#Shortwave Radio on PC

[skywavelinux]

Skywave Linux 4.4 is releases and on the wires, friends. Yeah, maybe I'm biased because I develop it, but dayum I sure enjoy using SuperSDR. And DirectKiwi. Snd the SDR Map utility. They make it so easy to tune around the bands and find great broadcasts.

You don't need an expensive radio on your desktop, nor do you need a big antenna set up outside your residence. You just need some internet...

Give Skywave Linux a try - you don't even have to modify your PC. It is a boot drive image you can write to a USB stick or boot in a virtual machine. Start it up and find some signals!

[swradiogram]

Shortwave Radiogram, 20 December 2024-1 January 2025 (program 382): Our annual Holiday "Spectacular"

This week's program (382) will be our Holiday Spectacular. It will feature 18 MFSK64 images, all 150x150 pixels, of commercial light-pole-mounted holiday decorations. We've done light-pole decorations before, but the photos this year are new (I think). Program 382 will be repeated the following week  (27 December-1 January). Despite the festive content, production of program 382 was a harrowing experience. As I was encoding the content using Fldigi > File > Audio > TX generate, I noticed that the audio did not sound quite right. The pitch seemed high. When attempting to decode from the playback, the RSIDs would result in incorrect modes and audio frequencies. Some of the text did not print out correctly. I tried restarting the PC, with no improvement. Finally, I downloaded and installed the latest version of Fldigi (4.2.03), the the audio during encoding sound normal. Decodes on playback were OK. My previous (old) version of Fldigi (4.1.20) seems to have corrupted itself. I re-produced the show using the new, uncorrupted Fldigi. (I notice that the new Fldigi records at a lower amplitude. I hope this does not adversely affect your decoding.) On the subject of failures, my Yaesu FT-897D transceiver has stopped operating correctly after 13 years of nearly flawless service. The mode and band switches, which are rather essential, no longer work. Yes, I tried the lock button. I also tried using Flrig via the CAT cable, but it also would not switch the modes. I have yet to try a factory reset, although another owner noted online that this did not fix the problem. What might work, according to that owner, is unplugging the FT-897D for a long time, maybe months, to let the capacitors fully discharge. And speaking of failures, again, the exploded Florida Power and Light transformer serving the WRMI site is probably replaced by now. Some WRMI frequencies were off the air, including last week's Shortwave Radiogram on 9955 kHz. The schedule should be normal this week. A video of last week's Shortwave Radiogram (program 381) is provided by Scott in Ontario (Wednesday 1330 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis is provided by Roger in Germany. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 382, 20 December 2024-1 January 2025, in MFSK modes as noted:  1:43  MFSK32: Program preview  3:18  MFSK64: Our Holiday Spectacular:                18 images, each 150 x 150 pixels 27:59  MFSK32: Closing announcements Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net And visit http://swradiogram.net Bluesky: swradiogram.bsky.social Twitter: @SWRadiogram or https://twitter.com/swradiogram (visit during the weekend to see listeners’ results) Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/567099476753304 Shortwave Radiogram Gateway Wiki: https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Shortwave_Radiogram_Gateway THE SHORTWAVE RADIOGRAM TRANSMISSION SCHEDULE IS IN THE IMAGE BELOW. IF THE SCHEDULE IS NOT VISIBLE FULL WIDTH, CLICK ON IT. Last week, the Saturday 2300-2230 UTC transmission was on both 7780 kHz and 7570 kHz. 7570 was the pre-Hurricane-Milton frequency. Try both.

Other Shortwave broadcast programs that include digital text and images include The Mighty KBC, Pop Shop Radio and Radio North Europe International (RNEI). Links to these fine broadcasts, with schedules, are posted here.

f1gma.bsky.social in Paris received these images 18 December 2024, 1330-1400 UTC, 15770 kHz from WRMI Florida ...

