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, 24-25 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 <http://www.wrmi.net/>
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 <http://swradiogram.net/>
