{"id":6621,"date":"2013-06-06T06:25:42","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T10:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6621"},"modified":"2013-06-06T06:25:42","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T10:25:42","slug":"radio-australia-transmitting-digital-radiograms-this-weekend-june-8-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/radio-australia-transmitting-digital-radiograms-this-weekend-june-8-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Australia transmitting digital radiograms this weekend, June 8 &#8211; 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/voaradiogram.net\/post\/52170281218\/radio-australia-digital-text-transmissions-8-9-june\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ABC-Radio-Australia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5004\" alt=\"ABC-Radio-Australia\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ABC-Radio-Australia.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ABC-Radio-Australia.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ABC-Radio-Australia-100x66.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most encouraging to see Radio Australia sending digital text over shortwave. Their 12:30 UTC broadcast should be easily heard in North America on 9,850 kHz:<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/voaradiogram.net\/post\/52170281218\/radio-australia-digital-text-transmissions-8-9-june\">(<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Source: VOA Radiograms)<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote><p>Radio Australia will transmit digital text and an image during three special broadcasts the weekend of 8 and 9 June 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-minute broadcasts will consist of\u2026<\/p>\n<p>MFSK16 text<br \/>\nMFSK32 text<br \/>\nMFSK32 in Flmsg* format (creates Radio Australia logo in browser window)<br \/>\nMFSK32 image (ABC logo)<\/p>\n<p>*Fldigi and Flmsg from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.w1hkj.com\/\">www.w1hkj.com<\/a>\u00a0must be used together. In Fldigi, click Configure &gt; Misc &gt; NBEMS: Under Reception of flmsg files, check both boxes, and under that indicate where your Flmsg program file is located.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transmission schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All dates\/times are in UTC, all frequencies in kHz<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\/Sunday 8\/9 June 2013<\/p>\n<p>Nominal target areas are listed. Reception beyond these target areas is likely.<\/p>\n<p>0850-0857 UTC<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a07410 kHz (PNG &amp; south-west Pacific) \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">11945 kHz (south Pacific, NZ, central America, Europe)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1230-1237 UTC<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a06080 kHz (PNG, west Pacific, Philippines, Japan)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a09580 kHz (central Pacific, NAM) \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">12065 kHz (central Pacific, NAM)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2150-2157 UT C<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">11695 kHz (south-east Asia, Europe)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">21740 kHz (central Pacific, NAm)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each broadcast begins with with 40 seconds of Radio Australia interval signal (Waltzing Matilda).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most encouraging to see Radio Australia sending digital text over shortwave. Their 12:30 UTC broadcast should be easily heard in North America on 9,850 kHz: (Source: VOA Radiograms) Radio Australia will transmit digital text and an image during three special broadcasts the weekend of 8 and 9 June 2013. The seven-minute broadcasts will consist of\u2026 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1114,3,1409],"tags":[1790,368,1964,1793],"class_list":["post-6621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-modes","category-news","category-specials","tag-digital-text","tag-radio-australia","tag-radio-australia-radiograms","tag-radiograms"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1IN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5903,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/voa-radiogram-soft-launch-this-weekend\/","url_meta":{"origin":6621,"position":0},"title":"VOA Radiogram &#8220;soft launch&#8221; this weekend","author":"Thomas","date":"March 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Kudos to VOA research analyst Dr. Kim Andrew Elliott for his remarkable innovation: \u00a0VOA Radiograms (i.e., digital text messages sent over shortwave broadcast radio), and for promoting this concept through the Voice of America. 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