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Andreas
19-08-2005, 15:02
I happened to see this today

Norway testing DRM again !?

Andreas

Andreas
19-08-2005, 15:04
.....and here is the log.

Slowly fading out.........

Andreas

Baldo34
20-08-2005, 14:47
Hi all,
strong signal today at 14:45 UTC.
Unfortunately very bad audio quality, only 8.0 kbps.
73, Klaus

carknue
20-08-2005, 15:11
Very strong signal here.

simone
20-08-2005, 16:54
Hi all,
here is my half hour log, no label but the text messages and the test CD they were playing mentioned it was a test from Kvitsoy/ Norway.
73, Simone

carknue
21-08-2005, 13:00
Very strong and stable signal.

FritzWue
21-08-2005, 19:32
Good signal here too:

dk8cb
30-08-2005, 08:29
Currently, there is a good signal with BBC World Service from Kvitsoy!

Roland

dk8cb
30-08-2005, 11:03
100%

Roland

simone
30-08-2005, 15:30
Hi all,
strong signal, good results this afternoon, see attachment
73, Simone

FritzWue
30-08-2005, 16:42
High fieldstrength, strong signal, 31.0dB +/- 0.2dB SNR avg. over 3.5 hours.
But:
The violins in the BBC anthem still sound metallic and distorted by phantom harmonics.

mitajohn
31-08-2005, 10:48
Hi all,

Relatively strong signal, good results for 45 mins, see attachment.

John

simone
31-08-2005, 15:32
Hi all,
strong signal, no interferencs this morning, short IR, good results, a Tx problem at 1152?
73, Simone

simone
31-08-2005, 18:50
... and perfect reception also towards the end of the transmission, seems to be the best frequency from Norway for me.
Simone

dk8cb
31-08-2005, 23:10
Hi,

a very strong signal at the beginning. Around noon local time (1000 UTC), signal became weaker.

The large dropout was caused by local pulse noise, presumably from construction work around the house.

Roland

jbriggs
01-09-2005, 11:31
Norway/UK: Telenor/BBC World Service enter digital broadcasting agreement
Text of press release by Oslo-based Telenor on 31 August; subheading as published

Telenor-owned Norkring has entered into an agreement with the BBC World Service for digital broadcasting over shortwave, DRM [Digital Radio Mondial]. As part of the agreement, the BBC will be among the first in the world to broadcast over DRM.

From Norkring's transmitting station at Kvitsoy, signals will be broadcast to Central Europe. This new agreement with the BBC is an important step in the digitalisation of shortwave, which actually has the capacity to achieve global reach. The agreement involves broadcast of the radio channel BBC World Service "English for Europe" for an initial period of 18 months. The BBC is also using UK-based transmitters owned and operated by VT Communications (VTC) to provide a multi-frequency network aimed at Benelux and neighbouring countries.

"For us this as an exciting partnership with one of the world's leading broadcasters. The BBC is a driving force within DRM, and contributes to set the standard for the future role of shortwave," said sales and marketing director at Norkring, Per Maltun.

The first major test will be the launch of receivers for DRM at the world's largest exhibition for consumer electronics, the IFA in Berlin 2-7 September 2005. [Passage omitted]


About Norkring


Norkring is Norway's largest distributor of broadcast programmes. The company owns and operates most large transmitter stations for terrestrial broadcasting in Norway. Norkring has a nationwide infrastructure that consists of 6,500 transmitting units, installed at 47 main stations and 2,700 smaller stations. Norkring is wholly owned by Telenor, and is part of the Business Segment Telenor Broadcast.

For more information, please contact: Director of Information at Telenor Broadcast, Ingrid Schiefloe:

Tel: +47 951 56 977


Source: Norkring press release, Oslo, in English 31 Aug 05

dk8cb
01-09-2005, 12:15
...and it works quite well apart from a few moments with fading which my receiver didn't compensate.

Roland

simone
01-09-2005, 16:01
Hi all,
many dropouts today, even at the lower bitrate and using EEP, signal was weaker and problems caused by a co- channel interferer, see attachment
73, Simone

mitajohn
02-09-2005, 10:01
Hi all,

Not a good result this morning.

John

mitajohn
03-09-2005, 16:08
Hi all,

It started with a weak signal but enough for good result. Then gradually got strongerand stronger when finally I changed the sensitivity of the receiver to avoid intermodulation products. This is an almost 5 hour log, quite good. The sound was good which breaks only at big dips. Overall impression was very good. See attachment.

John

simone
04-09-2005, 16:39
Hi all,
strong signal again today, not sure what caused the dropouts (might be an USB problem), see attachment
73, Simone

mitajohn
05-09-2005, 12:59
Hi all,

A good result for 30 mins then a bad one.

John

simone
05-09-2005, 15:32
Hi all,
pretty good again today, see attachment
73, Simone

dk8cb
06-09-2005, 00:47
Rather good today.

