Last weekend, it was, as usual, difficult to find a Shortwave Radiogram signal bad enough to provide a good test for our slow modes: Olivia 64-2000 and MFSK16. There were, however, a few instances of Olivia 64-2000 succeeding where the… Leer más ›

Last weekend’s experiment with Olivia 16-1000 produced results that were definitely indefinitive. In the few cases where I could find a signal bad enough to give the mode a real test, the Olivia 16-1000 did not seem any better than… Leer más ›

During this extraordinary time when COVID-19 is still in its ascendancy most places, I hope you are staying healthy. Shortwave Radiogram is a good activity during enforced isolation. And we can stay distantly social by way of email and the… Leer más ›

If you will be attending the Winter SWL Fest this weekend near Philadelphia, I look forward to seeing you there. Also a reminder about this very useful reference for new and experienced Shortwave Radiogram decoders: https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Shortwave_Radiogram_Gateway Videos of last weekend’s… Leer más ›

Today (February 13) is UNESCO’s World Radio Day. The day is not so much for radio enthusiasts, but to promote the social goals of UNESCO by way of radio. Nevertheless, it’s good to have a day that acknowledges radio. So… Leer más ›

The Winter SWL Fest will be February 27-28-29 in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania (suburban Philadelphia). Information at http://swlfest.com. I will be there to demonstrate Shortwave Radiogram, and they have invited me to be the banquet speaker (“International Broadcasting in Interesting Times”)…. Leer más ›

During the past week, WRMI was reported in 11580 kHz, replacing 15770 kHz. I was ready to change the Shortwave Radiogram transmission schedule (below), when listeners informed me that WRMI was back on 15770. In response to my email, WRMI… Leer más ›

The Shortwave Radiogram transmission schedule included with the weekly email last week contained errors. Thanks to those of you who let me know, especially Marco in Italy, who found all the errors – some involving frequencies, some involving transmitter sites…. Leer más ›

I was afraid that eventually I would lose track of Shortwave Radio program numbers. Well, It happened in last weekend’s email. I wrote that the weekend’s show number was 133, but it was, of course, 134. And this weekend it… Leer más ›

The holidays have come and gone. Rather quickly, it seems. In any case, I hope you enjoyed the festive season. Thanks for your support and friendship in 2019, and best wishes for 2020. Listeners have alerted me to a new… Leer más ›

I hope you have been enjoying this holiday week. Thank you for the decoded images from last  weekend’s Holiday Spectacular.  One of my favorites is from Al in the skip zone of Florida, 22 December 2019, during the 2330-2400 UTC… Leer más ›

By way of a holiday card, above is last weekend’s painting of the fir tree, received by Michael in the UK, 15 December 2019, 2330-2400 UTC, 7780 kHz from WRMI Florida. Thanks to all who sent  reports last weekend, with… Leer más ›

To listeners in the USA, happy Thanksgiving! Last weekend’s experiment with Persian text was interesting and mostly successful. You can see a near perfect decode via an SDR in Kuwait (close to Iran) during the Sunday 2330-2400 UTC broadcast, 7780… Leer más ›

Thanks to those you who participated in last weekend’s test of the low-but-robust modes Olivia 32-2000 and MFSk16. There were some examples (see this example) of those two modes providing good decodes when the faster MFSK32 and MFSK64 showed errors…. Leer más ›

En las últimas semanas, la recepción de Shortwave Radiogram ha sido un desafío durante algunas de las transmisiones en algunas partes del mundo.

In the Northern Hemisphere, the shift back to winter time is complete. On our WRMI frequencies, Shortwave Radiogram stays at the same UTC times, so most of you will be tuning in those broadcasts one hour earlier by local time. On WINB’s… Leer más ›