VOA Radiogram, 12-13 March 2016: Molten metal and blocked VPNs

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: