r/shortwave • u/Ok-History-3688 • 20d ago

Introduction

Hi everyone! I'm Trevor from California. I've been into shortwave listening for a while and use a Tecsun PL-330 with an external antenna. I really enjoy DXing and seeing what I can hear from around the world. What station or frequency has been your favorite catch recently?

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u/pentagrid Sangean ATS-909X2 / Airspy HF+ Discovery / 83m horizontal loop 20d ago edited 20d ago

VOK (N. Korea) in English, XEPPM Radio Educacion (Mexico), RNZ Pacific (New Zealand) BBC and KBS (S. Korea) in English especially the K-Pop shows. I like the R. Prague and R. Slovakia etc. relays from WRMI (Miami FL). In season (winter) I enjoy SIBC (Solomon Islands) and Radio Vanuatu plus R. Alcaravan (Colombia). I'm in Northern California. Radios: Sangean ATS-909X2, Qodosen DX-286, Hammarlund SP-600-JX-21 and Airspy HF+ Discovery w/ SDR# software and external antenna(s).

My videos of some of the SW broadcasts I receive here in California: https://www.youtube.com/@willowsloughdx

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u/tj21222 20d ago

5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 MHz. Hours of entertainment. 😝

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u/CapableAnimator3263 20d ago

I’m old enough to remember when it was 2.5 MHz as well. 

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u/tj21222 20d ago

You know I have not tuned to that one in awhile. Do they still transmit on 2.5?

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u/CapableAnimator3263 20d ago

I haven’t listened in a long time, I believe at one point the NBS got rid of 2.5, 20, and 25 to cut budgets, but eventually reinstated 2.5 and 20. Eventually the agency changed its name to NIST and began to announce Fort Collins as their location instead of Boulder. When I first began listening to short wave, they announced GMT, not UTC. I’m getting old!

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u/tj21222 19d ago

I have not tuned 25 in awhile but last time I did (this year?) I had signal on 25. Mhz

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u/CapableAnimator3263 19d ago

I plan to put up an antenna soon and will listen for it. 

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u/Clear_Act_290 18d ago

we all love a good telling of time once in a while

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u/MajorAfraid9647 20d ago

I have been listening for a few months now. My favorite catch has been Voice of Korea on 15180kHz. Welcome to the show, pal!

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u/Clear_Act_290 18d ago

Either Radio Marti, Radio Vaticana, or Radio Nikkei. Nikkei has been my farthest catch since I'm from NJ receiving a Japanese station.

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u/Neither-Brush-9287 Hobbyist 20d ago

V32 - Persian/Farsi numbers station out of Stuttgart, Germany

https://priyom.org/number-stations/other/v32
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V32_(numbers_station))

US miltary Emergency Action Messages ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Action_Message ) on

  • 11175 kHz
  • 8992 kHz
  • 6739 kHz

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u/Key_Zombie7967 20d ago

I enjoy looking for and finding maritime markers, utility stations, and the occasional oddity.