DRM from CBC (9800 kHz from Sackville)

[chemclouds]

ALL BROADCASTS ARE IN COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME. UTC

VATICAN RADIO------!9:57 TO 20:30
RADIO NETHERLANDS------20:30 TO 21:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------21:00 TO 22:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------22:00 TO 22:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------22:30 TO 23:00
BBC WORLD SERVICE------23:00 TO 23:58

[chemclouds]

The text message transmitted on 9800 indicated a DRM transmission on 6010 beginning at 00:00. It is now 00:28 UTC. There is no DRM transmission on this freq. What`s up ?
Carl

[chemclouds]

ALL BROADCASTS ARE IN COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME. UTC

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:00 TO 01:57

[VE3MEO]

Thumbs up - solid through to the last 8 minutes on the little vertical. The G5RV was solid for almost the first 3 hours.

73, Tom

[VE3MEO]

Not so good but surprising... the vertical J-Pole outperformed the horizontal G5RV for most of the hour. Longest acceptable period - 1st 20 minutes at 99.8%.

73, Tom

[Alan Johnson]

Nothing on 6010 kHz at 0400 October 31 either - maybe tomorrow night?

Alan

[chemclouds]

ALL BROADCASTS ARE IN COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME. UTC

DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------22:05 TO 22:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------22:30 TO 23:00
BBC WORLD SERVICE------23:00 TO 23:59

[dk8cb]

Hi,

a lot of interference from above and below. No audio decoded as a result.

Roland

[VE3MEO]

Near perfect reception on the 2m J-Pole and no-AGC DX-394A for 3 hours! A lot worse with the 104' G5RV and DX-394B with AGC.

73, Tom

[VE3MEO]

Originally posted by VE3MEO
Near perfect reception on the 2m J-Pole and no-AGC DX-394A for 3 hours! A lot worse with the 104' G5RV and DX-394B with AGC.

73, Tom

First use of DReaM 1.1.4c - the graphic logging of various parameters is great! Here's a slice from the above logging period that effectively shows how the guard band violations were pretty common off the G5RV antenna - lower histogram always crowding the 5.31ms maximum allowed. The upper histogram shows the delay off the 2m J-Pole, well below the max most of the time.

The period must cover 21:53-22:08 UTC based on the 5:08 PM EST system time. It would be useful for screen shots if the DReaM display included the current date/time. And even more useful if there was a written log for longer period graphing and analysis.

73, Tom

[dk8cb]

Originally posted by VE3MEO
It would be useful for screen shots if the DReaM display included the current date/time. And even more useful if there was a written log for longer period graphing and analysis.


Such a written log already exists.
Have a look at your DreamLogLong.csv file in your Dream folder. There also exists an Excel macro to read it out, see 'Auxiliaries' on the Dream homepage http://drm.sourceforge.net/ . I don't know anything about this macro, since I have not tried it, because I do not have Excel installed.

Roland

[chemclouds]

CBC 6010

ALL BROADCASTS ARE IN COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME. UTC

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:13 TO 00:59

[VE3MEO]

Not so good as 9800. Rx 1 was switched from the vertical to the same ant as Rx2, the G5RV, at 00:17. Longest acceptable audio decoding, 99.8% for 22 min as marked.

73, Tom

[VE3MEO]

I must say that I'm disappointed that the CRI rebroadcast is gone. When I started short wave listening in the early 60's, CRI's ancestor, Radio Peking, was lambasting the capitalist running dogs. What a difference listening to CRI - all the talk about market economies, supply and demand, profit and loss, automobiles and houses - it's incredible how the PRC has embraced capitalism in its own way. CRI has some very enjoyable presenters and commentators. I'll miss their DRM casts.

73, Tom

[dk8cb]

Originally posted by VE3MEO
When I started short wave listening in the early 60's, CRI's ancestor, Radio Peking, was lambasting the capitalist running dogs.
Hi Tom,

and they also had this nice interval signal, which sounded like real DX.
Want to hear it again? I have found this link (http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~RP4N-KWMR/bcl/sound/peking.ram) (requires Real Player though).

We have come a long way since.

Roland

[chemclouds]

ALL BROADCASTS ARE IN COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME. UTC

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:27 TO 01:58


Shortly after uploading my report for CBC on 6010 I tuned to 6080 and found CBC transmiting on that frequency. That`s strange, because the DRM text message indicates this, 9800kHz 20:55-23:59 UTC **6010kHz 00:00-00:59 UTC ** 6140kHz 01:00-01:59 UTC ** 6010kHz 04:00-04:59 UTC to North-East USA. There was no text message indicating frequency 6080.

Carl

[Alan Johnson]

Well, Sackville made up for their absence last night. I think this is my personal best SNR.


Alan

[chemclouds]

ALL BROADCASTS ARE IN COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME. UTC

VATICAN RADIO------20:55 TO 21:30
RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:30 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------22:30 TO 23:58

[chemclouds]

ALL BROADCASTS ARE IN COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME. UTC

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:00 TO 01:58

[chemclouds]

ALL BROADCASTS ARE IN COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME. UTC

BBC WORLD SERVICE------0401 TO 04:29

[Alan Johnson]

Not as good tonight as last night, but the audio was more listenable than the framerate graph would lead one to believe. BBC to Africa on 6005 kHz was quite strong.

