Hello friends,
Now that most of
North America has changed to Daylight Savings Time, most Americans and
Canadians will hear VOA Radiogram one hour later by local time. This is
because VOA Radiogram stays at the same UTC time
year round. The same will happen for European listeners beginning 26
March.
Also that last
weekend of March, many shortwave broadcast stations will change some of
their frequencies to correspond with seasonal shifts in propagation. The
only change for VOA Radiogram from North Carolina
is that the Saturday 0930-1000 UTC broadcast will move from 5865 to
5745 kHz, effective 1 April.
Effective 26 March,
IBC (Italian Broadcasting Corporation) will drop its 3975 kHz frequency
for the summer. IBC will no longer broadcast VOA Radiogram. There might
be one more VOA Radiogram via IBC, Wednesday,
22 March, at 2100-2130 UTC, on 3975 kHz.
This weekend’s VOA Radiogram will be all MFSK32, except for one item in MFSK16, in case reception is difficult.
Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 207, 18-19 March 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:
1:46 Program preview
2:56 Fog-clearing apparatus used at Oregon airport*
9:52 'Boaty McBoatface' submarine to embark on first mission*
16:44 MFSK16: RFE/RL photo archive from 1950s USSR
21:50 MFSK32: Images* and closing announcements
* with image(s)
Please send reception reports to
radiogram@voanews.com .
VOA Radiogram Transmission Schedule
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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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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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* Moving to 5745 kHz effective 1 April
** Discontinued after 22 March
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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) For the complete IBC transmission schedule, including changes after 27 March, visit http://ibcradio.webs.com/ The new English version of IBC’s “Shortwave Panorama” begins 31 March, via WRMI Florida, Friday 01.00-01.30 UTC on 9955 kHz, Saturday 01.30-02.00 UTC 11580 kHz, and
Sunday 00.30-01.00 UTC on 7730 kHz. The last five minutes of these shows will be in MFSK32.
Thanks
for your reception reports from last weekend. In comparison of the two
58-wpm modes, MFSK16 and Olivia 8-1000, it appears that MFSK16 performed
better, based on most reports.
Due to commitments related to my audience research work at VOA, I am vastly behind in answering your reports, but I hope to get back on track this weekend.
Due to commitments related to my audience research work at VOA, I am vastly behind in answering your reports, but I hope to get back on track this weekend.
I hope you can tune in and write in this weekend.
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.