[hydralisk98]

Towards "Blackhand Servitor" sampler, the Unionized Vision Quest, '(thread 16^12) '(article 0x29)

Follow-up article to the following two:

Kate: Even the black sun shall set one day. And as we shall rejoice the several eons we came to experience together, am I right to think such Ava? Ava: Sure thing Kate, I agree.

Components

Empathic mutualism, esoteric empowerment, systemic renewal, queer-ness & transgender & neurodivergence issues, data privacy, AI automation done well, morphological freedoms, communion with nature, sapient machine rights, grounded optimism, Turtle Island-themed, seventies cassette retrofuturism aesthetic, LISP code poetry & immersive tech props, data recovery & archival processes, self-discovery & insightful outer journey, copyleft publishing license & production technologies, multilingual / multimedia exports, affirmation therapy, mind synthesis / scanning;

Chronokinesis, True Polymorphy, meta? Retrocognition, distant far far away future dream(s?), Pinegroove as Mascouche+Rostock-like locations, lore-accurate branding?, historical tech remastered, tramway sequence, symbolic computation, touchscreen PDAs, expert system, Turbochannel Eurocard systems, Soyuzmultfilm animated films web hosting webring, lucid dreams, vivid daydreams, manifestation games, benevolent use of power, spiritual awakening?, societal harmony & social cohesion, humane transparency, RTTY shortwave broadcasting data, psyche agent archival as pseudo-afterlife, ancestor blessings, written bronze scroll records, spell contracts, preservation of knowledge, communal insights from humble tribes, shamans, oracles, priests, monks, clerks, foresight, memory rituals, bulletin board systems, tables, nesting spreadsheets, calendars, newer rituals, macrocosms and paracosms, libraries, changelings, vocal tales, urban legends, rural stories;

Trenchbroom, Blender 3.6+, Krita, Inkscape, QOwnNotes, LibreOffice, Kate, Godot 4 stable branch, Emacs, A2 Bluebottle Oberron, OpenDylan, Smalltalk, Fish, Tuxedo Computers, Pine64, Librem 5?, Elisa, Itch.io as an app, nsCDE, KDE e.v , FSF as GLOSS Foundation, Symbolics as Utalics, DEC as Pflaumen, PC/M as Magna Charter Macrotronics, IBM as EBM, Sun Microsystems as Luanti *, DuckDuckGo, SearX, Startpage, Gog Galaxy, Lutris, Proton, Wine, FreeBASIC?, ObjectREXX, Es, Acme, tcsh, musl, Okteta, K3B, GNU core utils, Bel, Arc, SimH, ...

16^12 - Angora history path and "androids congress worldwide project" context;

Nil Blackhand as camera POV, Kate Ker (INTJ autistic erudite historian transfem geocenter faction) + Ava Booksword (ENFP blonde social assistance worker synthetic android woman of syndicalist faction) modular intrigue storylets pathway;

Ana - Kata connection (focused on the time interpretation...), ocean of clades, afterlives, sentient / divine cosmic tree, living sapient cosmos ecosystems theory, black hand of history, mourning + celebrating the dead, cycles of life death and renewal, intrigue threads, manias & archaeology (mummy, tombs...), sophont nuances, dynastic lineages, embracers of change and luddites, improve the world, "become the revolution you seek in life", systemically parallel lives' overlaps, systemic progress, editing your reality and archiving individuals through divine software, traditions, pattern recognition, manifestation journeys, mutual guidance, giving and sharing, globalization, radio-pathy, van crawl, vision quests, romances, passions, empathies, special interests & other parallel expression idioms;

Shoshona, the black Angora fem housecat;

Pohakantenna (Shoshones' own contemporary religion?), Calvinism/Arianism as Occitan Baha'i dialect;

Utchewn conlang (Numic-derived language) with Blackfoot, Coast Salish & Iranian influences?;

(Shoshone Union's) Unionists (Republicans, Liberty, Democrats) vs Progressives caucuses (Syndicalists, Green/Georgism/Geocenter, Harmony);

[neverburnbooks]

Skywave Linux v5.3 is available for download! It is a self-contained live Linux iso for shortwave listening on internet based SDR sites. The picture is from a nice night enjoying CBC Radio 1, picked up on a receiver in Newfoundland, Canada

Get the iso image, burn it to a USB stick, boot the system and have fun. Shut down and unplug the USB, your PC never knew it was running a live Linux system...

