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dk8cb
21-06-2006, 10:16
Just the last few minutes but perfect. No thunderstorm interference for a change.

Roland

FritzWue
21-06-2006, 21:38
Driving from Osnabrueck to Gescher via A30, A31:

dk8cb
22-06-2006, 08:34
Just the last half hour with a bit of interference from a thunderstorm and also some fading.

Roland

simone
24-06-2006, 07:20
Perfect results last night.
Also quite good in the first 1.5 hours this morning, then signal got weaker.
Simone

dk8cb
24-06-2006, 18:01
Very good last night.

Roland

simone
25-06-2006, 07:35
Good results last night using the Sony/ ferrite antenna, a few minor dropouts in the first hour this morning using DWT/LA380.
Simone

dk8cb
25-06-2006, 23:39
Not a good result. Although the local thunderstorm had passed away, there was still a lot of interference from other distant ones.

Roland

dk8cb
27-06-2006, 10:16
There were again problems with distant thunderstorms last night.

Roland

simone
27-06-2006, 16:21
A few minor dropouts, thunderstorms at the beginning
Simone

dk8cb
28-06-2006, 08:37
Again interference from thunderstorms last night.

Roland

simone
28-06-2006, 15:47
Quite good results again last night.
Simone

FritzWue
29-06-2006, 21:13
Application hang! :(
Zipped MP3 attached.

simone
30-06-2006, 19:48
Still the same audio problem today :(
but at least we can read the text messages ;)
Anyway I recorded a logfile last night, good results again.
Simone

dk8cb
30-06-2006, 22:11
AFS is also working but audio is just broken and from what I have experienced in the past, I'm afraid that it will remain so over the whole weekend. :mad:

Roland

simone
01-07-2006, 07:40
Nothing changed concerning the audio problem this morning, good conditions last night except a 10min period around 20:00, this morning a weak signal and some dropouts using the DWT/ LA380.
Simone

Edit: Still the same this evening (Sat July 1st, 17:50 UTC)

simone
02-07-2006, 10:18
Good results after sunset but again only noise to listen to :(
Simone

dk8cb
04-07-2006, 09:38
Audio was back and reception was excellent.

Roland

FritzWue
05-07-2006, 17:16
Driving from near Ahaus to Oldenburg via A31, A28.
20.04kbps was not good for the road, robustness missing.
After switching to 21.60kbps between Leer and Oldenburg audio was better and signal more robust although fieldstrength and snr went down on my way to the east then.

dk8cb
06-07-2006, 07:11
Not good with fading and interference but also a large number of noise pulses from distant thunderstorms.

Roland

FritzWue
06-07-2006, 18:38
This morning DRM application hang again at the TX.

simone
07-07-2006, 07:45
Perfect results last night, audio was OK again
Simone

simone
08-07-2006, 06:23
Good conditions last night, perfect results

dk8cb
08-07-2006, 15:49
Just a short report showing excellent reception.

Roland

dk8cb
09-07-2006, 00:24
Quite good but why did this transmission end two minutes too early?

Roland

simone
10-07-2006, 06:16
Good conditions from 2015, some dropouts in the first hour of my log.
Simone

FritzWue
10-07-2006, 16:35
Driving from 48653 Coesfeld to 48147 Muenster:

simone
12-07-2006, 07:48
Quite good last night from 1915, only one big dropout during a thunderstorm.
Simone

dk8cb
12-07-2006, 07:55
Just a very short report.

Why does the transmission end two minutes earlier than scheduled?

Roland

simone
13-07-2006, 06:12
Perfect from 2010 until the end.
@ Roland: They start 2.5 minutes ealier in the morning to make for the early stop ;)
Simone

FritzWue
14-07-2006, 14:40
Coesfeld-B525-A43-A1-Muenster North
A few dB more fieldstrength would solve all problems. :rolleyes:
Dropouts at known noisy locations.

dk8cb
14-07-2006, 23:35
Over here, the impulse response on this signal didn't look good tonight and it resulted in bad reception despite a sufficiently large SNR.

Roland

simone
16-07-2006, 12:25
Perfect results after sunset.
Simone

dk8cb
18-07-2006, 00:35
Not bad.

Roland

simone
18-07-2006, 06:16
Perfect from 1900.
Simone

dk8cb
18-07-2006, 23:14
Very good reception today.

Roland

dk8cb
21-07-2006, 08:47
Quite good.

