#Internet Shortwave

[randomoninternet]

https://archive.org/details/ird059/?

The Internet Archive is always a great source for information and knowledge. This is an archive of various number stations, which are encrypted radio broadcasts, and show how many there still are around. Especially the first one seems quite haunting

[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...

[sohannabarberaesque]

Meanwhile, Honey and Sis talk about responding to QSL reports received

SIS, getting things started: After all, it's certainly fine and well that you listeners as manage to reach us manage to send us e-mails or even letterposted postcards confirming where you happen to be listening to us on the shortwave, and where this irradiated 50-watt shortwave signal is reaching, to begin with. HONEY: And when your Internet interconnexion is a mobile satellite-powered such, especially important as it is in the wilds, such can be a daunting thing sending off e-mail QSL confirmations and not get the suspicion that your e-mail could be flagged as "spa'am" such. SIS, going further: And even with a travelling shortwave station like ours, it can be a little daunting trying to use General Delivery in some one-horse resort town to send your QSL's in letterpost form without attracting the FCC's suspicions of our running a pirate shortwave outlet! [pause] Still, keep the reports coming to show how far a travelling 50-watter on shortwave can manage to reach you out there on an otherwise endangered medium....

[skywavelinux]

Now updated to v5.1, with Xanmod Kernel 6.8.8 and more internet SDR streaming options.

[katakaluptastrophy]

The Nine Houses are obviously deliberately technologically limited. Aside from having FTL capable spaceships, the most advanced piece of technology that we see in the Houses is "an electric transmitter box, with headphones and a mic." It's not clear entirely what sort of device this is, but it apparently requires you to stick an antenna out the window.

On New Rho, Cam has a beeping, and therefore presumably digital watch. Nona has to remind her that's it's called a "watch", and not the House term, "clockwork", which rather suggests House timepieces are analog.

There's a projector box embedded in the BoE conference table, which loads an image like dial up internet because they are "using shortwave" - presumably shortwave radio, which can transmit pictures. As We Suffer apologises for the slowness of the image loading because of shortwave, that suggests that other methods of transmitting an image do exist, but that for whatever reason they're not using those. Perhaps they do normally have something akin to the internet, but this is down due to the conditions on New Rho, or being avoided due to House or inter-cell monitoring.

The audio of Juno Zeta's proof of life is on "a little piece of electronics, a fingernail-shaped thing with prongs", which sounds like some kind of drive.

We also see We Suffer in the impromptu command centre in the tunnels with "a headpiece and a flip-top computer", presumably being used for some kind of communicatons or planning.

And of course, there's Cam and Pal's recorder, which from the descriptions of it making squeaks and garbled noises sounds rather like it might contain a cassette tape.

A paramilitary group on a beseiged planet may not be the best evidence for the level of technology outside of the Houses, but if it is in any way indicative, non-House society doesn't seem to have non-space travel technology beyond things that would have been available in the early 00s.

[soup-mother]

Aha! because of [political event or disaster] the phone system and internet are untrustworthy or not working. thankfully i installed a giant shortwave antenna in my yard to talk to my brother in another yankee state, which will naturally work and recieve power in a situation where the phones are down. < dream situation of everyone who has ever asked if they can use shortwave like a phone but magically more secure somehow (don't ask how that's supposed to work) and immune to disasters

[n2qfd]

Tried to copy the Mighty KBC 1min of MFSK using a pocket shortwave receiver. Lot of fade for the simple whip and while directly plugged into the PC mic only got a little of the text transmitted. Might be nice to grab a little higher end unit.

We were under thunderstorms and I didn’t want to risk my main station for lightning so a great experiment.

As VOA is going silent around the world it’s a good time to remember, radio is hard to censor. Having a radio handy is good for weather notices as well. We shouldn’t let our bands go silent. Even in the age of the internet radio is viable and useful.

[motorclit]

I highly suggest whoever is reading this to get into shortwave radio listening. There are plenty of reasons for this, such as if your radio is portable (is rechargeable or takes batteries), then when the power/internet goes out, you won't be completely in the dark regarding news or the weather (I'll get to weather radios in a minute).

Make sure you get one with an adjustable antenna, too.

There are PLENTY of tutorials on YouTube and several books that can help you get started. As far as books are concerned, I *highly* recommend Shortwave: Radio Listening for Beginners by Anita Louise McCormick. I finished it not too long ago from the library, and it covers a very brief crash course in the history of radio including who invented it, how radio waves work, etc.

