Re: [Swlfest] First Draft: 2021 34th Annual Winter SWL Fest Program

[John Figliozzi]

The answer is yes, Sheldon.  Still figuring out where it will best fit in.

John

> On Jan 16, 2021, at 11:15 AM, Sheldon Harvey  wrote:
> 
> Hi, John.  Thanks for the draft schedule.
> 
> Do you still want to have me do the "In Memoriam" segment?
> 
> Sheldon Harvey
> Greenfield Park, Quebec
> 
> Enjoy birds and birdwatching?
> http://www.birdprotectionquebec.org
> 
> 
> On Saturday, January 16, 2021, 1:10:21 a.m. EST, John Figliozzi 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> As stated previously, COVID-19 has forced cancellation of an in-person Fest.  
> But undaunted (well, mostly…) the Fest shall go on with a “virtual” event, 
> courtesy of the Internet and the ZOOM platform.  Interested?  Consult 
> www.swlfest.com for registration instructions and further particulars.  
> Here’s the program schedule:
> 
> 
> 2021 34th “VIRTUAL” WINTER SWL FEST PROGRAM
> 
> All sessions except the “Shindig” nominally one-hour but may run longer or 
> shorter at the option of the presenter.
> 
> This schedule, accurate as of January 16th, is subject to change.
> 
> 
> Friday February 26th, 2021
> 
> 
> 1800 UTC / 1300 EST / 1000 PST / 1900 CET / 0500 (Sat.) AEDT
> 
> The Well-Equipped Scannist - A Scanner For Every Purpose – Tom Swisher
> 
> . . . and the gadgets, doohickeys and trinkets to enhance your scanning 
> pleasure.  
> 
> 
> 2000 UTC / 1500 EST / 1200 PST / 2100 CET / 0700 (Sat.) AEDT
> 
> Easy Antennas for SWLs Who Want to Become HF Hams – Skip Arey
> 
> Communicating is just as much fun as listening. Can your shortwave receiving 
> wires do the job or should you be rethinking your station's antennas?  Uncle 
> Skip will show you how to get on the air without mortgaging your house to do 
> it.
> 
> 
> 2300 UTC / 1800 EST / 1500 PST /  (Sat.) CET / 1000 (Sat.) AEDT
> 
> The Annual Free Radio Forum – Larry Will
> 
> Including:
> 
> -- News, FCC actions or lack thereof
> 
> -- Shortwave free radio year in review
> 
> -- Everyone's still doing the 6850-6980 area
> 
> -- …But! There's been a noticeable diversity in frequency use because of 
> lousy DX
> 
> -- …Noticeably in the 4000-4100 KHz and 5100-5200 KHz areas
> 
> -- Most active stations
> 
> -- Gallery of interesting QSLs and SSTVs from the past year
> 
> -- Medium wave free radio, the world above 1700
> 
> -- North American Pirate Radio Hall of Fame inductees for 2021
> 
> -- Resources for the free radio listener
> 
> -- archive.org
> 
> -- swlpost.com
> 
> -- hfunderground
> 
> -- free radio network
> 
> -- Free Radio Weekly (25 years!)
> 
> Preparations are underway to simulcast this forum on WBCQ 6160 kHz. Watch 
> this space!
> 
> 
> Saturday, February 27th, 2021
> 
> 
> 0100 UTC / 2000 (Fri.) EST / 1700 (Fri.) PST / 0200 CET / 1200 AEDT
> 
> The Shortwave Shindig in Exile – David Goren
> 
> From a secret location, David’s annual freeform celebration of the medium. 
> This time it shapes up like this:
> 
> 0100 – Shortwave-related music videos, a look at the recent Brooklyn Pirate 
> Radio Sound Map update, and a review of radio-related bits and bobs from the 
> past year.
> 0200 – Live on WRMI! (frequencies TBA) - with music, Meet the Archivist w/ 
> Thomas Witherspoon and other special features.
> 0300 – A Replay of “Shortwaves/Long Distance” - the 2017 two-hour broadcast 
> featuring the top submissions to NASWA’s and Wave Farm’s call for 
> shortwave-related music and sound compositions.
> 
> 
> 1800 UTC / 1300 EST / 1000 PST / 1900 CET / 0500 (Sun.) AEDT
> 
> QRP General Coverage Transceivers: Bridge Between Transmitting and Listening 
> – Thomas Witherspoon
> We've seen an amazing array of full-featured general-coverage QRP 
> transceivers hit the market in the past few years--during the doldrums of the 
> solar cycle, no less. These rigs provide SWLs and even DXers a means to 
> easily escape RFI and to experiment with portable listening posts. We'll take 
> a look at a number of QRP general-coverage transceivers I consider to be 
> truly worthy, with a particular focus on the innovative Icom IC-705.
> 
> 
> 2000 UTC / 1500 EST / 1200 PST / 2100 CET / 0700 (Sun.) AEDT
> 
> Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood…er, Basement – Dan Robinson
> 
> Premium Receivers In A Time of Plummeting Shortwave
> With All India Radio GOS in English all but gone from shortwave and Brazil 
> shifting to DRM,
> among other depressing developments, Dan takes a look at the used receiver 
> market in 2021, including premium receivers, and discusses the Japanese Buyee 
> site.
> 
> 
> 2300 UTC / 1800 EST / 1500 PST /  (Sun.) CET / 1000 (Sun.) AEDT
> The Addictive Quality of Curiosity - Mark Fahey, Live from Freemans Reach, 
> Australia
> This building in the sleepy rural village of Freemans Reach in southeast 
> Australia rarely needs heating. 18 receivers running 24x7x365 provide 
> continuous coverage from 1kHz to 12.8GHz. Can the quest for knowledge ever be 
> satisfied? This presentation is a live dive into the presenter’s Sisyphean 
> obsession to monitor the world’s culture. 
> 
> 
> 
> 

