Re: [DX] VOA Radiogram Program

OK ... joka tapauksessa kuuluvuus taajuudella 15670 kHz oli 1930 UTC kohtuullinen ja tekstit sekä kuvat tulivat hyvin perille analogisella IC-R75:lläkin. FLdigi-ohjelma osaa etsiä sopivan moden automaattisesti, jos RxID on valittuna. Mode on kuitenkin AM, ei USB ja lähetteen keskeistaajuus vaihtel

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 138, 21-22 November 2015

1:32 Program preview 2:44 Earth-like exoplanet may not be habitable* 7:29 New tool to search for extraterrestrial life* 11:13 Analysts warn of Middle East hackers* 20:43 Men overeat to show off to women (simultaneous image)* 23:45 Closing announcements* 28:41 Olivia 64-2000: Transmission schedule

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 139, 28-29 November 2015

Hello friends, last week's experiments on VOA Radiogram were largely successful.A good demonstration of the simultaneous decoding of text and an image can be seen in this video prepared by Oscar in Italy. http://voaradiogram.net/post/133719604758/oscar-in-italy-provided-this-video-of-the-voa Th

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 140, 5-6 December 2015

Hello friends,this weekend on VOA Radiogram, we will conduct one more (for now) QR code experiments. The VOA Radiogram URL will be transmitted as 1) plain text, 2) as a QR code via MFSK32 image, 3) as UTF-8 block elements -- those things that look like this: ▙ ▚ ▛ . A QR code transmitted this wa

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 141, 12-13 December 2015

Hello friends, see the section below on The Mighty KBC for an interesting experiment this weekend. Last weekend's experiments with QR codes were interesting and mostly successful.I failed to inform you, however, that a monospace font (Courier, for example) is required for the QR codes sent via U

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 142, 19-20 December 2015

Hello friends, As your reports from last weekend indicate, mid-winter (in the northern hemisphere) reception can be challenging, especially in Europe during our Sunday 1930-2000 UTC broadcast on 15670. On the other hand, this time year provides an opportunity for some European listeners to rece

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 143, 26-27 December 2015

Hello friends, This weekend's VOA Radiogram will be another all MFSK32 show to get us through the holidays. It includes some interesting news about broadcasting. Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 143, 26-27 December 2015, all in MFSK32: 1:30 Program preview 2:49 Russian cargo craft d

[DX] VOA Radiogram, Program 146, 16-17 January 2016

A reminder that this weekend's VOA Radiogram will be mostly Olivia 64-2000. If reception conditions are poor (as they were in Europe on 15670 kHz last weekend), this could be interesting, because the Olivia 64-2000 might be able to overcome the difficult reception. If reception is good, it could be

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 147, 23-24 January 2016,

Hello friends, Last weekend's long transmission of Olivia 64-2000 was very interesting. It did result in some successful decodes under difficult conditions. You can see some examples here http://voaradiogram.net/post/137804494562/olivia-64-2000-noise-prevails-over-local-noise http://voaradiogram.

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 148, 30-31 January 2016

Hello friends, We will test slow modes again this weekend, so let’s hope for some bad reception. In addition to the Olivia 64-2000 that we have tried the past few weeks, we will transmit the same news item in MFSK8, which is slightly faster, about 30 words per minute. MFSK8 does require very preci

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 149, 6-7 February 2016

Hello friends, This weekend, the only departure from our usual MFSK32 is one news item in MFSK31. Both MFSK31 and MFSK32 have a symbol rate of 31.3 baud, but MFSK31 is only half the speed: 55 wpm. MFSK31 also has half the bandwidth, 330 Hz. Its modulation is 8-FSK, meaning 8 tones, rather than

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 152, 27-28 February 2016

Hello friends, DigiDX is a new service providing DX news in MFSK32 via Channel 292 in Germany, 6070 kHz, 10 kW. The DigiDX test transmissions last weekend were mostly successful despite China Radio International and other stations on the same frequency at various times