Alan

[chemclouds]

20:55 TO 23:58

[chemclouds]

CBC 6010

ALL BROADCASTS ARE IN COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME. UTC

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:00 TO 00:59

[chemclouds]

CBC 6080

ALL BROADCASTS ARE IN COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME. UTC

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:21 TO 01:58

[chemclouds]

ALL BROADCASTS ARE IN COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME. UTC

VATICAN RADIO------20:55 TO 21:30
RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:30 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------22:30 TO 00:00

[chemclouds]

ALL BROADCASTS ARE IN COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME. UTC

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:02 TO 01:58

[Richard Beales]

Hi,

A weak signal from CBC on 13720 tonight - a few bursts of French-language audio decoded before the close-down at 2000UTC.

[chemclouds]

ALL BROADCASTS ARE IN COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME. UTC

VATICAN RADIO------21:11 TO 21:30
RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:30 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------22:30 TO 23:58

[chemclouds]

ALL BROADCASTS ARE IN COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME. UTC

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:00 TO 00:58

[chemclouds]

ALL BROADCASTS ARE IN COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME. UTC

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:03 TO 01:58

[chemclouds]

ALL BROADCASTS ARE IN COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME. UTC

VATICAN RADIO------20:55 TO 21:30
RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:30 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------22:30 TO 23:59

[chemclouds]

ALL BROADCASTS ARE IN COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME. UTC

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:01 TO 00:59

[chemclouds]

ALL BROADCASTS ARE IN COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME. UTC

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:01 TO 01:59

[VE3MEO]

I missed the dropouts and don't see an obvious cause - good SNR and I thought the delay was good.

73, Tom

[VE3MEO]

Here's a chart from DreamLogLong - don't think it reveals a lot more except that the delay was frequently close to violating the guard band interval.

Originally posted by VE3MEO
I missed the dropouts and don't see an obvious cause - good SNR and I thought the delay was good.

73, Tom

[chemclouds]

NASB 17:04 TO 17:30

[simone]

Hi Carl,
they started with the wrong configuration (par. stereo) and label TDPradio as can be seen in your log, this was corrected about 1706 UTC, no reception in Germany after 1715
73, Simone

[chemclouds]

VATICAN RADIO------20:58 TO 21:30
RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:30 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------22:30 TO 23:50

Hi Simone,
I know, Sackville has been experiencing quit a few problems lately.
Carl

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:03 TO 00:59

[chemclouds]

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:03 TO 01:58

[VE3MEO]

Off to a good start but then swamped with co-channel and adjacent channel interference from 1:15 to end of transmission. Tried with MLC=4 and BPF on, latest DReaM 1.1.4c.

73, Tom

[VE3MEO]

In spite of strong signal, the SNR is running down into the few dB range, sometimes even losing sync, rarely getting audio. Tuned to 9770 kHz AM from RCI, presumably from Sackville, and to other stations in thesame band and noted fast, fluttery fading. Using DReaM in USB mode, this ECSS mode reception is quite decent. The fading distortions much reduced relative to DSB AM demodulation. Another testament to the robustness and tolerance of analog modulation to transmission channel distortions and to its advantage over digital. Of course, there are no labels, text messages, pictures, etc. But, it works.

Can't tell from the DReaM evaluation what the cause of the problem is - no sign of interfering carriers, only great fluctuations in the Estimated Channel Impulse Response delay. Perhaps the most notable symptom of the fluttery fading is the Estimated Channel Transfer Response - the amplitude-frequency curve is jumping all over and the group delay shows lots of ripple and is likewise bouncing all over.

73, Tom

[dk8cb]

Originally posted by VE3MEO
... and noted fast, fluttery fading.

Perhaps there is aurora borealis (northern lights).
Have a look out of a northern window into the dark sky.

Roland

[VE3MEO]

Originally posted by dk8cb


Perhaps there is aurora borealis (northern lights).
Have a look out of a northern window into the dark sky.

Roland

We never see them in the big smoke, Roland. Too many city lights.

73, Tom

[VE3MEO]

Awful continued - got some intermittent decoding. Flutter fading continues on SW-AM transmissions. None of the later Sackville DRM transmissions have been decodable, not even evident on the spectrum display.

73, Tom

[chemclouds]

RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:37 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 23:51

As you can see, I didn`t get much logging done last night. This report is for yesterday.
Carl

[chemclouds]

I have been unable to receive CBC on any of their DRM frequencies. So, I must say, I have no report.
Carl

[chemclouds]

15:03 TO 17:30

I don`t know what`s going on here. Opera and Classical Music? :confused:

[chemclouds]

RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:11 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 00:59

I guess the above is correct - I wasn`t listening.
Carl

[chemclouds]

I`m unable to decode this DRM transmission.
There is an AM station on this frequency, causing interference.
Carl

[chemclouds]

RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:30 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 23:36

At 23:36 this transmission crashed, big time!
Look at this report.
Carl

[chemclouds]

I have no log to upload for this frequency.
I can`t get good reception at this time, for some unknown reaon.
Carl

[chemclouds]

I can`t receive a decent signal from any of the above frequencies anymore. I don`t know why. Maybe it is sunspot activity, solar flares, magnetic storms, chemtrails or (H.A.A.R.P.) High Frequency Active Aural Research Project. Heck, I don`t know exactly. Until conditions improve, I will not be submitting reception reports for the above frequencies. I`ll be monitoring though.
Carl

[chemclouds]

Maybe the answer is here.

