Weekend Shortwave Radiogram schedule

Hello friends,
Last weekend’s experiment with the very fast 8PSK-500F and -1000F modes was interesting and fun. There were not many 100% decodes, but they did include listeners in Belgium, France, and Germany tuned to the transmitter in Bulgaria, as well as listeners in Texas and Oregon tuned to WRMI Florida. Several listeners did successfully receive entire paragraphs, but the decode turned to gibberish during fades (which are not uncommon on shortwave!). We will try more experiment with the 8PSK modes on future shows. 

 Special all-Olivia-64-2000 broadcast this weekend

This weekend, we will shift from the very fast to the very slow. In the past few weeks, the Shortwave Radiogram transmission Sundays at 2330-2400 UTC on 11580 kHz from Florida has experienced poor reception in most parts of the world. To improve the chances of a successful decode, this broadcast only (number 23S) will be in the Olivia 64-2000 mode. It will consist of one Voice of America news story. The broadcast will begin with a brief voice intro, then the RSID for Olivia 64-2000. If the RSID does not work, you might have to fine-tune the audio frequency for a correct decode.

 Olivia 64-2000 is very slow, about 28 words per minute, but robust in difficult conditions. Please note that the text will not print out until a few seconds after you hear the tones (if you hear them). Please record your reception if possible. We may be stretching shortwave to its limit. 

The other three broadcasts this weekend will be in the usual MFSK32, with four images.

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 23, 25-26 November 2017, all in MFSK32:

 1:30  Program preview

 2:43  Poorest countries need avenues to electricity*

10:56  Russia may retaliate if Google downgrades RT, Sputnik*

18:16  US Sues to Stop AT&T's Takeover of Time Warner*

25:35  London's Crossrail construction image*

27:45  Closing announcements

 * with image

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Shortwave Radiogram Transmission Schedule
23	Saturday	1600-1630 UTC	9400 kHz	MFSK32	Space Line, Bulgaria
23	Sunday	0600-0630 UTC	7730 kHz	MFSK32	WRMI Florida
23	Sunday	2030-2100 UTC	11580 kHz	MFSK32	WRMI Florida
23S	Sunday	2330-2400 UTC	11580 kHz	Olivia 64-2000	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 7-9 pm EST) 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:

To Europe
Wednesday	2025-2030 UTC	1584 kHz (MW)	http://myradiostream.com/radiostudiox
Thursday	0325-0330 UTC	1584 kHz	http://myradiostream.com/radiostudiox
Saturday	2125-2130 UTC	1584 kHz	http://myradiostream.com/radiostudiox
Sunday	1155-1200 UTC	6070 kHz
To the Americas
Tuesday	0125-0130 UTC	11580 kHz
Friday	0225-0230 UTC	9955 kHz	http://wrmi.listen.creek.fm/stream
Saturday	0155-0200 UTC	11580 kHz
Sunday	0055-0100 UTC	7730 kHz

Thanks for your reception reports! 

Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB

Producer and Presenter
Shortwave Radiogram

F4ECA in France successfully decoded paragraphs in the 8PSK-F mode 19 November 2017, 2041 UTC, 11580 kHz from WRMI Florida. See his results: https://twitter.com/F4ECA/status/93235229212007219 .  See other results at https://twitter.com/swradiogram (you do not need a Twitter account).