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Texas
Radio Shortwave, an American free radio station, today announced three test
broadcasts on May 16, 2020. The
broadcasts will determine listenership and propagation feasibility on a newly
activated frequency in the 75-meter shortwave broadcast band.
Channel
292 in Germany will transmit the hour-long broadcasts — at 0300 UTC, 1800 UTC,
and 2100 UTC — on 3955 kHz with a transmitter power of 4 kW.
Texas
Radio Shortwave will send a limited-edition commemorative electronic
verification for correct, detailed reception reports. Reports should be sent to texasradiosw@gmail.com.
Reception
reports must contain times, song titles, the text of announcements, a SINPO/SIO
signal rating, information on receiver and antenna, and comments on the program
content. Listeners using remote
software-defined receivers (SDRs) should mention that. Texas Radio Shortwave would like to
receive audio clips of the broadcast along with detailed reports.
3955
kHz is part of the 75-meter amateur band in IARU
Region 2 (consisting mostly of North and South America).
During
May, propagation predictions for 0300 UTC show the strongest signal into the
Eastern US and Canada, the Northern half of Africa, all of Europe, and portions
of Eastern Asia. At 1800 UTC, the
prediction is for the strongest signal in Europe and the Northern third of
Africa. Strongest signal coverage
for the 2100 UTC broadcast is predicted to be like 0300 UTC excluding North
America. Listenable signals may be
possible in other areas of the world.
Texas
Radio Shortwave is located on a ship anchored in the Gulf of Mexico off the
South Texas coast. Its programs are
broadcast in North America and Europe.
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Terry
Colgan
Listening to shortwave radio since 1959
Tuning SDRs worldwide from
Austin, Texas USA
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