Bruno in Italy received VOA Radiogram on 31 January 2015, 0230-0300 UTC, on 5745 kHz. This transmission via North Carolina is directed to the Caribbean using a dipole antenna, so reception in Europe is usually less than brilliant.

An interesting challenge to the reception of this broadcast in Europe was the presence of an RTTY signal centered on 1000 Hz. The VOA Radiogram modes are centered on 1500 Hz.

MFSK32

In this Fldigi screenshot provided by Bruno, the RTTY and VOA Radiogram’s usual MFSK32 mode are seen side-by-side … 

Despite the absence of direct interference by the RTTY signal, the MFSK32 still showed errors …

Welcome to program 148 of VOA deeo r Che Voice of Americr
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Here is the lineup for today’s prograotl¡ay qez×eept where  noted.

1:35  Program preview (now)
2:56  Very wide solar system found*
7:25  i Sht)t e¥ctoVFÒe1sr13:56  Olivia 64-2000: New satellite tracks sea level
19:40  MFSK8: Same news item
24:44  MFSK32: Image, closing announcements, image*

* with image

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.

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Olivia 64-2000,

In the Olivia 64-2000 portion of the VOA Radiogram program, the RTTY signal is within the 2000-Hz-wide trace of the Olivia mode …

The overlap of the RTTY may have caused the errors in the usually robust Olivia 64-2000 mode …

This is VOA Radiogram in Olivia 64-2000

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com

NASA Launches New Weather/Climate Satellite

VOA Scien3"/<ESC>rld Blog
22 January 2016

An international oceanographic collaboration has a new tool to
help it monitor the rise in global sea level aMFhe successful
launch of a meteorological satellite.

A Space X Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Jq<DC4>yl<DC2>, spacecraft blasted
off from Vandenberg Air Force base in California re<SO><DC4><FF><EM>.
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the spaceCraFt will help cnnTinue efforts to measure changes in
global ocean height by satellite that began in 1992 with the
Topex/Poseidon mission.

MFSK8

In this screenshot of the MFSK8 portion of the show, the RTTY and MFSK8 are adjacent …

The MFSK8 was the most successful mode in Bruno’s reception, showing no errors. MFSK8 is slower than MFSK32, 30 vs. 120 wpm …

This is VOA Radiogram in MFSK8

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com

NASA Launches New Weather/Climate Satellite

VOA Science World Blog
22 January 2016

An international oceanographic collaboration has a new tool to
help it monitor the rise in global sea level after the successful
launch of a meteorological satellite.

A Space X Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Jason-3 spacecraft blasted
off from Vandenberg Air Force base in California recently.

The spacecraft will help continue efforts to measure changes in
global ocean height by satellite that began in 1992 with the
Topex/Poseidon mission.

The Jason 3 mission is a collaboration between NASA, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the French space agency,
CNES and the European Organization for the Exploitation of
Meteorological Satellites.

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