Hello friends,
This weekend's VOA Radiogram includes VOA News story by Doug Bernard about the Internet in Cuba. It's longer that most of our items: about 12 minutes in MFSK32. I think it's all interesting, so I couldn't bring myself to cut any of it. I considered transmitting it in MFSK64, but given poor mid-winter propagation conditions in the northern hemisphere, I decided it best to stay with our reliable MFSK32 mode.
Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 91, 27-28 December 2014, all in MFSK32 except where indicated:
1:38 Program preview
2:38 Mobile computer lab in Nairobi*
8:04 US wants open Internet in Cuba*
21:50 Launch of Russia's new Angara rocket*
26:18 Closing announcements*
28:22 Bonus mode: MFSK16
*with image
Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.
VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UTC):
Sat 0930-1000 5910 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17860 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 Saturday at about 1230 UTC on 6095 kHz, and Sunday at about 0130 UTC on 7375 kHz. Both frequencies are via Germany. Send reports to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com .
Thanks for tuning in and writing in, and for all your support, during 2014. Best wishes for the new year 2015.
Kim
Kim Andrew Elliott
Producer and Presenter
VOA Radiogram
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Utility Planet is the official blog for the column of the same name in The Spectrum Monitor. It replaces Utility World in the discontinued Monitoring Times magazine. Utilities are all VLF/LF/MF/HF (and sometimes low-band VHF) radio communications except broadcasting, CB, and non-emergency amateur. If you understood the last sentence, you know enough to read this blog.
Friday, December 26, 2014
Newsy VOA Radiogram for December 27-28
From Kim Andrew Elliott: