{"id":58397,"date":"2023-12-10T08:58:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T12:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=58397"},"modified":"2023-12-10T08:58:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T12:58:38","slug":"carlos-experience-and-motivation-for-receiving-kydodo-news-via-radiofax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/carlos-experience-and-motivation-for-receiving-kydodo-news-via-radiofax\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos&#8217; Experience and Motivation for Receiving Kydodo News via Radiofax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/carlos-latuff\/\">contributor<\/a>, friend, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LatuffCartoons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">political cartoonist<\/a> Carlos Latuff, who shares the following guest post:<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/D-808-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58417\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/D-808-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/D-808-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/D-808-1-300x234.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/D-808-1-1024x798.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/D-808-1-768x598.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/D-808-1-624x486.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>My experiences receiving Kyodo News<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>by\u00a0Carlos Latuff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back in the 90s, I used the fax machine a lot, I even had one in my house, sending messages and cartoons to my clients and even to live TV shows (see the video example below). Lots of fun!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/893035964?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But for me, the fax only worked through the phone line.<\/p>\n<p>It was only in 2020, during the covid-19 pandemic, that I, by chance, during one of my radio listening sessions, came across a strange signal that I would only later discover was a radiofax.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-1-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58413\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-1-1.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-1-1-233x300.jpeg 233w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-1-1-624x804.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was then that I realized that several meteorological agencies around the world broadcast synoptic charts and satellite images to vessels on the seas by radiofax, and that there was a Japanese news agency (the only one left in the world) that broadcast daily news to fishing boats and cargo ships: Kyodo News.<\/p>\n<p>I was fascinated by that!<\/p>\n<p>And I started tuning to the frequency of 16971 kHz USB (16970 in fact, to properly receive images) using basically my Xhdata D-808 and its telescopic antenna (now I use a 3-meter long wire antenna).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-2-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58412\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"1124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-2-1.jpeg 843w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-2-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-2-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-2-1-624x832.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All the weather agencies I know broadcast at 120 lines per minute, while Kyodo News broadcasts at 60 lines. When I used to have a laptop, I had programs installed where I could adjust this cadence, like MixW, however, using an Android cell phone, the only application that works for radiofax is <a href=\"https:\/\/blackcatsystems.com\/software\/hf_weather_fax.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HF Weather Fax<\/a>, which only decodes at 120 lines per minute (I had some problems with the app, which, being old, sometimes generated conflicts with Android and crash suddenly or even didn&#8217;t even open. Another bug is that after around 40 minutes of continuous decoding, the app stops). When you receive a radiofax at a rate of 60 lpm and decode it at 120 lpm, it&#8217;s as if you cut the image in half, vertically, and joined the two parts into one, mixing the letters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-3-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58414\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-3-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-3-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-3-1-289x300.jpeg 289w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-3-1-985x1024.jpeg 985w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-3-1-768x798.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-3-1-624x648.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I noticed that, when enlarging the image with my fingertips on the surface of the cell phone, while receiving the radiofax, I was able to see the right and left side of the image at a time, in an effect known in graphic arts as &#8220;moir\u00e9 pattern&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-4-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58411\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-4-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-4-1.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-4-1-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, using HF Weather Fax I cannot download a Kyodo News radiofax in full (except when I receive the bulletin in English, the only time Kyodo News broadcasts in 120 lpm), but I can view parts of it and make print screens. And with these prints, I open them on Google translator app translating from Japanese to English. If image is in good quality, the translation is perfect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-5-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58410\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-5-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-5-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-5-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-5-1-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-5-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-5-1-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-5-1-624x624.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Results I got were obtained from radio listening in Porto Alegre, Tramanda\u00ed beach in Rio Grande do Sul, and Urca beach in Rio de Janeiro, all located in Brazil. The best time has been late in the morning\/early in the morning.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/893036111?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve already obtained digital QSL cards from some meteorological agencies, such as those in Germany, Australia and Kagoshima in Japan, but Kyodo News doesn&#8217;t even respond to my emails.<\/p>\n<p>But the main question is: why go to so much work to receive news via radiofax when you can easily receive it on the Internet through the Kyodo News website&#8211;?<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, I&#8217;m nostalgic, receiving these radiofax has a touch of the past that I like to remember. And second, I believe that with the advancement of new satellite data transmission technologies, it&#8217;s only a matter of time before radiofax disappears as means of communication for vessels on the high seas. This is already happening!<\/p>\n<p>Remember <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/carlos-notes-passing-of-new-zealand-metservice-radiofax\/\">the end of radiofax transmissions from the New Zealand meteorological agency<\/a> MetService this year?<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m enjoying the radiofax, before it ends!<\/p>\n<p>The following are reports from some of my listening\/decoding sessions: <!--more--><\/p>\n<h1>Saturday, December 9, 2023<\/h1>\n<p>These are radiofax Kyodo News received today, December 9, 2023, between 7h10 am and 10h00 am UTC, on a balcony of a building 3 km from Urca Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a rainy morning that reduced external interference, common in this urban neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-A.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58408\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-A.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-A.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-A-300x226.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-A-1024x771.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-A-768x579.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-A-624x470.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kyodo News English Edition, the only one broadcasted in 120 lines per minute.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-B.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58407\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-B.