Shortwave Hours: First Responder Radios Failed During Washington Navy Yard Shooting

Sep 28, 2013: 5am- 7am
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Two hours of shortwave radio-oriented programming, starting with solar weather, news on meteor showers and ham radio, and other reports. Other reports include:

5:15 a.m.: "The RAIN Report" Hosted from Chicago by Hap Holly, KC9RP. This week: "Radio historian Scott Childers/W9CHI relates a short history of "the Big 89," WLS."

5:30 a.m., "The Shortwave Report" with host Dan Roberts and international news via shortwave radio. This week's show features stories from NHK World Radio Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, Radio Havana Cuba, the Voice of Russia, and Spanish National Radio.

6 a.m.: "Glenn Hauser's World of Radio" DX and station news countries all over the world.

6:30 a.m.: "Amateur Radio Newsline" This week: "Hams in Australia may keep access to part of the 2300 MHz band; amateur radio operators in Portugal get new spectrum and some rules changes; Congress asks why first responder radios failed during Washington Navy Yard shooting; the FCC says no to encrypted ham radio communications and researchers admit that Solar Cycle 24 is quite puzzling."