#Shortwave on PC

[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.

[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…

[swradiogram]

Shortwave Radiogram, 3-9 April 2025 (program 396): Maybe I can just take a nap and let AI produce the show

This week on Shortwave Radiogram, I violate my own rule against transmitting stories about AI. Artificial intelligence gets so much news and discussion we don't need more from SWRG. But this week's item involves propaganda and disinformation, sufficiently interesting to offset the IE stuff.

Also a story about the debate within the European Union about whether to provide funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Developments concerning this topic are moving quickly, so this news might be overtaken by events by our last transmission on April 9.

My Yaesu transceiver has developed an audio problem, so it will be going back to Yaesu for warranty service. For direct reception (not via an SDR) of the Wednesday 1330-1400 UTC broadcast, 15770 kHz, I swapped in my Sangean ATS-909X receiver. The nice thing about this Sangean receiver is that it has an external antenna jack, and a line-out jack, so that audio is not muted. My new Lenovo small-form-factor PC has a separate mic jack, not just one of those combo ports. I made sure of that when shopping for computers. So by way of a patch cord from the Sangean to the Lenovo, it worked.

There were some errors in the MFSK64 text. I noticed deep fades in the Fldigi waterfall. Probably the Sangean's AGC (assuming it has one) is not as good as my transceiver's AGC. And the images showed some interesting artifacts. Was there weird multipath between WRMI Florida and here in Virginia? Or was it caused by the Sangean and/or the unusual audio connection to Fldigi?

Scott in Ontario, called out on an errand, was unable to provide his usual video this past week. But H0B0_Radio provides this IQ file. You can open it in an SDR for various adjustments. 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 396, 3-9 April 2025, in MFSK modes as noted:  1:44  MFSK32: Program preview (now)  2:56  MFSK32: Russian propaganda outlet leverages AI  6:07  MFSK64: EU Lawmakers Debate Support For RFE/RL* 10:33  MFSK64: This week's images* 28:27  MFSK32: Closing announcements * with image(s) Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net And visit http://swradiogram.net Bluesky: swradiogram.bsky.social or https://swradiogram.bsky.social 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 THE SHORTWAVE RADIOGRAM TRANSMISSION SCHEDULE IS IN THE IMAGE IMMEDIATELY BELOW. IF THE IMAGE DOES NOT DISPLAY FULL WIDTH, CLICK ON IT.

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.

Max in Texas received these images 29 March 2025, 2300-2330 UTC, 9455 kHz from WRMI Florida ...

[hydralisk98]

Towards "Blackhand Servitor" sampler, the Unionized Vision Quest, '(thread 16^12) '(article 0x29)

Follow-up article to the following two:

Kate: Even the black sun shall set one day. And as we shall rejoice the several eons we came to experience together, am I right to think such Ava? Ava: Sure thing Kate, I agree.

Components

Empathic mutualism, esoteric empowerment, systemic renewal, queer-ness & transgender & neurodivergence issues, data privacy, AI automation done well, morphological freedoms, communion with nature, sapient machine rights, grounded optimism, Turtle Island-themed, seventies cassette retrofuturism aesthetic, LISP code poetry & immersive tech props, data recovery & archival processes, self-discovery & insightful outer journey, copyleft publishing license & production technologies, multilingual / multimedia exports, affirmation therapy, mind synthesis / scanning;

Chronokinesis, True Polymorphy, meta? Retrocognition, distant far far away future dream(s?), Pinegroove as Mascouche+Rostock-like locations, lore-accurate branding?, historical tech remastered, tramway sequence, symbolic computation, touchscreen PDAs, expert system, Turbochannel Eurocard systems, Soyuzmultfilm animated films web hosting webring, lucid dreams, vivid daydreams, manifestation games, benevolent use of power, spiritual awakening?, societal harmony & social cohesion, humane transparency, RTTY shortwave broadcasting data, psyche agent archival as pseudo-afterlife, ancestor blessings, written bronze scroll records, spell contracts, preservation of knowledge, communal insights from humble tribes, shamans, oracles, priests, monks, clerks, foresight, memory rituals, bulletin board systems, tables, nesting spreadsheets, calendars, newer rituals, macrocosms and paracosms, libraries, changelings, vocal tales, urban legends, rural stories;

Trenchbroom, Blender 3.6+, Krita, Inkscape, QOwnNotes, LibreOffice, Kate, Godot 4 stable branch, Emacs, A2 Bluebottle Oberron, OpenDylan, Smalltalk, Fish, Tuxedo Computers, Pine64, Librem 5?, Elisa, Itch.io as an app, nsCDE, KDE e.v , FSF as GLOSS Foundation, Symbolics as Utalics, DEC as Pflaumen, PC/M as Magna Charter Macrotronics, IBM as EBM, Sun Microsystems as Luanti *, DuckDuckGo, SearX, Startpage, Gog Galaxy, Lutris, Proton, Wine, FreeBASIC?, ObjectREXX, Es, Acme, tcsh, musl, Okteta, K3B, GNU core utils, Bel, Arc, SimH, ...

