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Hello friends
Thanks to Daz Man in Australia for producing last week's special EasyDRF
transmission. And thanks to everyone who participated by tuning and decoding,
or attempting to decode, whether you were successful or not.
When it worked, the EasyDRF results were dazzling: A fully formatted web page
with links and animation, and no text errors. Also, images that were perfect,
not fuzzy at all, and larger than our typical MFSK images. (See results in
California at the bottom of this email, and more at @SWRadiogram on Twitter.
EasyDRF is derived from HamDRM, the amateur radio version of DRM (Digital Radio
Mondiale). Like broadcast DRM, EasyDRF produces results that are perfect -- or
nothing at all. Thus, in typical shortwave conditions, where our MFSK might
drop a few characters, and the images might be slightly to moderately fuzzy,
EasyDRF may not work. For this reason. we will stay with MFSK32 and MFSK64, and
occasionally other modes, on Shortwave Radiogram.
Experiments with EasyDRF should definitely continue, in separate time slots. It
will work well on shortwave paths where reception is usually good, e.g. UK to
western Europe, or southern USA to the Midwestern USA and Canada. And it would
be great to try EasyDRF on AM broadcast radio. Do you know of a local AM
station that would be willing to try some experiments? Of course, EasyDRF would
work on FM broadcast radio, as well.
A video of last weekend's Shortwave Radiogram (program 304) is provided by
Scott in Ontario (Friday 1300 UTC). You can decode the EasyDRF from the audio
of his video. His reception allows for the successful decoding of the html and
all but the last two images. Analysis is prepared by Roger in Germany.
Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 305, 18-23 May 2023, back
in our in MFSK modes as noted:
1:39 MFSK32: Program preview
2:47 MFSK32: Jupiter probe antenna finally deploys
5:58 MFSK64: Myanmar consolidates control of telecom providers
11:28 MFSK64: This week's images*
27:33 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 (visit during the
weekend to see listeners' results)
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/567099476753304
Shortwave Radiogram Gateway Wiki
https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Shortwave_Radiogram_Gateway
Shortwave Radiogram Transmission Schedule
UTC Day UTC Time Frequency Transmitter
Thursday 2330-2400 9265 kHz WINB Pennsylvania
Friday 0530-0600 7780 kHz WRMI Florida
Friday 1300-1330 15770 kHz WRMI Florida
Friday 1400-1430 15735 kHz DRM WINB Pennsylvania
Saturday 0230-0300 9265 kHz WINB Pennsylvania
Saturday 2300-2330 7570 kHz WRMI Florida
Monday 0800-0830 5850 kHz WRMI Florida
Tuesday 1430-1500 9955 kHz WRMI Florida
The Mighty KBC has expanded its transmission schedule. Times are UTC,
frequencies are kHz, all from WRMI Florida:
Sunday 0000-0100: Dave Mason 9455
Sunday 0100-0200: Eric van Willegen 9455
Sunday 0200-0300: Eric van Willegen 5850
Sunday 2100-2200: Dave Mason 5950
Sunday 2200-2300: Eric van Willegen 5950
Wednesday 1600-1700: Eric van Willegen 15770
Friday 1100-1200: Eric van Willegen 15770
Saturday 0200-0300: Dave Mason 5850
Saturday 0800-0900: Eric van Willegen 7780
A minute of MFSK64 is at about 30 minutes past the hour on at least some of the
Eric van Willigen programs. Reports to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com . See also
http://www.kbcradio.eu/ and https://www.facebook.com/TheMightyKbc/.
“This is a Music Show” Most of the show is a music show, but the host
transmits some MFSK-64 text and image near the end of the broadcast. Its
transmitted on WRMI, Thursdays at 0200-0300 UTC on 5850 kHz (Wednesday evening
in the Americas). Also look for a waterfall ID at the beginning of the show.
thisisamusicshow@gmail.com www.twitter.com/ThisIsAMusicSho/
@ThisIsAMusicSho https://thisisamusicshow.com
Pop Shop Radio from British Columbia, Canada, includes "a whole variety of pop
music, such as records from the 1960s and 1970s that were played on Top-40
radio stations not only in North America but also on offshore radio and
stations like Radio Luxembourg." The programs now include some MFSK text and an
image. Website: popshopradio.ca. Twitter: @popshopradio1 Email:
radiopopshop@gmail.com.
Thanks for your reception reports!
Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB
Producer and Presenter
Shortwave Radiogram
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