Russian text received in Ukraine, 21 May 2017, 0230-0300 UTC, 5745 kHz (via dipole directed to the Caribbean)
See the schedule information below for a special transmission of The Mighty KBC on 28 May. The KBC digital modes will be a combination of text in MFSK64, 32, and 16.
Only four more editions of VOA Radiogram remain, with the last show during the weekend of June 17-18. I retire from VOA on June 23. A radio program similar to VOA Radiogram will begin June 24 on WRMI. Details will be announced as that date approaches.
The voaradiogram.net website and @VOARadiogram Twitter account will remain “live” for at least a few months after VOA Radiogram ends, so check those sources for links to the new website and Twitter account.
VOA Radiogram listeners have been conducting some interesting experiments. Recent examples are by Merkouris in Greece, who decoded an MFSK32 image from the second audio harmonic of a VOA Radiogram broadcast …
http://voaradiogram.net/post/160838081557/decoding-mfsk-images-from-audio-harmonics-just
Then Roger in Germany decoded from the third audio harmonic of a KBC transmission …
http://voaradiogram.net/post/161092313997/fooling-mother-nature-decoding-mfsk32-images-from
And I think that is a far as we will be able to go with harmonic image decoding!
VOA Radiogram this weekend will include some Spanish, so please use the UTF-8 character set again to make sure all the accent marks display correctly.
Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 217, 27-28 May 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:
1:49 Program preview
3:03 Britain irritated by US intel leaks*
6:57 Trump budget includes cut for broadcasting*
13:49 Russia accuses RFE/RL, VOA of election interference*
19:54 MFSK16: Same subject in Spanish **
24:09 MFSK32: Image* and closing announcements
* with image
** use UTF-8 character set
Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com
The Mighty KBC digital modes this weekend will include have no image, but will include text in MFSK64, MFSK32, and MFSK16. Make sure your RxID is on. KBC transmits to Europe Saturdays at 1500-1530 UTC on 9400 kHz (via Bulgaria), with the minute of MFSK at about 1530 UTC. And to North America Sundays at 0000-0200 UTC (Saturday 8-10 pm EDT) on 9925 kHz, via Germany. The minute of MFSK is at about 0130 UTC. And there will be a special transmission on 28 May at 0800-1500 UTC on 6095 kHz via Germany. The minute of MFSK is at about 1440 UTC. On 9400 and 6095 kHz, if you are outside of Europe, listen via websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ Reports to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com . See also http://www.kbcradio.eu/ and https://www.facebook.com/TheMightyKbc/.
DigiDX has not resumed, 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 visit http://ibcradio.webs.com/ Five minutes of MFSK32 is at the end of the 30-minute English-language “Shortwave Panorama,” per the schedule below:
WEDNESDAY 18.55 UTC 6070 KHZ TO EUROPE
19.55 UTC 1584 KHZ TO EUROPE
THURSDAY 02.55 UTC 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 SOUTH EUROPE
SUNDAY 00.55 UTC 7730 KHZ TO NORTH AMERICA
10.55 UTC 6070 KHZ TO EUROPE