Things went well last weekend, with all four broadcasts on the air, and what sounded like a full audio level from Bulgaria Saturday at 1600 UTC. MFSK32 images were decoded as far away as Perth, Western Australia.

Videos of last week’s Program 53 are provided, from Saturday 1600 UTC, by Sefi in Israel and by Ralf in Germany, as well as excerpts by pe7b tuning in from Belgium: Cutler bird and solstice painting. And from Sunday 2330 UTC by Scott in Ontario. Also available is the audio archive maintained by Mark in the UK and analysis by Roger in Germany.

This weekend we will experiment with 8PSK modes as improved in version 4.0.17 of Fldigi. If you have not done so yet, please download Fldigi 4.0.17 from w1hkj.com. Then find your way to the Fldigi modem configuration panel, either by right clicking on the mode name in the lower left corner, or by Configure > Miscellaneous > NBEMS > Modems (top row).  Select PSK, then at the bottom of that menu, select Pilot tone. The 8PSK-125F and 8PSK-250F we will transmit this weekend will have a pilot tone, so you need to select Pilot tone to take advantage of that feature.

Sorry, TIVAR does not (yet) have 8PSK-125F and 8PSK-250F, but these modes occupy less than three minutes of the show, so you won’t have to wait long for text to reappear on your Android display.

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 54, 29 June-2 July 2018, in modes as noted:

1:39  MFSK32: Program preview
3:00  Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft arrives at asteroid Ryugu*
7:58  8PSK-125F: The world is losing vital forests
9:41  8PSK-250F: Forests, continued
10:48  MFSK64: Radio Prague in 1968*
18:15  This week’s images*
26:40  MFSK32: Closing announcements*

* with image(s)

Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net

And visit http://swradiogram.net

Twitter: @SWRadiogram or https://twitter.com/swradiogram 

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

The Mighty KBC transmits to Europe Saturdays at 1500-1600 UTC on 9400 kHz (via Bulgaria), with the minute of MFSK64 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 MFSK64 is at about 0130 UTC.  Reports to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com . See also http://www.kbcradio.eu/ and https://www.facebook.com/TheMightyKbc/.  

Congratulations to Italian Broadcasting Corporation on its 39th anniversary. See the waterfall ID and logo created by Merkouris in Greece in this tweet from Gaudenzio in Italy. In more recent years IBC has added content in MFSK32. Five minutes of MFSK32 is at the end of the 30-minute English-language “Shortwave Panorama. For the complete IBC transmission schedule visit  http://ibcradio.webs.com/  

Broad Spectrum Radio is transmitted by WRMI Florida Mondays at 0700-0800 UTC on 5850 and 7730 kHz. MFSK32 is broadcast during the second half hour of the show. Reports to broadspectrumradio@gmail.com.

MFSK images received from Shortwave Radiogram 23 and 25 June by Frank in Western Australia …

A new version of Fldigi, 4.0.17, is available. Please download it before next weekend (29 June-July 2), because we will be experimenting with the improved 8PSK modem, specifically 8PSK125F and 250F.

Last weekend’s first anniversary weekend of Shortwave Radiogram got off to a difficult start. The first broadcast Friday at 2030 UTC was not transmitted on either of its frequencies due to heavy thunderstorms near the WRMI site in Florida. The second broadcast, Saturday at 1600 UTC, suffered from a very low audio level that caused decoding errors in some parts of the world. Space Line in Bulgaria tells me that they reduce to audio level of Shortwave Radiogram to 70% to prevent our 100% duty cycle modes from causing problems for the transmitter. A reduction to 70% is OK, but I think last week they reduced the audio level too much. The Space Line transmitter operators are now aware of the problem, so let’s hope for better results this weekend.

The final two shows of the weekend were successful. I was especially pleased by the 100% decode of the Arabic text using a receiver in Qatar, Sunday during the 2330 UTC show, 7780 kHz all the way from WRMI Florida. And Monday at 0800 UTC, all of the text, including the 240 wpm MFSK64, was decoded at the Tecsun Radios Australia KiwiSDR, on 7730 kHz from WRMI.