Roland

dk8cb
22-07-2006, 00:43
On-channel interference and distant thunderstorms caused short dropouts.

Roland

simone
23-07-2006, 11:23
Problems during thunderstorms last night, better conditions and good results from 2015 using the DWT/LA380.
Also good results during the first 50min this morning, then signal got weaker.
Simone

dk8cb
24-07-2006, 20:16
Strong on-channel interference and a sometimes weak signal combined yielded a not so perfect result.

Roland

dk8cb
24-07-2006, 23:56
A short but rather good report.

Roland

simone
25-07-2006, 06:21
Great results for about 3 hours last night.
Simone

FritzWue
27-07-2006, 18:59
Late report, from near Borken via A31, A2, A45 to near Luedenscheid:

FritzWue
27-07-2006, 19:09
Late report, from near Coesfeld to Detmold:

FritzWue
27-07-2006, 19:10
From near Ahlen to Gescher:

dk8cb
29-07-2006, 07:58
Signal faded a few times.

Roland

dk8cb
30-07-2006, 09:54
Signal faded a lot last night and when it did, strong interference was causing dropouts.

Roland

DRM-OM
31-07-2006, 21:46
unregular til useless later

dk8cb
31-07-2006, 23:08
Signal was weak at times which resulted in dropouts.

Roland

simone
01-08-2006, 06:26
Perfect results last night!

FritzWue
01-08-2006, 14:04
Gescher to Salzbergen via A31.
An acceptable result considering the time of day and the strong local electrostatic noise in the air.

FritzWue
02-08-2006, 19:59
Nordenham near Bremerhaven, Oldenburg, Leer , Gescher via B212, B211, A28, A31.
Signal was strong at the northsea coast and should be 100% with a good wire antenna.
Mobile reception result was good considering that there were local thunderstorms and electrostatic rain all the way.

dk8cb
02-08-2006, 23:04
I got only the last 15 minutes but they were not really good.

Roland

simone
03-08-2006, 06:13
Some problems at 1915- 1930, perfect for the rest of the time.
Simone

dk8cb
03-08-2006, 23:04
A strong signal produced a rather good result.

Roland

simone
05-08-2006, 13:14
Pretty good results for 2 hours early this morning.
Simone

dk8cb
05-08-2006, 23:04
Very good reception and a strong signal after some initial problems due to fading at the start of my logging period.

I noticed that the timestamp transmitted with the DRM signal is 17 seconds ahead of actual time (including receiver processing time).

Roland

simone
06-08-2006, 07:35
Perfect after sunset last night (graph incl. signal strength).
Also good results in the first 2 hours this morning.
@Roland: Time is also ahead on BBC WS HF transmissions.
Simone

FritzWue
07-08-2006, 19:16
Gescher - Nottuln via B525, low snr under roof of fuel station:

dk8cb
08-08-2006, 19:09
Not good last night with quite a bit of fading and a prolonged impulse response during those moments.

Roland

dk8cb
08-08-2006, 19:12
...and already too weak this morning in daylight conditions when the signal faded.

Roland

dk8cb
09-08-2006, 00:11
The signal from Orfordness faded quite often.

Roland

simone
09-08-2006, 06:21
Great results again last night :)
Simone

simone
09-08-2006, 19:47
Hopefully someone from BBC WS will read here:

There is a problem with the datastream, always repeating the same audio, red audio light despite good SNR, see attachment

dk8cb
10-08-2006, 23:05
Reception was rather good for my location with just one large dip caused by fading at the start of my logging period and a rather strong and steady signal for the rest of the time.

Roland

simone
11-08-2006, 08:19
Excellent results after sunset last night, unfortunately it looked again like a Tx problem this morning.
Simone

simone
13-08-2006, 11:03
Good results last night already an hour before sunset, also quite good this morning for more than 2 hours.
Simone

dk8cb
13-08-2006, 13:40
Very few dropouts with long good periods in between. Not a strong signal though.

Roland

dk8cb
13-08-2006, 23:06
Signal quality improved over the course of logging.

Roland

FritzWue
14-08-2006, 16:33
No problems at daytime, very good signal:

simone
14-08-2006, 21:18
Pretty good results last night.
Simone

simone
17-08-2006, 19:49
Good conditions again last night.
Simone

dk8cb
17-08-2006, 23:02
Rather good tonight for my location.

