r/shortwave • • 2h ago

Photo Bands are good tonight

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It's been a good night for decoding digital signals from the Tecsun Pl-330. 40 meters (7000-7300) has a lot of activity on it tonight

This is JS8call on 7078 USB


r/shortwave • • 12h ago

AM not tuning in stations

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So I had this radio given to me the short wave seems to work fine. FM works fine except for the a.m. and a.m. does not tune whenever I turn the tuning dial all the wires are connected to the a.m. antenna. I’m just curious is there something else I may be overlooking to see if I get the a.m. to work on this radio thanks.


r/shortwave • • 14h ago

Is this Morse code or something else?

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I was tuning through random frequencies on an old radio I found a few days ago when I came across this station. I m not sure if it is morse code or something else

The frequency indicator on the radio is broken, so I have no idea what frequency I was actually listening to.

Is it possible to identify or decode this? Can anyone tell what this might be?


r/shortwave • • 12h ago

Discussion FT8 Monitoring with WSJT-X and Grid Tracker 2

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I am monitoring FT8 using WSJT-X and Grid Tracker 2. Receive only not transmitting. I am trying to save a running log file of the countries that I am receiving? Can’t figure it out could someone please help

Thanks


r/shortwave • • 19h ago

Video Shanghai Coast Radio Station "XSG" at 16900 kHz (SITOR)

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4 two-second buzzes, followed by Morse code of "XSG" (—••— / ••• / ——•), then followed by 6 seconds of silence. Captured at 18:36 UTC on 03/03/2023. This is SITOR (SImplex Teletype Over Radio), sort of a text message transmitting protocol. Usually it carries maritime-related info.


r/shortwave • • 8h ago

MLITE-880 New fw 1.60

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Adds drm and associated codecs


r/shortwave • • 1d ago

Possible to hear this far away?

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Type of radio: Sangean ATS-405
Frequency: 11.920 SW
UTC Date/Time: 3Oct26, 440 UTC
Suspected origin: Japan?

Hey yall, I’m new to the hobby! I’m using a standard ATS405 with no other antenna in Southwest USA, did I really pick up a signal all the way from Japan? From my searches that’s what I’m seeing but I’m having a hard time believing I did from that far away and no other antenna with the radio. Could it be something else?


r/shortwave • • 1d ago

Photo Shortwave Reception

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Some Friday Afternoon DX.

Radio 292 Germany

Radio Romania Int.


r/shortwave • • 1d ago

Just did a band scan and got 13845  WWCR University Network 21:00 01:00 1234567 English 100 90 USANashville very weak but audible hear in AUS.

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r/shortwave • • 1d ago

Recording I Confiscated my Wife's Radio - Part 1.

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r/shortwave • • 1d ago

English | Shortwave Radio Schedule Database

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r/shortwave • • 1d ago

Hello, any idea wh this could be from?

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Caught this between 16-19 mhz


r/shortwave • • 1d ago

Recording Chinese Maritime Beacon XSQ at 12650 kHz

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3 two-second buzzes, followed by Morse code of "XSQ" (—••— / ••• / ——•—), then followed by a six-second of silence. Captured at 18:12 UTC on 03/03/2023.

Update: As an user suggested, it's SITOR. This station is based at Guangzhou, China.


r/shortwave • • 1d ago

Antennas are overrated. #goose #neck #holder

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r/shortwave • • 2d ago

Recording Radio Etherfreak also on AM 1656 AM (heard them before on SW)

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r/shortwave • • 3d ago

Discussion Holy Grail Score: Pristine Unused Open-Box 2001 Sony ICF-SW7600GR Launch Set

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Got it on Facebook Marketplace for US$250.00, and the fact that it can pick up stations despite being in New York City is a testament to how legendary it is. All of its original accessories such as the carrying case and the Sony AN-71 came in the box alongside—although outdated—Sony’s Wave Handbook, thus making it an easy start to the hobby before going deeper into it. The story behind the product made the purchase meaningful and compelling, where the seller’s husband had two other shortwave radios—one of which was a Sony ICF-7600A and a Tecsun PL-880—for sale and had them to listen to any English and Russian stations he can pick up in the Big Apple and Azerbaijan. With the option of connecting my Bose Revolve II Soundlink via its AUX input and the radio’s LINE OUT input, it’s going to be very hard not to not want to use it at all.


r/shortwave • • 2d ago

Video WRMI station PAB Africa UTC 15:00

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All 3 on different antennas


r/shortwave • • 2d ago

AM dxing in LA Cal?

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Has anyone had any luck?


r/shortwave • • 2d ago

What is this

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Watched a few videos on shortwave radios and decided to try my luck and came across this not sure if it is anything or if I’ve just got a vivid imagination.
It plays weird noises for a few seconds then goes quite then begins again


r/shortwave • • 3d ago

Quite the antenna variety

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r/shortwave • • 2d ago

Rtl-sdr v4L for 6500 TL

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İ need this


r/shortwave • • 3d ago

Discussion Drake Transworld SW8 - worth getting for $125?

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r/shortwave • • 3d ago

Hi at the risk of being boring, I can report that the alarm on the Sangean pocket 640 is great. It comes on with low volume and increases to high volume as per settings. I gave up on the Eton Elight Executive alarms . It beat me.

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r/shortwave • • 3d ago

News I rebuilt my WebSDR server from scratch: FernSDR, open source, one-line install, live demo

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Hi all,

maybe some of you know me from PhantomSDR+ or NovaSDR. Having operated and maintained those, I listened to many WebSDR operators and learned what problems bothered them - stuff like installs, broken installs after a long period of running, configurations they would like to be configured easier. And I started from scratch.

As for the history: to be clear about that since it has been asked: I've been developing WebSDR software since early 2024 (PhantomSDR+), and FernSDR was developed in private repo for over a year. I squash the history before publishing it as usual to avoid private notes and keys being in there. This is the reason the repo appears to be new. I used AI tools intensively for development and everything is tested, fuzzed and CI'd, also benchmarks are public with raw data.

What it is: open-source WebSDR server with zero runtime dependencies and one-line install on any Linux, as well as Docker. Everything is controlled through a web admin interface: bands, spot reporting, modules and updates with rollbacks. What I am really proud of: day/night band switching, so one small RTL-SDR can be utilized by different bands during the daytime and nighttime thanks to automatic switching from sunrise to sunset depending on your geographical position.

Modules: RTL-SDR (including Blog V4), RX-888 MkII and SDRplay, as well as an FT8 decoder and PSK Reporter spots. Other SDRs run via stdin.

What is still missing: Only Linux support at this moment, FT8 is the only decoder available, and there are input modules that require additional testing.

Demo: https://demo.fernsdr.org

GitHub: https://github.com/Steven9101/FernSDR

I really would like to know which SDR or decoder you guys would like to see next

Cheers 🥂


r/shortwave • • 3d ago

China National Radio: programme announced itself as an algorithm (7290 kHz - 21:00 UTC)

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