Program 138 on 15670 kHz: Images tell the story of very variable propagation

Reception of VOA Radiogram, program 138, on 22 November 2015, 1930-2000 UTC, on 15670 kHz, suffered from very poor trans-Atlantic propagation. One example is this image of the exoplanet Kepler-438b next to its sun, as decoded by Merkouris in Greece …

Alan in England had somewhat better results …

Philippe-Jérôme in France was the one European listener who experienced good reception during this broadcast …

In eastern North America, reception was also difficult, per this example from Al in Florida …

This were better in Texas, given this decode by Jeff …

But the real surprise was good reception of the Sunday 1930-2000 broadcast by Chris in New Zealand, about 14000 km from the North Carolina transmitter …