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 153, 5-6 March 2016

Hello friends, VOA Radiogram this weekend is all in MFSK32. There is no time for a slow mode such as Olivia 64-3000, because the MFSK32 stories are too interesting to cut. Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 153, 5-6 March 2016, all in MFSK32: 1:34 Program preview 2:36 Ridding Bangkok

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 154, 12-13 March 2016

Hello friends, VOA Radiogram this weekend will be all MFSK32 except for a brief transmission of Olivia 64-2000 at the end of the show. Another "twist" will be some Chinese text. For the Chinese text to display correctly, in Fldigi: Configure > Colors & Fonts > Rx/Tx Character set. (I believe th

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 156, 26-27 March 2016

Hello friends, Propagation last weekend was difficult on Saturday, especially within North America. Fortunately, it improved by Sunday. If you are new to the program, note that Fldigi automatically saves decoded images as png files in the folder \fldigi.files\images\ probably within your C:\Us

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 157, 2-3 April 2016

Hello friends, New this weekend is the elimination of the digital text modes from shortwave transmitters in Germany. The German regulator Bundesnetzagentur has ruled that the digital modes are not allowed in the broadcast bands. Because of this, there will be no MFSK32 on The Mighty KBC

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 158, 9-10 April 2016

Hello friends, The German communications regulator Bundesnetzagentur has changed its mind about allowing digital modes on shortwave broadcast transmitters in Germany. Apparently BNetzA thought that Channel 292 was transmitting the text and images in single sideband (SSB), which is how amateurs,

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 159, 16-17 April 2016,

Hello friends, Reception was good last weekend, allowing for successful decodes, including the nuances of the gray-scale images. Here is the photo of the migrant as decoded by Dmitry in Kursk, Russia, on 15670 kHz … [cid:image003.jpg@01D196FC.5FB72C60] VOA Radiogram this weekend will include a s

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 160, 23-24 April 2016,

Hello friends, Last weekend, Radio Habana Cuba had a special transmission on 17580 kHz,creating an interesting co-channel situation with VOA Radiogram Saturday at 1600-1630. RHC caused only minor interference in Europe, but in parts of the Americas, decoding VOA Radiogram was difficult. In this

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 162, 7-8 May 2016

Hello friends, Lately we have been trying to determine why some listeners have less success with Olivia 64-2000 than with MFSK32, even though, in theory, Olivia 64-2000 should be more robust. I suggested that the problem might be related to the bandwidth of the receiver, given that Olivia 64-200

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 171, 9-10 July 2016,

Hello friends, During the past two weekends, many listeners noted that the RSID for the Olivia modes did change the mode. In an attempt to fix that problem, I have amplified the RSID for this weekend’s Olivia 32-1000 by 2.5 dB. Also, please make sure that Fldigi is configured to search the passba

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 181, 17-18 September 2016

Hello friends, VOA Radiogram this weekend will be all MFSK32, thus suitable for unattended reception. There will be ASCII art after the closing announcement. Use a monospace font such as Courier for best results. You can see some results via Twitter even if you don't have a Twitter account. Poin

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 183, 1-2 October 2016

Hello friends, Last week, some listeners heard and decoded MFSK32 transmissions just before and just after VOA Radiogram Saturday at 1600-1630 UTC on 17580 kHz. The source of these transmissions is unknown. This Saturday, please listen (and, if possible, record) on 17580 in the minutes before 1600

Re: [DX] VOA Radiogram, program 157, 2-3 April 2016

] Puolesta Kari Kallio Lähetetty: 1. huhtikuuta 2016 18:03 Vastaanottaja: dx@hard-core-dx.com Aihe: [DX] VOA Radiogram, program 157, 2-3 April 2016 Hello friends, New this weekend is the elimination of the digital text modes from shortwave transmitters in Germany. The German regulator Bundesnetza

