{"id":6802,"date":"2013-06-29T07:32:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T11:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6802"},"modified":"2013-06-29T07:33:54","modified_gmt":"2013-06-29T11:33:54","slug":"voa-radiogram-includes-easypal-comparison-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/voa-radiogram-includes-easypal-comparison-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"VOA Radiogram includes EasyPal comparison 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\/54115786931\/voa-radiogram-for-29-30-june-includes-easypal\" target=\"_blank\">VOA Radiogram<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>During the weekend of 29-30 June 2013, VOA Radiogram will continue experiments with the EasyPal digital image software. EasyPal will be transmitted in both its 4-QAM and 16-QAM settings to see if the former can be decoded in conditions where the latter cannot. Download EasyPal from\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vk4aes.com\/\">vk4aes.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>VOA Radiogram for 29-30 June 2013:<\/p>\n<p>2:31\u00a0 MFSK16: Program preview<\/p>\n<p>4:19\u00a0 MFSK32: VOA News: \u201csuper-earths&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>2:05\u00a0 MFSK32: Accompanying image<\/p>\n<p>:23\u00a0 MFSK32: Introduction to MFSK64<\/p>\n<p>2:15\u00a0 MFSK64: VOA News: China space mission<\/p>\n<p>2:53\u00a0 MFSK32: Accompanying image<\/p>\n<p>:33\u00a0 MFSK32: Introduction to EasyPal<\/p>\n<p>7:00\u00a0 EasyPal 4-QAM: \u201csuper moon&#8221; in Greece<\/p>\n<p>2:40\u00a0 EasyPal 16-QAM \u201csuper moon&#8221; in Singapore<\/p>\n<p>1:08\u00a0 MFSK16: Closing announcements<\/p>\n<p>:24\u00a0 Surprise mode of the week<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u00a0VOA Radiogram transmission schedule\u00a0<\/strong>(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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: VOA Radiogram) During the weekend of 29-30 June 2013, VOA Radiogram will continue experiments with the EasyPal digital image software. EasyPal will be transmitted in both its 4-QAM and 16-QAM settings to see if the former can be decoded in conditions where the latter cannot. Download EasyPal from\u00a0\u00a0vk4aes.com. VOA Radiogram for 29-30 June 2013: [&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":[56,1114,438,43,1167],"tags":[4114,2010,1664,10,1718,4116],"class_list":["post-6802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-digital-modes","category-schedules","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-digital-modes","tag-easypal","tag-kim-elliott","tag-voa","tag-voa-radiogram","tag-whats-on-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1LI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6603,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/voa-radiogram-features-easypal-digital-images-this-weekend\/","url_meta":{"origin":6802,"position":0},"title":"VOA Radiogram features EasyPal digital images this weekend","author":"Thomas","date":"June 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: VOA Radiogram) During the past weekend, EasyPal digital images were received successfully throughout Europe and North America. 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