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

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)

In the last few days I have been able to hear beautiful signals from Africa in Salzburg.

828 24.Nov 2025 ETH R Ethiopia, Arba Minch,  (827.9866)
828 23.Nov 2015 AFS Magic 828, Klipheuwel,  (827.9998)
864 19.Nov 1430 EGY NMA Al-Quran al-Karim, Santah,  (863.9983)
918 23.Nov 0305 NIG R Benue, Makurdi,  (918.0001)
972 23.Nov 0308 ETH R Ethiopia, Robe,  (972.0106)
1134 22.Nov 2354 AGL RNA Canal A, Mulenvos-Baixo,  (1135.3200)
1170 22.Nov 2045 SWZ TWR Africa, Mpangela Ranch,  (1169.9965)
1224 23.Nov 0224 MOZ Emissor Provincial de Cabo Delgado, Pemba,  (1223.9992)
1359 23.Nov 0300 ETH Dimtsi Woyane Tigray, Mekelle,  (1358.9984)
1377 23.Nov 0005 TZA R Free Africa, Mwanza,  (1376.9914)
1431 23.Nov 0100 DJI Voice of America, Djibouti-Doraleh,  (1431.0012)
1548 22.Nov 2332 AFS R Islam International, Lenasia,  (1547.9894)
1566 22.Nov 2130 BEN TWR Africa, Parakou-Serarou,  (1565.9994)

Perseus/Jaguar 10.3, Beverage 200 mt. > 145° East Africa