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Friday, October 24, 2014
VOA Radiogram Schedule: Oct. 25-26
Hello friends,
The surprise mode on this weekend's VOA Radiogram requires the newest version of Fldigi -- 3.22 -- which can be downloaded from http://www.w1hkj.com/download.html. The surprise mode will be transmitted during the closing music and will be centered on 1500 Hz.
Also on this weekend's program, a news item about a shortwave broadcasting initiative, and another about a U.S. government agency's planned use shortwave (HF) for emergency communications.
Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 82, 25-26 October 2014:
1:31 Program preview
2:34 New shortwave initiatives, with images
8:29 New network sharing system
12:28 Ocean microbes eat methane, with image
20:05 Morocco solar power plant, with image
25:53 Closing announcements, with MFSK64 logo
28:29 Surprise mode of the week (requires Fldigi 3.22)
Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.
VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UTC):
Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.
The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK64 Saturday at about 1130 UTC on 6095 kHz and Sunday at about 0130 (Saturday 9:30 pm EDT) on 7375 kHz. Both frequencies are via Germany. Reports to themightykbc@gmail.com.
Thanks for your reports from last weekend. I'll answer them this weekend.
Kim
Kim Andrew Elliott
Producer and Presenter
VOA Radiogram
voaradiogram.net