Re: [Swlfest] First Draft: 2021 34th Annual Winter SWL Fest Program

[John Figliozzi]

All of this would be nice, but for this first attempt we’re going it a little 
slower.  If this works out well, we can explore all these options — including 
doing both ZOOM and in-person simultaneously — in future.  Got to crawl before 
you walk, etc.  Thanks for the support.

John

> On Jan 16, 2021, at 2:18 PM, Ed Cummings  wrote:
> 
> Dave, that's a good idea.  But John Figliozzi has advised me that the two-day 
> schedule is already full.  
> 
> For years I've tried to get an organizational sponsor (not a fiscal sponsor; 
> I can arrange that) to 'legitimize' Arnie's trip to the Philly area so he 
> could also speak at the SWLFest. Arnie has welcomed the opportunity, but the 
> administrative and geopolitical challenges have been difficult to say the 
> least.
> 
> The closest I came to making this happen was a couple three years ago with 
> the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication being the 
> potential organizational sponsor.  But that fell through due to apparently 
> political reasons.  And as of last year my contact at Penn is no longer 
> there. 
> 
> Arnie Coro is a shortwave icon with more six decades of international 
> broadcasting experience and several decades of producing a DX'ers program.  
> Regardless of anyone's political biases, I think he'd be a good and fitting 
> SWLFest presenter.  Frankly, my biggest concern about this (aside from maybe 
> not ever being able to successfully arrange this) is how Arnie might be 
> treated here by some in our community.  
> 
> -Ed
> 
> 
> At 12:46 PM 1/16/2021, Dave Marthouse wrote:
> 
> 
>> If he has the internet infrastructure to support it maybe you can get Arnie 
>> CO2KK from RHC.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Dave Marthouse N2AAM
>> 
>> dmartho...@gmail.com
>> 
>> 
>>   
>> On 1/16/2021 12:39 PM, tankgirl wrote:
>>> I m sure Gilles Letourneau would be happy to do a forum, he does the sw 
>>> show on you tube and co hosts the International radio report with Sheldon. 
>>> It might be fun to hear some people who are overseas who cant normally come 
>>> in person.
>>> Janice
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>>> 
>>>  Original message 
>>> From: John Figliozzi  
>>> Date: 1/16/21 01:10 (GMT-05:00) 
>>> To: na...@groups.io, Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest 
>>>  
>>> Cc: odxa yg , w...@groups.io 
>>> Subject: [Swlfest] First Draft:  2021 34th Annual Winter SWL Fest Program 
>>> 
>>> As stated previously, COVID-19 has forced cancellation of an in-person 
>>> Fest.  But undaunted (well, mostly…>>> ) the Fest shall go on with a 
>>> “virtual” event, courtesy of the Internet and the ZOOM platform.  
>>> Interested?  Consult www.swlfest.com for registration instructions and 
>>> further particulars.  Here’s the program schedule:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 2021 34th “VIRTUAL” WINTER SWL FEST PROGRAM
>>> 
>>> All sessions except the “Shindig” nominally one-hour but may run longer or 
>>> shorter at the option of the presenter.
>>> 
>>> This schedule, accurate as of January 16th, is subject to change.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Friday February 26th, 2021
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 1800 UTC / 1300 EST / 1000 PST / 1900 CET / 0500 (Sat.) AEDT
>>> 
>>> The Well-Equipped Scannist - A Scanner For Every Purpose – Tom Swisher
>>> 
>>> . . . and the gadgets, doohickeys and trinkets to enhance your scanning 
>>> pleasure.  
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 2000 UTC / 1500 EST / 1200 PST / 2100 CET / 0700 (Sat.) AEDT
>>> 
>>> Easy Antennas for SWLs Who Want to Become HF Hams – Skip Arey
>>> 
>>> Communicating is just as much fun as listening. Can your shortwave 
>>> receiving wires do the job or should you be rethinking your station's 
>>> antennas?  Uncle Skip will show you how to get on the air without 
>>> mortgaging your house to do it.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 2300 UTC / 1800 EST / 1500 PST /  (Sat.) CET / 1000 (Sat.) AEDT
>>> 
>>> The Annual Free Radio Forum – Larry Will
>>> 
>>> Including:
>>> 
>>> -- News, FCC actions or lack thereof
>>> 
>>> -- Shortwave free radio year in review
>>> 
>>> -- Everyone's still doing the 6850-6980 area
>>> 
>>> -- …>>> But! There's been a noticeable diversity in frequency use because 
>>> of lousy DX
>>> 
>>> -- …>>> Noticeably in the 4000-4100 KHz and 5100-5200 KHz areas
>>> 
>>> -- Most active stations
>>> 
>>> -- Gallery of interesting QSLs and SSTVs from the past year
>>> 
>>> -- Medium wave free radio, the world above 1700
>>> 
>>> -- North American Pirate Radio Hall of Fame inductees for 2021
>>> 
>>> -- Resources for the free radio listener
>>> 
>>> -- archive.org
>>> 
>>> -- swlpost.com
>>> 
>>> -- hfunderground
>>> 
>>> -- free radio network
>>> 
>>> -- Free Radio Weekly (25 years!)
>>> 
>>> Preparations are underway to simulcast this forum on WBCQ 6160 kHz. Watch 
>>> this space!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Saturday, February 27th, 2021
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 0100 UTC / 2000 (Fri.) EST / 1700 (Fri.) PST / 0200 CET / 1200 AEDT
>>> 
>>> The Shortwave Shindig in Exile – David Goren
>>> 
>>> From a secret location, David’s annual 

Re: [Swlfest] First Draft: 2021 34th Annual Winter SWL Fest Program

[Sheldon Harvey]

Hi, John.  Thanks for the draft schedule.
Do you still want to have me do the "In Memoriam" segment?

Sheldon HarveyGreenfield Park, Quebec

Enjoy birds and birdwatching?http://www.birdprotectionquebec.org
 

On Saturday, January 16, 2021, 1:10:21 a.m. EST, John Figliozzi 
 wrote:  
 
 As stated previously, COVID-19 has forced cancellation of an in-person Fest.  
But undaunted (well, mostly…) the Fest shall go on with a “virtual” event, 
courtesy of the Internet and the ZOOM platform.  Interested?  Consult 
www.swlfest.com for registration instructions and further particulars.  Here’s 
the program schedule:


2021 34th “VIRTUAL” WINTER SWL FEST PROGRAM

All sessions except the “Shindig” nominally one-hour but may run longer or 
shorter at the option of the presenter.