[chemclouds]

VATICAN RADIO------20:55 TO 21:30
RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:30 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 22:46

I am cutting things a little short for this frequency. I was listening to a Numbers Station, on a Yaesu VR-500. I am now going to check it out on the ICOM rcvr. By the way, good results on this freq. tonight. 99.7%.
Carl

[chemclouds]

00:01 TO 01:58

As I stated earlier, reception is not good on these frequencies at this time, on 6010 and 6080. I don`t like sending crummy reports, but it will show how reception is right now on this freq. Until it clears up, I will not be sending any more. That also includes 6080. :mad:
Carl

[VE3MEO]

Pretty shaky conditions. Worse on 6080 with co-channel QRM.

73, Tom

[chemclouds]

NASB 17:00 TO 17:48

I wonder what happened to this broadcast.

[chemclouds]

21:37 TO 23:11

[chemclouds]

21:17 TO 23:59

Reception was good until 23:03, and then It suddenly bit the dust.
Carl

[chemclouds]

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:00 TO 01:58

The magnetic storms must be decreasing. I also had half decent reception on 6010, but I forgot to push the record button.
Carl

[chemclouds]

VATICAN RADIO------20:17 TO 21:30
RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:30 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 22:48

I don`t know what happened after 22:48

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:00 TO 00:58

[chemclouds]

RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:30 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 23:58

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:03 TO 00:58

[chemclouds]

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:00 TO 01:58

I haven`t been able to receive this freq. for a few days, until now.
It`s not very good, but I did decode over 70%.
Carl

[chemclouds]

VATICAN RADIO------21:00 TO 21:30
RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:30 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 23:58

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:00 TO 00:59

[chemclouds]

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:01 TO 01:58

[chemclouds]

VATICAN RADIO------20:55 TO 21:30
RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:30 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 00:00

This broadcast bit the dust at 22:56.

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:02 TO 00:58

[chemclouds]

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:00 TO 01:59

[chemclouds]

DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:05 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 23:58

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:00 TO 00:59

[chemclouds]

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:02 TO 01:59

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------04:02 TO 04:58

[chemclouds]

TDPradio 16:00 TO 17:00

The audio was in mono, that is the why I am posting it here.
The audio quality was not good. It had to much midrange.
Here is my report.
Carl

[chemclouds]

NASB 17:00 TO 17:28

[lmaes]

Hi Carl,

We are sorry to hear that the TDPradio broadcast was in mono. We will have to talk to the people in Sackville to find out why.

Strange also that audio quality was not so good. The original source looks OK. Could it be because of the missing stereo? Was SBR activated?

And was the TDPradio test message present?

Ludo

[chemclouds]

Ludo,
I think this will answer your questions, except for the audio having too much midrange.

Ludo, although the transmission was not is stereo that should have no effect on the midrange being boosted. If you are fimilar with analogue SCPC received direct from a satellite without processing, that`s what it sounded like.
Here is a shot of the spectrum scope.
Carl

[VE3MEO]

Here's my log covering part of TDPradio and all of NASB. I was not monitoring in stereo and was occupied elsewhere much of the time so can't comment on Carl's observations. What little I did hear of TDPradio sounded normal for the type of music but, since the instruments are not natural and the music unfamiliar, it's hard to say anything about the tonal quality.

Propagation here was poor - weak signal, much of the time below S3, large swings in strength, and the vertical uncharacteristically did not outperform the horizontal antenna.

73, Tom

[chemclouds]

Hey Ludo,
Look in the file wwwroot. You know what I am referring to. Check out that first file that was uploaded. All those files are still there, I just checked . That is exactly how it sounded.
Thanks,
Carl

[chemclouds]

Hey Ludo,
If you read this message, count on the fact that I will record the next transmission from TDPradio, if I find anything wrong with the audio quality. If I do find a problem I will post it here. I will also upload it in the wwwroot directory for you to check out. I know you know what good audio quality is. I also know that you want the program material from TDPradio to sound it`s best, regardless what the program material is. I do not believe the quality of todays transmission had any problem when it left TDPradio. I believe the problem with the audio in todays transmission originated in Sackville. In the future, if the audio quality of your broadcasts are not up to high standards, transmitted via Sackville, I will post it and you will get a copy of it as well.
Carl


DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:01 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 23:59

[lmaes]

Hi Carl and Tom,

Many thanks for your info on the reception of TDPradio. It is very much appreciated.

We will monitor the wwwroot from time to time.

Ludo

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:00 TO 00:58

[chemclouds]

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:00 TO 01:58

[VE3MEO]

Here's a mainly unattended log. Rx1 antenna was probably the G5RV for most of the time, AGC was on and off. Rx#2 has had AGC mods aimed at trying to get higher avg SNR out of it. Longest sustained audio for 27 min starting 22:40 on Rx#1 - 99.9%.

73, Tom

[VE3MEO]

Again mostly unattended. Longest sustained audio 49 min starting 22:45 99.8%. Transmission ran long by 9 minutes, delaying start of 6010 to 00:11.

73, Tom

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:29 TO 00:58

[chemclouds]

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:04 TO 01:58

Hey Sackville,
I am requsting that you reduce the bitrate to about half of what you have been using. We are receiving too many dropouts on these two frequencies 6010 and 6080. You don`t need this high of a bit rate for voice. Use bitrates this high for good quality music. For example TDPradio on 11900. Bring it down to about 11 or 12 kbs for these two frequencies. How about this, MODE B, 64 QAM WITH SBR at a rate of 13 KBS. Think about it.
Carl

[VE3MEO]

Transmission started late at 00:11. Longest sustained audio (99.6%) 16 minutes at 00:18.

73, Tom

[VE3MEO]

13 minutes at 99.9% off the top then somewhat more variable for 99.2% overall.

Hi Carl, I agree that 6010 and 6080 are rarely as good here as 6140 was through the previous season although tonight was not too bad with one of my radios. High reliability listening has got to be the objective - if dropping the bit rate will do it, bring it down!

73, Tom

[chemclouds]

Tom,
I think all of the DRM broadcasters should make adjustments to the DRM transmissions before going on the air, to flow with propagation conditions if possible. I know that dropping the bitrate will do it. The point is, will they do it.
Carl

[VE3MEO]

Solid for nearly 45 minutes and then died out. Unattended log. On the attached chart, the applicable receiver is Rx#2 in the heading.

73, Tom

[VE3MEO]

Started pretty well - 99.8% for the 1st eight minutes then downhill from there.

73, Tom

[chemclouds]

DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 23:58

There are a few reports above!!
The first 30 minutes was real good, and suddenly, it went straight down hill. High SNR for this transmission. 34.3 db. For what it`s worth, here is the report.
Carl

[chemclouds]

NASB 17:00 TO 17:29

Hi,
Interesting program today. Here is the report.
Carl

[chemclouds]

VATICAN RADIO------20:55 TO 21:30
RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:30 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 00:00

It sounded like the audio quality of the above broadcasts were much better today. If the quality improves, I will go into details on how I think it improved. HIgh SNR again, 34.4 db.
Carl

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:08 TO 00:59

[chemclouds]

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:01 TO 01:58

I am monitoring the audio quality.
My report.
Carl

[chemclouds]

VATICAN RADIO------21:20 TO 21:30
RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:30 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 00:00


This report was logged with AGC off. RF gain unattended.
Carl

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:00 TO 00:59

This log as well, was logged with AGC off. RF gain unattended.

[chemclouds]

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:01 TO 01:58

This also has no AGC. Manual gain preset.

[chemclouds]

RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:44 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 23:58

Here is my report with AGC off, manual RF gain preset.

[chemclouds]

RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 00:00

This was logged with AGC off. RF gain preset.

[chemclouds]

VATICAN RADIO------21:03 TO 21:30
RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:30 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 23:45

The rcvr. agc was off. RF gain preset.

[chemclouds]

VATICAN RADIO------20:55 TO 21:30
RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:30 TO 22:39

At 22:39 this broadcast went straignt down hill. Further reception not possible.

[chemclouds]

NASB 17:01 TO 17:29

This one is also strange. What is so strange is, at 16:00 I could not receive any audio on this frequency from TDPradio. It wasn`t until 17:02 that I begin receiving audio. After 17:02 I received 100% audio on this frequency. Here is the report.
Carl

[chemclouds]

RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:30 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 23:48

I had reception problems due to a station on 9795. I haven`t notied any inteference on this freq. in the past. Who is transmitting AM on 9785 ?
Carl

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:07 TO 00:58

Reception on this freq. for tonignt was not good.

[chemclouds]

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:03 TO 01:58

The reception on this frequency was better than 6010. Not good enough though.

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------04:23 TO 04:58

Why not lower the bitrate on these frequencies 6010 6040 and 6080, so we can have better reception. Bitrates this high is not necessary for voice. Think about it.
Carl

[chemclouds]

00:09 TO 00:59

Reception on this freq. doesn`t cut it.

[chemclouds]

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:04 TO 01:58

Reception was a little better tonight.

[chemclouds]

NASB 17:01 TO 17:29
Another interesting broadcst today. Here is my report.
Carl

[simone]

Hi all,
a really interesting program today, unfortunately not much audio decoding in the middle part (including Jeff White´s interviews on DRM), see attachment
I hope NASB will continue their broadcasts to Europe in the future with programs like today!

73, Simone

[chemclouds]

Hi,
I have not been able to decode any audio on this frequency. Signal strength is down from a usual 20, to a low 7 db. Measurement taken from R75 s meter. Here is a spectrum, and text image. Maybe a magnetic storm, I havn`t checked.
Carl

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:05 TO 00:59



Reception still not good on this freq. Why not lower the data rate?
Carl

[chemclouds]

RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:30 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 23:58

The reception was much better tonight on this frequency, but not good enough.

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:06 TO 00:58

Reception is improving or this frequency. 80.6% audio. A vast improvement over what I have been receiving lately.

[VE3MEO]

Longest interval with 99.8% audio from 00:11 to 20 past the hour.

73, Tom

[chemclouds]

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:13 TO 01:58

This broadcast started at 01:00. However, I started recording at 01:13. This broacast bit the dust at 01:37. Prior to that it was doing quite well. Weird.

[VE3MEO]

Badly broken up, no sustained listening period.

