VOA Radiogram is now Shortwave Radiogram. Please visit swradiogram.net


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.

VOA Radiogram is now Shortwave Radiogram. Please visit swradiogram.net


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.

VOA 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.

To decode the digital text and images transmitted on VOA Radiogram, download Fldigi, Flmsg and Flamp from w1hkj.com. See also how to decode the modes.

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  • VOA Radiogram, 14-15 Sept 2013, in YouTube videos from Japan, California, Italy, Ontario and Colorado

    T.W. in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, received VOA Radiogram, 14 September 2013, 1600-1630 UTC, on 17860 kHz, all the way from the transmitter in North Carolina. And he documents his reception with this YouTuve video:

    youtu.be/q-WPB6o1XZ0

    Some of the RSIDs were missed, but otherwise his decode was nearly perfect throughout the broadcast, including the MFSK128 segment. The MFSK32 images looked fairly good, too.

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    Hugh Stegman of the Utility World blog produced this YouTube video of the Persian text sample on VOA Radiogram, 14 September 2013, also during the 1600-1630 UTC broadcast on 17860 kHz.

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlpNWs843M4

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    Davide, IW0HLG, lives in a third-floor apartment in Rome, in a location surrounded by many other buildings. It is an electrically noisy environment. He tuned in VOA Radiogram on 15 September at 1930-2000 UTC on 15670 kHz an inexpensive Degen DE-1103 portable shortwave radio (same as the Kaito KA1103). Despite noise accompanying his reception of VOA Radiogram, he had nearly flawless decodes of the various speeds of MFSK, as demonstrated in this YouTube video:

    http://youtu.be/K0F8cEIsPBk 

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    Jay, VE3SWS, in Ontario, contributed this YouTube video of a 6:21 excerpt of the 1930-2000 broadcast of VOA Radiogram on 15 September, 15670 kHz:

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYnaA2rkrVI

    And Tim, K0RUS, in Colorado, provided this video of the entire broadcast, 15 September at 0230-0300 UTC on 5745 kHz. It has no audio – which, given the noise made by MFSK, some people might consider a good thing:

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJF_Tg89_rk

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    • September 15, 2013 (7:51 am)