This schedule, accurate as of January 16th, is subject to change.

 
Friday February 26th, 2021

 
1800 UTC / 1300 EST / 1000 PST / 1900 CET / 0500 (Sat.) AEDT

The Well-Equipped Scannist - A Scanner For Every Purpose – Tom Swisher

. . . and the gadgets, doohickeys and trinkets to enhance your scanning 
pleasure.  

 
2000 UTC / 1500 EST / 1200 PST / 2100 CET / 0700 (Sat.) AEDT

Easy Antennas for SWLs Who Want to Become HF Hams – Skip Arey

Communicating is just as much fun as listening. Can your shortwave receiving 
wires do the job or should you be rethinking your station's antennas?  Uncle 
Skip will show you how to get on the air without mortgaging your house to do it.

 
2300 UTC / 1800 EST / 1500 PST /  (Sat.) CET / 1000 (Sat.) AEDT

The Annual Free Radio Forum – Larry Will

Including:

-- News, FCC actions or lack thereof

-- Shortwave free radio year in review

-- Everyone's still doing the 6850-6980 area

-- …But! There's been a noticeable diversity in frequency use because of lousy 
DX

-- …Noticeably in the 4000-4100 KHz and 5100-5200 KHz areas

-- Most active stations

-- Gallery of interesting QSLs and SSTVs from the past year

-- Medium wave free radio, the world above 1700

-- North American Pirate Radio Hall of Fame inductees for 2021

-- Resources for the free radio listener

-- archive.org

-- swlpost.com

-- hfunderground

-- free radio network

-- Free Radio Weekly (25 years!)

Preparations are underway to simulcast this forum on WBCQ 6160 kHz. Watch this 
space!


Saturday, February 27th, 2021

 
0100 UTC / 2000 (Fri.) EST / 1700 (Fri.) PST / 0200 CET / 1200 AEDT

The Shortwave Shindig in Exile – David Goren

>From a secret location, David’s annual freeform celebration of the medium. 
>This time it shapes up like this:

0100 – Shortwave-related music videos, a look at the recent Brooklyn Pirate 
Radio Sound Map update, and a review of radio-related bits and bobs from the 
past year.
0200 – Live on WRMI! (frequencies TBA) - with music, Meet the Archivist w/ 
Thomas Witherspoon and other special features.
0300 – A Replay of “Shortwaves/Long Distance” - the 2017 two-hour broadcast 
featuring the top submissions to NASWA’s and Wave Farm’s call for 
shortwave-related music and sound compositions.

 
1800 UTC / 1300 EST / 1000 PST / 1900 CET / 0500 (Sun.) AEDT

QRP General Coverage Transceivers: Bridge Between Transmitting and Listening – 
Thomas Witherspoon
We've seen an amazing array of full-featured general-coverage QRP transceivers 
hit the market in the past few years--during the doldrums of the solar cycle, 
no less. These rigs provide SWLs and even DXers a means to easily escape RFI 
and to experiment with portable listening posts. We'll take a look at a number 
of QRP general-coverage transceivers I consider to be truly worthy, with a 
particular focus on the innovative Icom IC-705.

 
2000 UTC / 1500 EST / 1200 PST / 2100 CET / 0700 (Sun.) AEDT

Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood…er, Basement – Dan Robinson

Premium Receivers In A Time of Plummeting Shortwave
With All India Radio GOS in English all but gone from shortwave and Brazil 
shifting to DRM,
among other depressing developments, Dan takes a look at the used receiver 
market in 2021, including premium receivers, and discusses the Japanese Buyee 
site.

 
2300 UTC / 1800 EST / 1500 PST /  (Sun.) CET / 1000 (Sun.) AEDT
The Addictive Quality of Curiosity - Mark Fahey, Live from Freemans Reach, 
Australia
This building in the sleepy rural village of Freemans Reach in southeast 
Australia rarely needs heating. 18 receivers running 24x7x365 provide 
continuous coverage from 1kHz to 12.8GHz. Can the quest for knowledge ever be 
satisfied? This presentation is a live dive into the presenter’s Sisyphean 
obsession to monitor the world’s culture. 
 

 

 
___
Swlfest mailing list
Swlfest@hard-core-dx.com
http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest

To unsubscribe:  Send an E-mail to  
swlfest-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown 
above.

For more information on the Fest, visit:

http://www.swlfest.com
http://swlfest.blogspot.com
  ___

Re: [Swlfest] First Draft: 2021 34th Annual Winter SWL Fest Program

[Ed Cummings]

Dave, that's a good idea.  But John Figliozzi has 
advised me that the two-day schedule is already full.


For years I've tried to get an organizational 
sponsor (not a fiscal sponsor; I can arrange 
that) to 'legitimize' Arnie's trip to the Philly 
area so he could also speak at the SWLFest. Arnie 
has welcomed the opportunity, but the 
administrative and geopolitical challenges have 
been difficult to say the least.


The closest I came to making this happen was a 
couple three years ago with the University of 
Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication 
being the potential organizational sponsor.  But 
that fell through due to apparently political 
reasons.  And as of last year my contact at Penn is no longer there.


Arnie Coro is a shortwave icon with more six 
decades of international broadcasting experience 
and several decades of producing a DX'ers 
program.  Regardless of anyone's political 
biases, I think he'd be a good and fitting 
SWLFest presenter.  Frankly, my biggest concern 
about this (aside from maybe not ever being able 
to successfully arrange this) is how Arnie might 
be treated here by some in our community.


-Ed


At 12:46 PM 1/16/2021, Dave Marthouse wrote:


If he has the internet infrastructure to support 
it maybe you can get Arnie CO2KK from RHC.




Dave Marthouse N2AAM

dmartho...@gmail.com



On 1/16/2021 12:39 PM, tankgirl wrote:
I m sure Gilles Letourneau would be happy to do 
a forum, he does the sw show on you tube and co 
hosts the International radio report with 
Sheldon. It might be fun to hear some people 
who are overseas who cant normally come in person.

Janice



Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

 Original message 
From: John Figliozzi 
Date: 1/16/21 01:10 (GMT-05:00)
To: na...@groups.io, 
Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest 

Cc: odxa yg 
, w...@groups.io

Subject: [Swlfest] First Draft:  2021 34th Annual Winter SWL Fest Program

As stated previously, COVID-19 has forced 
cancellation of an in-person Fest.  But 
undaunted (well, mostly…) the Fest shall go on 
with a “virtual” event, courtesy of the 
Internet and the ZOOM 
platform.  Interested?  Consult 
www.swlfest.com for 
registration instructions and further 
particulars.  Here’s the program schedule:



2021 34th “VIRTUAL” WINTER SWL FEST PROGRAM

All sessions except the “Shindig” nominally 
one-hour but may run longer or shorter at the option of the presenter.


This schedule, accurate as of January 16th, is subject to change.


Friday February 26th, 2021


1800 UTC / 1300 EST / 1000 PST / 1900 CET / 0500 (Sat.) AEDT

The Well-Equipped Scannist - A Scanner For Every Purpose – Tom Swisher

. . . and the gadgets, doohickeys and trinkets 
to enhance your scanning pleasure.



2000 UTC / 1500 EST / 1200 PST / 2100 CET / 0700 (Sat.) AEDT

Easy Antennas for SWLs Who Want to Become HF Hams – Skip Arey

Communicating is just as much fun as listening. 
Can your shortwave receiving wires do the job 
or should you be rethinking your station's 
antennas?  Uncle Skip will show you how to get 
on the air without mortgaging your house to do it.



2300 UTC / 1800 EST / 1500 PST /  (Sat.) CET / 1000 (Sat.) AEDT

The Annual Free Radio Forum – Larry Will

Including:

-- News, FCC actions or lack thereof

-- Shortwave free radio year in review

-- Everyone's still doing the 6850-6980 area

-- …But! There's been a noticeable diversity in 
frequency use because of lousy DX


-- …Noticeably in the 4000-4100 KHz and 5100-5200 KHz areas

-- Most active stations

-- Gallery of interesting QSLs and SSTVs from the past year

-- Medium wave free radio, the world above 1700

-- North American Pirate Radio Hall of Fame inductees for 2021

-- Resources for the free radio listener

-- archive.org

-- swlpost.com

-- hfunderground

-- free radio network

-- Free Radio Weekly (25 years!)

