RadioActiveAl

Al Spots a Hallicrafters Receiver in a Jeanne Mas Video Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Al, who writes:  Hello Thomas! I’d like to pass along a radio spotting report; a Hallicrafters S-40B, or is it a S-77, in a Jeanne Mas video of her song “John…

Hallicrafters buffs: check out Thomas Witherspoon’s “SWLing Blog” entry: swling.com/blog/2026/02...

@swradiogram.bsky.social Images 2 and 1 from the broadcast as received in northern Florida, USA.

@swradiogram.bsky.social The middle of the images section appears to have encountered some signal fades or noise bursts...

@swradiogram.bsky.social Here are the final four images decoded in northern Florida, USA from the Thursday/Friday broadcast, 0030-0100 UTC, 9265 kHz.
We'll work backwards from here...

@popshopradio.bsky.social My decoded image from Sunday night's broadcast over WRMI on 5950 kHz.
I was using a KiwiSDR in Missouri. I forgot to record the show. I can check on the PopShop website to catch up.

@swradiogram.bsky.social Reporting good reception Wednesday on 15770 kHz, 1330-1400 UTC in northern Florida, USA.
Barely any multipath echo in WRMI's signal.
Text decoding was very good. MFSK64 had only this one error.
Using active loop antenna with Airspy HF+ and SDR#

@swradiogram.bsky.social Four representative images from reception in northern Florida, USA of Sunday/Monday overnight broadcast on 5850 kHz.
Missed RxID into MFSK64 during the show; recovered using a backup recording.

@swradiogram.bsky.social Final two images.
Saturday, 2300-2330 UTC, 9455 kHz, received in northern Florida, USA.

@swradiogram.bsky.social Images 5-8 from the broadcast Saturday...

@swradiogram.bsky.social Saturday's 2300z broadcast on 9455 kHz into northern Florida, USA.
Super signal with some very clear decodes!
Images 1-4...

@swradiogram.bsky.social Images from last night's WINB broadcast, 0330-0400 UTC on 9265 kHz as received in northern Florida, USA.
Getting good results with this DIY version of a LZ1AQ loop amplifier. Using CM chokes at each end of coax run.
Airspy HF+ and SDR# software.

Could it automate some tasks around the shack, like "every Monday at 07450 UTC start SDR#, tune to 5850 kHz, open FLDigi, open Audacity and record Shortwave Radiogram from 0800-0830 UTC and save the file as an MP3?

@swradiogram.bsky.social I received this week's Birthday Radiogram of Rhiannon Giddens while listening to Eric's "The Giant Jukebox" Friday 11a-12p UTC on 15770 kHz using a KiwiSDR in French Alps.

@swradiogram.bsky.social Image results from northern Florida, USA. Program 437 broadcast over WINB, 0030-0100 UTC on 9265 kHz.

@swradiogram.bsky.social Images decoded in northern Florida, USA on Wednesday during broadcast on 15770 kHz, 1330-1400 UTC.
I'm hearing multipath in the vocal portions of the program following SwRg.
Tuned in a little late and missed much of the MFSK64 text. Closing text in MFSK32 was 100% accurate.

@swradiogram.bsky.social Monday's 0800 images, the only one's decoded. Persian text seems to have survived intact.
Received in northern Florida, USA on 5850 kHz.

@popshopradio.bsky.social Use a Missouri KiwiSDR to listen and record the show. Decoded record label in real time. Poppie it took a couple of tries to get FLDigi to detect the RxID to MFSK128.
"Mais Que Nada" has always been a favorite!
"Gloria" the first song I learned on guitar.

@swradiogram.bsky.social Fina three.

@swradiogram.bsky.social The next group of four images.
<more>

@swradiogram.bsky.social A whole slew of images decoded during the replay of my recording of Sunday's broadcast on 9955 kHz.
Lots of artifacts of WRMI's audio processing!
Location: northern Florida, USA
<more>

@swradiogram.bsky.social First image and Persian text.

@swradiogram.bsky.social Three and two...

@swradiogram.bsky.social Five and four...

@swradiogram.bsky.social Oops, messed up the beginning of the count...
Seven and six...

@swradiogram.bsky.social Eight -- seven...

@swradiogram.bsky.social Very good intrastate reception in northern Florida, USA with WRMI's broadcast Saturday 2300-2330 UTC on 9455 kHz.
Counting down from number 10 by twos...

VOA broadcasts credible news to some of the most censored countries in the world.
@cartooningforpeace.bsky.social

Voter registration should be automatic - no ID's required. A brief-ish history of how advanced registration and ID laws have been used to target women, immigrants, the poor, and minorities.

For nearly 100 years, registering to vote has required only basic identifying info — not a passport, not a birth certificate, no documents required.
The SAVE Act would change that.
It’s not about fraud - it's exclusion.
History shows who that hits hardest.
New post:
open.substack.com/pub/rebekahj...

@swradiogram.bsky.social A good representation of the quality of reception last night in northern Florida, USA from the WINB 0330 UTC broadcast on 9265 kHz.
A total of nine images decoded. Persian text in MFSK32 looks pretty good.
Active loop antenna with Airspy's HF+ and SDR#.

@swradiogram.bsky.social The final four images from the broadcast.
Received in northern Florida, USA. WINB, 0030-0100 UTC, 9265 kHz.