Roland

Digger
06-09-2005, 09:45
Hi all,

My first impression of this frequency is very good. Stable conditions, good overall. The report is enclosed.

Terje

simone
06-09-2005, 15:43
Hi all,
quite good again, no datastream problems, see attachment
73, Simone

dk8cb
06-09-2005, 20:59
Very good reception. Looks as if this will become my favourite frequency.

Roland

Digger
07-09-2005, 17:17
Hi all, hi Beeb,

9 MHz was considerably better than 7 MHz, a greater distance to the TX, and a stable SNR. Only the programming could be better according to my opinion...

73s

Terje

dk8cb
07-09-2005, 22:47
Hi,

here is report no. 1, I had to interrupt in order to test something...

Edit: I have replaced the wrong file

Roland

dk8cb
07-09-2005, 22:48
...and here is report no. 2.

Roland

simone
08-09-2005, 09:09
Hi all,
strong signal this morning, still datastreamproblems from the BBC but audio on this frequency was always OK, but not 7320 kHz
73, Simone

Digger
08-09-2005, 10:18
Hi all,

Today there was something very wrong with the transmission... Whoops! just at the time of writing some sound appeared at 1017 UTC.


73
Terje

dk8cb
08-09-2005, 10:20
Hi,

there are still interruptions, moments with carrier, streaming or sync problems and what looked like a switch-over from MDI to analogue audio at the encoder. During the latter, there was a large difference in audio levels.

Roland

dk8cb
08-09-2005, 22:12
Later, there were fewer problems.

Roland

simone
09-09-2005, 12:17
Hi all,
strong signal near Groningen/ NL, 7320 kHz is a lot weaker but also good decoding, higher bitrate again, no MM service today.
73, Simone

johnn
09-09-2005, 13:16
Excellent Music review programme. Signal on 9480 much lower.

dk8cb
09-09-2005, 19:40
Hi,

here is my report covering the period during which the ionospheric disturbance occured. It started at 09:49 UTC and after a while, signal slowly came back. The dropouts in the left and right part of the report were transmission related, signal was missing completely then.

Roland

Owdjim
10-09-2005, 07:44
Hi

Some very faint signs of 9470 here in Wellington today.

First time I've seen any DRM signal from Norway here.

Cheers, Chris

Digger
10-09-2005, 12:04
Hi all,

Quite good reception today despite talk about propagation problems.

73s

Terje

df8uo
10-09-2005, 14:42
Hi all,
very strong signal on this frequency. Perfect decoding the time i monitored.
73, Daniel

carknue
10-09-2005, 16:19
Very weak signal most of the time.

dk8cb
10-09-2005, 16:23
Around noon, signal was weaker than usual, perhaps this was caused by remnants of yesterday's ionospheric disturbance.

Roland

Andreas
10-09-2005, 17:08
...and for me reception was like this....

dk8cb
11-09-2005, 16:19
Hi,

here is my report including today's sudden ionospheric disturbance (SID). Signal recovered very slowly and did not reach its prior level again. There was also on-channel and off-channel interference from the East and even from as far as Australia (broadcasting to Asia on 9475 kHz).

Roland

df8uo
11-09-2005, 17:26
Hi all,
find attached the result from 7h30 to 15h00. The SID can also be seen clearly starting 12h50. Signal only recovered slowly as already mentioned by Roland.
73, Daniel

dk8cb
12-09-2005, 23:30
Hi,

signal went up and down by more than 40 dB today.
Don't know what caused the dropout as I was out of the room then.

Roland

Digger
13-09-2005, 05:37
Hi all,

Forgot to load up this yesterday. My log overlaps much of Roland's as a comparison. The propagation yesterday was a bit "bumpy".

73

Terje

Digger
13-09-2005, 16:07
Hi all,

Today's report was quite OK.
Enclosed is a log for about one hour up till 1000 UT.

73
Terje

dk8cb
13-09-2005, 21:18
If my receiver wouldn't be limited in its AGC capabilities as it is, reception would have been perfect and the dropout wouldn't have occured. Signal was rather strong at the beginning of my logging period but suddenly dropped by a large amount and did not regain its previous strength again. I had to turn gain up quite a bit then and even had to increase it further over the course of my logging period. It looks as if the ionospheric layer that initially gave me the strong signal did not support this path any longer when the signal strength dropped and another ionospheric layer took over delivering much less signal.

Roland

Digger
14-09-2005, 11:40
Hi all,

Good reception up till 1120 UTC, when the signal became very weak. During my lunch hour there was a break in the log, for which I have no explanation.

73
Terje

dk8cb
14-09-2005, 22:48
A good signal at the beginning which later suffered from ionospheric disturbances during which both 9 MHz and 7 MHz were almost completely dead here. In fact, the signal from Kvitsoy was one of the very few that were still detectable.

