vernacular language in their area.
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| Classic QSL from NBC |
The history of radio broadcasting in Papua New Guinea dates back to 1935 when the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) opened the first commercial medium wave station, 4PM, in Port Moresby, although it was closed again during World War II. In 1944, the U.S army established a radio station called 9PA, which was the first to broadcast in local languages. After the war, the ABC assumed control of 9PA and gradually expanded its broadcasting services in the territory.
In 1961 the first PNG government broadcast service was launched, the forerunner of 15 regional stations specifically for Papua New Guinea audiences. This dual system of broadcasting continued until the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) was formed under the Broadcasting Commission Act of 1973. The NBC is thus Papua New Guinea's state-owned broadcaster, now operating two national radio stations and one television station.
In addition to the NBC, there are also a number of private and community radio stations operating in Papua New Guinea, all on FM. These mostly target urban youth, who find it easy to tune in on subsidised smart phones that have FM tuners built in. But, there’s little coverage of the more rural areas.
The 1970 edition of the WRTH lists eight regional stations (all government-operated), such as Radio Rabaul, Radio Wewak, Radio Western District, Radio Goroka, and so on, all on frequencies in the 90 meter tropical band, with a mix of 10 and 2 kW transmitters. Most of the regional shortwave transmitters were replaced in the early 1990s, and the 1995 edition of the WRTH shows 23 regional stations, all operating with 10 kW in the 90 meter band. There are also two 100 kW units listed in Port Moresby on 60 meters and 31 meters, which were obviously intended to provide national coverage.
FM transmitters have been deployed in town areas throughout the country, with both the BBC World Service and Radio Australia being available on FM in Port Moresby. But most of the population is well out of the reach of any FM or medium wave transmitter. So, we look forward with interest to see how the situation develops in PNG.
Will a network of regional shortwave stations be reestablished? Will the
high-power units in Port Moresby be refurbished and reactivated for national coverage? Maybe by this time next year we’ll know.
Back to you, Jeff.
(Ray Robinson/Wavescan 23 Nov 2025)To hear vintage radio recordings from Papua New Guinea in this edition, refer to:
Radio Prague International via WRMI schedule
Radio Prague International (Czech: Cesky rozhlas 7 - Radio Praha) is the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic.
Although shortwave broadcasts directly from the Czech Republic ceased in 2011, Radio Prague International is now heard daily via Radio Miami International. The Radio Prague International website has content in English at https://english.radio.cz/ with the option for other languages.
Radio Prague International broadcasts listings from the WRMI schedule dated 2 November 2025.
Time/UTC Days Language kHz Transmitter site kW Target area
0000-0030 Daily Spanish 5010 Okeechobee FL 100 Caribbean
Tue-Sat English 9395 Okeechobee FL 100 North America
0000-0030 Daily Spanish 17790 Okeechobee FL 100 Latin America
0100-0130 Tue-Sat English 5950 Okeechobee FL 100 North America
0200-0300 Sun English 7570 Okeechobee FL 100 Western North America
0230-0300 Daily Spanish 5010 Okeechobee FL 100 Caribbean
0300-0330 Daily Spanish 5800 Okeechobee FL 100 Latin America
9955 Okeechobee FL 100 South America
0400-0430 Daily English 9955 Okeechobee FL 100 South America
0430-0500 Daily French 9955 Okeechobee FL 100 South America
0600-0630 Mon/Tue English 15770 Okeechobee FL 100 Europe
1300-1330 Daily English 9955 Okeechobee FL 100 South America
2230-2300 Mon-Fri English 15770 Okeechobee FL 100 Europe
17790 Okeechobee FL 100 Latin America
2300-2330 Daily French 5850 Okeechobee FL 100 North America
17790 Okeechobee FL 100 Latin America
2300-2330 Mon-Fri English 9395 Okeechobee FL 100 North America
2330-0000 Daily English 5850 Okeechobee FL 100 North America
17790 Okeechobee FL 100 Latin America
(WWDXC Top Nx 1636/21 Nov 2025)
(BDXC/Tony Rogers)
Sunday, November 23, 2025
Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins
Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2025 Nov 24 0142 UTC
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# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 17 - 23 November 2025
Solar activity was at low levels. C-class activity was observed from Regions 4274 (N25, L=274), 4284 (S07, L=177, class/area Dai/150 on 19 Nov), 4290 (S10, L=035, class/area Cao/120 on 22 Nov) and 4291 (S14, L=028, class/area Dao,120 on 22 Nov).
No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels on 19-20 Nov with a peak flux of 2,880 pfu on 20/1435 UTC. Normal to moderate levels were reached on 17-18 Nov and 21-23 Nov.
