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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VOA Radiogram, 17-18 September 2016: Asteroid samples and peptide polymers
VOA Radiogram this weekend will be all MFSK32, thus suitable for unattended reception. There will be ASCII art after the closing announcement. Use a monospace font such as Courier for best results.
You can see some results via Twitter even if you don’t have a Twitter account. Point your browser to twitter.com/voaradiogram during the weekend.
Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 181, 17-18 September 2016, all in MFSK32 except where noted …
1:39 Program preview
2:49 Pluto “spray paints” its moon Charon*
7:07 China launches space lab into orbit*
10:20 NASA mission hopes to collect asteroid samples*
19:05 Peptide polymers fight resistant infections*
23:08 Image and closing announcements*
* with image
Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.comVOA 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.
The Mighty KBC now broadcasts to North America Sundays at 0000-0200 UTC (Saturday 8 to 10 pm EDT) on 6145 kHz via Germany. A minute of MFSK32 is about about 0130 UTC. Send reception reports to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com .
DigiDX will transmit MFSK32 and probably other modes: Sunday 2130-2200 UTC, 15770 kHz, via WRMI Florida Sunday 2330-2400 UTC, 11580 kHz, via WRMI Florida Monday 2000-2130 UTC, 6070 kHz, via Channel 292 Germany For schedule updates, visit DigiDX at http://www.digidx.uk/ or https://www.facebook.com/digidx/
IBC (Italian Broadcasting Corporation) has a broadcast to Europe on 6070 kHz, Wednesdays, at the new time of 1800-2100 UTC. The MFSK32 and Olivia 16-500 are still at 2030-2100 UTC. IBC also has MFSK32 transmissions via WRMI in Florida: Friday 0125-0200 UTC on 9955 kHz (Thursday 9:25 pm EDT), part of its 0100-0130 broadcast. And Saturday at 0155-0200 UTC (Friday evening 9:55 pm EDT), on 11580 kHz, part of its 0130-0200 broadcast. See
for the complete schedule and contact information
Last weekend’s VOA Radiogram ASCII art decoded by Mark in the UK, Sunday 1941 UTC, 15670 kHz:
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