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A community dedicated to shortwave radio broadcasters, experimenters, and listeners.

A community dedicated to shortwave radio broadcasters, experimenters, and listeners.

Other bands of radio are allowed to, but this is primarily a shortwave subreddit. Always and forever.

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CRI in Russian, 15445 kHz, 0407 UTC on Oct. 25

Good to very reception at time of recording and the signal has improved a little since then.

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

4 Comments
2024/10/25
04:35 UTC

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RNZ Pacific, 17675 kHz, 0420 UTC on Oct. 25

A bit of fading resulting in variable reception ranging from marginal to very good. Not bad given frequency and time of day.

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

1 Comment
2024/10/25
04:32 UTC

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Hey I'm new here but I want to share something that I found odd. I was using my grundig yacht boy 400pe and tried to find russian radio frequencies but I failed for some time, but then I got a weird noise coming from around 4770 kHz (I don't exactly know but somewhere around that kHz) 3

5 Comments
2024/10/25
00:43 UTC

47

It’s all good!

New radio for listening: Tecsun S-2200x on the test bench.

6 Comments
2024/10/24
22:15 UTC

1

Big Band and Classic Song nite November 09/2024

2 Comments
2024/10/24
19:40 UTC

1

Skywave schedules app, question

I'd like to install this app but it says that my phone is not compatible with this app, however I have downloaded it previously...any reason why this has changed?

3 Comments
2024/10/24
19:21 UTC

5

Tecsun PL-330 alternatives?

Just compared my Tecsun PL-330 with quite old non-DSP Tecsun PL-600 and was a little disappointed with the sensitivity and SSB capability of the PL-330, comparing to PL-600.

Given this experience, I'm looking to upgrade my PL-330. Can anyone recommend a portable receiver that matches or exceeds the PL-600's reception quality, but in a form factor somewhere between the PL-330 and PL-600? Ideally, I'd like the best of both worlds - the PL-600's performance and DSP-stuff in a more compact package.

17 Comments
2024/10/24
19:08 UTC

8

Radio Poland External Service (1386 kHz, October 23rd 2024.)

10 Comments
2024/10/24
14:35 UTC

3

VOA Thailand

Voice of America, Udon Thani, Thailand in Chinese, at 12:05 UTC 24 OCT 2024. 250 kw received in the Pacific Northwest, USA at 11,735 km (7,292 mi) using AirSpy HF+ Discovery, 20 m end fed random wire antenna.

{Map}(https://imgur.com/a/MldWcss)

2 Comments
2024/10/24
12:45 UTC

2

40m Pirate, received in UK but could be heard on the European online SDRs. I Just wonder where else it was heard and what he's saying, if anyone can translate?

1 Comment
2024/10/24
05:11 UTC

46

Happy with that..

252 kilometres on MW during the day.. Really good signal

19 Comments
2024/10/24
05:10 UTC

2

Grundig G5 sound issue

I recently bought a used grundig G5. Everything worked great at first, but today the audio is so quiet it's almost imperceptible. I plugged in headphones and the issues was the same through them. Any help would be appreciated thanks in advance!

3 Comments
2024/10/24
03:29 UTC

3

CRI 17640 KHz

China Radio International's English language service at 01:50 UTC, 24 OCT 2024, from Kashi-salbagh, China. 10,385 km (6,453 mi) from my location in the Pacific Northwest, USA. AirSpy HF+ Discovery/SDR#, 20 meters end fed random wire antenna.

Map/distance

0 Comments
2024/10/24
02:44 UTC

24

Radio Romania - clear reception in NC Florida - MLA-30+ into Sangean ATS-909X2

1 Comment
2024/10/24
02:29 UTC

10

Radio Romania 🇷🇴 on both

ATS25 long wire other Active Loop

2 Comments
2024/10/24
00:46 UTC

14

Pirate music staion of the beast 6660kHz

Right now. 19:16 UTC heard in Sweden. SINPO 35253. Can barely make out it is music.