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 161, 30 April-1 May 2016,

Hello friends, This weekend's VOA Radiogram will include a news item in Olivia 64-2000. This might be an opportunity to investigate why some listeners do not have successful decodes of this mode. One way to do this is to use two radios, with two different bandwidths. The hypothesis is that a wid

Re: [DX] VOA Radiogram, program 162, 7-8 May 2016

Tässä pieni lisäys aihepiiristä. "Aito" Olivia, MFSK - ym. lähetys tapahtuu yksisivunauhalähetteenä, siis USB tai LSB. VOA:n lähete on simuloitua, eli AM-lähete. SSB-lähete on tehokkuudeltaan merkittävästi parempi kuin AM. Miksi sitten AM? SSB vaatii lähetinasteilta suhteellisen hyvää lineaarisuu

Re: [DX] VOA Radiogram, program 162, 7-8 May 2016

porukkaa, siirsivät toiminnan nettiin tai lopettivat ulkomaanpalvelun toimitukset kokonaan. SSS Alkuperäinen viesti Lähettäjä : ilkka.martikai...@elisanet.fi Pvm : 07/05/2016 - 10:35 (S) Vastaanottaja : dx@hard-core-dx.com Aihe : Re: [DX] VOA Radiogram, program 162, 7-8 May 2016 Tässä pieni

Re: [DX] VOA Radiogram, program 162, 7-8 May 2016

/2016 - 10:35 (S) > Vastaanottaja : dx@hard-core-dx.com > Aihe : Re: [DX] VOA Radiogram, program 162, 7-8 May 2016 > > Tässä pieni lisäys aihepiiristä. > > "Aito" Olivia, MFSK - ym. lähetys tapahtuu yksisivunauhalähetteenä, siis > USB > tai LSB. VOA:n lähete on simulo

Re: [DX] VOA Radiogram, program 162, 7-8 May 2016

Niiranen Lähetetty: 7. toukokuuta 2016 11:11 Vastaanottaja: simo.soini...@pp.inet.fi; Suomalaisten DX-lista Aihe: Re: [DX] VOA Radiogram, program 162, 7-8 May 2016 Tätä on ihmetelty täälläkin saaren keskellä. SSB soveltuisi mainiosti FS-lähetyksiin kauas. Ei niissä lähetyksissä hifiä tarvita

Re: [DX] VOA Radiogram, program 162, 7-8 May 2016

---Alkuperäinen viesti Lähettäjä : ilkka.martikai...@elisanet.fi <mailto:ilkka.martikai...@elisanet.fi> Pvm : 07/05/2016 - 10:35 (S) Vastaanottaja : dx@hard-core-dx.com <mailto:dx@hard-core-dx.com> Aihe : Re: [DX] VOA Radiogram, program 162, 7-8 May 2016 Täss

Re: [DX] VOA Radiogram, program 162, 7-8 May 2016

2016 11:11 *Vastaanottaja:* simo.soini...@pp.inet.fi; Suomalaisten DX-lista *Aihe:* Re: [DX] VOA Radiogram, program 162, 7-8 May 2016 Tätä on ihmetelty täälläkin saaren keskellä. SSB soveltuisi mainiosti FS-lähetyksiin kauas. Ei niissä lähetyksissä hifiä tarvita kun valtaosa lähetyksissä olis

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 211, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Klaus in Germany received this diagram of a new desalination process, 8 April 2017, 1613 UTC, 17580 kHz.][cid:image004.jpg@01D2B512.5421DD70] Hello friends, See the news below about the new Mighty KBC broadcast to Europe, Saturdays at 1500-1600 UTC, on 9400 kHz via Bulgaria. Last weekend provide

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 151, 20-21 February 2016, mostly in MFSK32

Hello friends, Last weekend’s World Radio Day edition of VOA Radiogram was successful, based on the number of emails I received, and the response on Twitter. Even if you don’t have a Twitter account, you can see many of the decoded images at twitter.com/voaradiogram

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 163, 14-15 May 2016, all in MFSK32