[nw7us]

Weather Charts by Shortwave Radio from Point Reyes, CA - WEFAX 22.527 MHz

Weather Charts by Shortwave Radio from Point Reyes, CA - WEFAX 22.527 MHz on 2024 JUNE 14

https://youtu.be/9N66y9HFX_Q

This video is a screen and sound capture of my reception of weather charts and images by shortwave radio, from a station in California running about 4 kilowatts of RF power.  This HF WEFAX (Weather Facsimile) service is on every day for ship (marine) weather dissemination so that ships out on the ocean can get weather charts and images not by satellite, but by receiving shortwave signals.

Here is a snippet from the published schedule from Point Reyes WEFAX Radio, callsign NMC, is as follows:

22527 kHz - tune offset 1.9 KHz

(thus I was tuned to 22526 KHz USB, based on this: "Unless otherwise stated, assigned frequencies are shown,  for carrier frequency subtract 1.9 kHz. Typically dedicated radiofax receivers use assigned frequencies, while receivers or transceivers, connected to external recorders or PC's, are operated in the upper sideband (USB) mode using carrier frequencies.")

UTC CHART ++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1913 TROPICAL GOES IR SATELLITE IMAGE sample 1923 WIND / WAVE ANALYSIS sample 1933 96HR SURFACE FORECAST 1943 96HR WIND/WAVE FORECAST sample 1953 96HR 500MB FORECAST 2003 96HR WAVE PERIOD / DIRECTION sample

This is from the page, "NMC Point Reyes, Marine Radiofax Broadcast Schedule" at https://weatherfax.com/nmc-point-reyes/

Full description of the weather charts: https://www.weather.gov/marine/radiofax_charts

================================================== WORLDWIDE MARINE RADIOFACSIMILE BROADCAST SCHEDULES U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NATIONAL OCEANIC and ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

April 12, 2024 https://www.weather.gov/media/marine/rfax.pdf

73 de NW7US https://NW7US.us

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https://youtu.be/9N66y9HFX_Q

[updatecrazy]

