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WG3K > SWL 13.06.25 03:44l 130 Lines 7482 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW BID : 18606_WG3K Subj: Shortwave Radiogram Program 405 Path: IZ3LSV<DB0ERF<DK0WUE<PI8ZTM<IR0AAB<VE3CGR<VE3QBZ<VE2PKT<K7EK<WW6Q< WG3K Sent: 250613/0138Z 18606@WG3K.#SMD.MD.USA.NOAM LinBPQ6.0.24 Hello friends, == MFSK64 and SQL. Lately I have not been able to decode MFSK64 using Fldigi 4.2.06 and the newer 4.2.07. Eventually I discovered that the problem can be solved by turning Fldigi's squelch (SQL) off.Â Â I did not have to do this before and wonder if a Windows 11 update is the culprit. In any case, if your MFSK64 is not decoding, turn off the SQL. New KBC schedule. The Mighty KBC, based in the Netherlands but transmitting from WRMI, has a new schedule. The Mighty KBC includes an MFSK64 musi cian birthday segment produced and presented by Al Holt.Â Â Here is the new schedule ... --- The Mighty KBC Shortwave (and Medium Wave) Schedule UTC Day UTC Time Frequency kHz DJ ------------------------------------------------------------ Friday 1100-1200 15770 Eric van Willegen Saturday 0900-1000 7780 Eric van Willegen Sunday 0000-0100 5950 + 891MW* Dave Mason Sunday 0100-0200 5950 + 891MW* Eric van Willegen Sunday 1200-1300 15770 Eric van Willegen Monday 2300-2400 5950 Dave Mason Tuesday 2300-2400 5950 Eric van Willegen The Birthday Radiogram (MFSK64 text and image) with Al Holt is at the bottom of the hour during Eric van Willegen's show. Peter John often has SSTV and digital modes during the second half hour of Eric's show. * Medium wave (100 watts) from Huissen, the Netherlands. Audible only in parts of the Netherlands and perhaps nearby countries . Listeners elsewhere can use SDRs in the Netherlands. --- == Olivia 64-2000 experiment. This week on during Eric's hour on The Mighty KBC, we will insert a 30-second transmission in Olivia 64-2000. This will be at a bout 42 minutes past the hour. It consists of three lines of text. You might want to try this with a very poor signal. Manually set the mode to Olivia 64-2000 just before XX:42, and turn the SQL off. If you want to try it on medium wave, via the KBC's 100-watt station on 891 kHz, try an SDR in the Netherlands. The famous Univ ersity of Twente SDR[0] usually provides a barely audible signal from KBC on 891, perfect for testing the Olivia 64-2000. == The bat in our house. If you read last week's email, you know we had a bat in our house, and that an animal control officer was unable to locate it. We assumed it was some somewhere amidst the many hiding places in our walk-in closet.Â That evening, last Thursday, after the 2330 UTC Shortwave Radiogram, I went into the bedroom, and with only a reading light on, began to read a book. I was waiting for the bat to come out from the closet. And after just a few minutes, it did. It put on q uite an aerobatic show, with loop the loops, dives and climbs. It was inches from my face a few times, but I knew it would not make contact, it being a very skilled bat. I urged the bat to enter either the bathroom of the screened-in balcony, so that it would be sequestered. It did enter the bath room. I closed the door, and for good measure, placed one of those cloth "snakes," used to insulate doors and windows from the cold, at the bottom of the door. There, that should keep him, I thought. Wrong. After a couple of minutes, there was noise at t he door, and it suddenly popped out from under the door, pushing the "snake" out of way. Now this was getting to be like a horror movie. Or maybe more likely Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. Anyway, after flying aroun d me a few times, as if to taunt me, it finally flew back into the walk-in closet. So I closed that door, and this time we seal ed the gaps with duct tape. We called the Animal Welfare League, and another animal control officer came over (late at night). Equipped with rubbers gloves and a net, she entered the bedroom.Â >From behind the door, we could hear activity. At one point, we heard her say "He's a big guy!" (I thought so, too.). She saw th e bat flying, but it flew back into the closet, and despite several searches, she couldn't find it. Again, we sealed the closet door with tape.Â The next day (Friday), during their regular office hours, we called Animal Welfare League again, and yet a third animal control officer came over. More activity was heard behind the bedroom door. Eventually, she announced that she had captured the bat, " scrunched up" on a shelf in the closet.Â It was taken in for rabies testing. Tuesday morning, the county called to tell us the bat did not have rabies. That saved us from receiving the series rabies shots, in case (very unlikely) that bat bit either one of us and we didn't realize it. My wife called an animal trapping service to inspect for openings that could allow bats in our house. (This was our second bat in three years.) All it takes is a space the size of your pinkie finger, he said. He thought that the gap in my radio shack win dow, about .25 inch to allow RG8X coax to pass through, might be the problem.Â He sealed it rather thoroughly with metal foil tape "for observation," to see if a determined critter chews through it. --- A video of last week's Shortwave Radiogram (program 404) is provided by Scott in Ontario[1] (Wednesday 1330 UTC). The audio arc hive is maintained by Mark in the UK[2]. Analysis is provided by Roger in Germany[3]. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 405, 12-18 June 2025, in MFSK modes as noted: Â 1:41Â MFSK32: Program preview Â 2:52Â MFSK32: MPs express BBC World Service funding concerns Â 6:58Â MFSK64: South Korea turns off propaganda loudspeakers 11:37Â MFSK64: This week's images 28:40Â MFSK32: Closing announcements Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net And visit http://swradiogram.net Bluesky: swradiogram.bsky.social or https://swradiogram.bsky.social Twitter: @SWRadiogram or https://twitter.com/swradiogram (visit during the weekend to see listenersâ€Ö results) Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/567099476753304 Shortwave Radiogram Gateway Wiki: https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Shortwave_Radiogram_Gateway Shortwave Radiogram Transmission Schedule UTC Day UTC Time Frequency kHz Transmitter Thursday 2330-2400 9265 WINB Pennsylvania Saturday 0230-0300 9265 WINB Pennsylvania Saturday 2300-2330 7570 7780 9455 WRMI Florida Sunday 1430-1500 9955 WRMI Florida Monday 0800-0830 5850 WRMI Florida Wednesday 1330-1400 15770 WRMI Florida Other Shortwave broadcast programs that include digital text and images include The Mighty KBC, Pop Shop Radio and Radio North Europe International (RNEI). Links to these fine broadcasts, with schedules, are posted here[4]. Â Thanks for your reception reports! Kim Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB Producer and Presenter Shortwave Radiogram Reporting on international broadcasting at kaedotcom.bsky.social [0] https://swradiogram.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=43fc8ba8977b432a99e9b8db7&id=88eea69d61&e=1315cb884b [1] https://swradiogram.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=43fc8ba8977b432a99e9b8db7&id=3032029c86&e=1315cb884b [2] https://swradiogram.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=43fc8ba8977b432a99e9b8db7&id=66e957555d&e=1315cb884b [3] https://swradiogram.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=43fc8ba8977b432a99e9b8db7&id=243310f123&e=1315cb884b [4] https://swradiogram.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=43fc8ba8977b432a99e9b8db7&id=73bb40b392&e=1315cb884b
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