Roland

Digger
15-09-2005, 10:14
Hi all,

More than one hour blackout. Signal disappeared at 0835 UTC and was gone for about one hour. The Sun is up to something...

Terje


PS: An M8 flare at 0840 UT was the problem...

FritzWue
15-09-2005, 12:41
49479 Ibbenbueren - A30 - A31 - 48712 Gescher

Good reception in the car later this day.
A few dropouts were cause by high voltage power lines crossing or close to the autobahn.

dk8cb
15-09-2005, 22:43
Hi,

again, signal was rather weak today with the ionosphere still being a bit in disarray.

Roland

dk8cb
16-09-2005, 18:48
Hi,

again, signal was weak and even decreased further during the course of my logging period until I changed over to 7320 kHz where conditions were not much better either.

Roland

dk8cb
16-09-2005, 18:51
After experiencing bad conditions on 7320 kHz, I retuned to 9470 kHz where conditions had stabilized. So here is the second part of my report.

Roland

simone
16-09-2005, 19:20
Hi all,
a weak and unstable signal today, see attachment
73, Simone

Andreas
17-09-2005, 12:22
As to be seen on BBC's map I am rather in the target area of Rampisham than of Kvitsoy. Nonetheless 9470 was quite good at the beginning, but became worse and worse during logging. So from 10:50 I switched to 7320 where SNR still was somewhat lower, but fewer 'errors' occured. When I stopped the log Kvitsoy reached 12-14 dB SNR only.

Btw. with my equipment real reception of 1296 kHz is impracticable before sunset.

73 to all of you, Andreas

df8uo
17-09-2005, 14:10
Hi all,
quite strong signal here. Reception almost perfect between 11h00 and 14h00. Dropouts seem to be TX related.
73, Daniel

carknue
17-09-2005, 14:28
Quite good reception, but a lot of TX problems, that caused most of the dropouts. Tthe DRM broadcasters should really fix this before x-mas. A normal listener will not accept this. SW reception is not always easy, so every TX related dropout must be avoided!

Until 11 UTC signal was weak around S7-S9, but good decoding. After 11 UTC it got stronger up to S9+10dB.

dk8cb
17-09-2005, 15:32
Quite a weak signal at times, also some interference. Later, signal strength recovered. I also noticed a few TX interruptions.

Roland

simone
17-09-2005, 17:58
Hi all,
some dropouts due to a weak signal, others were Tx related, interestingly the dropouts that occured around 1145 were exactly the same on 7320 kHz from Rampisham.
73, Simone

simone
18-09-2005, 14:16
Hi all,
signal was weaker than from Rampisham, the datastream problems occured on both transmissions, during the two 20min breaks (at 0930 and 1130) Kvitsoy continued with lower bitrate, dropouts during switching, things improved from 1152 after the configuration had been changed (the EPG and textmessages had been removed, audio bitrate 20.96 kbps)
73, Simone

dk8cb
18-09-2005, 23:16
No text messages and several TX interruptions, good reception otherwise, see report with waterfall plots.

Roland

simone
19-09-2005, 15:36
Hi all,
only an unattended log, so no idea what caused the dropouts, maybe again some datastream problems at the beginning?
73, Simone

Bob
19-09-2005, 20:26
Hi,
My log was also unattended - very good SNR and decoding except for a 15 minute dropout at approx 18:10 UTC - cause unknown.

regards
Bob

simone
19-09-2005, 20:35
Hi Bob,
could it be that you mixed up the frequencies? 9470 kHz is only scheduled until 1500 UTC, I guess you have been listening on 7465 kHz from Kvitsoy ;)
73, Simone

dk8cb
19-09-2005, 22:03
Hi,

the dropout at about 9:05 was caused by local noise pulses of unknown origin that were so strong that I even heard them on a local FM signal.

Roland

FritzWue
20-09-2005, 15:29
58791 Werdohl - A45 - A02 - A31 - 48712 Gescher
To the end 9480kHz was much stronger and a carrier on 9475kHz both giving problems.

simone
20-09-2005, 15:45
Hi all,
a few dropouts in the first 45min, perfect results later, see attachment
73, Simone

dk8cb
20-09-2005, 21:16
Hi,

a much better signal than during the past few days but still also a somewhat weaker interval.

Roland

Owdjim
21-09-2005, 08:44
Hi All

Faint signs of Kvitsoy again here today, but far too poor for any decoding.

Cheers, Chris

Digger
21-09-2005, 11:21
Hi all,

And this is my report from a slightly closer location to the transmitter ;)

Terje

Bob
21-09-2005, 11:46
Hi,
Great reception from 10:30 - 11:30, good before then. Audio quality of speech sometimes has a rather 'rough' edge to it.
regards
Bob

ps Simone - I just noticed your post - you are right - I entered the wrong frequency in Dream on 19.9.05. I must have been in a Dream myself but I think I have got it right today !

dk8cb
21-09-2005, 19:59
Hi,

I first thought that I had witnessed a sync problem during my logging period but when I compare my result with the post above, I can't see any correlation, so I must have been mislead by interference.

