Hello friends,

Last week I wrote about impending demise of the tall pine tree in our back yard. It provides the height for my «inverted U» antenna, designed for 160 meters, but tunes up nicely on other bands, and is a great receiving antenna. It was my sad duty to pull down that antenna. I was sure the wire would be permanently entangled in the pine tree and a sweetgum tree that it also passes through. I disconnected the wire at the far end and started pulling. To my surprise, the wire exhibited only moderate resistance as it slid through the two trees. I wound the 14 AWG wire around an old cardboard cat scratching pad, for possible future use, because the great reception of that old antenna is now gone.

Gene, KJ4M, posted to X that he «Copied WINB 9265 kHz on the zBitx running flidigi locally on the rig, no external PC required!» Intrigued, I looked it up at HF Signals to learn that the zBitx is an «all-mode» QRP transceiver covering 3 to 30 MHz. «The zBitx comes bundled with Fldigi, FreeDV, QSSTV. Any RigCtrl compatible, Linux software will work with the zBitx.» If anyone else has a chance to try this transceiver, especially with Shortwave Radiogram, please let us know.

A video of last week’s Shortwave Radiogram (program 411) is provided by Scott in Ontario (Wednesday 1330 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis is provided by Roger in Germany.

Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 412, 7-13 August 2025, in MFSK modes as noted:

 1:41  MFSK32: Program preview
 2:51  MFSK32: NASA to speed up moon reactor plans
 6:07  MFSK64: Nordic heatwave disappoints tourists
 9:45  MFSK64: This week’s images
27:06  MFSK32: Closing announcements

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Shortwave Radiogram Transmission Schedule

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.

Thanks for your reception reports!

Kim

Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB
Producer and Presenter
Shortwave Radiogram
Reporting on international broadcasting at https://twitter.com/kaedotcom

Fuente: https://swradiogram.net/

Categorías:Broadcasting

Etiquetas:Digital Modes, Frecuencias, MSFK64, Onda Corta, Shortwave, SW, SWL