Roland

FritzWue
18-08-2006, 23:15
Very good with the wire antenna today:

simone
19-08-2006, 07:36
Very good last night and for more than 2 hours this morning.
Simone

dk8cb
19-08-2006, 11:06
Rather good last night with a strong and steady signal.

Roland

simone
20-08-2006, 09:33
Bad results last night, problems caused by heavy thunderstorms.
Quite good again during the first 2 hours this morning.
Simone

simone
21-08-2006, 05:38
Pretty good results last night.
Simone

dk8cb
21-08-2006, 09:08
Rather good with a strong signal.

Roland

FritzWue
21-08-2006, 09:36
In the beginning still bad impulse response and still rising snr.
DreamLog.txt did not log the initial short dropouts, so DRMcalc shows 100% cda.
Impulse was OK five minutes later.

dk8cb
21-08-2006, 23:04
Rather good today although the impulse response already appeared to be a bit prolonged during moments of fading.

Roland

FritzWue
22-08-2006, 23:35
Very strong signal tonight.

dk8cb
23-08-2006, 23:26
Just a short report but a rather good one.

Roland

simone
24-08-2006, 06:34
Nearly perfect for almost 4 hours.
Simone

jbriggs
24-08-2006, 12:14
Thanks for all the recent reports it seems the Transradio (ex Telefunken) exciter is performing OK since it was installed about 10 days ago.
James

simone
25-08-2006, 14:04
Yes, seems the Tx problem has finally been solved :)
Quite good results again last night from 1920.
Simone

dk8cb
26-08-2006, 11:15
Quite a good and steady signal for most of the time but there were also moments with fading and interference resulting in dropouts.

Roland

simone
27-08-2006, 10:40
Good results last night and in the first hour this morning.
Simone

dk8cb
27-08-2006, 11:32
There were dropouts during fading periods when interference became too strong.

Roland

simone
29-08-2006, 07:04
Good results last night and this morning, some minor dropouts due to multitasking in the PC.
Simone

dk8cb
30-08-2006, 08:48
Just a short but not a bad report.

Roland

Julian
30-08-2006, 09:13
Just to let you know that we plan to carry the last night of the Proms on DRM this year. Hopefully in Stereo on MF.

Julian
BBC World Service

dk8cb
30-08-2006, 09:48
Just to let you know that we plan to carry the last night of the Proms on DRM this year. Hopefully in Stereo on MF.


Stereo would be really nice! I've never heard a programme in stereo from the BBC.
When will it be broadcast?

Will the broadcast also be repeated on shortwave at a later time? I'm asking because HF works more reliably here than MF (except for Kvitsoy at the moment).

Roland

simone
30-08-2006, 19:28
The last night of the Proms on DRM/ MF in stereo is a great idea, currently conditions are pretty good here, both at night and in the morning :)

dk8cb
30-08-2006, 23:05
Pretty good for my location with a strong and steady signal.

I hope it will also be like this during the last night of the Proms.

Roland

simone
02-09-2006, 10:21
Good results for 2 hours this morning, dropouts due to a multitasking problem on the PC.
Simone

FritzWue
02-09-2006, 10:38
Excellent at daytime here as always when there is no electrostatic noise in the air.

simone
04-09-2006, 17:07
Once again perfect results using the Sony SW7600G/ferrite antenna.
Simone

dk8cb
05-09-2006, 21:47
Not so good with local interference from low-voltage lighting.

Roland

dk8cb
05-09-2006, 23:10
There was a period with a weak signal due to fading, however reception was quite good for the rest of my logging period.

Roland

dk8cb
07-09-2006, 04:23
Fading caused a few dropouts.

Roland

simone
07-09-2006, 16:21
Great results again last night.
Simone

FritzWue
07-09-2006, 22:28
Very strong signal, only a little on channel interference with the wire antenna:

Julian
08-09-2006, 18:04
Hi everyone. Just a bit more on the last night of the proms.

The live broadcast, will of course only be on MF. The programme will run from 18:30 UT until 22:00 UT, the same as the AM broadcasts. More on these here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/music_performance.shtml

The MF broadcast will be in stereo, using the almost the full capacity of Mode A with 10 kHz bandwidth.

A 1 hour Recorded Highlights programme will be broadcast at 08:06 UT on Sunday Morning (10th Sept) on both MF and HF. This will be in normal quality.

