www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/radiogram.htm

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QUESTA E' IBC, ITALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
TRASMISSIONI IN ITALIANO:
MERCOLEDI' 20-22 UTC 6070 KHZ
VENERDI' 01-01.30 UTC 9955 KHZ
SABATO 01.30-02 UTC 11580 KHZ
website: HTTP://WWW.IBCRADIO.WEBS.COM
email: IBC@EUROPE.COM

"IBC DIGITAL" "IBC DIGITAL" "IBC DIGITAL"
 

OGNI MERCOLEDI' 20.30-21.00 UTC 6070 KHZ

-"RADIOPASSIONI" A CURA DI ANDREA LAWENDEL, IN MFSK 32 (1500 Hz)
-"DX ITALIA DX NEWS", NOTIZIE PER RADIOAMATORI TRATTE DAL BOLLETTINO DI I2MQP, IN OLIVIA 16-500 (2200 Hz)
 

OGNI VENERDI' 01.25-01.30 UTC 9955 KHZ IN MFSK32

OGNI SABATO 01.55-02 UTC 11580 KHZ IN MFSK32
-"DX ITALIA DX NEWS", NOTIZIE PER RADIOAMATORI TRATTE DAL BOLLETTINO DI I2MQP, IN MFSK 32 (1500 Hz)
BUONA DECODIFICA!
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"RADIOPASSIONI" "RADIOPASSIONI"
(http://www.radiopassioni.it/)

Larga banda in HF: una magia ionosferica moltiplica la capacità trasmissiva
Il satellite sembra aver risolto tutti i nostr problemi di comunicazione radio in situazioni "normali" e critiche, specialmente in ambiti professionali,
civili o militari che siano. Ma è davvero così? In realtà la comunicazione satellitare continua ad avere i suoi inconvenienti, anche facendo la tara dei
costi e delle complessità di qualsiasi messa in orbita. Le antenne del satellite possono non coprire adeguatamente le aree di trasmissione e ricezione,
oppure possono richiedere infrastrutture a terra non sempre dispiegabili con facilità, o ancora soffrire di disservizi di varia natura, incluse interferenze
e blackout.
Per questo motivo la propagazione HF via ionosferica continua a rappresentare una valida alternativa, che aziende e organizzazioni non smettono di studiare
ai fini di una ulteriore ottimizzazione delle tecniche trasmissive. Tra gli sperimentatori c'è MITRE Corporation (http://www.mitre.org/), una società no
profit che gestisce negli Stati Uniti una rete di centri di ricerca e sviluppo sponsorizzati a livello federale. MITRE ha richiesto e ottenuto dalla FCC, il
regolatore americano, un certo numero di frequenze HF per condurre la sperimentazione di un nuovo sistema di trasmissione dati a larga banda sulle onde
corte, un sistema che sfrutta la tecnica del MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) già ampiamente utilizzata per la telefonia cellulare LTE su frequenze
UHF-SHF.
MIMO consiste nell'utilizzare un unico canale radio, una singola frequenza per intendersi, per trasmettere più flussi di comunicazione che seguono percorsi
propagativi diversi. MITRE intende applicare questo stesso metodo alla trasmissione ionosferica in onde corte sfruttando una particolarità nota ma poco
conosciuta del magnetoplasma (la ionosfera è un plasma magnetizzato). Quando indirizziamo un segnale radio verso la ionosfera questo segnale si "splitta" in
più componenti magnetiche ortogonali. Due di queste componenti sono perpendicolari al campo elettrico trasmesso, il modo ordinario o O-mode (che in pratica
conserva le caratteristiche del segnale originario mentre questo attraverso il mezzo propagativo, in fisica si dice che ha la stessa "relazione di
dispersione") e il modo straordinario X-mode, che ha una relazione di dispersione più compessa.
Il risultato di questa separazione - matematicamente complessa - è molto semplice: sfruttando le due modalità in teoria è possibile trasmettere due canali
che operano sulla stessa identica frequenza e sullo stesso tracciato geografico, allargando la banda complessiva. MITRE, come spiega questo articolo di
TVTechnology (http://www.tvtechnology.com/distribution/0099/list-of-experimental-licenses-reveals-interesting-hf-data-comm-experiments/274152), ritiene di
poter ottenere densità comprese tra 1 e 4 bit per Hertz, in pratica un totale di 256 kilobit con correzione di errore per una banda di 100 kHz. I test appena
autorizzati dalla FCC (http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0112/DOC-331433A1.pdf) avverranno su frequenze comprese tra 2505.00 -
4100.00, 4210.00 - 4995.00, 5005.00 - 6210.00, 6320.0 - 8250.00, 8450.00 - 9995.00, 10005.00 - 12200.00, 13500.00 - 14990.00 e 15010.00 – 16000.00 kHz.
Un paper già pubblicato da MITRE (http://www.mitre.org/sites/default/files/publications/high-data-rate-wideband-HF-demo-14-1120.pdf), fornisce tutti i
dettagli di queste tecniche, mentre se volete leggere una analisi a uso e consumo dei radioamatori vi suggerisco questa presentazione della Katy Radio
Amateurs Society (http://www.katyars.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/HF-Propagation.pptx), tra l'altro molto utile per approfondire l'argomento della
propagazione in HF.

Il pubblico è connesso, un saggio esplora le nuove forme di partecipazione della creatività in radio
È uscita dall'editore universitario Routledge il saggio intitolato "Radio Audiences and Participation in the Age of Network Society"
(http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415739153/) l'ultima fatica di Tiziano Bonini curata insieme alla collega barcellonese Belén Monclús. I due
ricercatori universitari (Tiziano è anche regista e autore radiofonico) si concentrano su un aspetto particolare della radiofonia contemporanea: il suo
pubblico e in particolare sulle nuove forme di interazione - e co-creazione di contenuti - rese possibili dalle tecnologie della rete. Per la verità il tema
dell'interazione con la radio nel suo "farsi" non è una novità. Anzi la vera invenzione delle radio libere degli anni 70, almeno in Europa, non è stato il
modello economico basato sulla pubblicità (che già 40 anni fa era cosa vecchia), bensì l'interazione telefonica in diretta, qualcosa di impensabile per tutti
i 50 anni della controllatissima radiofonia pubblica, la quale frapponeva tra sé e l'ascoltatore una barriera impenetrabile, o quasi.
Oggi Internet consente forme di partecipazione innovative, che sono oggetto dell'analisi degli autori raccolti in questo saggio. Il libro ha anche una sua
pagina su Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Radio-Audience-and-Participation-in-the-Age-of-Network-Society/869169869799842) e direi che si inserisce
magnificamente anche in un contesto di funding partecipativo e di modelli alternativi per il finanziamento della programmazione radiofonica sia pubblica, sia
privata (tema, quello della finanza e economia partecipativa, che il professor Bonini segue già da tempo).
Il saggio è liberamente accessibile da Accademia.eu (http://www.academia.edu/10054211/The_Listener_as_Producer_the_Rise_of_the_Networked_Listener)

In Germania la radio digitale fa sempre più presa
In Germania la radio digitale DAB+ viene presa sempre più sul serio e a quattro anni dal rilancio (ricordo che in Germania la prima fase del DAB era stata dichiarata fallimentare dalla magistratura contabile, che aveva fissato le regole per un rifinanziamento in
compartecipazione pubblica e privata) avrebbe secondo il responsabile del consorzio promotore DRD Digitalradio Deutschland (http://www.digitalradio.de/index.php/de/), un "punto di non ritorno", in termini di offerta di programmi, percentuali di ascolto e apparecchi
venduti. In effetti i modelli di radio digitale saranno ancora più numerosi all'IFA di Berlino, il grande salone dell'elettronica di consumo che si aprirà a inizio settembre. Tra questi, una delle radio più curiose che mi si capitato di vedere: è concepita come
ricevitore direttamente integrato in una spina schuko da inserire nella presa, senza cavi visibili (ma viene fornita una antenna removibile in caso il segnale fosse troppo debole):
Ubisound2go viene prodotta dalla società UbiSound (http://ubisound.de/produkt/), è disponibile nei colori bianco e nero e costa 119 euro. Pensata come kitchen radio o per il tavolino da notte, può essere facilmente messa in valigia per i viaggi perché pesa circa tre
etti.

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"RADIOPASSIONI" "RADIOPASSIONI" "RADIOPASSIONI"
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"IBC DIGITAL" "IBC DIGITAL"
SWITCH NOW TO OLIVIA 16-500(2200 Hz)
 

RSID: <<2016-08-03T20:42Z OL 16-500 @ 6070000+2200>>
 

START

"DX ITALIA DX NEWS" by I2MQP

ON NOW OR WITHIN NEXT WEEK - IN ARIA ORA O ENTRO UNA SETTIMANA
5Z Kenya Now - Aug end JM1CAX as /5Z4 qsl H.C.
8T Antartica Now - Dec 2016 VU3BPZ as BT2BH qsl I1HYW
9A Croatia Aug 1 - Sep 30 PA4JJ as /9A qsl OQRS
D2 Angola NOW CT1CRS as D2XX. No more details qsl H.C.
JD Minami Torishima Aug - Sep JG8NQJ as /8 qsl JA8CJY dir JG8NQJ bur
OH0 Aland Aug 6 - Aug 11 OH2IS as /OH0
T2 Tuvalu Jul 21 - Aug 18 KC0W as T2COW
UA Russia Jun 3 - Sep 3 RI1C from several islands in the EU-133 qsl RW1F OQRS
V3 Belize Now - Oct end PA0C as V31HV & V31HV/p qsl H.C. dir
V3 Belize Jul 23 - Aug 12 W2JHP as V31TA qsl EA5GL dir only
YJ Vanatu Jul 25 - Aug 20 YJ8RN as /p from OC-110 qsl NZ4DX

FUTURE OPERATIONS --- OPERAZIONI FUTURE
3D2 Fiji Oct 21 - Oct 25 JA1NLX & JI1CNA as 3D2YA qsl OQRS only
3W Vietnam Oct 29 - Oct 30 N0ODK as 3W2DK qsl H.C.
3Y Bouvet 2016 - 2017 3Y0F will be the call of the expedition managed by UN7PCZ
3Y Bouvet Dec 1 2017 - Jan 31 2018 K0IR K4UEE & LA6VM are announcing their operation
6V Senegal Nov 7 - Nov 19 Italian team from AF-045 as 6V1IS qsl IK7JWX
6Y Jamaica Aug 6 - Aug 20 DK9PY as 6Y6N qsl H.C.
6Y Jamaica Oct 21 - Nov 1 N4SF,K8AJ & W4GE as /6Y. As 6Y4V in the contest qsl Dir AA4V LoTW
8P Barbados Oct 28 - Oct 29 8P6ET as 8P1W qsl KU9C
8Q Maldives Nov 20 - Dec 3 SP team as 8Q7SP SP6FXY qsl OQRS bur
9K Kuwait Oct 29 - Oct 30 OK2GS as 9K2K qsl Clublog
9M6 E.Malaysia Nov 26 - Nov 27 JE1JKL as 9M6NA from OC133 qsl H.C. LoTW
BS7 Scarborou gh. Reef 2016 A BY group is planning a possible operation
CE Chile Nov 14 - Nov 11 XR5M from SA-061 qsl CE6CT
CE0X San Felix April 2017 CE5WQO announce an expedition for next year in april
CE0Y Easter Isl. Oct 24 - Dec 2 RZ3FW as CE0Y/RZ3FW and R4WAA as CE0Y/R4WAA qsl H.C.
CT8 Azores Aug 5 - Aug 19 F5IRO as /CT8 from EU-003 qsl H.C dir & bur
CY St. Paul Aug 19 - Aug 29 CY9C 11 ops with 2 stations qsl WA4DAN OQRS
D6 Comoros Sep 18 - Oct 1 OK1FPS, OK1FCJ OK6DJ as D66D qsl OK6DJ Clublog

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"DX ITALIA DX NEWS" by I2MQP

"IBC DIGITAL"
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Hello and welcome to DigiDX 23, a weekly review of the latest shortwave
and DX news broadcast mainly in MFSK32 mode. This broadcast includes
shortwave news, part two of a review of a review by Thomas Witherspoon
of the BST-1 car shortwave and the e-QSL card,


DigiDX weekly schedule:
Sunday 2130 - 15770kHz via WRMI (Okeechobee, FL, USA)
Sunday 2330 - 11580kHz via WRMI (Okeechobee, FL, USA)
Monday 2000 - 6070kHz via Channel 292 (Rohrbach Wall, DE)
Daily 0530/1830 - 6070kHz via Channel 292 (Rohrbach Wall, DE)

Thanks to Channel 292 broadcasting the extra daily repeats of DigiDX,
to buy shortwave time from Channel 292 at very reasonable prices go to
http://www.channel292.de.

