VoA radiogram #179

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RSID: <<2016-09-03T16:01Z MFSK-32 @ HYBRID-17580000+1500>>

Welcome to program 179 of VOA Radiogram from the Voice of
America.

I'm Kim Andrew Elliott in Washington.

Here is the lineup for today's program, all in MFSK32 centered on
1500 Hz, except where noted:

1:38 Program preview (now)
3:01 Astronomers give odd radio signal another look*
8:34 Princeton University revives a large satellite receiver*
15:42 Storm Hermine might disrupt this weekend's show*
19:22 QRP transceivers as shortwave broadcast receivers*
22:31 Photo from Juno flyby of Jupiter*
26:07 Closing announcements*
28:27 Olivia 64-2000: ASCII art under closing music
(use monospace font, eg Courier)

* with image

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What Was That? California Astronomers Give Odd Radio Signal
Another Look

Reuters via voanews.com
August 30, 2016

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - A curious radio signal picked up by a
Russian telescope is probably not a transmission from an
extraterrestrial civilization, but astronomers in California are
taking a second look anyway, the SETI Institute said Tuesday.

Russian astronomers last year detected what appeared to be a
non-naturally occurring radio signal in the general location of a
star system 94 light-years from Earth.

Their findings emerged after Italian researcher Claudio Maccone,
who chairs the International Academy of Astronautics committee on
the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or SETI, told
colleagues of a presentation he'd heard about the signal, said
Seth Shostak, a director at the SETI Institute.

"I don't think we're taking it terribly seriously," Shostak said.
"The Russians looked in this direction 39 times, and as best we
can tell they found it once."

Most likely, the radio signal was caused by terrestrial
interference or a satellite, a common occurrence, Shostak told
Reuters.

If the Russians thought they had a serious signal from ET, he
said, they also most likely would have disclosed it sooner.

"They didn't say anything about it for more than year. If we had
found a signal, we'd check it out and call up other astronomers
to check it out as well," Shostak said.

Neptune-sized planet

Nevertheless, SETI astronomers have spent the last two nights
using an array of radio telescopes in California to study the
suspect star, HD 164595, which has one known planet in orbit.

The planet is about the size of Neptune, but circles its star far
closer than Mercury orbits the sun. HD 164595 could have other
planets in orbit that are more suitably positioned for water,
which is believed to be necessary for life.

So far, though, astronomers have not detected any unusual signals
from the star, Shostak said.

"We have to be very careful not to get cynical about false
alarms," he said. "It's easy to say, 'Aw, man, it's just another
case of interference,' but that risks not paying attention when
you should."

http://www.voanews.com/a/california-astronomers-give-radio-signal-second-look/3487618.html

Image: Radio telescopes of the Allen Telescope Array are seen in
Hat Creek, California ...

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From Princeton University:

Cold War-era satellite dish, restored by Princeton scientists,
becomes teaching tool

Catherine Zandonella
August 25, 2016

In its heyday, the towering metal satellite dish located about
three miles from the Jersey Shore's boardwalks hosted its share
of historical moments: It tracked the flights of some of
America's first space launches, and in 1960 it collected the
first images beamed to Earth from an orbiting weather satellite.
The feat was considered so amazing that the photos were rushed to
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, ushering in the era of modern
weather forecasting.

After a decade of scanning the skies, however, the dish fell into
disuse and became immobilized by rust while weeds grew up around
the base and wasps nested in its crevices. There it sat until
four years ago when two Princeton University scientists set out
to restore the dish as a way to bring students - both from the
University and local communities - closer to outer space.

This spring, the now-functional satellite receiver hosted about
20 Princeton students from an undergraduate physics class who
learned how to receive radio signals not just from orbiting
satellites but also from astrophysical objects such as dying
stars. The dish has also hosted scores of amateur radio
enthusiasts and is open to the public each Wednesday and on
weekends, when visitors can watch as the massive dish sweeps the
sky.

"We didn't realize what we were getting into when we first
decided to take on this project," said Daniel Marlow, Princeton's
Evans Crawford 1911 Professor of Physics, who led the
refurbishment effort with Senior Research Physicist Norman
Jarosik. "Luckily we had a lot of cooperation from Princeton's
Department of Physics and the University, along with terrific
partners in the community."

...

Finally, in the winter of 2015, the researchers were ready to try
out the dish to see if it could intercept radio signals from
space. They turned the knobs that control the dish, and steered
it so that it looked up at a region of the Milky Way. There they
detected radio-wave signals at a frequency of 1420.4 MHz and a
wavelength of 21 centimeters, a well-known signal of hydrogen gas
in the Milky Way and a sure sign that the dish was operating
properly.

Soon they were able to intercept information streaming from
weather satellites operated by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration. The researchers could also detect
pulsars, dying stars that give off regular repeating bursts of
radio waves as they rotate. The researchers beamed radio signals
to the moon and intercepted them as they came back to Earth.

On January 10, 2016, radio enthusiasts - along with InfoAge
supporters, Jarosik and Marlow, who himself is an amateur radio
operator - gathered at the dish to commemorate the first such
"moon bounce," which took place in 1946 on the site of the
current dish and at the time was important proof of principle
that radio waves could be harnessed for satellite communications.

Full text and video:

https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S47/15/45G61

See also: infoage.org

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Are we on the air? Tropical Storm Hermine

Transmission of VOA Radiogram might be disrupted this weekend as
Tropical Storm Hermine passes along the North Carolina coast on
Saturday morning. The Edward R. Murrow shortwave transmitting
station is located near the North Carolina coast, along the
forecast track of the storm. ...

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The amateur radio Hurricane Watch Net is activated for Tropical
Storm Hermine. Its frequencies are 14325 kHz USB and 7268 kHz
LSB. See:

http://www.arrl.org/news/hurricane-watch-net-activating-for-hermine-hawaii-dodges-madeline-skywarn-eyeing-lester

QRP transceivers as shortwave broadcast receivers

It turns outs that at least some QRP (low power) amateur radio
transceivers are competent shortwave broadcast receivers. This
is especially true given that a firmware update to the US-made
Elecraft KX2 now allows AM, and not just SSB and CW, reception.

Thomas Witherspoon at the SWLing Post blog tested shortwave
broadcast reception on his AM-capable KX2, comparing it with
reception on another QRP rig, the LNR Precision LD-11.

Thomas concludes: "Here's what amazes me as an SWL and ham radio
operator: both of these QRP transceivers offer excellent HF
broadcast listening opportunities."

http://swling.com/blog/2016/08/am-mode-comparing-the-elecraft-kx2-with-the-lnr-precision-ld-11/

Image: The Elecraft KX2 transceiver ...

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Image: NASA's Juno spacecraft successfully completed the first of
36 scheduled orbital flybys of Jupiter recently. In this view,
Jupiter's north polar region is coming into view as the
spacecraft approaches the giant planet. This view of the Jovian
planet was taken on 8/27/16, when Juno was 703,000 kilometers
away. ...

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http://blogs.voanews.com/science-world/2016/08/31/august-2016-science-images/

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Thanks to colleagues at the Edward R. Murrow shortwave
transmitting station in North Carolina.

I'm Kim Elliott. Please join us for the next VOA Radiogram.

This is VOA, the Voice of America.

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