Hi Budd, thanks for a very interesting video. the snoring over the air was certainly unusual. Years ago, here in Australia, on ATV, there was one HAM operator who fell asleep during a broadcast and for a short time, it was possible to literally watch him asleep at his desk. Incidentally, I have just now subscribed to your channel. All the very best. Robert.
While I don't fully understand most of the things you've talked about in this video yet, I'd like to say that you've done a fantastic job with this video. The editing is great and you speak with so much knowledge in a way that keeps me interested. Thank you for taking the time and putting in the effort with it, you've certainly earned a subscriber in me!
Budd, that was a very well done video. Great content and presentation skills, video editing and inserts were spot on! You have upped your game with this video. Thumbs up for all the extra effort to publish such an amazing video.
+Todd Harrison Agreed! Already posted it in "Other Blog Specific" on EEVblog.com I have 2 questions: 1) Are there any gaps in that enormous spectrum? 2) Can that software do CW decoding? - Cheers!
Thanks for the great story, my favorite experience listening to 40 meter usually involve a VOX that was left on. Turns out that on a world wide basis that happens a lot. My personal favorite was a husband and wife bickering over who's going to the store for beer.
Thanks for this video. I used to fiddle around the Ham Radio Club back in my college days about a decade ago. While I did go on to help the club in admin activities, sadly as a hobbyist myself I never went past the initial interest and couldn't get myself to apply for a license. Watching your video today just rekindled that hobbyist in me. Grateful much. 73s!
Interesting little gizmo. I'm an SWL who just uses an assortment of old transistor receivers with simple wire antennas. I used to listen to Radio Moscow, VOA, and radio Havana during the Cold War, plus assorted random stations. Nowadays it's a mix of strange fundamentalist Christians, CW, and our old friend Radio Havana. Thanks for posting this one.
I'd be willing to bet your RSP that is not in fact a ham sleeping but somebody with a digital audio loop trying to hold a spot on the band for himself for later use.
there is just one problem with sdrplay. the developers forgot the most important part of why people get in to sdr listening with the dongles. the price
You had me worried for a moment Budd, at first I thought it might be me after one of my wife's excellent bean and cheese burritos had taken hold. On the serious side, thanks for a great video on digital transmission modes and Software Defined Radios in particular. I looked up the SDRplay RSP1A receiver and it's available through HRO in Burbank near where I live so I'm going to pick one up next week!
thanks Budd, that was great... reminds me of the time i got in trouble with the ex-wife because she feel asleep on the couch, snored up a storm while I was chatting with friends on DX. The next night, they asked her if she was ever seen a doctor for sleep apnea. Man, she was mad as hell at me.
Dude, I had an absolute laugh once I found out what the sound was! Also, Kudos to you for using nice, analog music, or at least, music that doesn't sound like techno hell. As a person with two senses crossed, sometimes that stuff overloads my brain. But, again, that was funny!
5:03 He also does CW on the weekends. Some excerpts: "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" and "...……………………………………………………………………………"
I've got another theory. After a long hiatus from radio, when I got back into it I was shocked to see how much the integrity of the airwaves have plummeted. There are people, who most likely don't even have a ham license, broadcasting a variety of sounds trying to interrupt hams who are conversing. I've heard animal sounds, music, farts, burps, laughter, whatever, come blasting through on top of someone talking. Might be some kids using their parent's radio, as setting up a station can be expensive, just to harass hams. Back to the kid theory, maybe their dad or granddad, normally snores a lot so they turned on the mic and walked away. Back in the day there were very strict rules (and penalties) for such things as playing music, cursing, harassment, not giving your call sign, etc. Seems the FCC does not have the resources nor the funding to police the ham bands. You would have to gather all the evidence yourself to get them to take action, and even then they might not do anything unless it's a severe abuse, such as jamming commercial broadcasts and/or cellphones.
Yeah, and really, that makes more sense. Offensive words or annoying noises are quickly solved by changing the frequency. In fact, radio trolls are often better ignored. If they get no results from their pranks, they'll gget bored and move on to something else.If someone isn't actually causing any trouble, the government shouldn't be interfering. Just think, if every person who went even .1 miles over the speed limit was given a $150 ticket and lost their license after so many which a lot of states do. If the limit is 55, and you are clocked at 57.5, the officer usually leaves you alone, but if you are following too closely, swerving, or otherwise acting more dangerous than simply going 2.5 miles over the limit, you'll get pulled over.
