VOA Radiogram 2-3 May NEW FREQUENCY !

Hello friends,

This weekend the VOA Radiogram broadcast Saturday at 1600-1630 UTC moves to the new frequency of 17870 kHz. This replaces 17860 kHz, which was suffering interference from Radio Exterior de España on 17855 kHz. For those of you using low cost radios with less selectivity, please let me know in 17870 kHz provides enough separation from 17855 kHz.

VOA Radiogram begins this weekend with a rather lengthy but, I hope, interesting story about a new report on world press freedom. 

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 109, 2-3 May 2015, all in MFSK32 except where noted:
 1:32  Program preview
 2:45  Freedom House report on world press freedom*
14:12  BBC adds shortwave transmissions for Nepal
17:09  Mobile phone ownership increases in Africa
21:21  Computer servers heat homes in the Netherlands*
27:12  Closing announcements*
28:39  Thor 16: Bonus mode of the week

* with image

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UTC):
Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17870 kHz (new, replaces 17860 kHz)
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina. 

The Mighty KBC will (I think) transmit a minute of MFSK64 3 May at about 0130 UTC (Saturday 9:30 pm EDT) on new 9925 kHz (via Germany). Reports to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com .

Thank you for your reception reports for last weekend's broadcast.  I have not yet finished answering all the reports from program 107, 18-19 April 2015, because of a busy week involving my audience research tasks for VOA and the U.S. International Broadcasting Bureau. I hope to catch up with the correspondence this weekend.

Kim

Kim Andrew Elliott
Producer and Presenter
VOA Radiogram

voaradiogram.net


Claudio Bianco (IK1XPK)

VOA Radiogram, The Mighty KBC , 5-6 July 2014

Hello friends,

VOA Radiogram this weekend will include news about reductions to the shortwave transmissions of VOA and other stations of US international broadcasting. These cuts were effective on 30 June. 

Fortunately, VOA Radiogram remains on shortwave, at least for now. 

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 66, 5-6 July 2014 (all in MFSK32 except where noted):

 1:33  Program preview
 2:45  Major reductions to US shortwave broadcasts, with image
 8:10  Car fumes affect pollinating insects
10:10  Test of Mars landing craft a success, with image
14:23  India launches satellites at low cost, with MFSK64 image
20:32  Spanish: Triple black hole discovery, with image
25:59  Closing announcements

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UTC):
Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina. 

The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK64 Saturday at about 1130 UTC on 6095 kHz, and Sunday about 0130 UTC (Saturday 9:30 pm EDT) on 9925 kHz. Reports to themightykbc@gmail.com 

Thanks for all your interesting reports from 28-29 June. I will begin to answer them tonight.

Kim

Kim Andrew Elliott
Producer and Presenter
VOA Radiogram

voaradiogram.net

VOA Radiogram, The Mighty KBC , 17-18 May

Hello friends,

Because I will be away from the office most of the rest of May, I will generally not be able to respond to your emails until early June.

Looking ahead: VOA Radiogram on 31 May and 1 June 2014 will be the "VOA Radiogram Picture Show." We will experiment with the X1, X2, and X4 transmission speeds of MFSK images, using MFSK32, 64, and 128. And we will transmit an EasyPal image. Download the EasyPal software from vk4aes.com . For practice, radio amateurs transmit EasyPal images (mostly with Internet assistance) on 14233 kHz.

                                                        

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 59, 17-18 May 2014 (MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz):

 1:31  Program preview
 2:56  Washington Monument reopens, with image
 8:33  Two-dimensional transistor, with image
14:49  Are reusable rockets a good idea? With image
18:55  Plastic from shrimp shells, with image
26:59  Closing announcements

Please send reception reports to  radiogram@voanews.com

The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK64 each Saturday at 1130 UTC on 6095 kHz and Sunday at 0130 UTC (Saturday 9:30 pm EDT) on 9925 kHz. The transmitters are in Germany.

 themightykbc@gmail.com

Thanks for all your support.

Kim

Kim Andrew Elliott

Producer and Presenter

VOA Radiogram

voaradiogram.net

VOA Radiogram, The Mighty KBC , 3-4 May 2014

Hello friends,

VOA Radiogram for the weekend of 3-4 May (program 57) will be all MFSK32 except for the surprise mode during the closing music.

There will be some interesting VOA News items, including amateur radio from the permanently berthed ship Queen Mary, and legislation that could result in major changes to the Voice of America and the rest of U.S. international broadcasting.

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 57, 3-4 May 2014 (all in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz):

1:30  Program preview

2:33  Amateur radio from the Queen Mary, with image

8:52  Cloudsource to Ukraine, with image

16:15  50th Anniversary of BASIC programming language

20:49  House bill to reorganize US international broadcasting

27:08  Closing announcements, VOA logo

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com

Please note that MFSK images decoded by Fldigi are automatically stored in the folder \fldigi.files\images\ somewhere in your hard drive.

