Friedrichshafen 2015: The new Reuter RDR-X SDR Receiver, 0-146 MHz, Touchscreen, IP3 35 dBm…

2nd May will there be test transmission from the old longwave transmitter in Motala, Sweden on 191 kHz. (Christian Stödberg via FB Skywaves)

One of the last signals this Pacific season: Radio New Ireland from Kavieng, New Ireland Island, Papua. Recorded on 3905 kHz, 2010 UTC, 13.02.2015, Winradio Excalibur PRO/CSO, Beverage 100 mt. > 60° Asia/Pacific.

A new  country for me: Radio María de la Altagracia, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Reception: 08.01.2015, 0500 UT, 1240 kHz, Winradio Excalibur PRO/CSO, Beverage 250 mt. > 310° USA. Thanks to the Wilfredo Kanwinkel of Radio Maria for the verification from Santo Domingo.

 Beverage 250 mt. 310|USA feedpoint.

There are different strategies of monitoring. A rather new one at a price class available to hobbyists, is provided by TitanSDR. This software-defined receiver cover 9 kHz to 32 MHz in up to four wide bands, where you can place up to 40 narrowband channels. Each channel can be recorded, either automatically by an individual schedule for each channel, or manually. This offers new perspectives to monitoring. You can e.g. monitor the activity of four aero or maritime bands in parallel. Nils, DK8OK, has written a 25-pager (PDF), giving some real-world examples of how to use these features. It also contains 44 screenshots plus a few audio examples which you can listen to with the most recent PDF reader. Free Download: http://ratzer.at

November 11, 2014, 1530 UTC at Hellbrunn near Salzburg.

LRA 36, Base Esperanza, Antarctica. 15476 kHz. Good signal from Antarctica in Europe around 19/20 UT.