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Hello friends,
Last weekend's experiment with Olivia 64-2000 was very interesting, and lots of fun. The mode did provide successful decodes in conditions where the MFSK32 would have failed. Warren in Arizona described his decode …
   
            I am astounded. Based on your email I received, I set Fldigi to Olivia 64/2K and set the radio on 11.580 MHz and forgot about it. About 23:35 I decided I had missed the broadcast as I was hearing nothing but background white noise. I had Fldigi minimized so with the idea of shutting it down, I opened it up and was amazed to see text coming in. I listened to the entire broadcast and I could not hear the signal nor see any of it on the waterfall, yet the text was printing. There was a lot of fading based on the quality of the copy changing but there were periods of perfect copy and a few sections that were pretty bad. Over-all I would say I had 80-90 percent copy of the entire broadcast.

Of course, the Olivia 64-2000 did not work in all instances. For some listeners, the signal was bad enough that no decode was possible.

We will try more slow modes this weekend.  On 3 December, during the troublesome Shortwave Radiogram transmission Sunday at 2330-2400 (24-S), we will try three slow modes that might succeed where our usual MFSK32 fails. The three modes are MFSK16, MFSK8, and IFKP1.0.

2030:00   Voice introduction

2030:50   MFSK16: India net neutrality*

2041:32   MFSK8: India net neutrality (continued)

2049:21   IFKP1.0: Migrating birds in Israel*

2057:47   MFSK16: Closing announcements

* with image
Each mode will be preceded by its RSID and five seconds of silence. The MFSK8, in particular, needs precise tuning of the audio frequency. The IFKP1.0 will require a recent version of Fldigi. And, sorry, IFKP1.0 and MFSK8 are not available on TIVAR and AndFlmsg.

The other three transmissions will be in the usual MFSK32. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 24, 2-3 December 2017, all in MFSK32:

 1:29  Program preview

 2:37  Ocean's deepest fish*

10:47  Could we run out of sand?*

19:21  Russia looks into separate internet for BRICs*

23:24  Sun's activity steady during solar minimums*

26:50  More SSTV from the ISS

28:07  Closing announcements

 * with image
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Shortwave Radiogram Transmission Schedule
(2-3 December 2017)
24
Saturday
1600-1630 UTC
9400 kHz
MFSK32
Space Line, Bulgaria
24
Sunday
0600-0630 UTC
7730 kHz
MFSK32
WRMI Florida
24
Sunday
2030-2100 UTC
11580 kHz
MFSK32
WRMI Florida
24S
Sunday
2330-2400 UTC
11580 kHz
MFSK16, MFSK8, IFKP1.0
WRMI Florida


The Mighty KBC transmits to Europe Saturdays at 1500-1600 UTC on 9400 kHz (via Bulgaria), with the minute of MFSK at about 1530 UTC (if you are outside of Europe, listen via websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ ).  And to North America Sundays at 0000-0200 UTC (Saturday 7-9 pm EST) on 5960 kHz, via Germany. The minute of MFSK is at about 0130 UTC.  Reports to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com . See also http://www.kbcradio.eu/ and http://ift.tt/2fsmvKo. 

Italian Broadcasting Corporation (IBC)  For the complete IBC transmission schedule visit  http://ift.tt/2auVEwZ  Five minutes of MFSK32 is at the end of the 30-minute English-language "Shortwave Panorama," per the schedule below:

To Europe
Wednesday
2025-2030 UTC
1584 kHz (MW)
Thursday
0325-0330 UTC
1584 kHz
Saturday
2125-2130 UTC
1584 kHz
Sunday
1155-1200 UTC
6070 kHz

To the Americas
Tuesday
0125-0130 UTC
11580 kHz

Friday
0225-0230 UTC
9955 kHz
Saturday
0155-0200 UTC
11580 kHz

Sunday
0055-0100 UTC
7730 kHz


Thanks for your reception reports! 
Kim

 Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB

Producer and Presenter



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