Shortwave Radiogram adds Saturday transmission to schedule

Images received by Rawad in Saudi Arabia, 25 June, 2030-2100 UTC, 11580 kHz ...

Special thanks to Kim Elliott for including my book image in last weekend's images. (Gayle Van Horn)

Hello friends,

I am pleased to announce the addition of a fourth transmission of Shortwave Radiogram. It is Saturday at 1600-1630 UTC on 9400 kHz. If the day and time seem familiar, they are the same as the the most popular broadcast of VOA Radiogram. The, frequency, however is different. And if the frequency seems familiar, it is the same 9400 kHz via Space Line in Kostinbrod, Bulgaria, used by The Mighty KBC for its Giant Jukebox show, Saturday 1500-1600 UTC.

This new broadcast probably won’t be heard in the Americas this time of year. During the winter, possibly. If you are outside Europe, you can tune in and decode from http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901 in the Netherlands, or from another SDR in Europe.

Thanks for the many reception reports for Shortwave Radiogram program 1!

SWRG2 includes the image of a vertical line. This might help detect and correct slant in  MFSK images. On the program, I forgot to mention that it helps to record the program. Then you can save one or more segments devoted to images. Play those images repeatedly until the proper Rx adjustment of Fldigi, or of the speed of your recording, results in no slant. The free Audacity software can be helpful for recording, editing, and converting audio, and (using Audacity’s timer record feature), recording while asleep, at work, or otherwise away from the radio.

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 2, 1-2 July 2017, all in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz:

 1:52  Program preview
 3:05  Our new broadcast for Europe*
 7:30  A test and remedies for slanted images*
11:00  Russia considers blocking foreign broadcasts*
14:03  Trump moves to withdraw US water protection*
21:15  Italian Broadcasting Corporation anniversary*
23:46  Closing announcements*

* with image

Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net

And visit http://swradiogram.net

Twitter: @SWRadiogram (especially active just before, during, and after broadcasts)

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 9925 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://ibcradiowebs.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

I hope you can tune in and  write in this weekend. 

Kim

Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB
Producer and Presenter
Shortwave Radiogram

IARUMS Intruder Report

International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 Monitoring System (IARUMS) volunteers continue to document many of the same signals intruding on Amateur Radio bands — some of them audible in other parts of the world, according to the latest editions of the IARUMS Region 1 newsletter. IARUMS Region 1 Coordinator Wolf Hadel, DK2OM, reported last month that his own band monitoring activity has been hampered by interference from a neighbor’s LED lamp, and that Germany’s telecoms regulator was not helpful in resolving the situation, which Hadel says affects all bands from 80 through 10 meters. Nonetheless, he has worked around the local interference to document many of the same bad actors that show up in the IARUMS Region 1 newsletter month after month. IARU Region 1 includes Europe and Africa.
These usual suspects include a Russian Navy F1B RTTY signal on 14.180 MHz in Sevastopol in Crimea, “still active, not regarding official complaints.” Last fall IARUMS had reported that complaints were successful in silencing the intruder. Another Russian F1B RTTY signal had been showing up on 7.051 MHz, “mostly idling and every evening,” Hadel reported in May. German telecoms regulators registered an official complaint, apparently successful in that instance. Hadel also reported “daily” transmissions of music on 7.050 MHz (LSB), possibly originating in Russia.
The “mysterious beacon ‘D’” from Asian Russia has been reported on CW on 7.093.3 kHz, with spurious transmissions on 7.078.6, 7.117.9, and 7.157.2 MHz, as well as outside the band.
Broadcaster Radio Hargaysa in Somalia continued to be reported on 7.120 MHz (AM) daily. Hadel indicated that the signal is audible in Australia and Japan, as well as in Europe and Africa. On 7.175 MHz, Radio Eritrea continues to be jammed daily with white noise transmissions attributed to Radio Ethiopia. IARUMS reported jamming of Radio Taiwan on 7.200 MHz, apparently originating in China and audible “every evening” in Europe. The Chinese “foghorn” over-the-horizon radar (OTH-R) continues to intrude on 20 meters, with signals on 14.211 MHz “jumping to 14.290 and 14.302 MHz.” The Russian “Konteyner RLS” OTH-R remains a problem on 14.280 MHz
In late April, DK2OM monitored a Chinese wideband OTH-R on 15 meters between 21.280 and 21.458 MHz. “No woodpecker, as some hams believe,” Hadel noted. Several OFDM transmissions originating in Moscow have been heard on 20 meters.

Brazilian “pirates” again have been observed on 21.000 MHz (USB). “They are abusing this [frequency] like a telephone between Rio and northern Brazil,” Hadel reported in April. “We suppose fishery traffic.” Just below that signal and barely outside 40 meters (6.999 MHz) was USB interference attributed to Spanish fishing interests, splattering up into the low end of the band. An Iranian radar was reported back on 28.960 MHz, heard in Europe via E-skip.
(ARRL/Larry Van Horn/Teak Publishing)

Monitoring Armenia

Voice of Armenia
monitored 23 June 2017

Weak to good signal 

All times UTC

1530-1545 on  4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Assyrian
1545-1600 on  4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Greek
1600-1630 on  4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Kurdish
1630-1700 on  4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Yezidi
1700-1715 on  4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Turkish
1715-1745 on  4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Azeri
1745-1815 on  4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Farsi
1815-1845 on  4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic

(DX Re Mix 1015)

Monitoring Spain

All times UTC

Radio Exterior de España noted on three of four frequencies on June 25
1355-1400 on 3 of 4 frequencies REE Interval Signal/frequency announcement
1400-1800 on 15520 NOB 200 kW / 110 deg to N/ME Spanish Sat/Sun, weak/fair signal
1400-1800 on 17715 NOB 200 kW / 230 deg to SoAm Spanish Sat/Sun, no signal
1400-1800 on 17855 NOB 200 kW / 290 deg to ENAm Spanish Sat/Sun, very good signal
1400-1800 on 21620 NOB 200 kW / 161 deg to WCAf Spanish Sat/Sun, weak/fair

(SWL DXing)

Monitoring Voice of Greece

All times UTC

Greece   

Voice of Greece monitored on various languages on 9420 kHz, June 20
0500-1130 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3 & off
NO SIGNAL on  9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu or alt.11645tx#1
* including nx in Arabic 0651UT & in Serbian 0654UT. From 0707UT
frequency announcement: 9420 and 9935 to WeEu/ENAm,11645 to NoAf
But frequency 11645 is not active from beginning of summer A-17.
Extra news today in Spanish 0805-0810UT, in Russian 0906-0909UT,
in Romanian 1005-1009UT and Polish/Albanian 1052-1100UT. VOG/ERT
First Program 1100-1130UT & off. No English program 1200-1203UT.

VOG on 9420/9935 kHz on June 20-21
1815-0657 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3 & off
1915-0656 on  9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#1 & off
*including 3 mins news bulletin in Arabic 0653UT, Serbian 0656UT

VOG on 9420/9935 kHz, June 21
1730&2200 on  9420*AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3
1930&2000 on  9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek tx#1
*till 1805 on 9420 LIN 100 kW / 298 deg to EaAs Uyg.CNR-13
From 2002UT frequency announcement: 9420/9935 to WeEu/ENAm
11645 to NoAf, but last one frequency is inactive in A-17.

VOG on 9420/9935 kHz on June 22-23
1820-0720 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3 & off
1850-0710 on  9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#1 & off
*including 3 mins news bulletin in Arabic 0653UT, Serbian 0656UT

VOG on 9420 kHz on June 23-24
1820-0650 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3 & off
NO SIGNAL on  9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#1

VOG on 9420/9935 kHz on June 24-25
1830-0700 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3 & continues
1830-0700 on  9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#1 & continues
*at 0300UT national anthem 0500-0655UT Sunday Orthodox Liturgy

(SWL DXing)

Weeky Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2017 Jun 26 0041 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
#
#                Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity  19 - 25 June 2017

Solar activity was very low throughout the period with only isolated  low and mid-level B-class flare activity observed. Regions 2663 (N12, L=095, class/area=Dso/100 on 17 Jun) and 2664 (N18, L=314, class/area=Cso/90 on 25 Jun) each produced B-class flare activity throughout the week while Region 2662 (N12, L=050, class/area=Hsx/170 on 13 Jun) was quiet. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed this period.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels on 19-21 Jun with moderate levels observed on 22-25 Jun.

