[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 friends, For listeners in Europe, the summer time change means that the VOA Radiogram broadcasts on Sunday, 26 March, will be one hour later by local time. The following weekend, 1-2 April, all of the broadcasts will be one hour later than during winter, because VOA Radiogram stays at the same UTC times throughout the year. VOA Radiogram this weekend will be all MFSK32. It will also include eight MFSK32 images and less text than usual. The text will be used to introduce links to VOA News science-related videos. Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 208, 25-26 March 2017, all in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz ... 1:44 Program preview 3:05 Mars may have had rings, and may again* 8:18 Film looks at plastics in oceans* 11:31 Meteorite a catalyst to store renewable energy* 14:19 How to optimize school bus networks* 17:04 Old steam engine hauls tourists in India* 19:51 Clean coal technology for home use* 22:41 How one US school is going solar* 24:52 Closing announcements* * with image Please send reception reports to radiog...@voanews.com<mailto:radiog...@voanews.com> VOA Radiogram Transmission Schedule Day UTC Time kHz Transmitter Target Also try in ... Saturday 0930-1000 5865 * North Carolina Americas Asia-Pacific, Europe Saturday 1600-1630 17580 North Carolina Europe Americas, Asia-Pacific Sunday 0230-0300 5745 North Carolina Americas Europe Sunday 1930-2000 15670 North Carolina Europe Americas, Asia-Pacific Sunday 2030-2100 11580 WRMI Florida Europe Americas Sunday 2330-2400 11580 WRMI Florida Americas * Moving to 5745 kHz effective 1 April The Mighty KBC broadcast to North America will be Sunday at 0000-0200 UTC (Saturday 8-10 pm EDT) on 6145 kHz, via Germany. A minute of MFSK32 will be transmitted at about 0130 UTC. Reports to Eric: themighty...@gmail.com<mailto:themighty...@gmail.com> . See also http://www.kbcradio.eu/ and https://www.facebook.com/TheMightyKbc/. (KBC will move to 9925 kHz on 7 May.) DigiDX is taking a few weeks off, hence the VOA Radiogram transmissions via WRMI. 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. "IBC DIGITAL" - 5 MINUTES IN MFSK32: WEDNESDAY 18.55 UTC 6070 / 1584 KHZ TO EUROPE FRIDAY 01.25 UTC 9955 KHZ TO CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA SATURDAY 01.55 UTC 11580 KHZ TO NORTH AMERICA 20.25 UTC 1584 KHZ TO EUROPE SUNDAY 00.55 UTC 7730 KHZ TO NORTH AMERICA 10.55 UTC 6070 KHZ TO EUROPE Thank you for your reception reports from last weekend. Now that I have completed a major audience research project, I hope to be responding to them this weekend. I hope you can tune in and write in this weekend. Kim via KKX Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB Producer and Presenter VOA Radiogram voaradiogram.net<http://voaradiogram.net> Twitter: @VOARadiogram (especially active just before, during, and after broadcasts) PS: A few operating notes: * 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. ___________________________________________________________________________________ DX mailing list DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/dx _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
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