Roland

simone
21-09-2005, 20:37
Hi all,
perfect results today for 5.5 hours, audio quality decreased with the lower audio bitrate today after the changes last night .
73, Simone

dk8cb
22-09-2005, 08:41
Currently (0837 UTC), there is no DRM signal but only a carrier with a little hum from Kvitsoy for quite some time now.

Roland

Bob
22-09-2005, 09:29
Hi,

Still no DRM signal at 09:28.

regards
Bob

Digger
22-09-2005, 09:43
Hi all,

Hm, but *whose* carrier? Something was logged and the Carrier Impulse Response was sighted also.

However, I gave up around 0940 UTC for this session.

73
Terje

simone
22-09-2005, 15:30
Hi all,
perfect results after a delayed start :)
Btw no DRM signal right now on 7465 kHz from Norway.
73, Simone

Bob
22-09-2005, 15:30
Hi,

I retuned at 14:30 and got a good DRM signal, so I don't know when the transmission problem was fixed.

regards
Bob

Digger
23-09-2005, 07:15
Hi all,

RF Carrier from 0700 UT, interruption at 0713 UT, then the carrier came back but still no DRM.... The signal is nice and strong, but that's little comfort... :confused:


Terje

Bob
24-09-2005, 11:15
Hi,

9470 back today ! Very good results this morning.

regards
Bob

Digger
24-09-2005, 13:35
Hi all,

This is the result from today. The radio was unattended, and the dropout around 11 UTC I cannot explain.

Terje

simone
24-09-2005, 16:34
Hi all,
perfect results from 0915, see attachment
73, Simone

dk8cb
24-09-2005, 17:16
Hi,

a few dropouts due to fading or local noise pulses.

Roland

Bob
24-09-2005, 19:23
Hi,
Overall very good today 13:30 - 15:00.
regards
Bob

Digger
25-09-2005, 09:36
Hi all,

Unfortunately, the signal strength was rather weak this morning and at times I lost the signal almost completely. During the weakest moments, the Channel Impulse Response looked more like a heap of rubbish, which accounts for the dropouts in the log.

Terje

Bob
25-09-2005, 12:01
Hi,

Perfect 100% decoding for 4 hours this morning : 08:00 - 12:00, high SNR also.

regards
Bob

radiomann
25-09-2005, 14:22
This frequency gives a great signal.

Paul

dk8cb
25-09-2005, 15:05
Hi,

a few moments with fading and a weak signal during the first hour of my logging period, quite good later with a constantly improving signal strength.

Roland

simone
25-09-2005, 15:32
Hi all,
strong and stable signal again today, see attachment
73, Simone

Bob
25-09-2005, 17:42
Hi,
Very good this afternoon.
regards
Bob

Digger
26-09-2005, 10:06
Hi all,

Although the signal was stronger today between 09 and 10 UTC, the Channel Impulse Response was more like a heap of rubbish. The result, however, was still rather good, as can be seen from the enclosed log.

Terje

simone
26-09-2005, 15:20
Hi all,
perfect results again today, see attachment
73, Simone

dk8cb
26-09-2005, 22:12
Not bad. On this frequency, I always notice a period with a weaker signal around noon.

Roland

Digger
27-09-2005, 11:35
Originally posted by dk8cb
I always notice a period with a weaker signal around noon.

Roland


Hi all,

I agree with Roland; at noon CET the signal drops to almost S0 which causes the dropouts. According to Juliusruh's Ionogram, the MUF for 1000 km shows 10 MHz, but the signal was much stronger in the morning.

Terje

dk8cb
27-09-2005, 13:24
Hi,

not as bad as in Switzerland but also a weaker signal around noon local time.

Roland

simone
27-09-2005, 15:26
Hi all,
pretty strong and stable signal all the time, see attachment
73, Simone

Digger
28-09-2005, 16:17
Hi all,

An log from a couple of hours from 0720 - 1145 UTC this morning. Quite stable conditions and SNR 20 - 24 dB. I looked at the S-meter from time to time. S7 in the beginning, peaked around 0830 with S9 to decrease to S4-5 an hour later. The S-meter showed S4 - 6 during the last hour and a half.

Terje

dk8cb
28-09-2005, 21:03
Not bad with a weaker period. The dropout occured when the signal became weaker and when I tried to compensate this decrease in signal strength by more RF gain. Perhaps it's a pure coincidence but it may well be that the larger gain resulted in some intermodulation products which led to a decrease in SNR.

Roland

Digger
30-09-2005, 16:54
Hi

Not so good as usual today...

Terje

dk8cb
30-09-2005, 18:10
Only a short period with weak signal.

