Friday, September 07, 2018

Shortwave Radiogram weekend schedules


Hello friends,


Fortunately, there were no technical mishaps last weekend. And propagation was, for the most part, good. The Friday 2030-2100 UTC transmission on 7780 kHz is beginning to be audible in Europe as the northern hemisphere days become shorter. (And speaking of the days getting shorter, The Mighty KBC's transmission to North America changes to 5960 kHz this Sunday at 0000-0200 UTC; a minute of MFSK64 is at 0130 UTC.)

I was happy to include a news item in German, because of the many Shortwave Radiogram listeners and friends in Germany. There will be more German this weekend, about the Radio Taiwan International German service test transmissions to Europe via Space Line in Bulgaria. The first one is today (Friday) at 1900-1930 UTC on 5900 kHz.

Videos of last weekend’s Shortwave Radiogram (program 63) are provided by Ralf in Germany (Saturday 1600 UTC) and Scott in Ontario (Sunday 2330 UTC). Mark in the UK maintains the audio archive. Roger in Germany produced his analysis.

This weekend, Shortwave Radiogram will transmit in our usual combination of MFSK32, MFSK128, and MFSK64, including seven MFSK images.

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 64, 7 to 10 September 2018, in MFSK modes as noted:

 1:36  MFSK32: Program preview
 2:58  World' largest offshore wind farm launches*
 8:01  MFSK128: Bugs will eat more food as temperatures rise*
12:16  MFSK64: Proposed shutdown of WWV, WWVB, WWVH*
18:08  Maersk installs rotating sails on its ship Pelican*
22:03  Testsendungen von Radio Taiwan International*
24:15  Images of the week*
28:23  MFSK32: Closing announcements

* with image(s)

Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net


Twitter: @SWRadiogram or https://twitter.com/swradiogram (visit especially during the weekend)



Shortwave Radiogram Program 64
(7-10 September 2018)

Friday
2030-2100 UTC
7780 kHz
5950 kHz
MFSK32
MFSK128
MFSK64
WRMI Florida
Saturday
1600-1630 UTC
9400 kHz
Space Line, Bulgaria
Sunday
2330-2400 UTC
7780 kHz
WRMI Florida
Monday
0800-0830 UTC

7730 kHz
5850 kHz
WRMI Florida

Slow Scan Radio transmits SSTV images and text modes Wednesdays at 1830-1900 UTC on 6070 kHz via Channel 292 in Germany. The website is http://www.slowscanradio.com. Reception reports to  x@xdv.me.

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 the new winter(!) frequency of 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)  Five minutes of MFSK32 is at the end of the 30-minute English-language “Shortwave Panorama. For the complete IBC transmission schedule visit  http://ibcradio.webs.com/  

Broad Spectrum Radio is transmitted by WRMI Florida Mondays at 0700-0800 UTC on 5850 and 7730 kHz. MFSK32 is broadcast during the second half hour of the show. Reports to broadspectrumradio@gmail.com.

Thanks for your reception reports! 

Kim

Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB
Producer and Presenter
Reporting on international broadcasting at https://twitter.com/kaedotcom