Please note that WRMI Florida has replaced 11580 kHz with 7780 kHz to accommodate winter propagation in the northern hemisphere. So listen for Shortwave Radiogram on 7780 Sunday at 2030 and 2330 UTC. See the new schedule below.
Due to automation problems, WRMI last weekend broadcast Shortwave
Radiogram Monday at 0800 UTC on 5850 kHz but not the advertised 7730 kHz. Both of those frequencies did not sign on
until 0800 UTC, even though they are scheduled to start at 0700 UTC Sundays and
Mondays. WRMI has been informed. I hope both 5850 and 7730 kHz carry Shortwave
Radiogram this weekend, with the latter frequency more likely to reach Europe.
Last weekend’s Thor Micro was generally successful in weak-signal
conditions, although this mode failed when received via a multipath
signal. And there were many examples of
successful decoding of the Persian text (see below).
This weekend’s Shortwave Radiogram will mostly be in the usual
MFSK32, but there will be one item in Thor 22. Thor 22 (I still don’t know if
it should be Thor or THOR) has lately been used by digital HF nets in the
northeastern USA. At 78 wpm, Thor 22 is somewhat slower than MFSK32 (120 wpm).
As you decode the Thor 22, you will see the Shortwave Radiogram avatar in the
upper right, and an image at the end of the news item. Unfortunately, Fldigi
saves these images as .raw files, which are not as convenient as the .png files
of MFSK32 images. You can find freeware to convert the .raw files to .jpg.
Here is the
lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 30, 13-14 January 2018, in
MFSK32 except where noted:
1:33 Program preview
2:45 Norway strengthens Arctic cooperation with
USA*10:13 Bamboo railway restarts operations in Cambodia*
16:37 ABC TV logos might look interesting with multipath*
18:33 Thor 22: FEMA communications exercise*
23:23 MFSK32: Image* and closing announcements
* with image
** use UTF-8 character set
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Shortwave
Radiogram Program 30
(13-14
January 2018)
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Saturday
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1600-1630 UTC
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9400 kHz
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MFSK32,
Thor 22
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Space Line, Bulgaria
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Sunday
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2030-2100 UTC
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7780 kHz
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WRMI Florida
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Sunday
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2330-2400 UTC
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7780 kHz
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WRMI Florida
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Monday
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0800-0830 UTC
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7730 kHz
5850 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 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:
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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, KD9XBProducer and Presenter
Shortwave Radiogram