Geomagnetic field activity was generally quiet and quiet to unsettled throughout the week with isolated active conditions observed on 25 Jun due to the influence of a positive, north polar-connected CH HSS.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
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#      27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
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#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest
#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index
2017 Jun 26      72          10          3
2017 Jun 27      72           5          2
2017 Jun 28      77          10          3
2017 Jun 29      77          10          3
2017 Jun 30      77           5          2
2017 Jul 01      77           5          2
2017 Jul 02      74           5          2
2017 Jul 03      73           5          2
2017 Jul 04      72           5          2
2017 Jul 05      73           5          2
2017 Jul 06      74           5          2
2017 Jul 07      74           5          2
2017 Jul 08      75           5          2
2017 Jul 09      75           5          2
2017 Jul 10      75           5          2
2017 Jul 11      75           5          2
2017 Jul 12      75           5          2
2017 Jul 13      75          20          5
2017 Jul 14      75          12          4
2017 Jul 15      76          10          3
2017 Jul 16      76           5          2
2017 Jul 17      75           5          2
2017 Jul 18      75           5          2
2017 Jul 19      75           5          2
2017 Jul 20      74           5          2
2017 Jul 21      74          10          3
2017 Jul 22      74          12          4
(NOAA)

Shortwave Radiogram premiers June 25 via WRMI

Hello friends,

The first Shortwave Radiogram has been uploaded to WRMI. Instead of the .wav file that I sent to the VOA North Carolina transmitter site, the file for WRMI is .mp3, 128 kbps. This should be more than adequate for good decoding, but if you experience problems that might be related to the audio format, please let me know. 

Another challenge with the first Shortwave Radiogram is sending this email to the approximately one thousand listeners on the VOA Radiogram email list. The VOA Outlook-based email system had a limit of 400 emails, so I sent them in groups of 400, 400, remainder. The radiogram@verizon.net is actually administered by AOL Mail, so we will learn how many recipients they tolerate. If this email comes to you from an address other than radiogram@verizon.net, please continue to use radiogram@verizon.net for emails to Shortwave Radiogram.

To keep things simple, the first VOA Radiogram will all be in MFSK32. It will include six images.

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 1, 25 June 2017, all in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz:

 1:20  Program preview

 2:34  About Shortwave Radiogram*

 7:10  Soviet-US "hotline" created in 1963*

13:45  More Earth-sized planets found*

19:12  Shortwave listening guide* and amateur radio Field Day*

24:54  Closing announcements

* With image

Please send reception reports  to radiogram@verizon.net

And visit swradiogram.net

Twitter: @SWRadiogram (especially active just before, during, and after broadcasts)

Shortwave Radiogram Transmission Schedule All via WRMI Florida
Sunday	0600-0630 UTC	7730 kHz
Sunday	2030-2100 UTC	11580 kHz
Sunday	2330-2400 UTC	11580 kHz

  

The Mighty KBC transmits to Europe Saturdays at 1500-1530 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 9925 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

Thank you for your reports to the final VOA Radiogram. I hope to start answering those today.

I hope you can tune this weekend for the first Shortwave Radiogram.

Kim

Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB

Producer and Presenter

Shortwave Radiogram

Special broadcast-Radio MiAmigo on June 25

Special broadcast of Radio MiAmigo - Sunday June 25, 2017

All time UTC

1700-1900 on 11845 ERV (Armenia) 100 kW / 305 deg WeEu or KLL 001 kW / 120&300 CeEu

Thank you Ron O Quinn. Hello to all Radio Mi Amigo International friends,
After 57 years in radio business Ron is hanging up his "Rock n-Roll-shoes"
Radio Mi Amigo International presents his very last live broadcast on the
airwaves with a special show remembering his career and each jock saying
a special "thank you" and of course you will hear the 'boss-jock' himself

From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill's Melting Pot schedules

From the Isle of Music, June 25-July 1
This week, Bobby Carcassés discusses some of his new Cubadisco-winning album Blues con Montuno with us, and we listen to some of the best tracks. Later, we listen to music from the other nominated albums in the Jazz Soloists category of Cubadisco 2017,
Four opportunities to listen on shortwave:
1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in all directions with 100Kw, Sunday 1500-1600 UTC on SpaceLine, 9400 KHz, from Kostinbrod, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK)
2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UTC on WBCQ, 7490 KHz from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9PM EDT in the US)
3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UTC and Saturday 1200-1300 on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany.