I'm still struggling getting Kvitsoy back onto the MDI stream so its possible the HF broadcast will only be from Rampisham, but we will do our best to get it on the Kvitsoy frequency as well.

regards

Julian

dk8cb
08-09-2006, 23:04
Rather good reception for my location. Hopefully, reception will be equally good tomorrow for the last night of the Proms.

Roland

Andreas
09-09-2006, 22:58
Unfortunately even if I tried to squeeze everything out of my humble equipment there were some longer periods, when I couldn't get a sufficient SNR for continuous listening to the Last Night of the Proms.
So I won't display my desastrous log here. (Please retry on 7320 kHz next year ;) )

On the other hand - WOW! Good idea to start broadcasting at this high bitrate and in P-stereo just tonight.
BTw signal processing and encoding apparently takes a lot of time. When watching the event simultaneously on TV there was a delay of near to 9 seconds!

dk8cb
09-09-2006, 23:29
The Last Night of the Proms

It was great to hear the last night of the proms in stereo. Apart from a few moments of fading when co-channel interference was too strong and also apart from some interference of my own making, reception was quite good.

There was also a very short interruption at the beginning shortly after the bitrate had been changed and after the receiver here had locked onto the new stream.

I have also recorded the whole programme as an MP3 file.

It is a pity that despite "the wonders of satellite technology" which the conductor spoke of, the BBC lost the signal from the Royal Albert Hall for a while during the course of the concert. Didn't that also happen last year?

Audio quality was quite good even on headphones, however there was a little unpleasant hiss in voices, something that could certainly still be improved. I also noticed that the compressor struggled during moments when the russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky singing certain parts increased the loudness of his voice, it didn't come out louder, because volume already was at the highest level, so the compressor had to reduce gain and the result sounded a bit unnatural.
There were also occasional crackles on the audio which sounded as being of an electrical nature.

But anyway: A great programme and I enjoyed it very much!
Thanks!

Roland

Julian
10-09-2006, 00:28
Whew,

not a bad result for those in the listening area.

Did the Radio 3 text messages come over OK?

Recorded highlights at 08:00 UT this morning, on MF and both HF frequencies. Kvitsoy is now getting its feed over the internet.

Thanks for the compliments.

Julian

dk8cb
10-09-2006, 00:44
not a bad result for those in the listening area.

Well, I don't consider myself as being in the target area, perhaps in the listening area but certainly not in the target area so reception was rather good for me anyway.

Did the Radio 3 text messages come over OK?


No, they didn't, the text messages were those of the normal world service, ie about The Interview and other stuff but not about the Last Night of the Proms.
It was also strange to notice that after 22:00 UTC, just before the transmitter went off the air, another promenade concert featuring the Philharmonia orchestra was being announced, instead of the usual news broadcast that should have started then.

Roland

Julian
10-09-2006, 12:51
Hi Roland
No, they didn't, the text messages were those of the normal world service, ie about The Interview and other stuff but not about the Last Night of the Proms.

Darn, I wonder what happened. The configuration was definately set to take the Radio 3 text messages.

This morning's highlights definately went out with custom text messages. On both MF and HF.

It was also strange to notice that after 22:00 UTC, just before the transmitter went off the air, another promenade concert featuring the Philharmonia orchestra was being announced, instead of the usual news broadcast that should have started then.

If you look at the programme guide, there have been Proms programmes in the evening on the main English for Europe network. This goes out on 648 AM from Orfordness, and on DAB/Sky/Cable/DVB-T in the UK and on Hotbird 2.

Thanks for the feedback.

Julian

dk8cb
10-09-2006, 13:37
Hi Julian,
Kvitsoy is now getting its feed over the internet.


no more as it seems, because now (12:30 UTC), 9470 kHz carries the regular two services including the Navtex service.

Roland

simone
10-09-2006, 22:18
Good reception in Amsterdam just using the whip antenna.

I also tuned in on the par. stereo test last night, see results of mobile reception when driving from Amsterdam to Münster, dropouts only under bridges and at a gas station under a metal roof.
Simone

dk8cb
10-09-2006, 23:24
A bit of fading but nevertheless not a bad result.

Roland

FritzWue
11-09-2006, 22:56
Good on the loop, AM interference on the wire antenna.

dk8cb
11-09-2006, 23:02
Quite good.

Roland

simone
12-09-2006, 06:07
Perfect results for almost 4 hours last night.
Simone

dk8cb
13-09-2006, 00:50
A bit of interference from my neighbour's lighting system and also a signal that wasn't strong enough at times.

