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, 21-22 Sept 2013, in YouTube videos

    Tim, K0RUS, in Colorado, produced this YouTube video of his reception and decoding of VOA Radiogram, 21 September 2013, 1600-1630 UTC, on 17860 kHz. The audio drops out about nine minutes in, but the video continues until the end of the half-hour program.

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nwlrNCiJBo

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    Mark in UK produced this YouTube video of his decoding of the same broadcasting, using a venerable but great looking Sony ICF-6700L receiver:

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfWz0h_Mcfg

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    Andy in northern Virginia provides this YouTube video of reception on 22 September 2013 at 1300-1330 UTC on 6095 kHz. Propagation between North Carolina and northern Virginia is usually very good at 1300 UTC on 6095 kHz, so the signal was big, and the decode flawless:

    http://youtu.be/Um2Sn_thtyE

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    For the second weekend in a row, Takeshi-san in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, received and decoded VOA Radiogram. This time he was tuned to 15670 kHz, at 1930-2000 UTC on 22 september 2013. The distance from the North Carolina transmitter is 11,000 km, or 29,000 km if it was (more likely) via the long path:

    http://youtu.be/xNOJ-a4mPNk

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    Jay in Ontario recorded an excerpt of the same 1930-2000 UTC broadcast. He  was using the DM780 decoding software that comes with Ham radio Deluxe:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4S2dbDUyHY

     

     

    • September 23, 2013 (1:33 pm)