#shortwave digimodes

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Shortwave Radiogram, 20-25 July 2023: Digital modes from supercapacitors infused with espresso

We use Twitter @SWRadiogram extensively to share results of Shortwave Radiogram reception, and to send reminders about transmissions during the weekend. It is a simple and functional platform for that purpose. But, with uncertainties about the future of Twitter, I looked into Threads, the new competitor to Twitter. Establishing an Instagram account is prerequisite to getting on to Threads. I did that, and soon decided that Instagram does not interest me, for receiving or sending. I would just proceed to Threads. However, I learned that Threads does not, yet, have a desktop version. I don't do mobile, except sometimes as an internet radio, and to communicate with my wife. ("Where are you?" "I'm in the cat food aisle.") So I would just wait until Threads can be used on a desktop. A few days after signing up for Instagram, I received a rather stern notice from Instagram informing me that my account has been suspended. This is before I posted anything to Instagram or Threads. They mentioned procedures 1) to find out why the account was suspended and 2) to request a review of the suspension. I am not going to bother with those procedures. Threads will have to go on without me. I will stick with Twitter until it self-destructs, then probably exit social media altogether, and return to a unsociable linear website. Years ago, I had a Facebook account. I used it only to relay news about international broadcasting from my kimandrewelliott.com website (my @kaedotcom Twitter account is now my outlet for international broadcasting news). That Facebook account was also suspended, probably because I used a third-party app to push the website items to my Facebook page. So it seems that I've never met a Meta that will have me as a member. A video of last weekend's Shortwave Radiogram (program 313) (Friday 1300 UTC) is provided by Scott in Ontario. The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. H0b0_Radio has this IQ recording of the Saturday 0230 UTC broadcast. An archive of received images is provided by John @highroute in California. Analysis is provided by Roger in Germany, plus his notes on the closing music. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 314, 20-25 July 2023, in MFSK modes as noted: 1:39  MFSK32: Program preview 2:47  MFSK32: Milestone in energy capacity of supercapacitors 6:39  MFSK64: Espresso might be helpful against Alzheimer's* 11:58  MFSK64: This week's images* 28:41  MFSK32: Closing announcements 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

Other Shortwave broadcast programs that include digital text and images include The Mighty KBC, Pop Shop Radio, and This Is A Music Show (TIAMS). The schedules for these fine broadcasts are posted here.                                                                                                                                 Gabriel in Colombia sent an email with these images received 15 July 2023, 0230-0300 UTC, 9265 kHz from WINB Pennsylvania ...

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For shortwave listening, weather satellite decoding, or airband monitoring, Skywave Linux is the system you want!

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Shortwave Radiogram, 14-19 April 2022: Digital modes that are probably not responsible for the temperature swings on Neptune

The Greek government has decided to delay the decision to eliminate shortwave broadcasting from March 31 or May 31.  To help the Greek government in its decision, last week Shortwave Radiogram transmitted Greek text, as a demonstration of radio as a substitute for an increasingly censored and restricted internet. At the bottom of this email, you can see the Greek text received in Greece by our friend Merkouris. Videos of last weekend's Shortwave Radiogram (program 249)  are provided by Scott in Ontario and Frigid RF in Virginia (both Friday 1300 UTC), Merkouris in Greece (Saturday 0230 UTC Greek excerpt),  and Mike R. somewhere in the USA (Sunday 2330 UTC excerpt).  (And see the April meeting of the Palomar Amateur Radio Club in California with a demonstration of Fldigi, using Shortwave Radiogram audio.)  The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis is prepared by Roger in Germany. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 252, 14-19 March 2022, in MFSK modes as noted:   1:34  MFSK32: Program preview   2:41  MFSK32: Surprising temperature swings on Neptune*   7:40  MFSK64: Fiber-optic cables through water pipes 12:07  MFSK64: This week's images* 28.10  MFSK32: Closing announcements * with image(s) Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net And visit http://swradiogram.net We're on Twitter now: @SWRadiogram * 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 UTC | 9265 kHz         | WINB Pennsylvania | | Friday   | 1300-1330 UTC | 15770 kHz        | WRMI Florida      | | Friday   | 1500-1530 UTC | 15750 kHz DRM    | WINB Pennsylvania | | Saturday | 0230-0300 UTC | 9265 kHz         | WINB Pennsylvania | | Sunday   | 2330-2400 UTC | 7730 kHz         | WRMI Florida      | | Monday   | 0800-0830 UTC | 5850 7780 kHz    | WRMI Florida      | | Tuesday  | 1430-1500 UTC | 9955 kHz         | WRMI Florida      |