73, Tom

[VE3MEO]

Thought I had posted this earlier. Longest interval at 100%, 21:21-21:39, 18 minutes. Dropout near beginning probably from switching antennas and tuning up. Dropout after 21:38 must be change in propagation - wasn't present - might have been able to compensate with RF Gain.

73, Tom

[chemclouds]

VATICAN RADIO------20:55 TO 21:30
RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:30 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 23:59


From 20:55 to 23:09 I received 99.3% audio. Not bad. Seconds after 23:09 it bit the dust.
Carl

[chemclouds]

RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 23:59

I received good audio before and after the gap. There was a gap of reception lost from 23:05 to 23:18. I do not know what caused it.
Carl

[chemclouds]

NASB 17:01 TO 17:29

[simone]

Hi all,
not bad results during NASB´s broadcast today, but bad audio quaility see attachment
73, Simone

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:25 TO 00:58

I was kinda late starting this report, but reception wasn`t bad.
Carl

[chemclouds]

VATICAN RADIO------20:55 TO 21:30
RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:30 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 00:00

I lost reception at 22:43. Reception wasn`t good anyway.
Carl

[simone]

Hi all,
even better reception than on TDP´s broadcast, achieving 93% correctly decoded audio, see attachment.
But I think we already heard the same show from Cumbre DX at the same bad audio quality last week.
73, Simone

[chemclouds]

Originally posted by simone
But I think we already heard the same show from Cumbre DX at the same bad audio quality last week.
73, Simone


I agree with Simone. Here is my report,
Carl

[VE3MEO]

Lousy propagation on this freq. Unattended.

73, Tom

[VE3MEO]

Great DRM up to last couple of minutes when probably the next scheduled AM transmitter came up. 100% for 32 minutes. Unattended. Testing latest mod to DX-394A - a buffer on the 2nd LO for improved stability with changing RF Gain/AGC action - looking good.

73, Tom

[VE3MEO]

Bad QRM from adjacent channel. This freq not as reliable as 6140 was in prev quarter due to interference.

73, Tom

[chemclouds]

VATICAN RADIO------20:55 TO 21:30
RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:30 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 00:00


Hi,
I lost it again in the ether at 22:47.
Here is the report.
Carl

[VE3MEO]

QRM from Radio Havana Cuba, splattering up from 6000 kHz into the 6005+ region, plus a co-channel interferer, visible on Dream SNR spectrum plot, made for difficult reception.

DRM from Sackville not doing as well into Toronto on any freq as it was in the summer/early fall.

73, Tom

[chemclouds]

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:00 TO 01:58


Reception was near excellent from 01:01 to 01:39. From 01:39 to 01:58 it bit the dust. :eek:
See the report,
Carl

[VE3MEO]

Eat my words... this freq not so bad last night altho' still unacceptable overall decode rate. Achieved 99.6% over first 78 minutes - that's close to acceptable.

73, Tom

[VE3MEO]

Good this time - 99.7% until the last minute or so. Was late tuning in. Wonder if it would have been solid from the start.

73, Tom

[chemclouds]

DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:03 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 23:59


I had good reception this evening. 99.9%.
Carl

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:05 TO 00:59

Reception is still not good for this freq.
Carl

[chemclouds]

China Radio International 01:25 to 01:58

Reception wasn`t good until 01:25. 99.1%.
Much better tonight.
Carl

[chemclouds]

NASB 11900 17:14 TO 17:29

The audio quality was much improved for todays broadcast.
Here is my report,
Carl

[simone]

Hi all,
great results in Germany, informative programme DX partyline. I agree audio quality was better than last week.
73, Simone

[chemclouds]

China Radio International 01:17 TO 01:58

I must be seeing things that are not there today. Far out !!
Here is my report,
Carl

[chemclouds]

22:06 TO 22:58

Late starting on this one. After the first 3 minutes the reception improved. Here is my short report
Carl

[chemclouds]

RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:03 TO 22:44


Reception lost at 22:28 s meter indicates 0 to 1 db.

[VE3MEO]

Late start to log. Started fairly well - 99.5% over 30 minutes then it collapsed just after I popped out of the room.

6080 is looking bad tonight with co- and adjacent channel QRM preventing any decoding.

73, Tom

[chemclouds]

Hi Tom,
Happy New Year to you as well.
I can`t receive anything on 6080. S meter reading 0 db. Software Radio decodes nothing.
Carl

[VE3MEO]

Hi Carl,

Getting S3-S5 here but can hear an AM signal in the hash. So either we have QRM or there is a transmitter fault. Attached is the Dream PSD plot - you can see the co-channel carrier and the lower adjacent carrier.

73, Tom

[chemclouds]

RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:14 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 00:00


Reception lost at 22:57

[chemclouds]

DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:02 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 00:00

Reception was very poor.

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:08 TO 00:59

At 00:49 S units dropped below 0 db.

[chemclouds]

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:00 TO 02:00


Unable to decode. See shot of DRMSWR.

[VE3MEO]

100% for 67 minutes at start - then an interrupt that does not seem to be related to a drop in DRM SNR. 99.6% over first 110 minutes would have been 100% except for that dropout - wonder if it was an encoder error. At 22:45, conditions changed abruptly - only 70% decoding for the last 75 min.

73, Tom

[VE3MEO]

Unusable - no period of sustained audio.

[VE3MEO]

Better than 6010 was but 93% not good enough.

