Hello friends
The WINB signal consists of five kilohertz of DRM voice content, and five kilohertz of unspecified data, if indeed any data is actually transmitted. Last week the voice segment was in the lower five kilohertz. Reception and decoding of the transmission are usually difficult. Most listeners use remote KiwiSDRs in conjunction with the Dream software. The KiwiSDR should be set to IQ mode. Receivers in the southwest and southeast USA have the best chance of adequate reception, although sometimes European receivers have success.
Last week, listeners reported some problems with the reception of the Monday 0800-0830 UTC broadcast. I blissfully slept through it: For the first time in several months, I fell back to sleep after the alarm beeped at 0715 UTC (2:15 am EST here).
A video of last weekend's Shortwave Radiogram (program 278) is provided by Scott in Ontario (Friday 1300 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. An analysis is prepared by Roger in Germany.
The first news item in this weekend's show, about the Swedish wooden dolls that sing in harmony, ends with an MFSK32 image of the wooden dolls, followed by a few seconds of the sound of their singing.
Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 279, 18-22 November 2022, in MFSK modes as noted:
1:33 MFSK32: Program preview
2:37 MFSK32: Wooden dolls that sing in harmony*
8:04 MFSK64: Why go back to the Moon?
11:44 MFSK64: This week's images*
27:14 MFSK32: Closing announcements
* with image(s)
Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net
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Twitter: @SWRadiogram or https://twitter.com/swradiogram (visit during the weekend to see listeners' results)
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Shortwave Radiogram Gateway Wiki https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Shortwave_Radiogram_Gateway
Shortwave Radiogram Transmission Schedule
UTC Day UTC Time Frequency Transmitter
Saturday 0330-0400 9265 kHz WINB Pennsylvania
Sunday 2330-2400 7570 kHz WRMI Florida
Monday 0800-0830 5850 kHz 7780 kHz WRMI Florida
Tuesday 1530-1600 9955 kHz WRMI Florida
The Mighty KBC transmits to North America Sundays at 0000-0200 UTC (Saturday 7-9 pm EST) 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
