{"id":10174,"date":"2014-07-04T07:10:32","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T11:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=10174"},"modified":"2014-07-04T07:10:32","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T11:10:32","slug":"voa-radiogram-this-weekend-july-56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/voa-radiogram-this-weekend-july-56\/","title":{"rendered":"VOA Radiogram this weekend, July 5\/6"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"VOARadioGram\"<\/a>(Source: VOA Radiogram<\/a>)<\/p>\n

VOA Radiogram this weekend will include news about reductions<\/a> to the shortwave transmissions of VOA and other stations of US international broadcasting. These cuts were effective on 30 June. <\/em><\/p>\n

Fortunately, VOA Radiogram remains on shortwave, at least for now.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 66, 5-6 July 2014 (all in MFSK32 except where noted):<\/em><\/p>\n

1:33 Program preview<\/em>
\n 2:45 Major reductions to US shortwave broadcasts, with image<\/em>
\n 8:10 Car fumes affect pollinating insects<\/em>
\n10:10 Test of Mars landing craft a success, with image<\/em>
\n14:23 India launches satellites at low cost, with MFSK64 image<\/em>
\n20:32 Spanish: Triple black hole discovery, with image<\/em>
\n25:59 Closing announcements<\/em><\/p>\n

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com<\/em><\/p>\n

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule<\/em>
\n(all days and times UTC):<\/em>
\nSat 0930-1000 5745 kHz<\/em>
\nSat 1600-1630 17860 kHz<\/em>
\nSun 0230-0300 5745 kHz<\/em>
\nSun 1930-2000 15670 kHz<\/em>
\nAll via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK64 Saturday at about 1130 UTC on 6095 kHz, and Sunday about 0130 UTC (Saturday 9:30 pm EDT) on 9925 kHz. Both frequencies via Germany. Reports to themightykbc@gmail.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: VOA Radiogram) VOA Radiogram this weekend will include news about reductions to the shortwave transmissions of VOA and other stations of US international broadcasting. These cuts were effective on 30 June. Fortunately, VOA Radiogram remains on shortwave, at least for now. Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 66, 5-6 July 2014 (all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,1114,3,651,43,1167],"tags":[4114,1790,1858,1664,10,1718,182],"class_list":["post-10174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-digital-modes","category-news","category-schedules-and-frequencies","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-digital-modes","tag-digital-text","tag-digital-text-over-shortwave","tag-kim-elliott","tag-voa","tag-voa-radiogram","tag-voice-of-america"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2E6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9121,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/voa-radiogram-battle-of-the-100-wpm-modes-this-weekend\/","url_meta":{"origin":10174,"position":0},"title":"VOA Radiogram: Battle of the 100 wpm modes, this weekend!","author":"Thomas","date":"March 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"If you like the\u00a0VOA Radiogram, don't miss this weekend (March 29-30)--a one year mile marker for the VOA Radiogram service on shortwave radio. 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