In our part of the world, summer weather is here. We usually keep the air conditioning off as long as possible, but, finally, it was necessary today. Upstairs, where I produce Shortwave Radiogram, the effort of the AC is, at… Leer más ›

I’m not a fan of too much sunlight, such as what we are experiencing now in the Northern Hemisphere. Still, it might create some interesting propagation between our Northern Hemisphere transmitters and receivers in the Southern Hemisphere, where sunlight is… Leer más ›

As a retired bureaucrat, I prefer to play radio. But occasionally I get involved in the debate about US international broadcasting, as in my recent opinion piece in The Hill. It’s a sequel to another piece in The Hill back… Leer más ›

Occasionally a Shortwave Radiogram is especially difficult to produce due to errors and technical difficulties. This weekend’s show (program 152) is one of them. To make everything fit into 29 minutes, 30 seconds, I had to eliminate the final paragraphs… Leer más ›

For some of the Shortwave Radiogram transmissions last weekend,propagation was difficult. On other transmissions, reception was great. We can declare success if 90% of the MFSK32 text decodes correctly. That will often happen even under very difficult reception conditions. Videos… Leer más ›

Please note that The Mighty KBC returns to its summer frequency of 9925 kHz this weekend, Sunday 0000-0200 UTC, or Saturday 8-10 pm EDT. The 9925 kHz frequency is from a transmitter in Nauen, Germany. Dave and Eric present rare… Leer más ›

I hope this finds you well and avoiding the COVID-19 and any other viruses that might be lurking. With most of us spending most of our time at home, radio and the various radio-associated hobbies and pastimes are a good… Leer más ›

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 ›