Shortwave Radiogram Transmission Schedule

MFSK32 images decoded by Andrew in the UK, Sunday, 27 August, 1600-1630 UTC, 9400 kHz, via Bulgaria. Also the Pan Am boxcar via The Mighty KBC, 1530 UTC, same date and frequency.

 

Hello friends,

Shortwave Radiogram has several listeners in Texas. We hope you Texans are all safe after Hurricane Harvey.

Thanks to Al Holt @grovekid2 for moderating the Shortwave Radiogram Twitter account @SWRadiogram while my wife, son, and I were on the road, August 14-26. (Al also maintains the Shortwave Radiogram Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/567099476753304)

Our destination was Boulder, Colorado, where son Ian is beginning graduate school. (Our route is at the bottom of this email.) Along the way, we visited relatives in Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. We were in St. Joseph, Missouri, for the full eclipse, but it was too cloudy to see the corona. We did experience the sudden and dramatic shift to and from complete darkness. My wife and I left the car, a little Chevy Sonic, in Colorado with Ian and flew back to Washington.

Thanks also to Neil Howard for providing the photos for program 9.

This weekend’s Shortwave Radiogram returns to the usual mix of news and images. It will be all MFSK32.

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 11, 2-3 September 2017, all in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz …

 1:22  Program preview

 2:28  VOA and RFA FM affiliates in Cambodia off the air*

10:19  New MW transmitter in Lithuania relays RFE/RL*

15:30  Pink lake on an Australian island*

20:15  Hurricane maps*

24:33  Closing announcements*

 

* with image(s)

 

Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net

 

And visit http://swradiogram.net

 

Twitter: @SWRadiogram

 

Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/567099476753304

 

Shortwave Radiogram Transmission Schedule
Saturday	1600-1630 UTC	9400 kHz	Space Line, Bulgaria
Sunday	0600-0630 UTC	7730 kHz	WRMI Florida
Sunday	2030-2100 UTC	11580 kHz	WRMI Florida
Sunday	2330-2400 UTC	11580 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 EDT) on 9925 kHz, via Germany. The minute of MFSK is at about 0130 UTC.  Reports to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com . See alsohttp://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

 

Thanks for your reports.  I will be reading your emails to the extent possible during August.

 

Kim

 

Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB

Producer and Presenter

Shortwave Radiogram

 '73 de IK1XPK Claudio

IBC - ITALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION

Gentili ascoltatori,
siamo lieti di comunicare i nuovi orari e frequenze delle nostre trasmissioni a partire da lunedì 27 marzo 2017.
La novità più importante è senz'altro l'introduzione della trasmissione in lingua in Inglese, in seguito alle reiterate richieste di molti ascoltatori stranieri, mentre "IBC DIGITAL" cambia orari e format.
Troverete sotto tutti i dettagli.
Attendiamo i vostri rapporti e le vostre lettere ad ibc@europe.com, mentre vi ricordiamo di visitare il nostro sito www.ibcradio.webs.com per rimanere aggiornati sulla nostra programmazione.
Stiamo inoltre raccogliendo, come richiesto nel corso delle trasmissioni, i vostri feedback sui nostri programmi e su nuove proposte, per potervi fornire un prodotto settimanale sempre più gradito e rispondente alle vostre aspettative; possiamo comunque anticipare che sarà sempre dato più spazio alle rubriche parlate, con la conseguente riduzione dei programmi dedicati alla musica.
Buon ascolto,
Saverio Masetti

TRASMISSIONI IN ITALIANO:
MERCOLEDI' 17-18.30 UTC (19-20.30 ORA LEGALE ITALIANA) 6070 / 1584 KHZ
GIOVEDI'      01-02.30 UTC (03-04.30 ORA LEGALE ITALIANA) 1584 KHZ
SABATO        13-14.00 UTC (15-16.00 ORA LEGALE ITALIANA) 6070 KHZ
 
TRASMISSIONI IN DIGITALE "IBC DIGITAL" - IN MFSK32:
MERCOLEDI' 18.55 UTC  6070 / 1584 KHZ
GIOVEDI'      02.55 UTC  1584 KHZ  
VENERDI'      01.25 UTC  9955 KHZ 
SABATO        01.55 UTC 11580 KHZ 
                    20.25 UTC  1584 KHZ 
DOMENICA    00.55 UTC  7730 KHZ
                    10.55 UTC  6070 KHZ (VIA RADIO BCL NEWS)
 
