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Brendan1
17-03-2011, 22:37
If VR stayed on the air for another hour, I would probably have some decoding. Today, the Doppler and the SNR show a real trend.
AF4MP
17-03-2011, 22:45
This evening's reception - down - 55.70% audio.
AF4MP
18-03-2011, 22:53
This evening's reception - 55.01% audio.
Brendan1
19-03-2011, 13:25
Positive progress: 0.19% CDA! ;)
Brendan1
19-03-2011, 22:39
The Doppler was too high again, and the SNR too low for any decoding today.
AF4MP
19-03-2011, 22:57
This evening's reception - up - 98.37% audio.
Brendan1
20-03-2011, 22:41
A light dimmer was parked right on the bottom edge of the signal: no decoding. :mad:
AF4MP
20-03-2011, 22:51
This evening's reception - down sharply - 32.75% audio.
AF4MP
21-03-2011, 22:47
This evening's reception - up - 81.80% audio.
Brendan1
21-03-2011, 22:52
Thoroughly in the throes of longer days here: 0.01% CDA today. Seven megs just doesn't want to cross all that daylight on the way here.
Brendan1
22-03-2011, 22:37
Another flat-line day: no decoding here. The Doppler wasn't even misbehaving, except for one spike right at the beginning.
AF4MP
22-03-2011, 22:52
This evening's reception - 80.96% audio.
AF4MP
23-03-2011, 22:44
This evening's reception - 86.76% audio.
Brendan1
24-03-2011, 01:02
The Doppler started behaving, but it didn't really help any, as there was no decoding again today.
Brendan1
24-03-2011, 22:42
Decoding today!! An entire, whopping big 0.03%!!! :rolleyes:

Okay, #sarcasm tag is off now. Only a few days until they shift frequency. :)
AF4MP
24-03-2011, 22:52
This evening's reception - 86.16% audio.
Brendan1
25-03-2011, 22:43
Halfway through, ffft! Gone. No decoding again, Sunday should be better.
AF4MP
26-03-2011, 11:52
Yesterday's reception - 97.21% audio.
hypervista
26-03-2011, 22:38
Solid reception here this evening. SNR hovered between 17 and 20. Heard clear audio throughout. Believe Dream would have reported high 90s% audio decoding.

7370-3-26-11-2300.png (http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww16/hypervista/7370-3-26-11-2300.png)
Brendan1
26-03-2011, 23:50
The sun is too high here: no decoding again today. Off to 9755 tomorrow, and I expect that will be better.
AF4MP
27-03-2011, 13:24
Yesterday's reception - down - 50.91% audio.
AF4MP
31-10-2011, 14:19
Yesterday evening's reception - 96.28% audio decoded, 16.16 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
03-11-2011, 14:36
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.82% audio decoded, 17.42 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
04-11-2011, 12:21
Yesterday evening's reception - 98.75% audio decoded, 17.06 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
05-11-2011, 18:40
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.62% audio decoded, 16.13 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
06-11-2011, 14:02
Yesterday evening's reception - down - 32.24% audio decoded, 13.54 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
07-11-2011, 11:58
Yesterday evening's reception - tanked - 2.98% audio decoded, 10.91 dB max SNR. :eek:
AF4MP
09-11-2011, 11:38
Yesterday evening's reception - 28.93% audio decoded, 13.70 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
10-11-2011, 12:33
Yesterday evening's reception - 88.42% audio decoded, 16.32 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
11-11-2011, 13:50
Yesterday evening's reception - 29.59% audio decoded, 13.56 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
12-11-2011, 14:59
Yesterday evening's reception - no audio decoded, 17.59 dB max SNR. :(
AF4MP
13-11-2011, 12:35
Yesterday evening's reception - no audio decoded, 16.94 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
14-11-2011, 13:28
Yesterday evening's reception - no audio decoded, 18.18 dB max SNR. :confused:
AF4MP
15-11-2011, 11:28
Yesterday evening's reception - no audio decoded again - both MSC and SDC lights were blank (not red, not green, but blank) 15.98 dB max SNR. :confused:

Wonder if anybody is monitoring the output at the transmitter?
AF4MP
16-11-2011, 12:07
Yesterday evening's reception - no audio decoded again - both MSC and SDC lights continued to be blank - 15.58 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
21-11-2011, 13:33
Yesterday evening's reception - no audio decoded again - 16.79 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
22-11-2011, 11:25
Yesterday evening's reception - no audio decoded again - MSC light blank and SDC being red (see 2nd attachment) - 17.51 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
23-11-2011, 13:19
Yesterday evening's reception - looks like the problem was fixed :) - 96.64% audio decoded, 16.32 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
24-11-2011, 11:17
Yesterday evening's reception - 86.31% audio decoded, 18.24 dB max SNR (including the 2 minute start delay).
AF4MP
26-11-2011, 11:45
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.62% audio decoded, 18.68 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
27-11-2011, 14:43
Yesterday evening's reception - 81.94% audio decoded, 17.20 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
28-11-2011, 13:20
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.73% audio decoded, 18.08 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
29-11-2011, 11:57
Yesterday evening's reception - 82.31% audio decoded, 16.51 dB max SNR (including the 3 minute late transmission start).
AF4MP
30-11-2011, 13:56
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.64% audio decoded, 17.96 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
01-12-2011, 15:18
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.95% audio decoded, 18.47 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
02-12-2011, 12:49
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.81% audio decoded, 17.50 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
03-12-2011, 15:21
Yesterday evening's reception - 95.92% audio decoded, 18.14 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
04-12-2011, 15:42
Yesterday evening's reception - 96.41% audio decoded, 15.90 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
05-12-2011, 15:58
Yesterday evening's reception - down - 65.58% audio decoded, 15.02 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
06-12-2011, 16:41
Yesterday evening's reception - really down - 8.06% audio decoded, 11.61dB max SNR. :eek:

Decoded more audio from the later (1530) transmission to India on 15190 kHz!
AF4MP
07-12-2011, 15:33
Yesterday evening's reception - 89.14% audio decoded, 17.22 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
08-12-2011, 15:18
Yesterday evening's reception - nearly perfect - 99.98% audio decoded, 19.19 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
09-12-2011, 18:30
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.14% audio decoded, 16.48 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
10-12-2011, 15:24
Yesterday evening's reception - perfect - 100% audio decoded, 18.63 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
11-12-2011, 15:30
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.36% audio decoded, 17.48 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
12-12-2011, 13:18
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.12% audio decoded, 17.88 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
13-12-2011, 14:33
Yesterday evening's reception - 96.48% audio decoded, 16.08 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
14-12-2011, 14:16
Yesterday evening's reception - 64.64% audio decoded, 14.04 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
15-12-2011, 13:16
Yesterday evening's reception - 46.15% audio decoded, 15.12 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
16-12-2011, 13:21
Yesterday evening's reception - only 7.24% audio decoded, 11.91 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
17-12-2011, 14:34
Yesterday evening's reception - only 31.28% audio decoded, 12.92 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
18-12-2011, 11:25
Yesterday evening's reception - better - 94.76% audio decoded, 15.01 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
19-12-2011, 14:40
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.70% audio decoded, 19.24 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
20-12-2011, 14:43
Yesterday evening's reception - 90.87% audio decoded, 15.05 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
21-12-2011, 11:48
Yesterday evening's reception - down - 42.41% audio decoded, 16.60 dB max SNR.

I noticed an adjacent channel station on 7375 kHz that probably did not help when the main channel was fading.
AF4MP
22-12-2011, 11:35
Yesterday evening's reception - perfect - 100% audio decoded, 17.54 dB max SNR.

The adjacent channel station on 7375 kHz was still there (2nd attachment) but obviously did not cause a problem in this case.
AF4MP
23-12-2011, 11:26
Yesterday evening's reception - really down - 17.61% audio decoded, 12.92 dB max SNR.

Severe weather in the area including thunderstorms and tornado's (yes, tornado's in December) did not help. :eek:
simone
23-12-2011, 20:36
Some audio decoded last nigth, actually my best results in weeks.
Simone
AF4MP
24-12-2011, 15:34
Yesterday evening's reception - what happened :confused: - no audio decoded, 8.69 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
24-12-2011, 22:59
This evening's reception - better - 74.35% audio decoded, 15.66 dB max SNR.

Wesołych Świąt!