73, Tom

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:01 TO 00:59

I didn`t know left it running this long.
Reception was half decent for a change.

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:00 TO 00:59



I was Unable to decode. Here is a shot of DRMSWR.

[VE3MEO]

Only caught the last 45 minutes of this freq. Pretty spotty. The AM demod sounded like there was lots of selective fading.

73, Tom

[VE3MEO]

A little better in Toronto than Richmond, Carl! especially the last 26 min which rose to 99.7% audio.

73, Tom

P.S. Carl, I see fro your spectrum shot that the DRM sig looks fairly weak and there's a co-channel carrier.

[chemclouds]

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:02 TO 01:59


The signal was pretty good this evening. Much better than I have received in a while. The audio decode was 94.2%.
Carl

[chemclouds]

Hi Tom,
That is strange. You decoded a high percentage of audio on 6010 and I could not receive any audio at all. Good to hear that you are getting very good results.
Carl

[VE3MEO]

Good here, too. Puzzling interrupt midway with no corresponding drop in SNR. An encoding problem?

73, Tom

[chemclouds]

73, Tom

P.S. Carl, I see fro your spectrum shot that the DRM sig looks fairly weak and there's a co-channel carrier.

Tom,
You are correct on the co-channel carrier. It is from Radio Havana Cuba. They have a fairly powerful signal through here occasionally.
Carl

[VE3MEO]

RHC is at 6000, the 2nd lower adjacent channel of 6010. The co-channel interferer (carrier at 6010) is from somewhere else. But I do find that RHC sideband splatters above 6005 kHz so when they are really strong (or Sackville is weak) they can cause a problem.

73, om

Originally posted by chemclouds
Tom,
You are correct on the co-channel carrier. It is from Radio Havana Cuba. They have a fairly powerful signal through here occasionally.
Carl

[chemclouds]

CBC 00:44 TO 00:59

There were transmission problems before I started recording.
This was a strange program and strange music, have never heard before. I kinda liked it.

[VE3MEO]

After a nearly total absence of any DRM transmissions from Sackville today (EST), 6010 was up briefly then 6080 was up as scheduled. Started well - 99.9% for almost half then a steady decline.

73, Tom

[chemclouds]

DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:07 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 23:58. I received
93.2% audio.
Carl

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:00 TO 00:59

I`m unable to decode using a 15 KHZ filter. I am receiving interference from Radio Havana Cuba on 6000 KHZ. Here is a spctrum shot.
Carl

[VE3MEO]

1st hr again probably pretty good - the major dropouts were due to conflicting computer ops. After 23:00, propagation worsened - also some interaction sharing antenna with two radios.

#1- G5RV into DX-394B into 20kHz bw down converter
#2- 2m J-Pole then G5RV into DX-394A, 10 kHz bw and downconverter

73, Tom

[VE3MEO]

Late start log. Good results. Not sure but dropout of audio at 00:50 does not look like propagation - SNR stayed up. Possibly computer op. Both radios on G5RV.

73, Tom

[VE3MEO]

Wow - band tanked around 1:07 - to the point where the s-meter was barely hitting S1-S3. Looked promising prior to that.

73, Tom

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:35 TO 00:58

I was late starting becaue signal level was weak. May I also state I had no broblem with Radio Havana Cuba 10kc on the down side. Here is my report.
Carl

[chemclouds]

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:00 TO 02:00
I am unable to decode. The signal level dos not register. It is below 0 db. Here is a shot of DRMSWR.

[VE3MEO]

99.8% for first 90 minutes then a bit wobbly. The 2nd rx was tuned to 12MHz RNW Bonaire; from 21:30-22:00 it carries the same RNW program as Sackville. The decoded audio level was higher from Bonaire by a few dB but did not sound like it was being crushed - I think Sackville has excessive headroom or the program feed level was low.

73, Tom

[VE3MEO]

99.9% for 1st 40 minutes then a wobbly 93% for remaining 18 min.

73, Tom

[VE3MEO]

An acceptable 99.7% for the last 30 minutes. An objectionable 97% for the first half. Co-channel interferer evident on the SNR spectrum but not apparently a problem.

73, Tom

[chemclouds]

23:13 TO 23:59

For the first 13 minutes I had very good audio reception and then suddenly it went down hill.
Carl

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:05 TO 00:58

The reception was much better tonight.
Here it is.
Carl

[chemclouds]

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:08 TO 01:58


Reception wasn`t good tonight. I also had a very low signal level from 0 to 4 db.
Carl

[chemclouds]

NASB 17:12 to 17:29

The audio quality was not good. I would rate the audio quality as fair. This is the reason. The audio was choppy. There was a fluttering and a buzzing in the midrange frequencies. There was also a hum in the background. Only half of the broadcast logged.
Carl

[simone]

Hi all,
here is my report for the NASB broadcast
73, Simone

[chemclouds]

RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:33 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 23:58

[chemclouds]

NASB 17:13 TO 17:29

Hi,
The audio quality was clean today, however, the audio quality needs improvement. The audio was good for voice but for music it was unacceptable. It had too much midrange and high frequency boost. I have only logged the last half of the broadcast bcause my computer got reset by accident. Here is my report.
Carl

[chemclouds]

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL------01:07 TO 01:59

Half decent reception this evening. A few minor dropouts though.
carl

[chemclouds]

NASB 17:11 TO 17:30

This is a log for the last half of the broadcast.

