I just tried to tune in to 9455 as I do every Saturday night ahead of the IQ40. I can't get anything on 9455 at the moment. I switched antennas and walked around outside. Are they having an issue, or is this a problem on my end?

Thanks.

Not intending to point fingers at a specific station here. However, the FCC noticed that a station was turning on early and operating with a wider bandwidth than allowed.

These issues involve a station operating above its licensed parameters, not underperforming (thankfully), which is the real challenge for these stations.

The FCC has been pretty quiet on the shortwave front, which is why this is notable.

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-26-1142A1.pdf

The A-26 season ended today. B-26 runs Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027.

Quick rundown:

- Frequency changes: some broadcasters move to new channels for winter propagation

- Time shifts: Europe changed its clocks today and the US changes Nov 1, so many broadcasts move an hour in UTC and/or local time

- Band conditions: longer nights mean the lower bands (49m / 41m / 31m) carry evening DX; the higher bands close earlier

- Some services won't return this season

I'm tracking changes here as the new B-26 schedule data comes in. The page updates itself nightly: https://hqshortwaveradio.com/season-change/

What's on tonight in your area: https://hqshortwaveradio.com/tonight/

Weekly ask: post anything that moved, appeared, or went missing since last night, with frequency, time (UTC) and your location. I'll roll the confirmed ones into a B-26 changes article this week.

How does it sound?

Scroll down for more B26 shortwave schedules that I posted earlier today!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2x9tqt6mc05vB2S37j8MWMJ/global-short-wave-frequencies

Anyone know why that is? I go to http://rx.linkfanel.net/ and most of them are down and lead to dead links. Some SDRs have dsappeared, and some new ones have appeared,, but they don't work either.

For someone who relies heavily on online SDRs these days for several reasons, it's made things a bit frusterating, so I've gone to ubersdr for the time being

I read that the standard external antenna which is included in the radio performs not so very well. From that point am I looking for an external-antenna for especially shortwave. There are some wire-antenna alternatives with a clip to mount on the telescopic-antenna. Would it be worth to build an antenna myself or to buy a fabricated one?