TDPradio via CBC - 9790 kHz @ 0000-0100 UTC

[Brendan1]

Very disappointing today.

[Brendan1]

Same as yesterday; a very poor log.

[Brendan1]

Not a great hour for consistent readability earlier today.

[Brendan1]

Down in the doldrums now... :(

[Brendan1]

Better today, but still quite up and down in decoding. :(

[HC7AW]

Hi all,

I finally got home in time to log this transmission again.

Doug

[Brendan1]

Funny how Ecuador gets this better than the west coast. :rolleyes:

[HC7AW]

Hi all,

I did get some audio this time. It was not as good as sometimes though.

Doug

[Brendan1]

Better than most days lately!

[Alan Johnson]

Best reception I've had in a while.

[Brendan1]

Quite variable reception still, but this is better than nothing.

[HC7AW]

I am a little late in posting today, but here is my log....

Doug

[Brendan1]

This broadcast got rather better: I hope it keeps improving!

[Brendan1]

A very poor day. :eek:

[Alan Johnson]

Not too bad today.

[Alan Johnson]

Wow! This is like old times :D

[Alan Johnson]

Near perfect tonight :D

[Brendan1]

Been antenna testing/installing/repairing for the last few days. Here's last nights log: pretty good, but I know it can be better.

[Brendan1]

The "minor" solar storm yesterday absolutely killed the broadcast.

[Brendan1]

Conditions were no better today, in fact they were worse.

[Brendan1]

Very suppressed conditions here.

[Brendan1]

It looks like it's getting better, finally! :o

[Alan Johnson]

Good results today - service was labelled correctly.

Ignore the dips - I changed some parameters in the Virtual Audio Cable program, (which is required for using Dream with the Perseus), which boosted my SNR and got rid of the image shown in the PSD evaluation window, but now Dream "loses sync".

[Brendan1]

Still a little rough around the edges further north.

[Alan Johnson]

Good reception today - two PNG files as I was adjusting parameters in the Virtual Audio Cable program.

[HC7AW]

Hi all,

I finally got home to log again tonight...

Doug

[Brendan1]

Had the flu. Re-mounted the loop antenna higher off the ground, and my logs have improved very nicely.

[Brendan1]

I would really like to have the solar cycle begin going up! :o

[Brendan1]

The log was labeled as "9800" but it was really on 9790! :confused: Somewhat better today, which I'm taking for a good sign.

[Brendan1]

Not all that good I'm afraid. Conditions are still rather poor and unpredictable here. No log for the 8th: extremely poor conditions that day, and virtually no signal here that day.

[KB7GF]

Hi Everyone,

Pretty good conditions here tonight.

73,

Mark

[Brendan1]

The 10th was quite good, but last night saw a retreat. :eek:

[Brendan1]

Only the last 15 minutes or so saw any usuable signal.

[KB7GF]

Hi Everyone,

Solid conditions here in E. Washington state tonight.

73,

Mark

[KB7GF]

Hi Everyone,

Solid tonight.

73,

Mark

[Brendan1]

Some decodable time tonight, but not as much as I'd like. :o

[Alan Johnson]

Perseus and Dream are still not playing well together, but when it was good, it was very good.

[Brendan1]

Some decode time yesterday, but maybe only about half of the broadcast.

[Brendan1]

Not very good this afternoon. :(

[KB7GF]

Hi Everyone,

Variable conditions the last two days; Today was a significant improvement over yesterday - but still nowhere near where we were last week.

73,

Mark

[Brendan1]

No argument from me about the conditions out here!

[Brendan1]

Not very good again I'm afraid to say. :(

[Alan Johnson]

Abbreviated log today - still adjusting VAC and sound card to try to get glitch free DRM reception. Good signal today.

[Brendan1]

Back to logging, now that my computer has been restored (hard drive died). Had some audible time last night, first time in a while.

[Alan Johnson]

I tried the TenTec tonight, due to dropouts with the Perseus. Fair.

[Brendan1]

Somewhat disappointing yesterday afternoon, I was hoping for a better log.

[KB7GF]

Hi Everyone,

Yesterdays results were somewhat better than today's.

73,

Mark

[Brendan1]

Last night's log isn't going to win any awards from me.

