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Thursday, March 23, 2023

Shortwave Radiogram schedules

 

Hello friends
This will be another weekend of changes: Most of Europe will move its clocks forward on March 26. That same day the A23 HF (shortwave) frequency season begins. Many shortwave broadcast stations will change frequencies to adjust for seasonal propagation. As far as I know, there are no changes for the WRMI and WINB frequencies used for Shortwave Radiogram. This weekend the only local time change would be for the Monday 0800-0830 transmission, which is usually difficult to hear in Europe.

If you are able to receive and decode the DRM transmission on Friday (it's a challenge!), please note that its time has changed to 1400-1430 UTC -- at least it did last weekend -- on 15755 kHz from WRMI Florida. If you don't hear it at 1400-1430 UTC, try 1500 UTC, in case WINB decides after all to keep programs on this frequency pegged to UTC, like they did last year.

Here in the Washington DC area, early spring means that the famous cherry trees are in bloom. There are lots of photos of the cherry blossoms available, but surprisingly few that would work well on Shortwave Radiogram. A lack of good lighting is the main culprit. One cherry tree photo is included in this weekend's show.

A video of last weekend's Shortwave Radiogram (program 296) 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 297, 23-27 March 2023, in MFSK modes as noted:
 
 1:35  MFSK32: Program preview
 2:41  MFSK32: Grow rice in Martian soil?
 6:07  MFSK64: Small-budget satellite is space junk remedy*
13:16  MFSK64: This week's images*
28:39  MFSK32: Closing announcements

* with image(s)

Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net
Twitter: @SWRadiogram or https://twitter.com/swradiogram (visit during the weekend to see listeners' results)

Shortwave Radiogram Transmission Schedule
UTC Day UTC Time Frequency Transmitter
Friday 0530-0600 7780 kHz WRMI Florida
Friday 1300-1330 15770 kHz WRMI Florida
Friday 1400-1430 15755 kHz DRM WINB Pennsylvania
Saturday  0230-0300 9265 kHz WINB Pennsylvania
Saturday  2300-2330 7570 kHz WRMI Florida
Monday 0800-0830 5850 kHz WRMI Florida

The Mighty KBC has expanded its transmission schedule. Times are UTC, frequencies are kHz, all from WRMI Florida:
Sunday 0000-0100: Dave Mason 9455
Sunday 0100-0200: Eric van Willegen 9455
Sunday 0200-0300: Eric van Willegen 5850
Sunday 2100-2200: Dave Mason 5950
Sunday 2200-2300: Eric van Willegen 5950
Wednesday 1600-1700: Eric van Willegen 15770
Friday 1100-1200: Eric van Willegen 15770
Saturday 0200-0300: Dave Mason 5850
Saturday 0800-0900: Eric van Willegen 7780
A minute of MFSK64 is at about 30 minutes past the hour on at least some of the Eric van Willigen programs.  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 



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