Friday, March 30, 2018

Summer schedule changes for SWRadiogram

From Kim Andrew Elliott:

Hello friends,

A schedule change for Shortwave Radiogram is scheduled to begin today. The Sunday 2030-2100 UTC transmission changes to Friday 2030-2100 UTC on 7780 kHz and 9455 kHz. See the new schedule below. (Sometimes it takes a few days for the automation system to catch up with the advertised schedule, so we will see what actually happens this weekend.)

Last week's MFSK64 performed very well, even in reception conditions where this fast (240 wpm) would be expected to show errors. You can see (and decode from) examples in videos produced by BlackApple 62 in Italy (Saturday 1600 UTC) and by Scott in Ontario (Sunday 2330 UTC).

This weekend, we'll skip the simultaneous text and image transmission, but we will transmit one item (with image) in MFSK64. It is a story about Dyngus Day, an obscure holiday on the Monday after Easter celebrated in my native northern Indiana.

The rest of the program will be in MFSK32, except for a brief surprise mode (with RSID) after the closing announcements. Sorry, I don't think the surprise mode works with TIVAR or AndFlmsg, but it is brief, and another RSID will bring you back to MFSK32.

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 41, 30 March to 2 April 2018, in MFSK32 except where noted:

 1:35  Program preview
 2:46  MFSK64: Happy Dyngus Day! What is Dyngus Day?*
 8:24  MFSK32: Australia plans lasers to destroy space junk*
14:52  The great Pacific garbage patch*
19:49  SSTV from the International Space Station*
24:44  Image* and closing announcements
27:37  Surprise mode


* with image



Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net


Twitter: @SWRadiogram



 
Shortwave Radiogram Program 41
(30 March-2 April 2018)
 
Friday
2030-2100 UTC
7780 kHz
9455 kHz
MFSK32,
MFSK64, and
surprise mode
WRMI Florida
Saturday
1600-1630 UTC
9400 kHz
Space Line, Bulgaria
Sunday
2330-2400 UTC
7780 kHz
WRMI Florida
Monday
0800-0830 UTC
 
7730 kHz
5850 kHz
WRMI Florida


The Mighty KBC transmits to Europe Saturdays at 1500-1600 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 EST) on 5960 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:


Italian Broadcasting Corporation (IBC)
Broadcasts in English with MFSK32 during the last five minutes of each
Tuesday
0100-0230 UTC
5950, 7730 kHz
Americas
Wednesday
2000-2030 UTC
5845, 6070 kHz
Europe/Middle East/Asia
Friday
0100-0130 UTC
9955 kHz
Americas
Friday
0230-0300 UTC
5985 kHz
Americas
Saturday
0030-0100 UTC
9395 kHz
Americas
Saturday
0130-0200 UTC
5850, 5950, 7780, 9455 kHz
Americas
Sunday
0030-0100 UTC
7730 kHz
Americas


Thanks for your reception reports!  

Kim
 
Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB
Producer and Presenter
Reporting on international broadcasting at https://twitter.com/kaedotcom