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
45 verified! Now it will be even more difficult. Stations from Delaware and Arkansas simply cannot be heard. And for a reception from Arizona, Nevada and Idaho, you need a lot of luck as well as the help of the sun. And we don’t even want to think about Hawaii here in Central Europe.
Today, December 20, is already Christmas in my neck of the woods: KOZN, Bellevue Nebraska has confirmed reception of its station from yesterday morning on mediumwave 1620 kHz. Now I have confirmed 45 US states, all heard here in Salzburg in the last 12 years.
Tonight there were particularly good North American signals in the mediumwave band here in Salzburg on my Beverage antenna. US stations could be heard on almost all channels, usually even several signals. It will take a lot of time to analyze the SDR recording.
Perseus-Jaguar, Beverage 200 mt, 335°.
KBRW from Utqiagvik=Barrow can be heard on 680 kHz around 18 UT with interference. Alaska is very weak this season, Utqiagvik has been heard much more regularly in recent years. Beverage 335°, 200 meters.
I only listen to shortwave very rarely now, but I am particularly pleased about this: The Solomon Island Broadcasting Corp. can finally be heard again, the last reception here in December 2023. Around 1915 UT, the morning programme from Honiara with Christmas music can be heard in the tropical band on 5020 kHz. (QRO.cz K9AY++, G33 Excalibur SDR)
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