Dana near Napa, California, received these images 6 January 2025, 0800-0830 UTC, 5850 kHz from WRMI Florida, using his Icom IC-7300 with a 40-meter dipole
Hello friends,
Our thoughts are with any of our listeners, and everyone else, affected by the terrible fires in southern California.
Here in Arlington, Virginia, snow is an increasingly infrequent visitor, but we had a good snowstorm on January 6. Well, some of us who like snow think it was good. We measured about 8 inches, or 20 cm, of depth in our front yard. I shoveled the sidewalk parallel to the street (as required by the County) on Monday, and dug out the car on Tuesday. As I get older, it seems the snow gets heavier, and the aches after shoveling become more prominent. Funny how that happens.
Fortunately, there was no disruption to our electric power. Amateur radio, and monitoring radio communications, were good companions while cooped up inside. My antennas have survived the heavy winds during the days following the snowstorm.
This time of year, I prefer the painting of the week, that closes each show, to be relevant to the season. So, for example, no deciduous trees full of green leaves. Many of the paintings that meet this criterion in January and February picture falling snow. The problem for Shortwave Radiogram is that listeners decoding the image may think that they see the noise interference typical of shortwave reception, when actually it is falling snow. Accordingly, I will avoid paintings depicting falling snow, unless it is an irresistible painting showing falling snow.
A video of last week's Shortwave Radiogram (program 383) is provided by Scott in Ontario (Wednesday 1330 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. The analysis is provided by Roger in Germany.
Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 384, 10-15 January 2025, in MFSK modes as noted:
1:44 MFSK32: Program preview
2:54 MFSK32: Towards a medication-friendly grapefruit*
6:01 MFSK64: How Norway became electric vehicle leader*
12:36 MFSK64: Images of the week*
27:22 MFSK32: Closing announcements
* with image(s)
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Other Shortwave broadcast programs that include digital text and images include The Mighty KBC, Pop Shop Radio and Radio North Europe International (RNEI). Links to these fine broadcasts, with schedules, are posted here.
Thanks for your reception reports!
Kim
Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB
Producer and Presenter
Shortwave Radiogram
Reporting on international broadcasting at https://twitter.com/kaedotcom
