RECEIVING ANTENNAS The K9FD Receiving Loop The Answer To Suburban DXing On the Low Bands – by K9FD Editor’s note: Merv Schweigert, K9FD, has been working jusl about everything on the 40, 80 and 160 meter band” this season. In this article he shares some of his experiences with receiving antennas. lf you live on…
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MARITIME NETS – On Maritime Frequencies
I can’t verify if these info are still valid and in use. I stored here for reference. Atlantic Weather – Controller Herb Hilgenberg – Callsign SOUTHBOUND TWO Time Area Frequencies Chan No 2000-2200Z Atlantic/Caribbean Weather 12359 kHz 12C 1940-2000 Check IN 12359 kHz 12C Caribbean SSB Weather Net – Controller Dave Time Area Frequencies 1230-1300…
Numbers Stations
1. Introduction Sooner or later every Shortwave Listener will hear them, the Number Stations: rarely letter-groups are read by a synthezised male or female voice, are keyed in Morse code or are sent in digital mode. All transmissions start with an identifier/call, usually a 3-figure group, repeated several times. The following figure-groups specify the decryption…
Scanning Osnabrueck
I’m in Osnabrueck north germany and playing with my RtlSdr dongle scanning VHF
SDR on your Android Galaxy S3
IW5EIJ Leonardo, yesterday night showed me a nice App running on Android, named SDR Touch. Connecting the Samsung Galaxy S3 to the RTLSDR dongle will turn your smartphone into a nice wide band receiver. Leonardo is however experiencing an unwanted and unexpected phone vibration during reception. Could not gave him any hint since, I don’t…
Libya Crisis Frequencies
Odyssey Dawn operation in Libya can be followed on some of most popular military frequencies, but we know that all important communications are encripted and use satellite. So dont’ expect to hear any interesting communication. If you are looking for frequencies, there are some Yahoo Groups devoted to this kind of informations, but even some…