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GM DXers ☀️ Looks like propagation is starting to pick up again 👀 Today we copied #T31TTT with very good signals on 18 MHz SSB 📡 Wishing you all a great weekend!⛱️🌴 @DX_World #HamRadio #HF #SSB #AmateurRadio #Propagation DX4ever❤️

@DL6AP @pa3gan I'm so jealous, what a beautiful place! Have a great weekend, Andy

Tnx for Qs: @ea1dr, @pa3gan, DL1RI, @F1SYG. QTH: 9AFF-0003

Will try next SO-50 frm JN73, de 9A/DL6AP, but low elev.

@HK3W FT2 no ha fracasado por ser malo técnicamente. Ha fracasado pq llega tarde: FT8 ya domina el weaksignal y FT4 ya cubre el nicho rápido. Menos sensibilidad, poca actividad y fragmentación de usuarios = círculo vicioso. En radioafición gana el modo con más gente, no el más rápido

Do you think FT2 Mode is a major failure? #Hamradio #Dx #DigitalMode

In amateur radio, a panadapter (panoramic adapter) is a device or software feature that provides a real-time, visual display of radio signals across a wide band of frequencies. A panadapter lets you see the radio spectrum. youtu.be/ZMhHLnMN6BE

Will try SO-125 1000z frm JN92KK de 4O/DL6AP

@radhive_fun Seeing the spectrum filled with CW signals is simply fascinating: it conveys life and passion for radio.

@ea1dr Beautiful waterfall. CW is definitely not a thing of the past, it is one of the purest parts of radio.

GA Dxers ☀️ They said CW was a thing of the past 🫢🫢 Well, here’s the band absolutely packed with signals 👌✅ Morse code isn’t just alive, it’s still pure magic on the radio 📻⚡ #cw #hamradio DX4ever❤️

@Johnsontechword @FlexRadioSystem GM Jon, I’ve found another app that might fit what we’re looking for, although I’m honestly not sure whether it would work for us or not. I’m sending you the link so you can take a look when you have a moment and let me know what you think. pure-editions.com/on7off/TCI-Rem…

@ea1dr @FlexRadioSystem Thank you.

Thanks to Ría #N2RJ and their team, “PocketSDR” will soon be available, a new Android app for controlling FlexRadio. I’m privileged to be a beta tester, and I can say it’s truly amazing ✅👌 @FlexRadioSystem

@frozenorthfarm Welcome Walter! It will be a pleasure to follow your progress and enjoy your journey, both in the world of CW and with those magnificent Collins radios. I’m sure you’ll share many interesting experiences with all of us!

@ea1dr callsign k6pe read QRZ.

@Johnsontechword @FlexRadioSystem Jon, Ría has just replied to your question: This will only work with the SmartSDR API. There will be other versions for other radios. I may reuse some of the code and the user interface.

@ea1dr @FlexRadioSystem The LMR SDR which I have recently homebrewed, works with PowerSDR, which was one of the earlier FlexRadio softwares. Wonder whether PocketSDR will also work with LMR SDR?

@frozenorthfarm That’s real dedication. Practicing random groups at 22 WPM is already serious level 👍 And repairing two Collins R-390s for a former Army radioman… that’s living radio history right there. CW may be old, but this weekend proved it’s still very far from dying 👏👏👏

@ea1dr i have been practicing 5 random letter groups on youtube at 22 wpm. its been fun. currently repairing 2 collins r 390 shortwave radios for a former army radioman.

@3c685ab5014bb3d The correct callsign is EM0WWA. Best regards.

@ea1dr What's the callsign, do I hear correctly M0WWA?

Female voice, automated responses… and zero humanity 🤖 The radio that once made us feel now only speaks from an algorithm 🤖 Technology moves forward, but the essence of radio is left behind 📻💀 #WWAContest No heartbeat, no radio ✅

@NWfourA @DX_World Doing CW by ear is an art worth preserving. There’s also room for modern tools, the key is keeping the bands alive and enjoying the hobby. Thanks for the kind and respectful tone in the comments. 73 friend ✅🙂

@ea1dr @DX_World I have no quarrels with innovation experimentation or whatever. FT8 is a good example and I love it. I just LOVE to brag in their face that I can do CW by my own and most of them can’t. It’s becoming a lost ART. 73 my friend. 👍

@EB2GGT_Guiller Desde luego que no, Guillermo. ¡Disfruta aprendiendo, es muy enriquecedor!

@ea1dr no puede ser del pasado ni por asomo, no puede ser porque mucha gente....y con años de radio se empieza a interesar y aprender este apasionante modo, a mi me esta costando pero lo conseguire, doy mi palabra😊

@NWfourA @DX_World Modern tools don’t reduce the operator’s merit, just as VFO, DSP, Cluster didn’t in their time. Tech changes, but radio’s essence stays the same: experiment, communicate, enjoy. The real risk to the hobby isn’t technology, but the belief there’s only one “right” way to do it.

@ea1dr @DX_World What’s sad is that I’m sure most of those are encoded and decoded by computers. I do it the old fashion way my brain 🧠, ears 👂, and a bug 🐞.

@Johnsontechword There’s definitely activity here, Jon. With the contest today, the CW bands are really busy, and even on a regular day there’s plenty going on: special callsigns, SOTA, POTA, and people calling CQ across the bands. There’s always something interesting to listen to 🙂

@ea1dr In our region, we have CW going during the CW net in the morning on 7015 kHz. Very rarely do we see anything beyond that on the waterfall.

Yesterday, watching videos @hamvention, one thing became vy clear: amateur radio is far from dead 📻⚡ CW, POTA/SOTA, portable ops, SDR remote stations, solar power, packed halls and lots of young people getting into the hobby Hamradio isn’t disappearing, it’s evolving

It’s time!