Videos of last weekend’s Shortwave Radiogram Saturday at 1600 UTC are provided by Sefi in Israel (includes a few minutes of the preceding KBC, so you can hear the reduction in audio level on 9400 kHz), Ralf in Germany,  pe7b in Belgium (excerpt), and at 2330 UTC on Sunday by Scott in Ontario. Also available is the audio archive maintained by Mark in the UK, as well as analysis prepared by Roger in Germany.

This weekend some of you in North America will be participating in the amateur radio Field Day. All four of the Shortwave Radiogram broadcasts are either before or after the Field Day hours (Saturday 1800-Sunday 2059 UTC), so I hope you can tune it. The Mighty KBC broadcast to North America Sunday at 0000-0200 UTC on 9925 kHz from Germany is during the Field Day operating period. It will include an MFSK64 greeting (text and an image) to Field Day participants at about 0130 UTC.

This weekend’s show will be busy, with ten images. Modes are MFSK32 and 64.

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 53, 22-25 June 2018, in MFSK modes as noted:

1:34  MFSK32: Program preview
2:44  China takes over some old Radio Australia SW frequencies*
8:22  MFSK64: High-frequency trading via high-frequency radio*
13:38  This week’s images*
27:52  MFSK32: Closing announcements

* with image(s)

Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net

And visit http://swradiogram.net

Twitter: @SWRadiogram or https://twitter.com/swradiogram

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

The Mighty KBC transmits to Europe Saturdays at 1500-1600 UTC on 9400 kHz (via Bulgaria), with the minute of MFSK64 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 new 9925 kHz, via Germany. The minute of MFSK64 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)  Five minutes of MFSK32 is at the end of the 30-minute English-language “Shortwave Panorama. For the complete IBC transmission schedule visit  http://ibcradio.webs.com/  

Broad Spectrum Radio is transmitted by WRMI Florida Mondays at 0700-0800 UTC on 5850 and 7730 kHz. MFSK32 is broadcast during the second half hour of the show. Reports to broadspectrumradio@gmail.com.

Last weekend was a success in that our transmission of Japanese text was received and decoded in Japan. Audio of that reception (from an SDR) is available here. You can decode from that audio. It begins with some mostly unsuccessful MFSK32, then on to the much more robust Olivia 64-2000.

There were also many good image decodes, which you can peruse at https://twitter.com/swradiogram.  

Videos of the Saturday 1600 UTC show are available from radio no koe in Japan (using an SDR in New Zealand), Marco in Italy, and Ralf in Germany; and of the Sunday 2330 transmission from Scott in Ontario. Also available is the audio archive maintained by Mark in the UK, and analysis of the weekend’s digital-via-analog broadcasts by Roger in Germany.

This weekend will include some text in Arabic. Be sure to use the UTF-8 character set, which is default in TIVAR and newer versions of Fldigi. Also eight images (two MFSK32 and six MFSK64).

And as it is program 52, that means we have completed one year of Shortwave Radiogram. Shortwave Radiogram is the successor to VOA Radiogram, which began on 2013. Thank you for your support!

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 52, 15-18 June 2018, in MFSK modes as noted:

1:35  MFSK32: Program preview
2:40  Excerpt of Arabic text
3:52  Restoration of Prague’s astronomical clock*
10:40  MFSK64: End of net neutrality in the USA*
16:49  Five images*
26:31  MFSK32: Closing announcements*

* with image(s)

Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net
And visit http://swradiogram.net
Twitter: @SWRadiogram or https://twitter.com/swradiogram
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/567099476753304

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 new 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)  Five minutes of MFSK32 is at the end of the 30-minute English-language “Shortwave Panorama. For the complete IBC transmission schedule visit  http://ibcradio.webs.com/  

Broad Spectrum Radio is transmitted by WRMI Florida Mondays at 0700-0800 UTC on 5850 and 7730 kHz. MFSK32 is broadcast during the second half hour of the show. Reports to broadspectrumradio@gmail.com. 

Last week’s broadcast Monday at 0800-0830 UTC was not transmitted on 7730 kHz. WRMI informs me that the issue has been resolved. This frequency is good to Australia and New Zealand, among other places. At 0800 UTC, WRMI’s other frequency, 5850 kHz, was well heard in much of North America, and I even received it using an SDR in Japan. The signal, not surprisingly, was weak. So, hoping that 5850 reaches Japan again this weekend, the show will start with some Japanese text in the Olivia 64-2000 mode.

