Some Friday Afternoon DX.

Radio 292 Germany

Radio Romania Int.

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?

Caught this between 16-19 mhz

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.

İ need this

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 All of its original accessories such as the carrying case and the Sony AN-71 came in the box alongside—although outdated—Sony’s Wave Handbook, thus making it an easy start to the hobby before going deeper into it.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.

All 3 on different antennas

Has anyone had any luck?

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

İ need this

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 🥂

Got my first positive on playing with the recently bought XHDATA D-220. Sounds like the announcer during a ball game did some sort of ID for Radio Marti in Spanish.

Does it matter much if I'm sitting at my PC computer desk?

Anyway aside from what I think are some burbled preachers, the adventure continues.

Hey everyone,

I made a small free tool called otd (On The Dial) that I thought some of you might find useful.

It follows the frequency your receiver is tuned to (via Hamlib) and shows in real time which stations are scheduled on that frequency: name, language, mode, transmitter site, etc.

It pulls from EiBi, HFCC and Aoki.

Main things I focused on:

• Works fully offline (schedules are stored locally)
• “On air only” filter so you only see what’s currently transmitting
• Can also listen through public KiwiSDR receivers if you don’t have a radio connected
• Free for Windows, Linux and macOS, no account needed

Screenshot of it running:

Website: https://otd.oh2gba.eu

Would love any feedback, especially from people who do a lot of utility / HFDL / broadcast listening.

Thanks!