TRASMISSIONI IN INGLESE:
MERCOLEDI'  18.30-19 UTC  6070 / 1584 KHZ
GIOVEDI'       02.30-03 UTC  1584 KHZ 
VENERDI'      01-01.30 UTC  9955 KHZ 
SABATO        01.30-02 UTC 11580 KHZ 
                    20-20.30 UTC  1584 KHZ 
DOMENICA    00.30-01 UTC  7730 KHZ
                    10.30-11 UTC  6070 KHZ (VIA RADIO BCL NEWS) 
 
IBC - ITALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
mail: ibc@europe.com
http://www.ibcradio.webs.com
FB: @ITALIANBROADCASTINGCORPORATION
TW: @RADIOIBC
 
We are proud to communicate the new schedule effective from 27 March 2017.
Following the requests of many listeners, we introduce a new 30 minutes weekly broadcast in English, to Europe and the Americas; at the end of every English broadcast there will be 5 minutes of "IBC DIGITAL" in MFSK32.
We wait for your reports and feedback to ibc@europe.com; you are also invited to visit our website www.ibcradio.webs.com to be constantly updated on our broadcast.
Good listening,
Saverio Masetti
ENGLISH:
WEDNESDAY  18.30-19 UTC  6070 / 1584 KHZ TO EUROPE
THURSDAY     02.30-03 UTC  1584 KHZ TO EUROPE
FRIDAY          01-01.30 UTC  9955 KHZ TO CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA
SATURDAY     01.30-02 UTC 11580 KHZ TO NORTH AMERICA
                     20-20.30 UTC  1584 KHZ TO SOUTH EUROPE
SUNDAY        00.30-01 UTC  7730 KHZ TO NORTH AMERICA
                    10.30-11 UTC  6070 KHZ TO EUROPE (VIA RADIO BCL NEWS)
 
"IBC DIGITAL" - IN MFSK32:
WEDNESDAY  18.55 UTC  6070 / 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 (VIA RADIO BCL NEWS)
 
ITALIAN TO EUROPE:
WEDNESDAY 17-18.30 UTC 6070/1584 KHZ
THURSDAY    01-02.30 UTC 1584 KHZ
SATURDAY    13-14.00 UTC 6070 KHZ
 
IBC - ITALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
mail: ibc@europe.com
http://www.ibcradio.webs.com
FB: @ITALIANBROADCASTINGCORPORATION
TW: @RADIOIBC

ACTUAL QSL

OLD QSL IBC

(1979 -1981 FRG-7 and Longwire)

                           

'73 de IK1XPK Claudio Bianco

VOARadiogram on Thor25x4

Hello friends,

Last week's html transmission using Flwrap, or cut/paste as a Plan B, was successful among listeners in many parts of the world. One example was from New Zealand: https://twitter.com/VOARadiogram/status/761559631135141889 .  If you're interesting in more html pages via shortwave, please let me know.

This weekend's broadcast will not include an html segment. It will, however, include a VOA News story in Thor25x4. This mode is interesting because of its 2-second interleave. Thor25x4 might be able to resist fading, if it occurs this weekend. (We tried Thor25x4 in program 52, 29-30 March 2014, with good results.)

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 175, 6-7 August 2016, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

 1:32  Program preview 
 2:52  Life in the deep Pacific*
12:49  Private US company plans moon shot*
17:18  Thor25x4: Io atmosphere collapses in Jupiter's shadow**
22:17  MFSK32: Io image
24:34  Special broadcasts by Club Diexistas de la Amistad
26:10  Closing announcements

* with image

** RSID will be followed by 10-second tone in case manual mode change is required

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com .

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UTC):
Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17580 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.

The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK32 Sunday at about 0130 UTC (Saturday 9:30 pm EDT) on 9925 kHz, via Germany. This is part of its broadcast to North America, this UTC Sunday from 0000 to 0200 UTC. Reports for KBC reception to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com .

DigiDX will provide DX and media news in MFSK32 and possibly other modes.

Sunday 2130-2200 UTC, 15770 kHz, via WRMI Florida
Sunday 2330-2400 UTC, 11580 kHz, via WRMI Florida
Monday 2000-2130 UTC, 6070 kHz, via Channel 292 Germany

Daily 1830-1900 and 0530-0600 UTC, 6070 kHz, via Channel 292 Germany

Look for any additions or changes to the DigiDX schedule at http://www.digidx.uk/ or https://www.facebook.com/digidx/ 

IBC (Italian Broadcasting Corporation) has a broadcast to Europe on 6070 kHz, Wednesdays, 2000-2200 UTC, with MFSK32 and Olivia 16-500 at 2030-2100 UTC. And IBC has added MFSK32 transmissions via WRMI in Florida: Friday 0125-0200 UTC on 9955 kHz (Thursday 9:25 pm EDT), part of its 0100-0130 broadcast. And Saturday at 0155-0200 UTC (Friday evening 9:55 pm EDT), on 11580 kHz, part of its 0130-0200 broadcast.  See http://ibcradio.webs.com/ for the complete schedule and contact information.

Thank you for your reports from last weekend. I'm still responding to reports from program 172, 16-17 July, but hope to finish those before the first sign-on Saturday morning.

I hope you can tune in and write in this weekend.

Kim

Kim Andrew Elliott
Producer and Presenter
VOA Radiogram
voaradiogram.net
Twitter: @VOARadiogram

'73 de IK1XPK, Claudio

VOA Radiogram & Notte Europea dei Ricercatori

Hello friends,

VOA Radiogram program 130 will include a special broadcast for this week's European Researchers' Night. This will be Friday, 25 September  2015, at 1830-1900 UTC, on 17880 kHz, from our usual North Carolina transmitting site. The specific target is the Notte europea dei ricercatori in Frascati, Italy, where an amateur radio exhibit organized by Bruno, IZ0DIB, will receive and decode (conditions permitting!) VOA Radiogram. Of course, we also welcome reports from anyone, anywhere else in the world.

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 130, 25-27 September 2015, all in MFSK32 except where noted:
   

 1:32  Program preview

 2:36  Greetings to European Researchers' Night*
13:09  Humans are surrounded by bacteria*
18:32  Olivia 32-2000: USA Pavilion at Expo Milano 2015*
25:26  MFSK32: Closing announcements*

* with image

The program will include some items in Italian, so you will need the UTF-8 character set (Fldigi: Configure > Colors & Fonts) for the accented letters to display correctly. The RSID should automatically change Fldigi to Olivia 32-2000, but if it does not: Op Mode > Olivia > Custom > set Bandwidth to 2000 and Tones to 32.

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule

Correcting the transmission schedule in the previous email.  

The special broadcast is Friday at 1830-1900 UTC, not 1830-2000 UTC ...

(all days and times UTC):

Fri  1830-1900 17880 kHz (25 Sept only) 

Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17870 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz

All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina. 

The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK32 Sunday at 0230 UTC (Saturday 10:30 pm EDT) on 7375 kHz, via Germany. This is part of the KBC broadcast to North America Sundays at 0000-0300 UTC. On Saturday, 26 September, 2300-2400 UTC, KBC will test a new frequency of  7385 kHz, also via Germany. Reports to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com.

Thank for your reports to VOA Radiogram last weekend. I'll be sending out the galleries for program 123 today and tomorrow. 

I hope you can tune in and and write in this weekend.

Kim

Kim Andrew Elliott

Producer and Presenter

VOA Radiogram

voaradiogram.net 

'73 Claudio IK1XPK.

VOA RadioGram 31 January/1 February 2015 MFSK32 - CW

Hello friends,

The most interesting event from last weekend’s program was the inaudibility, in much of North America, of the Sunday 0230-0300 UTC transmission on 5745 kHz. The signal was somewhat better in Europe. I tried several remote receivers and finally found a good signal on a receiver in Venezuela.

