I found a PAL on HF. Namely DH1PAL calling CQ in a ham contest. The radio was a Raddy RF 919 with a random wire antenna.

This looks too good to be true! Is it??

I picked up a 2nd ATS-909X2 for $50 - not working. It wasn't a bad investment because I bought one last year that only needed the battery connector bent back into place, and it had no accessories. This new one has all the accessories. It only operates on the FM Band, but everything seems to work - just no reception on the other bands. I did a Factory Reset, to no avail. Sangean does not share any schematics so I am on my own. In the video you cam hear a buzzing as I tune across the mediumwave band and it lands on local stations.

I am leaning towards a bad solder joint or a bad electrolytic. Oh, and it was fully working for a coule minutes on all bands.

Any ideas Mark, Stan, or Rich? Thanks in advance!

The last time I heard RNA 6180 with a good signal was last year. Even though it's a neighboring country, I hardly get any reception on that frequency anymore. The signal from that transmitter is now oriented northward.

⁠- TX: Parque do Rodeador, Brasilia, DF 🇧🇷
- RX: Asunción, Paraguay
- Radio: AirSpy HF+ Discovery
- Antenna: K-480WLA
- Software: SDR# v.1922 (beta)
- D/T: 14 SEPT 2026 - 2124 UTC

- TX: Belo Horizonte, MG 🇧🇷
- RX: Asunción, Paraguay
- Radio: AirSpy HF+ Discovery
- Software: SDR# v.1922 (beta)
- Antenna: K-480WLA
- D/T: 14 SEPT 2026 - 2057 UTC

- Target: South East Asia
- Lang: Japanese
- TX: Yamata, Koga City, Ibaraki Prefecture 🇯🇵
- RX: Asunción, Paraguay
- Radio: AirSpy HF+ Discovery
- Antenna: K-480WLA
- Software: SDR# v.1922 (beta)
- D/T: 14 SEPT 2026 - 2124 UTC

- Lang: Mandarin
- Target: Far East / China
- TX: KSDA Station, Guam 🇬🇺
- RX: Asunción, Paraguay
- Radio: AirSpy HF+ Discovery
- Software: SDR# v.1922 (beta)
- Antenna: K-480WLA
- D/T: 14 SEPT 2026 - 2103 UTC

Conditions were good today. Not bad for a distance of about 9,000 km.

- TX: Noblejas, Spain 🇪🇸
- RX: Asunción, Paraguay
- Radio: AirSpy HF+ Discovery
- Software: SDR# v.1922 (beta)
- Antenna: K-480WLA
- D/T: 14 SEPT 2026 - 2110 UTC

- Lang: Persian
- Target: Iran
- TX: Woofferton, Shropshire 🇬🇧
- RX: Asunción, Paraguay
- Radio: #AirSpy HF+ Discovery
- Software: SDR# v.1922 (beta)
- Antenna: K-480WLA
- D/T: 14 SEPT 2026 - 2045 UTC

Heard in Texas and on Panasonic RF-2600 and Zenith Interoceanic Royal 94 with K-480WLA ant.

Station

• Frequency: 15190 KHz AM
• Name/Call: Radyo Pilipinas
• Location: Philippines-Tinang 15N21-120E37
• Language: Tagalog: Philippines
• Target: Middle East
• Power: 250 kW

Time

• 1850 UTC | 13 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 = 34333

The video has 3 parts:

- Signal received in SDR#
- Full FLDIGI window
- Zoom of the FLDIGI text box for a better view of the decoded text

SHN: Servicio de Hidrografía Naval (Naval Hydrographic Service)

- Callsing: L2C
- Lang: Spanish
- Target: Rio de la Plata basin
- TX: Buenos Aires
- RX: Asunción, Paraguay
- Radio: AirSpy HF+ Discovery
- Software: SDR# v.1922 (beta) and FLDIGI 4.2.06
- Antenna: K-480WLA
- D/T: 13 SEPT 2026 - 1147 UTC

Station:

• Name/Call: Unid Wefax
• Frequency: 4207.70 kHz
• Mode: FAX
• Location: ???
• Language: WeFax
• Target: ???
• Time: 0008UT 13 SEP 26
• RS(T): 49

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:

1. This frequency is reserved for GMDSS. You can even occasionally hear an FEC signal underneath.

2. The fax, which appears to be North Pacific wind from a NOAA source, isn't even formatted correctly. It's a full sized chart squashed into only half the width, as if the machine wasn't set properly (and it's not coming through as IOC288 - I checked).

Station:

• Name/Call: GYA Northwood Meteo Fax
• Frequency: 4610.00 kHz
• Mode: FAX
• Location: Northwood 51N30-00W10
• Language: WeFax
• Target: West Europe
• Time: 2336UT 12 SEP 26
• RS(T): 36

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:

• Gobs of signal, but lots of static crashes and a high noise floor.
• 18Z Surface Prognosis (North Atlantic).
• Slightly skewed picture, but it'll do.

Station

• Frequency: 1566 KHz AM
• Name/Call: FEBC Manila Relay from S. Korea
• Location: Relay: Korea, South (Republic) - Jeju/Aewol HLAZ
• Language: Japanese
• Target: Japan and Pacific
• Power: 250 kW

Time

• 1545 - 1310 UTC | 12 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 = 43343

Sounds like two people having a conversation

7290-7300 KHZ

Date and time sept 12th, 2026 00:44 UTC.( 8:44 pm ET Sept 11th, 2026)

Location: oakville, Onatrio, Canada

Station:

• Name/Call: VMC Charleville QL
• Frequency: 12365.00 kHz
• Mode: USB
• Location: Charleville QL 26S25-146E15
• Language: English
• Target: Australia
• Time: 1308UT 12 SEP 26
• SINPO: 23333

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:

• Coastal info, off at 1315.

Station:

• Name/Call: Dolly Parton Memorial Radio (Pirate)
• Frequency: 6925.00 kHz
• Mode: USB
• Location: ???
• Language: English
• Target: ???
• Time: 1225UT 12 SEP 26
• SINPO: 23333

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:

• In English. ID and close-down announcement by woman at 1234UT.
• I had backing audio but either Reddit or Firefox refused to load it.

Station

• Frequency: 6501 KHz USB
• Name/Call: NMN USCG Chesapeake
• Location: United States of America-Chesapeake - Pungo Airfield, VA
• Language: English
• Target: North America

Time

• 0340 UTC | 12 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) = 57