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Running SoniqWare SG-1 on a Windows PC
Recently, I posted a video showing how @LondonShortwave uses the GarageBand plugin, SoniqWare SG-1, for noise reduction. Since GarageBand is an Apple application, I didn’t believe SoniqWare SG-1 would...
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Tecsun PL-660 + Nevada EFW-2 = Winning Combo
Shortly after posting my Traveling Light, SWLing Right article yesterday, @LondonShortwave shared a video of the portable set up he uses for SWLing in London public parks: Click here to view a video of...
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Another solution for whole-house shortwave
London Shortwave posts the following on Twitter: Inspired by @SWLingDotCom‘s RaspberryPi post I put this together to listen to the radio in my shack around the house http://youtu.be/vOX41wIS1Qk On...
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Testing SDR#’s noise reduction in a London park
Yesterday, SWLing Post reader London Shortwave took his laptop, FunCube Dongle Pro+, and 6 meter long wire antenna to a local park where he tested SDR#‘s new IF noise reduction. He made the following...
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SDR# now has AM synchronous detection
SWLing Post reader, London Shortwave writes with a remarkable story about the free SDR application, SDR#(or, “SDR sharp”). He writes: “Two days ago, I emailed Youssef (SDR# developer lead) to ask if...
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The World Cup on shortwave, continents apart
Yesterday, I was primed to follow the FIFA World Cup semi-final match featuring the Netherlands vs. Argentina. Moreover, we have good friends from Germany visiting; of course, they wanted to see who...
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Designing a truly portable SDR
SWLing Post reader, London Shortwave, is working on a portable SDR (software defined radio) system based on his Toshiba Encore 8″ Windows tablet, FunCube Dongle Pro+, and supported by the excellent...
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Field Recording with the Tecsun PL-380 and Transcend MP330
SWLing Post reader, London Shortwave, shared photos of his portable recording kit on Twitter yesterday. It consists of a Tecsun PL-380, Transcend MP330, in ear headphones, and a simple clip-on antenna...
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London Shortwave refines his tablet-based portable SDR
One of the great things about the SWLing Post is that readers share their varied–and highly creative–methods of playing radio. A few weeks ago, SWLing Post reader, London Shortwave, shared his...
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Video: How to fight radio noise in urban areas
London Shortwave, a regular contributor to the SWLing Post, lives in London, England and copes with serious amounts of radio noise (QRM) at his home. Unlike many urban radio listeners, the QRM didn’t...
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Kyodo News Agency Fax and the Sony CRF-V21
My friend, @K7al_L3afta, posted to Twitter, the following fax he decoded from the Kyodo News Agency on 12,745 kHz today: The Kyodo News Agency is possibly the last marine weather fax station which...
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Music discovery via shortwave radio
A few days ago, SWLing Post reader LondonShortwave posted a playlist on his blog; it’s a great playlist of music he’s been exposed to via shortwave radio broadcasters over the years. I was quite...
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LondonShortwave: “Scanning the skies”
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, LondonShortwave, who shared (via Twitter) this video with recordings made with his portable SDR in a London park: Brilliant recordings, LS, and amazingly...
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London Shortwave says farewell to Radio Belarus
SWLing Post contributor, London Shortwave, hit his local park today with his Tecsun PL-680 and Zoom H1 in tow, then recorded the final broadcasts of Radio Belarus. He has published a post on his blog...
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London Shortwave: numbers station on top of VOT broadcast
SWLing Post contributor, London Shortwave, just published an interesting post on his blog. He begins: I have been regularly recording the small spectrum window containing the endangered stations I...
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Designing a truly portable SDR
SWLing Post reader, London Shortwave, is working on a portable SDR (software defined radio) system based on his Toshiba Encore 8″ Windows tablet, FunCube Dongle Pro+, and supported by the excellent...
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Field Recording with the Tecsun PL-380 and Transcend MP330
SWLing Post reader, London Shortwave, shared photos of his portable recording kit on Twitter yesterday. It consists of a Tecsun PL-380, Transcend MP330, in ear headphones, and a simple clip-on antenna...
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London Shortwave refines his tablet-based portable SDR
One of the great things about the SWLing Post is that readers share their varied–and highly creative–methods of playing radio. A few weeks ago, SWLing Post reader, London Shortwave, shared his...
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Video: How to fight radio noise in urban areas
London Shortwave, a regular contributor to the SWLing Post, lives in London, England and copes with serious amounts of radio noise (QRM) at his home. Unlike many urban radio listeners, the QRM didn’t...
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Kyodo News Agency Fax and the Sony CRF-V21
My friend, @K7al_L3afta, posted to Twitter, the following fax he decoded from the Kyodo News Agency on 12,745 kHz today: The Kyodo News Agency is possibly the last marine weather fax station which...
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