Preparations are underway to simulcast this 
forum on WBCQ 6160 kHz. Watch this space!



Saturday, February 27th, 2021


0100 UTC / 2000 (Fri.) EST / 1700 (Fri.) PST / 0200 CET / 1200 AEDT

The Shortwave Shindig in Exile – David Goren

From a secret location, David’s annual 
freeform celebration of the medium. This time it shapes up like this:


0100 – Shortwave-related music videos, a look 
at the recent Brooklyn Pirate Radio Sound Map 
update, and a review of radio-related bits and bobs from the past year.
0200 – Live on WRMI! (frequencies TBA) - with 
music, Meet the Archivist w/ Thomas Witherspoon and other special features.
0300 – A Replay of “Shortwaves/Long Distance” - 
the 2017 two-hour broadcast featuring the top 
submissions to NASWA’s and Wave Farm’s call for 
shortwave-related music and sound compositions.



1800 UTC / 1300 EST / 1000 PST / 1900 CET / 0500 (Sun.) AEDT

QRP General Coverage Transceivers: Bridge 
Between 

Re: [Swlfest] First Draft: 2021 34th Annual Winter SWL Fest Program

[Dave Marthouse]

If he has the internet infrastructure to support it maybe you can get 
Arnie CO2KK from RHC.




Dave Marthouse N2AAM

dmartho...@gmail.com



On 1/16/2021 12:39 PM, tankgirl wrote:
I m sure Gilles Letourneau would be happy to do a forum, he does the 
sw show on you tube and co hosts the International radio report with 
Sheldon. It might be fun to hear some people who are overseas who cant 
normally come in person.

Janice



Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

 Original message 
From: John Figliozzi 
Date: 1/16/21 01:10 (GMT-05:00)
To: na...@groups.io, Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest 


Cc: odxa yg , w...@groups.io
Subject: [Swlfest] First Draft:  2021 34th Annual Winter SWL Fest Program

As stated previously, COVID-19 has forced cancellation of an in-person 
Fest.  But undaunted (well, mostly…) the Fest shall go on with a 
“virtual” event, courtesy of the Internet and the ZOOM platform.  
Interested?  Consult www.swlfest.com for registration instructions and 
further particulars.  Here’s the program schedule:



2021 34th “VIRTUAL” WINTER SWL FEST PROGRAM

All sessions except the “Shindig” nominally one-hour but may run 
longer or shorter at the option of the presenter.


This schedule, accurate as of January 16th, is subject to change.


Friday February 26th, 2021


1800 UTC / 1300 EST / 1000 PST / 1900 CET / 0500 (Sat.) AEDT

The Well-Equipped Scannist - A Scanner For Every Purpose – Tom Swisher

. . . and the gadgets, doohickeys and trinkets to enhance your 
scanning pleasure.



2000 UTC / 1500 EST / 1200 PST / 2100 CET / 0700 (Sat.) AEDT

Easy Antennas for SWLs Who Want to Become HF Hams – Skip Arey

Communicating is just as much fun as listening. Can your shortwave 
receiving wires do the job or should you be rethinking your station's 
antennas?  Uncle Skip will show you how to get on the air without 
mortgaging your house to do it.



2300 UTC / 1800 EST / 1500 PST /  (Sat.) CET / 1000 (Sat.) AEDT

The Annual Free Radio Forum – Larry Will

Including:

-- News, FCC actions or lack thereof

-- Shortwave free radio year in review

-- Everyone's still doing the 6850-6980 area

-- …But! There's been a noticeable diversity in frequency use because 
of lousy DX


-- …Noticeably in the 4000-4100 KHz and 5100-5200 KHz areas

-- Most active stations

-- Gallery of interesting QSLs and SSTVs from the past year

-- Medium wave free radio, the world above 1700

-- North American Pirate Radio Hall of Fame inductees for 2021

-- Resources for the free radio listener

-- archive.org

-- swlpost.com

-- hfunderground

-- free radio network

-- Free Radio Weekly (25 years!)

