{"id":50255,"date":"2021-09-20T06:43:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T10:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=50255"},"modified":"2021-09-20T06:45:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T10:45:42","slug":"radio-waves-is-the-titus-ii-still-alive-navajo-broadcasters-make-history-portalo-stranah-and-r-i-p-sir-clive-sinclair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/radio-waves-is-the-titus-ii-still-alive-navajo-broadcasters-make-history-portalo-stranah-and-r-i-p-sir-clive-sinclair\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Waves: Is the Titus II Still Alive, Navajo Broadcasters Make History, Portalo Stranah, and R.I.P. Sir Clive Sinclair"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Radio Waves:\u00a0 Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio<\/h2>\n

Because I keep my ear to the waves, as well as receive many tips from others who do the same, I find myself privy to radio-related stories that might interest\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0readers.\u00a0 To that end:\u00a0Welcome to the\u00a0SWLing Post\u2019s<\/em> Radio Waves<\/em>, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio.\u00a0<\/strong>Enjoy!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em> contributors Dennis Dura, Zarpo, Maxime, and the Southgate ARC for the following tips:<\/p>\n

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Is the Titus II portable Android tablet shortwave SDR close to release? (RTL-SDR)<\/a><\/h2>\n

The PatronX Titus II SDR is something we’ve been\u00a0posting about<\/a>\u00a0several times since 2016, but in the end it was never released and assumed to be vaporware. However, we\u00a0found that the\u00a0website for the Titus II SDR was updated<\/a>\u00a0only a few weeks ago, and pricing details have been added advertising $120 and $150 for two versions of the product. But on the new website there is no store, just an email link to contact sales for ordering information. We contacted that email two weeks ago for more information but have not received a reply back yet.<\/p>\n

The PantronX Titus II was advertised to be a portable Android tablet based SDR that would feature a 100 kHz – 2 GHz tuning range, and software that focuses on HF digital DRM decoding, as well as DAB on VHF. Computer rendered images show the tablet housed in a portable carry enclosure with two speakers. [Continue reading…<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Two Navajo broadcasters make history announcing D1 college football game in Navajo language (KRQE)<\/a><\/h2>\n

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) \u2013 Two men from the Navajo Nation made history at Saturday\u2019s Rio Grande Rivalry game, with a first-of-its-kind radio broadcast in Albuquerque. For the first time ever, two men from the Navajo Nation announced a D-1 college football game in the Navajo Language.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first time that the Lobos and Aggies football game here in Albuquerque is the first time it\u2019s been broadcast,\u201d said Cuyler Frank with KCZY 107.3 FM. \u201cGlen and I are the first to do it. So this is going to be the first time it\u2019s going to be on a radio station on the Navajo Nation from Albuquerque.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frank was the play-by-play commentator for Saturday\u2019s Rio Grande Rivalry game, alongside his color commentator, Glen King. Both are from the KCZY 107.3 radio station located in Crownpoint, New Mexico which broadcasts throughout the eastern part of the Navajo Nation.[Continue reading…<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Portalo Stranah: a website devoted to Russian international broadcasting<\/h2>\n

SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Maxime, writes:<\/p>\n

We offer links to the headings of our site about the history and present day of international broadcasting in Russian.<\/em>
\nhttps:\/\/portalostranah.ru\/page.php?id=page10<\/a><\/em>
\nhttps:\/\/portalostranah.ru\/page.php?id=page4<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Link to our growing audio archive of international broadcasting in Russian (will grow)<\/em>
\nhttps:\/\/portalostranah.ru\/panorama.php<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Maxim (Russia)<\/em><\/p>\n

Home computing pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair dies aged 81 (Southgate ARC)<\/a><\/h2>\n

Sir Clive Sinclair<\/strong>\u00a0died at home Thursday morning, after battling a long illness. Sinclair invented the pocket calculator but was best known for popularising the home computer, bringing it to British high-street stores at relatively affordable prices.<\/p>\n

He left school at 17 and worked for four years as a technical journalist to raise funds to found Sinclair Radionics. He then became the man behind the Sinclair Spectrum and the first computer, the Sinclair ZX-81, to retail for under a hundred dollars.<\/p>\n

Many modern-day titans of the games industry got their start on one of his ZX models. For a certain generation of gamer, the computer of choice was either the\u00a0ZX Spectrum 48K<\/strong>\u00a0or its rival, the Commodore 64.<\/p>\n

Sir Clive Sinclair, Rest in Peace.<\/p>\n

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