I just received my SDR from RTL-SDR and I am trying the same software you use. Looks like a lot of fun. I'll have to order one of those connectors so that I can you my antennas that are mounted outside. Nice video.
Once when the ham club got together at ARC we were listening to a DX station with the vox turned on and one them said the guy was 46 and I said no that's a *5* emphasizing *5* , the word "five" tripped the VOX and when then we wondered about people listening in and suddenly hearing "5" from me and nothing else. What must they have thought ...
Very well made video. I enjoyed it very much. I am about to take the test to get my Tech license. Already ordered a couple UV-82's to get started. I am now very interested in these SDR's. Looks like an awesome way to see where the activity is across a large spectrum of a band. I will have to look further into this SDRPlay :) 73
My thought was that it was a microphone set up in the lair of some animal - say a hibernating bear, or using VOX perhaps if it was an animal likely to be in and out, to save battery power when not needed?
I have one of those $20 dongles. Was playing around with it with a "coffee can" antenna I made around Christmas of last year. On the non-commercial part of the FM broadcast band...I found a signal from a non-commercial/public station which looked like it had tire tracks (no audio being decoded) running along with the main signal on both sides like a trail from a Jeep. Asked several people in the Ham club about it and no one had even heard about it. Does anyone know what I was seeing on the waterfall?
Dan, If you mean 88-108MHz, you might be seeing HD-Radio stations (provided you're in reception range of US commercial radio stations. If not, then sorry, dunno :) ). They generally just look like solid bars along either side of a standard analog station, but due to fading, they could appear to have diagonal stripes through them, too, making them resemble tracks. Google Image search for HD-Radio spectrum and you should see several images that look similar.
Thanks for the great video it was very informative. Can SDR be used as a way of seeing how well the band is running? Once you know if things are open you know where to go for signals. Thanks for a job well done. 73....
@@BuddChurchward a while back I saw a video of a guy using an SDR radio with a waterfall to be able to see the weather maps in the datastream.he use software in his computer that could capture the data inside the data stream while listening to certain satellites for weather maps. As he was working with antennas to get the best signal to make things work all I can think of was why not talk to ham radio operator. It's all old news to us.....just thought you may like that.... Very Best 73...... Wayne
Nicely paced video. I don't normally like the "you won't believe what I'm going to show you later" format but you had enough content to keep things going. I'll be checking out that SDR box as my current TV dongle is a bit deaf 😁
this is cool! I'm starting to get into amateur radio and I'm gonna have to get one of these devices.. I'm a bit of a software nerd but I never knew these existed!
a little while ago, I encountered a station that sounded like "OWWW. OWW. OWWWWW. OWWW." Wish I'd have remembered to record the stream, or remember the frequency. All the best!
The guy snoring must have been watching this guys videos, and instantly was out like a light. Wow! I caught myself doze off about 4 times watching this one. He has the voice hypnotists only dream of having.
That device looks neat. like to see what it costs.. my dream SDR is the Blade-RF or Edge-RF.. one or the other. they're full duplex and have a really wide spectrum range or whatever you call it ( i cant think , haven't used my RTL-SDR one in a while) .. thing is I need to find a good antenna to maybe mount up on the roof here on this ranch home and run it to some jack or just a hole in the floor/wall, whatever. i see your big connection looks like a 1/4 inch guitar cable type thing - is that common on bigger antennae? anyway ill do my own research on what kind of antennnas are the best... :) maybe one of those 'array' looking ones. id imagine you can power them too to pick up more but that might also interfere with your signals being picked up
Yes it is a Sky Buddy II. Somehow my father picked it up and refurbished it. He also did a lot of old wooden AM radios. There is a Zenith behind me as well. And it works!
Similarly we can say that the UVB76 is nothing but the radio host sleeping with the PTT pressed. I believe you have made a discovery of a mystery that lasts for decades. 73!
Yes Amateur radio has been around for awhile. Sometime in the early 1900s shortly before WWI the Navy shore patrol showed up at the South Side Chicago home of my grandfather asking, “Are you operating a radio transmitter?” The answer was yes; he and his brother had created a spark gap crystal transmitter with a wire antenna strung between trees and had been communicating with others doing the same via Morse Code. “Well stop it, you are interfering with our ship-to-shore communications in the Atlantic.” they were told. During WWI he served in the Navy as radio operator. 😂
Interesting device. There is also websdr (google it and select the first link), in which you can choose from stations all around the world. Probably this device can transform your PC into a websdr station.
