Shortwave reception conditions seem to be improving, at least in the northern hemisphere, judging from the many reception reports from last weekend. Even the transmission Sunday at 1930 UTC on 15670 kHz, which was problematic in December, provided these image decodes from Finland (left, by Juha) to California (right, by Eric) …

This weekend, again, the MFSK32 RSID will be transmitted once, followed by a 30-second tuning signal.

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 99, 21-22 February 2015, all in MFSK except for the bonus mode:

  2:05  Program preview (now)
  3:04  US embassies to monitor air quality
  8:11  Philippines looks to geothermal power*
14:14  Clone Twitter accounts target RFE/RL, VOA*
20:36  Broadcasting Board of Governors meeting*
26:45  Closing announcements*
28:27  Olivia 16-500: Bonus mode of the week

* with image

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com  .

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UTC):
Sat 0930-1000 5910 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17860 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 Saturday at about 1230 UTC on 6095 kHz, and Sunday at about 0130 UTC (Saturday 8:30 pm EST) on 7375 kHz. Both frequencies are via Germany. Send reports to Eric at themightykbc (at) gmail.com .