The Long Dark update 2.17 is available on PS4, PC, and Xbox One. According to the Long Dark version 2.17 patch notes, the latest update adds Expansion Pass update TALES FROM THE FAR TERRITORY and Part Three: FRONTIER COMFORTS. Apart from this, The Long Dark patch 2.17 also includes various bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements. Previously, a big Long Dark update 1.99 added addresses a potential blocker in Episode Four. Unfortunately, some players are facing bugs and errors since the last patch. Today's The Long Dark patch 2.17 will fix a few of these issues. Check out more details below. The Long Dark Patch 2.17 Notes - June 22, 2023 GENERAL & CRASHES: Fixed an issue where players received errors reading "failed to load HinterlandOptionalContent.Steam" on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Fixed an issue where sleeping in a Helicopter without a Bedroll would result in a crash. Fixed an issue where audio would not play the first time Harvesting something (Rosehips, etc) after entering a scene. Fixed an issue that would cause the game to crash for some players when applying a bandage. Fixed an issue that would cause the Mountain Town Transmitter to report the incorrect GUID information, which could result in a crash. Fixed a potential crash in the Main Menu if a player entered into gameplay while the News menu was still waiting for a response from the server. Fixed an erroneous error message that could appear in the player’s log file, eventually leading to performance issues. Fixed a very rare crash that could occur if the player invoked a menu, such as the Inventory or death screen, while also pressing a button for another input, such as walking or interacting with something. GAMEPLAY: Fixed an issue where a Carcass could become non-interactable if left in the world for an extended period of time. The Bow will now switch to Fire-Hardened Arrows automatically if they are the only arrows left in the player's Inventory. Fixed an issue that caused the Energy Drink to give the incorrect duration for the associated Headache affliction. Fixed an issue where Bedrolls slept or rested in could be destroyed in a struggle, even when not in a player's inventory. Fixed an issue that prevented Bedrolls from showing their damage state when placed on the ground. Fixed an issue where renewable items (Sticks, Stones, Coal, etc.) were sometimes more plentiful than intended. Fixed an issue that could cause corrupted save data if the player quickly equipped the Shortwave Radio, put it away, then quickly exited the game. Fixed an issue that would cause fully cooked or partially cooked food items to revert to a raw state if dragged off the cooking surface and dropped onto a new one. Interloper - Spelunker's Lantern variant is now available in Interloper. USER INTERFACE: Map - Fixed an issue that caused Rock Cache Map markers to appear in the wrong location or not on the Map at all. Fixed an issue that caused the Headache Affliction meter to show a maximum of 1 hour, regardless of the actual Affliction length. Campcraft Radial Menu - Added the Fishing Hole to the Camp Radial Menu slot and temporarily removed the Bearskin Bedroll. Journal - Added the Challenge Objective tab that was missing from the Journal while playing a Challenge. ENVIRONMENT ART: Fixed various issues with specific locations and objects in the game world. AUDIO: Adjusted audio for the Lit Flare and Marine Flare so it emits properly from the Flare's location. PLATFORM-SPECIFIC ISSUES: Xbox/PS4 - Fixed an issue that would cause the game to crash on Xbox One and PlayStation, when performing an action. PS4 - Fixed a potential crash that could occur if the player was sleeping during an active Aurora. PS4 - Fixed a crash that could occur while exiting back to the Main Menu. PS4 - Fixed a crash that could occur while scrolling through the Inventory. PS4 - Fixed an issue with the timing of the subtitles, if played on a PS5 or a framerate other than 30 FPS.

Download free The Long Dark version 2.17 on PS4, Xbox One and PC

[linuxgamenews]

The Long Dark gets new objective-based Tales

SIGNAL VOID Expansion Pass and game update releases for The Long Dark on Linux, Mac, with Windows PC. All due to the creative work and effort of developer Hinterland Studio Inc. Available on both Steam and Humble Store. Hinterland released Tales from the Far Territory, Part Two: SIGNAL VOID. The latest Expansion Pass update introduces the first Tale. Players are due to explore a story driven tale that delves into the area's mysterious past. Also featuring gameplay goal that reveal the history of Great Bear Island. Releasing in multiple Parts over the course of a 12-month campaign. Tales from the Far Territory includes paid updates for those who own the Expansion Pass. Also free updates for anyone who owns The Long Dark or Survival Edition on Linux. So, for a look at the great new content available in Part Two: SIGNAL VOID, watch the new update video below:

The Long Dark -- TALES FROM THE FAR TERRITORY -- Part Two Update Video

These are the contents of Part Two: SIGNAL VOID for the paid Expansion Pass, the following free updates were applied to the base Survival game.

Fire-Hardened Arrows: Good for hunting small game

Enhanced Prepper Bunkers: Including visual updates, loot updates, and a spawn refresh. Prepper Bunkers are now spread out over more regions. So there are more hatches than before, however only 3 are fully stocked.

Enhanced Beachcombing: Watch for new loot and also larger items after Blizzards

Acorns & more Oak Trees: Prepare and eat Acorns, or use them to make delicious Acorn Coffee

PART TWO: SIGNAL VOID

The first Tale, SIGNAL VOID: Requires an estimated 5+ hours to complete

Handheld Shortwave Radio: For use with Transponder Cache Gameplay

Transponder Cache Gameplay: Including the Handheld Shortwave and Transmitter sites. Also trackable hidden Supply Caches

New Bunkers: Discovered as part of the Tale

Four new clothing items: The Hockey Jersey, Flight Jacket, Aviator Cap, and Technical Balaclava

New “Surprise” Accessory item: Only found as part of the Tale.