16^12 - Angora history path and "androids congress worldwide project" context;

Nil Blackhand as camera POV, Kate Ker (INTJ autistic erudite historian transfem geocenter faction) + Ava Booksword (ENFP blonde social assistance worker synthetic android woman of syndicalist faction) modular intrigue storylets pathway;

Ana - Kata connection (focused on the time interpretation...), ocean of clades, afterlives, sentient / divine cosmic tree, living sapient cosmos ecosystems theory, black hand of history, mourning + celebrating the dead, cycles of life death and renewal, intrigue threads, manias & archaeology (mummy, tombs...), sophont nuances, dynastic lineages, embracers of change and luddites, improve the world, "become the revolution you seek in life", systemically parallel lives' overlaps, systemic progress, editing your reality and archiving individuals through divine software, traditions, pattern recognition, manifestation journeys, mutual guidance, giving and sharing, globalization, radio-pathy, van crawl, vision quests, romances, passions, empathies, special interests & other parallel expression idioms;

Shoshona, the black Angora fem housecat;

Pohakantenna (Shoshones' own contemporary religion?), Calvinism/Arianism as Occitan Baha'i dialect;

Utchewn conlang (Numic-derived language) with Blackfoot, Coast Salish & Iranian influences?;

(Shoshone Union's) Unionists (Republicans, Liberty, Democrats) vs Progressives caucuses (Syndicalists, Green/Georgism/Geocenter, Harmony);

[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...

[nw7us]

Weather Charts by Shortwave Radio from Point Reyes, CA - WEFAX 22.527 MHz

Weather Charts by Shortwave Radio from Point Reyes, CA - WEFAX 22.527 MHz on 2024 JUNE 14

https://youtu.be/9N66y9HFX_Q

This video is a screen and sound capture of my reception of weather charts and images by shortwave radio, from a station in California running about 4 kilowatts of RF power.  This HF WEFAX (Weather Facsimile) service is on every day for ship (marine) weather dissemination so that ships out on the ocean can get weather charts and images not by satellite, but by receiving shortwave signals.

Here is a snippet from the published schedule from Point Reyes WEFAX Radio, callsign NMC, is as follows:

22527 kHz - tune offset 1.9 KHz

(thus I was tuned to 22526 KHz USB, based on this: "Unless otherwise stated, assigned frequencies are shown,  for carrier frequency subtract 1.9 kHz. Typically dedicated radiofax receivers use assigned frequencies, while receivers or transceivers, connected to external recorders or PC's, are operated in the upper sideband (USB) mode using carrier frequencies.")

UTC CHART ++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1913 TROPICAL GOES IR SATELLITE IMAGE sample 1923 WIND / WAVE ANALYSIS sample 1933 96HR SURFACE FORECAST 1943 96HR WIND/WAVE FORECAST sample 1953 96HR 500MB FORECAST 2003 96HR WAVE PERIOD / DIRECTION sample

This is from the page, "NMC Point Reyes, Marine Radiofax Broadcast Schedule" at https://weatherfax.com/nmc-point-reyes/

Full description of the weather charts: https://www.weather.gov/marine/radiofax_charts

================================================== WORLDWIDE MARINE RADIOFACSIMILE BROADCAST SCHEDULES U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NATIONAL OCEANIC and ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

April 12, 2024 https://www.weather.gov/media/marine/rfax.pdf

73 de NW7US https://NW7US.us

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https://youtu.be/9N66y9HFX_Q

[updatecrazy]

