VOA Radiogram: successful decodes with shortwave portables

Some listeners used inexpensive portable radios to receive VOA Radiogram over the weekend. And they were able to achieve successful decodes of the text.

Andy Lawendel in Milan, Italy used a Tecsun PL660…

For this flawless decode of MFSK32 during the Sunday 1930 UTC broadcast:

In northern Virginia, my Tecsun R9700D, with analog tuning and whip antenna…

…managed 100% decode of the fast and finicky MFSK128 mode during the 1300 UTC broadcast:

Daniel Kaehler, in Germany near Kiel, used a Sangean ATS-909 for this perfect printout of the Flmsg story during the Sunday 1930 UTC airplay: