The big solar storm of April 23/24 certainly had an effect on the Monday 0800-0830 UTC broadcast, 5850 kHz from WRMI Florida. The signal here in northern Virginia was weak and unusable. Via SDRs in Canada and Minnesota, I heard… Leer más ›

As I type this, the windows in my office are open. Through the screen I can hear the grass-cutting machines, which seem to be a permanent feature in our neighborhood. Temperatures here in northern Virginia reached 87F/31C this week, and… Leer más ›

In Europe and North America, the moving forward of clocks for summer time is now complete. Check the schedule below, and be sure your conversions from UTC to local time are correct. This weekend’s Shortwave Radiogram includes two images of… Leer más ›

In North America, the transition to “daylight savings time” is now complete. WINB maintains its schedule on Eastern Time in the USA, so Shortwave Radiogram will be one hour earlier by UTC. The WRMI frequencies used for Shortwave Radiogram stay… Leer más ›

This is the time of year when time changes and frequency changes can complicate our shortwave listening. In most of North America, clocks will move forward one hour on Sunday, March 12. The only impact this weekend is that the… Leer más ›

Snow and ice will affect much of North America this weekend. Good luck if you and your antennas are affected. Down here in Virginia, the weather will remain boring except for higher than normal temperatures. Shortwave reception will not be… Leer más ›

Here in northern Virginia, our strange winter of higher than normal temperatures and no snow continues. Maybe we will get some winter before winter is over. All of the Shortwave Radiogram broadcasts were transmitted as scheduled last week – except… Leer más ›