DigiDX #17 w/Alan Roes music on shortwave listening guide

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From WRMI 15770 kHz 2130z

"Hello and welcome to DigiDX 17 , a weekly review of the latest shortwave and DX news broadcast mainly in MFSK32 mode. This broadcast includes shortwave news, Alan Roes Music on Shortwave
guide and the over-the-air QSL card.

DigiDX weekly schedule:
Sunday 2130 - 15770kHz via WRMI (Okeechobee, FL, USA)
Sunday 2330 - 11580kHz via WRMI (Okeechobee, FL, USA)
Monday 2000 - 6070kHz via Channel 292 (Rohrbach Wall, DE)
Daily 0530/1830 -  6070kHz via Channel 292 (Rohrbach Wall, DE)

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Latest Shortwave News:

IBB Iranawila transmitting site closed
Radio Publique Africaine clandestine station starts broadcasts
Radio Republik Indonesia to increase power of broadcasts
VOA Burmese correction

IBB Iranawila transmitting site closed

The IBB transmitter site in Iranawila, Sri Lanka has been closed down as of the 6th of June 2016. The site which only opened in 1999 was used to broadcast Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, VOA,
Radio Mashaal and Radio Farda for around 47 hours of programming per day in the A16 season.

The reason for the closure is the cost to run the station and the fact that 1/4 of a million bolts on the antenna systems need to be replaced. The latest annual report from BBG/IBB suggested that
the Kuwait transmitter site would be expanded at the expense of other sites due to the low cost of electricity in the Arab state.

Glenn Hauser from DX Listening Digest and World of Radio who provided this news also has mentioned that a rumour is that one of the two IBB sites in Germany will also close this year - either Biblis
or Lampertheim.

Transmissions from Iranawila have be moved to other IBB stations in Thailand, Germany, Kuwait, the Philippines and the Northern Mariana Islands. Some transmissions have also been moved to
Woofferton, UK and Armenia, presumably via Babcock.  


Radio Publique Africaine clandestine station starts broadcasts

A clandestine station aimed at Burundi broadcasting in local languages and French has started daily from 1800-1900UTC on 15480kHz. Radio Publique Africaine was previously broadcast on FM in the
country but was closed down in the wake of an attempted coup in May 2015.

The broadcast is from the Issoudun transmitter in France.

Radio Republik Indonesia to increase power of broadcasts

Radio Republik Indonesia will increase transmitter power of its stations located in remote and border areas. According to the RRI director of new technologies and media this is to strengthen
nationalism. The German service of Voice of Indonesia reported that RRI will start by increasing the power of one station in West-Kalimantan province. From 5kW to 10kW in 2017.  This could be
RRI Palangkaraya which broadcasts on 3325kHz.

VOA Burmese correction

Last week DigiDX had a news story about VOA Burmese reducing hours on shortwave, however thanks to Kim Andrew Elliott it has been clarified that this story is not correct and was assumed due
to another false story about VOA Bangla re-starting on shortwave. VOA Burmese continues on its normal A16 schedule and VOA Bangla in the Bengali language will still only be on 1575kHz MW from
Thailand.

Upcoming relays and special broadcasts:

Alaska based SWL Paul Walker has a repeat of his latest Classic Experience broadcast via Shortwave Service in Germany this week. The  two hour broadcast also features some MFSK32 text (in the
2nd half hour of the broadcast) and an image (in the final half hour).

The schedule is as follows:

6005kHz Friday June 24th 1800-2000
3985kHz Saturday June 25th  0000-0200

Reception reports are only accepted by regular postal mail and $2 is appreciated to cover the costs of the QSL cards and return postage:

Paul B. Walker, Jr.
PO Box 353
Galena,
Alaska 99741
USA

VOA Radiogram will be on air this weekend on the following frequencies, for more information on the modes to be used visit http://voaradiogram.net/

Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17580 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz

All broadcasts are from Greenville, NC.

IBC - Italian Broadcasting Corporation has added a digital mode broadcast to weekly broadcast via Channel 292 on 6070kHz.