SIGNAL VOID Expansion Pass and game update releases for The Long Dark on Steam and Humble Store. Priced at $19.99 USD / £16.75 / 19,50€. Along with Linux, Mac, with Windows PC.

[iandroideu]

RF Shield Turns Arduino (And PC) into Shortwave Radio #ArduinoHacks #elektor #RadioHacks #sdr https://t.co/aHqPqM5sxx http://twitter.com/iandroideu1/status/1228673072061829121

RF Shield Turns Arduino (And PC) into Shortwave Radio #ArduinoHacks #elektor #RadioHacks #sdr https://t.co/aHqPqM5sxx

— iAndroid.eu (@iandroideu1) February 15, 2020

[lighter-lifter]

Code

A/N: Yo! Sorry this req took me so long to fulfill, I hope you all enjoy it. Remember to drink water and reblog writers!

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I awoke to the sound of my phone pinging, signaling a text from my best friend, Emma.

Emma: ‘Yo, if you wanna play Among Us with us, the code is ______’

She knew that I hadn’t been talking to anyone recently. Compulsive self isolation amirite? I figured that I should at least try. I slowly sat up, rubbing my eyes with my fists. I checked the time, 2:00 pm. I groaned, sick of being unhealthy, but unable to become healthy. I padded over to my setup on the other side of my small bedroom. I turned on my pc, wincing at the bright screen, a contrast to the dark surroundings of my room. I quickly opened up Among Us, typing in the code that Emma sent me. I watched as my finger hit the wrong key, but I hit enter before I could react. My mouse hovered over the exit button, that was, until I saw the names of the people in the lobby. Corpse, Spedicey, Rae, Sykkuno, Toast, Pewds, This could not be happening. I did nOt just somehow, accidentally, join my favorite streamers and youtubers lobby. The little red dot popping up on the chat icon pulled me from my thoughts.

Corpse: ‘Uh, who r u’

My fingers crashed across my keyboard, desperate to not make it look like I somehow searched out, and found, this one specific code.

Y/A/N: ‘sorry. i think i typed in my friends code wrong’

I quickly typed out, slamming enter with my pinkie. I took a deep breath, trying to not freak the fuck out. I anxiously stared at the chat icon, waiting for someone to say something.

Rae: ‘I mean, we do need a filler,’

Spedicey: ‘Wanna play?’

Yo. What the fuck? Was this happening? Was this real? I shook the thoughts out of my head, starting to frantically type.

Y/A/N: ‘fuck it. sure’

I buried my face in my hoodie sleeve covered hands, letting out a muffled screech. Alright. I needed to calm the fuck down. I took a couple deep breaths before seeing the red dot appear once again on the chat icon.

Corpse: ‘whats ur discord’

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After putting my discord in the chat, I waited. Staring at my discord, waiting to be invited to a server or something. Then I got a notification from Corpse, a friend request and an invite to the Among Us server, in that order. The way I slAmmed my finger onto the mouse button the accept the friend request was almost sinful. “Jesus christ” I muttered to myself, accepting the invite to the server, much more calmly this time. I saw that everyone has already joined the call. I adjusted my mic, cleared my throat, and joined the call. I heard all of them laughing at what someone had said “Wait guys they’re here!” I heard Sean's voice cut through. “Uh, yeah, hi” My voice sounded quiet and small. I cringed a little bit at it before I heard Rae say, “Oh my god I love your voice it’s so cute!” In an excited tone. I chuckled a bit. “Thank you, I just woke up so it’s a little wonky right now but that's fine” I stated, rubbing my eyes a bit, still tired. I never got enough sleep. “What time is it for you?” I heard Corpses voice say. His voice sounded even better on call than in videos, and probably even better in person. But his voice is not him, it’s not why we love him. It’s just a feature of him. Nevertheless, it gave me butterflies. “Uh like 2:15 I think” I replied, checking my phone for the time as I did so. “Oh, cool, same for me” Corpse said, he didn’t sound anxious per say, but he sounded a bit nervous. But, to be fair, I sounded more than a bit nervous. “So, what’s your name?” Sykkuno asked. “Y/N” I stated, smiling a little. “Nice to meet you Y/N’ Sykkuno replied. “Pretty name,,” I heard Corpse mumble. “Uh, I- Thank you” I stuttered out. God, why did I sound so damn nervous? These people are just people. They’re the same as me. I heard Corpse let out a small nervous giggle.

