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Welcome to program 397 of Shortwave Radiogram.

I'm Kim Andrew Elliott in Arlington, Virginia USA.

Here is the lineup for today's program, in MFSK modes as noted:

  1:46 MFSK32: Program preview (now)
  3:01 MFSK32: Asteroid briefly threatened Earth but may hit moon
  8:11 MFSK64: RFA radio transmissions to China, Tibet halted*
13:03 MFSK64: This week's images*
27:31 MFSK32: Closing announcements

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From AFP via Phys.org:

Rising odds asteroid that briefly threatened Earth will hit moon

April 3, 2025

Scientists are now hoping that the asteroid will smash into the
Moon.

A huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a
nearly 4% chance of smashing into the moon, according to new data
from the James Webb Space Telescope.

The asteroid, thought to be capable of leveling a city, set a new
record in February for having the highest chance—3.1%—of hitting
our home planet than scientists have ever measured.

Earth's planetary defense community leapt into action and further
observations quickly ruled out that the asteroid—called 2024
YR4—will strike Earth on December 22, 2032.

But the odds that it will instead crash into Earth's satellite
have been steadily rising.

After the Webb telescope turned its powerful gaze towards the
asteroid last month, the chance of a moon shot is now at 3.8%,
NASA said.

"There is still a 96.2% chance that the asteroid will miss the
moon," NASA said in a statement on Thursday.

Richard Moissl, head of the European Space Agency's planetary
defense office, told AFP that this aligned with their internal
estimates of around 4%.

The new Webb data also shed light on the size of the space rock,
which was previously estimated to be between 40 and 90 meters
(131 to 295 feet).

It is now believed to be 53 to 67 meters, roughly the height of a
15-story building.

This is significant because it is bigger than the 50-meter
threshold for activating planetary defense plans.

If the asteroid still had a more than 1% chance of hitting Earth,
"the development of one or more deflection missions would already
be starting now", Moissl said.

There are a range of ideas for how Earth could fend off an
oncoming asteroid, including nuclear weapons and lasers.

But only one has been tested on an actual asteroid. In 2022,
NASA's DART mission successfully altered a harmless asteroid's
trajectory by smashing a spacecraft into it.
'Perfect opportunity'

While no one wanted to need to test Earth's defenses on the
potentially hugely destructive asteroid 2024 YR4, many scientists
are hoping it will strike the moon.

"The possibility of getting a chance for an observation of a
sizable moon impact is indeed an interesting scenario from a
scientific point of view," Moissl said.

It could offer up a range of information that would be "valuable
for planetary defense purposes," he added.

Mark Burchell, a space scientist at the UK's University of Kent,
told New Scientist that a moon hit would be "a great experiment
and a perfect opportunity".

And on Earth, "telescopes would certainly see it, I would say,
and binoculars might see it," he added.

The asteroid is the smallest object ever targeted by the Webb
telescope.

Webb's measurements of the space rock's thermal data indicate
that it "does not share properties observed in larger asteroids",
the European Space Agency said in a statement.

"This is likely a combination of its fast spin and lack of
fine-grained sand on its surface," it said, adding that this was
more common in fist-sized asteroids.

More information will come when Webb again observes the asteroid
again next month

https://phys.org/news/2025-04-odds-asteroid-briefly-threatened-earth.html
 

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From Radio Free Asia:

RFA radio transmissions to China, Tibet halted

Relay stations owned or leased by US government no longer
carrying Radio Free Asia broadcasts

By RFA Staff
April 4, 2025

Radio Free Asia announced this week that its radio broadcasts
have been drastically cut as transmissions were halted from relay
stations owned or leased by the U.S. government.

RFA informed listeners on Thursday that shortwave radio
broadcasts for its Mandarin, Tibetan and Lao language services
have stopped entirely. The broadcaster, which is funded by the
U.S. Congress, said a heavily reduced schedule remains in place
for RFA Burmese, Khmer, Korean and Uyghur language services.

The U.S. Agency for Global Media, or USAGM, which oversees RFA,
abruptly terminated its federal grant on March 15. RFA has since
been forced to furlough most of its staff, and filed a lawsuit
last week, seeking to restore the funding on the grounds that the
termination violated federal laws.

The Trump administration has moved to slash news organizations
funded by the U.S. Congress, including Voice of America and those
funded through federal grants like RFA and Radio Free
Europe/Radio Liberty, as part of its drive to reduce government
spending.

With its reducing staffing, RFA is still providing limited news
updates on its website and social media in all nine languages it
serves. The broadcaster was established in 1996, and sends news
to countries and regions across Asia that have little or no press
freedom, such as North Korea, China, Myanmar and Vietnam.

Monitoring of radio frequencies previously used by RFA indicates
that transmissions from shortwave and mediumwave relay stations
owned or leased by USAGM have halted in the past week, meaning
the hours of radio broadcasts have been slashed from 63 hours in
March to just seven hours now.

That is based on review of an online Remote Monitoring System
that is maintained by USAGM that provides short audio samples of
radio frequencies in regions served by the broadcasters it
oversees.

In late 2023, RFA had 126 hours of transmissions per day, before
an earlier slew of shortwave cuts.

The few remaining broadcast hours are based on transmissions from
relay stations not owned or leased by the U.S. government.

'Lost a lifeline to the truth'

Audience research and anecdotal reporting by RFA suggests that
over the past decade or more, use of shortwave and mediumwave
radio has reduced but it remains an important option in regions
where internet access is poor or subject to official censorship
and scrutiny.

"For millions living in North Korea and China's Tibetan and
Uyghur regions, RFA's exclusive news and content can only be
accessed through shortwave transmissions. Now those populations
are being cut off, as are people in Myanmar who are reeling in
the wake of a devastating earthquake when radio is a crucial
medium," said Rohit Mahajan, RFA's chief communications officer.

"They have lost a lifeline to the truth precisely at a moment
when it's needed most," Mahajan said.

RFA Burmese has received growing requests since the March 28
earthquake in central Myanmar for more radio broadcasts because
of disruptions to the internet since the 7.7 magnitude temblor
that killed more than 3,000 people.

Kyaw Kyaw Aung, director of RFA Burmese, said that in the
aftermath of the earthquake, the service had received requests
for more shortwave broadcasts in Rakhine state, a conflict-hit
area of western Myanmar which largely escaped the quake but has
poor internet access.

"Only a few people with access to the military-run, state-owned
MRTV shortwave radio knew about the disaster after it happened,
and the reporting was heavily censored," said Kyaw Kyaw Aung, who
has been anchoring a 15-minute RFA daily news broadcast since the
earthquake. "Our followers were strongly requesting RFA radio."

https://www.rfa.org/english/asia/2025/04/04/china-tibet-shortwave-radio-free-asia/
 

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This week's images ...


"The train to Edinburgh crossing the Forth Rail Bridge at sunset"
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The iconic Mont Saint-Michel at sunset in Normandy, France, March
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One of the spring blooms in the Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Morris
Township, New Jersey. tinyurl.com/22s5vcxh ...

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The unmistakable neon sign atop the Penn Wells Hotel in
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. tinyurl.com/2d7jhfj5 ...

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Male Northern Flicker in Deception Pass State Park, Fidalgo
Island, Washington state, April 2. tinyurl.com/23g4rvvf ...

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Sunrise behind the ocotillo plants at Anza Borrego Desert State
Park, California. tinyurl.com/24sjhq9o ...

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Witch hazel blooming in the Nichols Arboretum, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor. tinyurl.com/22w4bx59 ...

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Our painting of the week is "Blue Protector" (2012) by
Tibetan-Nepalese-American artist
Tsherin Sherpa (b. 1968). tinyurl.com/2ac6p9kd ...

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