<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:14:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/shortwave/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Some thought on the recent ‘Numbers Station’ story.  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[There has been a new ‘numbers station’ that has appeared on the radio spectrum in the shortwave section which lies, on most people’s shortwave radios, between 3 and 30MHz. For those who don’t know a numbers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/britain/@mrfahrenheit211/some-thought-on-the-recent-numbers-station-story</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/britain/@mrfahrenheit211/some-thought-on-the-recent-numbers-station-story</guid><category><![CDATA[britain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mrfahrenheit211]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:48:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BgxWBRxjvNho1d5owNvLc9kLkZETgqoQLu9zcBbNBbDDEp9W4DbuZJueb2rcSbSe9WCfSQD85uuv8dQcW1qAtqFDmDWvucE2DabABZWNSPS2GhW915hHCDdTQCqLZwt1qsDxDAtVvG2iWYJQLkUwmJAXCd4w9ZAj9N1pR1vHE4t2Wyk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just one more day on the mountain (2023.09.13)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tomorrow (on 2023.09.14) I will come down from the mountain, and I will go back to my brother in Tiszasüly to celebrate my upcoming 31st birthday, which will be on 2023.09.17. We will celebrate it in Szolnok.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-178265/@xplosive/just-one-more-day-on</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-178265/@xplosive/just-one-more-day-on</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-178265]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[xplosive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:41:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVqFVvkXVUAoCnJ1v1VgroFt8gEbR89MgCnw4q2fAKxfCnfWC199U5md6gVaGhSJhqjNFztC1mhdV52qhFUimEbRHhzMRfLC7DHwXUXHUzQr5LVFRFCus4x5Z7kxKh9rX1mfU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[M0MNM - HA5KZO 18.125 MHz QSO (2023.09.02, 18:48 UTC)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am making QSOs (radioamateur contacts) again after a long time. The last time I made a QSO was on 2023.03.03. Today (on 2023.09.02) evening I made a QSO with M0MNM Paul from Stockport (IO83vk), England]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-138472/@xplosive/yhsmkdvn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-138472/@xplosive/yhsmkdvn</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-138472]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[xplosive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2023 20:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfKKVdjVbLDqbUvEHJeooTQuxbm4WKYGpDZXa5HJF2MMTPcxc9PTJLaWrhaSiLwaFY4Kmq9C92FMj8Qn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My first QSO (two-way radioamateur contact) in 2023 (2023.01.07)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The last time I made a QSO (two-way radioamateur contact) was 11 days ago (on 2022.12.27). Today afternoon I made the first in 2023 with a Spanish special radioamateur station (EF2WRTC) on 21.245 MHz.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-138472/@xplosive/my-first-qso-two-way</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-138472/@xplosive/my-first-qso-two-way</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-138472]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[xplosive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2023 13:22:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eAkRSz3GaJykdSdybbhCdPWQY3mhM1PTU6A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two kind Hungarian words from France (2022.12.27)]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a Hungarian, it is a real delight for me to hear kind Hungarian words from foreign people. Today evening I made a two-way radioamateur contact with a French radioamateur (F4ESO Fred) from France on]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-138472/@xplosive/two-kind-hungarian-words-from</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-138472/@xplosive/two-kind-hungarian-words-from</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-138472]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[xplosive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2022 19:45:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e8k62Vrx5cQDK2U5uu965fgPjoMiuxKPZ34?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Celebrating the 100 years of the BBC (2022.10.26, 10:11 UTC)]]></title><description><![CDATA[GB100BBC is a special radioamateur callsign. It is to celebrate the 100 years of the BBC. I am happy that I was in front of the radio, and the propagation was good, so I was able to make a QSO (two-way]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-160355/@xplosive/celebrating-the-100-years-of</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-160355/@xplosive/celebrating-the-100-years-of</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-160355]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[xplosive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 11:09:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dtFuh68yBvbAwiz8bU9oamdZXh3UWaQDUDt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Testing the 30 meters long wire antenna on the 160 m (1.8 MHz) band (2022.10.10)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This blue wire is my antenna. It is 30 meters long. Currently its highest part is around four meters or five meters above the ground. The built-in automatic antenna tuner of my Yaesu FT-450D