Perhaps because of equinox propagation, reception of Shortwave Radiogram has been difficult lately in some parts of the world. Listeners in the eastern half of North America have been especially affected, with many of our frequencies (15770 for example)… Leer más ›

  Last weekend’s excerpt of Hungarian text from the revived RFE/RL Hungarian Service was received and decoded successfully all over the world, including all the diacritics. Here is an example as transmitted from Florida and received in, appropriately, Hungary. Videos… Leer más ›

  We have returned after a brief vacation to western Maryland. It rained most of the time we were there. But that’s OK, because it was cooler than here in the heat and humidity of the Washington DC area. It… Leer más ›

  This weekend, the unusual twist in Shortwave Radiogram will be a brief news item in the Thor 100 mode. Thor 100 is fast (352 wpm) and wide (1800 Hz). I seem to recall we tried Thor 100 previously on… Leer más ›

  Last weekend’s experiment with Belarusian text from RFE/RL was generally successful. It was also timely, given the interdiction of the internet in Belarus. This tweet showing distant reception of the Belarusian text using simple equipment generated much interest.  For… Leer más ›

  Apologies for the late start last weekend of the Friday 1300-1300 UTC broadcast on 15770 kHz. When it finally came on the air about halfway in to the half-hour, reception was great here in the mid-Atlantic USA. The Saturday… Leer más ›

Typical summer weather here, but even more so. Many consecutive days of temperatures above 90F, or 32C. And several days above 95F, or 25C.These hot days are often capped in the late afternoon or early evening with a rollicking thunderstorm…. Leer más ›

Radiogram transmite texto e imágenes digitales desde un transmisor de onda corta analógico. El programa es producido y presentado por el Dr. Kim Andrew Elliott.

In our part of the world, summer weather is here. We usually keep the air conditioning off as long as possible, but, finally, it was necessary today. Upstairs, where I produce Shortwave Radiogram, the effort of the AC is, at… Leer más ›

I’m not a fan of too much sunlight, such as what we are experiencing now in the Northern Hemisphere. Still, it might create some interesting propagation between our Northern Hemisphere transmitters and receivers in the Southern Hemisphere, where sunlight is… Leer más ›

As a retired bureaucrat, I prefer to play radio. But occasionally I get involved in the debate about US international broadcasting, as in my recent opinion piece in The Hill. It’s a sequel to another piece in The Hill back… Leer más ›

I am not sure if I saw any advantage in last weekend’s Thor22 over our usual MFSK32, and not much over the much faster MFSK64. On my PC, the Thor22 performed poorly via WINB, but well via WRMI. There is… Leer más ›