From Kim Andrew Elliott:
Hello friends,
This weekend's VOA Radiogram will include nearly nine minutes of
Olivia 32-2000. The Olivia 32-2000 mode is about 50 words per minute and
is useful when reception is difficult. If reception is good this
weekend, you can perhaps create difficult reception
by using an inexpensive radio.
[If our recurring magnetic storms continue, creating poor reception should not be a problem. -Hugh]
The Fldigi RxID should be on (green) and will probably detect the
Olivia 32-2000 mode from the RSID. If it does not: Op Mode > Olivia
> Custom > Bandwidth=2000, Tones=32.
The non-Latin alphabet of the week is Chinese. If you use Fldigi,
make sure that Configure > Colors & Fonts > Rx/TX Character
set is set to UTF-8. The Chinese should also display correctly with the
AndFlmsg Android app version 1.2, which now has UTF-8 support.
Any photos of decoding using an inexpensive radio next to an Android
phone or tablet (or next to a Windows/iOS laptop) would be helpful.
If it is convenient, I would also appreciate mp3 recordings of the Olivia 32-2000 in difficult reception conditions.
After the closing announcements will be two images, one immediately
following the other. Fldigi automatically saves decoded MFSK images as
png files in the folder \fldigi.files\images\. (Other operating systems
may have different folder names.) You can
attach those png files to your reception report. In Android, the MFSK
images are stored in the folder NBEMS.files/NBEMS-Images.
Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 128, 12-13 September 2015, all in MFSK32 except where noted:
1:36 Program preview
2:50 Most distant galaxy seen from earth (orbit)*
7:41 Boeing opens spaceship plant in Florida*
14:55 Olivia 32-2000: China to far side of moon
18:27 Olivia 32-2000: Chinese text from VOA Chinese
23:41 MFSK32: Closing announcements*
28:21 Olivia 64-2000: Transmission schedule
* with image
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 at 0230
UTC (Saturday 10:30 pm EDT) on 7375 kHz, via Germany. This is part of
the KBC transmission to North America Sundays at 0000-0300 UTC on 7375
kHz. Reports for this KBC transmission to
Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com
Thank you for your reception reports and recordings from last
weekend's VOA Radiogram. I'm now putting together a gallery of the MFSK
16, 32, 63, and SSTV images from program 122, so I still have some
catching up to do.
I hope you can tune in and write in this weekend.
Kim
Kim Andrew Elliott
Producer and Presenter
VOA Radiogram
voaradiogram.net
