Hello friends,
I woke up from an afternoon nap to learn of the death of Queen Elizabeth. As a shortwave listener, I remember listening to her Christmas messages on shortwave (our preferred technology), and later via newer media. Events compelled me to change to the closing music of program 271, which will be heard on the WRMI transmissions (too late for those on WINB). I used as a guide "The Queen’s Top 10 pieces of music" compiled by the BBC.
Our experiments last week with Korean text were generally successful. Below is the text as received by Merkouris in Greece ...
And there was no reported reception of the Korean text in Korea. This is not surprising given that Shortwave Radiogram lacks transmitters that typically can reach northeastern Asia.
A video of last weekend's Shortwave Radiogram (program 270) is provided by Scott in Ontario (Friday 1300 UTC). 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 271, 8-13 September 2022, in MFSK modes as noted:
1:34 MFSK32: Program preview
2:42 MFSK32: Why does Mars' moon Charon have a reddish pole?*
8:19 MFSK64: MIT develops versatile satellite ground antenna*
13:54 MFSK64: This week's images*
28:38 MFSK32: Closing announcements
* with image(s)
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Shortwave Radiogram Transmission Schedule
UTC Day UTC Time Frequency Transmitter
Saturday 0230-0300 9265 kHz WINB Pennsylvania
Sunday 2330-2400 7730 kHz WRMI Florida
Monday 0800-0830 5850 kHz
7780 kHz WRMI Florida
Tuesday 1430-1500 9955 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/ThisIsAMusicSho/ @ThisIsAMusicSho https://thisisamusicshow.com
Pop Shop Radio from British Columbia, Canada, includes "a whole variety of pop music, such as records from the 1960s and 1970s that were played on Top-40 radio stations not only in North America but also on offshore radio and stations like Radio Luxembourg." The programs now include some MFSK text and an image. Website: popshopradio.ca. Twitter: @popshopradio1 Email: radiopopshop@gmail.com.
Thanks for your reception reports!
Kim
Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB
Producer and Presenter
Shortwave Radiogram
Reporting on international broadcasting at https://twitter.com/kaedotcom