Preparations are underway to simulcast this forum on WBCQ 6160 kHz. 
Watch this space!



Saturday, February 27th, 2021


0100 UTC / 2000 (Fri.) EST / 1700 (Fri.) PST / 0200 CET / 1200 AEDT

The Shortwave Shindig in Exile – David Goren

From a secret location, David’s annual freeform celebration of the 
medium. This time it shapes up like this:


0100 – Shortwave-related music videos, a look at the recent Brooklyn 
Pirate Radio Sound Map update, and a review of radio-related bits and 
bobs from the past year.
0200 – Live on WRMI! (frequencies TBA) - with music, Meet the 
Archivist w/ Thomas Witherspoon and other special features.
0300 – A Replay of “Shortwaves/Long Distance” - the 2017 two-hour 
broadcast featuring the top submissions to NASWA’s and Wave Farm’s 
call for shortwave-related music and sound compositions.



1800 UTC / 1300 EST / 1000 PST / 1900 CET / 0500 (Sun.) AEDT

QRP General Coverage Transceivers: Bridge Between Transmitting and 
Listening – Thomas Witherspoon
We've seen an amazing array of full-featured general-coverage QRP 
transceivers hit the market in the past few years--during the doldrums 
of the solar cycle, no less. These rigs provide SWLs and even DXers a 
means to easily escape RFI and to experiment with portable listening 
posts. We'll take a look at a number of QRP general-coverage 
transceivers I consider to be truly worthy, with a particular focus on 
the innovative Icom IC-705.



2000 UTC / 1500 EST / 1200 PST / 2100 CET / 0700 (Sun.) AEDT

Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood…er, Basement – Dan Robinson

Premium Receivers In A Time of Plummeting Shortwave
With All India Radio GOS in English all but gone from shortwave and 
Brazil shifting to DRM,
among other depressing developments, Dan takes a look at the used 
receiver market in 2021, including premium receivers, and discusses 
the Japanese Buyee site.



2300 UTC / 1800 EST / 1500 PST /  (Sun.) CET / 1000 (Sun.) AEDT
The Addictive Quality of Curiosity - Mark Fahey, Live from Freemans 
Reach, Australia
This building in the sleepy rural village of Freemans Reach in 
southeast Australia rarely needs heating. 18 receivers running 
24x7x365 provide continuous coverage from 1kHz to 12.8GHz. Can the 
quest for knowledge ever be satisfied? This presentation is a live 
dive into the presenter’s Sisyphean obsession to monitor the 

Re: [Swlfest] First Draft: 2021 34th Annual Winter SWL Fest Program

[tankgirl]

