Hello friends,
The Vienna Wireless Society, the amateur radio club in Vienna, Virginia, near Washington DC, kindly invited me to speak to their meeting on September 24 about Shortwave Radiogram, including its history, goals, and great audience. A video of that presentation is available at youtu.be/wlThN6kS4k0.
It's hard to believe that it is (almost) October already. The images of the week will be featuring more of the oranges, yellows, and reds of autumn. One of the images that I had to cut for lack of time is a pumpkin patch in Potomac, Maryland. There will, however, be plenty of pumpkin photos available for the shows later in October.
These pumpkins were left on the cutting room floor ...
A video of last weekend's Shortwave Radiogram (program 223, Saturday 1330 UTC) is provided by Scott in Ontario. Also, from that same transmission, an excerpt of reception by Mark in the UK countryside. And an excerpt of decoding the Sunday 2330 UTC show by OfficialSWLchannel.The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. The analysis is prepared by Roger in Germany.
Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 224, 30 September-3 October 2021, in MFSK modes as noted:
1:43 MFSK32: Program preview
2:46 Future astronauts might pull H2O and O2 from lunar soil
6:09 MFSK64: Starlink satellites can be used like GPS
10:07 This week's images
27:33 MFSK32: Closing announcements
* with image(s)
Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net
And visit http://swradiogram.net
Twitter: @SWRadiogram or https://twitter.com/swradiogram (visit during the weekend to see listeners' results)
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/567099476753304
Shortwave Radiogram Gateway Wiki https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Shortwave_Radiogram_Gateway
Shortwave Radiogram Transmission Schedule
UTC Day UTC Time Frequency Transmitter
Saturday 0230-0300 UTC 9265 kHz WINB Pennsylvania
Saturday 1330-1400 UTC 15770 kHz WRMI Florida
Sunday 0800-0830 UTC 5850 kHz 7730 kHz WRMI Florida
Sunday 2330-2400 UTC 7780 kHz WRMI Florida
The Mighty KBC transmits to North America Sundays at 0000-0200 UTC (Saturday 8-10 pm EDT) on 5960 kHz, via Germany. A 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/.
“This is a Music Show” Most of the show is a music show, but the host transmits some MFSK-64 text and image near the end of the broadcast. It’s transmitted on WRMI, Thursdays at 0200-0300 UTC on 5850 kHz (Wednesday evening in the Americas). Also, look for a waterfall ID at the beginning of the show. thisisamusicshow@gmail.com www.twitter.com/ThisIsAMusicShow/ @ThisIsAMusicSho https://thisisamusicshow.com
New York and Pennsylvania NBEMS nets. Most weekends, as KD9XB, I check in to the New York NBEMS (Narrow Band Emergency Messaging Software) net Saturday at 1200 UTC on 3584 kHz USB, and the Pennsylvania NBEMS net Sunday at 1130 UTC on 3583 kHz USB. Check-ins are usually in Thor 22, and messages are in MFSK32. Messages generally use the Flmsg add-on to Fldigi. If you are a radio amateur in eastern North America, feel free to check-in. Outside the region, use an SDR in the eastern USA to tune in and decode. You do not need Flmsg to check-in, and most of the messages can be read without Flmsg. If you can decode the net, send me an email to radiogram@verizon.net , or tweet to @SWRadiogram, and I will let them know you are tuned in. USEast NBEMS Net: Please also note the USEast NBEMS Net, Wednesdays 2300 UTC (7 pm EDT) on 3536 kHz USB.
Thanks for your reception reports!
Kim
Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB
Producer and Presenter
Shortwave Radiogram
Reporting on international broadcasting at https://twitter.com/kaedotcom