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RadioActiveAl

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Interested in Radio, Audio, Music and Stuff. old Twitter handle: WD4AH_Al

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 13h
@swradiogram.bsky.social Great reception of WRMI in upper MA for Wednesday's 1330z broadcast on 15770 kHz. I think the glitches and left-side color/image shifts are originating with @WRMI's playout system. It would be nice to get it back to normal. Fingers crossed!
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social @popshopradio.bsky.social Images decoded in northern Florida, USA on Saturday during the 2300-2330 UTC broadcast. Just a little off the track in spots. I saw the same group of shifts on a Linux system in another part of the house on a different antenna and receiver.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Snow on the tracks! Last night's results with the WINB, 0230-0300 UTC - 9265 kHz broadcast as it chugged its way down south to a very cool northern Florida, USA. Bundle up!
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@popshopradio.bsky.social Showed up on a FB group. I might be able to get him interested in tuning in this week's show...
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social A wonderful bunch of Canadian railway posters on this week's program! Excellent decoding here in northern Florida, USA with Thursday's 2330-2400 UTC, 9265 kHz broadcast! Congratulations Tony Pavick @popshopradio.bsky.social, it was fun riding the rails with you!
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
With Shortwave Radiogram focusing on train travel these two weeks, here we have a case where new is old again. The Railroads Were Once the Octopus That A.I. Is Now www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...
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Opinion | The Railroads Were Once the Octopus That A.I. Is Now
New matrix, meet the old matrix.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social FLDigi helps create the sense of speed with this City of New Orleans travel poster decode with the soundcard's PPM setting set too high. Up early to catch the last run of Program 467. Local reception in northern Florida, USA had too much multipath so switched to SDRs...
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Over-the-air decodes in northern Florida, USA captured during Wednesday's WRMI broadcast on 15770 kHz, 1330-1400 UTC. Airspy HF+ with 90' doublet antenna. Who else got those distinctive left-side color/image shifts?
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social To mesh with our train travel themed programs, it's nice to see what's old is new again! All Aboard! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/t...
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Private Train Cars Persist In the Era of Private Jets and Luxury Travel (Gift Article)
Private train cars may seem like a relic of the past, but for some rail fans, nothing beats having — or renting — your own sleeper car.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@popshopradio.bsky.social Freddy Fender's 45rpm label decoded in northern Florida, USA during the WRMI broadcast on 5850 kHz Sunday evening. Aha! The Runaways - "Cherry Bomb" !! More great tunes on this week's show!
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Reception of Sunday's 9955 kHz broadcast received using KiwiSDR in upper Massachusetts. Quality of decoded text can be judged by each image's Alt-Text.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Wowzah! WRMI came rolling into northern Florida Saturday night like some of that big iron shown blow! 9455 kHz, 2300-2330 UTC
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Images decoded in northern Florida, USA during Thursday's 2330z broadcast on 9265 kHz. Airspy HF+ with 90' doublet antenna.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
@popshopradio.bsky.social Rockin 'round the house with Pop Shop's playlist! Tuned in late, but caught the last couple of songs before the Radiogram. Good reception of the 5950 kHz signal from WRMI here in northern Florida, USA.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Here are all the images I decoded during Saturday's 2300z broadcast. QTH: northern Florida, USA. Airspy HF+ with SDR# and active loop antenna.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Images from the 0230z broadcast over WINB and received in northern Florida, USA. Bon Voyage, Kim, have a great vacation! Tony, Marty and I will keep the light on. See you back here soon! @popshopradio.bsky.social @atldivarrl.bsky.social
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Remote and local reception of this week's Birthday Radiogram segment during Mighty KBC's "The Giant Jukebox" music show with Eric van Willegen. Ben Folds is the featured artist.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social The first group of images decoded in northern Florida, USA during Thursday's 2330-2400 UTC broadcast, 9265 kHz...
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social These are all of the images I decoded during Monday's overnight broadcast on 5850 kHz here in northern Florida, USA. I didn't decode any of the text broadcast earlier in the program, but did decode the closing text in MFSK32.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social The Good, the bad, and well, there wasn't an Ugly one in the bunch. Two images to sum up reception at Casa WD4AH from yesterday's 2300z broadcast over WRMI on 9455 kHz. This is probably due to the seasonal change in earlier sunsets. We'll see in the coming weeks.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
SDRoxide in WSPR mode on 20m. It's an impressive combination of software; sort of a Swiss Army knife for Ham/SWL/ADSB/Satellite radio. I have yet to try it on the transmit side, just monitoring with an Airspy HF+ SDR.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social One image says it all. In this case the image from the 0230-0300 UTC broadcast over WINB as it was received in northern Florida, USA. All images were decoded, some with shifts from who knows where. Received using AirSpy HF+ SDR # with Active loop antenna.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Images decoded during last night's broadcast over WINB as received in northern Florida, USA.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Great reception of Friday's Radiogram segment during Eric's "The Giant Jukebox" on The Mighty KBC using the KiwiSDR in MA/CT. He followed by playing three Queen tunes! Local reception here in n. Florida, USA was good enough to get a snowy view of Freddie and friend...
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Reception in northern Florida, USA was good enough to capture 8 decodes and 95% of the text during Wednesday's 1330-1400 UTC broadcast on 15770 kHz. Antenna: 90' doublet - SDR: Airspy HF+ - Software: SDR#, FLDigi.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social All images, and text, decoded here in northern Florida, USA during WINB's 0230z broadcast. Still learning the ins and outs of Linux Mint; the big image shift in the final image is a reminder of how much this version on Mint is like Windows...
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Thanks to N1NTE and his KiwiSDR, I got this great image of Pim Kops of the Dutch band De Dijk. A great tune of theirs follows the segment! Friday ~1130 UTC, 15770 kHz.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Images 1-10 decoded in northern Florida, USA during the Thursday 2330-2400 UTC broadcast over WINB on 9265 kHz. Image 10 to follow. Used a recently built Linux Mint computer system with SDRplay's RSPdx front end to SDRconnect tuning software. Antenna is an active loop.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Only caught this one MFSK32 image with over-the-air reception of Wednesday's broadcast here in northern Florida, USA. Didn't get much of the MFSK64 text, but had better results with MFSK32; some closing text screen grab attached.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Overnight image results in northern Florida, USA from the 5850 kHz broadcast.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@popshopradio.bsky.social I snagged a great copy of this week's Pop Shop Radio-Radiogram! Tuning in from northern Florida, USA, WRMI on 5950 kHz was very strong. I was going crazy trying to get WSJT-X CAT control working with SDRconnect and didn't listen to the show. I'll download it. TNX!
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social The MFSK64 images as decoded in northern Florida, USA during Saturday's 2300-2330 UTC broadcast on 9455 kHz. Pretty consistent reception between doublet wire antenna shown in the upper trace and the active loop antenna shown in the lower trace. See Alt-Text for further info.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social WINB late night decoded in northern Florida, USA. 0230--0300 UTC, 9265 kHz. Used two Airspy HF+ SDRs connected to different antennas with combined audio feeding FLDigi. I made a recording of the differences between the two antennas, but I can't be sure now which is which.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social My Radio Prague QSL from 1967 and two screen grabs of the MFSK64 text from "How Radio Prague conquered the airwaves" broadcast Thursday 2330-2400 UTC, 9265 kHz received in northern Florida, USA. <more>
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
@popshopradio.bsky.social I'm going quackers over this week's show. Here's my decode of "Love Hurts;" interesting backstory to it, too! Things are just ducky here in northern Florida, USA. Why a duck? youtu.be/kHMrLpDHXc0?... Get down with Pop Shop Radio!
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Reception report from last night's unattended WINB broadcast as received in norther Florida, USA.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Jimmy Webb is the Birthday Radiogram feature this week. Snagged this great decode from a KiwiSDR in Boston, MA during the Friday 11a-12p UTC broadcast on 15770 kHz. More chances to catch the show over the next few days!
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Image decodes from Thursday's WINB broadcast as received in northern Florida, USA:
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social The three images I was able to decode Wednesday here in northern Florida, USA. MFSK64 text decoding left something to the imagination. 1330-1400 UTC on 15770 kHz. SDRplay RSPdx and 90' doublet antenna. Oops, forgot to turn up the RSP's gain all the way...
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
@popshopradio.bsky.social A very good label decode received here in n. Florida, USA from last night's broadcast on 5950 kHz.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Decoded all images from Sunday's broadcast on 9955 kHz. here in northern Florida, USA. Unattended reception with FLDigi set manually in MFSK64. All text in this mode decoded 99%.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Saturday's results in northern Florida, USA. A good signal here from WRMI. All text received without error. I wonder how many others got the same image shifts that I did.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Results in northern Florida, USA from last night's WINB broadcast, 0230-0300 UTC on 9265 kHz.
🎸 ☮ 📻
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Jacquie O'Sullivan of Bananarama (and Shillelagh Sisters) on the Birthday Radiogram segment, part of Mighty KBC's "The Giant Jukebox" Flawless decode Friday 15770 kHz, 1100-1200 UTC. As received on KiwiSDR in Massachusetts. oops-flag emoji didn't work in Alt-Text :-(
Jacquie O'Sullivan of Bananarama was born on August 7, 1960. 🇬🇧
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquie_O%27Sullivan

