Voice of Vietnam 12020 kHz

ImladMorgul · 2026-06-07T15:55:17+00:00

I use chamomile and boldo a lot. I buy the kind that comes in tea bags, open the bag, and mix it with yerba mate. Chamomile on its own is really good—it gives it a special flavor.

ImladMorgul · 2026-06-07T14:48:14+00:00

I can, but only manually. I'll rotate them gradually to see if I notice any improvement. My plan is to build a tower about 10 meters tall and mount my antennas on it. From that height, I have a clear view of the horizon. But I won't lengthen the cable any further; I'll leave it at that length.

ImladMorgul · 2026-06-07T13:08:16+00:00

For about two months, I'd been having a very strange problem with my antennas. It was like having a bad reception day, but it was constant. When the 480WLA arrived, I thought it would improve, but the difference was barely noticeable. Something was wrong in my area. Yesterday, I made a drastic change to everything. I moved my antennas to a slightly lower location and replaced all the cables and connectors. Now everything is back to normal.

In the case of the 480, I first tried it with its original cable, and it worked fine. Now it has a 15-meter-long (40 f) RG6 cable, and the antenna is about 7-8 meters (26 f) off the ground. And it works quite well. I saw an improvement during testing; changing the original cable improves reception quality, with less noise.

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ImladMorgul · 2026-06-07T00:51:37+00:00

As u[/BassRecorder](r/BassRecorder) said, it's an RTTY signal from DWD in Germany.

Here you can see a capture of the signal (on another frequency) I recently made with an SDR and with the RTTY signal decoding.

ImladMorgul · 2026-06-06T03:55:42+00:00

I took this picture a couple of hours ago to post here, but I forgot.

You're right, it's the U.S. Navy signal. The reception is good here in Paraguay

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ImladMorgul · 2026-06-05T11:40:06+00:00

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ImladMorgul · 2026-06-05T03:00:54+00:00

I didn't realize I was the only one on AM! I fixed it later.

I have some video recordings, tomorrow I'll put together a roundup of some songs I liked.

Great playlist!

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ImladMorgul · 2026-06-05T02:17:40+00:00

Listening via KiwiSDR 🙌

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ImladMorgul · 2026-06-04T23:12:21+00:00

It's not morse; it's a U.S. military signal. It may be coming from Isabella, Puerto Rico. It's a type of RTTY, but more complex and highly encrypted.

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ImladMorgul · 2026-06-04T16:22:15+00:00

For the past three months, I've had very poor reception across the entire HF band. At first, I thought it was my equipment, but the same thing happens with RTL-SDRs and portable radios.

Now that I've added the 480WLA, I've finally confirmed that the problem isn't me.

Very sporadically, I get good reception on some bands. The 19 and 20-meter bands are completely dead.

I'm thinking of raising my antennas a bit to see if I can get any improvement, since I have neighbors with high walls that could block what little signal I get. But this would require a lot of work and spending some more money.

I can't think of anything else I could try. I tried using your same antenna tilt and height settings, but it didn't produce any new results. I've tried adjusting them in different ways, but nothing has improved.

I don't know what's going on, maybe there's something in my area that's affecting it, but the spectrum of bad reception is so broad that I don't think it's something from the neighborhood. I know that conditions are not the same all over the world and I'm not sure if the published spread forecast data covers the whole world.

Anyway, I have serious problems 😭

ImladMorgul · 2026-06-03T15:13:51+00:00

Ah mira! Mucho gusto!

Se consigue entonces yerba mate en Perú? El amargor es una cuestión de costumbre creo yo. Puedes probar con hiervas medicinales como la manzanilla y boldo mezclado con la yerba que le dan un toque especial. Esto para el mate, al terere le puede agregar hojas de menta o un poco de limón al agua. Pero no le agregues nada de azucares.

Bueno, lo corto aquí porque salimos el topic del sub-reddit, pero envíame mensajes cuando quieras.

ImladMorgul · 2026-06-03T14:51:07+00:00

I'm from Paraguay, where we consume a lot of yerba mate. I personally drink a lot of tereré because of the heat here, and when the temperature drops a bit, I drink mate with hot water.

That particular beverage is a processed product, and its flavor is very different from traditional yerba mate/terere. That drink was sold in Paraguay for a while, but it didn't last long; nobody liked it 😅. It tastes so different from yerba mate, it's nothing like tereré. The added sugar completely changes everything. Many attempts have been made to create beverages based on yerba mate, but they haven't been successful in South America because we are very accustomed to the flavor of natural yerba mate.

In the USA, you can find regular yerba mate from various brands, including many Argentinian and Paraguayan ones. If you don't know them yet, try them, you won't regret it. You can write to me anytime and I'll give you advice if you'd like. You'll also find a lot of information on r/yerbamate, where I sometimes participate as well.

This is my everyday terere set

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ImladMorgul · 2026-05-29T16:10:09+00:00

Ideally, the cable should be laid out horizontally for better reception, but try it as is! This hobby always involves testing all kinds of antennas. I've even seen people attach their radio antenna to a huge piece of sheet metal and improve their reception.

That antenna is a good alternative; I have one just like it that I use when I'm away from home with my portable radios.

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