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Pop Shop Radio goes around the world to bring you great music. We are Canada's international voice on shortwave from the town of Hope in British Columbia. Pop Shop Radio is an LGBTQ+ friendly space and ally.

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Pop Shop Radio @popshopradio.bsky.social · May 25

Pop Shop Radio A25 schedule:
WRMI
0100 UT Monday (9 PM ET Sunday) 5950 khz
0300 UT Monday (8 PM PT Sunday) 9395 khz (temporary)
Channel292
1600 UT Wednesday 3955 and 9670 khz
2200 UT Saturday 3955 and 9670 khz
Shortwave Gold
1300 UT Saturday 6160 khz
1900 UT Sunday 3975 khz (and 6160 khz temporary)

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Pop Shop Radio @popshopradio.bsky.social · 14m

Here's what we've been hearing at the really cool Pop Shop Radio world monitoring station. Hi-lites, rubbish from Cuba, pirates B-Side Radio and Band Aid radio and KTWR
www.popshopradio.ca/DX_20251011....

DX-Tips 05 October to 11 October

www.popshopradio.ca

Pop Shop Radio @popshopradio.bsky.social · 11h

We know you've been working hard all week so we think you deserve a treat and a reward. Let that reward be tuning in to Pop Shop Radio on shortwave where you'll hear the grooviest grooves on radio anywhere. Go on you know you earned it.

Pop Shop Radio @popshopradio.bsky.social · 15h

Slightly better quality than last night for @swradiogram.bsky.social 421 from WINB, but images 2 and 8 didn't make it so 11 out of 13

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John Rabold @highroute.bsky.social · 16h

One of the images from @swradiogram.bsky.social program 421 transmitted at 9265 kHz by WINB in Red Lion Pennsylvania USA (FM19) on Saturday 2025-10-11T02:30-03:00Z as received in Oakland California USA (CM87). See all the images I received at jrabold.net/swrimages/

"Radio Clube De Moçambique (Mozambique), 1967, 11780 kHz." A QSL card from Radio Clube De Moçambique. "QSL" refers to an acknowledgment of the receipt of transmitted information. In this case, Radio Clube De Moçambique sent the card to acknowledge a listener's confirmation of the receipt of the station's transmission.

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Ciro Albanese @ciroalba68.bsky.social · 16h

@swradiogram.bsky.social

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Pop Shop Radio @popshopradio.bsky.social · 1d

¡Sé un rebelde! Be a rebel! Kick those stinky FM stations and spotify to the curb and tune to shortwave where real radio and real music lives on. We'll be on the air this weekend with lots and lots of kilowatts for you!

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Bobby Burgess masterplayer30 @masterplayer301.bsky.social · 1d

@swradiogram.bsky.social @radioactiveal.bsky.social

SWRG 421 9365 2330-2400

#SWRG #MFSK #DigitalModes #SWL #Shortwave #Radio #WINB

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John Rabold @highroute.bsky.social · 1d

One of the images from @swradiogram.bsky.social program 421 transmitted at 9265 kHz by WINB in Red Lion Pennsylvania USA (FM19) on Thursday 2025-10-09T23:30-24:00Z as received in Oakland California USA (CM87). See all the images I received at jrabold.net/swrimages/

A QSL card from Radio Canada. "QSL" refers to an acknowledgment of the receipt of transmitted information. In this case, Radio Canada sent the card to acknowledge a listener's confirmation of the receipt of the station's transmission.

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Pop Shop Radio @popshopradio.bsky.social · 1d

A little noisy but all images made it across the continent to me for @swradiogram.bsky.social 421 from WINB 9265 at 2330 UT hosted by @radioactiveal.bsky.social Al Holt!

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Pop Shop Radio @popshopradio.bsky.social · 2d

We are certain that if you tune to Pop Shop Radio and hear the great stuff we play, you'll be saying "I'll be doggone! That's a great record!" That's because we not only play the greatest hits but the greatest misses as well. We're on shortwave this weekend!