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, June 29
Episode 18 of Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, a musical variety program that features everything from everywhere EXCEPT music that you are probably familiar with, will air on WBCQ the Planet, 7490 KHz, Thursday, June 29 from 2300-2330 UTC (7:00pm-7:30pm EDT in the Americas).

William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer
Tilford Productions, LLC

BBC British Antarctic Midwinter Special Programming TODAY

Wednesday 21 June

All times UTC

Ascension Island
2130-2145   7360 kHz

Al Dhabayya, United Arab Emirates
213000-214500    6035 kHz

Wooferton, United Kingdom
2130-2145    7230 kHz
2130 2145   5985 kHz

Regards
Martin (Goulding-WOF_2E1EKX, der Chef Techniker in Woofferton-UK)
via BrDXC-UK newsgroup June 14.
(WWDXC/Top Nx 1303)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2017 Jun 19 0025 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
#
#                Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 12 - 18 June 2017

Solar activity was very low throughout the period. Regions 2661 (N06, L=211, class/area=Dao/200 on 02 Jun) and 2663 (N12, L=095, class/area=Dso/100 on 17 Jun) were the most prominent regions this period, but only produced low and mid-level B-class flare activity. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed during the period. 

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal levels on 12-16 Jun with moderate levels observed on 17-18 Jun. 

Geomagnetic field activity reached G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels on 16 Jun and active levels on 17 Jun due to the influence of a recurrent negative polarity CH HSS. Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet or quiet to unsettled levels throughout the remainder of the period. 

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 19 June - 15 July 2017

Solar activity is expected to be very low throughout the outlook period with a slight chance for C-class flare activity. 

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels on 19-22 and 25-27 Jun with normal and moderate flux levels expected throughout the remainder of the period. 

Geomagnetic field activity is likely to reach G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels on 13 Jul with active levels likely on 23-24 Jun, and 14 Jul due to the influence of multiple, recurrent CH HSSs. Generally quiet and quiet to unsettled activity is expected throughout the remainder of the period as a nominal solar regime prevails. 

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
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# Product description and SWPC web contact www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
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#      27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
#                Issued 2017-06-19
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#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest
#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index
2017 Jun 19      75          10          3
2017 Jun 20      75           5          2
2017 Jun 21      74           5          2
2017 Jun 22      72           8          3
2017 Jun 23      70          12          4
2017 Jun 24      70          12          4
2017 Jun 25      70          10          3
2017 Jun 26      70           8          3
2017 Jun 27      74           5          2
2017 Jun 28      74           5          2
2017 Jun 29      74           5          2
2017 Jun 30      74           5          2
2017 Jul 01      74           5          2
2017 Jul 02      74           5          2
2017 Jul 03      74           5          2
2017 Jul 04      74           5          2
2017 Jul 05      75           5          2
2017 Jul 06      75           5          2
2017 Jul 07      75           5          2
2017 Jul 08      77           5          2
2017 Jul 09      77           5          2
2017 Jul 10      74           5          2
2017 Jul 11      74           5          2
2017 Jul 12      74           5          2
2017 Jul 13      74          20          5
2017 Jul 14      74          12          4
2017 Jul 15      75          10          3
(NOAA)

From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill's Melting Pot schedules

From the Isle of Music, June 18-24
This week and next, our special guest is Bobby Carcasses, creator of Jazz Plaza, singer, trumpeter, showman, recording artist, whose new recording Blues Con Montuno just won a Cubadisco award in the Jazz Soloists category. Bobby is one of the most important people in Jazz in Cuba in the past 50 years, and you won’t want to miss this. This week we talk about his career, Jazz Plaza, International Jazz Day and other topics and we’ll listen to his earlier music. The following week he will converse with us about Blues Con Montuno, and we’ll listen to some of the tracks.

