📻 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

Russian Letter Beacon K with F in the background. 20048 KHz at 04:00 UTC 29 OCT 2024. Transmitter for K is located in Peteropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and transmitter for F is located in Vladivostok. Received in the Pacific Northwest, USA using AirSpy HF+ Discovery with a 20 meter length end fed random wire antenna.

CNR8's Korean language service on 5975 KHz at 13:57 UTC 28 OCT 2024, from Beijing, China.100 kw station received from the Pacific Northwest, USA using HF+ Discovery with a 20 meter length end fed random wire antenna.

China Radio International's English language service on 9645 KHz at 12:15 UTC 28 OCT 2024, from Beijing, China. 500 kw station received in the Pacific Northwest, USA using a Sangean ATS-909 with a 20 meter length end fed random wire antenna and homebrew passive preselector. This is Sangean's second version of the ATS-909. I also own the initial version, which has a gold case, and the Radio Shack Version DX-398. I have modified this ATS-909 by replacing the weak dial illumination LEDs with brighter LEDs. Note: obviously this is not the X or X2 version.

FEBC Radio Liangyou on 9400 KHz at 10:55 UTC 28 OCT 2024, from Iba, Philippines. Cantonese language service 100 kw received in the Pacific Northwest, 19,650 km (6,618 mi), using an original Kaito KA1103 and a 20 meter length end fed random wire antenna. I'm also using my homebrew passive preselector. The Kaito was purchased in 2014 and is not the new DSP version. Please don't purchase the new version. It's a poor performer. The following photos show how to tell the radios apart. The older version has "PLL" in the logo on the front. The Degen DE1103 is the same radio as the Kaito KA1103.

Kaito KA1103 old vs new

K Russian Naval Beacon on 7039 KHz from Peteropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia at 14:00 UTC 27 OCT 2024. Received from the Pacific Northwest, USA using a vintage Drake SPR-4 receiver and a 20 meters length end fed random wire antenna.

North Korea Reform Radio 11510 KHz at 12:50 UTC 27:OCT 2024 from Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 100 kw beamed to North Korea. Received in the Pacific Northwest, USA on a vintage Drake SPR-4 receiver using a 20 meter length end fed random wire antenna.

NHK World Radio 11815 KHz at 10:18 UTC 27 OCT 2024, from Ibaragi-Koga-Yamata Japan. 300 kw station received in the Pacific Northwest using an AirSpy HF+ Discovery with a 20 meter length end fed random wire antenna.