{"id":6105,"date":"2013-03-30T12:07:15","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T16:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6105"},"modified":"2013-03-30T12:07:15","modified_gmt":"2013-03-30T16:07:15","slug":"voa-radiogram-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/voa-radiogram-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"VOA Radiogram this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/VOARadioGram.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5904 alignright\" alt=\"VOARadioGram\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/VOARadioGram.png\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/VOARadioGram.png 180w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/VOARadioGram-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/VOARadioGram-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>Here are the details for the VOA Radiogram this weekend:<\/p>\n<p>(Source: Kim Elliott)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>VOA Radiogram on 30 and 31 March 2013 will feature the MFSK (multiple frequency shift keying) modes. This &#8220;menu&#8221; for the program shows the mode, center audio frequency, and duration of transmission in minutes:seconds&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>MFSK4 1500Hz 0:40*<br \/>\nMFSK16 1500Hz 1:00<br \/>\nMFSK32 1000Hz 1:00<br \/>\nMFSK32 2500Hz 1:00<br \/>\nPSKR125 2500Hz 1:00<br \/>\nPSKR250 2500Hz 1:00<br \/>\nMFSK64 2500Hz 1:00<br \/>\nMFSK64 2500Hz 3:07 Flmsg format<br \/>\nPSKR500 2000Hz 0:58<br \/>\nMFSK128 2000Hz 0:57**<br \/>\nMFSK32 2000Hz 1:40 Image<br \/>\nMFSK32 1500Hz 0:58 Image<\/p>\n<p>* No RSID. You must tune the audio frequency very carefully. (Don\u2019t worry if it does not work!)<\/p>\n<p>**The RSID might not work, so manually select MFSK128 (needs new version of Fldigi) and the 2000 Hz center audio frequency.<\/p>\n<p>Transmission schedule:<\/p>\n<p>(all days and times UTC):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz<\/li>\n<li>Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz<\/li>\n<li>Sun 1300-1330 6095 kHz<\/li>\n<li>Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Please send reports, audio samples, screenshots, etc to voaradiogram@voanews.com.<\/p>\n<p>If you are unable to listen to the program because of Easter weekend, this MFSK show will be repeated later this year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the details for the VOA Radiogram this weekend: (Source: Kim Elliott) VOA Radiogram on 30 and 31 March 2013 will feature the MFSK (multiple frequency shift keying) modes. This &#8220;menu&#8221; for the program shows the mode, center audio frequency, and duration of transmission in minutes:seconds&#8230; MFSK4 1500Hz 0:40* MFSK16 1500Hz 1:00 MFSK32 1000Hz [&hellip;]<\/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":[56,1114,651,43,1167],"tags":[1790,1665,1664,10,1718,182],"class_list":["post-6105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-digital-modes","category-schedules-and-frequencies","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-digital-text","tag-digital-text-modes","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-1At","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5903,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/voa-radiogram-soft-launch-this-weekend\/","url_meta":{"origin":6105,"position":0},"title":"VOA Radiogram &#8220;soft launch&#8221; this weekend","author":"Thomas","date":"March 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Kudos to VOA research analyst Dr. Kim Andrew Elliott for his remarkable innovation: \u00a0VOA Radiograms (i.e., digital text messages sent over shortwave broadcast radio), and for promoting this concept through the Voice of America. 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