Last weekend, 8PSK125F with the pilot tone seemed to provide somewhat better results than without the pilot tone, but the improvement was not dramatic. In any case, MFSK32 remains the mode of choice for trans-Atlantic transmissions.

This weekend, we will revert to an all-MFSK32 show, except for the Olivia 32-1000 bonus mode.

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 106, 11-12 April 2015, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

  1:40  Program preview
  2:57  Anti-venom against sub-Saharan snakes*
  8:47  New aluminum-ion battery*
13:58  Chinese TV broadcaster punished for comment*
18:47  Balloons send “The Interview” DVDs into North Korea*
21:56  Islamic State hacks TV5Monde TV*
25:35  Closing announcements*
28:18  Olivia 32-1000: 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 5745 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 Sunday at 0130 UTC (Saturday 9:30 pm EDT) on 7375 kHz, via Germany. Reports to Eric: themightykbc (at) gmail.com .

WRMI, Radio Miami International, will (I think) transmit digital IDs this weekend, same schedule …

You may be able to decode the text even if you can’t hear the WRMI voice broadcast.  Reports to Jeff: info (at) wrmi.net .

AndFlmsg. If you have an Android phone or tablet, please try to decode VOA Radiogram using the beta AndFlmsg app, B0.5.0, which can be downloaded from http://www.w1hkj.com/vk2eta/ . This new version can decode MFSK images as well as text.