[Brendan1]

I can conveniently blame solar and geomagnetic conditions for the poor quality of reception last night. ;)

[Alan Johnson]

Late start today (this work stuff gets in the way :rolleyes: ) - fair.

[Brendan1]

Oddly, this is not all that bad a log, although it wasn't very steady.

[Alan Johnson]

Very listenable today.

[Brendan1]

Still suffering up here... :o

[Alan Johnson]

Excellent today :D

[Brendan1]

If they would only turn the azimuth about 20 degrees further west... :(

[Alan Johnson]

Yippee! I broke the 30 dB SNR barrier today :D

[Brendan1]

Now I'm really beat! 30dB? Woe is me.

[Brendan1]

Very mediocre day. :(

[Brendan1]

Still not doing very well out here I'm afraid to say.

[Brendan1]

Wow! Best log in quite a while for TDP.

[Alan Johnson]

Very good today.

[Brendan1]

A somewhat mixed day here.

[Alan Johnson]

Listenable today.

[Brendan1]

Propagation remains highly variable here.

[Brendan1]

Still not feeling the love here. :(

[Brendan1]

Missed the log for the 8th, forgot to enable the logger! :rolleyes:

[Brendan1]

While I'm not getting enough for decoding, there was a signal for the full hour now, which is better than most days of late.

[Brendan1]

I was surprised at how disappointing this log is, as 31m seemed to be improving well all day. (see CBC 9800)

[Brendan1]

Only mildly good last night, the band was quite variable.

[Alan Johnson]

All I can say is :D

[KB7GF]

Hi Everyone,

I missed logging tonight - but here is the one for last night. Conditions improved toward the end of the broadcast.

73,

Mark

[Brendan1]

Not doing so good here, and there's no reason it should be so poor. :(

[Brendan1]

I sure wish conditions would improve out here! :(

[Brendan1]

Some slightly improved conditions here, with more decoding yesterday afternoon. Overall SNR levels were up compared to previous days.

[Brendan1]

Good improvement yesterday, but it could be better. :o

Oh, and it really is TDP: CBC has been having some difficulties with getting the SDC and data rates switched over in a timely manner lately.

[Brendan1]

Some improvement yesterday; little by little conditions seem to be improving.

[Brendan1]

Not so good. :mad:

[Brendan1]

Fairly uneven results yesterday.

[Alan Johnson]

Very good today.

[Brendan1]

Kinda of a down day here, not a lot of "up" time.

[Brendan1]

Still struggling with propagation at this time of day.

[Brendan1]

Still not making it out here very well, but since there is still daylight here during the hour, I'm not surprised.

[Alan Johnson]

Very rocky today. I don't know if it's the lengthening days or propagation disturbance.

[Brendan1]

I'd suspect the lengthening days Alan: I haven't seen a close to perfect log in ages up here, and my days are not getting any shorter right now, as actual daylight lasts until nearly 2100 local now.

[Alan Johnson]

A late start, but much mo' better reception today.

[Alan Johnson]

Good today. The dips may be due to me adjusting Winrad for DRM reception.

[Brendan1]

Today's log is better. :)

[Brendan1]

Better yet! The 31m band is taking quite a while to work effectively for me from the east coast right now, 9800 from CBC was very poor yesterday.

[Brendan1]

Up and down, that's TDP. A very "off" day. :( Not to mention the fact that Sackville didn't get the mode changed until minute 19 of the transmission. They have been very slow to change bitrates and SDC data lately.

[Alan Johnson]

Very good today.

[Brendan1]

Somewhat better, although still difficult to listen to.

[Brendan1]

I'm thinking I have to check for interference on this broadcast. Reception is so variable lately that I feel there must be mitigating circumstances.

Normally I log this automatically as it occurs during the dinner hour and my presence is elsewhere in the house. I'll try and see tonight if there is an adjacent transmitter.

This log should have been better: the hour before on 9800 reception was quite good, and then this hour is bad. A drop of 10kHz shouldn't cause such a dramatic shift in propagation.

[Brendan1]

No interference to either side, it is simply variable propagation.

[Brendan1]

Despite the label and frequency, this is TDP. I wish CBC would switch things over faster...:rolleyes:

[Brendan1]

A very nice log, the best in quite a while.

[Brendan1]

Hmmm, back to the not-so-nice logs for TDP.

[Brendan1]

Not very good here last night.

[Brendan1]

Very sporadic reception these days, and not at all dependable to the west coast.

[Alan Johnson]

Not perfect, but not too bad.

[Brendan1]

I should have been more specific: 'not all dependable to my part of the west coast.'

It remains that way.

[Alan Johnson]

No complaints today on this segment of the west coast :)

[Brendan1]

Well, my corner is having a devil of a time... ;)

[Alan Johnson]

Good again today, only one dip.

[Brendan1]

Surprised by the log: not bad.

[Alan Johnson]

Close to perfection tonight.:D

[Brendan1]

Far from perfect up here! :mad:

[Brendan1]

Not-so-hot, again! :mad:

[Brendan1]

Propagation remains disappointing: that being said, I had a period of usable signal last evening.

[Brendan1]

Somewhat sporadic conditions last night.

[Brendan1]

Very disappointing... :mad:

[Alan Johnson]

"Roller coaster" comes to mind as I look at the graph. At least the last 15 minutes were good.

[Alan Johnson]

Wow! What a difference from yesterday :D

[PP5AZF-Ataliba]

Quase decodificou o áudio. Até surgiu algum ruído de decodificação por três vezes mas não foi suficiente para sustentar o áudio. :(

Translation portuguese - english "google"

Almost decodificou audio. Until some noise came from decoding on three occasions but was not sufficient to support the audio.

[Alan Johnson]

Not perfect but not too bad today.

[Brendan1]

Still struggling. :(

[Alan Johnson]

My first chance to log in a while. Good today.

[Alan Johnson]

Solid again today.

[Alan Johnson]

Not quite as good today, but not bad either.

[Brendan1]

I now have some light dimmer interference on a nearby frequency (just below), and it's killing my logs! :mad:

[Brendan1]

Not so good, again!

[Brendan1]

Better for once. Looks like the bands are improving.

Happy Fourth to all my fellow Americans!

[Brendan1]

Not so good last night.

[Brendan1]

Continued interference here isn't helping anything at all. :(

[Brendan1]

Still quietly suffering out here. Not much long-term luck getting this broadcast.

[Brendan1]

Upon closer examination, propagation is the sole culprit right now. 31 meters simply is not making this far west! :(

[Brendan1]

Pretty much the same as yesterday: not enough RF makes it here. :o

[PP5AZF-Ataliba]

Average 6,19 dB
SYNC, FAC, MSC 49,51%

[Brendan1]

Almost but not quite: had nice SNR values yesterday evening, but the higher bitrate keeps it from decoding.

[Brendan1]

Another blah log: signal strength was reduced again.

[PP5AZF-Ataliba]

SYNC,FAC,MSC 50,17%
Decoded audio 0.0%

[Alan Johnson]

I got a late start, but one of the highest SNR's in recent memory.

[Brendan1]

I wish I could say the same as Alan...:(

[Brendan1]

Grumble, grumble, grumble: yesterday was bad, plain and simple. :mad:

[Brendan1]

Propagation just ain't happening right now. :mad:

[Brendan1]

It's so odd that by only dropping 10 kHz, I lose what little good propagation I find on 9800 to have this kind of result. :confused:

[Brendan1]

Still not doing very well, and I actually don't expect any real improvement for a while.

[Brendan1]

Messed up - no log for the 19th, sorry!

[Brendan1]

Still hurting...

[Brendan1]

About the same, not much decoding, but at least there was a signal for the hour... :o

[Alan Johnson]

Amazingly good today.

[Brendan1]

The differences between mine and Alan's logs goes to show what a few hundred miles closer to the transmitter beam/azimuth really means. :o

[Alan Johnson]

A little bit of a late start, but I can live with reception like this.:)

[Brendan1]

If I thought I could gnash my teeth without harm, I'd do it! But since that ain't gonna happen, all I can say is "Oh well." :rolleyes:

[Brendan1]

Big shock: TDP actually came through last evening! I haven't had reception this good in I don't know how long, probably months at least.

[Brendan1]

Back to the same old "nearly there but still not enough" signal. :(

[Brendan1]

Bad propagation leads to no decoding, which describes yesterday. :(

[Alan Johnson]

Good today, big glitch at the end was operator induced.

[Brendan1]

Still quite poor here.

[Alan Johnson]

A little wavy today, but very listenable.

[Brendan1]

No such luck here. :(

[Brendan1]

The invariably bad conditions persist. :(

[Brendan1]

Marginally better conditions yesterday evening, I'm actually surprised.

[Brendan1]

Not much change to the log, still less than great conditions.

[Brendan1]

Not much was very good last night.

[Brendan1]

Not bad, some SNR showed up, which was more than most days.

[Brendan1]

Some microscopically usable signal last evening, not enough to make much of a long term difference though. :(

[Brendan1]

Not much signal yesterday evening, only some brief spikes in the SNR.

[Brendan1]

I was expecting a better log, as I cleared up an interference issue yesterday that was limiting my reception. Must be propagation...:(

[Alan Johnson]

Good here today. Brendan, dimmers are bad enough, but halogen light switching power supplies may be worse.

[Brendan1]

Nice to be back...:)

[Brendan1]

Catching up :rolleyes: Missed logging the 9th.

[Brendan1]

Actually had some signal...:o

[Brendan1]

Not much good to report.

[Brendan1]

Pointing my loop towards Ecuador/South America brought a real change to the log: much higher signal strengths for the day. The best log for TDP in months...:D

[Brendan1]

Not as good as yesterday, but not truly bad either. ;)

[Alan Johnson]

Good today - I got called away and couldn't shut off the logging.

[Brendan1]

Not bad here either...

[Alan Johnson]

Good again today :cool:

[Brendan1]

A very nice log last night. :)

[Brendan1]

Better and better! :)

[Brendan1]

Not all that bad, except for the last 20 minutes or so. And what about the weird pattern for the first 40 minutes to the Frames Decoded line? :confused:

[Brendan1]

Somewhat irregular yesterday, highly erratic propagation.

I've also learned that the strange pattern in yesterday's log is the result of an issue in the plotting program and this appears to be so with this particular version I'm using. So, not a transmitter problem. :rolleyes:

[Brendan1]

Not too good last night, the band must be shifting somewhat.

[Brendan1]

Not too shabby!

[Alan Johnson]

Good today :)

[Brendan1]

Not as good as Alan's I'm afraid. :rolleyes:

[Brendan1]

Rather variable conditions last night. :(

[Alan Johnson]

Late start on my part, but good reception.

[Brendan1]

Not as good as some days lately, but better than several weeks ago.

[Brendan1]

Not so steady last night.

[Brendan1]

It took quite a while for the band to even begin to open up.

[Brendan1]

As CBC 9800 gets better, TDP gets worse: the band must be shutting down between east and west coasts.

[Alan Johnson]

Very good today.

[Brendan1]

The 2nd is short: I forgot to set the logger! Excellent reception last night here as well, I haven't seen TDP look this good in ages.

[Brendan1]

A little rocky, but not bad.

[Brendan1]

The 'minor' level solar storms didn't help me at all.

[Brendan1]

Only about half the program was audible last night.

[Alan Johnson]

I switched to using Winrad today - great SNR. The big dip initially is due to using the KVM switch - the later repetitive dips I assume are due to wrong settings for Vitual Audio Cable.

[midre]

...results from Sackville, not bad, if I see the distance. 45 minutes, until my
notebook lost his power.....:(

[Brendan1]

Eh, not so good here. :rolleyes:

[Alan Johnson]

One small glitch!

[Brendan1]

More than one dip on my log I'm afraid to say. :o

[Brendan1]

Still fairly blah reception. :(

[Brendan1]

Still not so good, but a little better than yesterday.

[Brendan1]

Not bad, certainly better than most days of late.

[Brendan1]

Pretty good, although it has been somewhat better. :rolleyes:

[Brendan1]

Lousy log. Conditions weren't so good.

Back on Friday - taking a couple days off, away from the computer and the receiver.

[Brendan1]

Pretty good, although the band was not all that great at the beginning.

