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.
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YouTube videos of the WRMI digital special
We now have some YouTube videos of Fldigi decoding the WRMI digital mode special, broadcast several times between 13 and 16 August.
The purpose of the broadcasts was to showcase the capabilities of digital text and images via analog shortwave transmitters.
Will, 2E0WHN, in the UK, produced this video from audio provided by Mark, 2E0ECN, also in the UK. It’s from 14 August at 2130-2200 UTC, on 15770 kHz, from WRMI’s shortwave transmitter in Okeechobee, Florida. Reception conditions are “typical” …
Tom, K0RUS, enjoyed better, in fact excellent, conditions two days later, 16 August, 2130-2200 UTC, 15770 kHz, using the University of Twente receiver in the Netherlands. Note Tim’s commentary in the transmit pane.
Search K0RUSham on YouTube for many videos of VOA Radiogram decoding.
This is my first video of digital mode decoding, using the same broadcast received at the University of Twente, 16 August, 2130-2200 UTC, 15770 kHz (borrowing Tim’s YouTube channel) …
But the preceding broadcast was too easy, because of the excellent reception. I made another video, showing decode under more challenging shortwave conditions, 13 August 2016, 0030-0100 UTC, 7730 kHz, received via University of Twente in the Netherlands …
