VOA Radiogram this weekend will be all MFSK32 except for a brief transmission of Olivia 64-2000 at the end of the show.
Another “twist” will be some Chinese text. For the Chinese text to
display correctly, in Fldigi: Configure > Colors & Fonts >
Rx/Tx Character set. (I believe that UTF-8 is the default on TIVAR and
AndFlmsg.)
Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 154, 12-13 March 2016, all in MFSK32 except where noted:
1:35 Program preview
2:50 Tsunami sends Japanese fish to Oregon*
8:07 Molten metal may improve sun power*
13:16 VPNs blocked in China*
19:16 VOA Chinese on China VPNs
21:03 Orchids at the U.S. Botanic Garden*
24:06 Closing announcements*
26:36 Olivia 64-2000: Contact information
* with image
Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.
VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UTC):
Sat 0930-1000 5865 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17580 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz (one hour later local time in most of North America, e.g. 3:30 pm EDT)
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.
The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK32 Sunday at about 0220 UTC (Saturday 9:20 pm EST) on 6040 kHz, via Germany. Reports for KBC reception/decode to Eric: themightykbc (at) gmail.com . The future of this KBC broadcast to North America is uncertain. KBC will end its broadcast Sundays to Europe on 6095 kHz on 27 March due to a lack of sponsors.
DigiDX MFSK32 (and possibly also MFSK128L) transmissions will be active this weekend, as follows: