Unrelated to Shortwave Radiogram, we had  some excitement the early morning of June 14. About 3:00 am, I heard a commotion in the house. It involved our cat Ollie. He was chasing a moth, I assumed. Gazing into the darkness:… Leer más ›

Due to family activities (again), Shortwave Radiogram program 257 will be broadcast 26-31 May 2022 and repeated 2-7 June. Because of the complexity of uploading the programs to WINB and WRMI, the easiest solution in these situations to repeat a show from… Leer más ›

This weekend, we in the northeast USA will get our first taste of hot weather. Temperatures will be in the mid-90s F, or about 35C. We will quickly find out if our air conditioning keeps the radios and PCs cool… Leer más ›

We return to a new, non-repeat show this weekend. Thanks to Mitch @Plano26 and Al @WD4AH_Al for monitoring the @SWRadiogram Twitter account last weekend. A video of Shortwave Radiogram, program 254, is provided by Scott in Ontario (29 April, 1300 UTC). The… Leer más ›

As if last weekend were not confusing enough, with the beginning of the A22 shortwave frequency season, and the European time change, we were surprised by some last-minute changes to WRMI’s times for Shortwave Radiogram. WRMI now has a customer… Leer más ›

This will be complex weekend. On March 27, most of Europe turns clocks ahead for Summer Time. And, same date, the A22 shortwave frequency season begins. Most Shortwave Radiogram frequencies stay with UTC, so for most Europeans, the show will… Leer más ›

The time change process begins this weekend. Most people in North America will move their clocks forward at 0200 local on March 13. For VOA Radiogram, this means Sunday transmissions on WRMI will be one hour later by local time… Leer más ›

Shortwave is in the news. Russia is blocking or restricting news organizations that depend on internet-based media. In Ukraine, news via the internet is increasingly unavailable due to destruction of infrastructure. Radio is attempting to fill filling the gaps, including… Leer más ›

Now that Russia has commenced hostilities against Ukraine, media and communications in, from and to the region will be interesting to observe. The SDRs in eastern Europe have been busy today. We can expect internet disruptions, which should create some… Leer más ›

The 80th anniversary of the Voice of America is celebrated this month. An amateur radio radio special event will take place this weekend, February 19 and 20, involving three stations: W3V at or near the VOA headquarters in Washington. W8O… Leer más ›

Thank you if you tuned in and decoded last weekend’s Ukrainian text, even, if like most of us you have no Ukrainian. The highlight was a 100% decode of the Ukrainian text as received by an SDR in Ukraine. This… Leer más ›

You may have read about the snow in the Washington DC area. The heavy wet snow on January 3, with additional freezing after dark, left many vehicles stranded on Interstate 95, the main highway south of Washington, some for 24… Leer más ›

Merry Christmas, if you are celebrating. And no matter what you might be celebrating this weekend, try to tune in to an unusually festive edition of Shortwave Radiogram.There will be 18 images in MFSK. Each one will be the same… Leer más ›

The autumn leaves have almost all fallen here. The leaves have been raked to the street, where the county vacuum truck will pick them up eventually. That’s the event that indicates the winter has arrived in our neighborhood. At least… Leer más ›

Happy Thanksgiving to listeners in the United States. No Thanksgiving is complete without tuning in and decoding Shortwave Radiogram. You can do this Friday at 0030-0100 UTC (Thursday 1930 EST, 1830 CST, 1730 MST, 1630 PST) on 9265 kHz from… Leer más ›

One more reminder that WRMI (on its frequencies used for Shortwave Radiogram) has, since the North American time changed, stayed with UTC for its program schedule. So, for most of Europe and North America, Shortwave Radiogram is one hour earlier… Leer más ›

Most of North America will move clocks back one hour on November 7. Europe did its time change last weekend. (One of our news item this week is about what we in North America call “daylight saving time.”) On the… Leer más ›

If you are participating in Halloween festivities this weekend, have a good a safe time. This weekend, most of Europe will change clocks back one hour. This Sunday (31 October), transmissions via WRMI will be one hour earlier by European… Leer más ›

This weekend’s Shortwave Radiogram was almost a replay of last week’s Shortwave Radiogram. The hard disk drive on my PC is in the process of failing, working only intermittently, and triggering “S.M.A.R.T. status bad” warnings on boot-up. Fortunately, Windows 10… Leer más ›