VOA Radiogram, for the weekend of 12-13 April 2014, will be all MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz, but there will also be a mystery mode transmitted simultaneously at an audio frequency of 2300 Hz. (An RSID will help unlock the mystery of the mystery mode.)

You can decode both the MFSK32 and the mystery mode by 1) running two instances of Fldigi, 2) running Fldigi and another decoding software such as MultiPSK or DM780, or 3) recording the show and decoding the mystery mode later.

The audio frequency of the mystery mode needs to be tuned very precisely. The content of the mystery mode is the VOA Radiogram email address, website URL, and schedule, transmitted over and over, so you will have plenty of time to achieve a successful decode.

One of the MFSK32 VOA news items will be in Spanish. You will need the UTF-8 characters for the accented letters to display correctly. Find the UTF-8 setting via  Configure > Colors and Fonts.  

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 54, 12-13 April 2014 (all MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz except where noted):

  1:43  Program preview
  2:58  Mystery mode starts centered on 2300 Hz
  4:44  Survey of trust in the Internet, with image
13:00  Intel’s use of non-conflict minerals, with image
19:15  US Navy developing fuel from seawater, with image
24:19  VOA Spanish on “cardio,” with VOA Voz de América logo
27:10  Closing announcements

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule

(all days and times UTC)
Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.

The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK64 Saturday at 1130 UTC (new time) on 6095 kHz and Sunday at 0130 UTC on 7375 kHz. Reports to Eric at themightykbc (at) gmail.com.