Thursday, November 07, 2013

Interesting VOA Radiogram for November 9 & 10

VOA Radiogram continues its developmental mode with the Fldigi developers.  This will include a transmission of the new Thor100 plus more comparisons between long-interleave MFSK and the short-interleave version that's standard on VOA Radiogram. This will require another update to the Fldigi software, available at w1hkj.com .

Don't forget the new local times in the US after "falling back" last Sunday.

From Kim Elliott:
Hello friends,

VOA Radiogram during the weekend on 9-10 November 2013, will be a bit different. In addition to the usual MFSK modes, we will transmit Thor100. This is at the request of one of the Fldigi developers, who needs some actual (not simulated) shortwave reception of Thor100 for his testing.

We will continue our comparisons of the new long-interleave modes MFSK64L and MFSK128L with their short counterparts.

All of the modes to be broadcast this weekend are available in the latest version of Fldigi: 3.21.77, available from w1hkj.com.

Here is the lineup of modes for VOA Radiogram, program 32, 9-10 November 2013:

2:55  MFSK16: Program preview
4:35  MFSK32: Radio France International memorial and logo
1:30  MFSK64: VOA News re SR-32 airplane
1:53  MFSK64L: Same VOA News story
3:36  MFSK32/64: Artist's conception of SR-32  
 :38  MFSK32: E-mail address
2:17  Thor100: VOA News re earth-sized planets
1:48  MFSK128: Same VOA News story
2:10  MFSK128L: Same VOA News story
1:44  MFSK32 image: Artist's conception of planet Kepler 78b
1:48  MFSK32: Closing announcements/VOA Radiogram logo (500x44)

There will also be some surprises at the end of the show.

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com. If possible,  audio samples and screenshots are also appreciated.

I will be answering your e-mails from last weekend (2-3 November) starting today.

I look forward to hearing from you this weekend.

Kim

Kim Andrew Elliott

Producer and Presenter
VOA Radiogram
voaradiogram.net

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.