Anything new & good in the great wasteland of SWL?
- Thread starter Omega-TI
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you mean recently, or back around 1979/80?
ka3jjz
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Nope, not quite entirely true, but it certainly is a lot less than it was before. For example check this PDF out....
http://www.dswci.org/tbmonitor/2023.pdf
Mike
Hihi, no, just the other day. My clue was a very open CB band. I also check to see if WWV's on 25 megs.you mean recently, or back around 1979/80?
Thanks, that is more than I imagined but it's bulked-up by parts of the world I considered interference rather than my DX target back in the day! ("Stupid Soviet station blocking my Bolivian!") I had no idea that R. Educacao Rural de Coari was on 60m now....I remember when then were on 120 and I recently found a QSL letter they were kind enough to send 40 years ago.
iowabassplayer
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I also hear them on 21630 in the late mornings really well here in Iowa
Here's one i like to use Short-Wave Radio Frequency Schedule for BBC in ENGLISH
For comparison here are the first two pages from the 1994 WRTH, and 1994 was itself past the peak especially for 120 and 90. (I also have the 1965 WRTH, before my time, if anyone's interested in those pages.)
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Rq17954z
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13845 at 8:00 am EST to 9:00 weekdays am world Wide Country Radio. Crystal clear signal. Almost solid music. If you like older country music very good.
Thanks, I'm not much of a country music person, but I wrote it down and will check it out tomorrow and see how it comes in on the left coast with my temporary antenna. I got your post about 10 minutes after they went off the air.
Rq17954z
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Here's another weekday broadcast 15770 at 2:30 pm est. VOA they give a daily update on Ukraine and Gaza wars pretty interesting.
GadgetGeek
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I like chasing pirate radio stations in the 6900-7000 kHz range.
Added to the list, thanks. I'm also adding these to the memory scan function of the SDRuno software. I figure once I get my favorites in there, depending on conditions and time of day I should be able to lock on to something good within seconds automagically every time.
Rq17954z
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Another interesting station 6070 this is Canadian radio, News and Talk 1010 am rebroadcast on shortwave for all the Canadians out in the remotes territories. It's on day and night. If you like to hear the news from other countries!
When I want to DX I spend more time these days listening to CB, caught guys from Louisiana and I believe Missouri yesterday...he said from the state of misery which I'm decoding as Missouri...All the way from New England.
I have the same radio. It's a great radio...there's just nothing to listen to other than preachers it seems. I mainly dig it out when I want to listen to HF aviation for the planes coming across the north Atlantic.
Maybe this is a bit off the topic, but there are a few mentions of SDR in the comments.
One of the things that has rekindled my SWL is SDR and the SDRUno and the more recent release of SDRconnect software.
I guess it is the visual spectrum and signals that I find so fascinating. Finding signals in a visual spectrum is great, then trying to use the software to hone in on that signal and get the most out of it that my set up will allow.
I have my good old Zenith Trans Oceanic, a Radio Shack DX-394, Grundig Satellit 800, and a newly acquired Zenith Trans Oceanic (an auction win I really have no idea why I bid on it, but here it is). I occasionally will fire one or two up for old time's sake but use the SDR daily now.
The SDR is open on my PC desktop, and with a MLA 30+ antenna oriented SW/NE get a decent number of signals even in my hillside location.
I use it daily and its fun to run the entire radio spectrum, wondering what a different antenna or antennas might bring my way on those sections with zero signals at present.
SDR is reasonably priced and terribly addicting, but in a good way.
One of the things that has rekindled my SWL is SDR and the SDRUno and the more recent release of SDRconnect software.
I guess it is the visual spectrum and signals that I find so fascinating. Finding signals in a visual spectrum is great, then trying to use the software to hone in on that signal and get the most out of it that my set up will allow.
I have my good old Zenith Trans Oceanic, a Radio Shack DX-394, Grundig Satellit 800, and a newly acquired Zenith Trans Oceanic (an auction win I really have no idea why I bid on it, but here it is). I occasionally will fire one or two up for old time's sake but use the SDR daily now.
The SDR is open on my PC desktop, and with a MLA 30+ antenna oriented SW/NE get a decent number of signals even in my hillside location.
I use it daily and its fun to run the entire radio spectrum, wondering what a different antenna or antennas might bring my way on those sections with zero signals at present.
SDR is reasonably priced and terribly addicting, but in a good way.
That one (can't remember the call letters) has been there for 50 years and likely much more than that. There used to be three other Canadians (Halifax, Montreal, and a 10-watt Vancouver one that was a prime DX target) but they went away long ago.
Rq17954z
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At night when the conditions are good I can receive the 740 AM station ( zoomer radio) also from Toronto much clearer than I usually get the 6070 station . The high power Am medium wave can rival the shortwave stations at night.
majoco
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CFRX Toronto 6070kHz is still there, doing its thing 24/7, can hear it sometimes down here but never very strong.
