Hello friends,
I received very few reports of last weekend’s Thor 25x4 providing
a better decode than our usual MFSK32, despite the 2-second interleave of Thor 25x4.
One of those reports was from Zach in Alabama (above).
This weekend Shortwave Radiogram will be all MFSK32, but we will
experiment with the ISO-8859-5 character set. In our usual UTF-8 character set,
when we transmit Cyrillic text, e.g. Russian, the speed of the printout is
reduced by half. With the ISO-8859-5 character set, Cyrillic prints out at the
same speed (120 wpm using MFSK32) as English.
So please adjust Fldigi: Configure > UI > Colors & Fonts
> change Rx/Tx Character set to ISO-8859-5. In ISO-8859-5 you will see both
the English and Russian text. In UTF-8 (Fldigi’s default), only the English.
Unfortunately, in Android, the TIVAR and AndFlmsg apps have only
the UTF-8 character set, so the Russian text will not be visible. Less than 3 minutes
of the program is devoted to the Russian text.
And keep in mind that you can record Shortwave Radiogram and
decode from the recording, trying different settings.
Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 18, 21-22 October
2017, all in MFSK32:
1:31 Program preview
3:21 US worried about independent media in
Hungary*10:51 Excerpt of Russian text from Deutsche Welle
13:55 New amateur radio station at BBC Broadcasting House*
19:23 QST review of new Icom IC-R8600 receiver*
21:34 DW.com feature on best mountain photos*
24:45 DW.com feature on autumn leaves*
27:05 Closing announcements
* with image
Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net
And visit http://swradiogram.netTwitter: @SWRadiogram
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/567099476753304
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Shortwave
Radiogram Transmission Schedule
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Saturday
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1600-1630 UTC
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9400 kHz
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Space Line, Bulgaria
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Sunday
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0600-0630 UTC
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7730 kHz
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WRMI Florida
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Sunday
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2030-2100 UTC
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11580 kHz
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WRMI Florida
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Sunday
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2330-2400 UTC
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11580 kHz
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WRMI Florida
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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 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:
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
Thanks for your reception reports!
The QSL gallery for program 16 has been sent to everyone who reported.
Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XBProducer and Presenter
Shortwave Radiogram