The Long Dark update 2.17 is available on PS4, PC, and Xbox One. According to the Long Dark version 2.17 patch notes, the latest update adds Expansion Pass update TALES FROM THE FAR TERRITORY and Part Three: FRONTIER COMFORTS. Apart from this, The Long Dark patch 2.17 also includes various bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements. Previously, a big Long Dark update 1.99 added addresses a potential blocker in Episode Four. Unfortunately, some players are facing bugs and errors since the last patch. Today's The Long Dark patch 2.17 will fix a few of these issues. Check out more details below. The Long Dark Patch 2.17 Notes - June 22, 2023 GENERAL & CRASHES: Fixed an issue where players received errors reading "failed to load HinterlandOptionalContent.Steam" on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Fixed an issue where sleeping in a Helicopter without a Bedroll would result in a crash. Fixed an issue where audio would not play the first time Harvesting something (Rosehips, etc) after entering a scene. Fixed an issue that would cause the game to crash for some players when applying a bandage. Fixed an issue that would cause the Mountain Town Transmitter to report the incorrect GUID information, which could result in a crash. Fixed a potential crash in the Main Menu if a player entered into gameplay while the News menu was still waiting for a response from the server. Fixed an erroneous error message that could appear in the player’s log file, eventually leading to performance issues. Fixed a very rare crash that could occur if the player invoked a menu, such as the Inventory or death screen, while also pressing a button for another input, such as walking or interacting with something. GAMEPLAY: Fixed an issue where a Carcass could become non-interactable if left in the world for an extended period of time. The Bow will now switch to Fire-Hardened Arrows automatically if they are the only arrows left in the player's Inventory. Fixed an issue that caused the Energy Drink to give the incorrect duration for the associated Headache affliction. Fixed an issue where Bedrolls slept or rested in could be destroyed in a struggle, even when not in a player's inventory. Fixed an issue that prevented Bedrolls from showing their damage state when placed on the ground. Fixed an issue where renewable items (Sticks, Stones, Coal, etc.) were sometimes more plentiful than intended. Fixed an issue that could cause corrupted save data if the player quickly equipped the Shortwave Radio, put it away, then quickly exited the game. Fixed an issue that would cause fully cooked or partially cooked food items to revert to a raw state if dragged off the cooking surface and dropped onto a new one. Interloper - Spelunker's Lantern variant is now available in Interloper. USER INTERFACE: Map - Fixed an issue that caused Rock Cache Map markers to appear in the wrong location or not on the Map at all. Fixed an issue that caused the Headache Affliction meter to show a maximum of 1 hour, regardless of the actual Affliction length. Campcraft Radial Menu - Added the Fishing Hole to the Camp Radial Menu slot and temporarily removed the Bearskin Bedroll. Journal - Added the Challenge Objective tab that was missing from the Journal while playing a Challenge. ENVIRONMENT ART: Fixed various issues with specific locations and objects in the game world. AUDIO: Adjusted audio for the Lit Flare and Marine Flare so it emits properly from the Flare's location. PLATFORM-SPECIFIC ISSUES: Xbox/PS4 - Fixed an issue that would cause the game to crash on Xbox One and PlayStation, when performing an action. PS4 - Fixed a potential crash that could occur if the player was sleeping during an active Aurora. PS4 - Fixed a crash that could occur while exiting back to the Main Menu. PS4 - Fixed a crash that could occur while scrolling through the Inventory. PS4 - Fixed an issue with the timing of the subtitles, if played on a PS5 or a framerate other than 30 FPS.

Download free The Long Dark version 2.17 on PS4, Xbox One and PC

[alpha-beta-gamer]

Ghosts in the Shortwave sees you discovering the song of a long dead civilisation in a beautiful little ASCII styled world.

Read More & Play The Full Game, Free (Windows, Mac & Linux)

[sohannabarberaesque]

As the following will show, it isn't easy getting the Rex Beach Tourism and Publicity Office set up

HOKEY WOLF, explaining things in the modest little motel room serving as much Hokey and Ding-a-Ling's quarters in the interim as the offices of the Rex Beach Tourism and Publicity Office: Now let's see if I have everyhing--ah yes; copier paper, laptop PC, printer, WiFi interconnexion, mobile phone, envelopes, stamps, pens--

DING-A-LING, somewhat curious as to the absence of a camera: Hokey, what about the camera?

HOKEY WOLF: Ding boy, it's actually a camera phone, so we don't really need a second camera to do the press photography for the sake of the Tourism and Publicity Office, especially when the releases are all ready to go!

DING-A-LING: Now THIS is bound to get rather interesting ...

HOKEY WOLF: Especially when we get an interview with Honey and Sis on their shortwave station during the summer of Rex Beach Funtastic; won't that be interesting, Ding, when we get heard on shortwave all over the world!

DING-A-LING: Hokey is MY HERO--!!

HOKEY WOLF, somewhat casually: Make no mistake; Ding really MEANS it!

[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.

