Last weekend we changed the frequency of the Saturday 1600-1630
UTC broadcast from 17860 to 17870 kHz to escape interference from Radio Exterior
de España on 17855 kHz. There was, however, no REE on 17855 last Saturday! Our
frequency change did, at least, move us farther away from the jamming
transmitter on 17850 kHz, which was very active last Saturday.
This weekend’s program will contain some interesting news items in
MFSK32, plus an unusual (and unusual sounding) bonus mode.
Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 110, 9-10 May 2015, all in MFSK32 except for the bonus mode:
1:40 Program preview
3:17 Vinyl records popular again in South Africa*
10:20 US agency announces prize for ocean wave energy*
16:57 Expo Milano 2015 will focus on food supply*
24:20 Robot image* and closing announcements
28:01 Olivia 128-2000: Bonus mode of the week**
Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 110, 9-10 May 2015, all in MFSK32 except for the bonus mode:
1:40 Program preview
3:17 Vinyl records popular again in South Africa*
10:20 US agency announces prize for ocean wave energy*
16:57 Expo Milano 2015 will focus on food supply*
24:20 Robot image* and closing announcements
28:01 Olivia 128-2000: Bonus mode of the week**
* with image
** There is no RSID for Olivia 128-2000, so after the closing
announcement, use Op Mode > Olivia > Custom to set the bandwidth to 2000
and tones to 128. Another quick way to do this is to create an Fldigi macro,
using this code: . Here’s one way to do it
…
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 17870 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 Sunday,
10 May, at about 0131 UTC (Saturday 9:31 pm EDT) on 9925 kHz. Reports to Eric:
themightykbc (at) gmail.com .
If you have an Android device, the AndFlmsg app B0.5.0 is
available from http://www.w1hkj.com/vk2eta/. It now
decodes MFSK images. VOA Radiogram listeners who are using AndFlmsg are
reporting good results.
If you are interested in international broadcasting at the macro
level, see my recent essay:
(Reflecting my own views and not those of the Voice of America or
its parent agencies.)
