RNZI test

[Owdjim]

Hi

I've just received the following email from Adrian at RNZI. Good luck!

Cheers, Chris

If you are fortunate enough to have a DRM capable receiver and
live in the Pacific Region here is an opportunity to check out your DRM
receiver as we will be testing on -

Date: Thursday 19 Jan
Time: from 1420 NZDT approx for 45 minutes.
Freq: 15720 kHz

That is Wednesday 18 Jan if you are on the other side of the dateline
!

Reports good or bad are welcome !

Regards



Adrian Sainsbury
Technical Manager
Radio New Zealand International
P O Box 123
Wellington

Web: www.rnzi.com

[dk8cb]

Originally posted by Owdjim
Date: Thursday 19 Jan
Time: from 1420 NZDT approx for 45 minutes.

Which is when in UTC (date and time)?

Roland

[Digger]

NZDT - New Zealand Daylight Time, UTC+13, deduct 13 hrs... on 19th Jan. In which direction and how many kW?

Gruss
Terje

[Owdjim]

50kW to "the Pacific". I think this means 35 deg azimuth.

Adrian doesn't expect anyone to hear it outside the Pacific region, so there is a challenge :-)

Cheers, Chris

[Mitsuru Ito]

hi chris
i will be waiting RNZI test 19th jan.
Which are correct frquency
11745KHZ and 11610KHZ,
9765KHZ and 9460KHZ
coming 22nd jan starting DRM -
broadcasting of RNZI?
Today analog of RNZI(15720KHZ)
came for S9 in Japan.
I guess that I will be able to decode
for more than SNR 10dB on 19th jan.
Thanks from Japan.

[Owdjim]

Hi All

Just received from Adrian @ RNZI here is the latest proposed schedule for RNZI's DRM service. He also says the start date has slipped:


Not quite - should now read 1 March 2006 or there abouts

* indicates change

Cheers

Adrian


>> DRM SERVICE Begins 22 January 2006
>> UTC NZ Time
>> +13 UTC kHz January 2006 - 26 March 2006 Primary Target

* 1751 - 1850 0651 - 0750 7230 NE Pacific, Fiji, Samoa, Cook Islands

>> 1751 - 1850 0651 - 0750 11745 NE Pacific, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Cook Islands

>> 1851 - 2235 0751 - 1135 13595 All Pacific
>> 2236 - 0358 1136 - 1658 15720 All Pacific
>> 0400 - 0759 1700 - 2059 13690 All Pacific

* 0800 - 1059 2100 - 2359 9765 All Pacific

>> 1100 - 1300 0000 - 0159 13840 NW Pacific, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, Timor, Asia
* 1300 - 1750 0200 - 0650 7230 All Pacific


Cheers, Chris

[Digger]

OK,
Then I can sleep tonight....
Although the chance is very small, we'll keep a look-out...

73 Terje

[Mitsuru Ito]

OK Thanks Chris
I am writing tame table of RNZI now.
The signal is coming 2 hrs later.
My receiver is ready now.
thanks Chris

[dk8cb]

Originally posted by Digger
OK,
Then I can sleep tonight....


I wonder where you take the info from that the test is not still scheduled for today?

What Owdjim has published is just the new regular schedule, no word about any change concerning today's test in it.

Roland

[fibber]

I did get FAC and SDC lock so for the first time ever I saw a "Received Time and Date".

I goofed with antennas, filters and preamps, but just couldn't get any audio. Oh well!

[Owdjim]

Nothing heard here in Wellington. I could see traces of the DRM signal in the input spectrum display, but I'm in the wrong direction and wrong distance for this frequency.

Nice blank graph attached :-(

Cheers, Chris

[Mitsuru Ito]

RNZI will test 25,26 jan.(next week)
please read RNZI's web for -
more informations.
thanks

[Owdjim]

Hi

I have started a thread in the "Reception Results" section for this test.

It is probably a more appropriate section now that you are receiving RNZI DRM :-)

Cheers, Chris

[Mitsuru Ito]

hi chris
I did not find 17675KHZ for RNZI-
at HFCC.org.
Is that ture 17765KHZ for
testiing 25,26 jan testing?

[Owdjim]

17675 kHz is used for the AM-mode service to the Pacific:

2236-0359 17675 16 All Pacific 0° Daily

The email from Adrian does say 17675 kHz will be used for the next DRM test.

Cheers, Chris

[Mitsuru Ito]

Hi Chris
Thanks rpy.
So 17.765KHZ is too bad for me.
There are many noises in my location.
on 15Mhz to orver 19Mhz.
How about your lation?
But now RNZI(analog)is coming on 17765KHZ in Japan.
It is 20db to 30dB orver S-9.
If no signal noise is about S-9.
Maybe coming wensday noise will
be same level.
Tnaks chris

[dk8cb]

For those interested, some information about and pictures of the antennas used for these transmissions at Rangitaiki can be found here (http://www.rnzi.com/pages/technical.php). Click on the pictures to see them at larger resolution.
The text however does refer to the AM transmitter.

Roland