A Merry Christmas to all!
AF4MP
26-12-2011, 15:21
Yesterday evening's reception - 57.10% audio decoded, 14.83 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
27-12-2011, 14:10
Yesterday evening's reception - 70.39% audio decoded, 16.66 dB max SNR.
Sixten
27-12-2011, 14:43
Strong and perfect signal. S9+30db and SNR 28db :)
AF4MP
28-12-2011, 15:06
Yesterday evening's reception - 88.12% audio decoded, 18.04 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
29-12-2011, 14:50
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.52% audio decoded, 17.59 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
30-12-2011, 11:30
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.53% audio decoded, 17.48 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
31-12-2011, 14:34
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.88% audio decoded, 18.10 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
01-01-2012, 14:32
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.04% audio decoded, 16.08 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
02-01-2012, 14:30
Yesterday evening's reception - 84.59% audio decoded, 15.12 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
04-01-2012, 14:19
Yesterday evening's reception - 95.57% audio decoded, 15.78 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
05-01-2012, 14:15
Yesterday evening's reception - 94.71% audio decoded, 15.91 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
06-01-2012, 14:33
Yesterday evening's reception - 95.08% audio decoded, 16.36 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
07-01-2012, 11:40
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.94% audio decoded, 17.87 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
08-01-2012, 11:28
Yesterday evening's reception - 87.15% audio decoded, 15.56 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
09-01-2012, 11:36
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.79% audio decoded, 16.73 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
10-01-2012, 16:40
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.94% audio decoded, 17.12 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
11-01-2012, 11:40
Yesterday evening's reception - 98.20% audio decoded, 16.28 dB max SNR.
simone
11-01-2012, 19:34
Some audio decoded last night after many nights without any decoded audio.
Simone
AF4MP
12-01-2012, 11:23
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.50% audio decoded, 18.27 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
13-01-2012, 14:19
Yesterday evening's reception - almost perfect - 99.99% audio decoded, 18.75 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
14-01-2012, 14:21
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.85% audio decoded, 19.09 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
15-01-2012, 14:19
Yesterday evening's reception - almost perfect - 99.99% audio decoded, 18.92 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
16-01-2012, 14:12
Yesterday evening's reception - perfect - 100% audio decoded, 19.14dB max SNR. :D
AF4MP
17-01-2012, 15:54
Yesterday evening's reception - 89.50% audio decoded, 14.59 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
18-01-2012, 14:14
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.98% audio decoded, 19.67 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
19-01-2012, 15:14
Yesterday evening's reception - 78.99% audio decoded, 14.59 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
20-01-2012, 14:15
Yesterday evening's reception - perfect - 100% audio decoded, 18.40 dBmax SNR.
AF4MP
21-01-2012, 11:33
Yesterday evening's reception - 81.32% audio decoded, 14.99 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
24-01-2012, 11:27
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.91% audio decoded, 18.21 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
26-01-2012, 14:19
Yesterday evening's reception - perfect - 100% audio decoded, 18.40 dBmax SNR.
AF4MP
27-01-2012, 11:26
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.92% audio decoded, 17.78 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
28-01-2012, 14:13
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.68% audio decoded, 16.96 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
31-01-2012, 14:20
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.83% audio decoded, 17.31 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
01-02-2012, 11:20
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.90% audio decoded, 17.06 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
02-02-2012, 14:29
Yesterday evening's reception - 92.94% audio decoded, 14.93 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
03-02-2012, 11:20
Yesterday evening's reception - perfect - 100% audio decoded, 17.86 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
04-02-2012, 12:19
Yesterday evening's reception - 98.01% audio decoded, 19.28 dB max SNR.

Looks like some transmitter gremlins showed up.
AF4MP
05-02-2012, 12:54
Yesterday evening's reception - down - 57.77% audio decoded, 14.44 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
06-02-2012, 14:18
Yesterday evening's reception - 18.71% audio decoded, 13.79 dB max SNR. With some transmitter anomalies.
AF4MP
07-02-2012, 14:23
Yesterday evening's reception - 53.91% audio decoded, 15.11 dB max SNR. Apparently with continuing transmitter problems.
AF4MP
08-02-2012, 11:14
Yesterday evening's reception - 22.20% audio decoded, 13.25 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
09-02-2012, 11:44
Yesterday evening's reception - 95.89% audio decoded, 17.15 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
10-02-2012, 15:03
Yesterday evening's reception - 84.58% audio decoded, 14.52 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
11-02-2012, 11:55
Yesterday evening's reception - 85.28% audio decoded, 16.87 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
12-02-2012, 15:05
No signal received yesterday.
AF4MP
13-02-2012, 16:11
No signal received yesterday.
AF4MP
14-02-2012, 11:40
No signal received yesterday.
AF4MP
15-02-2012, 14:22
No signal received yesterday.
AF4MP
16-02-2012, 13:34
No signal received yesterday.
AF4MP
17-02-2012, 11:53
No signal received yesterday.
AF4MP
18-02-2012, 14:42
No signal received yesterday.
AF4MP
23-02-2012, 11:24
What has happenned to this transmission? No signal for many days.
AF4MP
09-03-2012, 11:47
Yesterday evening's reception - 45.05% audio decoded, 14.33 dB max SNR.

Nice to see Vatican Radio back on air!
AF4MP
10-03-2012, 14:13
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.68% audio decoded, 18.03 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
11-03-2012, 11:24
Yesterday evening's reception - 88.47% audio decoded, 15.97 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
13-03-2012, 11:19
Yesterday evening's reception - 92.82% audio decoded, 17.27 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
15-03-2012, 11:21
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.98% audio decoded, 20.26 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
16-03-2012, 11:57
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.61% audio decoded, 18.15 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
17-03-2012, 22:55
Yesterday evening's reception - 81.6% audio decoded, 14.90 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
19-03-2012, 11:36
Yesterday evening's reception - 95.20% audio decoded, 16.51 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
20-03-2012, 11:42
Yesterday evening's reception - 64.73% audio decoded, 16.88 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
21-03-2012, 12:16
Yesterday evening's reception - 99.95% audio decoded, 17.87 dB max SNR.
Digger
22-03-2012, 05:35
Some reception in Stockholm although not in the target area. The best reception was with "First Peak" in "Time Sync Tracking". The SDC lamp was yellow during the transmission.
AF4MP
22-03-2012, 14:16
Yesterday evening's reception - 98.97% audio decoded, 17.37 dB max SNR.
AF4MP
23-03-2012, 14:01
Yesterday evening's reception - 83.37% audio decoded, 16.57 dB max SNR.