Voice of Tigers at 1500-1600 UTC on 12250 kHz, 17-18 May 2013 ???
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LRA 36 was on air on May 15 on footprint 15476.003 kHz.
But not heard tonight May 16 here in Europe.
But RAE Italian sce noted at 1940 UT May 16,
footprint 15344.845 kHz, wandered down 10 Hertz within 2 minutes.
RAE General Pacheco in French language started late at 2002:45 UTC, 
and wandered still downwards 20 Hertz, now on 15344.825 kHz at 2003 UTC.

73 wb

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron" <ron888howard@gmail.com>

Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:14 PM
Subject: [dxld] Re: no sign of LRA 36 today

First time I have checked for them here in California. May 16
nothing heard at all on 15476 with random checking from 1800 
to 1930. Do not know if I could hear them even if they were

broadcasting?
Ron
--- In dxld@yahoogroups.com, "davehughes203" wrote:
I have been watching 15476 since 17:59 UTC & I see no sign of 
the carrier from Antarctica....yet. they were having problems

yesterday so maybe they are just late.
DH  KCMO   via Twente SDR

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In VOA Radiogram for the weekend on 18 and 19 May, we will continue to experiment with images. In fact, we will transmit the same picture three ways: in two SSTV modes and then as an MFSK32 image. Bring something to read, or an electronics project, because these picture transmissions will take 4 to 5 minutes each.
 
To decode the SSTV modes, several software programs are available. They include the RX-SSTV (receive only) from http://users.belgacom.net/hamradio/rxsstv.htm , MMSSTV from http://hamsoft.ca/pages/mmsstv.php , and Digital Master 780, part of the Ham Radio Deluxe suite, from http://www.hrdsoftwarellc.com .
 
Before the images will be two VOA news stories in MFSK32 text, with the usual center audio frequency of 1500 Hz. The second story is in French, as we continue to determine if accented letters appear correctly on your display.
 
To view accented characters in Fldigi: Configure > Colors & Fonts > next to Select Char Set, select UTF-8. To keep your selection of UTF-8, under Configuration, click Save Config.  
 
Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram the weekend on 18 and 19 May:
 
2:55        MFSK16 Program preview
1:59        MFSK32 VOA News in English
4:03        MFSK32 VOA News in French
1:07        MFSK16 Intro to SSTV transmissions
4:31        Scottie DX SSTV
 :10        Tone (to give you time to save your Scottie DX image)
5:08        Pasokon P5 SSTV
 :25        MFSK16 intro to MFSK32 image
4:07        MFSK32 image
1:10        MFSK16 closing announcements
1:22        Surprise mode of the week (mixes somewhat with the closing music)                                   
 
On VOA Radiogram during the weekend of 25-26 May, we will experiment with the Easypal digital SSTV mode, comparing it to MFSK32. Please download Easypal from http://vk4aes.com . Easypal images are transmitted by radio amateurs on 14233 kHz.
 
VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UTC)
Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1300-1330 6095 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.
 
This weekend, there will also be digital transmissions from Radio Australia:
 
http://voaradiogram.net/post/50573915377/radio-australia-digital-text-and-image-may-18-and-19
 
And The Mighty KBC:
 
http://voaradiogram.net/post/50575221277/more-hell-this-weekend-on-the-mighty-kbc
(Jaisakthivel, ADXC, www.dxquiz.wordpress.com Via Kim Elliott)
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Family Radio's founder predicted Jesus would return and the world would end on May 21, 2011.

NASHVILLE -- A Christian radio ministry may be facing a financial apocalypse after its predictions about the end of the world failed to come true.

Three years ago Oakland-based Family Radio Inc. placed billboard messages around the country, claiming that Jesus would return on May 21, 2011.

Forty of the billboards were in Nashville, Tenn., bearing the message "He is Coming Back Soon."

Some of the Rev. Harold Camping's followers had quit jobs or emptied their bank accounts to help pay for the billboards, and some traveled the country in a caravan to spread the word. They also set up a website called wecanknow.com and spread the word on T-shirts, bumper stickers and postcards.

Volunteers such as Allison Warden, who orchestrated Nashville's billboard campaign, were convinced that Camping's prediction was right.

"It's a certainty," she told The Tennessean in 2010.

When the end of the world did not happen, Family Radio's founder, Camping, admitted he'd been wrong.

Now his charity has fallen on hard times.

The group lost more than $ 100 million in assets from 2007 to 2011, according to the Associated Press, falling from $ 135 million in 2007 to $ 29.2 million at the end of 2011. It's had to sell off three of its largest radio stations.

Camping, 91, suffered a stroke after his prediction did not materialize and has since said he has no more interest in considering future dates for the end of the world.

In 2012, records show that Family Radio took out a $ 30 million bridge loan to keep operating while awaiting money from the sale of the stations.

Board member Tom Evans, who has taken over the network since Camping's stroke, said the network is hurting during the economic slowdown like other nonprofits. But he said it is not closing.

"Sufficient funds were in the bank and, thankfully, we didn't spend everything," he said, referring to the May 2011 prediction. "But it did force us to make quick changes."

Family Radio, founded more than a half-century ago, had 66 full-service radio stations, more than 100 FM broadcast relay stations and a handful of television stations across the country at one time.

Smietana also writes for The Tennessean. Contributing: The Associated Press
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/
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Microsoft has announced a new Windows Phone 8 update that will bring features like FM radio and add CalDAV and CardDav support, which will extend support for Gmail and other Google services. The announcement came following the launch of the Nokia Lumia 925, which would be the first phone to ship with the update pre-installed.

The update is expected to roll out to existing Windows Phone 8 devices later this summer, and will activate FM radio in handsets that feature capable hardware. It's interesting to note that Windows Phone 7.x supported FM radio while Windows Phone 8 did not have this feature until this update. Nokia's new lineup of smartphones barring the Lumia 620 sport FM hardware, which will become functional after the update.

These features of the new update were first revealed by an unofficial report back in March.

It is worth recalling that Google had announced it would cease support for its Google Sync service for new users starting 30th January 2013, later extending the date to 31st July. This would've meant Windows Phone users won't have been able to setup their Google account on the OS beyond this 'sunset date'. As promised earlier, the new update will also bring support for the sync protocols CalDAV (for Calendars) and CardDAV (for Contacts), which, when combined with IMAP (for Email, already in Windows Phone 8) will be able to fully replace the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync protocol, to synchronise email, contacts, and calendar with Google and other services that support these protocols.

The update will bring some changes to Xbox Music making it easier to select, download, and pin tunes in Xbox Music and improve the accuracy of song information and other metadata. It will also extend the Data Sense feature of Windows Phone 8 to more telecom operators.

With the Lumia 925, Nokia had announced a slew of camera features including a new Nokia Smart Camera mode that allows users to create high quality images, offering the ability to take ten shots at once and then edit them afterwards with tools and effects like Best Shot, Action Shot and Motion Focus. Nokia will be bringing these features to its existing compatible Windows Phone 8 Lumia smartphones in an update called Nokia Lumia Amber, which will also be rolling out this summer. The update is also expected to bring 'double tap to wake up' lock screen gesture to some Lumia phones.
Source: http://gadgets.ndtv.com/
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