Friday, January 05, 2018

Shortwave Radiogram weekend schedules

Hello friends,
Shortwave Radiogram last weekend was scheduled for 2.5 transmitter hours: four half-hour broadcasts, with the fourth on two frequencies, for 2.5 hours. Only 1.5 of those transmitter hours were actually transmitted, for a transmission fulfillment rate of 60%. The first broadcast, Saturday at 1600-1630 UTC on 9400 kHz, was not on the air because of a power failure in Bulgaria. The show Monday at 0800-0830 UTC was broadcast on 5850 kHz but not on scheduled 7730 kHz because of an error in the WRMI automation system. Klaus in Germany reported that the signal there on 7730 kHz was S9 when it abruptly went off the air at 0800 UTC. The signal on 5850 kHz was not so good in Germany.

Let’s hope for better luck for the first broadcast of 2018.

 Thank you for the reports and images from the New Year’s show. Some are posted in this email. Others can be found at https://twitter.com/swradiogram.net . (Speaking of Twitter, my @kaedotcom is active again, mostly retweeting news about international broadcasting. Even if you don’t have a Twitter account, you can read it at https://twitter.com/kaedotcom .)

Scott in Ontario provides this video of his reception last Sunday at 0800-0830 UTC on 5850 kHz from WRMI Florida. You can decode from his audio.

This weekend’s Shortwave Radiogram is mostly in MFSK32. With Iran in the news, the first news item will be about smartphones in Iran. This will be followed by some text in Persian. You will need the UTF-8 character set (default in Fldigi, I think, and the only character set in TIVAR) for the Persian to display correctly. To check your character set in Fldigi: Configure > UI > Colors & Fonts > Rx/Tx.

Part of the show will be in Thor Micro, an exotic and very slow mode. It might work if reception is difficult. Thor Micro does not have an RSID. I will provide thirty seconds for you to change the mode manually: Op Mode > THOR > THOR Micro. Sorry, TIVAR and AndFlmsg do not yet have this mode, but the Thor Micro segment occupies only about five minutes of the program.

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 29, 6-7 January 2018, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

 1:33  Program preview
 2:47  Iran protests facilitated by smartphones*
10:55  Example of Persian text**
12:05  Trump's proposed moon mission will take time*
19:55  Thor Micro: Example of the slow mode Thor Micro
25:14  MFSK32: Image* and closing announcements

* with image
** use UTF-8 character set

Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net
And visit http://swradiogram.net
Twitter: @SWRadiogram



Shortwave Radiogram Program 28
(6-7 January 2018)
29
Saturday
1600-1630 UTC
9400 kHz
MFSK32
Space Line, Bulgaria
29
Sunday
2030-2100 UTC
11580 kHz
MFSK32
WRMI Florida
29
Sunday
2330-2400 UTC
11580 kHz
MFSK32
WRMI Florida
29
Monday
0800-0830 UTC
NEW TIME
7730 kHz
5850 kHz
MFSK32
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 7-9 pm EST) on new 6150 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:

To Europe
Wednesday
2025-2030 UTC
1584 kHz (MW)
Thursday
0325-0330 UTC
1584 kHz
Saturday
2125-2130 UTC
1584 kHz
Sunday
1155-1200 UTC
6070 kHz

To the Americas
Tuesday
0125-0130 UTC
11580 kHz

Friday
0225-0230 UTC
9955 kHz
Saturday
0155-0200 UTC
11580 kHz

Sunday
0055-0100 UTC
7730 kHz


Thanks for your reception reports! 
Kim

Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB
Producer and Presenter
Shortwave Radiogram


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