February 19, 2012

• In "Specialized Resources" (under "Radio Postcards"): Ten cards showing stations in Detroit, Michigan. And under "Specialized Resources," a new "Wavescan" entry from Adrian Peterson: "100th Anniversary of Coastal Radio in Australia."

February 11, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Equipment & Advertising"): A 1940 booklet, "Scott Custom Built Radio--Special Deluxe Installations." And under "Specialized Resources," two new "Wavescan" entries from Adrian Peterson: "Colonial Radio During World War II, Pt. I: The African Scene" and "Colonial Radio During World War II, Pt. II: The French Era."

January 29, 2012

• In "Specialized Resources" (under "Radio Postcards"): Postcard views of stations from Washington and West Virginia. And under "Specialized Resources," a new "Wavescan" entry: "Radio Afghanistan Returns to the Air on Shortwave: The Years of Turmoil."

January 20, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Philately"): A file containing several items relating to Danish radio history. And under "Specialized Resources," another "Wavescan" entry from Dr. Adrian M. Peterson: "VOA Shipboard Relay Stations No. 8: This Time in the Mediterranean - The Vagabond A 'Courier.'"

January 8, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Philately"): Seven first day covers commemorating Radio Japan's 25th Anniversary. And under "Specialized Resources," two new "Wavescan" scripts from Adrian Peterson: "New Year Radio: Radio Events Around the World on New Year's Day," and "Radio Panorama RP14: Early Music Transmissions-2."

January 1, 2012

• In "DX History" (under "QSLS & Other Station Memorabilia"): The final file of station-designed stamps and seals. And under "Specialized Resources," another "Wavescan" entry from Adrian Peterson: "Christmas Radio: Radio Events Around the World on Christmas Day."

December 18, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "QSLS & Other Station Memorabilia"): More station-designed stamps and seals from American broadcast band stations. Under "Specialized Resources," the Popular Communications index of historical material has been updated through December 2011. And also under "Specialized Resources," two new "Wavescan" entries from Adrian Peterson: "Radio Afghanistan Returns to the Air on Shortwave-4: On the Air at Pole-i-Charke," and "Unusual QSL Cards: Different Materials."

December 11, 2011

• In DX History" (under "Clubs & Publications"): The "RADEX Radio Map of the World." And under "Specialized Resources," two more "Wavescan" articles on radio history from Dr. Adrian M. Peterson: "Radio Is the Real King of the Castle: The Koenigsberg-Kaliningrad Story" and "Radio Panorama RP13: Early Music Transmissions-1: Found at Last! The World's 1st Reception Report!"

December 4, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "QSLS & Other Station Memorabilia"): Two articles recently published in Monitoring Times magazine: "Looking at QSLs and Seeing History" and "QSLs Give Life to Radio History." Under "The Committee to Preserve Radio History," another article from Monitoring Times titled "The Committee to Preserve Radio Verifications." (Look for the "CPRV History" link at the top of the page.) And under "Specialized Resources," three new "Wavescan" entries from Adrian Peterson: "The Original Radio Free Asia," "AFRS American Forces Radio Service Celebrates 70 Years," and "VOA Shipboard Relay Stations-VOA Ships: Three More American Radio Ship in the Pacific."

November 20, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Stations"): A file with several items regarding a 1948 DX test by AM station WWNY-790 in Watertown, NY. And under "Specialized Resources," a new "Wavescan" entry from Adrian M. Peterson: "Radio Afghanistan Returns to the Air on Shortwave - 3: The Russian Era."

November 13, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Philately"): Another group of Cuban first day covers. And under "Specialized Resources," two new "Wavescan" entries from Adrian M. Peterson: "Cabinda! Whatever is a Cabinda?" and "Odd Times Around the World."

November 6, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "QSLS & Other Station Memorabilia"): Another file containing station-designed stamps and seals from American broadcast band stations. And under "Specialized Resources," a new "Wavescan" entry: "The Voice of America: Shipboard Relay Stations - VOA Ship No. 4: The Spindle Eye, Another American Radio Ship in the Pacific."