* live in the world of conspiracy, high tech, AI, elon musk . "You won't believe what I've heard!" * I've heard number stations, I've read pizza gate, I'm up for some high tech hidden stuff, I want to be blown away, full dark secrets, i sit patiently for a 5 minute video not to spoil my own suprise. * It's some old guy getting excited about snoring. God dammit old man, and God bless you. I've subscribed even though I'm angry right now.
Mercy, being over 60 years old, this reminds me so much of the payola that Dick Clark and a lot of disk jockeys were caught up in during the 60's. You sure you aren't a retired disk jockey who now sells software designed radios? HAHA.
The new RTL SDR V4 has a built-in up-converter that works great. Got mine last week and really enjoying it. Much better than the V3 I've had for years. Also, it has easily installed drivers for Linux, which is all I use.
That's hilarious!! Thanks for the SDR primer, too! I've been in (commercial) electronics for nearly 50 years, but never got into amateur radio....heaven only knows why not! Recently got into SWL, though. What kind of antenna are you using, and what bandwidth(s) does it cover? I have many questions, and could use a good book to guide me. Most have to do with antennas, though, since I live in an area notorious for poor reception. Thanks! :-)
The 'digital mode' at 3:29 is called JT-65. and IMHO it's a rather boring mode but to each their own. I much prefer modes like RTTY, PSK31 & Olivia because you typically hold a conversation with the other party versus the quick info exchange conducted on JT-65. I started out with an RTL dongle using HDSDR and later added the *Ham-it-Up* upconverter shown on the left at 2:16 and I was amazed at the sensitivity. I found I preferred my cheap SDR set up to my pricey Icom IC-R8500 receiver!
I wanted to add that originally I used adapters to convert the SMA connectors of my SDR and the upconverter I added to it later on but found using all those adapters caused interference issues. I ended up ordering custom cables with the appropriate connectors on each end via Ebay and this eliminated all my interference problems and the SDR performed MUCH better :)
I remember listening to the Gator Net on 3898 back around 1990 with Hugh Bronson, Wilkie Jimmy Tiny and the regulars and this happened, they did a role call and guessed who it was, eventually you heard the phone ring along with the snoring with a lot of ribbing the poor guy on the air.
4:57 That sounds like some form of marine animal communication. While naturally-occurring forms of echo-location range between 1 kHz and 200 KHz, @ 7.108 MHz you might have tuned into a marine-mammal proximity research study, making use of a hydrophone and connected up-converter with radio transmitter for remote monitoring. Industry Canada hasn't allocated the frequency [ sms-sgs.ic.gc.ca/frequencySearch/searchBySingleFrequency ]. I'd be curious to know the regularity and/or persistence of the transmission.
Hello Sir, Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Just wanted a piece of advice from you. I am looking for an sdr compatible for listening to hf and vhf FM in clear voice communication. It would be better if i can transmit too. Thank you in advance.
Hack RF can transmit as well as receive. Don't forget your local radio laws before you go broadcasting - the Hack RF can take you through a huge chunk of the spectrum.
That and their newer II model quite impressive. I would have to dedicate a pc/laptop for that. Put a lot time on my computer if added that would takes it out a lot sooner.
You intercepted the communications of a sleeper cell.
HA HA your right a sleeper cell..... That's one for the logbook....
You win.
It really would be funny if there was data modulated into that audio. Alas it would probably be interpreted as a dream.
Bazinga
Comment of the century right there
My guess on 4:56 is SNORE "Signal to Noise Optimized Radio Emission" version 1.0 - a previously unknown digital mode. ;)
Similar to the WANT mode (Worked All Neighbor's Televisions).
WAN: Worked All Neighbors
my cat works well as a snore beacon
I'll have to remember that one.
Say does it resonate from the upper or lower Nasal cavity? I'm assuming vertical polarised transmission source.
looks so encrypted!
snoring defined radio ?!
Spot on! :)))
Brillliant!!! ;)
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LMAO!!
digitalmediafan...In your case its Snatch Detection Revealed.....
That was probably the most entertaining, enjoyable vid I've ever seen on UA-cam (and I've seen a whole bunch)... thank you very much, Sir.
