World Radio Day from Greeley, Colorado!

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It's World Radio Day!

13 February, 2016 

 
Today is World Radio Day

The theme is: 
"Radio in Times of Emergency and Disaster"

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What worldwide shortwave stations are on-the-air?
Look here:  
http://www.short-wave.info/

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"In the internet age, radio still rules the world - On World Radio Day, UN says 44,000 radio stations broadcast to five billion people, or roughly 70 percent of the world." - Al Jazeera

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Radio Comms Heard - Greeley, CO
World Radio Day - 2016

6:40am - 449.45MHz - Voice Comms 7am - 146.94MHz - Weather Net 7:46am - 145.34MHZ - Voice Comms 7:47am - 147.00MHz - Voice Comms 8:30am - 145.34MHz Say Good Morning Net Comms 9am - 17.580MHz World Radio Day Edition of VOA Radiogra 10:20am 145.31MHz - Voice Comm 10:21am - 146.79MHz - Voice Comms

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CW on 10.120 MHz

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I hear a rumor that 10.120 MHz is active with CW almost every evening.

I'm going to have to check that out.

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My Rigs

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My KD1JV Tri-Bander and Heathkit Electronic Keyer

Having the keyer is redundant with this radio,
but when these pics were taken, I didn't yet have a straight key.

Russian Morse code key that I have yet to clean up and get attached to the KD1JV.

Baofeng GT-3TP 2m / 70cm HT


UPDATE: November 10th, 2015:

YouKits HB-1B 4-Band QRP Transceiver




Update: December 2nd, 2015:

DJG-K4 Straight Key

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