Hello friends, Last weekend’s experiment with the very fast 8PSK-500F and -1000F modes was interesting and fun. There were not many 100% decodes, but they did include listeners in Belgium, France, and Germany tuned to the transmitter in Bulgaria,as well aslisteners in Texas and Oregon tuned to WRMI Florida. Several listeners did successfully receive entire paragraphs, but the decode turned to gibberish during fades (which are not uncommon on shortwave!). We will try more experiment with the 8PSK modes on future shows.
Special all-Olivia-64-2000 broadcastthis weekend This weekend, we will shift from the very fast to the very slow. In the past few weeks, the Shortwave Radiogram transmission Sundays at 2330-2400 UTC on 11580 kHz from Florida has experienced poor reception in most parts of the world.To improve the chances of a successful decode, this broadcast only (number23S)will be in the Olivia 64-2000 mode. It will consist of one Voice of America news story. The broadcast will begin with a brief voice intro, then theRSID for Olivia 64-2000. If the RSID does not work, you might have to fine-tune the audio frequency for a correct decode. Olivia 64-2000 is very slow, about 28 words per minute, but robust in difficult conditions. Please note that the text will not print out until a few seconds after you hear the tones (if you hear them). Please record yourreception if possible. We may be stretching shortwave to its limit. The other three broadcasts thisweekend will be in the usual MFSK32, with four images. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 23, 25-26 November 2017, all in MFSK32: 1:30 Program preview 2:43 Poorest countries need avenues toelectricity* 10:56 Russia may retaliate if Google downgrades RT, Sputnik* 18:16 US Suesto Stop AT&T's Takeover of Time Warner* 25:35 London's Crossrail construction image* 27:45 Closing announcements * with image Please sendreception reports to radiog...@verizon.net And visit http://swradiogram.net Twitter:@SWRadiogram Facebookgroup: https://www.facebook.com/groups/567099476753304 Shortwave Radiogram Transmission Schedule 23 Saturday 1600-1630 UTC 9400 kHz MFSK32 Space Line, Bulgaria 23 Sunday 0600-0630 UTC 7730 kHz MFSK32 WRMI Florida 23 Sunday 2030-2100 UTC 11580 kHz MFSK32 WRMI Florida 23S Sunday 2330-2400 UTC 11580 kHz Olivia 64-2000 WRMI Florida The Mighty KBC transmitsto 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 7-9 pm EST) on 5960 kHz, via Germany.The minute of MFSK is at about 0130 UTC. Reports to Eric: themighty...@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: To Europe Wednesday 2025-2030 UTC 1584 kHz http://myradiostream.com/radiostudiox Thursday 0325-0330 UTC 1584 kHz http://myradiostream.com/radiostudiox Saturday 2125-2130 UTC 1584 kHz http://myradiostream.com/radiostudiox Sunday 1155-1200 UTC 6070 kHz To the Americas Tuesday 0125-0130 UTC 11580 kHz Friday 0225-0230 UTC 9955 kHz http://wrmi.listen.creek.fm/stream Saturday 0155-0200 UTC 11580 kHz Sunday 0055-0100 UTC 7730 kHz Thanks for your reception reports! Kim via KKX Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB Producer and Presenter Shortwave Radiogram F4ECA in France successfully decoded paragraphs in the 8PSK-F mode 19 November 2017, 2041 UTC, 11580 kHz fromWRMI Florida. See his results: https://twitter.com/F4ECA/status/93235229212007219 . See other results at https://twitter.com/swradiogram (you do not need a Twitter account). ___________________________________________________________________________________ DX mailing list DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/dx _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
