February 8, 2019

My First Radiogram from@SWRadiogram

I’ve been following @SWRadiogram on twitter and was around to listen into on 7.780MHz this afternoon. Here’s what I decoded:

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Welcome to program 86 of Shortwave Radiogram.

I’m Kim Andrew Elliott in Arlington, Virginia USA.

Here is the lineup for today’s program, in modes as noted:

1:40 MFSK32: Program preview (now)
2:48 Manual vs. automatic transmissions in Switzerland
7:04 Olivia 64-2000: SWL Fest and ISS SSTV
9:39 MFSK64: Mars cubesats have gone silent*
13:53 Images of the week*
28:24 MFSK32: Closing announcements

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From swissinfo.ch:

Automatic vs manual:
Swiss gear up for change to driving licence law

By Olivier Pauchard

1 February 2019

From February 1 whoever passes their Swiss driving test in a esautomatic vehicle is also allowed to drive a manual car. Not
everyone is happy about this, saying it could be dangerous. But
is it actually a problem, given that the days of stick-shift cars
appear to be numbered?

Until now most aspiring drivers sit their test in a manual,
allowing them, if they pass, to drive manuals as well as
automatics. But pass your test in an automatic and you’re limited
to automatics.

No longer. There’s now no difference between the two tests. Get
your automatic driving licence and you can get behind the wheel
of a manual transmission – even if you’ve never touched a gear
stick before.

It’s likely that most students will opt for an automatic licence,
since automatics are easier to handle and therefore fewer lessons
are needed, saving money.

But this change of law, approved by the governmentexternal link
in December, has triggered heated discussions about safety.

However, the debate might fizzle out by itself, given that manual
cars seem a dying breed, as the United States shows. There,
automatics have been in the majority since the 1950s, and
nowadays less than 5% of new cars sold are manual.

The US manual market has dwindled to such an extent that Audi
last year announced it would stop selling manual transmissions in
the US and Canada from 2019. Stick shifts are also rare in other
big countries such as China and Japan.

For many years Europe preferred manuals. But the situation there
is changing too. France is particularly resistant to automatics,
which made up only 3% of new vehicle registrations in 1995
although this figure had increased to 29% by last year.

The trend is similar in Switzerland. Automatic cars represented
19% of new cars in 1990, 26% in 2000 and almost 45% today.

Automatics used to be considered heavier, less reliable, more
expensive or less fuel efficient than manuals. While it’s true
that automatics remain slightly more expensive, the other
arguments no longer hold because of technical progress by car
makers.

Other factors that explain the growing success of automatics is
that, on increasingly congested roads, it’s much more comfortable
to not have to constantly fiddle with the gear stick or press
down on the clutch. What’s more, electric cars, which are
increasingly popular, are only available as automatics.

(Translated from French by Thomas Stephens)

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/automatic-vs-manual_swiss-gear-up-for-change-to-driving-test-law/44726126


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Shortwave Radiogram now changes to Olivia 64-2000 …


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The Winter SWL Fest will be 28 Feb to 2 Mar near Philadelphia. I
will be there to demonstrate Shortwave Radiogram. Information at
swlfest.com.

SSTV (PD 120) will be transmitted this weekend from the
International Space Station until 1830 UTC Sunday. Tune in on
145.8 MHz (FM). Use MMSSTV or similar software to decode.

Changing to MF
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Source: NASA

https://newatlas.com/marco-cubesats-silent/58345/

See also
https://newatlas.com/cubesat-lesf-propulsion/58365/


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