LYC-60 (SWL)

Digital scrapbook. SWL, astronomy, nature, history of science. Bluesky: @lyc60swl@bsky.social

2025-02-13

Happy World Radio Day! DIY one tube radio receiver schematics from 1936 publication of Lithuanian Post office "Radio for a Countryside" #swl #radio #hamradio #history #radioday #Lithuania #shortwave

2024-12-25

Urban SWLing of @PopShopRadio RNEI & Friends Christmas programing via Woofferton on 9740 kHz in #Vilnius #Lithuania. Some nice tunes and digital transmission. 2024-12-25 from 14:00 to 15:30 UTC. SINPO 24222. Merry Christmas! #SWL #Radio

2024-12-01

Pages from the user manual of "Baltic K-14", a four tube pre-WWII (1927) radio receiver (130 kHz - 2 MHz). Photo credit: Šiaulių apskrities Povilo Višinskio viešoji biblioteka via epaveldas.lt #Radio #SWL #history #Lithuania

2024-11-16

The Vilnius University Astronomical Observatory. It was founded in 1753 and is the fourth oldest observatory in Europe. #astronomy #Vilnius #science #History #Lithuania #sundial #observatory

2024-11-11

Ursa Major in the background of Aurora borealis. 10th of October 2024. #astronomy #aurora #auroraborealis

2024-10-18

Transmission site of #Sitkunai radio station in #Lithuania. In 2022 it restarted a MW broadcasting on 1557 khz for "Radio Pravda"/"Nasha lenta" programming #swl #radio #broadcasting

2024-10-07

Urban FT8 SWLing on 10m from a balcony in #Vilnius, #Lithuania. Airspy HF+ Discovery, Raspberry pi, diy magnetic loop (aka Youloop). #SWLing log of last night.

2024-10-06

Nightime DX on 10m right now. #SWLing FT8 in #Vilnius #Lithuania

2024-10-02

Radio receiver "Neringa" (1959-1962). Produced by "Kaunas radio factory" in #Kaunas, #Lithuania #swl #radio

2024-10-02

Commemorative plaque of the Prussian #astronomer F. W. Argelander in #Klaipeda, #Lithuania. Argelander was the first astronomer to begin a careful study of variable stars. #AAVSO #AstroBav #astronomy

2024-01-26

Literally for a moment 10m band was open for SWLing in #Vilnius. DXing continental USA, Puerto Rico, Aruba, Antigua & Barbuda (~8000 km). Unfortunately no reception of SWRadiogram on 15770 khz #swl #hamradio

2024-01-12

2024-01-12 SWRadiogram on 15770 kHz. SINPO 43344. Urban SWLing in #Vilnius with Möbius loop antenna (aka #youloop) indoors #hamradio #swl

2024-01-10

2024-01-10 Wefax on 13882 kHz from DWD in Pinneberg (DDK6) as received in Vilnius with Möbius loop antenna (aka #youloop) indoors. #swl #hamradio

2023-12-22

2023-12-22 SW Radiogram on 15770 kHz. SINPO 33333. Urban SWLing in #Vilnius with Möbius loop antenna (aka #youloop) indoors. Happy Holydays!

2023-12-15

2023-12-15 SWRadiogram on 15770 kHz. SINPO 33433. Urban SWLing in #Vilnius with Möbius loop antenna (aka #youloop) indoors.

2023-10-23

Vilnius University Astronomical Observatory est.1753. In 1777, director of the Observatory Martynas Poczobutas created a constellation Taurus Poniatovii to honor Stanislaw Poniatowski, a King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. It’s near Scuttum Sobiesky, now - Scuttum #astronomy #Vilnius #astronomia

2023-09-28

The QSL card from RadioTaiwan DEU arrived. Thanks! I was #SWL 'ing special 2023-07-09 German language programing on the go with #Airspy HF+Discovery connected to my Android tablet.

2023-08-15

A cover and MW page from the Philips directory of radio broadcasting stations for the year 1930 (Lithuanian edition). Titles of columns: Wavelength in meters, Station, Country, Power of the transmitter. Public Domain, via epaveldas.lt #swl #radio #dx #mwdx

2023-07-23

Chernobyl OTH "Duga" as an art inspiration. Credit: Emilija Škarnulytė, video instalation "Chambers of radiance" at Dailės muziejus in #Vilnius #postapocalyptic #art #radio

2023-07-23

Equipment of Kaunas (Lithuania) radio broadcasting station around the year 1930. Credit: Kaunas city museum, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, via europeana.eu #radio #swl #mwdx

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