Hello friends,
Last weekend’s experiment with the very fast 8PSK-500F and -1000F modes was interesting and fun. There were not many 100% decodes, but they did include listeners in Belgium, France, and Germany tuned to the transmitter in Bulgaria, as well as listeners in Texas and Oregon tuned to WRMI Florida. Several listeners did successfully receive entire paragraphs, but the decode turned to gibberish during fades (which are not uncommon on shortwave!). We will try more experiment with the 8PSK modes on future shows.
Special all-Olivia-64-2000
broadcast this weekend
This weekend, we will shift from the very fast to the very slow.
In the past few weeks, the Shortwave Radiogram transmission Sundays at
2330-2400 UTC on 11580 kHz from Florida has experienced poor reception in most
parts of the world. To improve the chances of a successful decode, this
broadcast only (number 23S) will be in the Olivia 64-2000 mode. It will
consist of one Voice of America news story. The broadcast will begin with a
brief voice intro, then the RSID for Olivia 64-2000. If the RSID does not work,
you might have to fine-tune the audio frequency for a correct decode.
Olivia 64-2000 is very slow, about 28 words per minute, but robust
in difficult conditions. Please note that the text will not print out until a
few seconds after you hear the tones (if you hear them). Please
record your reception if possible. We may be stretching shortwave to its
limit.
The other
three broadcasts this weekend will be in the usual MFSK32, with four
images.
Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 23, 25-26
November 2017, all in MFSK32:
1:30 Program preview
2:43 Poorest countries need avenues to
electricity*
10:56 Russia may retaliate
if Google downgrades RT, Sputnik*
18:16 US Sues to Stop
AT&T's Takeover of Time Warner*
25:35 London's Crossrail
construction image*
27:45 Closing announcements
* with image
Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.netAnd visit http://swradiogram.net
Twitter: @SWRadiogram
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/567099476753304
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Shortwave
Radiogram Transmission Schedule
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23
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Saturday
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1600-1630 UTC
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9400 kHz
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MFSK32
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Space Line, Bulgaria
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23
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Sunday
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0600-0630 UTC
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7730 kHz
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MFSK32
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WRMI Florida
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23
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Sunday
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2030-2100 UTC
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11580 kHz
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MFSK32
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WRMI Florida
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23S
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Sunday
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2330-2400 UTC
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11580 kHz
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Olivia 64-2000
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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 7-9 pm EST) 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:
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To Europe
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Wednesday
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2025-2030 UTC
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1584 kHz (MW)
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Thursday
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0325-0330 UTC
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1584 kHz
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Saturday
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2125-2130 UTC
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1584 kHz
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Sunday
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1155-1200 UTC
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6070 kHz
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To the Americas
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Tuesday
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0125-0130 UTC
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11580 kHz
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Friday
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0225-0230 UTC
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9955 kHz
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Saturday
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0155-0200 UTC
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11580 kHz
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Sunday
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0055-0100 UTC
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7730 kHz
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Thanks for your reception reports!
Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB
Producer and PresenterShortwave Radiogram
F4ECA in
France successfully decoded paragraphs in the 8PSK-F mode 19 November 2017,
2041 UTC, 11580 kHz from WRMI Florida. See his results: https://twitter.com/F4ECA/status/93235229212007219
. See other results at https://twitter.com/swradiogram (you do not need a Twitter
account).