VOA Radiogram, 1-2 March 2014, decoded in Japan and New Zealand

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.

VOA Radiogram, 1-2 March 2014, decoded in Japan and New Zealand

This weekend, I was pleased to receive a report from T.W. in Shimane, Japan, for his reception of the Saturday 1600-1630 UTC broadcast on 17860 kHz, all the way from North Carolina.
T.W. made this YouTube video of his reception. You can watch his decoding, and decode it yourself on Fldigi from the audio of the YouTube video…
http://youtu.be/xoKSw7d1cwo
The decode was predictably difficult, but the Olivia 64-2000 was perfect. And here’s the VOA Radiogram logo as decoded from T.W.’s audio…
I also received my first report from New Zealand for the Saturday 0930 UTC broadcast on 5745 kHz. It’s from Chris in Wellington. The MFSK32 in the first half of the show was perfect, as was the Olivia 64-2000. Here is Chris's decode of the Juan Fernandez MFSK32 image…
Chris then had even better reception of the broadcast Sunday at 1930-2000 UTC on 15670 kHz. It included perfect decodes of the MFSK32, Olivia 64-2000 and 32-2000 text, and not bad on Olivia 16-2000 and 8-2000. Plus these MFSK32 images…
- March 2, 2014 (4:51 pm)