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule

(all days and times UTC)

Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz

Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz

Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz

Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz

All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina

The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK64 via Germany Saturday at about 1130 UTC on 6095 kHz (during The Big Beach Radio Show) and Sunday at about 0130 UTC (Saturday evening 9:30 pm EDT) on new 9925 kHz. 

themightykbc@gmail.com.

Thanks for your reports from last weekend, which I will soon be answering.

Kim

Kim Andrew Elliott

Producer and Presenter

VOA Radiogram

radiogram@voanews.com

voaradiogram.net

The Mighty KBC , 29-30 March MFSK 64

 The Mighty KBC, via Germany, will again transmit a minute of MFSK64 Saturday at about 1230 UTC on 6095 kHz and Sunday at about 0130 UTC on 7375 kHz.

themightykbc@gmail.com 

The Mighty KBC, of MFSK64 15-16 March

The Mighty KBC ,  attraverso la Germania, sarà di nuovo trasmettere un minuto di  MFSK64  Sabato 15 marzo, a circa 1230 UTC, su 6095 kHz , e Domenica 16 marzo, a circa 0130 UTC (Sabato 09:30 EDT) su 7375 kHz . Ciò comprende il programma di fine settimana Mighty KBC come una tabella Flmsg. Per rendere Flmsg lavorare con Fldigi, in Fldigi: Configura> Varie> NBEMS - Sotto Ricezione di file flmsg, controllare entrambe le caselle, e sotto che indicano dove si trova il file Flmsg.exe. Alla fine della trasmissione testo digitale, vedrete la piccola scatola Flmsg pop-up, seguito dal calendario come una nuova finestra nel browser Web predefinito. Si prega di inviare i rapporti di ricezione a Eric a  themightykbc@gmail.com 

The Mighty KBC 22-23 Feb 2014 test MFSK 64

The Mighty KBC , con studi in Olanda , ma con trasmettitori affittati in Germania , trasmetterà  per un minuto in modalità MFSK64 Sabato 22Feb alle 1230 UTC su 6095 kHz , e Domenica 23 Feb alle 0130 UTC ( Sabato sera 20:30 EST ) su 7375 kHz . Sulla frequenza di 6095 kHz di solito non è udibile in Nord America se non attraverso questo ricevitore SDR in Olanda :http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/. Si prega di inviare i rapporti di ricezione a Eric a  themightykbc@gmail.com 

The Mighty KBC, with studios in the Netherlands but leased transmitters in Germany, will transmit a minute of MFSK64 Saturday at about 1230 UTC on 6095 kHz, and again Sunday at about 0130 UTC (Saturday evening 8:30 pm EST) on 7375 kHz. The 6095 kHz is usually not audible in North America except via this SDR receiver in the Netherlands: http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ .Please send reception reports to Eric at  themightykbc@gmail.com

The Mighty Kbc continua i suoi test sui 9,925 khz

Arriva decisamente forte il segnale trasmesso da Nauen in Germania di The Mighty Kbc che continua le sue "trasmissioni test" verso il North America. Ecco l'annuncio pubblicato dalla direzione della radio in lingua inglese.

The Mighty KBC broadcast again early this morning (from 00:00-02:00 UTC) on their new summer frequency of 9,925 kHz. Their signal from Nauen, Germany was packing 125 kW–it was amazingly strong into North America.

As we’ve come to expect, the KBC’s Giant Jukebox of music has a lot of rock-n-roll and Euro-pop variety, spanning the decades; DJ, “Uncle Eric” knows how to entertain and spin the tunes!

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Doppio test settimanale per The Mighty Kbc

Continuano i test di trasmissione di Themightykbc, una radio molto popolare soprattutto tra i giovani ascoltatori da ogni parte del mondo. Per questa settimana sono preannunciate due trasmissioni "sperimentali" sui 6150 khz in onde corte. Domani dalle 10 alle 12 Utc e venerdì dalle 13 alle 15 Utc.

La curiosità, fanno sapere dagli studi della Kbc, che per la diffusione della musica viene usato il "The Giant Jukebox".

Naturalmente la direzione dell'emittente chiede la massima collaborazione a tutti i radioascolatori per "monitorare" le due trasmissioni test inviando rapporti d'ascolto all'indirizzo mail themightykbc@gmail.com

Per ricevere le particolari qsl di questa emittente (che si ascolta molto bene in Italia come nel resto d'Europa) vengono richiesti 2 dollari oppure 2 euro ma si possono fare donazioni anche via Paypal.

G. Bar.

QSL da The Mighty KBC sui 6095 kHz

The Mighty KBC mi ha confermato un rapporto di ascolto spedito in diretta mentre ascoltavo la buona musica che mandava on air sui 6095 kHz. Si trattava della trasmissione test dell'11 aprile 2012. La QSL è arrivata via mail in poche ore. L'indirizzo è il solito themightykbc (at) gmail.com e a rispondere è il gentilissimo Eric van Willegen.

Ecco come arrivava. A bomba!