Hi Budd, thanks for a very interesting video. the snoring over the air was certainly unusual. Years ago, here in Australia, on ATV, there was one HAM operator who fell asleep during a broadcast and for a short time, it was possible to literally watch him asleep at his desk. Incidentally, I have just now subscribed to your channel. All the very best. Robert.
I think he was snoring in CW
He was near the novice band. If there still is such a thing!
@@Wa3ypx The old Z callsign?
@@gorillaau Maybe he was a New Zealander, a ZL prefix
While I don't fully understand most of the things you've talked about in this video yet, I'd like to say that you've done a fantastic job with this video. The editing is great and you speak with so much knowledge in a way that keeps me interested. Thank you for taking the time and putting in the effort with it, you've certainly earned a subscriber in me!
Budd, that was a very well done video. Great content and presentation skills, video editing and inserts were spot on! You have upped your game with this video. Thumbs up for all the extra effort to publish such an amazing video.
+Todd Harrison Agreed! Already posted it in "Other Blog Specific" on EEVblog.com I have 2 questions:
1) Are there any gaps in that enormous spectrum?
2) Can that software do CW decoding? - Cheers!
+Cliff Matthews no gaps. Watch for CW decoding video coming soon. I have it working but need to carve out the time to do the video.
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Expected this to be click bait but was very pleasantly surprised at the actual unusual signal. Well done Sir.
I kinda felt ripped off for the amount of time I listened to just hear about someone asleep at the ham.
I hope that you sent him a contact report. :-)
God damn, that made me laugh really fucking hard.
You're a top lad. Always wanted to get into SWL but never quite knew where to start. Your videos are very concise.
Seems like santa clause got himself a hobby
ninejets ha ha ha! Be nice! Bud is truly awesome!
Coal4U this year, Smartass! :-(
Lol
ninejets gets added to the naughty list.
ninejets there are many hams like him men and women
Thanks for the great story, my favorite experience listening to 40 meter usually involve a VOX that was left on. Turns out that on a world wide basis that happens a lot. My personal favorite was a husband and wife bickering over who's going to the store for beer.
Keep up the good work Old man!!! we need more people like you to show the youth how to do useful things with their time!
yep i am learning
Thanks for this video. I used to fiddle around the Ham Radio Club back in my college days about a decade ago. While I did go on to help the club in admin activities, sadly as a hobbyist myself I never went past the initial interest and couldn't get myself to apply for a license. Watching your video today just rekindled that hobbyist in me. Grateful much. 73s!
Loud & clear...Very good video for a rooky in sdr mode.. Congrats!!!
CE4EI
Interesting little gizmo. I'm an SWL who just uses an assortment of old transistor receivers with simple wire antennas. I used to listen to Radio Moscow, VOA, and radio Havana during the Cold War, plus assorted random stations. Nowadays it's a mix of strange fundamentalist Christians, CW, and our old friend Radio Havana. Thanks for posting this one.
Single Snore Band?
If a half filtered nose, other wise it could have been Double Snore Band.
I'd be willing to bet your RSP that is not in fact a ham sleeping but somebody with a digital audio loop trying to hold a spot on the band for himself for later use.
there is just one problem with sdrplay. the developers forgot the most important part of why people get in to sdr listening with the dongles. the price
The sound at 3:30 is JT65, a very popular weak signal digital mode on 14.076 MHz
You had me worried for a moment Budd, at first I thought it might be me after one of my wife's excellent bean and cheese burritos had taken hold. On the serious side, thanks for a great video on digital transmission modes and Software Defined Radios in particular. I looked up the SDRplay RSP1A receiver and it's available through HRO in Burbank near where I live so I'm going to pick one up next week!
thanks Budd, that was great... reminds me of the time i got in trouble with the ex-wife because she feel asleep on the couch, snored up a storm while I was chatting with friends on DX. The next night, they asked her if she was ever seen a doctor for sleep apnea. Man, she was mad as hell at me.
Dude, I had an absolute laugh once I found out what the sound was! Also, Kudos to you for using nice, analog music, or at least, music that doesn't sound like techno hell. As a person with two senses crossed, sometimes that stuff overloads my brain. But, again, that was funny!
What a story. I am all excited to get my SDR next week and tap in to this hobby
I dont think my heart could handle the exitement of this sort of thing.
Great video - thanks, Budd. (PS - maybe the snoring is really a new type of numbers station :) )
Budd, you have the record I think for the most watched SDRplay related video!
5:03 He also does CW on the weekends. Some excerpts: "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" and "...……………………………………………………………………………"
And here I thought it was going to be a numbers station or something. This is just as good! Thanks for sharing!
