Calling HAM/Shortwave enthusiasts...

C525B

I hope you haven't ignored the HF-9000 on the pedestal.

Orlaam

You don't say... I'll have to try it. Do you have to tune in specific frequencies like 6577 or 8825, et cetera? Or do we just have a noise floor when COM is active? Would be kinda hard to replicate something so dynamic such as HF. I'll check it out later tonight. I don't really do any ham radio anymore, but I still like to listen occasionally.

C525B

Choosing my words carefully here... It's just for fun, it's not a shortwave simulator. More like: think of some stations that might be historical.

dadgametime

Hearing a lot of old numbers stations on various bands including old DDR stations. SSTV, CW numbers, digital modes as well. Fun tuning the HF frequencies.

Orlaam

@dadgametime said in Calling HAM/Shortwave enthusiasts...:

Hearing a lot of old numbers stations on various bands including old DDR stations. SSTV, CW numbers, digital modes as well. Fun tuning the HF frequencies.

That's pretty cool. I have always thought that would be a neat idea but didn't think any developer would bother trying to implement it.

C525B

@dadgametime That's a good way of putting it. I didn't think much of the second floppy when I first saw it.

Orlaam

Wait, what does the second floppy have to do with finding stations? I guess I'll have to play around some more. I was really stoked when I tuned in some stations on tonight's flight!

I gotta say, Nick has really outdone himself with this feature. I kinda think a product I had years ago had HF static, but nothing like this. It is an amazing feature and really cool to a ham radio/scanner user like myself for 35 years.

C525B

@Orlaam I’m being intentionally cryptic so as not to spoil the fun for others. There is one streamer who seems to have cracked all the Easter eggs but not everyone will have seen the video.

jmarkows

A friend of mine has found the second floppy, but I still haven't. Where is it?

Also, once you insert a floppy, how do you get it back out? I can eject it, but I can't find a spot to click to take it out and store it.

desertdragon

@jmarkows Just click on the disk not in the floppy drive, and it will swap the disks automatically. Note that the "other" disk (not the nave data one) returns to its original spot when you swap it, so just go there to retrieve it when you want to put it in the drive again.