SDR online receivers

[IM42A]

http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

Bringing this over here from the 1110 WBT thread, which started to drift. I was playing around with this the other night and there were all kinds of things going on. It's worth checking out.

 

[gr8oldies]

The University of Twente receiver is the first one I was ever aware of. It's been interesting to watch as stations have dissapeared.

Not all SDRs are optimized for medium wave, some even have MW filtered out. The best one stateside is in Edinburg, IN.
Here's the Kiwi map: Wideband shortwave radio receiver map

 

[IM42A]

The University of Twente receiver is the first one I was ever aware of. It's been interesting to watch as stations have dissapeared.

Not all SDRs are optimized for medium wave, some even have MW filtered out. The best one stateside is in Edinburg, IN.
Here's the Kiwi map: Wideband shortwave radio receiver map

I get the impression that Europe is less reliant upon AM than North America is. Romania would be an exception. They have several stations all across the "dial". It's also fairly robust in the UK.

I don't understand Romanian, but I can kind of pick up on it, as it sounds like highly mutated Italian, with random words detectable. Hungarian (Radio Kossuth on 540) doesn't sound like any other language I've ever heard. I don't understand a thing.

 

[Mediafrog+]

http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

Bringing this over here from the 1110 WBT thread, which started to drift. I was playing around with this the other night and there were all kinds of things going on. It's worth checking out.

The UTwente SDR is probably the best you’ll find anywhere. Superb reception, can accommodate hundreds of users simultaneously, and there are no time restrictions.

Not all SDRs are optimized for medium wave, some even have MW filtered out.

The quality of Kiwi SDRs can be all over the place. Some are excellent receivers, while others pick up very little other than strong signals and electrical noise. You are correct about mediumwave and longwave being filtered out on some of them.

Anyone using a Kiwi SDR also needs to be aware of usage restrictions. One cumulative hour per day is fairly common, though some have a 30 minute limit. There may also be limits on the amount of time you can remain on a particular frequency, such as five minutes. These are all set by the SDR owner.

There are also limited connections to a Kiwi SDR at any given moment, usually between three and eight. If all are tied up you will be placed in a waiting queue.

 

[IM42A]

Here's a station list that pretty much bears out what I've been hearing the past few nights from the SDR at Twente NL:

https://www.mediumwave.de/

Radio Dechova on 729 kHz from the Czech Republic is a quirky little station. They have a brass band format (this learned from going to their website).

 

[radiofan2023]

Here's a station list that pretty much bears out what I've been hearing the past few nights from the SDR at Twente NL:

https://www.mediumwave.de/

Radio Dechova on 729 kHz from the Czech Republic is a quirky little station. They have a brass band format (this learned from going to their website).

I was just listening to Radio Dechovka! I enjoyed the music I heard. Also checked out 999 kHz which is COPE Madrid, playing songs in English. And BBC Radio Scotland on 810, as well as Radio 5 on 909 and 693. The site has an option to record stations, too.

 

[IM42A]

I was just listening to Radio Dechovka! I enjoyed the music I heard. Also checked out 999 kHz which is COPE Madrid, playing songs in English. And BBC Radio Scotland on 810, as well as Radio 5 on 909 and 693. The site has an option to record stations, too.

Radio Dechovka comes in awfully loud and clear for a 10 KW station that is nowhere near local to Twente. Upon doing some digging, I discovered that Twente is a region of the Netherlands, not a city or town, it is in the eastern portion of the country bordering Germany. The University of Twente, where this SDR is located, has become a fully English-speaking university, with only limited programs offered in Dutch.

 

[Miss Tuned]

Radio Dechovka comes in awfully loud and clear for a 10 KW station that is nowhere near local to Twente. Upon doing some digging, I discovered that Twente is a region of the Netherlands, not a city or town, it is in the eastern portion of the country bordering Germany. The University of Twente, where this SDR is located, has become a fully English-speaking university, with only limited programs offered in Dutch.

English-speaking European and UK universities are becoming a lower-cost but high quality alternative to American colleges for students from the U.S.

I work at a UK university and hear a lot more American accents around campus than I used to. Our international fees are high, but they're half of what your average American state university charges.

 

[IM42A]

English-speaking European and UK universities are becoming a lower-cost but high quality alternative to American colleges for students from the U.S.

I work at a UK university and hear a lot more American accents around campus than I used to. Our international fees are high, but they're half of what your average American state university charges.

My son is an EU citizen (through his mother) as well as a US citizen, and a European college would be a perfectly viable alternative. Add to this, though, that many of them are highly competitive, this in exchange for heavily subsidized, if not almost-free, education. They also might have trouble with US high school credentials, not to mention homeschooling (which we did).