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We all talked for a bit, just them asking me simple questions and me answering. “Yo, who wants to wear the cat ears with me?” Corpse asked, I replied without a thought “I gotchu, Corpsey” I heard him laugh a little bit. His laugh was so nice. “WELL I WANNA WEAR THEM TOO” Sean scrEamed. You don’t realize how much he turns the volume down in editing until you’re actually talking to the man. “Goddamn that was loud” I laughed. “Oh yeah, Sean is very loud. All the time. You can’t escape it.” Felix warned, I giggled at his statement. “Oh I know, I know” I responded, receiving a laugh from Sean and Felix. “Y/N! Put on the fUcking cat ears” Corpses voice boomed through the call. I jumped a bit at the sudden sound. “Woah, a little close to the mic there aren’t we?” I laughed out, moving my littol bean character to the customization thing, putting the cat ears on. “How else was I supposed to get your attention?” Corpse asked, still very, very close to the mic. I laughed, and before I could open my mouth to respond, Sean cut in “Literally just talk. You have a voice like fuckin shortwave radio.” I started laughing even harder, attempting to put my head down on the desk, but instead, FULLY bOnking it. “ow” I muttered, laughing quietly. “yo was that your fucking head?” Sean asked, I laughed a little louder before answering, “look, I have like zero control over my body at any given time” earning a chuckle from Corpse. I smiled, making him laugh made me smile.

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After a few games, Corpse and I got imposter together. I hate being imposter. We were doing alright until fUcking Rae just hAd to see me vent. “ITS Y/N SHE VENTED I SAW HER” 

so naturally we lost that round

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After we had played quite a few games, everyone was pretty tired, except for me and Corpse. “Alright bye you guys! Thank you so so much for letting me play, it was fun” You could literally hear the smile in my voice. Everyone had left the discord call other than me and Corpse at this point. “So, uhh, can I get your Instagram real quick? I just realized I don’t even know what you look like” Corpse spoke somewhat awkwardly, almost as if he was nervous for some reason. “Well, to be fair, I don’t know what you look like either” I retorted, laughing. He gave me a chuckle in response and hesitated before saying; “I mean, we could change that, yknow, if you like, wanted to,,or something”

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[skywavelinux]

Shortwave radio - real signals - on your PC. Download Skywave Linux, make a boot drive, and tune in broadcasts from around the world.

You don't need an expensive radio on your table, nor do you need a big antenna outside. Apartment or condo dweller? Get Skywave Linux and tune in the world. From anywhere to anywhere.

Does AM radio offer noisy, crappy, propaganda-filled programming where you live or work? Use Skywave Linux and find some clear and BS-free programming instead!

[swradiogram]

Shortwave Radiogram, 26 September-2 October 2024 (program 372): Digital modes that penetrate interstellar clouds