Roland

simone
01-10-2005, 15:12
Hi all,
a weak start this morning for the first half hour, see attachment
73, Simone

dk8cb
01-10-2005, 15:49
Hi,

there was a break in transmission at 10:48 UTC.

Roland

simone
01-10-2005, 15:58
Originally posted by dk8cb
...there was a break in transmission at 10:48 UTC.
Roland

This seemed to be a datastream problem, as it also occured on 7320 kHz from Rampisham, will post results later
Simone

simone
02-10-2005, 15:29
Hi all,
a weak signal until 0725, then good results, see attachment
73, Simone

dk8cb
02-10-2005, 16:02
Quite good despite a strong on-channel carrier during the last 15 minutes.

Roland

dk8cb
03-10-2005, 15:12
Hi,

same interference problem as yesterday during the last few minutes.

The first dropout was caused by intermodulation after I had increased RF gain. Although the spectrum plot looked unchanged, there must have been intermodulation products that were causing a low SNR because the condition could be reversed by turning back RF gain.

Roland

simone
03-10-2005, 17:10
Hi all,
it seems reception on this frequency starts later each day, today no decoding for the first 40 min, which is not really a problem concerning BBC WS as Orfordness and Rampisham can be received at this time.
Simone

simone
03-10-2005, 17:54
... and no problems later today, see attachment
Simone

simone
04-10-2005, 15:28
Hi all,
great results today from the beginning although the signal was weaker in the first half hour, see attachment
Simone

mitajohn
05-10-2005, 09:49
Hi all,
Not a bad result, see log.
John

dk8cb
05-10-2005, 10:03
Report attached.

simone
05-10-2005, 15:13
Hi all,
excellent results all day, see attachment
Simone

dk8cb
06-10-2005, 09:53
Signal was not strong and local noise pulses of various origins caused a few dropouts.

Roland

Digger
06-10-2005, 11:11
Hi,

Tossed out a 12 meter long wire onto the roof, but it does not perform very well on 9 MHz. However, the result during midday today was very good anyway.

Terje

stegewicht
06-10-2005, 13:28
A reception-report for 9470 kHz BBCWorld Service

edit: Threads merged, please use existing threads for reports.
Thanks, Simone

mitajohn
06-10-2005, 14:17
Hi all,
A 90 mins over average result. I don't know what caused the two big drops.
John.

simone
06-10-2005, 15:22
Hi all,
strong and stable signal again today, see attachemnt
Simone

dk8cb
07-10-2005, 00:09
Report attached.

Roland

dk8cb
07-10-2005, 20:13
Report attached.

Roland

mitajohn
08-10-2005, 10:37
Hi all,
A very good result today. The big drop I think caused by a TX problem.
John.

Digger
08-10-2005, 10:52
Hi all,

Yes, very good result today. The log overlaps the log from Mitajohn, so it is possible to compare the results for two locations.

73s

Terje

johnn
08-10-2005, 12:50
Good audio & signal.

df8uo
08-10-2005, 15:38
8h00-9h40: Strong signal and excellent result.
73, Daniel

simone
08-10-2005, 15:43
Hi all,
again a weak start as usual in this location, then a strong and stable signal all day, see attachment
Simone

dk8cb
08-10-2005, 17:23
Report attached.

Bob
08-10-2005, 19:28
Hi,

Here is my report for 11:00 - 15:00 - overall good results.

regards
Bob

carknue
08-10-2005, 21:07
Very strong signal today, but two short fade outs.

df8uo
09-10-2005, 15:16
Hi all, find attached my unattended log from 7h00 to 14h00. Some dropouts in the beginning, but further on perfect reception.
73, Daniel

mitajohn
09-10-2005, 15:19
Hi all,
A very good result for 4 hours today except for two dropouts.
John

simone
09-10-2005, 17:13
Hi all,
a weak signal in the first 1.5 hours, then strong and stable with perfect results
Simone

dk8cb
09-10-2005, 19:15
Bad interference at the end.

Roland

Digger
10-10-2005, 13:05
Hi,

Except for an interruption in the DRM signal in the beginning, very good as usual on this frequency.

The log covers 0705 - 0959 UT.

Terje

simone
10-10-2005, 14:21
Hi all,
seems there were some problems in the first half hour, good results later, dropouts at 0803 and 1131 probably Tx related, see attachment
Simone

dk8cb
10-10-2005, 22:15
Perfect.

Roland

Owdjim
11-10-2005, 08:41
Signal noted in Wellington today, but too poor for any audio.

Cheers, Chris

dk8cb
11-10-2005, 10:44
There were some interruptions in the transmitted stream today. These probably originated at the BBC because the audio level was also low at times. However, I also watched an interruption followed by - what seemed to be - transmitter tuning.

See screenshot of the waterfall plot for a sample of the interruptions.