Geomagnetic field activity was at mostly quiet to unsettled levels with isolated active levels observed early on 17 Nov and midday on 23 Nov. Solar wind parameters were enhanced midday on 20 Nov when Bt reached 18 nT and Bz reached values at -10 nT. Solar wind speeds began the highlight period at about 550 km/s, declined to near 325 km/s early on 20 Nov and gradually increased to about 500 km/s late on 23 Nov.
Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 24 November - 20 December 2025
Solar activity is expected to be expected to be at R1-R2 (Minor-Moderate) levels on 28-30 Nov and 01-11 Dec, primarily due to the flare potential and return of old Region 4274. Mostly C-class activity is expected on 24-27 Nov and 12-20 Dec.
No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at high levels on 28-30 Nov, 01-03 Dec, 08-12 Dec and 16-17 Dec, all due to coronal hole influence. The remainder of the outlook period is likely to be at normal to moderate levels.
Geomagnetic field activity is expected to range from quiet to G1-G2 (Minor-Moderate) geomagnetic storm levels. G1-G2 (Minor-Moderate) levels are likely on 26-27 Nov and 03-04 Dec due to anticipated influence from CH HSS. Unsettled to active conditions are likely on 24-25 Nov, 28-30 Nov, 05-07 Dec, 12-14 Dec and 17-19 Dec. Mostly quiet levels are likely on 01-02 Dec, 08-11 Dec, 15-16 Dec and 20
Dec.
Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2025 Nov 24 0142 UTC
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# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2025-11-24
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# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2025 Nov 24 125 8 3
2025 Nov 25 125 12 5
2025 Nov 26 130 25 5
2025 Nov 27 135 25 5
2025 Nov 28 140 12 3
2025 Nov 29 145 8 3
2025 Nov 30 150 8 3
2025 Dec 01 155 5 2
2025 Dec 02 150 5 2
2025 Dec 03 155 25 5
2025 Dec 04 160 20 5
2025 Dec 05 170 12 4
2025 Dec 06 175 10 3
2025 Dec 07 170 8 3
2025 Dec 08 165 5 2
2025 Dec 09 160 5 2
2025 Dec 10 155 5 2
2025 Dec 11 150 5 2
2025 Dec 12 145 8 3
2025 Dec 13 135 18 5
2025 Dec 14 130 12 4
2025 Dec 15 130 5 2
2025 Dec 16 125 5 2
2025 Dec 17 125 8 3
2025 Dec 18 120 10 3
2025 Dec 19 120 8 3
2025 Dec 20 125 6 2
(NOAA)
Saturday, November 22, 2025
HAARP testing to November 25
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ALASKA
HAARP (High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program) is currently conducting tests that began on November 17, and will extend to November 25, 2025
Testing frequencies are between 2.75 and 10 MHz, and recent monitoring on: 2750, 3089, 3250, 4290, 4300, 5250, 5800, 9600 kHz.
The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) is a University of Alaska Fairbanks program that researches the ionosphere – the highest, ionized part of Earth's atmosphere. The most prominent instrument at HAARP is the Ionospheric Research Instrument (IRI), a high-power radio frequency transmitter facility operating in the high frequency (HF) band.
Observations: 3250 kHz Nov 19 at 0454; 6900 at 0220 - 0259 UTC
(T Pavik, Canada)
To learn more about HAARP, go to: https://haarp.gi.alaska.edu/
(Teak Publishing)
Jen's Birthday Celebration !
Tune in on Sunday ... it's time for a birthday celebration - don't miss this special musical program!
The Live Stream for the Celebration
Sunday, November 23, 2025, at 19:00 - 23:00 UTC (and maybe longer)
Plus ... Jen's Special Hitting the Big 0 ... HINT it's not 5, can it be 6,7,8,9? Take your bets, friends, but we're not telling !!
Enjoy
She Did It Her Way !!
For your contact pleasure
Jen In The Rad
Friday, November 21, 2025
Radyo Pilipinas World Service set to return December 1, 2025
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| Vintage QSL from Gayle Van Horn Collection |
Philippines
RP world service returns: Filipinos abroad to share their stories
By Marita Moaje
November 20, 2025, 6:49 pm Updated on November 21, 2025, 6:07
MANILA – Radyo Pilipinas World Service (RPWS), the Philippine government’s international radio platform, is relaunching its shortwave broadcasts, marking a major step in reconnecting with Filipinos across the globe.
The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), in a memorandum dated Nov. 20, formally approved the reinstatement of RPWS’s shortwave operations.
The authorized start date for resumption is December 1, 2025,” it added.
Additional story at: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1263669
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