Hello friends, You might remember that last year, the BBG, parent agency of VOA, issued a Request for Proposals for the development of a decoder app for VOA Radiogram. There were no proposals, but that might be because of the short deadline. It's possible that the RFQ will be issued again, but

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 166, 4-5 June 2016, all in MFSK32:

Hello friends, I'm back to a (somewhat) normal schedule now after my family's visit to Vancouver and Alaska. I did not have many opportunities to tune in to VOA Radiogram, but I did receive the broadcast May 22 at 0230 UTC on 5745 kHz, in the Pacific off British Columbia. I did not get to the b

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 167, 11-12 June 2016, all in MFSK32:

Hello friends, Judging from your reports, reception was good last weekend, either because of or in spite of the recent lack of sunspots. These images sent by listeners show that the Saturday transmission at

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 205, 4-5 March 2017, all in MFSK32:

Hello friends, I'm sending this note early this week, as I prepare for the Winter SWL Fest Thursday through Saturday at Plymouth Meeting,Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. For the same reason, we'll keep this weekend's program simple, with MFSK32 as the only mode. Speakin

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 197, 7-8 January 2017, in MFSK32 except where noted:

[Gray-line reception by Dolan in the Outer Hebrides, 31 December 2016, 0956 UTC, 5865 kHz, from our North Carolina transmitter][cid:image006.jpg@01D26805.887E7600] Hello friends, Eastern North Carolina is expecting snow and perhaps other forms winter precipitation on Saturday. If there is any dis

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 168, 18-19 June 2016, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Hello friends, VOA Radiogram received some great publicity in the July issue of QST magazine. If you don't receive the magazine, you can see images of the article here. They did change my name to "Kim Andrew Ellis," but that's OK: I do

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 169, 25-26 June 2016, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Hello friends, VOA Radiogram this weekend will include the Olivia 16-1000 mode with a center frequency of 2000 Hz. If you happen to experience co-channel interference consisting of voice and/or music, the robustness of the Olivia 16-1000 mode in combination with the higher audio frequency might

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 170, 2-3 July 2016, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Hello friends, Last weekend VOA Radiogram heard from many interesting places (e.g., Morocco,Poland, Russia, Japan, Australia, Colombia), saw four YouTube videos (from Colorado, Germany, Maryland, and Japan), and heard and decoded the modes fighting off over-the-horizon (OTH) radar. See examples

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 175, 6-7 August 2016, all in MFSK32 except where noted

Hello friends, Last week's html transmission using Flwrap, or cut/paste as a Plan B, was successful among listeners in many parts of the world. One example was from New Zealand: https://twitter.com/VOARadiogram/status/761559631135141889 . If you're interesting in more html pages via shortwave, pl

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 179, 3-4 September 2016, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Hello friends, Tropical Storm Hermine is forecast to pass through the area of the Edward R. Murrow shortwave transmitting station in North Carolina on Saturday, about the time of the 0930 UTC broadcast of VOA Radiogram. We will see if that and later transmissions are affected by the storm, which w

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 184, 8-9 October 2016, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Hello friends, Hurricane Matthew will probably not affect our North Carolina transmitting site, so VOA Radiogram should be on the air as scheduled. Most models show the storm turning east into the Atlantic, then maybe south and back west into Florida again. We hope that our listeners in Florida,

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 188, 5-6 November 2016, all in MFSK32 except where noted

[Last weekend’s photo of Alderney, Channel Islands, by VOA Radiogram listener Neil Howard, received and decoded on Alderney by Neil Howard] [cid:image002.jpg@01D2368E.47B18D40] Hello friends, The B16 HF broadcasting season began on 30 October. Many shortwave bro

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 189, 12-13 November 2016, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Hello friends, The most interesting phenomenon during last weekend was the almost complete failure of the Sunday 1930 UTC broadcast on 15670 kHz to reach listeners in Europe. Propagation was worthless over the north Atlantic. At the same time,that broadcast was received well in western North Am

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 190, 19-20 November 2016, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

[Happy to report that our listeners Chris and Lorne in New Zealand are OK after Monday’s earthquake. Here is Chris’s decode of the oil made from sludge, transmitted Saturday, 12 November (before the quake), 0930-1000 UTC, 5865 kHz][cid:image002.jpg@01D24194.5138D510] Hello friends, I forgot to me

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 191, 26-27 November 2016, all in MFSk32 except where noted ...