The Mighty KBC transmits to North America Sundays at 0000-0200 UTC (Saturday 8-10 pm EDT) on 5960 kHz, via Germany. A 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/. “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.  It’s 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 MFSK32 text and an image. Website: popshopradio.ca. Twitter: @popshopradio1  Email: radiopopshop@gmail.com.

Merkouris in Greece received the Greek text and accompanying image, 9 April 2022, 0230-0300 UTC, 9265 kHz from WINB Pennsylvania. See also his video and decode of all the images. ...

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Shortwave Radiogram, 14-18 September 2023: Digital modes that support local journalism

This weekend's Shortwave Radiogram will include an item recalling the events of September 11, 2001 in Manhattan. On that day, I was a broadcaster at the Voice of America, producing and presenting the weekly show Communications World. My editor/boss told me to turn on the television. When I became aware of what was unfolding, I contacted Ralph Brandi and other friends from the North American Shortwave Association who lived near New York City. They informed me of disruptions to local broadcasting in New York (many stations had transmitters on top of the World Trade Center towers). Ralph also provided audio from the local all-news radio stations. At the time, VOA English was VOA News Now, itself an intensive all-news format (based on a proposal to VOA management I had written  a few years earlier). I knew the presenters in the studio would need something to fill their time until reports from VOA correspondents started to filter in. I went live (not my usual role) in the VOA News Now studio to report on broadcasting developments in New York City. They also played some of the audio from the New York radio stations. When I left the VOA building late afternoon on September 11, the adjacent National Mall was almost entirely devoid of the usual tourists. I did encounter a couple from the UK. "You certainly picked an interesting day to visit Washington," I commented. They asked where they could find a cup of tea. I directed them to hotel nearby. Otherwise, Washington was empty. Most federal employees had been sent home hours earlier. There were police vehicles parked on the Mall. Fortunately, the terrorists were not able to crash an airplane into the US Capitol, virtually next door to VOA. But they did hit the Pentagon. I smelled the smoke from Pentagon as I was driving home to suburban Virginia on the George Washington Parkway. The next day, my young son and I drove to a spot near the Pentagon where we had a close view of the damage, and could still smell the smoke. The other Shortwave Radiogram news item this weekend is a detailed story by VOA reporter Liam Scott about the decline of local newspapers in much of the United States. The online VOA version is here. A video of last weekend's Shortwave Radiogram (program 321) is provided by Scott in Ontario (Friday 1300 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis is provided by Roger in Germany. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 322,  14-18 September 2023, in MFSK modes as noted:   1:41  MFSK32: Program preview   2:49  MFSK32: The boatlift of September 11, 2001*   8:20  MFSK64: US news deserts and the Marion County Record 16:07  MFSK64: This week's images* 28:39  MFSK32: Closing announcements Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net And visit http://swradiogram.net X/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

Other Shortwave broadcast programs that include digital text and images include The Mighty KBC, Pop Shop Radio and Radio North Europe International (RNEI). Links to these fine broadcasts, with schedules, are posted here.

H0b0_Radio in Washington state received these images UTC 9 September 2023, 0230-0300 UTC , 9265 kHz from WINB Pennsylvania ...

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Shortwave Radiogram, 7-11 September 2023 (program 321): Temporary barebones preview

Here's a temporary preview of this weekend's broadcast (program 321) until problems with our email distribution service are resolved:

1:43 MFSK32: Program preview 2:51 MFSK32: France calls for minimum price on flights 5:08 MFSK64: Electrifying heavy-duty vehicles in urban areas* 13:52 MFSK64: This week's images* 28:33 MFSK32: Closing announcements

*with image(s)

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Shortwave Radiogram, 10-14 August 2023 (program 317): Digital modes made of the finest polyester