Among videos of last weekend’s broadcast are this one by COMMS partisan, Sunday 2330 UTC, with narration explaining the concept. And an excerpt by radio no koe, using a receiver in Qatar (Saturday 1625 UTC). For the entire half hour, see the videos by Ralf in Gemany (Saturday 1600 UTC) and Scott in Ontario (Sunday 2330 UTC). For audio, visit Mark Hirst’s archive.

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 51, 8-11 June 2018, in modes as noted:

  1:31  MFSK32: Program preview  
  2:43  Olivia 64-2000: Japanese text
  9:00  MFSK32: More passenger trains in Slovakia*
13:20  MFSK64: Juno mission to Jupiter gets extension*
18:00  Five images - tornado, birds and flowers*
28:28  MFSK32: Closing announcements

* with image(s)

Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net

And visit http://swradiogram.net

Twitter: @SWRadiogram
or if you don’t have a Twitter account, visit https://twitter.com/swradiogram (you can ignore prompts to sign up) Check this during the weekend for listeners’ results 

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

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 also http://www.kbcradio.eu/ and https://www.facebook.com/TheMightyKbc/.

Italian Broadcasting Corporation (IBC)  Five minutes of MFSK32 is at the end of the 30-minute English-language “Shortwave Panorama. For the complete IBC transmission schedule visit  http://ibcradio.webs.com/

Broad Spectrum Radio is transmitted by WRMI Florida Mondays at 0700-0800 UTC on 5850 and 7730 kHz. MFSK32 is broadcast during the second half hour of the show. Reports to broadspectrumradio@gmail.com.

I continue to be amazed by how well the MFSK64 mode (240 wpm) decodes, even with limited signal strength and interference from atmospheric or local noise. If you reports, it would be helpful if you can provide rough estimate of what percent of the text in each mode decoded correctly. Sometimes your images will be fuzzy, but the text, with its forward error correction, will often be 100%.

One interesting report last weekend was a tweet from Frederic @F4ECA, who tuned in using an old Panasonic RX-CW55L boombox (with shortwave bands), decoding (apparently via acoustic coupling) on an Android tablet with the TIVAR app. Also see the receiving setup, including loop antenna, used by Ralf @ralf_bender at his vacation hotel on the North Sea.

Videos of program 49:

| Name  | Location | UTC Date | UTC Time  | Frequency kHz | Medium | URL                          |
|-------|----------|----------|-----------|---------------|--------|------------------------------|
| Sefi  | Israel   | 26-May   | 1600-1630 | 9400          | Video  | https://youtu.be/fsRPKYEMmcs |
| Ralf  | Germany  | 26-May   | 1600-1630 | 9400          | Video  | https://youtu.be/VPWYgcU87vM |
| Scott | Ontario  | 27-May   | 2330-2400 | 7780          | Video  | https://youtu.be/FHSaHYDG6O0 |

This weekend we will continue with a mix of MFSK32 and MFSK64. For image fans, the show will include eight MFSK images, including six in the higher resolution MFSK64.

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 50, 1-4 June 2018, in MFSK modes as noted:

1:39  MFSK32: Program preview
2:45  MARS urges separation of computers from the internet*
10:26  MFSK64: Methane hydrate - good or bad fuel?*
16:32  Five images*
25:18  MFSK32: 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

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 new 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)  Five minutes of MFSK32 is at the end of the 30-minute English-language “Shortwave Panorama. For the complete IBC transmission schedule visit  http://ibcradio.webs.com/

Broad Spectrum Radio is transmitted by WRMI Florida Mondays at 0700-0800 UTC on 5850 and 7730 kHz. MFSK32 is broadcast during the second half hour of the show. Reports to broadspectrumradio@gmail.com.

This weekend’s Shortwave Radiogram will be relatively simple, with content in MFSK32 and MFSK64 only, including five MFSK images.