[chemclouds]

VATICAN RADIO------20:58 TO 21:30
RADIO NETHERLANDS------21:30 TO 22:00
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL------22:00 TO 23:00
DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO------23:00 TO 23:30
RADIO SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL------23:30 TO 23:58

At 22:59 it went straight down hill. It crashed !!

[Alan Johnson]

My first chance to listen for a while - things seem to have improved.

BBC 0000 UTC 6010 kHz

Alan

[chemclouds]

NASB 17:01 TO 17:41


Hi NASB,
I guess it was NASB, there was no identification.
I liked the music but the frequency response was not flat. It sounded to me like the midrange and high frequencies were boosted or looking at it another way, the low frequencies were down. Other than that, the audio was clean and clear.
Carl

[Alan Johnson]

Good results for the last hour (didn't listen earlier, I was listening to RCI in good old analog!)

[Alan Johnson]

Very good today.

[chemclouds]

BBC WORLD SERVICE------00:01 TO 00:59

Good signal but low SNR.

[Rene Schmitz]

Hi all,

this signal made it over the Atlantic.

Cheers,
René

[df8uo]

Hi all,
signal also made it to my location. Result attached.
73
Daniel

[chemclouds]

NASB 17:00 TO 17:28
Hi,
The audio quality wasn`t good, however, I did receive 100% of audio.
Carl

[dk8cb]

Hi,

being up much earlier in the morning than usual, I thought, I'll give it a try, despite being totally outside the target area.

So I got strong interference and no audio but at least FAC and SDC sync.

Roland

[chemclouds]

NASB 11900 17:00 to 17:28

I did enjoy the DX Party Line. However, the audio is still not good.
I`ll upload a sample of it for you. 100% audio received.
Carl

[chemclouds]

NASB AUDIO CLIP

HERE IS A SHORT CLIP OF TODAYS BROADCAST. I AM REQUESTING YOU TO CLEAN UP THIS AUDIO. I HAD TO LOWER THE SAMPLE RATE SO I COULD UPLOAD THIS CLIP. THE SAMPLE RATE CHOSEN WAS GOOD FOR VOICE BUT NOT GOOD FOR MUSIC. I AM NOT UPLOADING ANY MUSIC, ONLY A SHORT AUDIO CLIP OF THE ANNOUNCERS VOICE TO SHOW HOW IT SOUNDED. HOW ABOUT CLEANING IT UP. CHOOSE DOWNLOAD AND SAVE TO DISK.
CARL

[simone]

Hi all,
good results in the last 20min of NASB´s broadcast, great show especially the interview with Jeff White giving information on the HFCC conference and the DRM symposium in Mexico lately.
I think part of the audio problem was that once again they came back after a short break with the settings for TDP (p-stereo) and that stayed for the whole transmission, including label and text messages.
Anyway, I really enjoyed it and would like to hear similar programs on DRM in Europe!
73, Simone

[chemclouds]

NASB

Hi,
The broadcast was late starting. I have no log report but I do have a short audio clip showing Extremely bad audio quality.
Download to disk and run it.
Carl

[chemclouds]

NASB 1701 TO 17:29



Hi,
The audio quality was much better today.
Carl

[simone]

Hi all,
also some audio decoding during NASB´s broadcast, interesting DX program as long as I could listen, see attachment
73, Simone

[simone]

Hi all,
strong signal and less interferences than during the winter schedule, good results in the first 2 hours, see attachment
Btw still wrong label and message text, mentioning TDP Radio
73, Simone

[simone]

Hi all,
strong signal again from Sackville, still using label TDP, see attachment
73, Simone

[tradio99]

Sackville 9800 - now, log from 21.18 - 22.28, without audio

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

This the first report from Athens for CBC. Not very bad.

John

[Rene Schmitz]

Hi all,

some transatlantic DRM today. Between 22 and 23 UTC there is only little QRM.

Cheers,
René

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

DRM from CBC for a while...

John

[FritzWue]

The transmission is not directed to europe, but sometimes readable, problems with onchannel a.m. interference.

edit: threads merged, Simone

[FritzWue]

After 23:00 UTC much worse:

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

20 mins from CBC, thats propagation games...

John

[FritzWue]

Unstable conditions:

[FritzWue]

Radio Vatican receivable here for a few minutes with good rf signal and bad audio source quality until China Radio switched on.

[NT2W]

Just got my system up and running over the weekend, so I'm new to the forum but interested in DRM and what it holds for the future.

I'm wondering if I'm the closest person on the forum to Sackville? I'm only about 900km away, and because of that I think I have some special concerns about the 9800kHz frequency during the Sackville DRM transmission, given the local sunset in the middle of the transmission.

Also, even though the signal is pretty good early on (right now at 2200UT, it's about 12dB SNR and was closer to 15dB 30 minutes ago), I have very sporadic audio. Remember I'm new, but other broadcasters have much lower signals here and I'm able to get audio more than I can from Sackville- do they have a problem with modulation?

[simone]

Originally posted by NT2W
... Remember I'm new, but other broadcasters have much lower signals here and I'm able to get audio more than I can from Sackville- do they have a problem with modulation? [/B]

Hi,
I don´t think there is a problem at Sackville, the reason you get more audio decoded on other transmissions is probably because they are using other coderates, meaning a lower SNR is required for decoding. With the current configuration you need more than 20 dB from Sackville.
As you say the signal from Sackville is strong but SNR is low, have a look at DReaM´s SNR plot and check for interferers.
Simone

[fibber]

Seems like they are testing right now (1630z) on 9800kHz.

