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Videos: POTA with 1930s gear,

October 24, 2024 By Dan KB6NU Leave a Comment

Think you need modern gear to do POTA? Think again.

Rattlegram: Text over FM

Send text via an FM radio using an app on your Android or iPhone.

Go to https://www.aicodix.de/cofdmtv/rattlegram/ for more info.

Hallicrafters: The Amazing World of Shortwave Radio

This isn’t a video, per se. It’s a video made from an audio recording originally released on a 45 rpm vinyl record. It gives you a taste of what shortwave broadcasting used to be.

Filed Under: Digital Modes, Parks on the Air, SWLing, Vintage Radio Tagged With: Halicrafters, Rattlegram

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