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Hi all,
last night Vatican Radio was logged with a DRM transmission on 1611 kHz in Southern Germany.
See screenshot.
73, Klaus
Hello Baldo34,
1611 is a nice clear frequency in the UK. I'll try listening this evening.
Regards,
dabman
Gatwick, England.
Hello dabman,
the station is on air right now.
See screenshot.
73, Klaus
Their analogue transmissions end at 21 UTC, maybe they switch direclty to DRM mode after.
Indeed, they started the DRM transmission shortly after 21 UTC. But I think that they should use mode B instead of mode A. Mode A is only for groundwave reception. Absolute clear frequency. Dropouts caused by fading due to mode A. What power has got the transmitter?
Hi all,
Here is my report on 1611 KHz test tonight. Reception was steady but broken up audio most of the 50 odd minutes.
Signal was enough for positive ID service data and text messages. Hoping for another test transmission tomorrow night.
Hi,
Thanks Klaus for pointing out this frequency which I hadn't noticed in the schedule.
Rather variable results for me also though.
regards
Bob
Hi all,
Conditions slightly better here in Scotland tonight on 1611 kHz compared to yesterday. Enjoyed 10 minutes of stable audio then
started to dropout.
Here are my results from last night.
@MarkT
Plese use the new drmtx.txt file for DRMcalc (look in General Topics) Then we could see your distance from the tx.
Hi Carsten,
Many thanks for the info. I wondered why the Tx distance data only worked sometimes. Still on the learning curve, LOL.
Here is my report on 1611 kHz tonight. Much the same as other nights with occassionally good audio.
Dear All,
I tried Vatican Radio on 1611 kHz from 21h - 22h GMT last night (31.03.2004). First I used the Fraunhoffer sofwtare and, although I got a clear DRM waveform, NONE of the light went green and the SNR was 0dB.
I tried version 1.0.21, 1.0.34 and the currrent version. No joy. As a last resort I tried DReaM and guess what, it decoded the DRM signal with a max dB of 17.8. I received audio in a five minute burst (Italian) before 21h30. Then it started dropping out.
Anyone else had problems with the Fraunhoffer s/w or was my laptop playing up?
dabman
Horley, Surrey
England
Ten Tec RX320D + AOR LA350 + Sony PCG F807K
tradio99
01-04-2004, 20:26
31.03.2004 21.-22.UTC reception results
Vladimir
Liepaja
Latvia
FritzWue
04-04-2004, 23:19
On the longwire tonight, will try the loop soon:
Hi all,
Reception tonight was a world record for me at 47% audio decoded. Vatican radio were playing some classical/opera music at 22:15 UTC which sounded quite good for 18 kbps mono.
Very good reception tonight. I got my highest SNR ever on MW with 28 dB! The sound quality was really good. But I wonder if Mode B and 18.3 kbps would give even better reception results on this clear frequency.
This night there made a dutch pirate station some troble on 1609 khz. But it was quite good to listen to. Made some over hours for easter
Hi all,
here are my results from last night, the same as Carstenīs
73, Simone
Hi all,
Results from last night.
Hi all,
quite good reception on this clear frequency, but no modulation.
73, Klaus
Hi all,
very good reception. I think that this was my best ever on MW. Mode B is much more robust than the former mode A. But there was no modulation, so I canīt say anything about the sound.
Hi all,
Very good reception here in Scotland last night. Mode B was a big improvement than original mode A. I can confirm no audio as well. At one stage I thought I had a problem with my PC.
Hi all,
also good results yesterday in my location, it was the second day in a row with no audio, btw I also got a strong signal the day before (mode A) but stopped logging after 11min because of the audio problem, see comparison attached
73, Simone
PS:
0014 20 146 750/05 0
0015 21 132 455/10 0
0016 23 147 745/05 0
thatīs why my results show max. frames 1500, never saw this before!
Hi all,
Report for tonight on 1611 kHz, about 20 minutes worth.
Certainly Mode B is doing it`s job in this part of the world.
Hi all,
Results on 1611 kHz last night.
Hi,
About 70% Audio with Coding Technologies receiver with indoor whip antenna reception starting from 21:00 to 22:00. Attached DREAM log generated ELEKTOR DRM receiver with similar whip antenna. Despite the bad logged SNR values, the CT1 receiver performed quite well. Channel prediction of this signal processor based receiver appears to be quite efficient.
