I can catch Radio Thailand in Netherlands over 8892 km but I cannot catch Radio Netherlands in Thailand.

Caught on Utwente WebSDR 16 September 2023 19:29:21 UTC 7475 kHz AM from 250 kW curtain array transmitter at Ban Nong Hai, Ban Dung, Udon Thani, Thailand. The station call sign is HSK-9 and is transmitting since 1938.

From analog recording 45.8 dB SNR 70μs.

#radiothailand #radiothailandworldservice #RTWS #hsk9 #udonthani #bandung #thailand #radio #am #amradio #analogradio #analog #shortwave #shortwaveradio #curtainarray #transmitter #netherlands #websdr #utwente #utwentewebsdr

Today I found out: On 23rd April 2024, in Enschede in Netherlands, exactly at 16:55:09 UTC, the song Strawberry Switchblade: Since Yesterday started to play on 6130 kHz AM.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7ZNn8VrnBI

#utwente #utwentewebsdr #websdr #sdr #enschede #strawberryswitchblade #retro #radio #am #broadcast #80s #newwave #pop

I found a rabbit hole called #WebSDR through an article about the work of PT de Boer, one of my university lecturers at @utwente, who has been infuential for its development.

After listening to people from Twente discussing a.o. driving and taxes on FM, I continued a podcast with Sid Sijbrandij, a #UTwente alum, about "agentic everything".

The contrast between "doing things for the love of it" (#RadioAmateurs -> WebSDR) and "I want results" (Sid) felt sharp.

The campus sign near the entrance of the University of Twente in Enschede, NL.

#photography #netherlands #utwente

The sky reflecting off of the Design Lab building at the University of Twente.

#photography #netherlands #utwente

The Cubicus building at the University of Twente. Part of the Brutalist architecture building boom on college campuses in the late '60s, this would have fit right in at my alma mater, the Paul Rudolph-designed University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

#photography #netherlands #utwente #brutalist #brutalism

Looking down the bicycle racks towards the nanolab and Carre buildings at the University of Twente

#photography #netherlands #utwente

Got back Monday from getting one of my no-longer-kids settled in at her graduate degree program at University of Twente (and doing some sightseeing) in the Netherlands. Spent the first half of the trip in the on-campus hotel; this is the ceiling of my room there.

#photography #netherlands #utwente