Hello friends If you tune in to the WINB transmissions this weekend, the program preview is missing asterisks denoting images after each of the two news stories. Those are in addition to the seven images at the end of the… Leer más ›

Hello friends As I type this, I am hearing what the meteorologists on the radio refer to «an occasional rumble of thunder.» I’m sure it won’t last, on this otherwise beautiful day. Days such as this, not too hot with… Leer más ›

Hello friends The worst of the solar disturbances are past us, for now, although shortwave propagation remains fickle. Let’s hope that the ionosphere cooperates for this week’s show. There will be eleven images, 1 x MFSK32 and 10 x MFSK64…. Leer más ›

Hello friends The recent intense solar activity has certainly made shortwave reception «interesting.» Most Shortwave Radiogram broadcasts were affected to some degree, but all the broadcasts were audible at least some place. As usual, our MFSK32 text performed well in… Leer más ›

Hello friends If you are in the USA. I hope you were not inconvenienced (or worse) by the bands of severe weather the moved across the country during the past few days. Here in the Washington DC area, we have… Leer más ›

Hello friends, In last week’s email, I wrote «It will be hot enough, soon enough.» Well, as I type this, it is 90°F/32°C in Arlington, Virginia. And we obstinately have not turned on our house’s air conditioning. The AC is… Leer más ›

Hello friends, An active sun has resulted in some recent disruptions to shortwave propagation. Generally Shortwave Radiogram has been lucky in sidestepping these events, so let’s hope this pattern holds up. And while solar activity can cause brief dropouts on… Leer más ›

Hello friends, If you were close enough to its path, I hope you had a view of the April 8th eclipse. Even if clouds obscured the sun, the brief presence of darkness during the day is quite a phenomenon. I… Leer más ›

Hello friends There are no transmissions of Shortwave Radiogram during the time of the solar eclipse on April 8. But that might be an interesting time to listen shortwave or even medium wave radio. The theory is that frequencies usually… Leer más ›