73's
Eugene
Hi all,
very weak propagation this night. Mode B with seems to be a good choice.
Hello,
here is a local reception of Radio Vaticana on 1611 khz with a PCR-1000 Icom (without modification.. using 50 khz USB filter) and Dream Software, 100% good audio.
Wishes, Andrea IW0HK
Roma
Hi,
last night I tuned in for a very short period, mostly to see how the loop works.
Quite good reception.
dk8cb
Hi all,
very good reception tonight. 1000 km with only 25 kW at night on MW is no problem if the frequency is clear like 1611 khz. I really hope that they will open the x-Band in Europe for DRM.
Also good results with high SNR last night.
Again good results. What about testing a slightly higher Bitrate. For Example Mode B, 16.6 kbps with SBR in mono? I think that this still would be quite robust, but would bring also a big improvement in audio quality.
Hi all,
I only logged the last 10 minutes today. 16.6 kbps sounds a lot better now and reception was perfect.
I logged again only the last 10 minutes, but reception was perfect. But only silence:confused:
Hi,
same problem on 18 May at 21:19 Utc .. good signal but no audio, and also on 24 May at 21:24 Utc.. signal but no audio..
Now i will try to contact Radio Vatican tx manager in Santa Maria di Galeria.. maybe they don't monitor this Drm trasmission.
Wishes, Andrea Borgnino IW0HK
Roma
Hi,
I don't see Vatican Radio listed at this time, 20:10 UTC. But right now I receive them on 1611 kHz. Just around 10-14 dB SNR, Spanish program.
Hi,
This is my report from 20:10 until 20:33 UTC.
Received message:
This is a DRM MW test transmission from Vatican Radio 1611 KHz
Santa Maria di Galeria radio station, (Vatican City).
Very good reception of Vatican Radio on 1611 kHz today. Can not remember signal was so strong before.
Program is still continuing right now as I write this message (2212 UTC).
Ludo
Apologies for starting another thread with same subject!
Anyone know why I got 1611 much stronger than usual last night ?
Hi all,
strong and stable again tonight, see attachment
73, Simone
mitajohn
20-05-2005, 01:25
Hi,
This is the first report of a MW TX, Radio Vatican on 1611. The frequency looks clear. I used the ferrite antenna of the Rx instead of the one on the log's header. There were a lot of dropouts due to fading. Vatican radio were playing classical, opera music which sounded quite good for 18 kbps mono. The programme continued running after the scheduled end of broadcasting.
John
Hi,
a lot of short dropouts due to local thunderstorms with lightning.
Good reception otherwise. Transmission continued after my logging period.
My report shows results from both software decoders.
Roland
Not a strong signal but very good reception.
But why did the transmission end in the middle of a programme?
Roland
Why can't this station try stereo mode ?
FritzWue
09-07-2005, 06:26
Periods with long deep fading, with 1190km distance not comparable to the results in wintertime.
FritzWue
24-07-2005, 05:56
100% cda and 30.0 dB for five hours!
FritzWue
01-08-2005, 06:25
Quite good here also. I changed the position of my loop, so I cannot say if this cause the rise in SNR at 22:00 UTC or if something on 1602 kHz went off the air then.
FritzWue
12-08-2005, 05:55
I've seen them doing better here, but I think I am just a little out of their target area. :D
FritzWue
14-08-2005, 07:45
Vatican's DRM schedule mean no schedule in reality. You never know when they switch on/off, but good results anyway. :rolleyes:
FritzWue
18-08-2005, 23:43
Tonight sometimes interference, but generally good:
Hi,
a high local noise level together with fading and a not so strong signal caused a few problems.
Roland
FritzWue
20-08-2005, 21:13
Yes, it is mono, tonight's screenshot:
FritzWue
21-08-2005, 07:22
Can't be too good every night.
There were slow long fading periods when interference from 9kHz down (Spain) was a problem.
At 20:37 UTC I switched from the wire to the loop, but could not find a good position for it.
Hi all,
strong signal from 2040, good results, see attachment
73, Simone
Just a short report.
Roland
Just a short report.
A strong signal tonight.
Roland
FritzWue
22-08-2005, 22:15
Same here, short report, strong signal.
The dropout was caused by a local dutch a.m. pirate on frequency.
EDIT: I used the wire antenna, not the loop, label in DRMcalc is wrong.
mitajohn
22-08-2005, 23:14
Hi all,
That's the tonight's result, strong signal with fading.
John
Quite good tonight.
Roland
Hi,
reception was again not bad. Nice audio.
Roland
Hi,
just a 14 minute report.
Roland
Hi all,
quite good again this evening, using the SW7600GR/ ferrite antenna, see attachment
73, Simone
Good signal, perfect reception.
Roland
mitajohn
30-08-2005, 23:14
Hi all,
This is the tonight's result. At the last 15 mins the reception got better.
John
mitajohn
31-08-2005, 23:30
Hi all,
This is the tonight's result, better than yesterday's.
John
FritzWue
03-09-2005, 23:55
Driving home from today's amateur radio fieldday:
mitajohn
05-09-2005, 01:09
Hi all,
This is the tonight's result.
John
mitajohn
08-09-2005, 23:12
Hi all,
Here it is the tonight's result. A typical one.
John
mitajohn
09-09-2005, 23:13
Hi all,
Yesterday's result was better.
John
Hi,
the later, the better.
Roland
Is there a real schedule for this transmission?
Yesterday, transmission seemed to continue through the night (see report above), today transmission ended 10 minutes after midnight local time (22:10 UTC). On some days, there are no transmissions at all. I wonder what system is behind this all.
Roland
Hi,
Yes, I'm also confused about the schedule from Vatican R. I picked up a transmission already at 20:15 UTC on 1611 kHz. Quite a distance, 2000 km, so it's not a reliable reception.
Today, transmission ended again at 22:10 UTC.
However, there is now a strong DRM signal from Vatican Radio on 1530 kHz.
Roland
FritzWue
30-09-2005, 10:32
Good reception at first, but later at daytime the signal level was too low and Radio Waddenzee in Harlingen NL on 1602 khz AM too strong.
FritzWue
01-10-2005, 07:22
Good overnight reception although the impulse response at 04:00 UTC looked bad like in winter time.
FritzWue
01-10-2005, 12:12
...a latecomer on the vertical:
FritzWue
01-10-2005, 12:14
With detuned filter against interference from 1602kHz some signal even at noon 12:30 local time.
Good reception - there is no interference on 1611
Bernd, DF9RB
After no DRM signal could be received on 1530 kHz, I tuned to 1611 kHz where nice medieval music was broadcast. Transmission ended too soon.
Aaaah, but there you are on 1530 kHz again!
Roland
Why are they using 1530 now ? Shame they can't use stereo mode !
Originally posted by DRM-Fan
Shame they can't use stereo mode !
I rather prefer to receive them in reasonably nice sounding mono than in reduced quality stereo which is rich in audible artefacts.
Roland
Perfect with nice audio quality, much better audio than 1530 kHz to which I am tuned at the moment with its higher bitrate but no SBR.
Roland
After a few minutes of a löw audio bandwidth experience on 1530 kHz, I retuned to this frequency and got again a perfect result.
Roland
FritzWue
16-10-2005, 04:45
Peaking high snr:
FritzWue
17-10-2005, 09:45
Winter is coming:
Hi,
A 30 minutes log with stable carrier and good SNR. The programme ended at 2210 UTC.
Terje
Hi,
And a bit of logging from this morning. The signal weakened gradually after sunrise. Of course.
Terje
Hi,
Good at the start at 0645 UTC but the signal weakened after less than an hour.
Terje
FritzWue
21-10-2005, 17:27
Good reception in the afternoon until shut down.
FritzWue
22-10-2005, 10:19
Local shopping tour in 48712 Gescher, five stops, signal finally faded out.
FritzWue
25-10-2005, 16:50
The weakening signal is very susceptible to noise from powerlines and machines.
Driving from 48712 Gescher to 48155 Muenster.
Hi,
Good in the beginning, then with increasing daylight the signal faded out.
Terje
Hi,
Surprisingly good reception this morning. Even at the end of the logging there was enough signal.
Terje
FritzWue
02-11-2005, 15:15
Again trouble with the electric fence of the neighbouring farm. :mad:
FritzWue
03-11-2005, 23:21
Tonight very good signal on the wire antenna.
FritzWue
07-11-2005, 16:22
Good results for this time of day.