Any other extra broadcasts will be listed on http://www.digidx.uk

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Thanks very much to listeners Oscar Marazzini, Alan Gale, Jordan
Heyburn, Fred Albertson, Mike Stapp, Mark Braunstein and Richard Langley
for contributing via Paypal or to the Patreon campaign.



Latest Shortwave News:

Classics Experience with Paul Walker returns to shortwave
Radio New Zealand International new schedule
New clandestine for Eritrea
Russia to start using two new OTH radar systems
 

Classics Experience with Paul Walker returns to shortwave

Alaska based DJ Paul Walker is back with another edition of his The Classics Experience broadcast.
This broadcast will be two hours long and includes rock and roll music
with some country classics scattered in and occasionally a few audio
surprises. For the first time it will also have a broadcast from Armenia
targeted towards Asia and in particular Japan.

The broadcast will take place on the 26th and 27th of August with the
following schedule:

26th August - WRMI 7570kHz to the West coast of the US and Canada 0400-0600
26th August - WRMI 11580kHz to the east coast of the us and Western Europe 2100-2300
27th August - WINB 9265khz 0330 to 0530
26th August - Channel 292 6070kHz to Europe 2200-2400

Frequency and time for broadcast to Asia / Japan is TBA.

The last broadcast of the Classics Experience included MFSK32 mode text
and images and hopefully the next broadcast also includes some digital
modes.


New clandestine for Eritrea

Last week DigiDX reported on Radio Adel broadcasting to Eritrea every
Wednesday and Saturday on 15205kHz. Another Eritrean clandestine has
started broadcasting on this frequency on Tuesdays called Radio
Al-Mukhtar.

The first half hour at 1500 is in Arabic and the 2nd half is in the
Tigrinya language. As with Radio Adel this clandestine is believed to be broadcast from Issoudun, France.
 

Radio New Zealand International new schedule

Radio New Zealand has a new shortwave schedule which came into
operation on the 29th of July. The main change being 7245kHz replacing
9700kHz from 0659 to 1258 daily. The full schedule is below:

UTC       kHz         Target                      Days
0000-0458 15720 (AM)  Pacific                     Daily
0459-0658 11725 (AM)  Pacific                     Daily
0659-1058  7245 (AM)  Pacific                     Daily
1059-1258  7245 (AM)  PNG                         Daily
1259-1858  6170 (AM)  Pacific                     Sat
1259-1650  6170 (AM)  Pacific                     Sun-Fri
1651-1850  5975 (DRM) Cook Islands, Tonga, Samoa  Sun-Fri
1850-1950  9760 (DRM) Cook Islands, Tonga, Samoa  Sun-Fri
1859-1958  9700 (AM)  Pacific                     Sat
1951-2050 11690 (DRM) Pacific                     Sun-Fri
1959-2058 11725 (AM)  Pacific                     Sat
2051-0000 15720 (AM)  Pacific                     Daily
 

Russia to start using two new OTH radar systems

Russian Interfax news agency reported that Russia may attempt to
compensate for the increase in NATO’s military activity by placing two
new radar stations in the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea, which would be
able to control the 200-mile coastal zone. "It is expected that modified
Podsolnuh (Sunflower) over-the-horizon radar units will start combat
duty in the Baltic Sea in 2017," Interfax’s source said, adding that
similar radar could be deployed in the Crimea in 2017. “It can see any
warship that sails through the Bosporus Strait." The Podsolnuh radar
system passed the Russian government tests in 2006. E8eree
stations currently on duty: one in the Sea of Okhotsk, another in the
Sea of Japan and the third in the Caspian Sea. Podsolnuh allows its
operators to automatically and simultaneously detect, track and classify
potential threats beyond the radio horizon. It can find up to 300
offshore objects and 100 air objects, determine their coordinates and
transfer them to targeting complexes and systems of armed naval vessels
and air defense systems. In June, Podsolnuh’s developer, RTI, told
Interfax that the company plans to supply the Ministry of Defense of the
Russian Federation with several more radars in the future. "In 2017, the
Russian Defense Ministry plans to purchase several stations for the Navy
that will be deployed in the Arctic, as well as at the southern and
western borders of Russia," said the Director General of RTI, Sergey
Boev. In March, Podsolnuh guided warships of the Caspian fleet equipped

with the Caliber-NK missile complex during naval military exercises.