October 30, 2011

• In DX History" (under "Clubs & Publications"): A copy of the Toledo Radio Club bulletin from 1936 and some related SWL cards. And under "Specialized Resources," another "Wavescan" entry from Adrian M. Peterson: "Radio Afghanistan Returns to Shortwave-2: The Early Shortwave Scene."

October 23, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "QSLS & Other Station Memorabilia"): A file containing a number of station-designed stamps and seals from American broadcast band stations.

October 16, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Recordings"): "BIT-Broadcasting Identification Tape," a one hour reel-to-reel recording from the 1960s featuring the interval signals and identifications of over 60 shortwave stations. And in "Specialized Resources" (under "World Radio Handbook"): cover photos of the German editions of the 1953 and 1955 WRTH.

October 9, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Lists, Logs, Guides & Columns"): The 1952, eight-panel "Hallicrafters International Short-Wave Station List." And under "Specialized Resources," another "Wavescan" entry from Adrian M. Peterson: "40th Anniversary for Adventist World Radio."

• In "DX History" (under "Clubs & Publications"): "Leaves From a DXer's Scrapbook," an article from the May 1939 issue of RADEX (Radio Index) magazine reviewing the activities of some of the local DX groups of the day. And under "Specialized Resources," a new "Wavescan" article by Adrian Peterson: "VOA Shipboard Relay stations-VOA Ship No. 3: The Apache¬‚The American Ship With the Australian Cargo."

September 24, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Equipment & Advertising"): A Hallicrafters 20th Anniversary brochure, issued circa 1954. And under "Specialized Resources," two new "Wavescan" entries: "Radio Afghanistan Returns to the Air on Shortwave-1: Early Mediumwave," and "The World's Newest Country: The Radio Story in the New South Sudan, Pt. 2."

September 17, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Clubs & Publications"): A file containing various articles in The Globe Circler (the International DXers Alliance journal) about the IDA DX Festival held in San Francisco in 1939. And under "Specialized Resources," two new "Wavescan" entries from Adrian Peterson: "VOA Shipboard Relay Stations-VOA Ship No. 2: The Mystery Story of the Radio Ship Phoenix," and "Minivan Radio for the Maldive Islands."

September 10, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "QSLS & Other Station Memorabilia"): A file containing some sample pages from a 1925 Bryant stamp album. In "DX History" (under "Philately"): We have substituted a new version of the file containing club seals and stickers that we posted on August 28, 2011. This one contains two new items: a red NNRC sticker and a green-and-gold NNRC decal.

September 4, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Philately"): A new file (under "Voice of America") with more VOA items. And under "Specialized Resources," a new "Wavescan" entry from Adrian M. Peterson, "The Voice of America: Shipboard Relay Stations - VOA Ship No. 2: The Story of the Historic KSL Transmitter in Salt Lake City, Pt. 1."

August 28, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Philately"): Seals or stickers issued by radio clubs for use on reception reports or members' correspondence. And under "Specialized Resources," a new "Wavescan" entry from Adrian M. Peterson, "A New Radio Country: South Sudan, Pt. 1, and BFBS and AFRS in Sudan."

August 21, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "General Radio History"): A four-part series in Radio News from 1935 called "The Future of International Short-Wave Reception," written by Charles A. Morrison, President of the International DXers Alliance. And under "Specialized Resources," three new "Wavescan" stories from Adrian Peterson: "Early Shortwave in Pakistan: Lahore," "Radio Panorama RP12: Early Speech Transmissions," and "VOA Shipboard Radio Stations - Ship No. 1: The Story of the USS Texas."

August 7, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "People"): Another group of "Shortwave Profiles" from "DXing Horizons." And under "Specialized Resources," "Wavescan," two new entries from Adrian Peterson: "Canada on Shortwave: VOA and RCI Relays," and "Australian States on Shortwave: 4-Queensland."

July 31, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "People"): Some "Shortwave Profile" sections from "DXing Horizons" magazine. And under "Specialized Resources," five new "Wavescan" entries from Dr. Adrian M. Peterson: "Early Shortwave Relay Stations in Australia," "Five in A Row--The BBC Relay Stations in Coastal Areas: The New BBC Station on Coastal Oman," "Jungle Radio in South America--The Terry-Holden Expedition, VP3THE," "Radio Panorama RP11: Spark Flashes Through the Air, Pt. 2," and "An Exotic British and American Radio Broadcasting Station on a Lonely Island in the Indian Ocean: The Story of Radio Gan."