Here still problems with the pulses from neighbouring farmer's electric fences,
and Radio Vatican is obviously running reduced audio level at higher frequencies.
Doesn't sound bad.
FritzWue
11-11-2005, 14:59
Driving fom 48712 Gescher to Duisburg via A31, A2, A3:
FritzWue
11-11-2005, 15:02
Driving from Dortmund via A2 and A31 to 48712 Gescher.
Not bad for almost 1200km at daytime in the car with autobahn speed.
Hi,
local noise was strong during the first half of my logging period. From the attached plot, it is easily visible when my neighbour switched his interference sources off. Good reception from then on.
Roland
FritzWue
15-11-2005, 08:15
Deep fading in long intervals typically here at this time of day on mediumwave over long distance:
FritzWue
16-11-2005, 20:45
Driving from 48712 Gescher to 45657 Recklinghausen.
mitajohn
17-11-2005, 23:06
Hi all,
The reception result today. It sounds much better than it looks in the log.
John.
FritzWue
21-11-2005, 13:30
At least I can see them all day long. :D
FritzWue
21-11-2005, 16:32
...and listen to them in the afternoon. ;)
Interestingly, signal strength on 1611 kHz is always significantly lower than on 1530 kHz. No idea why.
Local pulse noise caused dropouts during moments of fading.
Roland
FritzWue
29-11-2005, 21:45
Driving from 48712 Gescher to near 58088 Hagen.
Quite good in the beginning, more problems with high voltage lines in the industrial Ruhr district.
Just a short report. Compared to 1530 kHz, signal was weaker.
Roland
FritzWue
29-12-2005, 18:21
Driving home from Essen to 48713 Gescher via B224, A2, A31.
There were high voltage powerlines running in parallel for many kilometers causing problems until 15:10UTC.
The audio quality was not good, no "close to FM quality", sounds were compressed and with peak clipping.
FritzWue
30-12-2005, 20:08
Driving home from Duisburg to 48712 Gescher via A3, A2, A31.
At first intown interference, then the usual dropout with the high voltage power lines at the A31.
mitajohn
03-01-2006, 22:12
Hi all,
A 35 mins reception result today on 1611 kHz.
John.
FritzWue
09-01-2006, 17:53
Driving from Dortmund to 48712 Gescher via B1, A45, A2, A31:
mitajohn
20-01-2006, 00:20
Hi all,
Here is the tonight's reception result.
John.
FritzWue
23-01-2006, 22:07
Driving south on the A31 from 48712 Gescher. Signal was quite good in the beginning, but then it went down in strength:
mitajohn
26-01-2006, 23:14
Hi all,
Here is the tonight's reception result, a better one.
John.
Hi all,
find attached the result from this afternoon.
73, Daniel
Hi,
Listened to Vatican during the afternoon, and the reception was quite good with SNR >20 dB. A few dropouts due to fading ocurred a couple of times. The S-meter read S7 - S9 with the occasional slow drop to S2.
Terje
FritzWue
08-02-2006, 22:56
Driving from 48429 Rheine to 32423 Minden via A30:
Hi,
The conditions today were even better than the day before yesterday.
Terje
FritzWue
10-02-2006, 22:35
Good reception, sometimes deep selective fading:
Hi all!
I just bought a very big (45 cm) ferrite rod for my Grahn indoor antenna. I tried it out last night on Vatican Radio with the shown results in comparision with my outdoor whip antenna (2nd graph).
So now at daytime I can see ;) their transmissions, at night I can even hear them, but not long enough to be able to follow the program.
Hmm.... what now? I am not able to spread 30m of copper wire in the garden....
Originally posted by Andreas
Hmm.... what now? I am not able to spread 30m of copper wire in the garden....
The question is: "Would those 30 m of wire help at all?"
Why not give 1530 kHz a try tonight? Transmission starts at about 10 minutes after midnight local time. Signal strength on my loop is usually better on 1530 kHz than it is on 1611 kHz.
BTW: The heading above your report says TDP radio 6015 kHz...
Roland
Hi,
Good result, despite the 2000 km distance to the Tx, = CDA 78%.
There was a period when fading caused dropouts.