The entire broadcast is Wednesday 2000 to 2200 UTC, with MFSK32 followed by Olivia 16-500 at 2030-2100 UTC.  The text includes DX and amateur radio news.



Now follows Alan Roes music on shortwave listening guide for at A16 season, this programme includes the guide from 1900-0000UTC.




Start   -   Stop   Days Su-W-Sa   Station   Pgm   Programme Title   Frequencies
2000         ------   ------   ------      
2000   -   2030   su   V of America   FR   RM Show: Du Blues au Jazz   6070-sa 9490-kt 11900-sa 15730-gr 17530-gr
2000   -   2030   mo   V of America   FR   RM Show: Le hit-parade americain   6070-sa 9490-kt 11900-sa 15730-gr 17530-gr
2000   -   2030   tu   V of America   FR   RM Show: Antenna Libre   6070-sa 9490-kt 11900-sa 15730-gr 17530-gr
2000   -   2030   we   V of America   FR   RM Show: Musique internationale   6070-sa 9490-kt 11900-sa 15730-gr 17530-gr
2000   -   2030   th   V of America   FR   RM Show - Afro music   6070-sa 9490-kt 11900-sa 15730-gr 17530-gr
2000   -   2030   fr   V of America   FR   RM Show: La musique des caraibes   6070-sa 9490-kt 11900-sa 15730-gr 17530-gr
2000   -   2056   daily   V of Turkey (TSR)   TU   Often has Turkish music   5960 9460
2000   -   2100   su   R Marti   SP   Archivo Musical   9565-gr 11930-gr
2000   -   2100   mo   WWCR   EN   Inspirations Across America (Gospel Rock)   9350
2000   -   2100   mo-sa   WRMI   EN   World Music   11580-ok
2000   -   2100   daily   Channel 292 relays   EN/var   Non-stop mx & var. relays, incl:(v) we: Italian Broadcasting Co sa: SM Radio Int (Ron O'Quinn) su: Flying Circus Rock Show (varies)   6070-rh
2000   -   2100   daily   Europa 24   GM   Non-stop mx   6150-da
2000   -   2100   daily   R Denge Kurdistan   VV   Mostly Kurdish music   11600-bu
2000   -   2100   daily   R Farda   FS   ME mx (some West mx & talk)   5865-kt
2000   -   2100   daily (irr)   ERT V of Greece   GK   Usually varied Greek mx   9420 9935
2000   -   2100   daily   Zanzibar B. Co   VV   Usually African/local music   11735
2000   -   2100   sa,su   V of America   EN   Music Time in Africa   4930-bo 4940-sa(2130-) 6195-bo 15580-bo
2000   -   2100   mo-fr   V of America   EN   African Beat   4930-bo 6195-bo 15580-bo
2005   -   2058   su   Medi 1   FR   La bossa nova (Sanae)   9575
2005   -   2058   sa   Medi 1   FR   Slection Reggae (Sanae)   9575
2005   -   2058   mo-th   Medi 1   FR   Les Nocturnes (Jawad)   9575
2007   -   2055   su   R Liberty   RU   Jazz Time   5995-la 7475-ir 9540-la (-19 June)
2010   -   2027   sa   R Tirana   EN   Folk Traditional Music   7465
2010   -   2057   su   KBS World R   FR   Musique corenne   5950-fr
2010   -   2057   su   KBS World R   GM   Unterwegs mit Musik (pop)   3955-wo
2010   -   2100   sa,su   R France Int - Af   FR   Musiques du monde   7205 9790 11995
2010   -   2100   mo-fr   R France Int - Af   FR   La bande passante    7205 9790 11995
2010   -   2100   mo-fr   R France Int - World   FR   Couleurs Tropicales   3965-drm
2015   -   2027   fr   R Tirana   EN   Music (modern)   7465
2015   -   2027   we   R Tirana   EN   Hits Through the Years   7465
2015   -   2030   daily   China R Int   Srb   Varied Western/CC pop/rock   7325-ur 7390-xi 9585-ka
2020   -   2027   th   R Tirana   EN   Music (modern)   7465
2030   -   2055   daily   China R Int   PO   Chinese Popular Music   6020-sz 7305-ur
2040   -   2055   su   China R Int   IT   Music from China   7265-ur 7345-ka
2045   -   2055   sa   V of Vietnam   EN   Weekend Music   7220 7280 9550 9730
2045   -   2057   we   KBS World R   FR   Aux sources de la musique corenne   5950-fr
2045   -   2057   we   KBS World R   GM   Musik verbindet (Traditional)   3955-wo
2050   -   2100   daily   All India R GOS   EN   Hindustani light or Karnatic mx, or Regional/folk song   7550 9445 9910 9950 11620 11670 11740
2100         ------   ------   ------      
2100   -   2130   sa   WRMI   EN   R Northern Ireland   15770-ok
2100   -   2130   sa   WWCR   EN   Musical Memories   15825
2100   -   2200   daily   Channel 292 relays   EN/var   Non-stop mx & var. relays, incl:(v) we: Italian Broadcasting Co su: R Waves Int (ocassional)   6070-rh
2100   -   2200   daily   R Farda   FS   ME mx (some West mx & talk)   5865-kt
2100   -   2200   su   WBCQ   EN   Marion's Attic   7490
2100   -   2200   daily (irr)   ERT V of Greece   GK   Usually varied Greek mx   9420 9935
2100   -   2200   fr   V of America   EN   Music Time in Africa   6195-bo 15580-bo