In last week's email I mentioned that our transmission Tuesdays at 1430-1500 UTC on 9955 kHz from WRMI Florida has been bumped in favor of RAE Argentina al Mundo in French, which is Monday through Friday in that slot. However, Jeff White and WRMI has kindly given us the same time on Sundays on 9955 kHz. This should be more convenient for many listeners. This time of year, 9955 (160°) is heard best in parts of the southeast USA and into the Midwest, and, of course, in the Latin America target area. In autumn and winter, this frequency will reach farther at 1430 UTC. You might also hear some Cuban jamming on 9955 kHz, but this rarely complicates the decoding of our MFSK modes. Last weekend, Friday at 1300-1330 UTC, 15770 kHz from WRMI Florida, the previous week's program (315) of Shortwave Radiogram was broadcast. I uploaded program 316, but my old brain was distracted by household activities, so I failed to complete step two, which is changing the name of the file when it reaches WRMI. If you missed program 316 because of that error, Scott in Ontario made himself available Monday at 0800 UTC for this video (from which you can decode). Also "studio" audio is available here. The video (mentioned above) of last weekend's Shortwave Radiogram (program 316) is provided by Scott in Ontario. The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis is provided by Roger in Germany. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 317, 10-14 August 2023, in MFSK modes as noted:  1:43  MFSK32: Program preview  2:49  MFSK32: Does relaxing paywalls help digital news?  7:15  MFSK64: Solution to the problem of polyester recycling?* 12:06  MFSK64: This week's images* 27:51  MFSK32: Closing announcements 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

Other Shortwave broadcast programs that include digital text and images include The Mighty KBC and Pop Shop Radio. The schedules for these fine broadcasts are posted here.

Lama_Bleu in Europe, or maybe French Guiana, using an SDR in North Carolina, received these images from our new Sunday 1430-1500 UTC show, 9955 kHz from WRMI Florida ...

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Shortwave Radiogram, 13-18 July 2023 (program 313): Digital modes that bring snow to unlikely places

The slow browsing problem that I was lamenting last week has been resolved. I went into the Firefox settings and made various adjustments, applying the science (art?) of trial-and-error, and finally something worked. And so we move on to a new problem: My favorite email application no longer works with my email provider on one of my accounts. I can access emails, but through the provider's clunky email client. So more trial and error in the next few days. And in other technical news, my Sangean ATS-808 radio finally quit. Sangean gave it to me about 30 years ago in exchange for writing a guide to shortwave listening that was shipped with their radios. The ATS-808 had good sensitivity on shortwave and other bands, but it had no SSB capability. In recent years, it has been my kitchen radio (every kitchen should have a radio), used mainly to listen to our all-news station, WTOP, 103.5 MHz FM, in the mornings while making coffee and feeding the cat, and later in the day, while washing dishes and feeding the cat. For a replacement radio, I bought a Sangean HDR-14 (labeled SG-108 on my unit). I wanted to tune in to whatever HD (digital) sub-channels are available in the Washington DC area. Analog radio in the Washington area is not very good, at least not to my ears. The few exceptions include our public radio stations, as well as C-SPAN radio on 90.1 MHz, the all-news WTOP and Bloomberg Radio on 99.1 MHz. Tuning around on the HDR-14, I find that the HD stations are not much better. Many times the HD subchannel is used to relay a co-owned station that is available on another (analog) frequency. Among the bright spots on FM HD are Bluegrass Country, 88.5 HD2, and The Gamut, an eclectic oldies station on 103.5 HD3. There seem to be no local stations using AM HD. An interesting nearby station is WWFD in Frederick, Maryland, which is The Gamut full-bandwidth HD on 820 kHz -- no co-channel analog. I can't hear it from our house, but I do hear it driving around the suburbs. At night, the only AM HD signal so far detected is WPHT, 1210 kHz in Philadelphia, but the signal is not strong enough to establish actual HD reception. And now, finally, to the subject at hand: A video of last weekend's Shortwave Radiogram (program 312) is provided by Scott in Ontario (Friday 1300 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis is provided by Roger in Germany. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 313, 13-18 July 2023, in MFSK modes as noted:   1:44  MFSK32: Program preview   2:52  MFSK32: Rare snowfall in Johannesburg, South Africa*   7:27  MFSK64: One of Venezuela's oldest radio stations silenced* 13:24  MFSK64: This week's images* 28:37  MFSK32: Closing announcements 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

Other Shortwave broadcast programs that include digital text and images include The Mighty KBC, Pop Shop Radio, and This Is A Music Show (TIAMS). The schedules for these fine broadcasts are posted here. 