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-B.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-B-300x251.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-B-1024x857.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-B-768x643.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-B-624x522.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Parts of Kyodo News Evening Edition, translated with Google Translator app.<\/p>\n<p>Unemployment benefits shortened by 1 month<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-C.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58406\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-C.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"931\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-C.jpeg 931w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-C-300x202.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-C-768x516.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-C-624x420.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>AI regulation to be implemented in 2035<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-D.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58404\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-D.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"963\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-D.jpeg 963w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-D-300x195.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-D-768x498.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-D-624x405.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Man arrested, accused of cutting off woman&#8217;s right ear in Tokyo<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-E.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58405\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-E.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"941\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-E.jpeg 941w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-E-300x173.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-E-768x442.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Figure-E-624x359.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 941px) 100vw, 941px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kyodo News Sports Edition. At 10h20 am UTC when the transmission started, shortwave propagation was no longer good, and this noisy image could no longer be translated by Google Translator app. My friend in Tokyo, cartoonist Shigeru Tagawa, translated it for me.<br \/>\nThis is the news of the departure of a famous Japanese player, Shohei Ohtani, from the Baseball League.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1000017828-01.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58403\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1000017828-01.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"991\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1000017828-01.jpeg 991w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1000017828-01-300x170.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1000017828-01-768x436.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1000017828-01-624x354.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 991px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Sunday, December 10, 2023<\/h1>\n<p>Radiofax Kyodo &#8220;Furusato&#8221; News, received today, Sunday, December 10, 2023, at Urca Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image1-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58400\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image1-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image1-2.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image1-2-300x226.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image1-2-1024x771.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image1-2-768x579.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image1-2-624x470.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Kyodo News broadcasts at 60 lines per minute, and the Android application I use to decoded radiofax (HF Weather Fax) works at a rate of 60 lines per minute, the image (whose transmission took almost 30 minutes) was truncated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image2-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58398\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image2-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image2-2.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image2-2-197x300.jpeg 197w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image2-2-671x1024.jpeg 671w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image2-2-768x1171.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image2-2-1007x1536.jpeg 1007w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image2-2-624x952.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the &#8220;Moir\u00e9 pattern&#8221; effect, I was able to visualize the two halves of the image and combine them into one with a graphic editing app. This is news about Japanese baseball player Shohei Ohtani joining Los Angeles Dodgers. 10 years, 100 billion yen (US$700 million), the largest contract in sports history.<\/p>\n<p>Geographic location and nice propagation resulted in an image with excellent resolution.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image3-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58399\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image3-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image3-2.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image3-2-300x135.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image3-2-1024x461.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image3-2-768x346.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Image3-2-624x281.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From Kyodo News Sports: &#8220;Kawasaki won their second Emperor&#8217;s Cup&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pic-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58401\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pic-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1074\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pic-1.jpeg 1074w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pic-1-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pic-1-1024x686.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pic-1-768x515.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pic-1-624x418.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1074px) 100vw, 1074px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Panama Canal Authority plans to continue restricting the number of ships passing through the country due El Ni\u00f1o drought.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pic2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58402\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pic2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pic2.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pic2-300x135.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pic2-1024x461.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pic2-768x346.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pic2-624x281.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>JJC Kyodo News: Marine Radiofax Broadcast Schedule<\/h1>\n<p>Frequency: 16971.0 kHz<\/p>\n<p>Time in UTC<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>0200 KYODO NEWS (EVENING) (1)<\/li>\n<li>0200 KYODO FURUSATO NEWS (2)<\/li>\n<li>0300 KYODO NEWS (MORNING), KYODO NEWS SPORTS (MORNING), JAPAN NAVIGATIONAL WARNINGS<\/li>\n<li>0700 OCEAN CURRENT FORECASTING (MAP) (3) Sunday, Monday<\/li>\n<li>0710 KYODO NEWS (ENGLISH EDITION) (4) Tue Wed Thu Fri? Sat<\/li>\n<li>0730 MARINE ADMINISTRATION NEWS (5) Sat\\<\/li>\n<li>0745 KYODO NEWS (EVENING), KYODO KAIUN-SUISAN NEWS (6)<\/li>\n<li>0745 KYODO FURUSATO NEWS, MARINE ADMINISTRATION NEWS (7)<\/li>\n<li>0940 SUMO MATCH TABLE<\/li>\n<li>1000 KYODO FURUSATO NEWS (7)<\/li>\n<li>1020 KYODO NEWS SPORTS (MORNING), KYODO NEWS (MORNING)<\/li>\n<li>1130 JAPAN NAVIGATIONAL WARNINGS, SUMO MATCH TABLE<\/li>\n<li>1200 KYODO NEWS (ENGLISH EDITION) Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri? 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Carlos writes: This time, the main headline of Kyodo News Morning Edition it's about the passing of the world-renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Latuff-Kyodo-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Latuff-Kyodo-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Latuff-Kyodo-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Latuff-Kyodo-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Latuff-Kyodo-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Latuff-Kyodo-1.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57663,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/carlos-pulls-headlines-from-kyodo-news-radiofax\/","url_meta":{"origin":58397,"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. 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