Saturday, October 13, 2018

Shortwave Radiogram, October 12-15

Hello friends,


Last weekend’s slant test produced interesting results. Please note that your sound card might be perfectly calibrated, but slant in MFSK32 images will still occur. This is because of disagreements in the sampling rates of my sound card, the sound card at the shortwave broadcaster, the sound card at any remote SDR you might use, and your sound card. If you use an external digital recorder, that adds another factor that can cause slant. For this reason a slant adjustment at the beginning of each broadcast might be a good idea in the future.

Videos of last weekend’s Shortwave Radiogram (program 68) are provided by Scott in Ontario (Friday 2030 UTC), Ralf in Germany (Saturday 1600 UTC), and 2010 DFS in Japan (Monday 0800 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis of last weekend’s Shortwave Radiogram and other programs transmitting text and images is prepared by Roger in Germany. See program 68 results at https://twitter.com/swradiogram .

This weekend we will transmit the usual combination of MFSK32, 128, and 64, with nine MFSK images.

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 69, 12-15 October 2018, in MFSK modes as noted:
  1:38 MFSK32: Program preview
  2:55 Progress towards geostationary amateur radio satellite*
  8:56 MFSK128: Voyager 2 near edge of solar system*
12:21 MFSK64: International panel issues climate change warning*
17:28 New font might improve your memory*
19:36 Images and painting of the week*
27:25 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 69
(12-15 October 2018)
Friday
2030-2100 UTC
7780 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
Shortwave Radiogram
Reporting on international broadcasting at https://twitter.com/kaedotcom