Hello friends,
VOA Radiogram for the weekend of May 11 and 12 will
feature long stretches of VOA News in plain text, using the MFSK 32 and 64
modes. No Flmsg or Flamp this time. This weekend's program will also include our
first test of slow scan television (SSTV).
Here is the
lineup:
MFSK16 (2:28) Preview
MFSK32 (12:08) VOA News
stories
The first of the three stories will be in Spanish. This is to
determine how letters with accent marks appear on your display. The second VOA
news story will be followed by an accompanying MFSK32 image
MFSK16
Intro to the next mode
MFSK64 (3:34) VOA News story
MFSK16
Intro to the next mode
SSTV Scottie DX (4:31)
There are several
software programs that decode SSTV, including Digital Master 780 (DM780). A free
receive-only SSTV decoder is RX-SSTV from users.belgacom.net/hamradio/rxsstv.htm
MFSK16
(1:11) Closing announcements
Closing music, accompanied by the
surprise mode of the week
Please send reception reports to
radiogram@voanews.com
Screenshots and audio samples are welcome,
especially audio of less than perfect reception conditions.
The VOA
Radiogram website is voaradiogram.net and
the Twitter account is @VOARadiogram
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.
I hope you can tune in and decode this
weekend.
Kim
Kim Andrew Elliott