{"id":7147,"date":"2013-08-31T07:06:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T11:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=7147"},"modified":"2013-08-31T07:06:29","modified_gmt":"2013-08-31T11:06:29","slug":"voa-radiogram-31-august1-september-2013-includes-vietnamese-and-russian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/voa-radiogram-31-august1-september-2013-includes-vietnamese-and-russian\/","title":{"rendered":"VOA Radiogram 31 August\/1 September 2013 includes Vietnamese and Russian"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

This weekend\u2019s VOA Radiogram will include sample text in Vietnamese and Russian. Vietnamese has all sorts of diacritics, and Russian uses a Cyrillic alphabet, so this will be a real workout for your decoding software. Your character set should be UTF-8. In\u00a0Fldigi<\/a>, this adjustment is via Configure > Colors & Fonts.<\/p>\n

The program will also attempt to improve the performance of RSID (Reed-Solomon Identification<\/a>), the brief signal at the beginning of a digital mode transmission that automatically switches decoding software to the correct mode and audio frequency. I produced the program using Fldigi 3.21.74AB. You will need Fldigi 3.21.73 or newer for the MFSK64 and MFSK128 RSIDs to work correctly. If you have a previous version of Fldigi, or another decoding software, I have provided time for the mode to be changed manually.<\/p>\n

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, 31 August\/September 1\u00a02013:<\/p>\n

2:55\u00a0 MFSK16: Program preview<\/p>\n

3:10\u00a0 MFSK32: Vietnamese and Russian text samples<\/p>\n

2:58\u00a0 MFSK32: Discussion of RSIDs<\/p>\n

1:50\u00a0 MFSK64\/Flmsg: VOA News re dung beetles*<\/p>\n

:56\u00a0 MFSK32: Image of dung beetle<\/p>\n

3:07\u00a0 MFSK128\/Flmsg\/Base64: VOA blue logo*<\/p>\n

2:16\u00a0 MFSK64: VOA News re China hack attack<\/p>\n

2:38\u00a0 MFSK32: VOA Khmer radio photo contest<\/p>\n

2:31\u00a0 MFSK32: Image of submitted radio photo<\/p>\n

1:10\u00a0 MFSK16: Closing announcements<\/p>\n

:15\u00a0 Surprise mode of the week<\/p>\n

*To make Flmsg work with Fldigi, in Fldigi: Configure > Misc > NBEMS, under Reception of flmsg files, check both boxes, and under that indicate where your Flmsg.exe file is located.<\/p>\n

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule<\/p>\n

(all days and times UTC)<\/p>\n

Sat 1600-1630\u00a017860\u00a0kHz<\/p>\n

Sun 0230-0300\u00a05745\u00a0kHz<\/p>\n

Sun 1300-1330\u00a06095\u00a0kHz<\/p>\n

Sun 1930-2000\u00a015670\u00a0kHz<\/p>\n

All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Please send reception reports to radiogram (at) voanews.com<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: VOA Radiogram) This weekend\u2019s VOA Radiogram will include sample text in Vietnamese and Russian. Vietnamese has all sorts of diacritics, and Russian uses a Cyrillic alphabet, so this will be a real workout for your decoding software. Your character set should be UTF-8. In\u00a0Fldigi, this adjustment is via Configure > Colors & Fonts. 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