#WebSDR

[skywavelinux]

Here it is, friendly radio and Linux enthusiasts: Skywave Linux v5.6 is up and available. Turns your internet=connected PC into the coolest shortwave (and medium / longwave) radio you will find anywhere.

[rezdragon]

I recorded about an hour and a half of stuff, here's an 8 minute sampler of what I recorded.

Mostly random conversations, but also some weird electromagnetic frequencies, and a few distorted radio stations.

I think my favorite is the Canadian broadcast giving the universal time. The chimes you hear is literally the seconds counting. I recorded this from a Georgian run station.

You can tune into any of these stations yourself here.

[neverburnbooks]

Find a WebSDR near your favorite broadcaster. Operate it like a pro!

[kattaclyzm]

audio recording of someone speaking a language i dont know over radio

[patbwaifs]

found a polish station. it was playing some sort of electronic music when i first stumbled on it. it's trying to tell me things now but, you know, polish

[sdrdxhound]

Someone down there is enjoying AM radio in an internet SDR. Check the new WebSDR list at Skywavelinux.com.

[thedaythealienscame]

the static gives me headaches but i'm nothing if not persistent !!!! say those numbers funny man, they don't mean anything to me and more than the world to you

might start number station hunting again 😔

[bisexual-engineer-guy]

Looking to get into HAM radio and I like to consult human beings about things because experience is more valuable than anything a google search could bring so I'm sending this ask to ask: What is the best way for a total noob with zero experience or knowledge to get into HAM radio? How did you start out?

So, the way that I got into ham radio was that I learned a bit of morse code and really really really really liked it. I basically just wanted to talk to people in morse code because I thought it was so cool. That's what got me into the hobby!

I started out using the AF7KB "Fast Track to your Ham Radio License" book series. I liked to listen to the audiobook version while I was on the bus to and from college, since the bus rides were usually 4-5 hours. This is the slow way, and he adds a lot of extra information you probably don't need; but this is perfect if you want to be able to start out with more than the knowledge of what questions are answer "A" or "B."

There's also the fast way, which is to go to hamstudy.org or download the app and just study the question bank. If you have a good local club--and you might have to check around to a few of them to find one that you like--then this could be the way for you. I didn't have one when I started out, so I couldn't ask people questions. I wanted to be able to get a radio and start using it on my own, and for that, the long way was perfect because I was actually prepared to do that.

I still prefer the long route, but everyone's different and has different goals. I would also recommend finding a good local club no matter what. Like I said, you might need to look around a bit for one, because some of them are kind of dead or old or inactive.

Also, you might have some fun looking at the ham frequencies on a WebSDR (a website with the feed of some radio, I like this one websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901) or screwing around with an RTL-SDR (a $30-$40 USB stick with a little antenna kit that lets you decode and listen to radio signals).

Also also, you can go to events and stuff run by clubs. The next big big one will be the ARRL Field Day. A lot of clubs will have a "Get on the Air" station specifically for people who aren't licensed or people who are newly licensed, where they'll have someone there to supervise you and help you make a contact under the club callsign!

[spikehunter]

i love listening to static on websdr this is not a bit im really like this and i really love listening to scaery noises

[skywavelinux]

Skywave Linux v5.3 is available for download! It is a self-contained live Linux operating for shortwave listening. Connect easily and stream from internet based SDR sites. The picture is from a nice night enjoying CBC Radio 1, picked up on a receiver in Newfoundland, Canada.

Get the iso image, burn it to a USB stick, boot the system and have fun. Shut down and unplug the USB, your PC never knew it was running a live Linux system…

[eldritch-taki]

HELLO EVERY NYAN-

Hi! I'm Sam/Ludwig!

I am 18! (10/21)

I am Bigender (Agender + Male), Transmasc, and a little genderfucky with it cuz why not?

I am Bi-Gay!

I Enjoy a lot of things, heres some things i like! I will highlight my current hyperfixations in blue! General: I Enjoy drawing, listening to music, watching videos on urban exploration (I really want to do that someday!), Listening to WebSDRs and number stations, and i also enjoy making videos whenever i have the time to. I also enjoy hanging out with my best friends and my husband (not married yet, but SOON!). ALSO Baja blasts.

Music: AND ONE, Metallica, Lindemann, Ghost and Pals, Ayden George, ABBA, Historical music from 1920s-1980s, Will Wood, Rusya, Molchat Doma, Weevildoing, MF DOOM. I also enjoy listening to historical propaganda/patriotic music from around the world.

Movies: Repo! The Genetic Opera, The Blue Shell Incident, The Velocipastor, Paprika (2006), Nacho Libre, Mulan (1998)

Television: Infinity Train, Invader Zim, Smiling Friends, The Cleveland Show, King of The Hill, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Ballmastrz 9009, Gravity Falls, Madness Combat. I also really like Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Off the Air.

Books: 1984 by George Orwell, Metro 2033 by Dimitri Glukhovsky, My Hero Academia, Self Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore

[neverburnbooks]

Skywave Linux v5.3 is available for download! It is a self-contained live Linux iso for shortwave listening on internet based SDR sites. The picture is from a nice night enjoying CBC Radio 1, picked up on a receiver in Newfoundland, Canada

Get the iso image, burn it to a USB stick, boot the system and have fun. Shut down and unplug the USB, your PC never knew it was running a live Linux system...

[alivehouse]

hey what even is the buzzer station

really good question that a lot of people have argued about in endless forum threads

basically its a radio station thats been broadcasting from the povarovo area in russia since the 80s, it (more or less) continuously broadcasts an on and off buzzing tone and occasionally broadcasts voice messages, usually strings of codewords, letters, and numbers. its unofficially known as uvb-76 (which is actually a mistranslated of its call sign iirc, but its the one that stuck regardless) if you want to look up more about it

heres a recording of it i made 5 seconds ago using university of twente's websdr. its on 4625 kHz right now and you can hear it as long as its dark in the netherlands. weird physics reasons for that dont worry about it

theres a lot of cold war fueled conspiracy theorizing about it but in my opinion its most likely just an irregular but relatively run-of-the-mill number station, the buzzing tone is used to mark the frequency and the voice messages are codewords being sent out to either military or intelligence personnel

[sdrdxhound]

Ugh... The BBC Has Caved

There was once a time when I hated my local broadcasters. They carried nothing but authoritarian propaganda and worship for Dear Leader. I escaped the crap by bringing up BBC Radio 4 Longwave on a WebSDR in the Netherlands. Objective news, fun features, and sometimes a bit of droll British humor.

Things are different now, by far. Yesterday was the day I wiped the BBC from my bookmarks, because their news was so offensive I was prompted go vomit. Goddamn them; they were sane-washing Trump's ICE war against brown people all over America, and the military occupation of parts of Los Angeles.

If the BBC is going to make Trump seem reasonable, then fuck the BBC.