I will say that if you look for YouTube tutorials, you will run into a LOT of videos talking about "HAM radio," and that's basically for people who really want to set up their own little radio station and transmit instead of listen. You *will* need to apply for an FCC license for that, so if you wanna get into that, there is no shortage of resources of people on YouTube talking about everything you wanna know about that.

I strongly urge (actually, I'm begging whoever is reading this) to get yourself a weather radio. Weather radios are, as the weather YouTuber Ryan Hall puts it, "Like a smoke detector but for tornadoes." These radios are designed only for the weather, but if you have an emergency, from tornadoes to flash flooding, even wildfires, there is an alert system that will go off. The one I have is a simple Midland brand one that so far worked like a charm. While I havent had any nights of it waking me up due to dangerous weather, it did alert us to a tornado warning when the derecho hit the other week. That was while we had no power or internet, and because my muž and I live on my parents' farm, we have almost no cellphone signal. My mom and I got the cats to the basement before the worst of it hit us.

The weather radio I got is the $40.00 one from Ryan Hall's shop site. If you want to get that or the other model, his site keeps getting sold out on them and can sometimes be hard to keep in stock. You can program them to go off for only certain alert systems, or if you want, you can keep them on in case you think shit is so whacky that you wouldn't rule out the possibility of a hurricane or an iceberg in Nevada or something (yes, they have alerts for EVERYTHING on this little radio, they are not fucking around).

The instructions that come with your weather radio will help you figure out which regional radio station you should pick for your state and county by directing you to a website that helps you figure that out. The weather radio also comes with a wall plug, but be sure to have batteries in it (and plenty of spare batteries reserved if you're without power for many days) for when you lose power. I periodically unplug mine so I can plug in some lights, but that's for a few hours each evening. My radio lasted for 3 days on batteries alone during the power outage, and the only thing I had to reset on the radio when I gave it fresh batteries was the clock. All of my settings were saved.

Because of the current regime here in America, radio might be a lifeline regarding news, as radiowaves don't give a shit about international boundaries. Canada understands most Americans don't want the bullshit going on right now, so it wouldn't surprise me if there will be a radio station or two that might broadcast American news for any American who has a radio because the internet is a hot steaming pile of rotting garbage right now. Basically be ready for a potential Radio Free America helping us out from Canada long before the regime decides to make buying radios complicated or impossible.

You don't *need* a super-fancy radio, and be careful of dropshippers when you go to make a purchase for a regular shortwave radio. I'm getting mine in the mail today, which is a C. Crane Skywave model. I had to get it slightly used because brand new they can be pricy. (I got mine used from eBay.) The Skywave 2 (the newer model) is advertised as being able to also listen to Air Traffic Controllers, which could be important for many people's safety these days since planes are dropping from the fucking sky. The reason I had to buy a new radio is because the only non-vehicle-based radio we have is a shitty modern boombox that is already malfunctioning to some degree and doesn't have an external antenna at all. We used the sketchy radio signal listening to a station airing 80s and 90s music to fall asleep to since there was no power to power the large fan and we need background noise or else we can't sleep. (And now I've reawakened the heavenly feeling of falling asleep to the radio faintly playing in the middle of the night.)

I am begging younger generations to learn some analog tech, as you don't need internet for it, you don't need a subscription, you don't have to worry about it spying on you, etc. And fellow Millennials, re-learn what you can. Re-embrace the old tech. Teach younger gens and don't be dicks about it.

Let's make radios cool again!

[thedreadvampy]

also listen I genuinely do think Disco S3 is real good star trek despite my frustrationposting over the finale's politics

but hey listen I do think the precept of Discovery going 930 years in the future and IMMEDIATELY becoming the most important crew in the Federation fleet is so fucking funny and delightful because listen

listen

if a 11th century longship crew arrived at Navy HQ and I was in command I feel like I wouldn't break them up or anything but I might like. Encourage them to take a couple of months to retrain and learn what like. Electricity and the internet and shortwave radio and the internal combustion engine and movable type are. before I send them flying around as our flagship.

I just think when people timeskip that far we should acknowledge that 930 years ago in Britain folks were speaking Old English and living in motte and bailey castles and subsistence farming and hunting wild boar and making illuminated manuscripts. It's only like 200 years between now and the golden age of the Federation and they fit WW3, the collapse of capitalism and the establishment of a thriving intergalactic empire in there! I just think there should be a bigger culture gap in a millennium! The insta-transports and magic computers are grand and all but I'm going to need to see at least one ENTIRELY new and unseen-before tech that everyone from the 23rd century crew is just like whaaaaaaaat. the fuck is that.