The experiment with the thirty-second tuning signal seems to have succeeded, so we will do it again this weekend. After the voice introduction, the MFSK32 RSID will be transmitted once. If Fldigi is not tuned to an audio frequency near 1500 Hz, use the tuning signal to center the tuner to the correct frequency.

The bonus mode of the week will be CW. There is no RSID for CW, so, if you use Fldigi to help “copy” the CW, change the mode manually. It will probably also help to set the CW transmit speed to 15 WPM so that Fldigi receives at or near the 15 WPM used for the bonus CW transmission. …

Impostazione FlDigi per CW

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 96, 31 January/1 February 2015, all in MFSK32 except for the bonus CW:

2:11  Program preview (now)

3:16  Greece reconsiders sale of port to Chinese company*

7:09  US firms concerned about Chinese cyber regulation*

13:11  Fake products on Chinese online sales sites*

19:15  Freedom in the World 2015 report*

27:04  Closing announcements

28:27  CW: Bonus mode of the week

*with image

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule

(all days and times UTC):

Sat 0930-1000 5910 kHz

Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz

Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz

Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz

All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.

The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK64 (image of a great looking radio dial in the dark) Saturday at about 1230 UTC on 6095 kHz, and Sunday at about 0130 UTC (Saturday 8:30 pm EST) on 7375 kHz. Both frequencies are via Germany. Send reports to Eric at themightykbc@gmail.com .

Thanks for your reports from last weekend. The MFSK image gallery will include a dearth of pictures from the UTC Sunday 0230 transmission because of the aforementioned poor propagation. Last weekend I had problems opening images attached to everyone’s emails, so I apologize to anyone whose MFSK image decode was left out of the program 94 gallery.

Kim

Kim Andrew Elliott

Producer and Presenter

VOA Radiogram

voaradiogram.net  

VOA RADIOGRAM - FlDigi - 3-4 January 2015

Hello friends,

Because of difficult mid-winter shortwave propagation, one of this weekend's VOA News items will be in MFSK16 (55 wpm), to see if it will provide a more successful text decode than our usual MFSK32 (120 wpm).

The printout of Fldigi,  under its default settings, displays the name of the previous mode rather than the mode that has just started. If you want the name of the just-started mode in your printout and log file, make the following adjustments to Fldigi:

1) Configure > Notifications  

2) Under Event, select RSID Reception

3) Click Add

4) Click the box to the right of "Append to RX text:"

5) This should appear in the box: RSID: $RX_MARKER

6) Click Update

7) Click Close

(Fldigi 3.22.04 is now available from http://www.w1hkj.com/download.html , although this particular update is not necessary for this weekend's VOA Radiogram.)

VOA Radiogram 3-4 January 2015

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 92, 3-4 January 2015 (in MFSK 32 except where noted):

 1:44  Program preview

 2:39  Iran expands Internet censorship*
 8:42  North Korea TV ends Russian, Chinese films*
16:40  MFSK16: Spray-on solar panels*
25:46  Closing announcements*
28:14  Bonus mode: Olivia 64-2000

*with image

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule​ ​(all days and times are UTC)
​Saturday	0930-1000 UTC	5910 kHz	Gray-line reception possible in Europe this time of year. Asia-Pacific reception also possible.
​Saturday	​1600-1630 UTC	​17860 kHz	​Usually provides the best reception in Europe this time of year.
​Sunday	​0230-0300 UTC	​5745 kHz	​Saturday night in North America. Usually audible in Europe, if you are awake.
​Sunday	​1930-2000 UTC	​15670 kHz	​Difficult into Europe this time of year, but should improve by February. Often audible in southern Asia and the Pacific.
​ All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina. ​ ​ ​

The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK64 Saturday at about 1230 UTC on 6095 kHz and Sunday at about 0130 UTC (Saturday 8:30 pm EST) on 7375 kHz. Both frequencies are via Germany. The content will be the same as last weekend. Reports to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com .

Thank you for your reception reports to VOA Radiogram last weekend and throughout 2014. Because of travel, I will not be able to answer reports to program 91 until next week. 

Wishing you good listening, good decoding, and all the best in 2015.

Kim

Kim Andrew Elliott

Producer and Presenter

VOA Radiogram

voaradiogram.net   

Good dx de IK1XPK, Claudio.