All shortwave signals arriving at your receiver have elliptical polarization. HF skywave polarization is simply not what you think it is. Read more
Category: Shortwave Radio
SWBC Translation in 2022
My surprisingly successful project this year was automated SWBC translation. It is easy to set up and works fairly well. Read more
Two Channel Antenna Switch in 2022
My big build project during 2022 was a two channel antenna switch, to control my wideband loop array and switch between multiple diversity receivers. Read more
Diversity Reception in 2022
As we review Making It Up during the past year, let’s consider our use of modern diversity reception in 2022. Read more
Remembering the Radios of Buchenwald
One man’s ham radio ingenuity and desperation built the radios of Buchenwald and saved lives. Let’s look back. Read more
Wideband Loop Antenna Polarization
I am afraid today’s post will be disturbing to some readers. We are going to destroy several myths about loop antenna polarization. Read more
Yagi versus Loop Antenna Patterns
When you compare Yagi versus loop antenna patterns, you won’t find as much difference as you may have expected. Read more
My HF Receiving Antennas Compared
Take the time to compare your HF receiving antennas in action. I did, and the results are very interesting. Read more
How To Do SDRplay Speech Translation
Do you want to listen to many languages on shortwave? Here is how to do SDRplay Speech Translation. Read more
SWBC Translation Experiments
Check out my SWBC translation experiments. I have discovered we can use off-the-shelf smartphone translation apps to understand foreign language broadcasts. Read more