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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

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).

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.

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

http://youtu.be/TWNt_i0fgvo

http://youtu.be/TWNt_i0fgvo