Story from UA wire - http://uawire.org/news/russia-to-deploy-two-powerful-radar-systems-in-the-baltic-and-black-seas

Upcoming relays and special broadcasts:

VOA Radiogram will be on air this weekend on the following frequencies, for more information on the modes to be used visit http://voaradiogram.net/

Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17580 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz

All broadcasts are from Greenville, NC.

IBC - Italian Broadcasting Corporation has added a digital mode broadcast to weekly broadcast via Channel 292 on 6070kHz.

The entire broadcast is Wednesday 2000 to 2200 UTC, with MFSK32 followed by Olivia 16-500 at 2030-2100 UTC. The text includes DX and amateur radio news.


A digital part to the broadcast has also been added to the transmissions via WRMI

Friday 0125-0200 UTC on 9955 kHz which is part of their 0100-0130 broadcast.
Saturday 0155-0200 UTC on 11580 kHz, part of its 0130-0200 broadcast.

For more information and the complete schedule see http://ibcradio.webs.com/




Now we have part two of a review of the BST-1 car shortwave radio by Thomas
Witherspoon. The following article originally appeared in the June 2016
issue of The Spectrum Monitor Magazine -
http://www.thespectrummonitor.com/

Performance

Studenberg’s tuning system is amazingly multifunctional, permitting
the tuner to keep his/her hands on the wheel––and car on the
road!––while simultaneously pursuing the SWL hobby. My very first
day on the road with the BST-1, I was pretty impressed with its
performance.

Of course, “mileage may vary” depending on your particular vehicle
and receiver installation, but in my case the BST-1 proved to be a
fairly quiet receiver on the road. I heard no significant RF noise due
to the car’s ignition or engine, and the FM transmitter audio link
worked very effectively. I live in a relatively rural area with only a
few broadcasters in the BST-1’s 88.3 – 88.9 MHz transmitter range.
There is, however, a fairly strong broadcaster on 88.9, but surprisingly
the BST-1’s FM transmitter is strong enough that my car’s FM
receiver blocks it. Not bad!

Additionally, the shortwave audio is unexpectedly good through my
car’s audio system. The 5 kHz/3kHz bandwidth selections are
appropriate for decent audio fidelity; indeed, the 5 kHz filter actually
sounds more like a 7 kHz filter to my ears.

In terms of sensitivity, the BST-1 exceeds my expectations. The
sensitivity is ample enough to receive almost every domestic shortwave
broadcaster, strong international broadcasters, and time stations like
WWV and CHU Canada. To be fair, I’m sure the sensitivity is being
hampered somewhat by the fact the receiver must operate in a mobile
environment with the accompanying local interference, but it’s still
quite capable.


In the time I’ve been using the BST-1, I’ve logged the following stations here in eastern North America while mobile:

WRMI
Radio Australia
Radio Havana Cuba
HM01 (Numbers Station)
WWCR
WTWW
China Radio International
All India Radio
WBCQ

Of course, here in North America (during the daytime especially),
you’ll hear a lot of the Overcomer Ministries via various
private/religious broadcasters. Most of the time, these broadcasts are
received as clearly as a local AM broadcaster.

In terms of selectivity, the BST-1 is effective. For about ninety
percent of my listening, it rejects adjacent signal interference. In
extreme cases—like that of Radio Australia (9,580 kHz), which
experiences regular interference from China Radio International (9,570
kHz)—it struggles. But in truth, only the very best of my
receivers—typically ones with selectable sync detection—can mitigate
most of CRI’s spurious emissions. In other words, I’m pleased I’m
able to listen to Radio Australia with the BST-1 despite the noise from
CRI.

 

The BST-1 is unlike any other receiver I’ve reviewed here on the SWLing Post. So let’s get to the point: is it worth the purchase?
 

What the BST-1 isn’t

If you’re looking for a receiver to snag rare and weak DX while
mobile, you will be disappointed. Expectations should be kept in line on
this point. Especially while your car is running, the BST-1 simply
doesn’t have the characteristics of a DX receiver (low noise floor
combined with excellent sensitivity and a super stable AGC, for
example).

And frankly, the process of band-scanning in 5 kHz steps seeking an
elusive weak-signal station would not be fun.



What the BST-1 is

Simply put: the BST-1 is a lot of fun! Without breaking the bank, the
BST-1 can bring many of your favorite broadcasters, and the SWL
experience, to your vehicle. Once memories are loaded, it’s a simple
process to scan them manually or automatically. And at night? You may
very well snag serious DX here and there—especially if parked in an
area far away from urban radio interference.

In short, the BST-1 is simple to use, unobtrusive, and, frankly, does
what it’s designed to do: permit you to SWL in your car.




Summary

Invariably, all radios have strengths and weaknesses; here’s a list of
my notes from the moment I put the BST-1 on the air:


Pros:

Simple installation for a mobile radio
Ample sensitivity & selectivity
Little ignition/alternator noise in tested installation
Surprisingly good audio via FM transmitter link
Remote control/key fob (see cons)
Non-distracting while driving
Easily-to-learn common commands
Responsive beeps and “click” sounds to aid tuning
Two ways to connect to a DC source: 12V plug or traditional two-wire
Two AM bandwidths
Two sensitivity settings
Appropriate 5 kHz steps for broadcasting tuning
RDS tags work amazingly well (see con)
 

Cons:

Remote control/key fob (see pros)
Learning curve for infrequently used functions
Audio feedback only (no visual feedback) if your car’s radio doesn’t have RDS capability
Only two buttons control twelve functions
Limited tuning functionality (5 kHz steps up/down with band scan and memory scan)
No SSB
No sync detection
BST-1-Receiver-Label-Alt
 

In conclusion, I’m so glad I finally installed the BST-1. If your
vehicle has a RDS capabilities, the BST-1 will feel like a
fully-integrated part of your mobile audio system. Even without
RDS–like my situation–it still packs a lot of punch and is
impressively engineered for distraction-free operation..

I must admit, it’s awfully magical to be driving down the highway here
in the States, listening to, for example, Radio Australia, some 15,700
km away… So if you travel or commute regularly, and you love SWL, this
little mobile shortwave receiver might be just made-to-order for you,
too.

At $179.50 plus shipping, the BST-1 costs about the same as a decent
portable shortwave receiver–a good value in my book!


For information on ordering the BST-1 go to http://carshortwaveradio.com/

There now follows an image of the BST-1 reciever, published in the
review with the captain below : The BST-1 has the same form-factor
of most SDRs: a black box. The small size and light weight make it
ideal for stashing under a seat or in your vehicle’s trunk.
 

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Now we have the e-QSL card image, today as an MFSK64 image.
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Thank you for all the reception reports sent in for last weeks broadcast
and its good to see many people were able to decode the SVG image file.
Several email reports also recognised the logo as the Radio Free Europe
/ Radio Liberty logo for example Jonathan Coles in Canada wrote to say
"The SVG file is, I believe, the Radio Free Europe logo.".

Richard Langley also in Canada emailed regarding the logo "I am quite
familiar with the RFE/RL logo as I had recently used it for illustrating
my archived recording of the last Radio Liberty evening broadcast in
Russian on shortwave:
http://shortwavearchive.com/archive/radio-svoboda-june-25-2016 I also
came across an interesting news item in the archives of "The Ukrainian
Weekly" on the adoption of the RFE/RL orange flame logo on 30 March
2005, replacing the previously used "Freedom Bell" logo:
http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/2005/150511.shtml"

Thank for that interesting article and link to your recording. Thanks
also to Mark Hirst for converting that logo to SVG.

 

RSID: <<2016-08-01T20:28Z MFSK-32 @ 6070000+1500>>


Also included in the broadacst was information on the special
anniversary broadcasts C.DX.A Internacional Club in Venezuela. Rafael
Rodriguez from Columbia emailed reports@digidx.uk to say "Many thanks to
include the news about special program from C.DX.A Internacional Club, I
am a member and represent in Colombia". Nester Vargas from Venezuela
says "Acceptable signal decoding that allowed 100 % of the text , great
logo "Clubd Diexistas de la Amistad" from Venezuela Friendship which has
unfortunately illegible names listeners . On the other hand the SVG and
HTML format are an alternative for sending texts and images with good
resolution through this medium".

Finally Williams Lopez who sent us the news about this special broadcast
emailed saying "Thank very much for promotion our program club
DX...!!!!".

Thank you for listening, please send reports, comments and shortwave
related news or articles to reports@digidx.uk. This is DigiDX Signing
off.....

 

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RSID: <<2016-08-02T18:30Z OL 8-1K @ 6070000+2200>>



Hello and welcome to the extra version of DigiDX 23, a weekly review of the latest shortwave and DX news broadcast experimenting with various digital modes. This extra broadcast includes shortwave news and the e-QSL card.


--- LATEST SHORTWAVE NEWS ---

Classics Experience with Paul Walker returns to shortwave

Alaska based DJ Paul Walker is back with another edition of his The Classics Experience broadcast.
This broadcast will be two hours long and includes rock and roll music with some country classics scattered in and occasionally a few audio surprises. For the first time it will also have a broadcast from Armenia targeted towards Asia and in particular Japan.

The broadcast will take place on the 26th and 27th of August with the following schedule:

26th August - WRMI 7570 kHz to the West coast of the US and Canada 0400-0600
26th August - WRMI 11580 kHz to the east coast of the us and Western Europe 2100-2300
27th August - WINB 9265 kHz 0330 to 0530
26th August - Channel 292 6070 kHz to Europe 2200-2400

Frequency and time for broadcast to Asia / Japan is TBA.                                 ["to be announced" / wird noch angekündigt]

The last broadcast of the Classics Experience included MFSK32 mode text and images and hopefully the next broadcast also includes some digital modes.
 

New clandestine for Eritrea

Last week DigiDX reported on Radio Adel broadcasting to Eritrea every Wednesday and Saturday on 15205 kHz. Another Eritrean clandestine has started broadcasting on this frequency on Tuesdays called Radio Al-Mukhtar.

The first half hour at 1500 is in Arabic and the 2nd half is in the Tigrinya language. As with Radio Adel this clandestine is believed to be broadcast from Issoudun, France.

 

Radio New Zealand International new schedule

Radio New Zealand has a new shortwave schedule which came into operation on the 29th of July. The main change being 7245 kHz replacing 9700 kHz from 0659 to 1258 daily. The full schedule is below:

 

UTC       kHz         Target                      Days
0000-0458 15720 (AM)  Pacific                     Daily
0459-0658 11725 (AM)  Pacific                     Daily
0659-1058  7245 (AM)  Pacific                     Daily
1059-1258  7245 (AM)  PNG                         Daily
1259-1858  6170 (AM)  Pacific                     Sat
1259-1650  6170 (AM)  Pacific                     Sun-Fri
1651-1850  5975 (DRM) Cook Islands, Tonga, Samoa  Sun-Fri
1850-1950  9760 (DRM) Cook Islands, Tonga, Samoa  Sun-Fri
1859-1958  9700 (AM)  Pacific                     Sat
1951-2050 11690 (DRM) Pacific                     Sun-Fri
1959-2058 11725 (AM)  Pacific                     Sat
2051-0000 15720 (AM)  Pacific                     Daily

Russia to start using two new OTH radar systems

Russian Interfax news agency reported that Russia may attempt to compensate for the increase in NATO’s military activity by placing two new radar stations in the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea, which would be able to control the 200-mile coastal zone. "It is expected
that modified Podsolnuh (Sunflower) over-the-horizon radar units will start combat duty in the Baltic Sea in 2017," Interfax’s source said, adding that similar radar could be deployed in the Crimea in 2017. “It can see any warship that sails through the Bosporus
Strait." The Podsolnuh radar system passed the Russian government tests in 2006. There are three stations currently on duty: one in the Sea of Okhotsk, another in the Sea of Japan and the third in the Caspian Sea. Podsolnuh allows its operators to automatically and
simultaneously detect, track and classify potential threats beyond the radio horizon. It can find up to 300 offshore objects and 100 air objects, determine their coordinates and transfer them to targeting complexes and systems of armed naval vessels and air defense
systems. In June, Podsolnuh’s developer, RTI, told Interfax that the company plans to supply the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation with several more radars in the future. "In 2017, the Russian Defense Ministry plans to purchase several stations for the
Navy that will be deployed in the Arctic, as well as at the southern and western borders of Russia," said the Director General of RTI, Sergey Boev. In March, Podsolnuh guided warships of the Caspian fleet equipped with the Caliber-NK missile complex during naval
military exercises.

Story from UA wire - http://uawire.org/news/russia-to-deploy-two-powerful-radar-systems-in-the-baltic-and-black-seas

 

--- UPCOMING RELAYS AND SPECIAL BROADCASTS ---

VOA Radiogram will be on air this weekend on the following frequencies, for more information on the modes to be used visit http://voaradiogram.net/

Sat 0930-1000  5745 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17580 kHz
Sun 0230-0300  5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz

All broadcasts are from Greenville, NC.

 

IBC - Italian Broadcasting Corporation weekly digital mode broadcasts:

Wednesday 2030-2100 UTC on 6070 kHz via Channel 292 in MFSK32@1500Hz followed by Olivia 16-500@2200Hz (part of their 2000-2200 broadcast)
Friday 0125-0130 UTC on 9955 kHz via WRMI in MFSK32 (part of their 0100-0130 broadcast).
Saturday 0155-0200 UTC on 11580 kHz via WRMI (part of their 0130-0200 broadcast).

For more information and the complete schedule see http://ibcradio.webs.com/


 

Now follows this week's e-QSL card in html format. The html code has been edited, in order the output to look similar to the original eQSL image, and it has been stripped down to the essential code in the direction of reducing the transmission time.

In order to view the QSL card, please copy the received text from <html> to </html> to a text editor and save it as html file (e.g. QSL22.html) which can be viewed in your favourite browser.

Thank you for all the reception reports sent in for last week’s broadcast and it’s good to see many people were able to decode the SVG image file. Several email reports also recognised the logo as the Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty logo for example Jonathan Coles
in Canada wrote to say "The SVG file is, I believe, the Radio Free Europe logo.".

Richard Langley also in Canada emailed regarding the logo "I am quite familiar with the RFE/RL logo as I had recently used it for illustrating my archived recording of the last Radio Liberty evening broadcast in Russian on shortwave:

http://shortwavearchive.com/archive/radio-svoboda-june-25-2016 I also came across an interesting news item in the archives of "The Ukrainian Weekly" on the adoption of the RFE/RL orange flame logo on 30 March 2005, replacing the previously used "Freedom Bell" logo:

http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/2005/150511.shtml"

Thank for that interesting article and link to your recording. Thanks also to Mark Hirst for converting that logo to SVG.

Also included in the broadacst was information on the special anniversary broadcasts C.DX.A Internacional Club in Venezuela. Rafael Rodriguez from Colombia emailed reports@digidx.uk to say "Many thanks to include the news about special program from C.DX.A Internacion
al Club, I am a member and represent in Colombia". Nester Vargas from Venezuela says "Acceptable signal decoding that allowed 100% of the text, great logo "Club Diexistas de la Amistad" from Venezuela Friendship which has unfortunately illegible names listeners. On
the other hand the SVG and HTML format are an alternative for sending texts and images with good resolution through this medium".

Finally Williams Lopez who sent us the news about this special broadcast emailed saying "Thank very much for promotion our program club DX...!!!!".



DigiDX weekly schedule:
Sunday 2130 - 15770 kHz via WRMI (Okeechobee, FL, USA)
Sunday 2330 - 11580 kHz via WRMI (Okeechobee, FL, USA)
Monday 2000 - 6070 kHz via Channel 292 (Rohrbach Wall, DE)
Daily 0530/1830 - 6070 kHz via Channel 292 (Rohrbach Wall, DE)

Any other extra broadcasts will be listed on http://www.digidx.uk

If you enjoy DigiDX and find the service useful please consider donating via Paypal to reports@digidx.uk or via our Patreon page. Any money donated will go towards paying for airtime to keep DigiDX on the air to Europe and North America.

Every donation will help no matter how little
-https://www.patreon.com/digidx. / reports@digidx.uk



Thank you for listening, please send reports, comments and shortwave related news or articles to reports@digidx.uk.

This is DigiDX Signing off...
 

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RSID: <<2016-07-31T00:31Z MFSK-32 @ webstream+1500>>


This photo of Dutch summer foliage, provided by Edwin Simonis, DJ
on KBC 1602AM/DAB+, should look good even via shortwave ...

 

https://www.facebook.com/TheMightyKbc/posts/1130985640276553

Please report decode to themightykbc@gmail.com

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