July 24, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Philately"): More radio-related poster stamps from Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, Cleveland, New York, Rochester, St. Louis, and Detroit.

July 17, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Philately"): A file containing examples of a number of radio-related poster stamps from New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, St. Louis, and Detroit.

July 10, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Stations"): A pamphlet issued by The Detroit News that describes both the newspaper and it's station, WWJ.

July 1, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Lists, Logs, Guides & Columns"): DXing information found in the 1967 Hammond Award World Atlas. And under "Specialized Resources," three new "Wavescan" entries: "Five in a Row: The BBC Relay Stations in Arabian Coastal Areas--On Shortwave from Tin Can Island, Masirah," "Radio Panorama RP10: Signaling through the Air, Country by Country, Part 1," and "Australia on Long Wave: Broadcasting Stations."

June 18, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Clubs & Publications"): The article "Newark News Radio Club--The Very Early Days." And under "Specialized Resources," another "Wavescan" entry from Adrian Peterson: "Australia on Longwave, Part 1: Yes, it did really happen!"

June 11, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Equipment & Advertising"): A promotional logbook distributed by National Company, circa 1958, welcoming users to the "National Association of Armchair Adventurers."And under "Specialized Resources," a new "Wavescan" entry from Adrian Peterson: "Five in a Row: BBC Eastern Relay Station on Tin Can Island" (Masirah Island, Oman).

June 4, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Equipment & Advertising"): A 1931 publication of the National Company called "1931-32 Short-Wave Receivers."

May 26, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Literature & Humor"): A file of humorous radio-related postcards. And under "Specialized Resources," two more "Wavescan" scripts from Dr. Adrian M. Peterson: "Five in a Row: BBC Middle East Relay Station, Perim Island" and "American States on Shortwave: Utah-The International Story of Shortwave KUSW/KTBN."

May 15, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Stations"): Several schedules of African stations that had external services transmitting on the international HF bands. And under "Specialized Resources," two "Wavescan" stories: "Middle Eastern Cave Radio: Yemen" and "Two Radio Ships: On the Air in Libya."

May 5, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Stations"): A schedule of the SORAFOM (Societe de Radiodiffusion de la France d'Outre-Mer) stations as of September 30, 1960. And under "Specialized Resources," a number of "Wavescan" postings from Adrian M. Peterson: "Don't Cry for Me Argentina-The Radio Scene in South American Argentina," "Radio Panorama RP9: Wireless Signaling Through Water," "Return to Argentina-The Shortwave Scene RAE," "VOA Relay Stations in Argentina," "AWR-Asia with RAE Relay and QSL Cards," "Five in a Row: The Forgotten BBC East Africa Relay Station, Berbera in Somalia," and "The Radio Scene in New York City: The Earliest Known Reception Report."

April 17, 2011

• In "Specialized Resources" (under "Radio Postcards"): More postcard views of stations in Illinois, this time stations outside Chicago. And under "Specialized Resources," two new "Wavescan" stories: "American States on Shortwave: Texas-Whatever Happened to Shortwave Station KAIJ in Dallas, Texas?" and "Australian States on Shortwave: Victoria."

April 8, 2011

• In "Specialized Resources" (under "Radio Postcards"): A file containing postcard views of stations in Chicago, Illinois. And under "Specialized Resources," two "Wavescan" stories from Adrian M. Peterson: "Tribute to Japan" and "The Shortwave Radio Scene in Libya: Pt. 2." And still under "Specialized Resources," "Popular Communications Index," we have updated the index of PopComm historical material through April 2011.

March 25, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "SWLing & DXing"): An article from the March 2011 edition of Antique Radio Classified describing the 1927 broadcast band DX activities of Marjorie Lee Dodd of Hollywood, California. And under "Specialized Resources," three new "Wavescan" entries: "New Zealand Earthquake Update," "Radio Broadcasting in the Land of the Queen of Sheba, Pt. 2-The Lightning & No Wire Company!" & "Next on the International Radio Scene, Libya."