[tomorrowusa]

Sadly, it's no joke. Commentators on Russia's state-run TV really are delighted with Republicans.

This is from journalist Julia Davis's Russia Media Monitor. Ms. Davis watches and translates Russian media so that we don't have to.

Ronald Reagan would be sad that his party has become the biggest cheerleader of the Evil Empire in the US.

Republicans hate freedom and they see a friend in Putin.

Republicans helping Russia by denying Ukraine aid, Biden says

One thing Putin's TV marionettes aren't reporting is the price that Russia is paying so that he can think of himself as the 21st century Peter the Great.

Russia has lost 87% of troops it had prior to start of Ukraine war, according to US intelligence assessment

If you don't have a VPN or even an old shortwave radio in Russia than all the news you get is from Putin's lickspittles on state TV and internet.

The bottom line is that Putin's four day (or was it three day?) "special operation" is now in Day 659. Russia has lost more troops in Ukraine than in all its wars from 1946 to 2021. Snowflake Republicans want to betray Ukraine and throw Putin a lifeline when we should be throwing him a large anchor.

[spaceintruderdetector]

Helms, Harry L. How To Tune The Secret Shortwave Spectrum ( 1981, Tab Books) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

[neverburnbooks]

There is a new handbook for the WebSDR. Learn all the tips and tricks for operating these radios. They are the best way to do shortwave listening for free, without your own radio or antenna.

If you live in an apartment, highrise condo, or an RF noisy neighborhood, WebSDRs let you tune the bands from ideal locations and top-notch SDR equipment.

Hell yeah, WebSDRs help you escape censorship. If you live in an authoritarian country or American "red state," you can use WebSDRs to find better radio stations - free of your local propaganda and beyond local censorship controls.

[alsjeblieft-zeg]

058 of 2025

[ created by @ausmuh ]

If your significant other was in a band and you couldn’t stand their music at all, would you tell them or would you pretend you liked it?

I would be honest that it's not my type, but likely I would enjoy at least one song.

Do you believe that you can have love without sex, and vice versa?

I believe others can, and some do, but for me, love without sex is normal. Just like for many aces out there. I can live without sex, easily. I'd rather read a book or travel somewhere. Sex is boring to me personally, it always feels like a chore.

Do you think you are a naïve person? Give an example of a time you were naïve.

I think I'm not, or at least not anymore. I got disappointed by many people in life and it has taught me a lesson.

Do you find it difficult to spend time with people who don’t talk a lot?

Not at all. My husband is one of these people, and spending time with him in silence when each is doing his own things is very comforting to me. I like comfortable silence.

Can you think of a specific joke you didn’t understand at first, but later understood?

No. Probably there were too many of them :P

Have you ever taken melatonin?

No, I was taking stronger sleeping pills, but they didn't do shit to me.

Have you ever interacted with someone on the internet who you thought was “dangerous” or that you felt intimidated by?

Yeah. I even got a stalker for several years. Big trauma, I'm happy it's over.

What is your overall opinion of your generation? Do you think you are an accurate representation of what it is “like”?

I'm a millennial and I have a feeling we are the last ones to actually play outside as kids without using much technology. Not like people these days, always looking in smartphones.

If you get really obsessed with something, do you like to share it with people or do you like to keep it to yourself?

I love sharing my special interests with others. Too bad they're so niche that there's no one to share them with :P

Have you ever been interested in joining a fraternity or sorority? Are you / have you been in one?

No and no.

How long do your obsessions with things usually last?

It depends. My special interests are lifelong, my hyperfixations come and go, but they always come back.

Name some books or films that you couldn’t finish because of how boring or terrible you thought they were.

The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls by Emilie Autumn. No matter how much I try, I can't push further. She claims it's her autobiography, but it feels fake af, especially knowing that miss Autumn is a fake person with fabricated life.

Is there somewhere you’ve been to that you expected to be different than it turned out to be?

Yes, Poland. Way better and more interesting than I expected.

Have you ever had any kind of relationship with a manipulative person? Did you get out of the relationship, and if so, how?

Yes, with my first ex. He was emotionally manipulative, thankfully he ended it all. He broke up with me and then threatened me with suicide, I called the police, they found him in his room, playing video games. He didn't do anything to himself, he just played on my nerves.

What would be the best gift someone could give you right now?

Warm bed sheets, or heated blanket or something like that.

What is something you think everyone should get the opportunity to do in their life?

Being genuinely happy. We all deserve happiness in these dark times.

