{"id":6477,"date":"2013-05-11T08:32:38","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T12:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6477"},"modified":"2013-05-11T08:32:38","modified_gmt":"2013-05-11T12:32:38","slug":"capture-images-on-the-voa-radiogram-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/capture-images-on-the-voa-radiogram-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Capture images on the 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=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5904\" 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>(Source: <a title=\"VOA Radiogram\" href=\"http:\/\/voaradiogram.net\/post\/50077490899\/voa-radiogram-for-may-11-12-will-include-sstv\" target=\"_blank\">VOA Radiogram<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>VOA Radiogram for the weekend of May 11 and 12 will feature long stretches of VOA News in plain text, using the MFSK 32 and 64 modes. No Flmsg or Flamp this time. This weekend\u2019s program will also include our first test of slow scan television (SSTV).<\/p>\n<p>Here is the lineup:<\/p>\n<p>MFSK16 (2:28) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Preview<\/p>\n<p>MFSK32 (12:08) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VOA News stories<\/p>\n<div>The first of the three stories will be in Spanish. This is to determine how letters with accent marks appear on your display. The second VOA news story will be followed by an accompanying MFSK32 image<\/div>\n<p>MFSK16 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Intro to the next mode<\/p>\n<p>MFSK64 (3:34)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VOA News story<\/p>\n<p>MFSK16 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Intro to the next mode<\/p>\n<p>SSTV Scottie DX (4:31)<\/p>\n<div>There are several software programs that decode SSTV, including Digital Master 780 (DM780) and<a href=\"http:\/\/hamsoft.ca\/pages\/mmsstv.php\">MMSSTV<\/a>. A free receive-only SSTV decoder is RX-SSTV from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/users.belgacom.net\/hamradio\/rxsstv.htm\">users.belgacom.net\/hamradio\/rxsstv.htm<\/a><\/div>\n<p>MFSK16 (1:11) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Closing announcements<\/p>\n<p>Closing music, accompanied by the surprise mode of the week<\/p>\n<p>Please send reception reports to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:radiogram@voanews.com\">radiogram@voanews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Screenshots and audio samples are welcome, especially audio of less than perfect reception conditions.<\/p>\n<p>VOA Radiogram transmission schedule<br \/>\n(all days and times UTC)<br \/>\nSat 1600-1630\u00a017860\u00a0kHz<br \/>\nSun 0230-0300\u00a05745\u00a0kHz<br \/>\nSun 1300-1330\u00a06095\u00a0kHz<br \/>\nSun 1930-2000\u00a015670\u00a0kHz<br \/>\nAll via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: VOA Radiogram) VOA Radiogram for the weekend of May 11 and 12 will feature long stretches of VOA News in plain text, using the MFSK 32 and 64 modes. No Flmsg or Flamp this time. This weekend\u2019s program will also include our first test of slow scan television (SSTV). Here is the lineup: MFSK16 [&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":[56,1114,3,1167],"tags":[989,1382,10,1718],"class_list":["post-6477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-digital-modes","category-news","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-kim-andrew-elliott","tag-sstv","tag-voa","tag-voa-radiogram"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1Gt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6691,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/voa-radiogram-this-weekend-mixed-bad-noise-with-good-noise\/","url_meta":{"origin":6477,"position":0},"title":"VOA Radiogram this weekend mixes bad noise with good noise","author":"Thomas","date":"June 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: VOA Radiogram) During the past weekend, we experimented with mixing music with MFSK text modes. 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