Seeing some chat on another thread about radios, reminded me that years (and years) ago I used to have a little shortwave radio scanner thingy that picked up all sorts of things, like the police, tv audio, and lots of foreign sounding voices that also that went beep at regular intervals. Sounded like them counting or something.
It had a sideband(?) knob or button I think that seemed to make more things appear somehow, never really understood it.
I also seem to recall Voice of America, that kind of thing? It did airline frequencies too I think - am I right in thinking I heard transmissions from "Speedbird" and that was Concorde, or was that a dream? It was decades ago.
There seemed to be a hobby where you would spend both a fortune and for ever to be able to hear someone in Australia, bounced off the atmosphere, and if you were very lucky you could hear them say "I have a shortwave radio. Hello.". For a not insignificant extra heap of cash and a licence, you could say "Hello. So have I" back again, and then you'd send each other a postcard.
ANYWAY, I imagined there would these days be a website with a "virtual" shortwave radio on it, where you could set a frequency and have it play back. Couldn't find anything with swift search - is there such a thing?
I also imagine none of the stuff you could hear back then is still broadcasting in the clear like that?
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Shortwave radio new
Shortwave radio new