transceiver]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-138472/@xplosive/testing-the-30-meters-long</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-138472/@xplosive/testing-the-30-meters-long</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-138472]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[xplosive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2022 14:30:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBNvuPpuJoWwfXPpi5ckcLESTB3nmmnPCuVHLRDNm2KK4u1PSNGRnpzTDPdfmCrwB2RWb4ekpG3Dqzan39574oswHGajQK9GZkgundJutvm774jQ1w1oDQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contact with Lebanon (Beirut) (OD5OJ Bassam) on 24.940 MHz today afternoon (2022.10.08, 11:53 UTC)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The propagation was good, but my current antenna is not ideal on the 12 meters (24 MHz) band. This is why I heard him just above the noise level, while he gave me 59, and 55 to 59 signal reports with QSB]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-138472/@xplosive/contact-with-lebanon-beirut-od5oj</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-138472/@xplosive/contact-with-lebanon-beirut-od5oj</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-138472]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[xplosive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2022 14:18:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eHvrWvf13j3JoTTdKLpjjQP7g9duZKFsmwC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My first DX (long distance contact) with the 30 meters long wire antenna in Tiszasüly, Hungary (2022.09.30, 14:48 UTC)]]></title><description><![CDATA[My 30 meters long wire antenna is still approximately four or five meters above the ground in the garden. It is not ideal on 24 MHz, but it works. Today afternoon I made a QSO (two-way radioamateur contact)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@xplosive/my-first-dx-long-distance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@xplosive/my-first-dx-long-distance</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174578]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[xplosive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 15:55:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eAj8s72qeDyFCrofpQEhxdHYyf5RX9b3vqc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contact with Capoterra (Sardinia Island) (IS0FDW Angelo) on 14.268 MHz in the evening (2022.09.29, 16:05 UTC)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The propagation was not very good today evening, but we successfully finished the contact. His signal was mostly around 52. He gave me a 57 signal report. My 30 meters long wire antenna is still approximately]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@xplosive/contact-with-capoterra-sardinia-island</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@xplosive/contact-with-capoterra-sardinia-island</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174578]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[xplosive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2022 17:40:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dxcj6Zy2ydwvTFjD4Y2ytiqEcz39J9JwoUJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[TM400MO - A special callsign for the 400 years of the birth of Molière (2022.09.21)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I put my 30 meters long wire antenna a little bit higher (from approximately two-three meters above the ground to approximately four-five meters above the ground) in the garden, and it works very]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@xplosive/tm400mo-a-speciall-callsign-for</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@xplosive/tm400mo-a-speciall-callsign-for</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174578]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[xplosive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2022 14:50:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e3uw8UJn7TskmRHDHh7yXK68ZQNxe1e8YDk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hello Northern Ireland (2022.09.12)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I made a QSO (a two-way radio contact) with MI0AIH David from Cookstown, Northern Ireland on 14.260 MHz. The distance is 2047 km. At first, I barely heard him calling CQ (general call), just above]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@xplosive/hello-northern-ireland-2022-09</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@xplosive/hello-northern-ireland-2022-09</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174578]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[xplosive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2022 16:22:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eBZYNB6h5fGoRUZj8pLmXMFjoLrnhYYDrSi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contacting North London (England) with a 30 meters long wire antenna on shortwave (14.220 MHz) from Hunyadfalva, Hungary (2022.09.08)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I like to experiment. Today I put up a 30 meters long wire in the garden approximately two meters above the ground between two trees. I used this wire as an antenna. The built-in automatic antenna]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@xplosive/contacting-north-london-england-with</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@xplosive/contacting-north-london-england-with</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174578]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[xplosive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2022 16:15:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eMCf32J6HBjRhhGyFySyyBH6Y6oLjiamp22?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A radioamateur contact with the youngest radioamateur operator in Austria (2022.07.13)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday and today were mostly uneventful days. Usual workdays. Not that hot (in temperatures), but it is still hot. Around 30-33 °C. According to the weather forecast, the peak will be around 35 °C in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@xplosive/a-radioamateur-contact-with-the</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@xplosive/a-radioamateur-contact-with-the</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[xplosive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2022 20:08:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHT5Fvr9KYC2ckcJeTNPxSHwBGG4zr8QHhB7bmHpbnTmwGkd4r9hmMsLNi6zVbFb6JaBTZ3GX8Zj6Ks5A2rRaC5z7krp6LFYwErcetoGV1uDcxek9jiLrCmdTFo8RQqCr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My 100th video on my radioamateur YouTube channel (HA5KZO) (2022.06.21)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I uploaded my 100th video to my radioamateur YouTube channel (HA5KZO). I achieved this approximately in 10 years. I created this YouTube channel on 2012.04.19. I upload videos mostly for myself,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@xplosive/my-100th-video-on-my</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@xplosive/my-100th-video-on-my</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174578]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[xplosive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2022 18:42:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4Zpw7YwshXjQrPWBzmULSLUG3KYLcduCswJe6jUMchinzmxtSpt8YpemK8F3zZ4SH8A88z1JUc1mQh5prvciZVQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[II2CC - HA5KZO 14.215 MHz QSO (2020.05.30, 15:52 UTC)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This video is from yesterday. I already uploaded it to my YouTube channel. I made a radioamateur QSO (a two-way radio contact) with a special callsign from Italy. The distance is approximately 775 km.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@xplosive/sjavpsqf</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@xplosive/sjavpsqf</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174578]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[xplosive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2022 11:07:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfKKVdjVijtwpdMC8aqkpBMcYYBaqaxP3VqmSQEsZFBsaekMmeZ2Ly6JSt5GhMJEy6YmUaDRyVbML4i2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[M0GLV - HA5KZO 14.225 MHz QSO (2022.05.22, 17:59 UTC)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the second upload. Hopefully the video will be properly encoded this time. I decided to upload this video on my 3Speak (Threespeak) channel first. I will upload the video to my YouTube channel]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@xplosive/hdbjsqxt</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@xplosive/hdbjsqxt</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174578]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[xplosive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2022 12:51:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfKKVdjVheWja7qi4nY2C3Yi2Qit58tgS3gabAAWCaQ2MsUg1JynhF7V3SY1Dd77zpagJQyTVYCPk5yx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[OR100RCBE - HA5KZO 14.160 MHz QSO (2022.04.21, 13:22 CEST)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today (on 2022.04.21) I made a QSO (two-way radio contact) with OR100RCBE on 14.160 MHz, and I recorded it on video. This is what you can see and hear below (on my YouTube video). OR100RCBE is in Verviers,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@xplosive/or100rcbe-ha5kzo-14-160-mhz</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@xplosive/or100rcbe-ha5kzo-14-160-mhz</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174578]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[xplosive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2022 14:28:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e2KVTzSxgFYqqN5bvGgCUW278p8NgeENe8e?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something I miss on the amateur radio nowadays (2022.04.16)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This (down below) is a little bit older video of mine on YouTube. I recorded it in the previous year on 2021.12.16, 13:28 CET (so this was before the Christmas of 2021), and I decided to upload it today.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@xplosive/something-i-miss-on-the</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@xplosive/something-i-miss-on-the</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-148441]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[xplosive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2022 13:35:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eMDJ9Y75DMf8XBQfZUPZGL6wfywpDkoBNRt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ベトナムの声からベリカードを頂きました。]]></title><description><![CDATA[3月13日にベトナムの声という、ベトナムからのラジオ国際放送を聴いてベリカードを頂きました。ベリカードというのはおそらく和製英語で、英語ではVerification Cardと言います。ラジオを聞く→受信報告書を送る→放送局の人が内容を確認してベリカードを送る→ベリカードGet!という流れです。 受信報告書なんて送ったのは何十年ぶりでしょうか。]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-105425/@yadamaniart/b6cd152bf8026</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-105425/@yadamaniart/b6cd152bf8026</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-105425]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[yadamaniart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2022 06:02:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXBzqrPWMsMTjNrXDPFFf11TqkCLUMpRtXjBurLX97dxBgFHUhwsTG8L88p4gnAacaXwJshDpk7jias5rPGwqiNVGcLGmb3DQZX4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>