Roland

dk8cb
13-09-2006, 23:14
A bit of both local and remote interference caused two dropouts.

Roland

simone
14-09-2006, 05:09
No idea what caused the two big dropouts.
Simone

FritzWue
14-09-2006, 18:58
Driving from Coesfeld to Muenster North via B525, A43, A1.
Reception was blocked by local noise at the end.

dk8cb
16-09-2006, 12:44
Not bad with a strong signal that managed to overcome local interference for most of the time.

Roland

simone
16-09-2006, 13:17
Excellent results last night, also good results this morning for 2.5 hours.
Simone

simone
17-09-2006, 09:55
Really good conditions last night, excellent results again, also this morning for the first 3 hours (apart from the dropouts at 0425 similar to yesterday, not sure yet whatīs causing this problem)
Simone

dk8cb
17-09-2006, 12:45
Unfortunely, local interference caused dropouts during fading periods.

Roland

dk8cb
18-09-2006, 23:06
Quite good despite a visible interference carrier.

Roland

FritzWue
19-09-2006, 09:58
Some AM interference on channel:

Per
19-09-2006, 19:57
Hi,

61 minutes of the BBC:
17:53 - 18:54 UTC,
which gave both excellent reception and some not so good.
Result: 70 % CDA.

simone
21-09-2006, 13:11
Perfect results for 3 hours last night.
Simone

dk8cb
22-09-2006, 23:03
I was only able to log the last 18 minutes but during these, reception was nearly perfect.

Roland

simone
24-09-2006, 11:06
Great results again last night.
Simone

dk8cb
24-09-2006, 11:48
Despite local interference, reception was quite good for a long period with a strong signal. Also a very interesting programme during the last half hour (The Interview, to be repeated today at 11:30 UTC).

Roland

dk8cb
24-09-2006, 23:11
Reception was quite good apart from the last few minutes after World Drama had ended, when fading caused a dropout.

Autumn and spring really seem to be the best seasons for getting a good signal from Orfordness on this frequency in Munich.

Roland

simone
25-09-2006, 15:31
Perfect results for almost 4 hours last night.
Simone

dk8cb
25-09-2006, 23:09
Quite good for my location.

Roland

simone
26-09-2006, 16:07
Perfect during my 3.5 hours log last night.
Simone

FritzWue
26-09-2006, 17:17
Coesfeld-B525-A43-A1-A54-Muenster, unattended log, was listening to 1395AM. :D

dk8cb
26-09-2006, 23:54
Again not bad today.

Roland

dk8cb
27-09-2006, 23:05
Conditions are really great on this path at the moment. A strong signal and perfect reception.

Roland

simone
28-09-2006, 06:26
Just perfect :)!
Simone

FritzWue
28-09-2006, 17:23
Muenster North-A1-A43-B525-Gescher with a stop under the roof of a fuel station in Nottuln:

dk8cb
29-09-2006, 23:06
For my location, this is a superb result.

Spring and autumn really seem to be the best seasons for good reception of Orfordness' signal in Munich.

Roland

FritzWue
30-09-2006, 17:42
Very good this afternoon:

dk8cb
01-10-2006, 00:17
A bit shaky due to local interference from my neighbour's lighting system.

Roland

dk8cb
01-10-2006, 23:56
Very good reception especially during the second half of my logging, presumably because my neighbour had switched his lighting system off (but I didn't check that).

Roland

FritzWue
02-10-2006, 17:39
Duelmen to Gescher, problems with nearby thunderstorm:

dk8cb
03-10-2006, 00:54
A bit of fading with co-channel interference.

Roland

dk8cb
03-10-2006, 23:03
Really good tonight.

Roland

dk8cb
04-10-2006, 23:39
Just a short report. Transmission ended about five minutes earlier than scheduled.

Roland

FritzWue
05-10-2006, 18:16
Gescher-A31-A2-A45-Luedenscheid-Werdohl:

FritzWue
05-10-2006, 18:18
Exit Papenburg-A31-A28-Oldenburg

FritzWue
05-10-2006, 18:20
Near Lingen-A31-Gescher

dk8cb
06-10-2006, 00:05
Like yesterday, the transmission ended about 5 minutes too early.

Roland

dk8cb
07-10-2006, 12:18
Fading caused a few dropouts.

Roland

dk8cb
09-10-2006, 00:13
Strong co-channel interference caused a few dropouts during fading.

