{"id":7233,"date":"2013-09-06T07:09:05","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T11:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=7233"},"modified":"2013-09-06T07:09:05","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T11:09:05","slug":"voa-radiogram-7-8-september-2013-fldigi-flmsg-flamp-rsids-mfsk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/voa-radiogram-7-8-september-2013-fldigi-flmsg-flamp-rsids-mfsk\/","title":{"rendered":"VOA Radiogram, 7-8 September 2013: Fldigi, Flmsg, Flamp, RSIDs, MFSK"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

VOA Radiogram for the weekend of 7-8 September 2013 will include more experiments with RSIDs, the brief signals that automatically switch your decoding software to the correct mode.<\/p>\n

For best results, please install Fldigi 3.21.75 from\u00a0w1hkj.com<\/a>. When you have 3.21.75 installed, go to Configure > ID > RsID, and adjust Errors to 0 (zero). This will prevent Fldigi from flipping to another mode while decoding our MFSK transmissions. For more information about this, seewww.w1hkj.com\/FldigiHelp-3.21\/ConfigID.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Please also download the latest versions of Flmsg and Flamp (2.1.00) from w1hkj.com.<\/p>\n

This weekend\u2019s VOA Radiogram will include another transmission in MFSK128. This will be done mainly to see if the RSID works. However, to improve the chances for a successful decode of the very fast MFSK128, it will be in Flamp format. A paragraph will be divided into seven blocks of 64 characters each. And it will be transmitted three times, with the second and third passes filling in any blocks with incorrect checksums. Make sure Flamp is running before the MFSK128 transmission begins; it does not turn on automatically like Flmsg.<\/p>\n

The foreign language for the weekend will be Spanish, with brief VOA news items in both plain text and Flmsg formatted. Please turn off and restart Fldigi before each of this weekend\u2019s VOA Radiogram broadcasts to ensure the accented Spanish letters display correctly. You will need the UTF-8 character set. The adjustment can be found via Configure > Colors & Fonts.<\/p>\n

In the Flmsg-formatted Spanish news story, you will see several html codes such as &iacute; for the accented characters. They might look like decoding errors, but the story should look OK when the web page renders.<\/p>\n

To make Flmsg work with Fldigi, in Fldigi: Configure > Misc > NBEMS \u2014 Under Reception of flmsg files, check both boxes, and under that indicate where your Flmsg.exe file is located.<\/p>\n

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, 7-8 September 2013:<\/p>\n

3:55\u00a0 MFSK16: Program preview<\/p>\n

2:09\u00a0 MFSK32: VOA Spanish news re old iPhones<\/p>\n

3:41\u00a0 MFSK32\/Flmsg: VOA Spanish news re new iPhone model<\/p>\n

2:29\u00a0 MFSK64: VOA News re Al Jazeera in Egypt<\/p>\n

2:48\u00a0 MFSK32: YouTube screen capture of Al Jazeera<\/p>\n

:50\u00a0 MFSK32: Introduction to MFSK128 item<\/p>\n

1:30\u00a0 MFSK128\/Flamp: Brief description of VOA<\/p>\n

:45\u00a0 MFSK32: Introduction to MFSK64<\/p>\n

2:55\u00a0 MFSK64: VOA News re LADEE moon mission<\/p>\n

2:56\u00a0 MFSK32: Artist\u2019s rendition of LADEE spacecraft<\/p>\n

1:11\u00a0 MFSK16: Closing announcements<\/p>\n

:41\u00a0 MFSK32: VOA Radiogram logo<\/p>\n

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

Please send reception reports to\u00a0radiogram@voanews.com<\/a>.<\/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

There will also be a minute of MFSK32 on The Mighty KBC, via Germany, Saturday at approximately 1130 UTC on 6095\u00a0kHz, and Sunday at approximately 0130 UTC on 7375\u00a0kHz (Saturday evening 9:30\u00a0pm EDT).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Also check out their post: \u00a0Base64 VOA logo via MFSK128: a few unexpected successes<\/a>. Fascinating!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: VOA Radiogram) VOA Radiogram for the weekend of 7-8 September 2013 will include more experiments with RSIDs, the brief signals that automatically switch your decoding software to the correct mode. For best results, please install Fldigi 3.21.75 from\u00a0w1hkj.com. When you have 3.21.75 installed, go to Configure > ID > RsID, and adjust Errors to […]<\/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":[56,3,43,1167],"tags":[1790,1664,10,1718,182],"class_list":["post-7233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-digital-text","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-1SF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7147,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/voa-radiogram-31-august1-september-2013-includes-vietnamese-and-russian\/","url_meta":{"origin":7233,"position":0},"title":"VOA Radiogram 31 August\/1 September 2013 includes Vietnamese and Russian","author":"Thomas","date":"August 31, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: VOA Radiogram) This weekend\u2019s VOA Radiogram will include sample text in Vietnamese and Russian. 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