KBC: 9450 khz and special test of a digital text....

The Mighty KBC will test to the USA on Sunday 11 November 2012 00.00 -
02.00 UTC on 9450 kHz!

Please join the Mighty KBC for a test of a digital text sent via a
shortwave broadcast transmitter. This will take place during the next
transmission to North America, Sunday 0000-0200 UTC, at approximately
0130 and just before the end of the broadcast at 0200.

All you need is a basic shortwave receiver (no SSB mode is necessary),
and a basic personal computer. Using a patch cord, you will feed the
audio out of the earphone jack (or line out) of your radio into the
microphone jack of your PC. If you don't have a patch cord, you can
try placing the speaker of your radio close to the built-in microphone
of a laptop PC.

You will also need software. There are several freeware or shareware
programs used by the amateur radio community that decode digital text
modes. One is FLDIGI, available from http://www.w1hkj.com .

After installing FLDIGI, pull down the Configure menu, then click
Sound Card, and select the soundcard your PC is using.

You might also have to adjust your audio settings. In Windows 7, left
click twice on the speaker icon in the lower right of PC display, then
click Options, then click Properties, then click Recording, then click
the input that works. Other operating systems will have different
procedures. A good way to test your audio settings is to try to decode
the radio amateurs using the PSK31 mode on 14070 kHz.

For the test digital text transmissions on Sunday, The Mighty KBC will
be using the QPSK125 mode. On your software, your cursor should be
centered on 1500 Hertz, where you will see the "waterfall" of the
QPSK125 signal. You can decode the transmission while you receive it,
or record the transmission and decode from the recording. The latter
will give you more opportunities to perfect the technique.

The test to be transmitted will be a formatted html file. Copy it from
<html> to (and including) </html>, and paste it to a text editor (such
as Notepad in Windows). Save the file, using any file name, with the
suffix .htm or .html. Then open the file in any web browser. If all
goes well, this might be the first time you receive a shortwave radio
broadcast in color!

In the future, an app will be developed to make this process simpler!


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Free radio log for 5 November 2012

6290 1813- UNID playing mx, OM singer, good to fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 4-35333

6322v 1816- Oldtimer Radio playing mainly Dutch songs and Polkas, good signal with fades and noise, sinpo 45333

Free radio log for 4 November 2012

6095 1453- KBC via Wertachtal playing Oldy, strong and clear signal with some fades and noise, sinpo 55444

6301v 1631- Radio Mustang playing music, fair to poor signal with deep fading and noise, sinpo 35322

15070 1458- Cupid Radio playing music, rock, OM singer, then OP talk in English, dance music is playing and c/d at 1503, fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35333

Free radio log for 3rd November 2012

6095 1248- KBC via Wertachtal playing as usually rock-n-roll, OM singer, good signal with some fades and noise, sinpo 45444

6291v 1715- Galaxy Radio playing song, OM singer, fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35333

6300 1604- Radio Tower playing Dutch song, OM singer, fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35333

Free radio log for 2nd November 2012

6289v 1948- UNID playing mx, suddenly c/d, fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35333

Good News from Long Live Radio

Hello!

The LLR was absent on short waves during several months due to the
troubles with the antenna. But recently our antenna has been repaired
so we can continue free radio mission now.

In current broadcast season we are going to transmit on IRREGULAR
basis on week-days from 1700 till 1945 UTC (start time may vary) on
the frequency of 5780 kHz or about. Any reception reports, reaction or
suggestions are welcome. New series of the eQSLs will be available
soon.

5780+/-... AM... week-day evenings... high secret location in the
Eastern Europe...


Hallowe'en greetings! 73!


LLR team.

Free radio log for 1st November 2012

6326v 1638- Halloween Radio playing pank, OM singer, fair to poor signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35323(2), thanks for help with ID, Doc!