Roland

dk8cb
09-10-2006, 23:30
Quite a good signal for my location.

Roland

simone
11-10-2006, 16:09
Pretty good again last night.
Simone

simone
13-10-2006, 06:11
... and again last night.
Simone

dk8cb
13-10-2006, 08:45
Rather good for my location.

Roland

dk8cb
13-10-2006, 23:03
Not so bad despite interference from my neighbour's lighting system after about 21:04 UTC.

Roland

simone
14-10-2006, 08:08
Perfect during my 4 hours log last night :)
Some (maybe local?) problems at 0450- 0520 this morning.
Simone

simone
15-10-2006, 18:05
Perfect results for 3 hours this morning, also during the time when decoding on HF was not possible :)
Also good decoding already from 14:40 this afternoon!
Simone

simone
16-10-2006, 06:23
Perfect results again last night.
Simone

FritzWue
16-10-2006, 20:06
Osnabrueck-A30-A31-Gescher
Very reliable as always, also at high speed.

dk8cb
16-10-2006, 23:21
Pretty good tonight.

Roland

simone
17-10-2006, 16:25
Excellent results for 4 hours last night.
Simone

dk8cb
17-10-2006, 23:07
Superb reception!

Autumn really seems to be the best season for good reception of Orfordness' mediumwave signal in Munich. The ionosphere just seems to get the right amount of ionisation. Unfortunately, I know from past experience that winter will be much worse.

Roland

FritzWue
18-10-2006, 19:47
Autobahn Crossing Lotte-Osnabrueck-A1-A43-Muenster South

simone
18-10-2006, 20:14
Results from last night, great during the last 4 hours.
Simone

dk8cb
19-10-2006, 00:10
Not as good as last night. There were a few moments with fading and co-channel interference could not always be nulled on the loop. It looks as if propagation in southerly directions was better than towards the north, perhaps a sign of the approaching winter?

Roland

simone
19-10-2006, 06:26
One of the most reliable of all DRM transmissions all year in my location, despite the co-channel interference, nearly perfect results again last night.
Simone

dk8cb
19-10-2006, 23:12
Not bad tonight.

Roland

dk8cb
21-10-2006, 10:07
Great reception last night. One of the best ever for my location.

Roland

simone
21-10-2006, 10:18
Perfect results last night,
also no dropouts when I was listening to the Roberts MP40 using the ferrite bar that comes with the Radio, SNR about 23- 26 dB.
Good reception for 4 hours this morning, the MP40 changed freq to 7320 kHz some time around 06:30.
Simone

dk8cb
21-10-2006, 23:03
Not bad but with fading incidents increasing during the last half hour.

Roland

carknue
22-10-2006, 11:01
Not too bad, but still some deep drops.

simone
22-10-2006, 17:47
Perfect results for 4 hours last night and also for 4 hours this morning.
Even with the MP40/ ferrite bar antenna listening was possible without dropouts still around 08:30 UTC, MER then about 19dB.
Simone

dk8cb
22-10-2006, 23:01
Superb!

Roland

Sixten
23-10-2006, 21:58
Hi all.

Her is my first log from MW and small test of my tuned ferrite antenna .

Good result for this 63min. CDA 95% ok. Very slow QSB.

:)

dk8cb
23-10-2006, 23:03
A little shaky but not bad at all.

Roland

simone
24-10-2006, 06:16
Just perfect using again the Sony SW7600GR/ ferrirte antenna last night.
Simone

FritzWue
24-10-2006, 18:55
Koblenz-A48-A3-A2-A31-Gescher
Some problems in the usual 3-lane queue at Cologne.

dk8cb
25-10-2006, 00:06
Rather good again. I wonder how long the good conditions will last.

Roland

dk8cb
26-10-2006, 23:50
Twenty perfect minutes.

Roland

simone
27-10-2006, 06:21
Perfect results for almost 4 hours.
Simone

dk8cb
28-10-2006, 09:24
Quite good but not perfect last night.

Roland

simone
28-10-2006, 10:46
Perfect results again last night, also no dropouts when listening with the MP40, MER 25- 26dB.
Again good conditions this morning (dropouts were my fault), still at 07:30 good reception with the MP40, MER about 24dB. And in the early morning it was the only DRM transmission from BBC WS to receive, when signal from Rampisham was weak and Kvitsoy OFF AIR (still is).
Simone

FritzWue
28-10-2006, 20:02
The software notchfilter sometimes helps a little.

dk8cb
28-10-2006, 23:06
Pretty good despite local interference from my neighbour's lighting system.

