Hello friends,
Now that most of North America
has changed to Daylight Savings Time, most Americans and Canadians will hear VOA
Radiogram one hour later by local time. This is because VOA Radiogram stays at
the same UTC time year round. The same will happen for European listeners
beginning 26 March
Also that last weekend of
March, many shortwave broadcast stations will change some of their frequencies
to correspond with seasonal shifts in propagation. The only change for VOA
Radiogram from North Carolina is that the Saturday 0930-1000 UTC broadcast will
move from 5865 to 5745 kHz, effective 1 April.
Effective 26 March, IBC
(Italian Broadcasting Corporation) will drop its 3975 kHz frequency for the
summer. IBC will no longer broadcast VOA Radiogram. There might be one more VOA
Radiogram via IBC, Wednesday, 22 March, at 2100-2130 UTC, on 3975 kHz.
This weekend’s VOA Radiogram
will be all MFSK32, except for one item in MFSK16, in case reception is
difficult.
Here is the lineup for VOA
Radiogram, program 207, 18-19 March
2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:
1:46 Program preview
2:56 Fog-clearing
apparatus used at Oregon airport*
9:52 'Boaty McBoatface'
submarine to embark on first mission*
16:44 MFSK16: RFE/RL photo
archive from 1950s USSR
21:50 MFSK32: Images* and
closing announcements
* with
image(s)
Please send reception reports
to radiogram@voanews.com
.
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VOA
Radiogram Transmission Schedule
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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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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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* Moving to 5745 kHz effective 1
April
** Discontinued after 22
March
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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) For the complete IBC transmission schedule, including changes after 27 March, visit http://ibcradio.webs.com/ The new English version of IBC’s “Shortwave Panorama” begins 31 March, via WRMI Florida, Friday 01.00-01.30 UTC on 9955 kHz, Saturday 01.30-02.00 UTC 11580 kHz, and
Sunday 00.30-01.00 UTC on 7730 kHz. The last five minutes of these shows will be in MFSK32.
Thanks for your
reception reports from last weekend. In comparison of the two 58-wpm modes,
MFSK16 and Olivia 8-1000, it appears that MFSK16 performed better, based on most
reports.
Due to commitments related to my audience research work at VOA, I am vastly behind in answering your reports, but I hope to get back on track this weekend.
Due to commitments related to my audience research work at VOA, I am vastly behind in answering your reports, but I hope to get back on track this weekend.
I hope you can tune in and write in this weekend.
Kim
Producer and Presenter
VOA Radiogram
voaradiogram.net
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.