Frans improves connections to his Hurricane Transmitter

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Frans Goddijn, who writes:

Here’s a little follow up on what I did earlier with the little Hurricane transmitter.

Click here to view on YouTube.

Before I had an ‘indirect’ connection between antenna-OUT of the transmitter and the radio as I had two insulated wires , one from the transmitter, one from the radio, taped close to one another.

Now I first tried a direct coax cable from transmitter-OUT antenna to receiver-IN antenna. That worked well if I took care to not amplify the incoming signal too much.

Next I made a one-off three-way antenna switch into an all-three-way connector.

Then I sent sound/music (by Joe Frank) from the iPhone to the transmitter, to all three radios.

I first listened to each radio and in the end had all three playing the sound.

A pleasant way to listen to some of my favourites!

Best regards,

Frans

I love this, Frans! And what a great music selection to test the new setup! Thank you for sharing, OM.

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SDRconnect: SDRplay’s New Multi-Platform Application now available to download as a preview

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Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post contributors who’ve noted that SDRplay’s new multi-platform SDR application, SDRconnect, is now available to download as a preview!

Click here for more information and to download and to download directly from SDRplay.

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Carlos’ illustrated listening reports of Typhoon Khanun from Okinawa and KBS

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares his radio log art from two recent reports and a radiofax.

Good morning, Thomas.
My radio activity on August 10, 2023.

Attached are two illustrated listening reports about Typhoon Khanun: one from Okinawa Fishery radio station and the other from KBS World Radio.

Okinawa Fishery

Here is the audio via YouTube:

KBS World Radio

Here is the audio via YouTube:

Radiofax


Also attached a typhoon warning issued yesterday by South Korean meteorology agency via radiofax at 05h00 UTC and received in Porto Alegre. Signal wasn’t good, therefore image arrived with poor quality. Even though, it’s possible to notice the map of Korea and the path of Typhoon Lan, now a tropical storm.

Thank you so much for documenting these broadcasts, Carlos, and sharing them with us in the SWLing Post community!

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Alan Roe’s A23 season guide to music on shortwave (version 5.0)

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alan Roe, who shares his A-23 (version 5.0) season guide to music on shortwave. Alan provides this amazing resource as a free PDF download:

Click here to download Music on Shortwave A-23 v5 (PDF)

As always, thank you for sharing your excellent guide, Alan!

This dedicated page will always have the latest version of Alan’s guide available for download.

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An exotic bird flew into a supermarket…

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Hi to all our radio friends in SWLing Post land, Fastradioburst23 here hoping to not ruffle any feathers with news about Imaginary Stations on the radio this Sunday 13th August 2023. The first show will be beamed to Europe via the services of Shortwave Gold in Germany at 2000 utc on 6160 khz and will feature our feathered friends with WREN. We will bring you some bird related classics and birdsong. Binoculars and a note-pad are mandatory for this broadcast.

Then later at 2200 hrs UTC on 9395 kHz  via WRMI we have a back to school special edition of KMRT. This show is part of the ongoing “Supermarkets on Shortwave” events and we will do our best to have as many centre aisle and Blue Light specials as we possibly can. The broadcast will also feature a Supermarket Security Guard Choir and the National Greengrocer’s Association with a fruit juggling exhibition (*subject to availability). Tune in for a “once in a lifetime” experience. For more information on the shows please email [email protected] and check out our old shows here.

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Carlos’ E-QSL card from JFX Kagoshima

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Carlos Latuff, who writes: 

I got an e-QSL card (see above) from Kagoshima fishery radio station, related to the Radiofax (below) I received on August 2, 2023, at 22h UTC, on 8658 kHz USB, here in Porto Alegre:

That’s just brilliant, Carlos! I didn’t even realize that JFX still issued QSL cards. Thanks so much for sharing this!

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Shortwave Modernization Petition: FCC declines request to extend comment period

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares this news from Radio World:

FCC Declines Request to Extend Comment Period on Shortwave Modernization Petition

A request by the Shortwave Modernization Coalition (SMC) for the FCC to amend its rules to allow fixed, long-distance, non-voice communications above 2 MHz and below 25 MHz has drawn a lot of interest, with 800 comments from observers being filed in the last 30 days. The proposal has drawn concerns from advocates for amateur radio.

However, the FCC decided not to extend the comment filing docket deadline, even after several groups requested it do so. Comments for RM-11953 were due July 31. Reply comments are welcome until Aug. 15. The proposal has drawn concerns from advocates for amateur radio.

The FCC’s Office of Managing Director in June asked for comments on the SMC proposal. It seeks to use multiple bands within the high frequency 2-25 MHz range for the transmission of time-sensitive data from fixed stations. The proposal would prohibit voice transmission and mobile operations. While the proposal excludes amateur bands, high power operations on immediately adjacent spectrum allocated to the Amateur Radio Service are being proposed. [Continue reading…]

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