March 20, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Stations"): A booklet published by the BBC circa 1961 titled "Facts About the BBC." And under "Specialized Resources," two new "Wavescan" entries from Adrian Peterson: "Another Middle Eastern Trouble Spot: Yemen, Pt. 1-The Story of Radio Broadcasting in the Land of the Queen of Sheba" and "The New Zealand Earthquake."

March 11, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "SWLing & DXing"): Some 1965-66 DX reports from two well-known DXers, Bob Hill and Bob LaRose.

March 5, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Clubs & Publications"): A file of eight National Radio Club shortwave columns from 1943. And under "Specialized Resources," another "Wavescan" entry: "Cyclone Radio in Australia: The Aftermath of Cyclone Yasi."

February 24, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "General Radio History"): A pamphlet from RCA called "Rip Discovers Radio" in which an RCA information girl explains to an awakening Rip Van Winkle all about the wonders of 1939 RCA. And under "Specialized Resources," two more "Wavescan" entries from Adrian Peterson: "A Long Wave Failure: The Story of (Partly) Unsuccessful Criggion in Wales" and "Australian States on Shortwave: New South Wales."

February 19, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Equipment & Advertising"): A pamphlet from the National Radio Company containing photos and brief writeups about the receivers in the National line. And under "Specialized Resources," two more "Wavescan" entries: "Wireless and Radio on Land and at Sea in Antarctica: Tragic News Bulletins from the Antarctic Mainland" and "Radio Panorama RP8: Signaling through the Earth."

February 13, 2011

• In "Specialized Resources" (under "Radio Postcards"): Some views from Arizona, Colorado and Florida. And under "Specialized Resources,four new "Wavescan" stories from Adrian Peterson: "Turmoil in Tunisia & Egypt-Backgrounds," "Radio in the Land of the Ancient Pharoahs," "Radio in the Land of the Ancient Phoenicians," and "Early VOA Relay Stations in Tunisia."

February 3, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Lists, Logs, Guides & Columns"): "A Guide to Radio Listening," issued by the Voice of America around 1986 in connection with the "Worldwide Shortwave Spectrum" program. And under "Specialized Resources," two new "Wavescan" stories: "Adventist World Radio Celebrates 40th Anniversary: Early Adventist Radio Broadcasts" and "Australian States on Shortwave: Australian Capital Territory."

January 28, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Recordings"): More mp3 recordings of Peruvian stations. And under "Specialized Resources," a new "Wavescan" story from Adrian Peterson: "Radio Australia: Offshore Relays - Part 2."

January 23, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Recordings"): A number of mp3 recordings of Peruvian stations from the 1970s and 1980s. And under "Specialized Resources," two more "Wavescan" entries: "Radio Australia Offshore Relays-Pt. I" and "Silence in the Air-2: The Sound of Silence."

January 17, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Clubs & Publications"): Another history of the Newark News Radio Club, this time from the January 1937 issue of All-Wave Radio magazine. And under "Specialized Resources," two more "Wavescan" entries: "Pakistan on Shortwave: The Rawalpindi Story" and "Silence in the Air-1: The Sound of Silence."

January 8, 2011

• In "DX History" (under "Equipment & Advertising"): A copy of the 1935 Hammarlund Short Wave Manual. And under "Specialized Resources," "Wavescan," two new stories: "Whatever Happened to Curom Radio on Curacao Island in the Caribbean" and "Radio Panorama RP7: Early Signals Through the Air."

January 1, 2011

• In "Specialized Resources" (under "Radio Postcards"): Some postcard views of KMA in Shenandoah, Iowa, operated by the Earl E. May Seed and Nursery Co. And under "Specialized Resources," a new "Wavescan" story from Adrian Peterson: "From War Propaganda to Gospel Outreach: The Story of Trans World Radio Monte Carlo."In "Specialized Resourcesviews of the 500-room U.S. Grant Hotel in San Diego, California, home of station KFSD. And in "DX History" (under "Stations") a booklet, "Lyngby Radio Calling," which tells the story of Lyngby Radio, OXZ, the Danish coastal station whose history dates to 1904. And also under "Specialized Resources," two new "Wavescan" stories from Adrian Peterson: "The Temporary VOA Relay Station, Hicksville, Long Island, New York" and "Early Mediumwave QSL Cards."