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 49, 25-28 May 2018, in MFSK modes as noted:

1:37  MFSK32: Program preview
2:55  Famous Thai bay to close for four months*
8:16  MFSK64: Planet-warming gases make food less nutritious*
12:42  Car dealers discourage purchase of electric cars*
17:40  Image of challenge coin for canceled Trump-Kim summit*
20:07  MFSK32: Chinese amateur radio satellites will include HF*
25:43  Closing announcements

* with image
Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net
And visit http://swradiogram.net
Twitter: @SWRadiogram
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/567099476753304

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 new 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)  Five minutes of MFSK32 is at the end of the 30-minute English-language “Shortwave Panorama. For the complete IBC transmission schedule visit  http://ibcradio.webs.com/  

Broad Spectrum Radio is transmitted by WRMI Florida Mondays at 0700-0800 UTC on 5850 and 7730 kHz. MFSK32 is broadcast during the second half hour of the show. Reports to broadspectrumradio@gmail.com.

This post provides 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 …

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)

Last weekend’s Shortwave Radiogram, program 46, experienced ups and downs of propagation. The Friday 2030-2100 UTC transmission continues to be difficult to hear most places in the world, and even most places in the USA.  

The Throb2 “surprise mode” saw errors in many places where the MFSK modes had no trouble. It’s a reminder of why we don’t use Throb more often, although ThrobX might be worth a try in a future broadcast.

You can see results from program 46 at https://twitter.com/swradiogram . Roger’s analysis of last weekend’s Shortwave Radiogram, as well as IBC and KBC, is available here.

And here are videos (copy and paste the URLs) …

| Name          | Location | UTC Date | UTC Time  | Freq kHz | Medium | URL                          |
|---------------|----------|----------|-----------|----------|--------|------------------------------|
| Sefi          | Israel   | 5-May    | 1600-1630 | 9400     | Video  | https://youtu.be/vOaCltYo8Hg |
| BlackApple 62 | Italy    | 5-May    | 1600-1630 | 9400     | Video  | https://youtu.be/L7zNOvXYGqY |
| Ralf          | Germany  | 5-May    | 1600-1630 | 9400     | Video  | https://youtu.be/lhZ9ChJnpI  |
| Scott         | Ontario  | 6-May    | 2330-2400 | 7780     | Video  | https://youtu.be/d_cjSD1vQ74 |

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 new 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)  Five minutes of MFSK32 is at the end of the 30-minute English-language “Shortwave Panorama. For the complete IBC transmission schedule visit  http://ibcradio.webs.com/

Broad Spectrum Radio is transmitted by WRMI Florida Mondays at 0700-0800 UTC on 5850 and 7730 kHz. MFSK32 is broadcast during the second half hour of the show (although it was not heard last weekend). Reports to broadspectrumradio@gmail.com.

You can view, or listen, and decode last weekend’s Shortwave Radiogram (program 45) at these productions kindly provided by listeners …

| Name          | Location | UTC Date | UTC Time  | Frequency kHz | Medium | URL                                              |
|---------------|----------|----------|-----------|---------------|--------|--------------------------------------------------|
| Sefi          | Israel   | 28-Apr   | 1600-1630 | 9400          | Video  | https://youtu.be/bWXQyWWpY_Y                     |
| BlackApple 62 | Italy    | 28-Apr   | 1600-1630 | 9400          | Video  | https://youtu.be/m-ulsh1Pyjw                     |
| Ralf          | Germany  | 28-Apr   | 1600-1630 | 9400          | Video  | https://youtu.be/uXGOlQ_WSAA                     |
| Mark          | UK       | 28-Apr   | 1600-1630 | 9400          | Audio  | https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ah7fj9CZV0zynm_IejUWLKL2Ye4v |
| Mark          | UK       | 29-Apr   | 2330-2400 | 7780          | Audio  | https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ah7fj9CZV0zynm_IejUWLKL2Ye4v |
| Scott         | Ontario  | 29-Apr   | 2330-2400 | 7780          | Video  | https://youtu.be/NBPqxgukpTg                     |

Also see Roger’s analysis of last weekend’s Shortwave Radiogram, IBC, KBC, and Broad Spectrum Radio. And @Hal_Fi in California compared reception on 5850 and 7730 kHz Monday at 0800-0830 UTC using two (!) IC-7300’s on the same antenna, thus controlling for date, time, location, conditions, antenna and receiver.

The first Shortwave Radiogram of the weekend is today (Friday) at 2030-2100 UTC on 7780 and 9455 kHz. This particular transmission lately has limited range, with best results in the northeast USA (and probably also the Canadian Maritimes). Elsewhere, try to access an SDR in New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and nearby states and provinces.  