I m sure Gilles Letourneau would be happy to do a forum, he does the sw show on 
you tube and co hosts the International radio report with Sheldon. It might be 
fun to hear some people who are overseas who cant normally come in 
person.JaniceSent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
 Original message From: John Figliozzi  
Date: 1/16/21  01:10  (GMT-05:00) To: na...@groups.io, Discussion list for the 
Winter SWL Fest  Cc: odxa yg , 
w...@groups.io Subject: [Swlfest] First Draft:  2021 34th Annual Winter SWL 
Fest Program As stated previously, COVID-19 has forced cancellation of an 
in-person Fest.  But undaunted (well, mostly…) the Fest shall go on with a 
“virtual” event, courtesy of the Internet and the ZOOM platform.  Interested?  
Consult www.swlfest.com for registration instructions and further particulars.  
Here’s the program schedule:2021 34th “VIRTUAL” WINTER SWL FEST PROGRAMAll 
sessions except the “Shindig” nominally one-hour but may run longer or shorter 
at the option of the presenter.This schedule, accurate as of January 16th, is 
subject to change. Friday February 26th, 2021 1800 UTC / 1300 EST / 1000 PST / 
1900 CET / 0500 (Sat.) AEDTThe Well-Equipped Scannist - A Scanner For Every 
Purpose – Tom Swisher. . . and the gadgets, doohickeys and trinkets to enhance 
your scanning pleasure.   2000 UTC / 1500 EST / 1200 PST / 2100 CET / 0700 
(Sat.) AEDTEasy Antennas for SWLs Who Want to Become HF Hams – Skip 
AreyCommunicating is just as much fun as listening. Can your shortwave 
receiving wires do the job or should you be rethinking your station's antennas? 
 Uncle Skip will show you how to get on the air without mortgaging your house 
to do it. 2300 UTC / 1800 EST / 1500 PST /  (Sat.) CET / 1000 (Sat.) 
AEDTThe Annual Free Radio Forum – Larry WillIncluding:-- News, FCC actions or 
lack thereof-- Shortwave free radio year in review-- Everyone's still doing the 
6850-6980 area-- …But! There's been a noticeable diversity in frequency use 
because of lousy DX-- …Noticeably in the 4000-4100 KHz and 5100-5200 KHz 
areas-- Most active stations-- Gallery of interesting QSLs and SSTVs from the 
past year-- Medium wave free radio, the world above 1700-- North American 
Pirate Radio Hall of Fame inductees for 2021-- Resources for the free radio 
listener-- archive.org-- swlpost.com-- hfunderground-- free radio network-- 
Free Radio Weekly (25 years!)Preparations are underway to simulcast this forum 
on WBCQ 6160 kHz. Watch this space!Saturday, February 27th, 2021 0100 UTC / 
2000 (Fri.) EST / 1700 (Fri.) PST / 0200 CET / 1200 AEDTThe Shortwave Shindig 
in Exile – David GorenFrom a secret location, David’s annual freeform 
celebration of the medium. This time it shapes up like this:0100 – 
Shortwave-related music videos, a look at the recent Brooklyn Pirate Radio 
Sound Map update, and a review of radio-related bits and bobs from the past 
year.0200 – Live on WRMI! (frequencies TBA) - with music, Meet the Archivist w/ 
Thomas Witherspoon and other special features.0300 – A Replay of 
“Shortwaves/Long Distance” - the 2017 two-hour broadcast featuring the top 
submissions to NASWA’s and Wave Farm’s call for shortwave-related music and 
sound compositions. 1800 UTC / 1300 EST / 1000 PST / 1900 CET / 0500 (Sun.) 
AEDTQRP General Coverage Transceivers: Bridge Between Transmitting and 
Listening – Thomas WitherspoonWe've seen an amazing array of full-featured 
general-coverage QRP transceivers hit the market in the past few years--during 
the doldrums of the solar cycle, no less. These rigs provide SWLs and even 
DXers a means to easily escape RFI and to experiment with portable listening 
posts. We'll take a look at a number of QRP general-coverage transceivers I 
consider to be truly worthy, with a particular focus on the innovative Icom 
IC-705. 2000 UTC / 1500 EST / 1200 PST / 2100 CET / 0700 (Sun.) AEDTMr. 
Robinson’s Neighborhood…er, Basement – Dan RobinsonPremium Receivers In A Time 
of Plummeting ShortwaveWith All India Radio GOS in English all but gone from 
shortwave and Brazil shifting to DRM,among other depressing developments, Dan 
takes a look at the used receiver market in 2021, including premium receivers, 
and discusses the Japanese Buyee site. 2300 UTC / 1800 EST / 1500 PST /  
(Sun.) CET / 1000 (Sun.) AEDTThe Addictive Quality of Curiosity - Mark Fahey, 
Live from Freemans Reach, AustraliaThis building in the sleepy rural village of 
Freemans Reach in southeast Australia rarely needs heating. 18 receivers 
running 24x7x365 provide continuous coverage from 1kHz to 12.8GHz. Can the 
quest for knowledge ever be satisfied? This presentation is a live dive into 
the presenter’s Sisyphean obsession to monitor the world’s culture.
___Swlfest mailing 
listSwlfest@hard-core-dx.comhttp://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfestTo
 unsubscribe:  Send an E-mail to  
swlfest-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit