British DX Club

Articles Index

DX and Media Programme Guide

A club-compiled list giving times and frequencies for programmes of interest to DXers and radio enthusiasts. Updated November 2009.

Africa on Shortwave

A comprehensive country-by-country guide to domestic and external broadcasts from Africa, including selected opposition and target broadcasts to the African continent. The document is in pdf format. Updated September 2009.

• Africa on Shortwave - by Country

South Asia on the Tropical Bands

A handy guide to shortwave tropical band radio stations in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. In frequency order, pdf format. Updated July 2009.

• South Asia on the Tropical Bands - by frequency

Middle & Near East on Shortwave

A comprehensive guide to shortwave radio stations in the near and Middle East. In country order, pdf format. Updated July 2009.

• Middle & Near East on Shortwave - by country

UK on Shortwave

An hour-by-hour guide to shortwave broadcasts from UK transmitter sites. Updated July 2009.

• UK on Shortwave

EDXC Conference Reports

Reports on recent conferences of the European DX Council by BDXC member Alan Pennington. Updated Nov 2009.

• EDXC Conference 2009 - Dublin, Ireland
• EDXC tour 2009 - Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio, Howth, Co Dublin
• EDXC Conference 2008 - Vaasa, Finland
• EDXC tour 2008: Latvia - Riga, Ulbroka and VEF factory
• EDXC tour 2008: Lithuania - Sitkunai, Vilnius and Jamming

Sheigra DX-peditions

Reports and loggings from the various trips made to Sheigra in Northern Scotland by BDXC-UK members:

• October 2009
• Sept-Oct 2008
• October 2007
• November 2004
• November 2002
• March 2002 - DXpedition to Skye and Sheigra
• February/March 2001
• November 2000
• November 1999
• November/December 1998
• January 1998
• February 1997

Offshore Radio Articles

Articles from BDXC Communication magazine about offshore radio.

• Visit to Red Sands Radio
• History of Red Sands Fort
• Radio Mercur - Europe's first offshore station

Radio Museums in the UK & Ireland

A list of radio museums and other attractions featuring old radio equipment, together with opening times and admissions details. Updated August 2009.

Africa Reports

African DX reports from BDXC member Chris Greenway in Nairobi, Kenya and other articles about African radio.

• Radio Hargeisa - (History of Radio Hargeisa, Voice of the Republic of Somaliland. May 2008)
• The Moyabi Story (History of the high power SW transmitter site at Moyabi, Gabon. Aug 2006)
• Jan 2009 (African shortwave observations)
• Nov 2002 (Visit to Kenyan SW transmitter sites, African SW updates)
• Aug 2002 (Kenyan Television)
• Mar 2002 (SW from Malawi, Benin, Niger and WorldSpace news)
• Feb 2002 (Visit to Ghana Broadcasting Corp. SW transmitter site)
• Feb 2002 (Nairobi FM update, SW from Malawi, Zimbabwe, Somalia)
• Oct 2001 (Nairobi SW, FM, WorldSpace update)
• Sep 2001 (Nairobi FM band, African SW news, Somali update)
• Sep 1988 (Clandestine update - Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia)
• Apr 1987 (Tropical band propagation, the 90m band in Nairobi)
• May 1987 (African clandestines: the Ethiopia-Somalia conflict)
• Jul 1987 (Mediumwave bandscan from Nairobi)
• Sep 1987 (Clandestine update, the Ethiopia-Sudan "radio war")
• Oct 1981 (Dateline Cairo 6th October 1981: Sadat's assassination)

British Isles Radio Station Reference Lists

The most up-to-date comprehensive BDXC reference available is Radio Stations in the UK. However, we intend in time to maintain an equivalent on-line resource as soon as time permits. for the moment the older - outdated - lists remain for interest only.

What On Earth Is "DX"?

Go here for an introduction to what the hobby of "DXing" is all about

This page updated: 8 Nov 2009