This weekend’s show will again be a combination of MFSK32 and MFSK64, with time for a surprise mode after the closing announcements.

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 46, 4-7 May 2018, in MFSK modes as noted:

  1:31  MFSK32: Program preview
  2:38  Recycling oyster shells*
10:49  Scotland sets minimum price for alcohol*
18:02  MFSK64: Deutsche Welle’s 65th anniversary*
24:17  Tornado image*
26:41  MFSK32: Closing announcements (and surprise mode)

Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net
And visit http://swradiogram.net
Twitter: @SWRadiogram
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/567099476753304

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 new 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)  Five minutes of MFSK32 is at the end of the 30-minute English-language “Shortwave Panorama. For the complete IBC transmission schedule visit  http://ibcradio.webs.com/

Broad Spectrum Radio is transmitted by WRMI Florida Mondays at 0700-0800 UTC on 5850 and 7730 kHz. MFSK32 is broadcast during the second half hour of the show. Reports to broadspectrumradio@gmail.com.

The first broadcast of Shortwave Radiogram program 45 is today (Friday) at 2030-2100 UTC on 7780 kHz from WRMI Florida. (Although reception tends to be difficult beyond eastern North America.)

Last weekend’s experiment with six modes was interesting. Of the three fast Thor modes, Thor 100 seemed to be  less successful than Thor 50x1 and Thor 50x2. Of course, in difficult reception conditions, our “go to” MFSK32 mode prevailed over all the faster modes. Zach in Alabama had difficult reception of the Monday 0800-0830 UTC show, with these results:

• MFSK128: <10%
  
• MFSK64: <15%
  
• MFSK32: ~75%
  
• Thor50x1: <15%
  
• Thor50x2: <10%
  
• Thor100: <5%

Videos and audio of last weekend’s (program 44) broadcast can be accessed as follows:

| Name          | Location     | UTC Day  | UTC Time  | Freq kHz | Medium        | URL                                                            |
|---------------|--------------|----------|-----------|----------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Kim           | New York SDR | Friday   | 2030-2100 | 7780     | Audio         | https://soundcloud.com/voaradiogram/swrg44-200418-2030-7780-ny |
| Sefi          | Israel       | Saturday | 1600-1630 | 9400     | Video         | https://youtu.be/SA8DEoaQytc                                   |
| BlackApple 62 | Italy        | Saturday | 1600-1630 | 9400     | Video         | https://youtu.be/6geRfVLQ-5E                                   |
| Ralf          | Germany      | Saturday | 1600-1630 | 9400     | Video         | https://youtu.be/cQJ0DsE2nP0                                   |
| Mark          | UK           | Saturday | 1600-1630 | 9400     | Audio archive | https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ah7fj9CZV0zynm_IejUWLKL2Ye4v               |
| Scott         | Ontario      | Sunday   | 2330-2400 | 7780     | Video         | https://youtu.be/K8V_I_fTmZo                                   |

See also this analysis by Roger in Germany of last weekend’s Shortwave Radiogram, as well as IBC, KBC, and Broad Spectrum Radio digital broadcasts.

This weekend’s Shortwave Radiogram will be simpler, with only two modes: MFSK32 and MFSK64.

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 45, 27-30 April 2018, in MFSK modes as noted:

1:36  MFSK32: Program preview
2:45  White House rejects US press freedom downgrade*
11:15  ESA’s Sentinel-3b satellite*
18:02  MFSK64: Nuclear accidents make mutant bugs and birds*
25:28  Image of Virginia bluebells*
27:42  MFSK32: Closing announcements

* with image

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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: themightykbc@gmail.com . See also http://www.kbcradio.eu/ and https://www.facebook.com/TheMightyKbc/. (UTC 6 May KBC’s new frequency at 0000-0200 UTC will be 9925 kHz.)

Italian Broadcasting Corporation (IBC)   Five minutes of MFSK32 is at the end of the 30-minute English-language “Shortwave Panorama,” per the schedule available here: http://ibcradio.webs.com/

Broad Spectrum Radio MFSK32 might be available Monday 0730-0800 UTC on 5850 and 7730 kHz from WRMI Florida, although I heard only music on those frequencies on 23 April.