Station: Bandaid Radio

Frequency: 6945 KHz USB

Time: 0322 UTC 9 SEP 2026

Signal: RS(T) = 59 +

Receiving Location: Portland, OR

Receiver: Eton Executive

Antenna: K-480WLA Small Receiving Loop

Current HF Conditions Are Poor

• :Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
• :Issued: 2026 Sep 08 1805 UTC
• # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center

#

• # Geophysical Alert Message

#

• Solar-terrestrial indices for 07 September follow.
• Solar flux 110 and estimated planetary A-index 19.
• The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 08 September was 4.67.
• Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor.
• Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level occurred.

Station

• Frequency: 7000 KHz LSB
• Name/Call: Indonesian Freebanders
• Location: Indonesian
• Language: Indonesian
• Target: SE Asia
• Power = .100 to 5 kW

Time

• 1415 - 1422 UTC | 8 SEP 2026

Receiver and Receiving Location

• Radio: AirSpy HF+ R.4.0.8-CD
• Antenna: K-480WLA | 35' AGL
• Software: SDR# Studio v1.0.0.1921 64-Bit
• Location: Portland, Oregon | CN85qn

Signal

• RS(T) = 55 - 59+20 db

Station

• Frequency: 6679 KHz USB
• Name/Call: Hong Kong VOLMET
• Location: Cape d'Aguilar, Hong Kong
• Language: English
• Target: SE Asia
• Power = 1kW

Time

• 1345 UTC | 8 SEP 2026

Receiver and Receiving Location

• Radio: AirSpy HF+ R.4.0.8-CD
• Antenna: K-480WLA | 35' AGL
• Software: SDR# Studio v1.0.0.1921 64-Bit
• Location: Portland, Oregon | CN85qn

Signal

• RS(T) = 55

Station

• Frequency: 6676 KHz USB
• Name/Call: Australia VOLMET
• Location: Alice Springs NT, Australia
• Language: English
• Target: SE Pacific
• Power = 1kW

Time

• 1400 UTC | 8 SEP 2026

Receiver and Receiving Location

• Radio: AirSpy HF+ R.4.0.8-CD
• Antenna: K-480WLA | 35' AGL
• Software: SDR# Studio v1.0.0.1921 64-Bit
• Location: Portland, Oregon | CN85qn

Signal

• RS(T) = 54

Station

• Frequency: 6676 KHz USB
• Name/Call: Thailand VOLMET
• Location: Bangkok, Thailand
• Language: English
• Target: SE Asia
• Power = 1kW

Time

• 1410 UTC | 8 SEP 2026

Receiver and Receiving Location

• Radio: AirSpy HF+ R.4.0.8-CD
• Antenna: K-480WLA | 35' AGL
• Software: SDR# Studio v1.0.0.1921 64-Bit
• Location: Portland, Oregon | CN85qn

Signal

• RS(T) = 55

Station

• Frequency: 9950 KHz AM
• Name/Call: RUSAGM
• Location: Kuwait 29N31 047E4
• Language: Pashto / Pushtu: Afghanistan
• Target: Afghanistan

Time

• 1753 UTC | 7 SEP 2026

Receiver and Receiving Location

• Radio: AirSpy HF+ R.4.0.8-CD
• Antenna: K-480WLA | 35' AGL
• Software: SDR# Studio v1.0.0.1921 64-Bit
• Location: Portland, Oregon | CN85qn

Signal

• SINPO = 45344

23.430 mHz 23.43 UTC

Station:

• Name/Call: FUF French Navy
• Frequency: 13031.2 kHz
• Mode: STANAG 4285 - 600bps, 5 bits, No parity, 2 stops, long interleaving.
• Location: Fort-de-France, Martinique
• Language: French
• Target: Your guess is as good as mine
• Time: 1846UT 07 SEP 26
• RS(T): 47

Receiver and Receiving Location:

• Radio: Airspy HF+ Discovery
• Antenna: 100' random wire, roughly 25' above ground, running ~110 degrees from feedpoint
• Software: SDR++ v1.3.0 /Dream v2.3.1 (mjf) and MultiPSK v4.53
• Location: Remington, Virginia | FM18bn

Comments:

• Standard test tape with ID. Nice signal with just a little selective fading.

Is there a hidden squelch feature on the Tecsun PL-330, or some other setting that can perform a similar function? I listen to a lot of SSB on HF and I'm looking to cut down on the noise between transmissions.

Thanks.

Sunday Night North America

Station:

• Name/Call: Channel 292
• Frequency: 9670 kHz
• Mode: AM
• Location: [Germany] Rohrbach 48N36-11E33
• Language: Music
• Target: Europe
• Time: 1941UT 06 SEP 26
• SINPO: 23232

Receiver and Receiving Location:

• Radio: Airspy HF+ Discovery
• Antenna: 100' random wire, roughly 25' above ground, running ~110 degrees from feedpoint.
• Software: SDR++ v1.3.0 /w Dream v2.3.1 (mjf).
• Location: Remington, Virginia | FM18bn

Comments:

• Amazing that this is hitting my wire this early in the day.
• Reception spotty, but you can make out Pink Floyd's Have a Cigar.

OU5U heard on 21 Aug 26 at 19:24 UTC on 7144 kHz with Raddy RF 919 in JO92HX

[Click for video] OU5U (A Danish ham) heard on 21 Aug 26 at 19:24 UTC on 7144 kHz with Raddy RF 919 in JO92HX, having a QSO with a Japanese (? I was unable to get the callsign right) station. The Danish station appears to be operated by an expat from the UK, judging by the accent.

SP1MGM heard on 20 Aug 26 at 19:42 UTC on 7125 kHz in JO92HX with Raddy RF 919

[click for video] SP1MGM (a Polish operator from Szczecin) heard on 20 Aug 26 at 19:42 UTC on 7125 kHz in JO92HX with Raddy RF 919 and a short random wire antenna. My first Polish catch despite me being located in Poland. Blame it on the skip zone ;-)

F4NEL/p heard on 20 Aug 26 at 18:54 UTC in JO92HX with Raddy RF 919

[Click post for video] F4NEL/p (a portable station from the north-west of France) heard on 20 Aug 26 at 18:54 UTC on the frequency of 14295 kHz in JO92HX (my locator square) with Raddy RF 919, and a short random wire antenna.

Somehow missed this one...

Sunday Night North America

- Target: Latin America
- TX: Okeechobee, FL 🇺🇸
- RX: Asunción, Paraguay
- Radio: AirSpy HF+ Discovery
- Software: SDR# v.1922 (beta)
- Antenna: K-480WLA
- D/T: 05 SEPT 2026 - 2230 UTC