Hello friends,
The first Shortwave Radiogram has
been uploaded to WRMI. Instead of the .wav file that I sent to the VOA North
Carolina transmitter site, the file for WRMI is .mp3, 128 kbps. This should be
more than adequate for good decoding, but if you experience problems that might
be related to the audio format, please let me know.
Another challenge with the first
Shortwave Radiogram is sending this email to the approximately one thousand
listeners on the VOA Radiogram email list. The VOA Outlook-based email system
had a limit of 400 emails, so I sent them in groups of 400, 400, remainder. The
radiogram@verizon.net is actually administered by AOL Mail, so
we will learn how many recipients they tolerate. If this email comes to you from
an address other than radiogram@verizon.net, please
continue to use radiogram@verizon.net for emails to Shortwave
Radiogram.
To keep things simple, the first VOA
Radiogram will all be in MFSK32. It will include six images.
Here is the lineup for Shortwave
Radiogram, program 1, 25 June 2017, all in MFSK32
centered on 1500 Hz:
1:20
Program preview
2:34
About Shortwave Radiogram*
7:10
Soviet-US "hotline" created in 1963*
13:45 More Earth-sized planets found*
19:12 Shortwave listening guide* and amateur radio
Field Day*
24:54 Closing announcements
* With image
Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net
And visit
swradiogram.net
Twitter: @SWRadiogram
(especially active just before, during, and after
broadcasts)
Shortwave Radiogram Transmission
Schedule
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Sunday
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0600-0630 UTC
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7730 kHz
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Sunday
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2030-2100 UTC
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11580 kHz
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Sunday
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2330-2400 UTC
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11580
kHz
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The Mighty
KBC transmits to Europe
Saturdays at 1500-1530 UTC on 9400 kHz (via Bulgaria), with the minute of MFSK
at about 1530 UTC (if you are outside of Europe, listen via websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ ). And to North
America Sundays at 0000-0200 UTC (Saturday 8-10 pm EDT) on 9925 kHz, via
Germany. The minute of MFSK is at about 0130 UTC.
Reports to Eric:
themightykbc@gmail.com See also http://www.kbcradio.eu/ and https://www.facebook.com/TheMightyKbc/.
Italian Broadcasting
Corporation (IBC) For the complete IBC
transmission schedule visit http://ibcradio.webs.com/ Five
minutes of MFSK32 is at the end of the 30-minute English-language “Shortwave
Panorama,” per the schedule below:
WEDNESDAY 18.55 UTC
6070 KHZ TO EUROPE
19.55 UTC 1584 KHZ TO EUROPE
THURSDAY 02.55 UTC
1584 KHZ TO EUROPE
FRIDAY 01.25
UTC 9955 KHZ TO CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA
SATURDAY 01.55 UTC
11580 KHZ TO NORTH AMERICA
20.25 UTC 1584 KHZ TO SOUTH EUROPE
SUNDAY 00.55
UTC 7730 KHZ TO NORTH AMERICA
10.55 UTC 6070 KHZ TO EUROPE
Thank you for your reports to the
final VOA Radiogram. I hope to start answering those today.
I hope you can tune this weekend for
the first Shortwave Radiogram.
Kim
Kim Andrew Elliott,
KD9XB
Producer and Presenter