From Kim Andrew Elliott:
Hello friends,
Last weekend, we
marked World Radio Day with a malfunction of the radio transmitter on
17580 kHz, during the time that the World Radio Day logo should have
been broadcast. Other than that, we had a good weekend
of reception and decoding!
For a good example
of Olivia 64-2000 performing well despite poor reception, try decoding
from this audio that I recorded from an SDR in Australia:
http://voaradiogram.net/post/157100458412/voa-radiogram-olivia-64-2000-received-in-nsw
This weekend, we
will again transmit an excerpt of text in a non-Latin Alphabet. This
time it will be Ukrainian. Use the UTF-8 character set, which, in
Fldigi, you can adjust (if necessary) via Configure >
Colors & Fonts.
Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 203, 18-19 February 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:
1:50 Program preview
3:17 Trump Administration sued over bumble bee protection*
9:18 India rocket launches 104 satellites*
16:09 Olivia 64-2000: First white dwarf pulsar discovered
20:44 MFSK32: World Radio Day items from RFE/RL*
23:27 Ukrainian text**
25:59 Closing announcements*
* with image
** use UTF-8 character set
Please send reception reports to
radiogram@voanews.com.
VOA Radiogram transmission schedule (temporarily expanded):
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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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Monday
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2000-2030
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3975
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IBC Italy
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Europe
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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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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) has digital modes as follows:
EVERY WEDNESDAY ON 3975 KHZ 20.30-21.00 UTC in MFSK32 and OLIVIA 16-500
EVERY FRIDAY ON 9955 KHZ 02.25-02.30 UTC in MFSK32
EVERY SATURDAY ON 1584 KHZ 21.25-21.30 UTC in MFSK32
EVERY SUNDAY ON 7730 KHZ 00.55-01.00 UTC in MFSK32
EVERY SUNDAY ON 6070 KHZ 11.30-12.00 UTC in MFSK32 and OLIVIA 16-500 (VIA RADIO BCLNEWS)
For the complete IBC transmission schedule, including voice broadcasts, visit http://ibcradio.webs.com/
Winter SWL Fest. I am planning to attend the Winter SWL Fest, March 2-4, 2017, at Plymouth Meeting,
Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. Hope to see you there. Information at http://www.swlfest.com . (Single-day walk-ins are welcome.)
Thanks for your
reports from last weekend. I am now sending out confirmations from
program 201, with hopes to send out confirmations from program 202
during this weekend.
I hope you can tune in and write in.
Kim
Producer and Presenter
VOA Radiogram
voaradiogram.net
Twitter: @VOARadiogram (especially active just before, during, and after broadcasts)
- 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.