Hello friends,
This email will provide information on the broadcasts for the next two weekends (47 and 48)
A special broadcast of Program 48 will be a demonstration of Shortwave Radiogram for the meeting of the National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters (NASB), this year hosted by SonSet Solutions in Elkhart, Indiana. Reception of Shortwave Radiogram will be on a SonSet radio, an inexpensive receiver designed for use in developing countries. Using an antenna on the roof of the steel warehouse building, replete with electronic equipment in operation, the signal will somehow be fed to the SonSet radio, and the modes will be decoded from what is received. What could possibly go wrong?
If for some reason an adequate signal does not reach the SonSet radio, Plan B will be to use audio on an mp3 recorded from program 47, using an SDR somewhere. For this reason, programs 47 and 48 have similar formats, but the content is different. Both shows will include slow modes, suitable for poor reception, such as on low-cost radios inside a steel building. And there will be some text in non-Latin alphabets.
For logistics reasons, the first transmission of program 48 will be moved up to 0800 UTC on 14 May. To compensate for program 47 being bumped from the 0800 slot, program 47 will be broadcast at 0800 on 21 May. See this schedule chart ...
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Program
No.
|
Day
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May
date
|
UTC time
|
Frequency
kHz
|
Transmitter
|
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47
|
Friday
|
11
|
2030-2100
|
7780
9455
|
WRMI Florida
|
|
47
|
Saturday
|
12
|
1600-1630
|
9400
|
Space Line Bulgaria
|
|
47
|
Sunday
|
13
|
2330-2400
|
7780
|
WRMI Florida
|
|
48
|
Monday
|
14
|
0800-0830
|
5850
7730
|
WRMI Florida
|
|
48
|
Wednesday
|
16
|
2100-2130
|
9395*
|
WRMI Florida
|
|
48
|
Thursday
|
17
|
2030-2100
|
9395*
|
WRMI Florida
|
|
48
|
Friday
|
18
|
2030-2100
|
7780
9455
|
WRMI Florida
|
|
48
|
Saturday
|
19
|
1600-1630
|
9400
|
Space Line Bulgaria
|
|
48
|
Sunday
|
20
|
2330-2400
|
7780
|
WRMI Florida
|
|
47
|
Monday
|
21
|
0800-0830
|
5850
7730
|
WRMI Florida
|
|
*Special for the National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters
meeting in Elkhart, Indiana, 17 May at 2030 UTC. The transmission on 16 May
at 2100 UTC is to test the receiving and decoding equipment and software. Listeners everywhere are invited to tune in to one or both of these transmissions.
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Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 47, 11-13 and 21 May 2018, in modes as noted:
1:34 MFSK32: Program preview
3:09 Olivia 64-2000: Supervolcanoes have advance warnings
7:10 Olivia 32-2000**: Continued
10:15 MFSK16: Text samples of Russian, Chinese, and Persian***
17:03 MFSK32: Australia invests in space agency*
21:30 MFSK64: President Macron visits New Caledonia*
26:23 Image: Railroad on 10th Street in New York City, 1910*
27:56 MFSK32: Closing announcements
Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 48, 14-20 May 2018, in modes as noted:
1:33 MFSK32: Program preview
3:11 Olivia 64-2000: Mercury has thin but dense crust
6:49 Olivia 32-2000**: Continued
9:37 MFSK16: Text samples of Russian, Chinese, and Persian***
16:42 MFSK32: New solar still purified water*
20:29 MFSK64: South Georgia declared rodent-free*
25:13 Greetings to the NASB meeting*
27:43 MFSK32: Closing announcements
* with image
** Use Olivia Custom setting: 32 tones, 2000 Hz bandwidth
*** Use UTF-8 character set (default in TIVAR and newer versions
of Fldigi)
Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net
And visit http://swradiogram.net
Twitter: @SWRadiogram or https://twitter.com/swradiogram (check frequently during weekends)