13840KHZ RNZI

[Mitsuru Ito]

Hi all
This is log file on 13840KHZ.
Signal was strong in Japan.
Starting time is just early in Japan.(5 am)
DE JA2QDX M.Ito

[Alan Johnson]

Well, the schedule on their website shows that they should be on 15720 kHz, but after about 0200 UTC I found them here. I think the Perseus/Dream problems may be solved.

[Alan Johnson]

The schedule on the website has been changed, but I'm not sure the transmitter personnel have seen it. A bit irregular tonight.

[Alan Johnson]

RNZI seems to be still having trouble with the schedule change. I checked around 0345 - there was a nice waveform on the Perseus display, but no audio and no station identification info. :(

[Alan Johnson]

Much better tonight.

[Brendan1]

For my first log of this broadcast I'd say things were still not doing all that well this far north. It might do better as the daylight hours get longer.

[Alan Johnson]

Pretty good tonight.

[Brendan1]

I had signal the entire period, just not enough for decoding! Still, last night was better than the previous night.

[Alan Johnson]

short log tonight, but very good.

[Brendan1]

Dang, nice log, Alan!

Nowhere near as good up here. :(

[Alan Johnson]

I must be in a sweet spot - another solid hour of reception.:D

[Brendan1]

Sheesh, no way can I compete with that! :o

[Mitsuru Ito]

Hi all
I haven't writen report long time.
The signal became strong .
But there were QSB.
DE JA2QDX M.Ito

[Alan Johnson]

Not very good at all tonight. I started listening earlier and the A and K indices were 27 and 4 respectively. Of course, as I'm writing this the SNR jumped up to 17 with solid audio!

[Brendan1]

Not so good, but not bad considering the space weather yesterday.

[Alan Johnson]

Much better here than further north.

[Mitsuru Ito]

Hi all
RNZI changed 11675KHZ from 13840KHZ.
( until next week)
The signal iis strong as good as 13840KHz.
DE JA2QDX M.Ito

[Alan Johnson]

Not very good tonight - it appears that RNZI is switching to 9890 an hour earlier than what the schedule shows.

[Brendan1]

Hmmmm, I didn't get an early closure here. In fact, this is probably my best log so far for this frequency.

[Alan Johnson]

Very good tonight and no confusion on my part about the schedule. Not only good reception but very interesting programming as well - very eclectic.

[Brendan1]

Each night this transmission seems to get better and better.

[Alan Johnson]

I had only less than an hour to listen, but solid copy.

[Alan Johnson]

I got a late start (I checked from 0205 to about 0240 but no signal) but the transmission was good almost to the end, when I assume propagation gave out.

[Brendan1]

Slowly getting better.

[Alan Johnson]

Pretty good tonight - a little rocky at first. Amazing that 13 Mhz does so well after sunset.

[Brendan1]

I've noticed before that 13MHz is an odd band for propagation, and this broadcast confirms that here as well. Sunset is around 2030 hours local (0326Z), so this doesn't get better until about that time. First burst of good signal was just at sunset, and then it dropped for a bit but recovered very nicely before the end of the transmission at 0457Z. :)

[Alan Johnson]

Wow! The dip just after 0400 UTC is from me toggling the bandpass filter in Dream.

[Brendan1]

The last half-hour is the best half-hour!

[Brendan1]

This is the entire extent of the log for RNZI last night: I logged until 0500, but there was nothing else shown after 0330UTC.

[Alan Johnson]

Looks like they decided to quit early tonight.

[Brendan1]

Funny, they shut down on me at the same time! :rolleyes:

[Owdjim]

They went to 11675 after 0300 yesterday - though here they get Kuwait co-channel after they switch off their DRM.

Cheers, Chris

[Alan Johnson]

No frequency shift at 0300 tonight.

[Alan Johnson]

Very good tonight. Interesting how the SNR rises as local sunset (0300 UTC) approaches. The periodic dips starting about 0343 are presumed Perseus/VAC glitches.

[Brendan1]

Not much joy here last night.

[Alan Johnson]

A bit more irregularity tonight.

[Alan Johnson]

Very good tonight - the double dips are where I began to lose sync and then restarted Perseus.

[Brendan1]

Sorry, screwed up and botched getting the logger set up right for the 7th, so no log for that night. :(

[Brendan1]

A good stretch of usable signal last night, better than most evenings of late. Just when it gets nice and stable is when RNZI shifts off to 9890. :o

[Alan Johnson]

I didn't have much time to log, but good reception.

[Alan Johnson]

Another short log.

[Brendan1]

Good improvement at the end of the transmission.

[KB7GF]

Hi Everyone,

This transmission is pretty solid here - even with a small INDOOR loop mounted on the floor next to my desk!

73,

Mark

[Alan Johnson]

Solid tonight.

[Brendan1]

I agree: once the band is in, it's in! :D

[KB7GF]

Hi Everyone,

Not as good here -- in fact, the indoor log from the 10th was better than outdoor log from the 11th!

73,

Mark

[KB7GF]

Hi Everyone,

I couldn't resist trying the indoor antenna again this evening on RNZI - and snapping a photo (see attached) during decoding with the antenna resting on the floor:)

Solid conditions again tonight.

73,

Mark

[Alan Johnson]

Solid here as well until Perseus/VAC started acting up.

[Brendan1]

It was a good evening! Although the band does seem to kick in later here...:)

[Alan Johnson]

RNZI is the new RNW for consistent, stable reception. The mailbag show is on alternate UTC Tuesdays and they have segments for AM and DRM reception reports. Email a report and get your name read on the radio!

[Brendan1]

I just wish RNZI's excellent propagation would kick in a little earlier!

[Alan Johnson]

Good results tonight.

[Brendan1]

Slightly disturbed for me last night.

[Alan Johnson]

I gave up after an hour. No signal at all.

[Brendan1]

If I remember correctly, every other Thursdays there are off-air periods, when RNZI does transmitter maintenance.

They came back up about 0430.

[Alan Johnson]

Apparently no maintenance tonight. Log is in two parts as I took a break to update some drivers.

[Brendan1]

I would say this is my best log for this frequency. Conditions were quite good yesterday.

[Brendan1]

Interesting how the little "wave" of good SNR comes before the band really kicks in: this is not the first time I've noticed this phenomenon.

[Brendan1]

Nothing logged last night, not even a peep of a signal. They did come up on 9890 however with 20dB SNR, so I'm not sure what happened.

[Alan Johnson]

My logging stopped early for some unknown reason, but good reception tonight.

[Alan Johnson]

I just saw this posted on RNZI's website in the What's New section:


Interference to RNZI 13840
20 May, 2008 19:31 UTC

Recently China Radio International began using 13840 kHz. Listening in the South Pacific China’s transmission is clearly audible below RNZI’s programme. It is unlikely China will move and so RNZI will move to another 13 MHz frequency hopefully within a week.


Consulting the schedule shows 13840 DRM from 0159-0258 and 11675 DRM from 0259-0458 from 21 May. It will be interesting to see if reception on 11675 is better tonight.

Alan

[Alan Johnson]

The transmission is only an hour long, but excellent.

[Brendan1]

Thanks for finding that Alan! I'll change my logger to reflect those times.

[Brendan1]

This log just shows how bad the 22m band prop is into here at that time of day.

[Alan Johnson]

Good tonight, despite the solar indices.

[Brendan1]

Not so good here.

[Alan Johnson]

Pretty good - presumed Perseus/VAC dips towards the end.

[Brendan1]

Alan - your log and mine show what 600 miles of latitude difference means, excellent versus mediocre. :rolleyes:

[Alan Johnson]

It took a while for propagation to kick in tonight.

[Brendan1]

Still lagging up here.

[Brendan1]

Somewhat rough last evening.

[Brendan1]

Still rough here.

[Brendan1]

Only a weak analog signal noted on 13730 last night, no sign of anything digital whatsoever.

[Brendan1]

Has anyone noted RNZI on the new frequency of 13730? I haven't logged one data point yet, despite logging for a couple days now. I'm not sure if they are actually on during this time frame.