Hello friends, Apologies to those of you who tried to listen to last weekend's Sunday 0230 UTC transmission on 5745 kHz, only to hear nothing. The transmitter normally used for VOA Radiogram was quickly needed to replace another transmitter. Regularly scheduled broadcasts from the North Carolina st

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 194, 17-18 December 2016, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Hello friends, Near-winter-solstice propagation has made reception of VOA Radiogram more problematic, especially in the higher frequencies (15670 and 17580), while opening up opportunities for reception south of the Equator. In recent weeks, the Saturday 0930 UTC on 5865 kHz show has delivered a

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 198, 14-15 January 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Hello friends, The VOA Radiogram broadcast last Sunday (8 January) at 1930-2000 UTC on 15670 kHz was heard in Europe, or at least parts of Europe, but also in western North America. The top row of images above was decoded by Franco in Italy, the bottom by Eric in California, both tuned to the sa

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 199, 21-22 January 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Hello friends, I produced this weekend's VOA Radiogram yesterday (Thursday), during the administration of Barack Obama. It will be broadcast during the administration of Donald Trump. The show will include one item about past inaugurations, and the final image will show the National Mall, site o

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 200, 28-29 January 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Hello friends, Last weekend, I had problems with our Outlook contact lists, resulting in some of you receiving two emails, and some VOA Radiogram listeners receiving no email. I've reconstructed the mailing lists. If you have previously unsubscribed and are receiving this email again, let me kno

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 201, 4-5 February 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted

[The VOA Radiogram Program 200 waterfall ID, designed by Merkouris in Greece,received by Mark in England, using an SDR in Brazil, 28 January, 0930-1000 UTC,5865 kHz.][cid:image003.jpg@01D27E0B.DEC3CE40] Hello friends, I'm still working on this email list. If you would prefer not to receive thes

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 202, 11-15 February 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Hello friends, Happy World Radio Day! World Radio Day will be Monday, 13 February, and it will be mentioned this weekend on VOA Radiogram. Also this weekend, we will transmit samples of text in Chinese, Russian, and Persian. For these alphabets to display correctly, Fldigi should be configured

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 206, 11-12 March 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Apologies for the mix-up in the images transmitted last weekend. I was in too much of a hurry while preparing the VOA Radiogram demonstration at the Winter SWL Fest. It was good to meet some of you there! Two weeks ago, we were impressed with the performance of the MFSK16

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 209, 1-2 April 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Hello friends, As people and radio shows get older, they tend to draw less attention to their birthdays. Last weekend was program 208 of VOA Radiogram: 208 divided by 52 equals 4, so it seems that VOA Radiogram has passed its fourth anniversary. Please note that for the broadcast this Saturday at

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 213, 29-30 April 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Lorenzo in Italy received a good set of images 22 April, 1600-1630 UTC, 17580 kHz, despite poor propagation to just about every other place on earth. Hello friends, Please note that The Mighty KBC will adjust its broadcast time this weekend.See the details below. During the past weekend, the VO

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 214, 6-7 May 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Willy in Denmark celebrated his 74th birthday last Saturday and decoded these images and ASCII art 1600-1630 UTC, 17580 kHz. Hello friends, This weekend, The Mighty KBC will change to its summer North America frequency of 9925 kHz. See the schedule below. Last weekend, propagation was better tha