Carlos (W9FE) in Illinois received these images 8 July 2023, 0230-0300 UTC, on 9265 kHz from WINB Pennsylvania ...

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Shortwave Radiogram, 6-11 July 2023, program 312: Digital modes that are 100% recyclable

This was a big week in our house. I installed a new Verizon Fios router, with the help of a Verizon representative on the telephone. We were FiOS (as it was capitalized back then) customers since it was introduced to our neighborhood about 15 years ago. We have used Fios for broadband and landline, but not television -- our TV is via antennas. Our new Fios router and plan is supposed to increase our downloads to 300 Mbps. This would be helpful given that my wife is usually working from home, our son is visiting for the week and working his aerospace engineering job from our house, and I, in retirement, am producing Shortwave Radiogram and scouring the internet for news about international broadcasting for the @kaedotcom Twitter (for now) account. That adds up to a lot of data in and out. The people in our house using wireless devices noticed faster connections from the new router. But I, upstairs, with an ethernet connection to bring the internet to my large tower PC, large display and full-sized keyboard (I refer to this system as The Mighty Wurlitzer), noticed that things are now slow. Very slow. Like dial-up slow. Images in websites loaded about as slowly as images do on Shortwave Radiogram. That slowly! This made for a long night last night, as I usually audition over 100 images for the 10-12 or so that are transmitted each week on Shortwave Radiogram. URLs and links had to be clicked a few times for the desired action. Over the weekend I will troubleshoot and configure the router, OS and browser settings. I'm already making some progress. Eventually I'll figure this out. Videos of last weekend's Shortwave Radiogram (program 311) are provided by Bobby in Louisiana (Thursday 2330 UTC) and Scott in Ontario (Friday 1300 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis is provided by Roger in Germany. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 312, 6-11 July 2023, in MFSK modes as noted:   1:43  MFSK32: Program preview   2:50  MFSK32: Rubber-free tires may be 100% recyclable*   7:58  MFSK64: Final launch of the Ariane 5 rocket* 12:44  MFSK64: This week's images* 27:16  MFSK32: Closing announcements 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

Other Shortwave broadcast programs that include digital text and images include The Mighty KBC, Pop Shop Radio, and This Is A Music Show (TIAMS). The schedules for these fine broadcasts are posted here. 

Bobby in Louisiana received these images 29 June 2023, 2330-2400 UTC, 9265 kHz from WINB Pennsylvania. See link for link to his video of this broadcast. ... 

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Shortwave Radiogram, 29 June-4 July 2023: Digital modes that promote daytime naps

As I type this, the Washington DC area is in a Code Red situation for the smoke and haze from the Canadian wildfires. Many of you in North America are in a similar situation. It does look hazy outside, but not as bad as our Code Purple a few weeks ago. With our temperature now 85F/29C, I would usually leave the windows open. But they are now closed to keep the bad air out. One of our news stories this weekend is about research showing that a regular daytime naps are associated with healthier and larger brains. On Thursdays, I am usually awake at about 3 am to produce Shortwave Radiogram, finishing at about noon. By then, a two-hour nap is obligatory, after which I start this weekly email. It's good to know my daytime naps may have a benefit. (I knew I would become a daytime napper in the year or two before I retired, occasionally nodding off briefly at my desk.) A video of last weekend's Shortwave Radiogram (program 310) is provided by Scott in Ontario. The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis is provided by Roger in Germany. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 311, 29 June-4 July 2023, in MFSK modes as noted:   1:40  MFSK32: Program preview   2:48  MFSK32: Bigger bottles keep champagne bubbly for decades*   8:07  MFSK64: Regular daytime naps linked to healthier brains 11:39  MFSK64: This week's images* 27:40  MFSK32: Closing announcements 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

Other Shortwave broadcast programs that include digital text and images include The Mighty KBC, Pop Shop Radio, and This Is A Music Show (TIAMS). The schedules for these fine broadcasts are posted here. 

crus in New York City received these images 23 June 2023, 1300-1330 UTC, 15770 kHz from WRMI Florida ...

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Shortwave Radiogram, 22-27 June 2023: How to make a healthy potato chip

This week in northern Virginia, we have an unusual visitor: rain. It rained most of yesterday, and it will rain, at least a bit, during the next few days. This won't completely break our drought, but any precipitation helps. Meanwhile our sympathies are with our friends and listeners in Texas, enduring an extended heat wave. Other parts of North America, as well in Europe, will also experience heat waves during the summer of of 2023. Stay hydrated and find cool places. A video of last weekend's Shortwave Radiogram (program 309) is provided by Scott in Ontario. The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis is provided by Roger in Germany. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 310, 22-27 June 2023, in MFSK modes as noted:   1:42  MFSK32: Program preview   2:48  MFSK32: Australia activates renewable power plant   6:48  MFSK64: How to make healthy potato chips* 10:38  MFSK64: This week's images* 28:37  MFSK32: Closing announcements * with image 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

Other Shortwave broadcast programs that include digital text and images include The Mighty KBC, Pop Shop Radio, and This Is A Music Show (TIAMS). The schedules for these fine broadcasts are posted here. 

Carlos (W9FE) in Illinois received these images Saturday, 17 June 2023, 0230-0300 UTC, on 9265 kHz from WINB Pennsylvania ...

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Shortwave Radiogram, 29 May-4 June 2025 (program 403): Digital modes that might be received in Papua New Guinea

This week's program (403) features "shop news": one story about shortwave broadcasting (domestic, but DXers will receive it internationally), and one about the shutdown of most of the Voice of America. The first is a text item from Radio New Zealand about Papua New Guinea's decision to restore its domestic shortwave broadcasting service, to cover all of that country's remote areas. (I hope they can also find inexpensive but good shortwave receivers for this audience. Many of the cheap shortwave radios these days, generally made in China, are substandard.) The second story is from Deutsche Welle, explaining why the shutdown of VOA is especially bad for audiences in Turkey, where the domestic media are under increased control. It is now up to DW and BBC to provide Turkish-language news from outside. The situation with US international broadcasting is fluid. For VOA, the news is mostly bad. But RFE/RL will receive emergency funding from the EU. I try to keep up with all these events at kaedotcom.bsky.social, which I think you can access even if you don't have a Bluesky account. A video of last week's Shortwave Radiogram (program 344) is provided by Scott in Ontario (Wednesday 1330 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. H0b0_Radio in Washington offers an IQ recording. Analysis is provided by Roger in Germany. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 403, 29 May-4 June 2025, in MFSK modes as noted:  1:42  MFSK32: Program preview  2:55  MFSK32: Papua New Guinea to reintroduce shortwave  5:52  MFSK64: VOA shutdown hits harder in Turkey 11:01  MFSK64: This week's images 24:53  MFSK32: Closing announcements (Ignore the asterisks attached to the two news stories in the transmitted program preview. Those images were cut during final production.) Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net And visit http://swradiogram.net Bluesky: swradiogram.bsky.social or https://swradiogram.bsky.social 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 THE SHORTWAVE RADIOGRAM TRANSMISSION SCHEDULE IS IN THE IMAGE IMMEDIATELY BELOW. IF THE IMAGE DOES NOT DISPLAY FULL WIDTH, CLICK ON IT.

Other Shortwave broadcast programs that include digital text and images include The Mighty KBC, Pop Shop Radio and Radio North Europe International (RNEI). Links to these fine broadcasts, with schedules, are posted here.

Tobias in Germany emailed these results from 24 May 2025, 0230-0300 UTC, 9265 kHz from WINB Pennsylvania ...

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Shortwave Radiogram, 22-28 May 2025 (program 402): Digital modes on their way to Voyager 1

Some audio productions about shortwave radio and international broadcasting have recently "dropped." (Now we have to find a way for them to be transmitted on shortwave.) The Divided Dial series from WNYC Studios' On the Media has two recent episodes about "the untold story of shortwave radio" The Documentary Podcast from the BBC World Service discusses "the damage to independent journalism globally by cuts to USAGM and USAID." On his new Turn Signal podcast, Patrick Sullivan AC3K interviews Steve Herman W7VOA, Chief National Correspondent for Voice of America about VOA and about about the struggle to resume its operations after the Trump Administration shut down VOA on March 15 ("Bloody Saturday").   On this week's Shortwave Radiogram, we begin with a report about the European Union providing emergency funding to Prague-based RFE/RL, because of the Trump Administration's withholding of budget money to that organization. This was reported widely, but I chose a story from Poland's TVP World because of its brevity -- helpful with our MFSK32 mode. (Kari Lake, Trump's lead for US international broadcasting, told NPR "We welcome it. If Radio Free Europe is important for Europe, they can pay for it.") TVP World does a good job of reporting about Poland and Europe, but it seems the BBC believes Poland can use a more independent source of news. BBC will begin its BBC News Polska service -- text and video -- in June. BBC had a Polish service on radio from 1939 to 2005. A video of last week's Shortwave Radiogram (program 401) is provided by Scott in Ontario (Wednesday 1330 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis is provided by Roger in Germany. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 402, 22-28 May 2025, in MFSK modes as noted:  1:42  MFSK32: Program preview  2:56  MFSK32: EU to provide emergency funds for RFE/RL  5:34  MFSK64: NASA saves Voyager 1 from deep space doom* 11:04  MFSK64: This week's images* 27:55  MFSK32: Closing announcements * with images Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net And visit http://swradiogram.net Bluesky: swradiogram.bsky.social or https://swradiogram.bsky.social 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 THE SHORTWAVE RADIOGRAM TRANSMISSION SCHEDULE IS IN THE IMAGE IMMEDIATELY BELOW. IF THE IMAGE DOES NOT DISPLAY FULL WIDTH, CLICK ON IT.

Other Shortwave broadcast programs that include digital text and images include The Mighty KBC, Pop Shop Radio and Radio North Europe International (RNEI). Links to these fine broadcasts, with schedules, are posted here.

Sporty Porcupine in Alabama received these images, 19 May 2025, 0800-0830 UTC, 5850 kHz gtom WRMI Florida ... 

Results from the Wednesday 1330-1400 UTC broadcast, 15770 kHz from WRMI Florida, received here in Virginia using the $90 (now $100) C Crane CC Skywave 2 portable radio, using a spool antenna out the window, connected via the antenna jack ...

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Shortwave Radiogram, 1-14 May 2025 (program 400): Onward to program 800. Well, maybe program 700. More likely 600. We'll see if we reach program 500.

We have reached the milestone of 400 programs. Thank you for tuning in, keeping in touch, contributing to the socials, and for all your support. To celebrate our 400th program, we will transmit it twice. Due to family activities, the broadcast 1-7 May 2025 will be repeated  8-14 May 2025. If I am not eaten by a bear (who will suffer from indigestion), I will be back to produce program 401. For both news stories of program 400, I had to edit out some of the content to leave some time for images. Both stories are interesting, so follow the URLs for the full text. A video of last week's Shortwave Radiogram (program 399) is provided by Scott in Ontario (Wednesday 1330 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis is provided by Roger in Germany. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 400, 1-14  2025, in MFSK modes as noted:  1:44  MFSK32: Program preview  3:13  MFSK32: BBC Burmese on DTH channel formerly used by VOA  7:11  MFSK64: NIST launches new cesium fountain clock 10:30  MFSK64: This week's images 28:07  MFSK32: Closing announcements (and image) Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net And visit http://swradiogram.net Bluesky: swradiogram.bsky.social or https://swradiogram.bsky.social 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 THE SHORTWAVE RADIOGRAM TRANSMISSION SCHEDULE IS IN THE IMAGE IMMEDIATELY BELOW. IF THE IMAGE DOES NOT DISPLAY FULL WIDTH, CLICK ON IT.

Other Shortwave broadcast programs that include digital text and images include The Mighty KBC, Pop Shop Radio and Radio North Europe International (RNEI). Links to these fine broadcasts, with schedules, are posted here.

Tobias in Germany received these images 26 April 2025, 0230-0300 UTC, 9265 kHz from WINB Pennsylvania ...

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Shortwave Radiogram, 3-9 April 2025 (program 396): Maybe I can just take a nap and let AI produce the show

This week on Shortwave Radiogram, I violate my own rule against transmitting stories about AI. Artificial intelligence gets so much news and discussion we don't need more from SWRG. But this week's item involves propaganda and disinformation, sufficiently interesting to offset the IE stuff.

Also a story about the debate within the European Union about whether to provide funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Developments concerning this topic are moving quickly, so this news might be overtaken by events by our last transmission on April 9.

My Yaesu transceiver has developed an audio problem, so it will be going back to Yaesu for warranty service. For direct reception (not via an SDR) of the Wednesday 1330-1400 UTC broadcast, 15770 kHz, I swapped in my Sangean ATS-909X receiver. The nice thing about this Sangean receiver is that it has an external antenna jack, and a line-out jack, so that audio is not muted. My new Lenovo small-form-factor PC has a separate mic jack, not just one of those combo ports. I made sure of that when shopping for computers. So by way of a patch cord from the Sangean to the Lenovo, it worked.

There were some errors in the MFSK64 text. I noticed deep fades in the Fldigi waterfall. Probably the Sangean's AGC (assuming it has one) is not as good as my transceiver's AGC. And the images showed some interesting artifacts. Was there weird multipath between WRMI Florida and here in Virginia? Or was it caused by the Sangean and/or the unusual audio connection to Fldigi?

Scott in Ontario, called out on an errand, was unable to provide his usual video this past week. But H0B0_Radio provides this IQ file. You can open it in an SDR for various adjustments. The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis is provided by Roger in Germany. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 396, 3-9 April 2025, in MFSK modes as noted:  1:44  MFSK32: Program preview (now)  2:56  MFSK32: Russian propaganda outlet leverages AI  6:07  MFSK64: EU Lawmakers Debate Support For RFE/RL* 10:33  MFSK64: This week's images* 28:27  MFSK32: Closing announcements * with image(s) Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net And visit http://swradiogram.net Bluesky: swradiogram.bsky.social or https://swradiogram.bsky.social 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 THE SHORTWAVE RADIOGRAM TRANSMISSION SCHEDULE IS IN THE IMAGE IMMEDIATELY BELOW. IF THE IMAGE DOES NOT DISPLAY FULL WIDTH, CLICK ON IT.

Other Shortwave broadcast programs that include digital text and images include The Mighty KBC, Pop Shop Radio and Radio North Europe International (RNEI). Links to these fine broadcasts, with schedules, are posted here.

Max in Texas received these images 29 March 2025, 2300-2330 UTC, 9455 kHz from WRMI Florida ...

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Shortwave Radiogram, 12-18 September 2024 (program 2024): Digital modes still working their way across the Milky Way

The anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, earlier this week, generated memories of that event, including the role of the mass media. While I am still able to remember 23 years ago, I decided to post a series of tweets to my X/Twitter account @kaedotcom. I was a VOA broadcaster then and played a small part in providing coverage. Those tweets are consolidated into the MFSK32 text item in this week's broadcast. A listener alerted me to an anomaly at the swradiogram.net website. The Shortwave Radiogram transmission schedule, which displays correctly in the emails, is "clipped" on the left and right edges. If you click on that schedule, it displays completely from left to right. That will have to be the solution until I figure out a way to insert, quickly, tables in both the email (Mailchimp) and the website (Tumblr)  A video of last week's Shortwave Radiogram (program 369) is provided by Scott in Ontario (Wednesday 1330 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis is provided by Roger in Germany. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 370, 12-18 September 2024, in MFSK modes as noted:  1:40  MFSK32: Program preview  2:44  MFSK32: How VOA News Now covered 9/11  6:26  MFSK64: The Milky Way is bigger than we thought  8:57  MFSK64: This week's images 28:36  MFSK32: Closing announcements 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

The Shortwave Radiogram transmission schedule is in the image below. Click on the image to see the full width ...

Other Shortwave broadcast programs that include digital text and images include The Mighty KBC, Pop Shop Radio and Radio North Europe International (RNEI). Links to these fine broadcasts, with schedules, are posted here.

WØMM in Houston received these images Saturday, 7 September 2024, 2300-2330 UTC, on 7570 kHz from WRMI Florida ...