Roland

simone
11-10-2005, 15:26
Hi all,
quite good besides some Tx related problems, see attachemnt
Simone

dk8cb
11-10-2005, 23:23
Very good except from TX interruptions, also see my previous post on this.

Roland

Julian
12-10-2005, 08:27
Hi all,

yesterdays interruptions were for a variety of reasons.

The long interruptions early in the day were due to some IT related maintenance on the DRM Modulator (think scandisk!)

The short interruptions with low audio were experiments with a back-up MDI over the internet. As experiments they were a complete success but as a service we still have some work to do.

The interruption with retuning was an taking the data stream off the signal to provide more audio bandwidth.

We have also "tuned" the audio processing before the input to the AAC encoder for both HF & MF transmissions - please let us know if you think it sounds better or worse.

Julian

dk8cb
12-10-2005, 08:39
Originally posted by Julian
We have also "tuned" the audio processing before the input to the AAC encoder for both HF & MF transmissions - please let us know if you think it sounds better or worse.

Yesterday on the MW transmission from Orfordness, I once thought that it sounded better but then I discarded this thought since I saw no reason for it. I then thought it might as well have been my ears that had fooled me. ;)

But today on 9470 kHz, it sounds a bit dull, audio bandwidth seems to extend only up to 7 kHz, at least on this world music programme that is currently running.

Roland

dk8cb
12-10-2005, 08:52
Here is the audio spectrum plot, taken at 08:51 UTC on 9470 kHz.

Roland

dk8cb
12-10-2005, 10:06
Hi Julian,

any news from attempts to suppress the clicks during the Greenwich time signal? They are still there today, albeit very much subdued as a result of the low audio bandwidth.

Today, voices on 9470 kHz sound a bit as if they are coming out of a radio tuned to a local AM station due to the low audio bandwidth.

But you should well be able to listen yourself to Kvitsoy transmissions in London, so there is no need for me to record it and send the recording by mail.

Roland

Digger
12-10-2005, 11:20
Hi,

7.320 MHz sounds the same, 7 kHz Audio at the most.
Enclosed is a log from this morning from 0836 - 1108 UTC.


Terje

dk8cb
12-10-2005, 11:24
And here is my report from Munich.

Roland

simone
12-10-2005, 15:33
Hi all,
good results but strange audio settings on the HF transmissions, using 20kbps with AAC+SBR but restricted audio bandwidth (7kHz)
Simone

mitajohn
13-10-2005, 12:09
Hi all,
A rather weak signal but a very good result for almost 5 hours, until interference started. See log.
John

simone
13-10-2005, 21:03
Hi all,
perfect results again today, see attachment
Simone

dk8cb
13-10-2005, 23:41
Also perfect in Munich, well at least if one disregards the low audio bandwidth.

Roland

simone
14-10-2005, 12:20
Hi all,
quite good except the first ten minutes, see attachment
Dropouts probably Tx related, wider audio bandwidth today.
Simone

dk8cb
14-10-2005, 21:26
The large dopouts occured at the same times as shown in Simone's log.

Good reception otherwise.

Roland

dk8cb
15-10-2005, 19:04
Quite good apart from some interference at the end of my logging period.

Roland

carknue
16-10-2005, 15:01
Very strong and stable signal today from Norway. Perfect decoding for several hours. Only in the last 15 minutes started heavy co-channel AM interference.

simone
16-10-2005, 17:46
Hi all,
perfect results for 6 hours from Norway like the 2.5 hours from Rampisham using the DWT, see comparison attached
Simone

mitajohn
17-10-2005, 15:10
Hi all,

A bit over average result in my area. See log.

John

Owdjim
18-10-2005, 07:53
Hi All

Actually managed to hear some audio today.

Cheers, Chris

simone
18-10-2005, 16:49
Hi all,
a weak signal in the first half hour, then perfect
Simone

dk8cb
18-10-2005, 22:18
Perfect with good audio.

Roland

Bob
18-10-2005, 23:29
Hi,

Quite good reception overall.

regards
Bob

Bob
19-10-2005, 15:21
Hi,

Good results again today.

regards
Bob

simone
19-10-2005, 15:36
Hi all,
some dropouts (probably due to the changes of the configuration) today, see attachment
Simone

Digger
19-10-2005, 15:42
Hi,

Good reception, audio much improved and at least the 0847 UTC was a transmitter dropout.


Terje

dk8cb
19-10-2005, 22:11
Good reception with the exception of
- breaks at 08:19, 08:47, 09:07 and 09:11 UTC
- sync problems at 08:21 and 11:02 UTC

Roland

FritzWue
20-10-2005, 14:57
Going home from 45128 Essen center to 48712 Gescher. The same way the other direction on mediumwave in the morning here:
http://www.drmrx.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=21776#post21776
Again shortwave works much better in town.

simone
20-10-2005, 16:16
Hi all,
a weak start, no decoding in the first hour, see attachment
Simone

dk8cb
20-10-2005, 22:03
Not perfect but also not bad.

