Friday, October 20, 2017

Shortwave Radiogram weekend schedule


Hello friends,
I received very few reports of last weekend’s Thor 25x4 providing a better decode than our usual MFSK32, despite the 2-second interleave of Thor 25x4. One of those reports was from Zach in Alabama (above).

This weekend Shortwave Radiogram will be all MFSK32, but we will experiment with the ISO-8859-5 character set. In our usual UTF-8 character set, when we transmit Cyrillic text, e.g. Russian, the speed of the printout is reduced by half. With the ISO-8859-5 character set, Cyrillic prints out at the same speed (120 wpm using MFSK32) as English.

So please adjust Fldigi: Configure > UI > Colors & Fonts > change Rx/Tx Character set to ISO-8859-5. In ISO-8859-5 you will see both the English and Russian text. In UTF-8 (Fldigi’s default), only the English.

Unfortunately, in Android, the TIVAR and AndFlmsg apps have only the UTF-8 character set, so the Russian text will not be visible. Less than 3 minutes of the program is devoted to the Russian text.  

And keep in mind that you can record Shortwave Radiogram and decode from the recording, trying different settings.

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 18, 21-22 October 2017, all in MFSK32:

 1:31  Program preview
 3:21  US worried about independent media in Hungary*
10:51  Excerpt of Russian text from Deutsche Welle
13:55  New amateur radio station at BBC Broadcasting House*
19:23  QST review of new Icom IC-R8600 receiver*
21:34  DW.com feature on best mountain photos*
24:45  DW.com feature on autumn leaves* 
27:05  Closing announcements
* with image

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Shortwave Radiogram Transmission Schedule

Saturday
1600-1630 UTC
9400 kHz
Space Line, Bulgaria
Sunday
0600-0630 UTC
7730 kHz
WRMI Florida
Sunday
2030-2100 UTC
11580 kHz
WRMI Florida
Sunday
2330-2400 UTC
11580 kHz
WRMI Florida

The Mighty KBC transmits to Europe Saturdays at 1500-1600 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 5960 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

 Thanks for your reception reports!  The QSL gallery for program 16 has been sent to everyone who reported.
Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB
Producer and Presenter
Shortwave Radiogram