Radio Australia Digi Tests

[VK2BLS]

Radio Australia ran some digi mode tests recently with MFSK 16 & 32 modes and asked for reception reports.

They will be running more again this weekend 8th & 9th June for those who may be interested.

http://voaradiogram.net/

Their email also indicated a change in policy will soon mean no more issuing of QSL cards for rx reports.

Maybe they need to be lobbied?

Cheers,
Darrell vk2bls

[VK3BQ]

Will try and decode.

Radio Australia digital text transmissions 8-9 June


Radio Australia will transmit digital text and an image during three special broadcasts the weekend of 8 and 9 June 2013.

The seven-minute broadcasts will consist of…

MFSK16 text
MFSK32 text
MFSK32 in Flmsg* format (creates Radio Australia logo in browser window)
MFSK32 image (ABC logo)

*Fldigi and Flmsg from www.w1hkj.com must be used together. In Fldigi, click Configure > Misc > NBEMS: Under Reception of flmsg files, check both boxes, and under that indicate where your Flmsg program file is located.

Transmission schedule

All dates/times are in UTC, all frequencies in kHz

Saturday/Sunday 8/9 June 2013

Nominal target areas are listed. Reception beyond these target areas is likely.

0850-0857 UTC
7410 (PNG & south-west Pacific)
11945 (south Pacific, NZ, central America, Europe)

1230-1237 UTC
6080 (PNG, west Pacific, Philippines, Japan)
9580 (central Pacific, NAM)
12065 (central Pacific, NAM)

2150-2157 UT C
11695 (south-east Asia, Europe)
21740 (central Pacific, NAm)

Each broadcast begins with with 40 seconds of Radio Australia interval signal (Waltzing Matilda).

[VK3ZFS]

Im going up to my bush block for the long weekend , with under S1 noise level will fire up Fidigi and try to decode RA tests.
understand VOA & BBC also doing tests..said to have great QRM penertration the Fidigi multi carrier modes for text sending.

[VK3BQ]

Video of the test from last night. (Not my video)

http://youtu.be/TWNt_i0fgvo

http://youtu.be/TWNt_i0fgvo