Zach in Alabama, tuned in 15 October 2017, 0600-0630 UTC, 7730 kHz from WRMI Florida, noted “Veryweak signal for @SWRadiogramtonight, but the THOR came through almost error free. Noticeably better thanMFSK32 text.”
Hello friends, I received very few reports of last weekend’s Thor 25x4 providing a better decode than ourusual MFSK32, despite the 2-second interleave of Thor 25x4. One of those reports was from Zach in Alabama (above). This weekend Shortwave Radiogram will be all MFSK32, but we will experiment with the ISO-8859-5character set. In our usual UTF-8 character set, when we transmit Cyrillic text, e.g. Russian, the speed of the printout is reduced by half. With the ISO-8859-5character set, Cyrillic prints out at the same speed (120 wpm using MFSK32) as English. So please adjust Fldigi: Configure > UI > Colors & Fonts > change Rx/Tx Character set to ISO-8859-5. In ISO-8859-5 you will see both the English and Russian text. In UTF-8 (Fldigi’s default), only the English. Unfortunately,in Android, the TIVAR and AndFlmsg apps have only the UTF-8 character set, so the Russian text will not be visible. Less than 3 minutes of the program is devoted to the Russian text. And keep in mind that you can record Shortwave Radiogram and decode from the recording,trying different settings. Here is the line up for Shortwave Radiogram, program 18, 21-22 October 2017, all in MFSK32: 1:31 Program preview 3:21 US worried about independent media in Hungary* 10:51 Excerptof Russian text from Deutsche Welle 13:55 New amateur radio station at BBC Broadcasting House* 19:23 QST review of new Icom IC-R8600 receiver* 21:34 DW.comfeature on best mountain photos* 24:45 DW.comfeature on autumn leaves* 27:05 Closing announcements * with image Please sendreception reports to radiog...@verizon.net And visithttp://swradiogram.net Twitter:@SWRadiogram Facebookgroup: 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 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 ofMFSK32 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/SOUTHAMERICA 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 reception reports! The QSL gallery for program 16 has been sent to everyone who reported. Kim via KKX Kim AndrewElliott, KD9XB Producer andPresenter Shortwave Radiogram ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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
