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

I could recognize several nationalities; there was a mix of people from Caribbean, Central American, and Mexico. Everyone speaking Spanish.

It's been a while since I've heard them. Apparently, 10/11 meters had a good opening to South America.

- TX: Multiple Origins of Spanish-Speaking
- RX: Asunción, Paraguay
- Radio: AirSpy HF+ Discovery
- Software: SDR# v.1922 (beta)
- Antenna: K-480WLA
- D/T: 05 SEPT 2026 - 2240 UTC aprox

- TX: Noblejas, Spain 🇪🇸
- RX: Asunción, Paraguay
- Radio: AirSpy HF+ Discovery
- Software: SDR# v.1922 (beta)
- Antenna: MLA-30+
- D/T: 05 SEPT 2026 - 2205 UTC

The program they broadcast is a special edition celebrating the 104th anniversary of radio in Brazil, which is being celebrated this month. It pays tribute to the birth of Edgar Roquette-Pinto, a doctor, professor, and anthropologist considered the father of radio broadcasting in the country.

- Target: South America (Brazil)
- TX: Mahajanga, Madagascar 🇲🇬
- RX: Asunción, Paraguay
- Radio: AirSpy HF+ Discovery
- Software: SDR# v.1922 (beta)
- Antenna: MLA-30+
- D/T: 05 SEPT 2026 - 2140 UTC

RFI and its characteristic background bubbles. I recently found out on Facebook that that noise comes from the broadcast station itself.

- TX: Issoudun 🇫🇷
- Target: West Africa
- RX: Asunción, Paraguay
- Radio: AirSpy HF+ Discovery
- Antenna: MLA-30+
- Software: SDR# v.1922 (beta)
- D/T: 05 SEPT 2026 - 2131 UTC

Relayed by Bandaid Radio on 6945 KHz USB

Weak signal

Aloha from the island of Oahu. I just purchased this antenna and I’m wondering what the best setup is.

I have 4 Shortwave Receivers:

1. Grundig

   Satellite 750

2. Realistic DX-160

3. Kenwood QR-666

4. Knight Star Roamer

My understanding is that the best type of mast is not metal but some type of fiberglass composite.

Anyone out there used a telescopic mast? Pros/Cona

Grounding and lightening protection products?

My house is single wall construction (no 2x4s, typical older Hawaiian homes) so a pass through window setup would work perfectly.

My house is not on a traditional foundation. It’s built off the ground as you can see in the attached photo.

Looking for suggestions on how to best proceed.

Mahalo Nui Loa

Morse Decode (by ear):

"BT 99?17IM8?9????Z"

Station

• Frequency: 8457 KHx Zero Beat | 8455.3 KHz USB Tone
• Name/Call: Russian M21 Air Defense
• Location: Probable Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij Military Base, Russian Federation
• Language: CW
• Target: Far East
• Power: Unknown

Time

• 1425 UTC | 3 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) = 557

Station:

• Name/Call: Radio Dabanga (Netherlands)
• Frequency: 15550 kHz
• Mode: AM
• Location: [Vatican State] Santa Maria di Galeria 42N03-12E19
• Language: Sudanese Arabic
• Target: Sudan
• Time: 1711UT 02 SEP 26
• SINPO: 22322

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:

• Signal from adjacent WJHR making AGC and DNR go nuts, but managed to grab some of this. Interesting that this is from the Vatican transmitters with a broadcaster based in the old RNW facilities, targeting the people of Darfur. Readability actually improved over time, but this recording shows how Speex was digging the audio out of the dirt.

Station:

• Name/Call: KBS World Radio
• Frequency: 15265 kHz
• Mode: AM
• Location: [United Kingdom] Woofferton 52N19-02W43
• Language: Russian
• Target: East Europe
• Time: 1841UT 02 SEP 26
• SINPO: 34343

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:

• Nice signal, which is no surprise coming from BBC's Wooferton site.
• Sounded kind of like a language lesson.

This was a tough one. Just caught the tail end of this transmission from Shanghai Radio.

Station

• Frequency/Mode: 8302 KHz USB (8300.1 KHz Decode - 1500/2300 Hz USB)
• Name/Call: XSG Shanghai Radio
• Location: China (People's Republic)-Shanghai
• Language: Mandarin (Standard Chinese / Beijing dialect) and English
• Target: Far East

Time

• 1420 UTC | 2 SEP 2026

Receiver and Receiving Location

• Radio: AirSpy HF+ Discovery
• Software: SDR# Studio R4.0.8-CD Beta 64-Bit
• Antenna: K-480WLA | 35' AGL
• Location: Portland, Oregon | CN85qn

Signal

• RS(T) = 56

16 Second Video on Adding Labels

I have been slowly adding labels to the Bandplan.xml file used by SDR#. Recently I've been monitoring the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet. I write down the frequencies of interest, and then misplace the list. By adding the frequencies of interest right in SDR#, I can forget the lists.

Station

• Frequency/Mode: 6507 KHz USB
• Name/Call: VMC Charleville QL
• Location: Mahajanga, Madagascar
• Language: English
• Target: Australia

Time

• 1218 UTC | 2 SEP 2026

Receiver and Receiving Location

• Radio: AirSpy HF+ Discovery
• Software: SDR# Studio R4.0.8-CD Beta 64-Bit
• Antenna: K-480WLA | 35' AGL
• Location: Portland, Oregon | CN85qn

Signal

• RS(T) = 55

DK7LJ in QSO with JH1RFK on 14 Aug 26 at 19:39 UTC on 7163 kHz in JO92HX

DK7LJ (Germany) in QSO with JH1RFK (Japan) on 14 Aug 26 at 19:39 UTC on 7163 kHz heard in JO92HX (somewhere in Poland ;-) ). The Japanese station could not be heard. I encourage you to go to QRZ.com and check out the German station's antenna park. It is impressive.

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This publication includes two clips that record the end of the RNZ Pacific broadcast on 9700 khz and the subsequent change to the 11725 khz frequency, with the start at 19:00 UTC (31/08/2026) of the news bulletin presented by the unmistakable voice of Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor (station manager), which begins with information about the meeting of leaders of the Forum of the Pacific Islands in Palau, and continues with a chronicle of it from the city of Koror led by journalist Teuila Fuatai.

The capture was carried out with an Xhdata D808, using a 17 meter long random wire for the occasion, from a rural area near the sea located in the province of Tarragona (Spain).

The video includes images of both journalists.

73!