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Dave Burnett

@gdaveb.bsky.social
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The State Department's watchdog finds laws were broken when Kari Lake and Elon Musk silenced the Voice of America, ignoring reliable data and that their mistakes "severely diminished the nation’s ability" to counter disinformation and support democracy abroad. www.stateoig.gov/report/aud-a...
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
By far the best @swradiogram.bsky.social decoded images in a long while. Condx good on 5850 kHz to SE AZ last night. Thanks to @popshopradio.bsky.social and @radioactiveal.bsky.social for the great topic. “Track MFSK64” indeed!
Canadian RR
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Prof. Feynman @proffeynman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just an error on your part.
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Clean reception of @swradiogram.bsky.social from WRMI 9454 kHz at 2300z here in SE Arizona. WRMI sync errors but 100% text decode. A pleasant surprise. @popshopradio.bsky.social @radioactiveal.bsky.social
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@devorahleah.bsky.social Egad
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nearly trapped Wordle 1,921 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Program 462 from WRMI 5850 kHz 0800z. Very clean reception and decodes with expected sync errors. Too bad. It’s nice train art.
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
No images last night from @swradiogram.bsky.social on WRMI 5850 kHz. Unattended reception, 100% MFSK32 print, but no auto switch to MFSK64
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Conditions on 9265 kHz for @swradiogram.bsky.social not great in SE Arizona tonight. Did not toggle to MFSK64 (manual switch) and only one image decoded.
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Program 465 decoded in SE Arizona direct from WRMI 5850 kHz. Usual expected sync errors but not as bad this week.
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
@newsguy.bsky.social enjoyed your blurb in the latest QCWA Journal. Never was able to work T6AD. So it goes.
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Freddie Mercury HBD image from the Mighty KNC on WRMI 9455 kHz at 0330z 6 Sept. Decoded in SE Arizona. @swradiogram.bsky.social
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If Larry Mondelo suggests you do something, the answer is ALWAYS no!
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social from WRMI 5850 kHz 0800Z received in SE Arizona. Are your sync glitches in the same place as mine?
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I had set up early for 0800Z @swradiogram.bsky.social and got a bonus Radio Carpathia decode at 0229Z from WRMI 5850 kHz
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Program 464 from WINB 9265 kHz 0230z. Missed the trigger for the Empire State Bldg image but the rest is pretty good. Received in SE Arizona
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Program 463 WRMI 5850 kHz 0800Z unattended reception in SE Arizona. Very clean reception/decodes with exception of the (now common) sync errors. Are they transmission glitches, receive glitches, or both?
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Brian Eno News @dark-shark.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"Without Tina Weymouth Talking Heads would have been just another band": A celebration of Remain In Light #BrianEno #DavidByrne www.guitarworld.com/features/tin...
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
"A Chinese humanoid robot ran 100 metres in 9.39 seconds in a preliminary heat at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday, faster than the men's world record held by Jamaican ​sprinting great Usain Bolt." Maybe we can stop with the clumsy jokes. These are war machines.
reuters.com
Chinese robot beats Usain Bolt's 100m world record at Beijing games
A Chinese humanoid robot ran 100 metres in 9.39 seconds in a preliminary heat at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday, faster than the men's world record held by Jamaican ​sprinting g...
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Program 462 from WRMI 5850kHz 0800z decoded in Tucson. 100% text, all modes, clear images with some sync hiccups.
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Jimmy Webb decided in SE Arizona from The Mighty KBC on WRMI 9455 kHz at 0330z @swradiogram.bsky.social
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Good decodes from WINB of @swradiogram.bsky.social 9265 kHz 0230z in Tucson AZ. A few text hiccups and didn’t trigger the snow leopard image but sigs were really good by 0300z even with static crashes from monsoon storms ~100 mi/160 km away.
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Program 461 0800Z WRMI 5850 kHz. Missed one image trigger but got the THOR. I attribute much of the sync issue and corrupted text to regional monsoon lightning here in SE Arizona
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Jacquie O’Sullivan from Bananarama on The Mighty KBC, WRMI 9455 kHz 0300z decoded in SE Arizona @swradiogram.bsky.social
Jacquie O’Sullivan
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This would have been a nice @swradiogram.bsky.social collection of QSLs if not for the sync errors. I also forgot to start Audacity to capture the audio samples. So it goes. Program 490, WRMI 5850 kHz 0800z
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Program 460 on WINB 0230Z 1 Aug on 9265 kHz received in SE Arizona. One image did not trigger. Near 100% text.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I think this battle was lost shortly after Samuel Morse and Ezra Cornell erected their first telegraph poles in 1844.
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
As usual, best direct copy of @swradiogram.bsky.social is at 0800z on 5850 kHz. Still a few sync errors, on the middle set of images. I swear I’ll get another horizontal antenna up again, but I’m gonna wait until temps are under 105°F
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
"Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity." Carl Sagan
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Very good @swradiogram.bsky.social image decodes from WINB 9265 kHz at 0230Z. Sync errors seen in many of them, but a good reception night for me in SE Arizona (surrounded by monsoon thunderstorms!)
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Nick Langan @w2njl.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I'm guessing if you were working the 2-meter amateur bands in the eastern or central U.S. today, you cleaned up. MUF for E-Skip was above 162 MHz for a long stretch. I've run out of superlatives for this season! I doubt we're done! My RabbitEars.Info FM autologger from South Jersey for today.
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social 5850 kHz 0800z received direct in SE Arizona. Sync issues in 6 of 8 images. The MFSK64 trigger was processed and 100% text
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Trump is bitching about the wildfire smoke from Canada. When American wildlands catch fire, Canadians don't bitch about it - they send us firefighters and support aircraft. One of their pilots recently died fighting a fire in Colorado. Instead of bitching, Trump should send firefighters to Canada!
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Program 458 WINB 9265 kHz 0230z. Not too bad with the exception of not triggering MFSK64. A manual change and the images decoded
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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.” -- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Suzanne Vega birthday image (with sync error) from The Mighty KBC on WRMI 7780 kHz at 0931Z 11 July. Captured in SE Arizona @swradiogram.bsky.social
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social 0230Z 9265 kHz WINB received in SE Arizona. Last (big!) image didn’t trigger, but otherwise decent reception.
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
As is usually the case, the 0800Z 5850 kHz WRMI @swradiogram.bsky.social is the best direct copy in SE Arizona. Thanks @radioactiveal.bsky.social for taking it on and creating a great show.
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Really solid @swradiogram.bsky.social reception tonight from WINB 9265 kHz, and thanks @radioactiveal.bsky.social for the format! May the 4th of July be with you, indeed
WINB
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social on WRMI 5850kHz. The operative word is “sync”. I have an Audacity recording I will decode later. @popshopradio.bsky.social
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Happy Birthday, Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys. The Mighty KBC 9455 kHz WRMI MFSK64 received in SE Arizona @swradiogram.bsky.social
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Photographer Pennie Smith, The Clash, September 1979, an image used for the 'London Calling' album cover art and voted best rock 'n' roll image #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring a person bent over on a stage holding the neck of an electric guitar as if about to smash it on the floor
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Not stellar @swradiogram.bsky.social copy in SE Arizona from WINB 9265 kHz at 0230z, but reasonable. One image didn’t trigger. Nice reminiscing about hearing (and watching) CBC growing up in NW Ohio
WINB 0230z SW Radiogram
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Donna Halper @devorahleah.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
On Sunday, Mel Brooks (one of my favorite directors) will turn 100! Amazing but true. And he's still sharp as a tack. What an impressive life he's led. So many funny movies. And as he told the Associated Press, "I enjoy living. I’d like to do it as long as I can.” apnews.com/article/mel-...
apnews.com
Happy birthday, 2000 Year Old Man. Mel Brooks is turning 100
The 2000 Year Old Man is turning 100. Mel Brooks on Sunday will celebrate his centennial birthday. The comedian and filmmaker has been awaiting the milestone.
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I think the @swradiogram.bsky.social Program 454 images from WRMI 5850 kHz at 0800z would have decoded nicely, except once again the MFSK64 RxID trigger was not processed. Unless there was a timely static crash, I’m at a loss as to why. Comments invited.
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Chet Atkins, WA4CZD/W4CGP (SK), from The Mighty KBC MFSK64 on WRMI 9454 kHz, 21 June 0332Z. Decoded in SE Arizona. @swradiogram.bsky.social
Chet Atkins
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
If I understand correctly, CHU will go off air at 0000Z 22 June (1700 MST tomorrow). I’m going to attempt to record the last few minutes. Is anyone is planning the same? @swradiogram.bsky.social @radioactiveal.bsky.social @popshopradio.bsky.social @bobcatface.bsky.social @w2njl.bsky.social
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
20 June 26 0230Z WRMI @swradiogram.bsky.social received in SE Arizona. Not 100% character decode and looks like two images didn’t trigger. Better than last week at the same time though.
SW Radiogram Prog 454
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
No WRMI 5850kHz @swradiogram.bsky.social for me overnight. The monsoon has come to SE Arizona and I was disconnected for lightning (and still am this morning).
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Dave Burnett @gdaveb.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Not bad reception in SE Arizona of @swradiogram.bsky.social Prog 453 from WINB 9265 kHz at 0230z. Decoded the Olivia this time. Signal was fading the last 10 minutes so not all images received. One thing for sure: I can’t wait for Extreme Shortwave
SW Radiogram 453
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