cobaltpet

I'm Eric Weatherall, editor of a radio hobby blog called Cobalt Pet. Interested in shortwave, mediumwave, longwave, oddities, portables, and websdr.

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Happy 100th birthday to WWL Radio in New Orleans!

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@Twitter You send me useless notifications every day. Every day. Stop wasting my attention, time, mobile device battery life, and patience.

Stop.

Do you understand?

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NOAA’s automated voice is really rough for locations in Hawaii. I’m not there; I’m streaming via https://t.co/28w2kgSW5k

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Maybe this has already been discussed elsewhere, but C. Crane’s patent on the twin coil ferrite antenna expired on July 6, 2021. https://t.co/GUq2DBimKF #radio #am #mediumwave #wholikeshashtags

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China Radio Intl. English on 7350 kHz. 500 kW from Kashi-Saibagh to UTwente WebSDR. 2021-09-28 at 0140 UTC. ID via https://t.co/WxjsfKgIx6 #shortwave #china #utwente #websdr

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Telescopic whip antenna, indoors, about 5800 miles (distance via https://t.co/HSUOH7N16w)

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2021-09-23, 0027 UTC, 11780 kHz: Rádio Nacional de Amazônia (Portuguese). Sounds like live sports commentary. Tecsun PL-368, sync. detection, 3.0 kHz bw, 33 dBμ signal strength, 15 dB SNR, in southern California. SIO 454. ID via https://t.co/fbTqQze57u #brazil #shortwave

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GOSSIP PHONE

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https://t.co/ICrNLQhkji

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@W8LN More and more, local radio is a poor substitute for my smartphone.

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But I have to monitor the news due to local wildfire risks and very poor air quality. Captive audience.

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Local all-news radio station with non-existent advertising standards, KCBS, plays obnoxious ad with a full 10 sec of ultra-fast disclaimers.

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@KNBR @ESPNRadio What's this garbage on 680 kHz and 1050 kHz during the Yankees-Indians ALDS game 1 that is supposed to be on ESPN Radio?

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92.3 FM in San Francisco bay area playing Bollywood music since Mar 2016, "first of its kind in the United States" https://t.co/pU6IOIEyPu

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@LY5SB DSP model or no?

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@MacObserver You've confused kilohertz with megahertz for AM.

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Trying to decide if a blog post about my radio-related spreadsheets would interest others

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Terrible week for dxing here. Rain started the week; two outdoor listening spots fell through last night; poor conditions tonight. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Amazon is weird

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I tuned back to @KCBSNews on bathroom radio. Want to know how long that lasted before I heard a fucking awful commercial? Less than one day.