I would had sworn it's a new slow digital mode. Some new modulation at ~1-2cps.
It's juat a damn bacon beacon.
Hey Budd, "Over The Horizon Radar" signal. :) Thanks for the video.
In Soviet Russia, OTH radar snores at you!
ln Australia "Over The Horizon Radar" will detect any movement (trusted or otherwise) our Northern neighbours make.
@Nathan Trigg but isn’t that under the horizon radar?
We get snoring on the ti conference calls quite often, must be boring.
Too good, Budd!!
I've got another theory. After a long hiatus from radio, when I got back into it I was shocked to see how much the integrity of the airwaves have plummeted. There are people, who most likely don't even have a ham license, broadcasting a variety of sounds trying to interrupt hams who are conversing. I've heard animal sounds, music, farts, burps, laughter, whatever, come blasting through on top of someone talking. Might be some kids using their parent's radio, as setting up a station can be expensive, just to harass hams.
Back to the kid theory, maybe their dad or granddad, normally snores a lot so they turned on the mic and walked away.
Back in the day there were very strict rules (and penalties) for such things as playing music, cursing, harassment, not giving your call sign, etc. Seems the FCC does not have the resources nor the funding to police the ham bands. You would have to gather all the evidence yourself to get them to take action, and even then they might not do anything unless it's a severe abuse, such as jamming commercial broadcasts and/or cellphones.
If you ever tune over into the CB band area, it's worse.
Yeah, and really, that makes more sense. Offensive words or annoying noises are quickly solved by changing the frequency. In fact, radio trolls are often better ignored. If they get no results from their pranks, they'll gget bored and move on to something else.If someone isn't actually causing any trouble, the government shouldn't be interfering. Just think, if every person who went even .1 miles over the speed limit was given a $150 ticket and lost their license after so many which a lot of states do. If the limit is 55, and you are clocked at 57.5, the officer usually leaves you alone, but if you are following too closely, swerving, or otherwise acting more dangerous than simply going 2.5 miles over the limit, you'll get pulled over.
HF is practically dead in most built up areas due to RFI from power line network adaptors.
@@sheldonskaggs138 CB has been dead for so long its gravestone's got moss on it. Nothing to be heard around here at all anymore. Not even truckers.
@@kenlogsdon7095 true its dying a slow death, I still use my sparingly. Mostly when I get in bad weather or traffic jam that is in an unusual place
I just received my SDR from RTL-SDR and I am trying the same software you use. Looks like a lot of fun. I'll have to order one of those connectors so that I can you my antennas that are mounted outside. Nice video.
What an informative video, great style and content. Thanks
hahaha I genuinely had a good laugh when the guy started snoring
Once when the ham club got together at ARC we were listening to a DX station with the vox turned on and one them said the guy was 46 and I said no that's a *5* emphasizing *5* , the word "five" tripped the VOX and when then we wondered about people listening in and suddenly hearing "5" from me and nothing else. What must they have thought ...
You are amazing!!! You got a new fan here in south Florida.
I connected my SDR to an amplified broadband horizontal antenna for UV and, a long wire for HF. Amazing what all you can receive.
Quite funny ! My cat REALLY took notice of the snoring !
Very well made video. I enjoyed it very much. I am about to take the test to get my Tech license. Already ordered a couple UV-82's to get started. I am now very interested in these SDR's. Looks like an awesome way to see where the activity is across a large spectrum of a band. I will have to look further into this SDRPlay :) 73
My thought was that it was a microphone set up in the lair of some animal - say a hibernating bear, or using VOX perhaps if it was an animal likely to be in and out, to save battery power when not needed?
I have one of those $20 dongles. Was playing around with it with a "coffee can" antenna I made around Christmas of last year. On the non-commercial part of the FM broadcast band...I found a signal from a non-commercial/public station which looked like it had tire tracks (no audio being decoded) running along with the main signal on both sides like a trail from a Jeep. Asked several people in the Ham club about it and no one had even heard about it. Does anyone know what I was seeing on the waterfall?
Dan, If you mean 88-108MHz, you might be seeing HD-Radio stations (provided you're in reception range of US commercial radio stations. If not, then sorry, dunno :) ). They generally just look like solid bars along either side of a standard analog station, but due to fading, they could appear to have diagonal stripes through them, too, making them resemble tracks. Google Image search for HD-Radio spectrum and you should see several images that look similar.
