Shortwave listener activities

eric_j_johnsoneric_j_johnson
in Configuration and Operation

Hello all:

Next weekend, I'm giving a talk at the North American Shortwave Association's SWLfest, featuring KiwiSDRs. I'm wondering if anyone has some favorite SWL oriented activities that I should mention. For me, this of course would include scanning the bands for unusual/new signals. and setting up a cron job with kiwirecorder to check out interesting broadcasts in general, and to record for particular dx targets over time, such as elwa in Liberia.....

Anything else that you do that the kiwisdr makes easier or possible?

Thanks in advance for sharing.

Eric

Comments

  • ve6jyve6jy

    I'll be one of your listeners to the SWLFest.... the ": extras" that the KIWI brings are in the form of the various extensions - included software that live within the KIWI app. Many of these are highly useful for those of us that like to SWL the bands: DRM, FAX, RTTY, CW, HFDL, NAVTEX, SSTV, etc. And the TDOA function can help one figure out where that transmission might be coming from. All of this and a very capable HF receiver too! Suffering local noise - a remote located KIWI is the answer. John's work in bringing the KIWI to the masses has got to be one of the best things that I can think of for the SWLing hobby.

  • eric_j_johnsoneric_j_johnson

    Thanks. Those are now on the list, in fact, that time I have allotted will make it difficult to cover everything.....

    Looking forward to meeting you....if you are there livel...

    Anyone else?

  • ve6jyve6jy

    I won't be there in person, only virtually.... Also forgot to mention the KIWI automatically integrates the EiBi database lookup.

  • bwilsonbwilson

    For me short wave listening has been a form of exploration, like a kid exploring the neighborhood, or later learning all the hiking trails in the close-by hills, or driving all the roads in a remote mining area of a desert. But with shortwave there are so many different signals as VE6JY mentions. The Kiwi's greatest advantage is making all those signals, or most of them, readable. Sitting back while a weather fax reveals itself, or watching the distance column of FT8 signals received, or using the SAM/USB/LSB options to pull in a hard-to-copy AM station, a Kiwi makes exploration doable, and fun. It's really fun for me to explore the shortwave bands on a Kiwi, the same way, I suppose, kids with a big tube radio in the living room explored the night-time AM bands in the 30's. I still do that, too.

    Tremolat
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