2100   -   2200   fr   WBCQ   EN   Behaviour Night   7490
2105   -   2120   daily   V of Turkey   EN   Music selection (varying time)   7205
2105   -   2200   mo   V of America   EN   VOA1 - The Soul Lounge   6195-bo 15580-bo
2105   -   2200   th   V of America   EN   VOA1 - Top 20 countdown   6195-bo 15580-bo
2105   -   2200   su   V of America   EN   VOA1 - Country Hits USA    6195-bo 15580-bo
2105   -   2200   tu,we,sa   V of America   EN   VOA1 - The Hits   6195-bo 15580-bo
2110   -   2130   daily   All India R GOS   EN   Hindustani classical or instrumental music (various day/time)   7550 9445 9910 9950 11620 11670 11740
2112   -   2158   mo-th   Medi 1   FR   Les Nocturnes (Jawad)   9575
2115   -   2130   daily   China R Int   Srb   Varied Western/CC pop/rock   7325-xi 7445ku
2115   -   2158   sa   Medi 1   FR   Goldies   9575
2115   -   2158   su   Medi 1   FR   Jazz Session (Jawad)   9575
2120   -   2130   th   R Romania Int   SP   Music Programme   15170 17745
2130   -   2140   tu   R Romania Int   SP   Folk Music Programme   15170 17745
2130   -   2140   fr   R Romania Int   SP   Romanian Folk Music   15170 17745
2130   -   2140   sa   R Romania Int   SP   Top Musical (pop)   15170 17745
2130   -   2200   we   WBCQ   EN   Goddess Irena 1 Music Show   7490
2130   -   2200   th   WRMI   EN   Blues Radio International   13695-ok
2130   -   2200   daily   All India R GOS   EN   Film music (various times)   7550 9445 9910 9950 11620 11670 11740
2133   -   2200   sa   R France Int - World   FR   L'epopee des musiques noires   3965-drm
2150   -   2157   m-f (irr)   V of America   VV   African music (irreg)   4940-sa 6035-sa 7325-va 9490-sa 11900-va
2200         ------   ------   ------      
2200   -   2300   occ   European Music R   EN   Mostly oldies   7490-wbcq (15 Oct)
2200   -   2300   daily   Channel 292 relays   EN/var   Non-stop mx & various relays   6070-rh
2200   -   2300   daily   HCJB Deutsche   GM   Ichtys R Live   3995-we
2200   -   2300   daily   R Farda   FS   ME mx (some West mx & talk)   5865-kt
2200   -   2300   daily (irr)   ERT V of Greece   GK   Usually varied Greek mx   9420 (& check 9935)
2210   -   2257   su   KBS World R   EN   K-Pop Interactive   11810
2210   -   2258   mo-th   Medi 1   FR   Les Nocturnes (Jawad)   9575
2230   -   2240   mo   R Romania Int   EN   Your Music   7325 7430 9760 9790
2230   -   2240   su   R Romania Int   EN   Music Time   7325 7430 9760 9790
2230   -   2240   tu,fr   R Romania Int   EN   Truly Romanian   7325 7430 9760 9790
2230   -   2240   we,th   R Romania Int   EN   Music Highlights (Classical mx)   7325 7430 9760 9790
2230   -   2240   sa   R Romania Int   EN   All That Jazz   7325 7430 9760 9790
2235   -   2250   daily   V of Turkey   EN   Music selection (varying time)   9830
2245   -   2257   we   KBS World R   EN   Sounds of Korea   11810
2245   -   2300   daily   All India R GOS   EN   Devotional Music   9690 9705 11645 11710 13605-drm
2300         ------   ------   ------      
2300   -   2315   sa   WRMI   EN   Hymns   11580-ok
2300   -   2330   sa   WWCR   EN   Talking Machine Show   9350
2300   -   2400   mo   WWCR   EN   World Wide Country Radio   9350
2300   -   2400   fr   WBCQ   EN   Fred Flintstone's Music Show   7490
2300   -   2400   daily   R Farda   FS   ME mx (some West mx & talk)   5865-kt
2300   -   2400   daily (irr)   ERT V of Greece   GK   Usually varied Greek mx   9420 (& check 9935)
2300   -   2400   mo   WWCR   EN   Last Radio Playing (Blues)   9350
2306      2400   we   BBC WS - e&seAS   EN   Global Beats (Monthly)   5840-th 6195-kr 9740-kr 9890-th 11850-kr 12010-th
2315   -   2330   daily   All India R GOS   EN   Hindustani light or Karnatic mx, or Regional/folk song   9690 9705 11645 11710 13605-drm
2320   -   2330   th   R Romania Int   SP   Music Programme   9760 11795 13730 15400
2330   -   2340   tu   R Romania Int   SP   Folk Music Programme   9760 11795 13730 15400
2330   -   2340   fr   R Romania Int   SP   Romanian Folk Music   9760 11795 13730 15400
2330   -   2340   sa   R Romania Int   SP   Top Musical (pop)   9760 11795 13730 15400
2330   -   2400   fr   R Australia   EN   Oz Country Style   15240 15415 17840
2335   -   2357   su   R Havana Cuba   EN   From Havana (2-weekly)   5040 11880
2340   -   2357   sa   R Havana Cuba   EN   Music with a Message alt with The Jazz Place   5040 11880
2345   -   2355   sa   V of Vietnam   EN   Weekend Music   9840 12020