Roland

Bob
21-10-2005, 12:12
Hi,
Near perfect this morning.
regards
Bob

dk8cb
21-10-2005, 18:45
Hi,

not a strongh signal today. It looked as if the dropout at 09:43 was TX related.

With signal on this frequency not being strong, I moved on to 7320 kHz.

Roland

mitajohn
22-10-2005, 10:55
Hi all,

A bit over average result due to weak signal.

John

dk8cb
22-10-2005, 13:33
Great reception without problems.

Roland

simone
22-10-2005, 15:10
Hi all,
perfect results for 6 hours today, see attachment
Simone

mitajohn
23-10-2005, 10:51
Hi all,

A weak signal today, just over average result.

John

Andreas
23-10-2005, 20:24
Good!

simone
23-10-2005, 20:37
Hi all,
strong and stable signal again today, the dropout was probably caused by the DWT
Simone

Bob
23-10-2005, 21:41
Hi,
Very good today over a 6 hour period. Perfect from 10:30 to 13:15.
regards
Bob

dk8cb
23-10-2005, 21:56
Could have been better. On-channel interference caused considerable interference towards the end.

Roland

Digger
24-10-2005, 11:18
Hi,

Perfect today!

Terje

Jos
24-10-2005, 14:12
Hi all,

Results of 3 hours registration - good.

Kind regards.

Jos.

simone
24-10-2005, 19:11
Hi all,
quite good again today, the big dropout probably Tx related, see attachment
Also, great that the delays from Rampisham and Kvitsoy have been adjusted, no problem here in my area today whenever I tried with 9470/ 7320 kHz :)!
Simone

dk8cb
24-10-2005, 22:09
Rather good reception today, also I did not notice any technical problems.

Roland

mitajohn
25-10-2005, 09:23
Hi all,

A good result for 75mins.

John.

Digger
25-10-2005, 10:53
Hi,

Except for a weak signal in the beginning, on the whole very good.


Terje

simone
25-10-2005, 15:13
Hi all,
good results again, MFN with both Rampisham frequencies synchronized in my location
Simone

dk8cb
25-10-2005, 22:04
Almost perfect today.

Roland

simone
26-10-2005, 15:59
Hi all,
some problems in the first hour, perfect later, see attachment
Simone

dk8cb
26-10-2005, 20:15
Rather good today.

Roland

simone
27-10-2005, 14:32
Hi all,
good results today until 0925, later some datastream/ Tx problems ( also sometimes just a carrier).
Simone

dk8cb
27-10-2005, 22:55
Same thing here.

I tuned to 7320 kHz after Kvitsoy had stopped transmitting only to find an invalid datastream there as well.

Roland

Bob
28-10-2005, 11:34
Hi,
Perfect reception 8:30 - 11:30 this morning.
regards
Bob

simone
28-10-2005, 13:33
Hi all,
good results again this morning, see attachment
Simone

mitajohn
28-10-2005, 15:20
Hi all,

92% audio for one hour and 25% audio for the rest one hour log. See attachment.

dk8cb
28-10-2005, 17:09
Quite good again.

Roland

carknue
29-10-2005, 15:15
Quite good with DWT. Nearly perfect listening with FhG Software.

simone
29-10-2005, 16:22
Hi all,
excellent results today
Simone

dk8cb
29-10-2005, 17:24
Not bad. I have no idea what caused the large dropout.

Roland

simone
30-10-2005, 17:56
Hi all,
once again perfect results today, see attachment
Simone

dk8cb
30-10-2005, 20:08
Some interference, increasing towards the end.

Roland

simone
31-10-2005, 14:57
Hi all,
great results again today, see attachment
Simone

dk8cb
31-10-2005, 19:02
Not bad, apart from the fact that wrong programmes were broadcast for a while and that 11:45 UTC was announced as 09:45 GMT before audio was suddenly switched into the correct already running programme.

Did someone get the switch from summertime to wintertime wrong?

Roland

dk8cb
01-11-2005, 20:45
Hi,

quite a bit of interference which made me move to 7320 kHz (which was not better).

Roland

dk8cb
02-11-2005, 19:52
Perfect.

Roland

dk8cb
03-11-2005, 22:08
Very good reception today.

Roland

Bob
06-11-2005, 13:54
Hi,
Excellent reception, near perfect.
regards
Bob

simone
06-11-2005, 14:10
Hi all,
perfect results again today, see attachment
Simone

df8uo
06-11-2005, 16:21
Hi all,
quite good result here.
73, Daniel

dk8cb
06-11-2005, 16:47
Quite good except from problems during the last half hour.

Roland

dk8cb
07-11-2005, 11:06
Hi,

there seemed to be problems around 12:04 UTC today, see screenshot.

Roland

dk8cb
07-11-2005, 20:08
Perfect reception if one disregards the problem mentioned in the post above.

