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Bob F, Thanks for the links!. Old time radio shows are a nice alternative to current Hollywood "entertainment" . Apparently Superman was not bi-sexual then. Red Skelton was a comic genius.

Patrick I didn't try to operate on the Ham bands yesterday. I did find lots of shortwave transmit and AM broadcast stations yesterday.... I stayed up till 3:00 AM.

I have seen propagation just seem to turn itself off in the past though. 3 or 4 years ago there were a few days when I thought my coax must have gotten cut. We have a gentleman in our local club that has been licensed for 60 years now. He has kept a schedule contact with a friend most of those years. Charles said that the bottom of cycle 24 was the worst he had ever seen.

I'm really glad cycle 25 is showing more promise. I know some people have a Zen like understanding of propagation conditions. I hope Denton will join in here. I just got a PM from him saying that he is getting his antenna problems sorted out.

My favorite Ham radio activity is round tables where a group of people find a frequency that works for all the stations and then have an informal conversation. IIRC Denton is in Utah. You and I should be able to work him daytime on 20 Meters pretty easy.

thanks for info. looking at picking up a radio

brake one-nine, this heres the duck

Sadly I wasn't making up the part about the current Superman's sexual proclivities

https://www.breitbart.com/entertain...ng-for-the-rights-of-gay-people-in-iran/

I'm going to be listening to a lot of old time radio shows.

Yeah, it sucks. The world has gone mad but I think most folks here already realize that.

Anyway, here's some OTR (Old Time Radio) online streaming sites that I thought you might enjoy. Yeah, it's not over-the-air radio but at least it's old time radio shows.

Conyers Old Time Radio
Streaming the Widest Variety of Programs from the 1930s, 40s and 50s!
Conyers, Georgia
https://www.conyersradio.net/

The Antioch Broadcasting Network (ABN)
Antioch, Illinois
https://radio.macinmind.com/

Bygolly Old Time Radio
https://www.bygolly.com/

Classic Radio Theater
https://www.classicradio.stream/

Cheers! Bob F.

Thank you Bob! I walked around doing chores today streaming http://wtww.us/ old time radio with my phone. I might start saving some money buying less Audible content.

Radio360.eu offers you Podcasts with content by radio-stations from around the globe. You can access these programs by using your favourite "pod-catching"-software, your default web-browser or listen to the programs by using the player directly on our site.
English language podcasts:
http://www.radio360.eu/index.php/english-podcasts


English language news podcasts for October 13, 2021 from the following sources:


Taiwan – Radio Taiwan International
RTI is the public external broadcaster from Taiwan (Republic of Taiwan). It is broadcasting in various languages, including English, Chinese, French, German and Spanish. Radio Taiwan International can be heard with its one-hour programs online and on shortwave-frequencies with cultural reports, daily news, commentaries and music-shows.
http://www.radio360.eu/podcasts/en/tw/rti/20211013_0600.mp3

Mongolia – Voice of Mongolia
The Voice of Mongolia is the country's offical state broadcasting service in foreign languages. It broadcasts in English, Mongolian, Russian, Japanese and Chinese via shortwave transmitters and the internet for eight hours per day. The very first broadcast of "Radio Ulaanbaatar" was transmitted in 1964, the English service was launched one year after that. In 1997 the station was renamed "Voice of Mongolia".
http://www.radio360.eu/podcasts/en/mn/vom/20211013_1930.mp3

Cuba – Radio Habana Cuba
Radio Habana Cuba is the official foreign-language broadcasting station of Cuba's state broadcaster. It is broadcasting daily in English using online-streaming, local FM transmitters in Cuba and shortwave frequencies for an international audience.
http://www.radio360.eu/podcasts/en/cu/rhc/20211013_2100.mp3

Slovakia – Radio Slovakia International
RSI is part of Slovakia's public broadcasting station. It is broadcasting in various languages from Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. RSI can be heard in Bratislava on DAB+ and FM and in other regions on DTT (DVB-T) as well as online and in the US and Europe on shortwave-frequencies.
http://www.radio700.info/podcasts/en/sk/rsi/20211013_1830.mp3