[Brendan1]

Not very steady at all. :mad:

[Alan Johnson]

Very good today - almost a straight line.:D

[Brendan1]

Comparing the two days logs shows some differences: only good on the 21st, extremely good the 22nd. Not quite as straight as Alan's graph tonight, but very close...:D

[Brendan1]

Another nice, consistent log. Not a straight line, but I'll take it. :)

[Brendan1]

Another stellar log - conditions are much better now. :D

[Brendan1]

What happened? I certainly have no idea, and the SNR was high enough for at least some decoding. :confused:

The only thing that comes to mind is that there was a content server problem at Sackville. :(

[Brendan1]

A pretty good broadcast, mostly audible here.

[Brendan1]

An excellent log last night, very nice indeed. :D

[Brendan1]

The longer days really help my reception now.

[Brendan1]

Not so good for the first 25 minutes, but otherwise not bad. :o

[Brendan1]

Not bad up until 0051 when my PC locked up. :(

[Brendan1]

All told, a pretty good log.

[Brendan1]

Not bad until the band folded up early. :(

[Brendan1]

Not bad at first: then it went away. :(

[Brendan1]

Not very good last evening.

[Brendan1]

A pretty good log. No report for the 5th: my antenna blew over and I couldn't get it fixed until yesterday, but it's all better now. :)

[Brendan1]

DRM as it should be! Gotta love it when conditions are like this. :p

[Brendan1]

Nasty little dive there part way through. :(

[Brendan1]

Not bad, although I'd like the band to stay open longer.

[Brendan1]

Thirty one meters is no longer a good band for this broadcast, 49 might be better for this time slot. Only time and the winter schedule will tell.

[Brendan1]

Just when I think 31m is bad, it gets good. Oh well... :o

[Brendan1]

The solar activity didn't help me at all yesterday. :eek:

[Alan Johnson]

Not bad today, especially in light of disturbed propagation conditions.

[Brendan1]

No such luck here; still fairly rocky conditions, although marginally better than yesterday.

[Brendan1]

The ionosphere is still giving me problems out here. :(

[Brendan1]

Once more I'm tricked: a very good log last evening. :)

[Brendan1]

A promising start does not always mean a great log. :(

[Brendan1]

Messed up on the 17th, last night no such problems. Not a bad log to boot, either!

[Brendan1]

Not so good last night.

[Alan Johnson]

Very nice today!

[Brendan1]

I swear, every time Alan logs this one, my log ends up being nowhere near as good as his. :rolleyes:

[Brendan1]

Not so good: the band can sure drop out quickly now.

[Brendan1]

Sorry - no log today!

[Brendan1]

The 23rd was excellent, last night horrible! :rolleyes:

[Brendan1]

This band has become highly erratic of late. 9800 is great all day, and then 9790 goes to pot right after that. Same transmitter, same receiver/antenna: complete and utter change in logs.

[Brendan1]

Not much logged last night.

[Brendan1]

This broadcast has been shifted back one hour (pending the end of summer time here in NA), and the results were very satisfying!

[Brendan1]

A little early closure to the band, but not bad before that. The solar indices are currently very low, and I'm sure this is affecting my reception.

[Brendan1]

Good signals today, but numerous dips cut down on the overall percentage. My logger was not set right, so my log ended up being mere vapor. :(

[Brendan1]

Not so good, a lot of dips this evening.

[Brendan1]

Disappointing to say the least.

[Brendan1]

Great results last evening!

[Brendan1]

Second time posting: I posted them last night, but they aren't showing now.

The 1st was great, the 2nd not as good with a few dips showing.

[simone]

Hi Brendan,
sorry, seems there was a problem with the database, so your posts were lost :(
Simone

[Alan Johnson]

45 minutes of goodness - then things went downhill.:(

[Brendan1]

It dropped out a little bit earlier here: I put it down to being further north out of the beam... :rolleyes:

[Brendan1]

Definitely a mixed result yesterday.

[Brendan1]

Forgot to set the timer, and missed the first 20 minutes. :rolleyes: Fairly unsteady signal strength unfortunately.

[Brendan1]

The band shut down completely and all too early last evening.

[Alan Johnson]

Not too bad today - I wasn't around to turn off the logger at the correct time.

[Brendan1]

Same here Alan, today was really, really good! I have to admit that TDP has become a little unpredictable lately, some days excellent (like today), others days pure evil: I just wish they were all like today!

[Alan Johnson]

Another good day, despite the A index of 19.