For listeners in the areas affected by Hurricane Helene and associated storms and rainfalls, I hope damage and inconvenience are minimal. Here in northern Virginia, we are forecast to get some rain from the edges of the Helene system, and that will help alleviate our drought. Producing this week's program was something of a challenge. I record the parts of the broadcast using Fldigi, then compile the parts using the Audacity software. This morning, Audacity froze for some reason. I had to exit the program. Audacity usually saves audio from unexpected exits. It did this time, except for the Three Mile Island story, which I had to re-record. Then I had to reassemble the show from the unnamed Audacity backup files. I might be getting too old for this. (My Windows 10 PC -- not eligible for Windows 11 -- might also be getting too old for this.) A video of last week's Shortwave Radiogram (program 371) is provided by Scott in Ontario (Wednesday 1330 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis is provided by Roger in Germany. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 372, 26 September-2 October 2024, in MFSK modes as noted:  1:45  MFSK32: Program preview  2:50  MFSK32: Three Mile Island nuclear plant to reopen  5:18  MFSK64: Effects of interstellar clouds on Earth's climate  8:12  MFSK64: This week's images 27:40  MFSK32: Closing announcements Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net And visit http://swradiogram.net Twitter: @SWRadiogram or https://twitter.com/swradiogram (visit during the weekend to see listeners’ results) Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/567099476753304 Shortwave Radiogram Gateway Wiki: https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Shortwave_Radiogram_Gateway

The Shortwave Radiogram transmission schedule is in the image below. Click on the image to see the full width ...

Other Shortwave broadcast programs that include digital text and images include The Mighty KBC, Pop Shop Radio and Radio North Europe International (RNEI). Links to these fine broadcasts, with schedules, are posted here.

Jonathon in South Carolina received these images 21 September 2024, 2300-2330 UTC, 7570 kHz from WRMI Florida ...

[kushblazer666]

2023 drain gang and pc music merge and start releasing music exclusively through russian shortwave radio

[sohannabarberaesque]

We now return you to Catalina Island for more of the Hanna-Barbera Character Convocation coincident with the Avalon Harbour Underwater Cleanup ...

Saturday morning: What more of a brilliant and blessed sunrise could you ask for, especially considering that The Magic Isle doesn't have the hazy smog of the mainland ... but let's begin this day before sunrise, just before sunrise even, which Avalonians and visitors alike can actually watch over the Pacific. Beginning with quite the buffet-style breakfast for all involved (and believe you me, the Cahuenga Pass Funtastic Divers could use plenty of nourishment heading into the dive this morning), featuring omlettes to order, malted waffle station, scrambled eggs, bacon, SPAM, hash browns--and, for good measure, the Cattanooga Cats' Famous Grits Bar, with plenty of stir-ins and toppers galore such as ham bits, red eye gravy, shredded cheese, butter, salt-free seasoning even ... and for many, the novelty of grits in classic Southern style is attraction enough. Not to mention straight coffee, coffee with chicory, breakfast blend tea (from the Gatlinburg coffee roastery of said Cattanooga Cats, mind you)....

At any rate, Oh So Chuckleberry "himself" issued some final reminders to the diver participants to get in a last-minute air tank refill and/or equipment check at the dive shop on the Green Pleasure Pier, and that the 9 o'clock safety briefing for divers IS MANDATORY AND BINDING.

One highlight of the buffet was doubtless when Yogi Bear put in a call to Snagglepuss on the latter's mobile from Jellystone, adding that the hibernation was getting wound down for the most part and extending the best wishes and salutations of the occasion ("I can't believe that some of my friends are in such a magic isle as Catalina is, and for a good cause, to boot!"--Yogi Bear) ... and Loopy DeLoop was calling from a remote part of his hobby sugarbush in Quebec's Estrie region, checking the hosing feeding the sugaring house from the bush itself and adding another couple of sugar maples to the network (as it were) and adding that the maple sap run was a bit on the slow side at the moment, but with milder weather expected, things were bound to improve in time for the annual production of his artisanal soft maple sugar loaves.

Saturday morning again, just before 9: With registrations checked out, the Cahuenga Pass Funtastic Divers head out to the beach for the safety briefing. Even the likes of Captain Caveman, who, as luck would have it, would be something of an unlikely mascot to the divers by virtue of his freediving approach (and his handlers, the Teen Angels, producing some GoPro footage of the whole). At any rate, the area being covered is the area of Avalon Bay between Casino Point and the Green Pleasure Pier and out 50 feet from shore, with a maximum depth for all divers of 50 feet.

9:30 ... the air horn sounds as signals all participants into the water. Mouthpieces fitted in ... regulators checked ... air lines working ... and just breaking free of the shallows, the diving begins in serious earnest for good. As in combing through the sand bottom of Avalon Harbour, making certain they don't get caught in the wrong sort of places (e.g., anchorage points or even the underwater telephone cable from the mainland) in their search for the garbage left in the past year by boaters as dropped anchor in Avalon Bay. Garbage--and then some: Mobile phones, tablet PC's, wallets, bottles of liquor with stuff still in them (instructions being not to open the bottles underwater, just put them in the garbage bag), clothing haplessly thrown overboard--I assume you get the idea of what to expect. Admittedly, the pickings the divers can expect tend to vary from year to year, depending on the storms, tides and weather generally.

Meanwhile, on shore, the Non-Diving Participants (Snagglepuss and Huck among them) engage in much conversation over coffee and rolls, particularly among spectators and fellow Funtastics. As well as imagining what sort of debris booty will be reclaimed from Avalon Bay's bottom by 11 o'clock, when divers will be asked to exit the water and dump their hauls on the Wrigley Plaza Stage to reveal all. Not to mention Mildew Wolf and Snagglepuss using the occasion to recall the "good old days" back hosting Laff-a-Lympics and imagining some of the potential therefrom creeping into the Convocations' spirit, especially at Steamboat Springs' Winter Carnival.

11 o'clock: The last of the divers are leaving Avalon Bay ... and of all the finds to be had from Avalon Bay's depths nearshore, Peter Potamus and Lippy the Lion are hauling to shore the denuded remains of a bedframe's springs, with slight signs of sea water corrosion. (Which had even fellow divers wondering how exactly the bedframe got tossed into Avalon Bay, to begin with. Or, for that matter, who tossed same into the water.) At any rate, other finds of the Cahuenga Pass Funtastic Divers during the cleanup were:

Bottles of whisky (notably Tennessee and Canadian such), slibovitz (a Slovenian plum brandy), sloe gin, sake and brandy, still in their bottles

Alligator-skin handbag of the tackiest sort, and with much in the way of papers still inside

Gold coins, notably several Kruggerands tossed overboard in the salad days of apartheid's depravities as a show of protest; two half-ounce Mexican Centenarios and an American Eagle were also uncovered

Gift cards as probably had much of their value used up, to begin with

RFID-blocker wallets (still having credit and debit cards intact, and a few with cash)

Transistor shortwave radios, one a Zenith Trans-Oceanic of Jonny Quest vintage

An unopened package of AA batteries as looked rather cheap

But it was the bedframe that took the proverbial laurels for Largest Haul, prompting Peter Potamus to remark that it was just crazy to picture an old bed frame in the harbour, and wonder how best to haul same up, signalling for the closest diver (Lippy the Lion, it turned out) to help surface the same. And during the presentation, Square Bear could be overheard remarking what it would have been like to have found a treasure chest of the Yogi's Treasure Hunt sort during the cleanup.

But at any rate, the Cahuenga Pass Funtastic Divers were especially recognised for not so much their attendance as for "adding some colour and variety to the proceedings", with the organisers, Snagglepuss and Huckleberry Hound, receiving Citations of Recognition. Asked for remarks, Huckleberry Hound saith--

I have to admit that, for the last couple of years, we've been finding a few interesting events around the country by which we could have, you know, these little ol' gatherings of fellow characters ... hoping as much for sharing old friendships and stoking renewed interest in our kind from newer generations who probably may not otherwise be acquainted with our sort. And the response we've seen--in Truth or Consequences, Minneapolis, Steamboat Springs, Wisconsin Dells and now here on Catalina--just makes this little ol' hound dog feel somewhat warm inside.

Which was enough to seriously bring out the applause from locals and visitors gathered. And plenty of interesting variety for the early-evening TV news bulletins from back on “the mainland.”

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