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Do you get into shortwave radio? I've been listening to it alot lately. I use an online sdr that's free to use. Though I'm probably going to get my own sdr dongle. It's interesting some of the things you pick up on them.
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2020-10-26, 02:27 AM #1Titan
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Do you get into shortwave radio
Kom graun, oso na graun op. Kom folau, oso na gyon op.
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2020-10-26, 02:57 AM #2The Unstoppable Force
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Nah I just use my cellphone.
If there's ever a doomsday apocalypse that knocks out ground and satellite communications that'll come in handy. You'll be able to communicate with the outside world across vast distances.
If I used a two-way radio it would kind of bother me that peeping Toms could listen in on my conversations!Last edited by PC2; 2020-10-26 at 04:04 AM.
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2020-10-26, 07:21 AM #3The Lightbringer
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Not shortwave in particular but I remember when radio was a bigger thing before digital, back when we had chart music.
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2020-10-26, 07:38 AM #4Dreadlord
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is that where you would "break" into the system or whatever with saying "breaker breaker"?
using cb's i think they were called? when i was a lot younger i had a friend that would do it sometimes, ended up talking to truckies a lot.
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2020-10-26, 07:42 AM #5Titan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortwave_radio
Originally Posted by Othraerir
This is the online one I've been listening to
http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/Last edited by the game; 2020-10-26 at 07:46 AM.
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2020-10-26, 08:51 AM #6Titan
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My dad's cousin would enter radio competitions regularly.
Trying to connect to people and stations around the globe.
Never understood the point of it. But that's all the touchpoints I had regarding radio
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2020-10-26, 12:16 PM #7The Undying
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I remember when cb radios were big...and ham radios.
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2020-10-26, 01:05 PM #8Titan
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ham radios are still very popular. We need more people to get licensed. Originally Posted by Shadowferal
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2020-10-26, 01:14 PM #9Void Lord
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Doing that now with the internet, has less of a point than an 8 track cassette. Originally Posted by Shadowferal
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2020-10-26, 01:54 PM #10The Undying
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I see a benefit to encouraging it. Originally Posted by the game
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2020-10-26, 02:21 PM #11Herald of the Titans
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Like many kids, i did played with walkie talkie, other then that, never cared with shortwave signals.
