Hello friends,
Last weekend, we marked World
Radio Day with a malfunction of the radio transmitter on 17580 kHz, during the
time that the World Radio Day logo should have been broadcast. Other than that,
we had a good weekend of reception and decoding!
For a good example of Olivia
64-2000 performing well despite poor reception, try decoding from this audio
that I recorded from an SDR in Australia: http://voaradiogram.net/post/157100458412/voa-radiogram-olivia-64-2000-received-in-nsw
This weekend, we will again
transmit an excerpt of text in a non-Latin Alphabet. This time it will be
Ukrainian. Use the UTF-8 character set, which, in Fldigi, you can adjust (if
necessary) via Configure > Colors & Fonts.
Here is the lineup for VOA
Radiogram, program 203, 18-19 February
2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:
1:50 Program preview
3:17 Trump Administration
sued over bumble bee protection*
9:18 India rocket launches
104 satellites*
16:09 Olivia 64-2000: First
white dwarf pulsar discovered
20:44 MFSK32: World Radio
Day items from RFE/RL*
23:27 Ukrainian
text**
25:59 Closing
announcements*
* with
image
** use UTF-8 character
set
Please send reception reports
to radiogram@voanews.com.
VOA Radiogram
transmission schedule (temporarily expanded):
|
UTC Day
|
UTC Time
|
kHz
|
Transmitter
|
Target
|
Also try in …
|
|
Saturday
|
0930-1000
|
5865
|
North Carolina
|
Americas
|
Asia-Pacific, Europe
|
|
Saturday
|
1600-1630
|
17580
|
North Carolina
|
Europe
|
Americas, Asia-Pacific
|
|
Sunday
|
0230-0300
|
5745
|
North Carolina
|
Americas
|
Europe
|
|
Sunday
|
1930-2000
|
15670
|
North Carolina
|
Europe
|
Americas, Asia-Pacific
|
|
Sunday
|
2030-2100
|
11580
|
WRMI Florida
|
Europe
|
Americas
|
|
Sunday
|
2330-2400
|
11580
|
WRMI Florida
|
Americas
|
|
|
Monday
|
2000-2030
|
3975
|
IBC Italy
|
Europe
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
2100-2130
|
3975
|
IBC Italy
|
Europe
|
|
DigiDX is taking a few weeks off, hence the VOA Radiogram transmissions via WRMI and IBC. See http://www.digidx.uk/ and https://www.facebook.com/digidx/
Italian Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) has digital modes as follows:
EVERY WEDNESDAY ON 3975 KHZ 20.30-21.00 UTC in MFSK32 and OLIVIA 16-500
EVERY FRIDAY ON 9955 KHZ 02.25-02.30 UTC in MFSK32
EVERY SATURDAY ON 1584 KHZ 21.25-21.30 UTC in MFSK32
EVERY SUNDAY ON 7730 KHZ 00.55-01.00 UTC in MFSK32
EVERY SUNDAY ON 6070 KHZ 11.30-12.00 UTC in MFSK32 and OLIVIA 16-500 (VIA RADIO BCLNEWS)
For the complete IBC transmission schedule, including voice broadcasts, visit http://ibcradio.webs.com/
Winter SWL
Fest.
I am planning to attend the Winter SWL Fest, March 2-4, 2017, at Plymouth
Meeting, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. Hope to see you there. Information at
http://www.swlfest.com .
(Single-day walk-ins are welcome.)
Thanks for your reports from
last weekend. I am now sending out confirmations from program 201, with hopes
to send out confirmations from program 202 during this
weekend.
I hope you can tune in and
write in.
Kim
Producer and Presenter
VOA Radiogram
voaradiogram.net
Twitter: @VOARadiogram
(especially active just before, during, and after
broadcasts)
- For best Olivia 64-2000 performance, turn Fldigi's
squelch (SQL) off.
- The RSID at 1500 Hz sometimes mixes with the transmitter
hum, most noticeable at 360 Hz, to move your receive audio frequency down to
1140 Hz, resulting in no decode. To prevent this, in Fldigi: Configure > IDs
> RsID > unselect Searches passband. Your center audio frequency
will wander no more than +/- 200 Hz.
- Fldigi automatically saves your decoded MFSK images as
png files in the folder \fldigi.files\images\ (in Windows; folder names might be
different with other operating systems). You can attach those png files with
your reception report.
- The VOA Radiogram Twitter account @VOARadiogram is
especially active before, during, and after the broadcasts. You don't need a
Twitter account: just go to https://twitter.com/voaradiogram and refresh it
occasionally.