IBC updates their QSL policy

The Italian Broadcasting Corporation has announced a new QSL policy. The station's websites, notes, "We confirm all correct reception reports with our E-QSL. We are sorry, but due to the high cost of stamps, if you need our paper QSL (sent with an IBC sticker), a donation is required."

Among future plans, there is the possibility to extend their Saturday broadcast via Rohrbach, Germany, on 6070 kHz at the end of October. If so, the new time slot will include: 1300-1500 UTC(currently 1300-1400 UTC).

IBC has decided that their Saturday transmission will begin in the upcoming B17 winter period.
(Italian Broadcasting Corporation/DX Fanzine)

Shortwave Radiogram premiers June 25 via WRMI

Hello friends,

The first Shortwave Radiogram has been uploaded to WRMI. Instead of the .wav file that I sent to the VOA North Carolina transmitter site, the file for WRMI is .mp3, 128 kbps. This should be more than adequate for good decoding, but if you experience problems that might be related to the audio format, please let me know. 

Another challenge with the first Shortwave Radiogram is sending this email to the approximately one thousand listeners on the VOA Radiogram email list. The VOA Outlook-based email system had a limit of 400 emails, so I sent them in groups of 400, 400, remainder. The radiogram@verizon.net is actually administered by AOL Mail, so we will learn how many recipients they tolerate. If this email comes to you from an address other than radiogram@verizon.net, please continue to use radiogram@verizon.net for emails to Shortwave Radiogram.

To keep things simple, the first VOA Radiogram will all be in MFSK32. It will include six images.

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 1, 25 June 2017, all in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz:

 1:20  Program preview

 2:34  About Shortwave Radiogram*

 7:10  Soviet-US "hotline" created in 1963*

13:45  More Earth-sized planets found*

19:12  Shortwave listening guide* and amateur radio Field Day*

24:54  Closing announcements

* With image

Please send reception reports  to radiogram@verizon.net

And visit swradiogram.net

Twitter: @SWRadiogram (especially active just before, during, and after broadcasts)

Shortwave Radiogram Transmission Schedule All via WRMI Florida
Sunday	0600-0630 UTC	7730 kHz
Sunday	2030-2100 UTC	11580 kHz
Sunday	2330-2400 UTC	11580 kHz

  

The Mighty KBC transmits to Europe Saturdays at 1500-1530 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 8-10 pm EDT) on 9925 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:

WEDNESDAY  18.55 UTC  6070 KHZ TO EUROPE

                        19.55 UTC  1584 KHZ TO EUROPE

THURSDAY     02.55 UTC  1584 KHZ TO EUROPE

FRIDAY           01.25 UTC  9955 KHZ TO CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA

SATURDAY     01.55 UTC 11580 KHZ TO NORTH AMERICA

                        20.25 UTC  1584 KHZ TO SOUTH EUROPE

SUNDAY          00.55 UTC  7730 KHZ TO NORTH AMERICA

                        10.55 UTC  6070 KHZ TO EUROPE

Thank you for your reports to the final VOA Radiogram. I hope to start answering those today.

I hope you can tune this weekend for the first Shortwave Radiogram.

Kim

Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB

Producer and Presenter

Shortwave Radiogram