[swradiogram]

Shortwave Radiogram, 28 February-5 March 2025 (program 391): Always available for free in any country (where it can be picked up)

Here in northern Virginia, we had a couple of days with spring-like weather, with temperatures up around 65F/18C. I just heard a gust of wind form the west try to nudge our house to the east, so a cool front is moving in. Winter-like temperatures will return Sunday, but only for a day. I am becoming more accustomed to the additional keystrokes and additional operations required by the software that works on my new Windows 11 PC. The newest Audacity seems to use up system memory, requiring a multi-step production process. Eventually I will figure out the best way to do that. Thanks to listeners who emailed helpful advice. A video of last week's Shortwave Radiogram (program 390) is provided by Scott in Ontario (Wednesday 1330 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 391, 28 February-5 March 2025, in MFSK modes as noted:  1:47  MFSK32: Program preview  2:57  MFSK32: Most BBC radio will be unavailable internationally  5:32  MFSK64: Radiation at 21 cm key to search for aliens  8:13  MFSK64: This week's images 27:07  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 THE SHORTWAVE RADIOGRAM TRANSMISSION SCHEDULE IS IN THE IMAGE IMMEDIATELY BELOW. IF THE IMAGE DOES NOT DISPLAY FULL WIDTH, CLICK ON IT.

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.

Pop Shop Radio in British Columbia received these images 24 February 2025, 0800-0830 UTC, 5850 kHz from WRMI Florida ...

[kushblazer666]

2023 drain gang and pc music merge and start releasing music exclusively through russian shortwave radio

[fqntressa0800953-blog]

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[linuxgamenews]

The Long Dark gets new objective-based Tales

SIGNAL VOID Expansion Pass and game update releases for The Long Dark on Linux, Mac, with Windows PC. All due to the creative work and effort of developer Hinterland Studio Inc. Available on both Steam and Humble Store. Hinterland released Tales from the Far Territory, Part Two: SIGNAL VOID. The latest Expansion Pass update introduces the first Tale. Players are due to explore a story driven tale that delves into the area's mysterious past. Also featuring gameplay goal that reveal the history of Great Bear Island. Releasing in multiple Parts over the course of a 12-month campaign. Tales from the Far Territory includes paid updates for those who own the Expansion Pass. Also free updates for anyone who owns The Long Dark or Survival Edition on Linux. So, for a look at the great new content available in Part Two: SIGNAL VOID, watch the new update video below:

The Long Dark -- TALES FROM THE FAR TERRITORY -- Part Two Update Video

These are the contents of Part Two: SIGNAL VOID for the paid Expansion Pass, the following free updates were applied to the base Survival game.

Fire-Hardened Arrows: Good for hunting small game

Enhanced Prepper Bunkers: Including visual updates, loot updates, and a spawn refresh. Prepper Bunkers are now spread out over more regions. So there are more hatches than before, however only 3 are fully stocked.

Enhanced Beachcombing: Watch for new loot and also larger items after Blizzards

Acorns & more Oak Trees: Prepare and eat Acorns, or use them to make delicious Acorn Coffee

PART TWO: SIGNAL VOID

The first Tale, SIGNAL VOID: Requires an estimated 5+ hours to complete

Handheld Shortwave Radio: For use with Transponder Cache Gameplay

Transponder Cache Gameplay: Including the Handheld Shortwave and Transmitter sites. Also trackable hidden Supply Caches

New Bunkers: Discovered as part of the Tale

Four new clothing items: The Hockey Jersey, Flight Jacket, Aviator Cap, and Technical Balaclava

New “Surprise” Accessory item: Only found as part of the Tale.

SIGNAL VOID Expansion Pass and game update releases for The Long Dark on Steam and Humble Store. Priced at $19.99 USD / £16.75 / 19,50€. Along with Linux, Mac, with Windows PC.

[webproxies]

Listen to 20 Meters and Run a 10K

KiwiSDR - easy enough to go for a run and stream some shortwave radio on a smartphone.

KiwiSDR is modern radio; anyone with a PC, tablet computer, or smartphone can use KiwiSDR radio servers to tune real signals all over the world. It is the real deal: AM talk radio, shortwave, or longwave broadcasters. You don't need your own radio or antenna - just internet access.

But read the handbook, as KiwiSDR is a real radio and skills can help you operate it better and enjoy clearer reception!

[sdrdxhound]

KiwiSDR for Real Global Radio Streams

KiwiSDR is modern radio, democratized. Anyone with a PC, tablet computer, or smartphone can use KiwiSDR radio servers to tune real signals all over the world. It is the real deal: AM talk radio, shortwave, or longwave broadcasters. You don't need your own radio or antenna - just internet access.

But read the handbook, as KiwiSDR is a real radio and skills can help you operate it better and enjoy clearer reception!