What is something that you’d like to take a class on? Do you think you will ever do so?

I'd like to get a shortwave radio licence, nothing beyond that. I hope I will eventually get there. For classes, maybe something about disability accommodations?

Do you tell yourself any daily affirmations?

No, I don't. I'm not sure if they work, actually.

What was the last item of clothing you saw that you absolutely loved?

That hoodie I purchased recently. So cool print, these two flags in the form of hands forming a heart.

Is there anything you never talk about offline that you talk about frequently online, or vice versa?

Yeah, probably past traumas. It's somewhat easier online than IRL.

Have you ever taken a test to determine what you EQ (emotional intelligence) is?

Yes, at the psychologist. Apparently it's low, but what can we expect from an autistic person.

How often would you say airplanes fly over your house?

A lot, but they're so high I can't hear them.

As a little kid, were you afraid of dogs? Are you still afraid of them, or of any other animal?

I'm not afraid of dogs, but I'm not a dog person. I love cats, I like big dogs, but small dogs I find annoying, sorry. So often small dogs are more noisy than big dogs.

What is an item of clothing that you feel doesn’t look good on you at all?

Lol. I better don't answer this.

I can’t think of a question but my surveys need to end on a multiple of 5 so talk about something you’d like to talk about here:

I love you all.

[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…

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Public radio reaches power-deprived areas in Brazil’s South

Battery-operated radios re-emerge in flood-stricken Rio Grande do Sul

A device many believe to be outdated has regained its vital role amid the floods that have wreaked havoc on hundreds of cities in Rio Grande do Sul, South Brazil. Following power outages and the loss of internet signals, a large portion of the state’s population have once again opened their ears to the information transmitted by the old battery-operated radio.

Aware of the potential of this crucial tool for communications, Brazil’s public broadcasting company EBC has pointed one of its shortwave transmitters at the region. As has long been the case for North Brazil, EBC has given people a chance to reunite and gain access to basic services in times of dire need since late April.

A resident of the city of Canoas, 62-year-old janitor Belmiro Prates is one of the victims of the floods. The entrance to the building where he lives was invaded by waters, leaving his car completely submerged. He was rescued on Monday 13 by a Civil Defense team. Since then, with no access to power, telephones, or the internet, Prates has struggled to stay informed and to notify his loved ones of his situation.

The trusty old devices, he believes, have the power to overcome barriers for people with no TV or electricity, and have become the main form of communication. “I only managed to keep up to date here thanks to the radio and the programs on Rádio Nacional station. I have acquaintances in Amazonas [state], and it was thanks to the interview I gave that I was able to send a message to everyone saying I’m fine,” he told Agência Brasil.

Continue reading.

[swradiogram]

Shortwave Radiogram, 5-9 October 2023 (program 325): Digital modes underground and in deep space

WRMI in Florida has changed its internet service provider. This will increase the speed of content uploads by WRMI's program makers. Let's hope everything goes smoothly this weekend, but please report any anomalies. If you are in the USA, did your hear the FEMA emergency alert test on Wednesday? I have a Sangean portable radio that receives HD channels on both FM and AM. Some of the HD broadcasters send signals that make radios like mine turn on and display text during these emergency alerts. My radio displayed the text sent via WETA, 90.9 MHz. But I later learned from the fine print in the manual that the radio will not turn on from the off position unless the AC adapter is being used. i will try that during the monthly November test here in Virginia. This is the time of year that photos of fall foliage abound. This weekend's show will feature only one red leaf, and a photo of pumpkins and gourds. But expect more seasonable images later in October.   A video of last weekend's Shortwave Radiogram (program 324) is provided by Scott in Ontario (Friday 1300 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis is provided by Roger in Germany. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 325, 5-9 October 2023, in MFSK modes as noted:  1:40  MFSK32: Program preview  2:48  MFSK32: NASA craft to continue exploring deep space  6:31  MFSK64: Underground wireless communication may be possible 11:02  MFSK64: This week's images 28:01  MFSK32: Closing announcements Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net And visit http://swradiogram.net Twitter: @SWRadiogram or https://twitter.com/swradiogram (visit during the weekend to see listeners’ results) Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/567099476753304 Shortwave Radiogram Gateway Wiki: https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Shortwave_Radiogram_Gateway  

Other Shortwave broadcast programs that include digital text and images include The Mighty KBC, Pop Shop Radio and Radio North Europe International (RNEI). Links to these fine broadcasts, with schedules, are posted here.

From taschenrechner in Houston ...