Lorenzo in Italy received a good set of images 22 April, 1600-1630 UTC, 17580 kHz, despite poor propagation to just about every other place on earth.
Please note that The Mighty KBC will adjust its broadcast time this weekend. See the details below.
During the past weekend, the VOA
Radiogram broadcast Saturday at 1600-1630 UTC on 17580 kHz, usually
received well in most of Europe, was inaudible in most of Europe and
most of the rest of the world. The only good reception was in parts of
Italy, and that deteriorated during the half four. The apparent cause
was a coronal mass ejection (CME) that was not supposed to affect Earth,
but it affected Earth.
This weekend’s VOA Radiogram is mostly
in MFSK32, with one story in MFSK16. The program will end with ASCII
art. Use a monospace font such as Courier, and maximize Fldigi, because
this will be wide. You can also paste the ASCII art to a text editor or
word processor with a monospace font. If you use TIVAR, I don’t think the app has a facility to change the font. It might be possible to change the font in the Android operating system.
Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 213, 29-30 April 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:
1:54 Program preview
3:09 First African-born player in US Major League Baseball*
7:47 Media freedom ‘has never been so threatened’*
15:13 MFSK16: Cassini spacecraft between Saturn and its rings
19:58 MFSK32: Images* and closing announcements
25:05 ASCII art (use monospace font and maximize Fldigi)*
* with image
Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com
The Mighty KBC this weekend will transmit to North America one hour earlier than usual, thus
Saturday 29 April at 2300 UTC to Sunday 30 April at 0100 UTC, on 6145
kHz via Germany, with a minute of MFSK32 at about 0030 UTC. On
7 May, the KBC frequency changes to 9925 kHz, and the time returns to
0000-0200 UTC. And the new KBC broadcast to Europe is Saturdays at
1500-1600 UTC on 9400 kHz, via Kostinbrod (near Sofia), Bulgaria. A
minute of MFSK32 will be at about 1530 UTC. Reports to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com . See also http://www.kbcradio.eu/ and https://www.facebook.com/TheMightyKbc/.
DigiDX is taking a few weeks off, hence the VOA Radiogram transmissions via WRMI. See http://www.digidx.uk/ and https://www.facebook.com/digidx/
Italian Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) For the complete IBC transmission schedule, including changes after 27 March, visit http://ibcradio.webs.com/ The new English version of IBC’s “Shortwave Panorama” begins 31 March, via WRMI Florida, Friday 01.00-01.30 UTC on 9955 kHz, Saturday 01.30-02.00 UTC 11580 kHz, and Sunday 00.30-01.00 UTC on 7730 kHz. The last five minutes of these shows will be in MFSK32.
“IBC DIGITAL” - 5 MINUTES IN MFSK32:
WEDNESDAY 18.55 UTC 6070 / 1584 KHZ TO EUROPE
FRIDAY 01.25 UTC 9955 KHZ TO CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA
SATURDAY 01.55 UTC 11580 KHZ TO NORTH AMERICA
20.25 UTC 1584 KHZ TO EUROPE
SUNDAY 00.55 UTC 7730 KHZ TO NORTH AMERICA
10.55 UTC 6070 KHZ TO EUROPE