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 215, 13-14 May 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Among the highlights from last weekend, reception by Capt. Jawahar in India (Goa), Saturday 1600-1630 UTC, 17580 kHz (top), and by Richard in Hawaii, Sunday, 1930-2000 UTC, 15670 kHz. Text was near-100% for each. Hello friends, We had an amazing response to last weekend's program, thanks in part

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 216, May 20-21, 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Hello friends, Before the preview of this weekend's show, some news about the future of VOA Radiogram. I will retire from the Voice of America on June 23, after 32 years as audience research analyst and broadcaster. I was hoping to continue to produce VOA Radiogram as a contractor. I approached

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 217, 27-28 May 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Russian text received in Ukraine, 21 May 2017, 0230-0300 UTC, 5745 kHz (via dipole directed to the Caribbean) Hello friends, See the schedule information below for a special transmission of The Mighty KBC on 28 May. The KBC digital modes will be a combination of text in MFSK64, 32, and 16. Onl

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 218, 3-4 June 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Images received by Tarmo in Estonia, 27 May 2017, 1600-1630 UTC, 17580 kHz. Hello friends, This weekend, VOA Radiogram will add a new transmission this weekend, Sunday,0600-0630 UTC, 7730 kHz via WRMI Florida. See the schedule below. In that schedule, the three WRMI broadcasts will be the schedu

[DX] VOA Radiogram, Program 144-146, 2-3 and 9-10 and 16-17 January 2016

Hello friends, I will be away from the office for part of January, so this email includes the previews for VOA Radiogram during the first three weeks of the new year. (Note that program 146 will be mostly Olivia 64-2000.) Program 144, 2-3 January 2016 (all in MFSK32) 1:32 Program preview 2:45 Goa

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 172, 16-17 July 2016. All modes are centered on 1500 Hz.

Hello friends, Have your white laboratory coats ready, because VOA Radiogram will be very experimental this weekend. Battle of the 55-wpm modes. VOA Radiogram listener and contributor Mark Hirst in the UK suggests an experiment with the BPSK63F mode. His interest was generated by an article in th

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 174, 30-31 July 2016, all in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz:

Hello friends, Last weekend's experiment with the transmission of an html-formatted VOA News story resulted in many successful decodes, but also several failures. The failures were mainly due to the base64 compression of the transmitted file, which requires all of the received characters to be

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 176, 13-14 August 2016, all in MFSK32 centered in 1500 Hz:

Hello friends, WRMI, Radio Miami International, will broadcast a special program showcasing digital text and images via analog shortwave radio. This will be transmitted nine times from Saturday through Tuesday. Details and schedule: http://voaradiogram.net/post/148784430842/wrmi-will-showcase-di

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 177, 20-21 August 2016, all in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz

Hello friends, YouTube videos showing the decoding of the WRMI digital special are now available via http://voaradiogram.net/post/149173780217/youtube-videos-of-the-wrmi-digital-special. If one or more of the videos is blocked in your country, it's because the music we used as an example of an

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 180, 10-11 September 2016, all in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz:

Hello friends, Fortunately, Tropical Storm Hermine did not disrupt last weekend’s broadcasts of VOA Radiogram from the Edward R. Murrow shortwave transmitting station in North Carolina. We did have a problem with severely slanted MFSK images. I noticed these during the Saturday 0930 UTC transm

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 182, 24-25 September 2016, all in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz:

Hello friends, VOA Radiogram will be all MFSK32 again this weekend. We have found that MFSK32 provides a good combination of speed and performance in typical shortwave conditions. And MFSK has the added advantage of being able to transmit images. However, if you would like more variety of modes on

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 185, 15-16 October 2016, all in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz:

Last weekend's Hawaii lava as received by Anatoly in Russia, Saturday 1600-1630 UTC, 17580 kHz. Hello friends, The "unadvertised" MFSK32 signal made another appearance last weekend. Chris in England heard and decoded MFSK32 from the unknown station at 1555 UTC. Reception was difficult partly bec

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 187, 29-30 October 2017, all in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz

Hello friends, The mystery MFSK32 transmission which has been heard occasionally before and after the VOA Radiogram broadcast Saturdays at 1600-1630 UTC on 17580 kHz was not heard last weekend by any listeners in Europe. It was heard by Mike in Washington state, at about 1542 UTC. The fact that

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 192, 3-4 December 2016, all in the MFSK32 except where noted

[Christian in France decoded this image at 1939 UTC, 27 November, on 15670 kHz. By 1947 UTC, the signal from North Carolina had disappeared completely! As Christian wrote, « Sans doute la propagation, dommage. » Sans doute!][cid:image002.jpg@01D24C8C.AD564410] Hello friends, Last week’s transmis

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 208, 25-26 March 2017, all in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz ...

[Reception and decoding of VOA Radiogram in Sofia, Bulgaria, 11 March 2017,1600-1630 UTC, 17580 kHz, using Sony ICF-SW22 and Android device, acoustically coupled. http://youtu.be/mRbgVYOPG3U http://youtu.be/z4_bMfFDAHg http://youtu.be/ix1caVhFPRQ][cid:image005.jpg@01D2A494.11C69DF0] Hello frien

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 212, 22-23 April 2017, all in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz ...

[This MFSK32 image of tulips was included in The Mighty KBC's new transmission Saturdays at 1500-1600 UTC on 9400 kHz, via Bulgaria. It was received by Al using an SDR in Switzerland. If you are outside of Europe, try the University of Twente receiver in the Netherlands: http://websdr.ewi.utwent

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 219, 10-11 June 2017, all in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz:

Hello friends, Shortwave Radiogram will be the name of the show that will replace VOA Radiogram, starting 24 June. "Shortwave Radiogram" is not as creative as most of the names suggested by VOA Radiogram listeners. Thanks for those ideas! The new website will be http://www.swradiogram.net , the n

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 222, 17-18 June 2017, all in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz …

Hello friends, The last VOA Radiogram is this weekend. The successor to VOA Radiogram is Shortwave Radiogram, which will be broadcast for the first time on 25 June on the WRMI times and frequencies in the schedule below. To help us keep in touch after the migration from the old Radiogram to the

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 173, 23-24 July 2016, all in MFSK32, all centered on 1500 Hz:

Hello friends, Italian Broadcasting Corporation, IBC, has new MFSK32 transmissions. See the information below. I have not been able to do a character-by-character analysis of all the reports on last weekend's Battle of the 55-wpm Modes, but it generally appears to me that MFSKI16 was best, follo

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 196, 31 December 2016-1 January 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Hello friends, This note provides details about VOA Radiogram for the holiday weekends of 24-25 December and 31 December-1 January. Listeners in Europe: Try for possible gray line reception for the broadcast Saturdays at 0930-1000 UTC on 5865 kHz. And if reception on 17580 and 15670 kHz is diff

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 196, 31 December 2016-1 January 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Hello friends, I really enjoyed your reports, via email and to the @VOARadiogram Twitter account, with decoded samples of the eleven images of holiday lights transmitted during the weekend of 24-25 December. You can see some of the images here: http://voaradiogram.net/post/155121724587/decoded-m

[DX] VOA Radiogram, program 193, 10-11 December 2016, all in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz, except where noted:

Club Diexistas de la Amistad 40th anniversary logo received by Mark in the UK, Saturday, 3 December, 1626 UTC, 17580 kHz, via North Carolina.][cid:image002.png@01D25209.899B8620] Hello friends, This weekend, I am betting on adequate reception conditions, because all VOA Radiogram content will be

[DX] VOA Radiogram program 186, 22-23 October 2016, will be all MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz. Here is the lineup

Hello friends, The mystery MFSK32 signal returned last weekend. It was heard and decoded by VOA Radiogram listeners throughout Europe just before and after the Saturday 1600-1630 UTC broadcast on 17580 kHz. Last weekend it was upper sideband. If the signal returns this weekend, any reception befo