Roland
FritzWue
22-02-2006, 16:15
Unattended log using just the loop under the roof without preamplifier:
FritzWue
27-02-2006, 19:00
Driving from 48712 Gescher to near Osnabrueck via A31, A30. Spring conditions are coming.
FritzWue
09-03-2006, 19:36
Driving from near Ahaus to near Osnabrueck on the A31, A30:
FritzWue
09-03-2006, 19:39
Driving from near Cloppenburg to ~ Holdorf on the A1:
Hi,
Except for a few fade-outs, the reception was almost perfect.
Terje
A little bit of fading but very good otherwise with quite pleasant audio.
Roland
Hi,
Haven't been here for quite a while, but the reception was very good during the first part; then starting from 0720 UTC I kept loosing the signal at times.
Terje
Hi all,
good results last night
Simone
Hi all,
perfect results last night
Simone
Here are two logs obtained with my newly modified but not yet optimised old E403 receiver.
Roland
Hi all,
perfect results last night
Simone
mitajohn
27-05-2006, 23:18
Hi all,
Many dropouts due to fading.
John.
FritzWue
29-05-2006, 00:17
Good reception with the non directional T-antenna tonight:
Distant thunderstorms caused a lot of short dropouts.
Are DRM transmissions on 1611 kHz always longer on wednesdays than they are on other days?
Roland
Local noise, synchronous to the powerline frequency and coming from an unknown source caused dropouts at the beginning. Later, reception was rather good.
And what a strange combination of technologies: Music from vintage 78 rpm records transmitted via DRM! But nevertheless quite enjoyable! Thanks.
Roland
This is what Vatican looks like to me: no stable signal :(
22375
Rather good in Munich.
Roland
Audio clicks that were present on 13750 kHz and on 1530 kHz on the past few days could also be heard on 1611 kHz today when I checked shortly after 22:00 UTC for a few minutes. 1530 kHz did not have clicking audio anymore, instead they appeared on this frequency. I guess, it's the encoder or the satellite receiver which produces them.
Roland
The clicks have disappeared!
Roland
And here is a report. Excellent reception.
Roland
Great results again.
Simone
There were a lot of fade-outs.
Roland
FritzWue
18-08-2006, 07:52
Audio only at start, still too much daytime attenuation:
FritzWue
18-08-2006, 23:14
Not so good with the nondirectional wire antenna:
FritzWue
20-08-2006, 23:18
...even worse tonight, next time I try the loop:
FritzWue
21-08-2006, 23:12
Much better on the loop antenna:
FritzWue
31-08-2006, 09:21
In the morning now receptions starts to last a little longer:
Hi,
I wasn't aware of the time schedule, but this short report shows perfect results. A clear channnel is what is needed for DRM.
Terje
Hi,
On 3rd September I was not aware of the 2210 UT QRT, but last night I logged until this QRG until (sign off?) 0418 UTC. No signal after that. Perfect! :)
mitajohn
08-09-2006, 22:12
Hi all,
A very short log. I seldom if ever tune in to a station on MW frequencies due to fading and interference but sometimes this TX is received rather good.
John.
FritzWue
11-09-2006, 11:27
Reception in the morning with bright sunlight:
Hi,
My report from this morning from 07 UT until the signal started to fade out. Unfortunately, I did not notice that the 10 dB RF Attenuator was "on".
Terje
Hi,
Quite good signal from this out of band station! ;)
Time: 20:30 - 20:54 UTC.
Result: 68 % CDA.
Hi,
Seems like the staff are unaware of the audio source running at half speed. :confused:
Terje
19th September 0728 UTC
PS: Sound OK 0745 UTC
Hi,
Too much of slow Fading made the reception quite difficult this morning.
Terje
FritzWue
16-10-2006, 20:05
Bad Oeynhausen-A30-Osnabrueck
Surprisingly strong at that time of day.
mitajohn
22-10-2006, 22:45
Hi all,
A rather strong signal but not a good result.
John.
Hi,
A not so good result in the evening.
Terje
Hi,
Two hours of quite good reception from this morning.
Terje
Hi,
40 minutes until sign-off. Good.
Terje
mitajohn
31-10-2006, 16:12
Hi all,
A quite good result until signal lost.
John.
I don't know why, but contrary to the results from others further north, I do often get very deep fadepouts on this frequency. Often, half of the spectrum is affected during such fadeouts resulting in a dropout.
1530 kHz is much better here despite being a not so clear frequency.
Roland
Hi,
Almost 90 minutes, but then the signal dropped to S0. Slow Fading with roughly 4 minute intervals.
Terje
FritzWue
05-11-2006, 23:22
Without AM interference good results also with the wire antenna:
FritzWue
08-11-2006, 16:11
Good mediumwave signal in the car!
FritzWue
09-11-2006, 19:12
Gescher-A31-Bottrop
Was a little late.
Hi,
Only the fade-outs in regular intervals caused dropouts.
Terje
FritzWue
13-11-2006, 17:33
a: Gescher-B525-Nottuln
b: Muenster north-A1-A43-Nottuln
Generally good at almost 1200km distance, typical slow fading.
FritzWue
17-11-2006, 16:12
Ibbenbueren Hoerstel-A30-A31-Gescher
1200km distance with the sun in the sky
Good results last night.
Simone
Hi,
Quite good reception in the morning. Slow Fading caused some dropouts.
FritzWue
05-12-2006, 13:21
Gescher-A31-A30-Bad Bentheim-B403-Nordhorn
Problems under bridges and electrical powerlines at 1200km distance:
The first 2/3 of these 90 minutes were quite good with just a few dropouts due to QSB. The last 1/3 suffered from longer dropouts.
FritzWue
11-12-2006, 19:50
Wietmarschen-A31-Gescher
Much rain all the way, transmission finished just when I was back home.
Most of the audio drop-outs were related to Fading.
FritzWue
28-12-2006, 20:41
Ahaus-A31-A30-Osnabrueck
Weak signal this morning, probably bad propagation conditions, nearby AM stations also sounded very distorted with deep fading.
Perfect results last night.
Simone
The first 25 minutes were very good with rather a strong signal. After 0730 UTC the signal strength started to drop and I had to stop logging.
FritzWue
02-02-2007, 16:55
Filsum-A28-Leer-A31-Gescher
Except for the three fade-outs every 20 minutes, the reception was very good.
FritzWue
24-02-2007, 18:31
Pforzheim-A8-Karlsruhe
mitajohn
04-03-2007, 23:13
Hi all,
My last report was in October 2006. Here is another one not bad.
mitajohn
06-03-2007, 23:44
Hi all,
Here is another result.
petecchiaro
24-03-2007, 08:40
Good reception from Viernheim (Germany near Frankfurt) using Sangean ATS909 with embedded ferrite antenna; indoor reception easy!
Definitely too late in the morning. The S-meter did not budge from zero. Interesting though to see the Audio Spectrum >10 kHz with the 4/64 and 15.32 kbps. Something to think about for shortwave also :cool:
The log is not really worth showing... There was two fade-ins, then I had to quit.
Just to be fair, here is a better log. Had to break for other adventures after just 32 minutes. 100% decoded audio up till then.
As the Sun rises, the slow Fading becomes deeper and the fade-outs become longer.
The reception was very good except for the regular slow but short fade-outs. The deepest fade-out can be seen at 0720 UTC. There was a break in the audio around 0725 UTC for a minute for some reason.
This channel is a very good example of what DRM needs: A channel free from other AM modulated sevices.
FritzWue
09-04-2007, 10:04
Bitrate only 15.32k instead of 18.4k for quite some time now. To me this makes no sense under stable mediumwave conditions as this does not help against the typical problems with either too low fieldstrength or electrostatic noise. Some older source material at Radio Vatican does not need high bitrates, but it is sad to see that the station going for low fidelity audio now. :mad:
Good reception for the first 67 minutes, but with the daylight getting stronger, the signal dropped quickly around 0715 UTC. The SNR was over 15 dB even though the signal into my receiver hovered around +10 dBuV. No decoding below +6 dBuV.
As Snoopy would have put it: "Happiness is an AM free channel".
(no log tonight)
FritzWue
15-06-2007, 15:28
With a lot of thunderstorms I did not expect to see anything at all.
FritzWue
04-07-2007, 22:27
Quite a good result on the nondirectional antenna with all the electrostatic noise tonight.
Yesterday I forgot to connect the outdoor Degen wire antenna with my Elektor SDR (I only had a 5m extension cable indoor, 3,5mm jack), but the results were great, too.
