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Hello and welcome to DigiDX 38 a weekly review of the latest shortwave
and DX news, today in Oliva 64-2000 mode. This programme includes the
latest shortwave news.


New DigiDX weekly schedule:
Sunday 2030 - 11580kHz via WRMI (Okeechobee, FL, USA)
Sunday 2330 - 11580kHz via WRMI (Okeechobee, FL, USA)
Any other extra broadcasts will be listed on http://www.digidx.uk
 

--- LATEST SHORTWAVE NEWS ---

BBC World Service new English programming
SDR Play RSP2 announced
Radio Menschen & Geschichten goes international
C.DX.A - INTERNACIONAL" CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF ACTIVITIES
 

BBC World Service new English programming

BBC World Service English has announced it is significantly enhancing
its content, with investment in original journalism; a richer range of
programmes on science, arts and global debate; new podcasts and unique
content to reach audiences on digital and social platforms. This follows
last week’s announcement of the BBC World Service’s biggest
expansion since 1940s, a result of the funding boost announced by the UK
Government last year. Programmes announced include “World Hacks”,
“World Questions”, “The Arts Hour” and “CrowdScience”. From
March next year there will also be extra editions of “The Newsroom”
world news bulletins. SDR Play RSP2 announced

SDRplay Limited has announced the launch of a second Software Defined
                         Radio product – the RSP2.

Building on the popularity of the first product, the RSP1, SDRPlay have
now launched the RSP2. The RSP2 delivers a significant number of
additional features which result in a higher spec for specialist amateur
radio users as well as benefits for additional scientific, educational
and industrial SDR applications.


Here are the main additional features of the RSP2:
- 10 built in front-end pre-selection filters, with substantially enhanced selectivity
- 2 x SMA Software Selectable 50Ω RF ports (1.5 MHz – 2 GHz)
- Built in software selectable MW /FM notch filters
- Highly stable 0.5PPM TCXO trimmable to 0.01PPM
- 24MHz Reference clock input / output connections
- A Rugged metal box version – the ‘RSP2pro’

Currently the RSP2 requires the use of SDRuno software, but in the
coming weeks support is to be provided for HDSDR, Gnu Radio, CubicSDR
and SDR Console.

The RSP2 is expected to retail at approximately £130 (excluding taxes)
or $169 (excluding taxes)
 

Radio Menschen & Geschichten goes international.

The story below is thanks to Christian Milling of Shortwave Service

On monday, 28th November 2016 from 2000-2030 UTC on 6005 kHz (to
scandinavia and UK) and on tuesday, 29th November 2016 from 0230-0300
UTC on 7250 kHz (to NAm) we will broadcast our first English edition.

The topics: we speak with Rimantas Pleikys about radio jamming in former                    <==========   http://www.antentop.org/008/files/jamm008.pdf       http://www.radiojamming.info/

times and today. He wrote a book about it and made a very interesting
film documentary. And: 4 years ago, on 28th November 2012, Radio Canada
International shut down the Sackville transmission site. 2 years later
the facility was scrapped.

All broadcasts are coming from Armenia with a power of 100kW. Reception
reports and comments are highly appreciated to info@shortwaveservice.com
 

C.DX.A - INTERNACIONAL" CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF ACTIVITIES

Thanks to regular listener from Venezuela, Willams Lopez, for sending
the story below in Spanish and English where he asks for reception
reports of the image transmitted below to be sent to them.

VENEZUELA: EL "CLUB DIEXISTAS DE LA AMISTAD" ESTA CELEBRANDO SUS 40
AÑOS DE ACTIVIDADES EN PRO DEL DIEXISMO LATINOAMERICANO SI DESEAS
CONFIRMAR ESTA TRANSMISION CON LA TARJETA QSL ELECTRÓNICA, FAVOR
REMITIR SU INFORME A: 40cdxainternacional@gmail.com . O PUBLICARLO EN
NUESTRO GRUPO DE FACEBOOK "CADENA DX". GRACIAS.

VENEZUELA: "C.DX.A - INTERNACIONAL" IS CELEBRATING ITS 40 YEARS OF ACTIVITIES IN PRO OF LATIN
AMERICAN DX. IF YOU WANT TO CONFIRM THIS TRANSMISSION WITH ELECTRONIC
QSL CARD, PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORT TO: 40cdxainternacional@gmail.com . OR
PUBLISH IT IN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP "CHAIN DX" . THANK YOU.

DigiDX now finishes in MFSK32 mode.

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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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Ronan Cantwell in Scotland received The Mighty KBC on his Tecsun
PL-660 ...
 

goo.gl/H2j1TB

Please report decode to themightykbc@gmail.com


 

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                                                              http://voaradiogram.net/

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Welcome to program 191 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 except
where noted:

  1:48 Program preview (now)
  2:59 GOES-R weather satellite launched*
  9:40 Olivia 64-2000: Chinese lunar-orbiting satellite
17:05 MFSK32: 56-year-old radio amateur joins ISS crew*
21:33 Trump promise to rename Mt. Denali Mt. McKinley*
27:14 Closing announcements

* with image


Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.

And visit voaradiogram.net.

Twitter: @VOARadiogram






Next-Gen Weather Satellite Set to Improve Forecasting

VOA News
November 21, 2016

A newly launched weather satellite could save lives by better
predicting extreme weather.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's GOES-R
satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on November
19 and will be in geostationary orbit some 36,000 kilometers
above Earth. NOAA said it could "boost the nation's weather
observation network and NOAA's prediction capabilities, leading
to more accurate and timely forecasts, watches and warnings."

NOAA said the satellite will require testing of its six
instruments and will be operational "within a year."

"The next generation of weather satellites is finally here.
GOES-R is one of the most sophisticated Earth-observing platforms
ever devised," said NOAA Administrator Kathryn Sullivan.
"GOES-R's instruments will be capable of scanning the planet five
times faster and with four times more resolution than any other
satellite in our fleet. With these new instruments and powerful
new capabilities, GOES-R will strengthen NOAA's ability to issue
life-saving forecasts and warnings and make the United States an
even stronger, more resilient Weather-Ready Nation."

The greater detail "will help improve hurricane tracking and
intensity forecasts, the prediction and warnings of severe
weather, including tornadoes and thunderstorms,' according to a
NOAA news release. "Additionally, GOES-R's improved rainfall
estimates will lead to more timely and accurate flood warnings."

GOES-R will also help the aviation industry by giving better
estimates of wind strength, as well as better detection of fog,
ice or lightning.

One of the six instruments aboard GOES-R allows scientists to
monitor lightning strikes and map them. This, NOAA says, will
help track severe storms and issue more detailed warnings.

"GOES-R will significantly improve the ability of emergency
managers across America to prepare for, and respond to,
weather-related disasters. Better situational awareness will
result in better outcomes -- from where to best position
resources ahead of a storm to delivering more targeted
information to local officials to decide if an evacuation is
necessary," said Craig Fugate, Federal Emergency Management
Agency administrator.

In addition to better weather forecasting, the satellite will be
part of an international satellite-based search and rescue
network and will be equipped with a "special transponder" that
will be able to detect distress signals from emergency beacons.

http://www.voanews.com/a/mht-next-gen-goes-r-weather-satellite-launches/3605497.html

See also
http://www.voanews.com/a/goesr-satellite-improved-weather-forecasting/3604242.html



Image: The GOES-R, next generation weather satellite launched on
November 19, 2016 from Cape Canaveral, Florida ...
 

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VOA Radiogram now changes to Olivia 64-2000 ...

 

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This is VOA radiogram in Olivia 64-2000


From ARRL:

China Plans Lunar-Orbiting Amateur Radio Satellites

11/21/2016

China's Harbin Institute of Technology is developing a pair of
lunar-orbiting satellites - DSLWP-A1 and A2. According to
Mingchuan Wei, BG2BHC, DSLWP is "a lunar formation-flying mission
for low-frequency radio astronomy, Amateur Radio, and education,"
consisting of two microsatellites. Launch is planned in June
2018, to place the pair into a 200 x 9,000 kilometer
(approximately 124 x 5,580 mile) lunar orbit.

The Amateur Radio payload on DSLWP-A1 will provide telecommand
uplink and telemetry and a digital image downlink. Open
telecommand is also designed to allow radio amateurs to send
commands to take and download images.

The satellites are 50 x 50 x 40 centimeters, with a mass of about
45 kilograms and are 3-axis stabilized, with two linear
polarization antennas. The team has proposed downlinks for
DSLWP-A1 on 435.425 MHz and 436.425 MHz; downlinks for DSLWP-A2
would be 435.400 MHz and 436.400 MHz, using GMSK with
concatenated codes or JT65B. Harbin Institute of Technology also
developed the Lilac series of CubeSats.

bit.ly/2fXumk3

VOA Radiogram now returns to MFSK32 ...

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This is VOA Radiogram in MFSK32

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com


From ARRL:

Ham Astronaut Peggy Whitson, KC5ZTD, Poised to Set Time-in-Space
Record

11/21/2016

New ISS crew members Peggy Whitson, KC5ZTD, Thomas Pesquet,
KG5FYG, and Cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy are settling in on board the
International Space Station this week. The trio headed into space
on November 17 for a 6-month stay. Welcoming the Expedition 50/51
crew members were Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough,
KE5HOD, and crew members Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko,
who have been aboard the complex since October.

Whitson, who will turn 57 during this ISS duty tour, is marking
her third trip to space. She will become the first woman to
command the space station twice. Her first tenure as commander
was in 2007, when she became the first woman to hold this post.
The crew is scheduled to return to Earth next spring.

Whitson not only is the oldest woman in space at age 56, but she
is projected during this mission to once again become the US
astronaut logging the most time spent in orbit. All told, she's
already spent more than a year of her life in space. By the time
she returns to Earth next spring, she'll have 534 days of
off-planet time under her belt.

http://www.arrl.org/news/ham-astronaut-peggy-whitson-kc5ztd-poised-to-set-time-in-space-record

See also:
http://www.voanews.com/a/veteran-united-states-astronaut-sets-another-record-orbit/3604198.html


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Alaskans Vow Pushback if Trump Targets Mountain's New Name

Associated Press via voanews.com
November 20, 2016

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - Among Donald Trump's many promises on his way
to the White House was a tweeted vow to change the new name of
North America's tallest mountain back to Mount McKinley.

The Obama administration renamed the Alaska peak Denali in a
symbolic gesture to Alaska Natives ahead of the president's visit
to the state last year.

Alaskans long have informally called the mountain Denali – "the
great one" in Athabascan. But the federal government recognized
the name invoking the 25th president, William McKinley, who was
born in Ohio and assassinated early in his second term. McKinley
never set foot in Alaska.

In his tweet, Trump called the name switch a "great insult to
Ohio."

But if he indeed moves to undo it, Trump can expect pushback from
Alaskans.

"We wanted that change for a long time, and now we finally have
it, and we need to leave it alone," said Victor Joseph, president
of Tanana Chiefs Conference, a consortium of 42 Athabascan tribes
in Interior Alaska. The organization spent years advocating for
what they consider the 20,310-foot (6190 M) peak's original name.

"It was an insult to the first people of this land when they took
away the name and gave it to somebody else," Joseph said.

It's unclear at this early stage if Trump will take action.
Changing the name would require a presidential executive order or
an act of Congress, according to the federal board that oversees
place names.

Troy Eid, chairman of the Indian Law and Order Commission and a
member of Trump's transition team, said in an email Tuesday he
was not in a position to comment.

The three Republicans who make up Alaska's congressional
delegation either declined to comment or did not respond to
requests for comment. Senator Lisa Murkowski - who called for
Trump to leave the Republican ticket after the emergence of a
recording of Trump making lewd comments about women - long
advocated for the mountain's Alaska Native name and thanked
President Barack Obama for embracing it. ...

http://www.voanews.com/a/alaska-denali-trump/3605077.html

Image: Denali, Mt. McKinley at the time, is seen on a sunny day
Aug. 19, 2011 ...


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And visit voaradiogram.net.

Twitter: @VOARadiogram

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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