I am a radio enthusiast and also an E&C engineer. Though fields and waves, or antenna theory, were not favorite subjects in engineering, I love radio waves and listening to them. I think if I had more practice-oriented classes during my engineering studies, I would have loved those subjects much more than I do now that I practice. This is my #30DaysOfDXing, where I am trying to receive various radio wave transmissions and listen to them using either my Radio, SDR, etc. I am currently using ShortwaveSchedule, Short-Wave Info, ShorWave DB, QSL.net, etc. as my sources. Look at the resource material at the bottom for an updated list.
Table of Contents
Logbook
- Date and Time are in GMT
| Date | Time | Freq | Band | Transmitter | Location | Receiver | Recording | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20260428 | 16:30 | 11660kHz | SW | Voice of Turkey, Emirler, Ankara, Turkey | Davis Road, Bengaluru | Eton Elite Traveler | Transmission was okay. Used a home made wire antenna. I will try putting the antenna outside next time. | |
| 20260419 | 16:04 | 612kHz | MW | All India Radio, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | Davis Road, Bengaluru | Eton Elite Traveler | It was clear as it was a Bengaluru transmission. Language is Kannada. | |
| 20260415 | 18:34 | 13710kHz | SW | China Radio International, Kunming Anning, China | Davis Road, Bengaluru | Eton Elite Traveler | It was not clear but good enough. I guess language is Bulgarian. |
Hardware
- RTL SDR USB Dongle – A standard blue, cheap SDR but ery useful, comes with small antenna
- Nooelec NESDR SMArt + Diamond RH 795
- Eton Elite Traveler
Software
Resources
Blogposts
All my blogposts about Amateur (HAM) Radio. I have listed some here that could be immediately useful, some are mine and others are from across the web 🌐.
- Nooelec NESDR SMArt + Diamond RH 795 Combo for SDR experiments
- SDR on Android Phone
- SWL – ShortWave Listening using Eton Elite Traveler
- 🌐 My brief attempt at learning about Software Defined Radio on Ubuntu