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Pop Shop Radio @popshopradio.bsky.social · 3d

Today's Pop Shop Radio @swradiogram.bsky.social as transmitted on Channe292 Germany and monitored via 2 Italian SDRs

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 3d

@swradiogram.bsky.social Four select images from those decoded during Wednesday's broadcast on 15770 kHz received in northern Florida, USA.

MFSK32 text decoded without error. Couldn't detect any multipath echo interference.

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ATLANTIC DIVISION OF ARRL - Radio Communications @atldivarrl.bsky.social · 3d

SHORTWAVE RADIOGRAM (swradiogram.net) TRANSMISSION — SINPO 55555 to Annapolis, Maryland (Maidenhead Grid: FM18sx) with YAESU FTDX10 and End-Fed Antenna via WRMI FL U.S.A. on 15770 kHz AM at 1230 UTC on Wednesday, October 8, 2025. @popshopradio.bsky.social @swradiogram.bsky.social

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Pop Shop Radio @popshopradio.bsky.social · 3d

The eQSL was sent from

bandaidradio (at) tutamail (dot) com

Reception has been rubbish for past 10 days or so with nothing for me on 43 metres

Pop Shop Radio @popshopradio.bsky.social · 3d

eQSL received from Band Aid Radio as logged on 29 September 2025 at 0200 UT on 6985 khz

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Pop Shop Radio @popshopradio.bsky.social · 3d

We know that you just love music and that you love radio, so Pop Shop Radio is on the air today today to bring you more love, along with more great music. Tune into Channel 292 at 1600 UT on 3955 and 9670 khz to get your share

Pop Shop Radio @popshopradio.bsky.social · 4d

It doesn't happen very often, but unfortunately it happened at that specific moment. Of course the other broadcasts of the same program should go out with no problem. 🧵 3 of 3

Pop Shop Radio @popshopradio.bsky.social · 4d

... and our computers play the programs direct from the FTP server on the cloud. So it seems that there was an interruption of the Internet connection that occurred shortly after the program began, and it cut the program off. I'm very sorry about this. 🧵 2 of 3

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Pop Shop Radio @popshopradio.bsky.social · 4d

Regrading @swradiogram.bsky.social 420 at 0800 UT Monday, here's the resonse from WRMI:
It appears to have been an Internet problem that occurred during the program this morning. All programs are uploaded to our FTP server which is online (based in Canada, actually),...🧵 1 of 3

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 4d

@popshopradio.bsky.social A double dose of Ella made my morning!
I gotta share my Fitzgerald favorite: "Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered."
youtu.be/1fzZ4l2H5-w?... Too risqué to get any corporate radio airplay! But Rogers & Hart, c'mon it's wonderful!

Great show!! Rx'ing in northern Florida, USA.

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Pop Shop Radio @popshopradio.bsky.social · 4d

So there's this guy named Hernando, see. He knows a place where all the lost 45s (and 78s) come out to play. He'll tell you all about it on Pop Shop Radio this week. Tell 'em Poppie sent you!

Pop Shop Radio @popshopradio.bsky.social · 5d

If you missed last week's oh so good edition of Pop Shop Radio, you can listen again in glorious auraphonic sound at:
iframe.mediadelivery.net/play/502138/...

20251001.mp3

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Pop Shop Radio @popshopradio.bsky.social · 5d

Our very own Pop Shop Radio @swradiogram.bsky.social 2025-40 from WRMI 9395 at0355 UT

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Pop Shop Radio @popshopradio.bsky.social · 5d

Here's the playlist only @swradiogram.bsky.social for @bobcatface.bsky.social Radio Catface International Ep 52 as heard here in Hope BC on 5950 khz at 0328 UT

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Pop Shop Radio @popshopradio.bsky.social · 5d

Something went terribly wrong that's for sure. I have emailed Jeff to find out what the problem might have been