{"id":58039,"date":"2023-10-18T11:29:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T15:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=58039"},"modified":"2023-10-18T07:35:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T11:35:22","slug":"carlos-improves-quality-of-radiofax-decode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/carlos-improves-quality-of-radiofax-decode\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos improves quality of radiofax decodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Many thanks to<em> SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Carlos Latuff, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I made some adjustments and now I receive better quality radiofaxes. Since I started receiving radiofaxes in 2021, I had forgotten a fundamental detail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Latuff-Kyodo-News-Fax-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58040\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Latuff-Kyodo-News-Fax-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Latuff-Kyodo-News-Fax-1.jpeg 970w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Latuff-Kyodo-News-Fax-1-300x198.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Latuff-Kyodo-News-Fax-1-768x508.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Latuff-Kyodo-News-Fax-1-624x412.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">To tune 1.9kHz lower than the advertised frequency. For example, the frequency of Kyodo News is 16971 kHz. I therefore tune in 16970 kHz. Of course, the fact that I tune in at 4:10 am in Brazil also makes a difference, as the propagation is quite good at that time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Latuff-Kyodo-News-Fax-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58041\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Latuff-Kyodo-News-Fax-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Latuff-Kyodo-News-Fax-2.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Latuff-Kyodo-News-Fax-2-300x259.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Latuff-Kyodo-News-Fax-2-1024x884.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Latuff-Kyodo-News-Fax-2-768x663.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Latuff-Kyodo-News-Fax-2-1536x1327.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Latuff-Kyodo-News-Fax-2-624x539.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><strong>Thank you for sharing that tip with up about moving down 1.9 kHz lower than the broadcast frequency. It certainly works&#8211;your decodes a very clean.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Carlos Latuff, who writes: I made some adjustments and now I receive better quality radiofaxes. Since I started receiving radiofaxes in 2021, I had forgotten a fundamental detail. To tune 1.9kHz lower than the advertised frequency. For example, the frequency of Kyodo News is 16971 kHz. I therefore tune [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1114,3],"tags":[8043,3555,9246],"class_list":["post-58039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-modes","category-news","tag-carlos-latuff","tag-kyodo-news-agency","tag-radiofax"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-f67","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64189,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/typhoon-halong-three-radiofaxes-from-three-meteorological-offices\/","url_meta":{"origin":58039,"position":0},"title":"Typhoon Halong: Three Radiofaxes from Three Meteorological Offices","author":"Thomas","date":"October 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Carlos Latuff, who writes: Typhoon Halong in three radiofax received this morning in Rio de Janeiro: -Japan Meteorological Agency (13988 kHz) -Korea Meteorological Administration (13570 kHz) -Shanghai Meteorological Bureau (12382 kHz) Note: I added the little hand to make it easier to locate the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/radiofax-shanghai-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/radiofax-shanghai-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/radiofax-shanghai-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/radiofax-shanghai-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/radiofax-shanghai-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57663,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/carlos-pulls-headlines-from-kyodo-news-radiofax\/","url_meta":{"origin":58039,"position":1},"title":"Carlos pulls headlines from Kyodo News radiofax","author":"Thomas","date":"August 30, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post contributor, Carlos Latuff, who writes: Kyodo News is a Japanese news agency, the only one in the world that still transmits news via radiofax to Japanese vessels, on shortwave frequency of 16971 kHz USB. The international radiofax transmission standard is 120 lines per minute, but the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Digital Modes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Digital Modes","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/digital-modes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot_20230829-165457-01.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot_20230829-165457-01.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot_20230829-165457-01.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot_20230829-165457-01.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":61876,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/kyodo-news-radiofax-d-c-plane-crash-january-30-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":58039,"position":2},"title":"Kyodo News Radiofax: D.C. Plane Crash January 30, 2025","author":"Thomas","date":"January 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Carlos Latuff, who shares the following Radiofax news via the Kyodo News Agency. Carlos Notes: \"[No survivors] 28 bodies recovered.\" Headline from tonight's Kyodo News Morning Edition. Radiofax received in Porto Alegre, January 30, 2025, 23h00 UTC, 16970 kHz.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Digital Modes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Digital Modes","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/digital-modes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Kyodo-News-Radiofax-Latuff-DC-Crash-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Kyodo-News-Radiofax-Latuff-DC-Crash-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Kyodo-News-Radiofax-Latuff-DC-Crash-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Kyodo-News-Radiofax-Latuff-DC-Crash-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Kyodo-News-Radiofax-Latuff-DC-Crash-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":61239,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/carlos-shares-a-full-kyodo-news-radiofax-transmission-november-28-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":58039,"position":3},"title":"Carlos Shares a Full Kyodo News Radiofax Transmission (November 28, 2024)","author":"Thomas","date":"November 30, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following Radiofax decodes and notes: Kyodo News full radiofax transmission, Nov 28, 2024, from 23h00 UTC to 01h12 UTC, 16971 kHz, Porto Alegre, #Brazil: Morning Edition, pp 1-2 Morning Edition, pp 3-4 Sports Edition Japan Navigational Warnings Kaiun Suisan\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Carlos-Radiofax-Kyodo-News-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Carlos-Radiofax-Kyodo-News-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Carlos-Radiofax-Kyodo-News-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Carlos-Radiofax-Kyodo-News-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Carlos-Radiofax-Kyodo-News-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":63191,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/kyodo-news-radiofax-english-edition-june-13-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":58039,"position":4},"title":"Kyodo News Radiofax English Edition: June 13, 2025","author":"Thomas","date":"June 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following Kyodo News radiofax from June 13, 2025. Carols writes: Today's Kyodo News English Edition radiofax, received in Porto Alegre, Brazil, 16970 kHz (USB): Israel attacks Iran's nuclear and missile sites, prompting Iranian drone-strike retaliation Over 240 dead, 1 survives\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kyodo-News-Latuff-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kyodo-News-Latuff-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kyodo-News-Latuff-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kyodo-News-Latuff-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kyodo-News-Latuff-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":63211,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-report-and-recording-of-cgtn-radio-china-and-kyodo-news-japan\/","url_meta":{"origin":58039,"position":5},"title":"Carlos\u2019 Illustrated Radio Listening Reports and Recordings of CGTN Radio (China) and Kyodo News (Japan)","author":"Thomas","date":"June 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares the following\u00a0illustrated radio listening report of recent CGTN broadcasts along with a Kyodo News radiofax. https:\/\/youtu.be\/HUPOxcNLlPY?si=5FMdwlI2hz7bKKhP Click here to view on YouTube. https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ylo9BdxwzQs?si=fmwKuqV1rrSU3Omd Click here to view on YouTube. 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