1st place with 300,349 points at the TOP 10 DX OF THE YEAR CONTEST 2024 – The worlds largest SWL contest. Also achieved the „BEST DX Reception of the Contest”. The SWL competition organised by István Biliczky took place for the 8th time in December 2024. A total of 35 participants from 19 different countries took part. The motto of the contest: For those who take it seriously!

If you’re looking for a reliable way to protect your receiver from surges while ensuring stable and secure signal transmission, the new QRO.cz protection box for under 70 € is the perfect solution. This product connects your antenna to the receiver while providing several key safety features to keep your system safe and efficient.

Automatic Disconnection Without Power: When power is not applied, the antenna is disconnected from the output, and the unit includes surge arrestors on the coaxial cable and between the coax shielding and the ground screw. RF Signal Limiting for Strong Signals: When power is supplied, the relay contacts connect the input RF signal to the output through an RF limiter, which safely limits any strong signals to a safe value. Overcurrent Protection: An integrated SuperFuse disconnects the signal path if the current exceeds 100mA, protecting the limiter from damage. Easy Grounding Setup: For proper operation, the box needs to be grounded via the provided ground screw to a good earth connection.

Inspection visit to my 335°/145° Beverage antenna. You can’t see the storm in the photo, which is just as well.

Jan has once again expanded his information on the Web-888: https://hamparts.shop/blog/web-888-as-web-based-sdr-receiver-kiwi-sdr.html

In his Hamparts.shop, Jan Šustr now offers the Web-888 SDR, which has been on the market for a few months, for less than €330 directly in his shop, saving you the insecure sale directly from China.

The Web-888 is basically an improved ‘Kiwi’, which works with 16 bits, provides 13 receive channels simultaneously, also receives and decodes DRM and CW, can decode FT8 receipts ‘stand-alone’ without a PC and forward them to PSK reporters, of course a fully-fledged Web SDR for short and medium wave, operable with the software used in the Kiwi.

There is a lot more to explain, here is Jan’s website:
https://hamparts.shop/web-888-sdr-receiver.html

Here you can listen to Web-888 receivers online, the list is updated every 15 minutes:
https://www.rx-888.com/web/rx.html#public-device-list-refresh-every-15-minutes

A very detailed presentation of the Web-888:
https://youtu.be/3FpntwHhY9o?si=vXsc7LT8kuPsvkUs