Thank you for the information. Sorry it took me so long to reply, but just moved across the country this week.
some mics also had an on switch that keep it live.
The title did not disappoint. Thank you for the video.
Thanks for the great video it was very informative. Can SDR be used as a way of seeing how well the band is running? Once you know if things are open you know where to go for signals. Thanks for a job well done.
73....
Yes, Wayne. The graphic waterfall display is very handy to see where there is activity on the band.
@@BuddChurchward a while back I saw a video of a guy using an SDR radio with a waterfall to be able to see the weather maps in the datastream.he use software in his computer that could capture the data inside the data stream while listening to certain satellites for weather maps. As he was working with antennas to get the best signal to make things work all I can think of was why not talk to ham radio operator. It's all old news to us.....just thought you may like that....
Very Best 73...... Wayne
Got a good chuckle over that
Nicely paced video. I don't normally like the "you won't believe what I'm going to show you later" format but you had enough content to keep things going. I'll be checking out that SDR box as my current TV dongle is a bit deaf 😁
I've always had a difficult time getting the drivers to work with Windows 10 computers for SDR.
That's because you are a stupid fuck.
Cool stuff. I agree, all of the mysterious stuff is in the lower HF frequencies.
this is cool! I'm starting to get into amateur radio and I'm gonna have to get one of these devices.. I'm a bit of a software nerd but I never knew these existed!
Outstanding video! Very fun and instructive.
a little while ago, I encountered a station that sounded like "OWWW. OWW. OWWWWW. OWWW."
Wish I'd have remembered to record the stream, or remember the frequency.
All the best!
The guy snoring must have been watching this guys videos, and instantly was out like a light. Wow! I caught myself doze off about 4 times watching this one. He has the voice hypnotists only dream of having.
just started getting into SDR and am considering the SDRPLAY unit Great information and fun too :)
You have really high quality videos to only have 11k subs. Nice video!
I feel like a more probable situation (due to there being no cutout when not snoring) is that he fell asleep on his table mic.
That device looks neat. like to see what it costs.. my dream SDR is the Blade-RF or Edge-RF.. one or the other. they're full duplex and have a really wide spectrum range or whatever you call it ( i cant think , haven't used my RTL-SDR one in a while) .. thing is I need to find a good antenna to maybe mount up on the roof here on this ranch home and run it to some jack or just a hole in the floor/wall, whatever. i see your big connection looks like a 1/4 inch guitar cable type thing - is that common on bigger antennae? anyway ill do my own research on what kind of antennnas are the best... :) maybe one of those 'array' looking ones. id imagine you can power them too to pick up more but that might also interfere with your signals being picked up
What's the cost on the little black box??
I am new to this most informative Vid Bud Thank you M1EDF
Is that a Hallicrafters Sky Buddy II on the shelf behind you?
Yes it is a Sky Buddy II. Somehow my father picked it up and refurbished it. He also did a lot of old wooden AM radios. There is a Zenith behind me as well. And it works!
How do you expect him to clean his mic from dust.
Great entertainment video. Thanks Santa.
Aren't you supposed to announce your callsign before you start snoring?
And every 10 minutes thereafter. :-)
He May have
This is station ZZZZ.
I Believe that Unidentifiable signal you found is a digital signal encoded in AC (Adenoidal Code) Good Find!
Similarly we can say that the UVB76 is nothing but the radio host sleeping with the PTT pressed. I believe you have made a discovery of a mystery that lasts for decades. 73!
Yes Amateur radio has been around for awhile. Sometime in the early 1900s shortly before WWI the Navy shore patrol showed up at the South Side Chicago home of my grandfather asking, “Are you operating a radio transmitter?” The answer was yes; he and his brother had created a spark gap crystal transmitter with a wire antenna strung between trees and had been communicating with others doing the same via Morse Code. “Well stop it, you are interfering with our ship-to-shore communications in the Atlantic.” they were told. During WWI he served in the Navy as radio operator. 😂
i think this is a form of coastal radar to measure wave heights. sounds very much like snoring
good vid as all of yours are.
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Awesome set up you have.
Interesting device. There is also websdr (google it and select the first link), in which you can choose from stations all around the world. Probably this device can transform your PC into a websdr station.
So where is the link, description and price, to the unit you were reviewing?
Thanks Bud. Merry Christmas
* live in the world of conspiracy, high tech, AI, elon musk .
