VOA Radiogram this weekend will be, as usual, mostly in MFSK32, with some Olivia 64-2000. It will include information about VOA’s 75th anniversary, which was 1 February. And the show will conclude with mention of the last Radio Australia shortwave transmission on 31 January.
Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 201,
4-5 February 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:
1:48 Program preview
2:58 Saturn's rings revealed in unprecedented
detail*
7:05 Batteries will help power California's grid*
11:37 Olivia 64-2000: Breitbart News expands to Europe
19:31 MFSK32: VOA's 75th anniversary on 1 February*
26:52 Closing announcements*
*
with image
Please
send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.
VOA Radiogram transmission schedule (temporarily
expanded):
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UTC Day
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UTC Time
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kHz
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Transmitter
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Target
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Also try in …
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Saturday
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0930-1000
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5865
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North Carolina
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Americas
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Asia-Pacific, Europe
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Saturday
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1600-1630
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17580
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North Carolina
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Europe
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Americas, Asia-Pacific
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Sunday
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0230-0300
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5745
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North Carolina
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Americas
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Europe
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Sunday
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1930-2000
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15670
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North Carolina
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Europe
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Americas, Asia-Pacific
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Sunday
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2030-2100
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11580
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WRMI Florida
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Europe
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Americas
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Sunday
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2330-2400
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11580
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WRMI Florida
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Americas
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Monday
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2000-2030
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3975
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IBC Italy
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Europe
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Wednesday
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2100-2130
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3975
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IBC Italy
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Europe
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The Mighty KBC broadcast to North America will be Sunday at 0000-0200 UTC
(Saturday 7-9 pm EST) on 6145 kHz, via Germany. A minute of MFSK32 will be
transmitted at about 0130 UTC. Reports to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com
. See also http://www.kbcradio.eu/ and https://www.facebook.com/TheMightyKbc/ .
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 .
Thanks for your reports from last weekend (show 200). I hope to
resume responding to your emails during this weekend.
I hope you can tune in and write this weekend.
Kim
Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB
Producer and Presenter
VOA Radiogram
Twitter: @VOARadiogram (especially active just before,
during, and after broadcasts)
PS: A few operating notes:
- 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.