I had a few snips of music. 12-15 SNR but little audio.

[NT2W]

Interesting- DRM version of "dead air" right now (2142UTC). 24.2 SNR, no audio coming out of the PC, although DReaM says there should be. Very strange! Good strong sig and good decoding, so perhaps they're testing as you say...

Yes I checked to see if the speakers were on! ;)

Rich

[NT2W]

Audio is back- as of 22:03 UTC.

[NT2W]

Hard to believe NE USA is the target! Here's tonight's results.

Rich

[fibber]

Here are the "out West" results

[fibber]

Wow! The audio was stellar today. Did they change settings somewhere?

Music (in mono) on a cooking show during the Radio Sweden bit really blew me away! The cooking show iteself sounded great too!

Let's hear it for trying stereo :)

[NT2W]

Going to let the software keep logging tonight (no decodable audio as usual), but while I WAS decoding audio at 2130 or so, during what should have been Radio Netherlands' half-hour, there was no programming on-air... just some "dead air" hiss.

Someone fell asleep at the switch?

[NT2W]

OK, here is tonight's 9800 log in the target eastern NAm. The 31 meter band does interesting things, since 9800 seems usable here before sunset, but as sunset occurs the frequency becomes unusable until both the transmitter and I are in full darkness, a dead period of an hour and a half or so. It's been shifting as the daylight hours (and daylight savings time) have shifted.

As I posted, the RN broadcast around 2130 was dead air during the couple succesful decodes.

73
Rich

[WB9OFG]

Started listening at 2300Z with 100% decode and 17-21 dB S/N. Propagation declined enough that the R. Sweden feed dropped out at 2347Z with a S/N less than 8 dB.

Stayed on frequency until about 0015Z, but it didn't come back up.

Maybe I'll get home from work early enough today to give a listen to RNW from Bonaire, which was excellent last time I heard it.

[NT2W]

Very strange reception tonight- exactly at 2130, the SNR dropped tremendously- from 2200 to 2400 no decodable audio at all, then just before 0100 the BBC came booming in...

I know there was some slight co-channel interference from around 00(24)00, but not really noticeable at 2200.

Can't explain the degradation at 2200- unless CBC is doing something...

[VE3MEO]

Originally posted by NT2W
I'm wondering if I'm the closest person on the forum to Sackville? I'm only about 900km away, and because of that I think I have some special concerns about the 9800kHz frequency during the Sackville DRM transmission, given the local sunset in the middle of the transmission.


You are a tad closer than I. I don't have my system functioning at this time and the G5RV is kind of screwed up anyway so I cannot compare directly. I filed a number of reports last year. In spite of being right on the beam, the short distance seems to result often in a very smeared impulse response. The 2-hop and multi-hop paths are often as strong or stronger than the single hop. The calculated DRM SNR suffers as a result.

73, Tom

[NT2W]

Last night (27/28 December UTC) was great reception- I'm guessing because there were geomagnetic storm conditions that kept interference down for the CBC Sackville site- here are tonight (28/28 December) conditions which are again horrible- with interference on 9790 that will not allow reception of DRM here.

[Alan Johnson]

I turned on the radio just after 2300 UTC 25 March 06 to listen to 9800 kHz from Sackville - somebody forgot to set the playback speed correctly - are they still using tape recorders?

Alan Johnson

[simone]

Hi all,
not bad considering the higher bitrate than on the NAB transmissions
Simone

[simone]

Hi all,
rather good results last night
Simone

[simone]

Hi all,
great results last night
Simone

[simone]

.. and again last night
Simone

[dk8cb]

Not enough audio to be able to follow the programme content. There seemed to be a problem with a too low audio volume during part of the Radio Sweden programme.
SNR was often just a bit below what would have been required for audio, a little more signal would have helped.

Roland

[sveron]

Hello to all,

Really good audio quality during the short time I could listen to. Programme about the policy of diversity on Swedish national radio, and an extract of the french song 'Zobi la mouche' :-)

73, de Stephane

[simone]

Very good from 2230
Simone

[simone]

Good results last night
Simone

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

I did not excpect better result, but it was not bad.

John.

[simone]

Good results last night.
Simone

[simone]

Again quite good last night.
Simone

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

A pretty good result tonight.


John.

[AF4MP]

This evening's report (and computer decoding problem fixed)...

The transmitter was started earlier then scheduled.

[DE8MSH]

RCI and DW on 9800 kHz:

22160

Oh, I really got DRM from Canada :eek: :D :D :D

[AF4MP]

RCI (CBC) reception on 9800 KHz this afternoon/evening. There were thunderstorms in the receiving area during the transmission, particularly the start.

[AF4MP]

This evening's report...

[AF4MP]

Today's reception report.

The last four blips on the audio plot do not appear to be random and are probably due to my computer :mad: (which will be investigated).

-Zyg-

[AF4MP]

Today's reception report (until 22:00).

[Brendan1]

Pretty typical reception for me - nothing at first, and then a fair bit towards the end...

[AF4MP]

Today's reception report (until 22:00).