"You won't believe what I've heard!"
* I've heard number stations, I've read pizza gate, I'm up for some high tech hidden stuff, I want to be blown away, full dark secrets, i sit patiently for a 5 minute video not to spoil my own suprise.
* It's some old guy getting excited about snoring.
God dammit old man, and God bless you. I've subscribed even though I'm angry right now.
haha sums it up. Still, subscribed cos he made learning fun
Mercy, being over 60 years old, this reminds me so much of the payola that Dick Clark and a lot of disk jockeys were caught up in during the 60's. You sure you aren't a retired disk jockey who now sells software designed radios? HAHA.
Strangest thing... half-way through the video "we're come to that in a minute..."
The new RTL SDR V4 has a built-in up-converter that works great. Got mine last week and really enjoying it. Much better than the V3 I've had for years. Also, it has easily installed drivers for Linux, which is all I use.
That's hilarious!! Thanks for the SDR primer, too! I've been in (commercial) electronics for nearly 50 years, but never got into amateur radio....heaven only knows why not! Recently got into SWL, though. What kind of antenna are you using, and what bandwidth(s) does it cover? I have many questions, and could use a good book to guide me. Most have to do with antennas, though, since I live in an area notorious for poor reception. Thanks! :-)
I really want a tsp but with scanning capability. When will that happen?
Uhh ..RSP NOT tsp!! really want RSP with scan ability.
I know a ham who fell asleep and started snoring with VOX on. He did it on 10m, though.
budd, i need to detect v2k psychotronics possibly elf-300ghz, what should i do? i whish us the best.
The 'digital mode' at 3:29 is called JT-65. and IMHO it's a rather boring mode but to each their own. I much prefer modes like RTTY, PSK31 & Olivia because you typically hold a conversation with the other party versus the quick info exchange conducted on JT-65. I started out with an RTL dongle using HDSDR and later added the *Ham-it-Up* upconverter shown on the left at 2:16 and I was amazed at the sensitivity. I found I preferred my cheap SDR set up to my pricey Icom IC-R8500 receiver!
I wanted to add that originally I used adapters to convert the SMA connectors of my SDR and the upconverter I added to it later on but found using all those adapters caused interference issues. I ended up ordering custom cables with the appropriate connectors on each end via Ebay and this eliminated all my interference problems and the SDR performed MUCH better :)
Great video my friend gave me a good chuckle.
so, what happens when they turn off the GSM network? :(
We can still track all the things we track.
Yeah, i worked that one out :P ;)
Did the snorer station ID as required?
I remember listening to the Gator Net on 3898 back around 1990 with Hugh Bronson, Wilkie Jimmy Tiny and the regulars and this happened, they did a role call and guessed who it was, eventually you heard the phone ring along with the snoring with a lot of ribbing the poor guy on the air.
excellent video, Ive been wanting to get into radio
4:57 That sounds like some form of marine animal communication. While naturally-occurring forms of echo-location range between 1 kHz and 200 KHz, @ 7.108 MHz you might have tuned into a marine-mammal proximity research study, making use of a hydrophone and connected up-converter with radio transmitter for remote monitoring. Industry Canada hasn't allocated the frequency [ sms-sgs.ic.gc.ca/frequencySearch/searchBySingleFrequency ]. I'd be curious to know the regularity and/or persistence of the transmission.
I want to start DXing with SDR. I’ve heard some strange things over the years, but the snorer was one of the weirder ones....
great video and professional editing.
Oh my, I just laughed and laughed.
Very nicely presented. Liked and subscribed!!!
I too heard her snoring ham that day it was very interesting unfortunately I was unable to make a video of it for UA-cam
Hello Sir,
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Just wanted a piece of advice from you.
I am looking for an sdr compatible for listening to hf and vhf FM in clear voice communication. It would be better if i can transmit too.
Thank you in advance.
Hack RF can transmit as well as receive. Don't forget your local radio laws before you go broadcasting - the Hack RF can take you through a huge chunk of the spectrum.
That and their newer II model quite impressive. I would have to dedicate a pc/laptop for that. Put a lot time on my computer if added that would takes it out a lot sooner.
3:06. I though MY fist was bad, LOL!
Thanks for taking the time to make this video. Have an Airborne Day!
This was very interesting 😄 thx for info
I listen with the twente university shortwave radio...its super interesting
Doesn't take long until you can hear your Monitor refreshing