Roland

simone
29-10-2006, 05:15
Good results last night.
Transmission started an hour earlier than scheduled this morning, but nice that the AFs information was already updated :)!
Simone
edit: transmission also stopped an hour too early tonight!

FritzWue
29-10-2006, 12:42
Good as most of the time.

FritzWue
29-10-2006, 23:02
AM interference from Spain

simone
30-10-2006, 06:14
Good results, schedule is still an hour off, after transmission ended at 2200 last night it started again at 0400 this morining.
Simone

dk8cb
30-10-2006, 22:17
Nothing after 22 UTC tonight. mad:
Someone forgot to change transmission times after the switch to winter time.

Roland

simone
31-10-2006, 06:20
Some dropouts last night, maybe the batteries, transmission schedule at Orfordness is still an hour off, stopped again at 2200 UTC last night and started again an hour too early at 0400 UTC this morning!
Simone

dk8cb
01-11-2006, 02:42
Transmission ended at the proper time but there were a few dropouts. Perhaps winter conditions are nigh.

Roland

dk8cb
01-11-2006, 23:05
Again dropouts today that were caused by fading. Winter is coming.

Something seems to be wrong with the BBC audio stream on all BBC DRM channels today as there is frequent and rather unpleasant distortion which produces a crackling noise.

Roland

FritzWue
01-11-2006, 23:17
Some audio distortion, sounds like a contact problem. I also noticed the crackling noise, especially on the time signal.
Today receiving with the Sat-Schneider DRT1 and decoding the 12kHz IF with the WinRadio software.
30dB SNR with the G303i for the first time..... :D :rolleyes:
This combination is nice for synchronized AM detection. ;)

simone
02-11-2006, 16:43
My results from the past two days, conditions were not so bad but with the current configuration I would not expect better results, hope it is only a test, the old configuration had worked perfectly and audio quality was OK.
Btw I just noticed that crackling sound again.
Simone

dk8cb
03-11-2006, 00:17
Fading periods seem to increase in number.

The crackling distortion noise was very annoying at times, not only on 1296 kHz but also on 7320 kHz today.

Roland

simone
03-11-2006, 06:21
Pretty good conditions last night, so only a few dropouts with the current configuration, I still think most nights we need a more robust signal. Btw nice to see audio bandwidth using the full 15kHz now. Also, I noticed the crackling noise again this morning.
Simone

dk8cb
03-11-2006, 23:03
Quite good with 99.27% of correctly decoded audio.

Roland

simone
04-11-2006, 07:33
Good results last night and this morning, maybe it was just a coincidence that results got worse after the latest changes.
Simone

carknue
04-11-2006, 23:55
Nice bitrate, but it does not help when there are still these crackles. Reception waas quite good for me.

FritzWue
05-11-2006, 06:20
Hope the distortions will soon be eliminated, otherwise excellent mono audio. :cool:
Have to use the loop here to reduce the interference from Spain.
Had a longer power failure last night, so only a short log without max. SNR today. :(

simone
05-11-2006, 07:16
Pretty good results last night, still the crackling noise in the audio!
Simone

FritzWue
05-11-2006, 20:04
Good with the loop, bad on the wire:

simone
06-11-2006, 17:09
Great results using the Sony SW7600G/ built-in ferrite antenna.
Simone

FritzWue
06-11-2006, 19:36
Belm northeast of Osnabrueck-A33-A30-A31-Gescher
Great result for 26 kbps at 160 km/h! ;)

simone
07-11-2006, 06:25
Great results for almost 5 hours last night.
Simone

FritzWue
08-11-2006, 16:08
Gescher-B525-A43-A1-Muenster north
Audio still crackling from time to time.

simone
09-11-2006, 06:05
Not as good as usual, some dropouts last night.
Simone

simone
10-11-2006, 07:44
Some dropouts in the first half of my log.
Simone

simone
11-11-2006, 10:10
A few dropouts in the first hour of my log, perfect from 20:00, good results also for 4 hours this morning. There is still the audio problem with the crackling noise.
Simone

simone
12-11-2006, 11:32
Bad results last night, there were periods when the signal from Orfordness was much weaker than usual, then the AM interferer caused the dropouts. Better results again this morning. The audio problem was again bad last night, hope this can be solved soon!
Simone

simone
13-11-2006, 06:33
A few dropouts at the beginning, perfect from 20:20.
Simone