We conclude this broadcast with this weeks E-QSL card, sent as an MFSK32 image. The background image is the VOA Iranawila transmitter site.  Sorry for the issue on the 15770kHz broadcast via
WRMI which went off
air after 6 minutes due to a power cut in Okeechobee, Florida.  The image is sent first as a PNG file (89.7KB) and then as a JPEG file (39.9KB). This follows up on Merkouris from Greeces comments
regarding the larger
size of images when the decode has more errors in it.  

Merkouris also looked at the Olvia 4-125 text broadcast on the 0530/1830 transmissions on Channel 292 and observed:

The Olivia mode, which was centered at 1500 Hz, could also be decoded with the center frequency set anywhere between 1351 Hz and 1647 Hz! Please see the second attachment showing
again 3 running
instances of fldigi. A closer look at the screenshot reveals that fldigi reports the frequency offset at the bottom of each window: f/o +0.0 Hz when the decoder is centered at 1500 Hz and f/o
+125 Hz or -125 Hz for
the other two center frequencies. While the reported by fldigi frequency offsets are not very accurate, it seems that the software can decode the Olivia 4-125 mode even though the decoder's
center frequency is
not set on the spot. In fact, the center frequency can be set to the actual frequency plus/minus 145 Hz approximately.

DigiDX will carry out more tests in Olivia 4-125 and other modes in the coming episodes, including some on WRMI transmissions.



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