Signal received in Asunción, Paraguay.

They report about #DANA and talk about 214 dead, but according to many people in Spain, there are much more dead.

📻 RSPdx and MLA-30+ fitted with a four-metre loop, used indoors, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Radio Nikkei 1 3925 KHz at 11:10 UTC, Japanese language service from Nemuro, Japan listed as 10 kW. Received in the Pacific Northwest, USA using a AirSpy HF+ Discovery a 20 meter length end fed random wire antenna.

For comparison, here is the same station received on the Seiki Century-21. The AGC is much too fast acting on the Century-21. I may look into slowing it down a bit.

Radio Nikkei 1 on the Century-21

They’ve been taking calls and playing musical requests on this an other frequencies. Sounds like they’re about to shut down for the night.

📻 RSPdx and MLA-30+ fitted with a four-metre loop, used indoors, in Calgary, Alberta. Canada.

WRMI 9395 KHz at 00:40 UTC 1 NOV 2024. Received in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Receiver is a 1977 Century-21, built in Japan by Seiki Electronics. Antenna is a 20 meter length end fed random wire.

The Century-21 is almost identical to the Drake SSR-1, Standard C6500, and Lowe SRX-30. All were manufactured by Seiki. I also own the Drake SSR-1, but find the Century-21 to be slightly better. The Century-21 has an RF Gain control whereas the SSR-1 has a 2-step attenuator. The RF Gain is more effective.

The Century-21 was exclusively sold in Europe and every example I have seen is wired for 220 VAC. Mine is unusual in that it is wired for 110 VAC. In addition to AC Mains, the receiver runs off of 8 internal D Cell batteries, or 12 VDC.

These receivers are of the Barlow-Wadley PLL design and take some getting used to to tune properly. There is a MHz dial, 0 - 29 MHz, a KHz dial, 000 - 1000 KHz, a 4-position Band selector, and a Preselector". The receiver is double conversion and because of the tuned front end, images and overload from local broadcasters is non-existent. These receivers are not really high end, but they are very usable and work well for DX. The performance on the AM Broadcast Band is especially good.

Century-21

📻 Qodosen DX-286 with a random wire 11 metres long clipped to the telescopic whip, listening indoors in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng 21490 KHz in Chinese from Miaola, Taiwan at 16:12 UTC 30 OCT 2024. Received in the Pacific Northwest, USA with AirSpy HF+ Discovery and 20 meters length end fed random wire antenna. Some sources list this transmission at 0.1 kW, but it's more likely 1 kW. It's quite weak though.

Not Shortwave but definitely an oddity. Brazilian MilSat Pirates on 253.850 MHz FM (UHF Military Band). From the past 19 SEP 2015 at 16:32 UTC from the Pacific Northwest, USA. Receiver is an AOR-3000A using a discone antenna and a 15 dB preamplifier.

While communications using the US's Fleetsatcom Network of satellites was being migrated to a newer system, the older satellites were still operable. The Brazilian Pirates took full advantage of the unused satellites. These guys are in the Amazon and are most likely Truckers delivering supplies to remote villages. A lot of these villages were similar to the 1890's "Gold Rush" towns in the US. Built in a hurry to take advantage of the resources that the Amazon Basin had to offer.

Most Truck Stops were able to modify commercial amateur radio FM 2 meter transceivers to operate on the MilSat frequencies so there was no shortage of radios. Since there were no cell phone networks in this area, the pirated MilSats were perfect for their use. Several times US Agents and Brazilian Police raided the Pirates, especially those residences that sported UHF antenna on their roofs!

6965 KHz LSB at 11:30 UTC on 30 OCT 2024. Received in the Pacific Northwest, USA with an AirSpy HF+ Discovery and 20 meters length end fed random wire antenna.

Now here's something you might not hear very often. These are Indonesian Radio Pirates that engage in unlicensed communication just below the 40 meter amateur radio band. They operate on multiples of 5 or 10 KHz, 6965, 6975, 6985, or 6970, 6980, KHz etc. I can hear them most Fall mornings from 04:00 - 07:00 Pacific Daylight Time. These gentlemen can be carrying on a conversation amongst themselves, and then break out into a chant. The chanting is known as Horse Racing and the winner is the operator that chants the longest and the loudest! Hope you all enjoy this radio oddity.

Past few days I went to the beach and I caught this weird signal on 28666khz sounds like something military or I don't know. They mostly says letter numbers and thank you haha.

Just curious

Newby from South America here, thanks in advance!

Audio is from near the start of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams, when Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent are about to get thrown off the Vogon construction ship where they were hiding. / 📻 RSPdx and MLA-30+ fitted with a four-metre loop, used indoors, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

JRC Radio Dabanga program in Dari language from Issoudun, France on 17555 KHz at 16:25 UTC 29 OCT 2024. 1 KW received in the Pacific Northwest, USA using AirSpy HF+ Discovery with a 20 meter length end fed random wire antenna.

VMC Charleville, Queensland Australia on 8176 KHz at 12:09 UTC, 29 OCT 2024 with 1 kW. This is best listened to with headphones, where you can hear some of the frequencies announced. Received in the Pacific Northwest, USA using AirSpy HF+ Discovery with a 20 meter length end fed random wire antenna.

Coming from what location? UTC 12:50