Four opportunities to listen on shortwave:
1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in all directions with 100Kw, Sunday 1500-1600 UTC on SpaceLine, 9400 KHz, from Kostinbrod, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK)
2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UTC on WBCQ, 7490 KHz from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9PM EDT in the US)
3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UTC and Saturday 1200-1300 on Channel 292, 6070 kHz from Rohrbach, Germany.

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, June 22
Episode 17 of Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, a musical variety program that features everything from everywhere EXCEPT music that you are probably familiar with, will air on WBCQ the Planet, 7490 kHz, Thursday,June 22 from 2300-2330 UTC (7:00pm-7:30pm EDT in the Americas).   This is our Fathers’ Day special, at least by Uncle Bill’s standards (there, you were warned). Brought to you by Tilford Productions, which also brings you From the Isle of Music.

William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer

Tilford Productions, LLC

VOA Radiogram schedules

Hello friends,

The last VOA Radiogram is this weekend. The successor to VOA Radiogram is Shortwave Radiogram, which will be broadcast for the first time on 25 June on the WRMI times and frequencies in the schedule below. 

To help us keep in touch after the migration from the old Radiogram to the new Radiogram, please note the following changes …

	OLD	NEW
Email address	radiogram@voanews.com	radiogram@verizon.net
Website	http://voaradiogram.net	http://swradiogram.net
Twitter	@VOARadiogram	@SWRadiogram

This weekend’s VOA Radiogram will be all MFSK32 and will include seven images, including one optical illusion.

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 222, 17-18 June 2017, all in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz …

1:54  Program preview

 2:59  Transition to Shortwave Radiogram*

7:48  Digitizing old reel-to-reel tapes*

10:57  Thanks to W1HKJ and the Murrow station*

20:48  Thanks to listeners*

23:10  Closing announcements*

* with image(s)

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.

See and submit results on Twitter: @VOARadiogram

VOA Radiogram Transmission Schedule
UTC Day	UTC Time	kHz	Transmitter	Target	Also try in …
					c
Sunday	0230-0300	5745	North Carolina	Americas	Europe
Sunday	0600-0630	7730*	WRMI Florida	Americas	Asia-Pacific, Europe
Sunday	1930-2000	15670	North Carolina	Europe	Americas, Asia-Pacific
Sunday	2030-2100	11580*	WRMI Florida	Europe	Americas, Asia-Pacific
Sunday	2330-2400	11580*	WRMI Florida	Americas	Europe, Asia-Pacific
* WRMI transmissions will continue as Shortwave Radiogram beginning June 25. ** Listen for the mystery MFSK32 station just before and after this VOA Radiogram, also on 17580 kHz. It has been reported in recent weeks.

The Mighty KBC transmits to Europe Saturdays at 1500-1530 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 9925 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

Thank you for your support during the four-plus years of VOA Radiogram!  

I hope you can tune in and write in this weekend.

Kim

 Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB

Producer and Presenter
VOA Radiogram
voaradiogram.net

Twitter: @VOARadiogram  (especially active just before, during, and after broadcasts)

Monitoring Voice of Indonesia

Voice of Indonesia QSL (Gayle Van Horn Collection)

Voice of Indonesia on new 9525.95v, ex 9524.95v:
Very weak to fair signal of Voice of Indonesia in English on June 15

All times UTC

1000-1100 on  9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 135 deg to AUS  English
1100-1200 on  9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Chinese
1200-1300 on  9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Japanese
1300-1400 on  9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs English
1400-1500 on  9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Indonesian
1500-1600 on  9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Chinese
1600-1700 on  9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Arabic
1700-1800 on  9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu Spanish
1800-1900 on  9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu German
1900-2000*on  9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu English
2000-2100*on  9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu French
*1900-2100UT slot is totally blocked by CRI Russian on 9525.0
(SWL DX Bulgaria/15 Jun)

Clandestine station updates broadcast schedule

New schedule of Radio Voice of Adal via MBR Issoudun, France transmitter

All times UTC

1500-1539 on 15205 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Arabic   Wed, x 1500-1530
1539-1558 on 15205 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Wed, x 1530-1558
1500-1530 on 15205 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Arabic   Sat as scheduled
1530-1558 on 15205 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Sat as
(DX Re Mix 1010)