VOA Radiogram, 29-30 April 2017
Steve Bellner
Lorenzo in Italy received a good set of images 22 April, 1600-1630 UTC, 17580 kHz, despite poor
propagation to just about every other place on
earth.
Hello friends,
Please note that The Mighty KBC will adjust its broadcast time this weekend. See the details below.
During the past weekend,
the VOA Radiogram broadcast Saturday at 1600-1630 UTC
on 17580 kHz, usually received well in most of Europe,
was inaudible in most of Europe and most of the rest
of the world. The only good reception was in parts of
Italy, and that deteriorated during the half four. The
apparent cause was a coronal mass ejection (CME) that
was not supposed to affect Earth, but it affected
Earth.
This weekend's VOA
Radiogram is mostly in MFSK32, with one story in
MFSK16. The program will end with ASCII art. Use a
monospace font such as Courier, and maximize Fldigi,
because this will be wide. You can also paste the
ASCII art to a text editor or word processor with a
monospace font. If you use TIVAR, I don't think
the app has a facility
to change the font. It might be possible to
change the font in the Android operating system.
Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 213, 29-30 April 2017, all in MFSK32 except where noted:
3:09 First African-born player in US Major League Baseball*
7:47 Media freedom 'has never been so threatened'*
15:13 MFSK16: Cassini spacecraft between Saturn and its rings
19:58 MFSK32: Images* and closing announcements
25:05 ASCII art (use monospace font and maximize Fldigi)*
* with image
Please send reception reports to radi...@voanews.com
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VOA Radiogram Transmission Schedule
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UTC Day |
UTC Time |
kHz |
Transmitter |
Target |
Also try in … |
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Saturday |
0930-1000 |
5745 |
North Carolina |
Americas |
Asia-Pacific, Europe |
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Saturday |
1600-1630 |
17580 |
North Carolina |
Europe |
Americas, Asia-Pacific |
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Sunday |
0230-0300 |
5745 |
North Carolina |
Americas |
Europe |
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Sunday |
1930-2000 |
15670 |
North Carolina |
Europe |
Americas, Asia-Pacific |
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Sunday |
2030-2100 |
11580 |
WRMI Florida |
Europe |
Americas, Asia-Pacific |
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Sunday |
2330-2400 |
11580 |
WRMI Florida |
Americas |
Europe, Asia-Pacific |
The Mighty KBC this weekend will transmit to North
America one hour earlier than
usual, thus Saturday 29 April at 2300 UTC to Sunday
30 April at 0100 UTC, on 6145 kHz via Germany, with a
minute of MFSK32 at about 0030 UTC. On 7 May, the KBC frequency changes to
9925 kHz, and the time returns to 0000-0200 UTC. And
the new KBC broadcast to Europe is Saturdays at
1500-1600 UTC on 9400 kHz, via Kostinbrod (near
Sofia), Bulgaria. A minute of MFSK32 will be at about
1530 UTC. Reports to Eric:
themig...@gmail.com . See also
http://www.kbcradio.eu/ and
https://www.facebook.com/TheMightyKbc/.
DigiDX is taking a few weeks off, hence the VOA Radiogram transmissions via WRMI. See http://www.digidx.uk/ and https://www.facebook.com/digidx/
Italian Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) For the complete IBC transmission schedule, including changes after 27 March, visit http://ibcradio.webs.com/ The new English version of IBC’s “Shortwave Panorama” begins 31 March, via WRMI Florida, Friday 01.00-01.30 UTC on 9955 kHz, Saturday 01.30-02.00 UTC 11580 kHz, and Sunday 00.30-01.00 UTC on 7730 kHz. The last five minutes of these shows will be in MFSK32.
"IBC DIGITAL" - 5 MINUTES IN MFSK32:
WEDNESDAY 18.55 UTC 6070 / 1584 KHZ TO EUROPE
FRIDAY 01.25 UTC 9955 KHZ TO CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA
SATURDAY 01.55 UTC 11580 KHZ TO NORTH AMERICA
20.25 UTC 1584 KHZ TO EUROPE
SUNDAY 00.55 UTC 7730 KHZ TO NORTH AMERICA
10.55 UTC 6070 KHZ TO EUROPE
Thank you for your reception reports from last weekend!
I hope you can tune in and write in this weekend.
Kim
Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB
Producer and Presenter
VOA Radiogram
Twitter: @VOARadiogram (especially active just before, during, and after broadcasts)