RxID to data filler borrowed from Shortwave Radiogram's opening.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social & @popshopradio.bsky.social A bit distracted this morning and tuned in late to Wednesday's broadcast, 1330-1400 UTC on 15770 kHz. But, I caught the two CHU images! Reception in n. Florida, USA is usually like this: mainly backscatter. Alt-Text will display emojii!
CHU QSL Cards
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Image: CHU_Dominion_Observatory 
Sending Pic:223x140C;i v ôttgt ta
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social Overnight results in northern Florida, USA from the 0800-0830 UTC broadcast on 5850 kHz over WRMI. Equipment: Airspy Mini SDR with Spyverter front end. SDR# and active loop antenna.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
@popshopradio.bsky.social Great program! Thanks for playing "A Question of Temperature." Also, that was a very unusual Taj Mahal tune! Decoding in northern Florida, USA from the 5950 kHz broadcast over WRMI.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
@popshopradio.bsky.social @swradiogram.bsky.social Next time you're in Alachua, stop in for a byte...
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
@swradiogram.bsky.social @popshopradio.bsky.social Just this one from Sunday's 9955 kHz broadcast on 9955 kHz. From WRMI's skip-zone of northern Florida, USA.
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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
@popshopradio.bsky.social @swradiogram.bsky.social A special CHU commemorative QSL of my reception in northern Florida, USA of Program 460 broadcast Saturday 2330-2400 UTC over WRMI on 9455 kHz. Why the shifts? I had a great signal, high SNR using Airspy HF+ with SDR# and active loop antenna.
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