Roland

simone
08-11-2005, 19:29
Hi all,
pretty good results as always, see attachment
Simone

dk8cb
08-11-2005, 20:17
Reception was good apart from two strange moments when I could not find out why the audio decoding dropped out. There was no interfering signal, the spectrum looked perfect, the impulse response also looked normal but nevertheless, audio dropped out and SNR was momentarily low. Perhaps this was somehow TX-related.

Roland

sveron
08-11-2005, 21:46
Hello to all,

Not as good as usual here. Many short dropouts, due to more fading, but the whole programme could be understood. Attached report shows comparison with a reception on 5th nov.

73, de Stephane

dk8cb
09-11-2005, 18:47
Quite good again.

Roland

dk8cb
10-11-2005, 17:42
Hi,

there was some fading on the signal today and I had not adjusted the gain properly to take care of that. A perfect result after I had adjusted gain properly.

Roland

Bob
11-11-2005, 15:56
Hi,

Perfect results 11:15 - 13:30.

regards
Bob

dk8cb
11-11-2005, 20:24
A perfect result in Munich.

Roland

dk8cb
12-11-2005, 13:21
Some interference from carriers +/- 5 kHz off centre today.

Roland

Bob
13-11-2005, 19:07
Hi,

Perfect again today 11:30 - 12:40.

regards
Bob

dk8cb
14-11-2005, 10:48
Hi,

I have just heard a word repetition on 9470 kHz and I already had the feeling that there was one on another day last weak but then I was not 100% sure about it, so I didn't post it.
But this one was like those we have experienced in the past.

Roland

dk8cb
14-11-2005, 19:56
Rather good today.

Roland

dk8cb
15-11-2005, 20:47
Very good again but carriers +/-5 kHz off centre became visible at the very end of my logging period.

Roland

Bob
16-11-2005, 16:46
Hi,
Perfect today for the 50 mins when I was logging.
regards
Bob

dk8cb
16-11-2005, 20:02
Great reception again.

Roland

dk8cb
18-11-2005, 00:06
Not perfect but not bad either.

Roland

dk8cb
18-11-2005, 18:31
Hi,

good, as usual.

Roland

Bob
19-11-2005, 10:37
Hi,
Perfect again - this is an excellent frequency for reception here.

regards
Bob

simone
19-11-2005, 14:21
Hi all,
perfect results once again, see attachment
Simone

Bob
20-11-2005, 12:10
Hi,
Perfect again.
regards
Bob

FritzWue
21-11-2005, 13:06
Three hours with perfect signal and good audio! :cool:
Nevertheless: Looks like SNR is limited to 30dB at the moment?!

dk8cb
21-11-2005, 22:04
Just very good.

Roland

dk8cb
22-11-2005, 20:01
Very good and reliable.

Roland

stegewicht
23-11-2005, 12:11
Hello,

good reception today.

dk8cb
23-11-2005, 21:12
Very reliable.

Roland

dk8cb
24-11-2005, 11:23
100%

Roland

dk8cb
25-11-2005, 20:13
Hi,

reception was good apart from a TX interruption at 10:17 UTC, see screenshot.

Roland

dk8cb
26-11-2005, 18:14
Hi,

just a tiny bit of interference during moments of fading.

Roland

simone
26-11-2005, 19:12
Hi all,
perfect decoding but it seemed they were only using a backup and not the regular datastream all day, so bitrate was lower and no data available (see also thread 7320 kHz)
Simone

mitajohn
27-11-2005, 13:35
Hi all,

A very good result for 50 mins, then interference started. Transmission ended 30 mins earlier.

John.

dk8cb
27-11-2005, 13:37
A lot of interference, mainly from a strong signal on 9465 kHz and an early end of transmission.

Roland

dk8cb
28-11-2005, 22:07
Rather good again.

Roland

dk8cb
30-11-2005, 20:56
A reliable service, at least at my usual listening time.

Roland

dk8cb
19-12-2005, 21:53
Excellent.

Roland

dk8cb
19-12-2005, 21:57
A bit weak with a strong interfering signal from CRI in Romanian on 9460 with a bandwidth of +/-10 kHz (as always).

Roland

dk8cb
19-12-2005, 22:01
Interference caused a few dropouts.

Roland

dk8cb
19-12-2005, 22:08
Not good.

Roland

dk8cb
19-12-2005, 22:29
There was a short period with strange resyncs at good signal today, see screenshot.

Roland

dk8cb
20-12-2005, 22:04
Not totally perfect due to a bit of interference.

Roland

dk8cb
21-12-2005, 18:23
Again a bit of interference and sometimes fast and deep fading.

Roland

FritzWue
22-12-2005, 19:07
Driving from Bochum to Duisburg via A40 and A59.
The dropout is in the A40 tunnel in Essen.
The graph looks as if the SNR was limited.