I'm collecting BBC Radio 4 198 kHz Shipping Forecast recordings on all my radios: Icom IC-705 @OxfordShortwaveLog

Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

Hi there, not an obvious rig to record BBC Radio 4 on 198 kHz longwave, but the signal was exceptional with my end-fed wire on pass-through via one of my MFJ antenna matching units.

Recorded in Oxford UK on 10/10/25 at 23:48 hrs UTC.

Thanks for watching and 73.

Im collecting BBC Radio 4 198 kHz Shipping Forecast recordings on all my radios: Icom IC-705

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