2 Comments
2024/10/23
19:19 UTC

5

Antenna got loose

My Sony SW7600G antenna got loose off the socket. It doesn’t seem broken but the bottom stainless steel part is still attached to the radio with a screw. The entire antenna assembly could be removed from the radio when I opened the radio casing. Is there a way to firmly re attach the antenna to the stainless steel socket?  At this time, I can still push it into the socket and extending it but it’s wobbly, and I wonder if my radio reception would be severely degraded with loose contact?

https://preview.redd.it/qn0keyp6ujwd1.jpg?width=1593&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d3db7a00d5a57172b26fd2be4a77c0f1581b9901

https://preview.redd.it/n1jvg2q6ujwd1.jpg?width=2983&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d0d64f749a44559c92ff58d1df14cd2f446fe7b7

Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

21 Comments
2024/10/23
18:29 UTC

10

Local 2meter Ham on WT port

Minneapolis Minnesota for those that have similar radios

1 Comment
2024/10/23
14:27 UTC

1

Raddy RF919 - Bass/Treble/Tone

Does this radio have bass, treble, tone controls?

7 Comments
2024/10/23
13:21 UTC

24

Bought at a second hand store

Would this work in sdr

23 Comments
2024/10/23
09:33 UTC

12

R. Nikkei 1

Radio Nikkei 1, Chiba-nagara, Japan. 6055 KHz, 50 KW, 09:05 UTC, 23 OCT 2924. AirSpy HF+ Discovery/SDR#, 20 Meters length end fed random wire antenna. Listeners location: Pacific Northwest 129 km inland from Pacific Ocean.

2 Comments
2024/10/23
09:18 UTC

6

R. Exterior De Espana

Radio Exterior De Espana, Noblejas, Spain on 17885 KHz at 21:03 UTC. Heavy fading on marginal signal. I'm located in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Antenna 20 meter end fed random wire to homebrew passive preselector, to Retekess TR110.

Distance

0 Comments
2024/10/22
21:38 UTC

2

Grundig G6 stopped receiving

My G6 appears to be fully functional, lights, jog wheel and display all work. I just get static on all bands even local AM and FM stations. I’d guess bad caps in the receiver but it’s all surface mount. Any ideas?

1 Comment
2024/10/22
20:42 UTC

40

What's going on here

28 Comments
2024/10/22
19:52 UTC

55

Caught KBS interval and station i.d. from Idaho USA. 1559 utc 22 Oct 2024. 9740 kHz.

JRC NRD-545 DSP reciever, Wellbrook ALA1530LNPro loop antenna.

7 Comments
2024/10/22
16:29 UTC

18

Attention Shortwave Railfans! CTRN 5

1 Comment
2024/10/22
13:44 UTC

221

Gramp's old Grundig ended up working, and now I have access to all the shortwave I could ever need. Really feeling the 70s in my amber shooting glasses and fringe jacket now.

19 Comments
2024/10/22
00:34 UTC

2

A small portable radio for my tea box

I'm building a tea set and camp stove into a Stanley lunch box. I'd really like to include a small radio, am/FM/short wave/anything else I can get, that either has a magnet that I can stick on the outside of the lunch box, or that I can put magnets on/in to do the same.

Small, light, capable, and affordable, and if the magnets might interfere with workings or antennas, I'd love your input.

32 Comments
2024/10/22
00:24 UTC

2

Follow-up about logging QSOs on MacOS.

Hoping to hear from other RUMlogNG users out there.

Context/background info:

Am running SDRConnect on my MacBook, which "feeds" FT8 signals to WSJT-X for decode and RUMlogNG gets "fed" by WSJT-X.

What seems to be the most important window when you're monitoring stuff is the "DX Spots", that has a "Notes" column with very important information. Thing is, when I double-click on a listed QSO to transfer it to the main logging window, the "Notes" aren't transferred.

According to the software's website, it is possible to transfer the note:

"A double click on a spot transfers the callsign, frequency, mode, and the note (optional) to the main logging window if it is visible. A double click on the frequency column tunes your radio and sends the data to the log entry section!"

But for the life of me, I cannot find the option to copy the note over.

Methinks it would be a good thing to include when sending out a QSO to get a QSL. So, anyone to point me the obvious answer that is staring me in the face?

Thanks in advance.

0 Comments
2024/10/21
23:39 UTC

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