FritzWue
13-11-2006, 17:42
Werne-A1-Muenster north
The audio is still crackling!

simone
14-11-2006, 06:06
A few dropouts again last night.
Simone

simone
15-11-2006, 17:05
Bad results last night.
Simone

simone
16-11-2006, 06:33
Better again last night and this morning.
Simone

simone
17-11-2006, 12:43
Some dropouts again last night.
Simone

FritzWue
17-11-2006, 15:52
near Ahaus-A31-A30-Ibbenbueren Hoerstel

simone
18-11-2006, 13:14
Perfect early this morning :)
Simone

simone
20-11-2006, 05:59
Quite good last night and this morning.
Simone

FritzWue
21-11-2006, 19:29
Solingen-A3-A2-A31-Gescher
Very good reception at 26 kbps, but the audio crackling was still there!
EDIT: A short zipped mp3 added.

simone
23-11-2006, 06:18
Mostly unattended log, so donīt know what caused the problems, since a few weeks not as good as it used to be :(
Simone

simone
24-11-2006, 06:17
Only a few minor dropouts last night.
Simone

simone
25-11-2006, 10:05
Quite good last night and this morning using the G313.
Simone

simone
26-11-2006, 07:22
Good results for almost 6 hours last night and the first 2 hours this morning.
Simone

simone
27-11-2006, 06:23
A few minor dropouts last night.
Simone

simone
28-11-2006, 16:34
Somehow not as good as it used to be.
Simone

FritzWue
29-11-2006, 16:07
Rohrbrunn-A3-A7-A70 to half way between Bamberg and Bayreuth.
Most time high speed, add abt. 3dB SNR for normal speed.

FritzWue
29-11-2006, 16:14
Kassel-A44-Unna-A1-Muenster-A43-Nottuln-B525-Gescher

simone
29-11-2006, 16:20
A few dropouts around 21:30 last night, quite good for the rest of teh time.
Simone

FritzWue
30-11-2006, 17:14
Gescher-A31-Leer-A28-Oldenburg
Dropouts under bridges and high voltage lines

simone
01-12-2006, 14:25
Quite good last night.
Simone

simone
02-12-2006, 10:45
Results form last night and this morning.
Simone

simone
03-12-2006, 10:12
Using the DWT and Degen TG33 for a change, perfect results for 2.5 hours, then a few minor dropouts last night.
Simone

Per
04-12-2006, 19:47
Hi,

Doing some tests with DRM Discover and FST logging.
Time: 18:51 - 19:36 UTC. Result: 80 % CDA and an average of 21 dBuV FST.

FritzWue
05-12-2006, 13:26
Ibbenbueren-A30-Salzbergen-Schuettorf-A31-Gescher

simone
06-12-2006, 16:22
A bad period last night from 20:20- 21:20.
Simone

simone
08-12-2006, 06:14
Quite good last night with only a few minor dropouts.
Simone

simone
10-12-2006, 08:39
Good results on a first test using the TG34/DWT indoors yesterday afternoon.
Simone

Per
10-12-2006, 18:54
Hi,

Another test with "three curves", i.e. FST.
Time: 18:05 - 18:50 UTC. Result: 87 % CDA.
FST: RXL min: 8.0, max: 23.0 dBuV.

FritzWue
11-12-2006, 19:47
Gescher-A31-Wietmarschen
Dropouts under/close to high voltage lines

simone
12-12-2006, 06:00
Again not as good as it used to be, many dropouts from 1910- 2020, quite good later until the end.
Simone

simone
13-12-2006, 06:23
Some dropouts last night from 2100 until the end.
Simone

FritzWue
13-12-2006, 18:12
Duisburg-A3-Dinslaken-Kirchhellen-A31-Gescher
some AM interference

simone
14-12-2006, 16:31
Pretty good results last night.
Simone

simone
15-12-2006, 06:12
Some dropouts again last night.
Btw still problems with the EPG (on HF too).
Simone

simone
17-12-2006, 11:17
Still donīt know the reason why since a few weeks results are not as good as they used to be, pretty bad last night and this morning.
Simone

Per
17-12-2006, 16:51
Hi,

26 kbps resulted in a good audio.
Rather weird result today, with big parts with excellent reception. Then some parts where the signal is completely lost.
Time: 15:59 - 16:45 UTC.