VOA Radiogram is now Shortwave Radiogram. Please visit swradiogram.net


VOA Radiogram is a Voice of America program experimenting with digital text and images via shortwave broadcasting. It is produced and presented by Dr. Kim Andrew Elliott.

VOA Radiogram is now Shortwave Radiogram. Please visit swradiogram.net


VOA Radiogram is a Voice of America program experimenting with digital text and images via shortwave broadcasting. It is produced and presented by Dr. Kim Andrew Elliott.

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UTC):
Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17580 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.

To decode the digital text and images transmitted on VOA Radiogram, download Fldigi, Flmsg and Flamp from w1hkj.com. See also how to decode the modes.

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  • VOA Radiogram versus OTH radar

    During the VOA Radiogram broadcast Saturdays at 0930-1000 UTC on 5745 kHz, listeners in western North America and in Japan have often encountered the noise of other-the-horizon (OTH) radar.

    Mike in Washington state recorded an example on 25 June. You can listen to it here. And you can decode it yourself, noting that both the MFSK32 and Olivia 16-1000 had no problems with the OTH radar. (The show begins at :55 into the recording, and the MFSK starts at 2:24. At 17:22, you might have to switch manually to Olivia 16-1000 centered on 2000 Hz.)

    Mike certainly had no trouble decoding the text and images, and seen in the screenshots he sent. You can see the OTH radar noise bands in the waterfall …

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    • July 1, 2016 (4:44 am)