Romania – Radio Romania International
Radio Romania International (RRI) is the external service of Romania's public broadcaster. It is broadcasting online, via satellite radio as well as via digital and analogue shortwave-frequencies and broadcasts news and cultural reports as well as sports and music programmes to an international audience. Furthermore, RRI also broadcasts in other languages like German, French, Spanish and Russian.
http://radio360.eu/podcasts/en/ro/rri/20211013_1900.mp3

Poland – Polish Radio External Service
The external service of the public service-broadcaster of Poland is broadcasting in English language seven days per week. It is available via satellite, live-streaming and locally on DAB+ in Poland. It brings its listeners news, reports and cultural programs from Warsaw.
http://www.radio360.eu/podcasts/en/pl/pr/20211013_1400.mp3

Czech Republic – Radio Prague
Radio Prague is part of the Czech Republic's public broadcasting station CRo. It broadcasts news, reports and cultural programmes from Prague and is available online, to the US on shortwave-frequencies from a transmitter in Miami and locally on FM in Prague.
http://www.radio360.eu/podcasts/en/cz/prague/20211013_1500.mp3

Albania – Radio Tirana
Radio Tirana is part of Albania's public broadcaster RTSH and broadcasts in English six times per week. Radio Tirana brings its listeners news, reports and music from Albania. The station is available also through online live-streaming.
http://www.radio700.info/podcasts/en/al/tirana/20211013_1800.mp3

Cheers! Bob F.

Good deal! I really enjoy WTWW.

Taiwan is going to be interesting to listen to.

I’ve got a solo hunting trip upcoming in the Adirondacks. Regular radio reception is very thin and forget about streaming anything on the cell phone. I think a shortwave radio may be just the ticket. The nights are long when it’s dark by 5 pm. Anyone got recommendations for under $100?

Techsun PL 380 works for me. I use it in the same way you are suggesting.

Can you listen to numbers stations on a shortwave set?

Damn, you should have said Hello, that was me!

Yes, but the only one I've ever received in about 4 years of listening is Cuba's HM01 station. I'm in Houston and, of course, Cuba isn't that far away (for shortwave radio). But, I must add that I don't really actively search for them with my radios.

Numbers stations websites:
https://www.numbers-stations.com/
https://priyom.org/number-stations

SWLing.com
Your guide to shortwave radio listening, news and shortwave radio reviews
https://www.swling.com/




Bob F.

This isn't an exhaustive list, but it'll get you pointed in the right direction.

https://www.swling.com/Radios.htm#PortableRadios

If you're new to shortwave radio listening, be sure to also look around on that site.

Cheers! Bob F.

Space Weather News 10.11.2021
"A lot of exciting things are happening this week. We have a solar storm on its way to Earth now! It should hit later today and bring with it a good chance for aurora at mid-latitudes. It all started with region 2882 firing an M1.6-flare back on October 9, during which it launched a gorgeous full-halo eruption.  This solar storm has been driving a shockwave and a weak solar radiation storm that may impact amateur radio propagation and GPS reception over the next few days."
posted to YouTube on Oct 11, 2021
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About Tamitha Skov:
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Cheers! Bob F.

I did that for a while...I like AM ...get stuff I can understand...lol

Read the comments section, looks like there were some firm ware glitches last year but radios shipping now are fixed. so do research before you buy. Looks like about 80.00.

I just received the Tecsun H501 today. This is their flagship model but I have to say when hooked up to may base station antennas the receive is good enough I could keep myself up all night playing with this thing. I've been reading reviews for a few weeks now and they all said there are lower priced Tecsun models that had receive just as good as the fancy 501 x.

You will need an external antenna to get any kind of performance though. You can buy handy roll up models for < 15.00. or put an alligator clip on a longer piece of wire connected to the whip antenna.

Here is a midrange that's about 170.00. Several reviewer said it's receive was just as good as the H501 X I just got. I don't know if the 80.00 radio is as sensitive or not?

6080 currently has an English version of I think a Chinese station. They keep talking about Biden's "battle against misinformation". It's just creepy.

Wow, I'm almost sure I just heard a religious broadcaster say "Bull [bleep]!" when talking about Biden's vaccination mandates.... 5950. This guy is on a roll.

Yep it's official, he is using the long play version of BS (now he is talking about Bill Gates... and iPhones which apparently are the gateway to Hell) .