After the meditation programme (2200 UTC) Radio Vatican started a (really nice) classic and rock (?) music programme at 22:10 UTC. Don't know if they extended the transmission hours recently.
Sound quality was like analog: only 5 kHz BW! :mad:
Yesterday transmission ended 2210 UTC as usual.
Very good reception here.
Weaker and weaker with the increasing daylight.
FritzWue
31-08-2007, 00:15
Radio Vatican getting stronger on mediumwave as the summer conditions are over. The signal is about 10 dB stronger with the wires in T-configuration compared to a dipole. The second dip in the diagram was a local problem here.
FritzWue
01-09-2007, 22:06
Getting better....
The first 30 minutes were quite good, then the fade-outs became longer causing dropouts.
Another try from this morning.
FritzWue
21-09-2007, 18:50
A few minutes when entering Bad Oeynhausen on the A30 at bright daylight.
FritzWue
27-09-2007, 12:38
Bottrop-A2-A3-Cologne
FritzWue
28-09-2007, 08:02
Not bad at this time of year, audio quality too low.
The typical slow deep mediumwave fading is the problem,
so low bitrates don't help.
FritzWue
29-09-2007, 16:20
Reception with my two L-antennas in T-configuration, nothing audible (and visible) in dipole configuration in the afternoon. :cool:
DREAM at 5.5kHz center frequency.
FritzWue
29-09-2007, 16:35
A short zipped 64kbps mp3 audio sample from 1611kHz at 15:00UTC.
FritzWue
02-10-2007, 08:17
Not bad at that distance... :)
FritzWue
03-10-2007, 05:03
As good as perfect in the evening
Considering the short antenna, quite good reception for an hour in the morning. Some slow fadeouts, but still 99 % CDA with a 9 m antenna.
Abut 100 minutes, about 95% CDA.
FritzWue
06-10-2007, 10:04
Not bad today, >99% CDA until half past nine local summer time.
FritzWue
06-10-2007, 23:17
Slow fading with deep notches tonight.
FritzWue
07-10-2007, 10:44
Daytime reception at 1170km distance
FritzWue
08-10-2007, 08:08
Good in the morning, first deep fading notch at 10 to 9 local summertime.
FritzWue
10-10-2007, 20:45
Bottrop-A2-A3-Leverkusen
Not bad at that distance, interference from power lines in the beginning, weaker signal to the end.
FritzWue
12-10-2007, 17:46
Borken-A31-A2-A3-Duesseldorf
Quite good reception, but some deep fade-outs towards the end of the log.
FritzWue
13-10-2007, 09:09
That will be a 100% in winter.... :)
Only one fade-out, otherwise perfect reception.
FritzWue
19-10-2007, 22:27
Werder-Potsdam
No good audio quality, strong artefacts audible in the car speakers.
FritzWue
22-10-2007, 08:07
slow and deep fading
More or less the same segment with a couple of fade-outs here in Switzerland:
FritzWue
23-10-2007, 07:51
First fadeouts after 06:30 UTC
FritzWue
24-10-2007, 09:54
SNR slowly decreasing, I need some more radials... :rolleyes:
Actually, I added 7 meters to the 12 meter long antenna during the transmission. But after 0830 the fade-outs became more and more frequent. Still, the result was a 3.5 hours long log.
FritzWue
29-10-2007, 16:13
Quite good in the afternoon until the end of the DRM transmission
FritzWue
30-10-2007, 09:03
again good in the morning
And perfect here in the evening. Only a short log, but anyway.
FritzWue
31-10-2007, 20:40
Beckum-B58-Ascheberg
A not so encouraging report from this morning.
FritzWue
01-11-2007, 09:09
too late for a better result
Roughly one and a half hours of perfect reception in the evening.
FritzWue
07-11-2007, 08:52
Quite good with seven radials now, need some more... :rolleyes:
A bit weaker than normal at the start. Then it was more or less un-attended.
FritzWue
10-11-2007, 10:00
A lot of fading this morning
Perfect during this unattended half-hour log.
FritzWue
16-11-2007, 09:21
At 1170 km distance sometimes stronger than the local WDR 2 Klassik. :cool:
mitajohn
16-11-2007, 14:19
Hi all,
It is almost impossible to receive this TX in the vicinity of a powerfull AM TX on 729 kHz, so I used a 3d order HP filter and got the attached result. Not bad.
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