biteXpress 15896 kHz

[Per]

Hi,

The 15-16 MHz is ideal for DRM transmissions from central and southern Europe to be received at my location right now.
I managed to receive the 100 W Tx in Erlangen Germany tonight. There was two sets of different labels: 'audio service' , 'bit eXpress' , and also bit eXpress News.
No audio, just 6 dB SNR.

[tradio99]

bit eXpress in Latvia today - reception results

[hsseppo]

Hi!

Just noticed yesterday that bit eXpress 15896 kHz was strong enough to decode here in Helsinki. Maximum SNR was 24 dB for a short time. The audio quality was high and all channels available.

1. bit eXpress AAC(24 kHz)+SBR P-Stereo (27.28 kbps)
2. bit eXpress News AAC(24kHz)+SBR P-Stereo (27.28 kbps)
3. bit visuAlity Data Services: MOT Slideshow (4.08 kbps)
4. Journaline Data Service: News Service Journaline (4.08 kbps)

Channels 1 and 2 was sending the same program.

DRM has really many extra values referring AM-broadcasts. Reading news and looking pictures while listening music is fine.


Seppo

[Per]

Hi,

Amazingly good result today from bitExpress, with a SNR peaking at 22 dB!
A lot of text messages besides good stereo signal:

Your radio goes digital!
?????? ?bit eXpress? ??????? ???? ???
DRM Campus Radio - klingt gut!
bit eXpress - Die gute alte Kurzwelle wird digital!

[Per]

Hi,

Also today good reception of bit Express. Listening time: 08:50 - 10:00 UTC.
Result: 86 %!
According to their web page (http://www.bitexpress.de/technik/frequenz) the power is 55 W into a 5/8 lambda antenna.

[Per]

Hi,

Today propagation is just permitting some minutes at the time of sound. But I notice that there also a MultimediaShow: DW Online Journaline.

[mitajohn]

Hi,
I did not expect to receive this small powered Tx and out of the target area. But I did, of course with a lot of dropouts, but when the audio was on, the stereo sound was very pleasant. I think that the 19 meter band is favour to DRM TXs. Look at the log.
John

[Per]

Hi,

Not as good as in November, but the signal from biteXpress was received in stereo. I never managed to get any result from the second service; Multimedia.

[hsseppo]

Hi,

BiteXpress 15896 kHz was 79 % and Journaline 100% Good stereo audio quality.

73, Seppo

[Per]

Hi,

Quick fading today. But overall good result.
Time: 09:35 - 10:35. Result 57 % + multimedia.
I also tested the specific bit eXpress DRM-software. See insert with result.

[Janucha]

bit eXpress in Poland today - reception results

[hsseppo]

Hi,

Bit eXpress in Helsinki today. 79 % CDA, rather good reception.

73, Seppo

[Janucha]

bit eXpress in Poland today - very bad

[Janucha]

bit eXpress in Poland today

[la8uu]

First try on Bitexpress, 94,8% CDA, very good reception and good music too!

LA8UU Chris
Sande, Vestfold JO59DN
IC-PCR1000+Sat.Schneider IF+Dream
3 element yagi for 10-15-20m

[Per]

Hi,

bit eXpress in Sweden today. Time: 07:40 - 08:22. Result: 16%.

[Baldo34]

My fist reception of this station in Central Germany.
Excellent conditions: 19 dB and Audio.
See screenshot.
73, Klaus

[Baldo34]

Very strange conditions today. After a solar radiation storm there is a complete blackout on the lower bands.

[FritzWue]

This morning again strange conditions and sporadic e reflections.
First time I received this:

[Janucha]

raport from 2005.07.31:

[Janucha]

raport from 03.08.05

[hsseppo]

Hi!

biteXpress 15896 kHz today, 70 minutes. Very good stereo audio quality!
73, Seppo

[hsseppo]

Hi

just to show how 100W from Erlangen was today in Helsinki. Strong fading from 0 to 30 dB SNR.

73, Seppo

[NT2W]

Pretty remarkable reception hear in NE USA for a 100W signal. Enjoyed the music and data service- most complete Journaline received here so far (DW 3995 overnight would be better here if it included the data).

[hsseppo]

Hi all,

very good reception today in Helsinki. 96% decoded, max SNR 30.6 dB.

73, Seppo

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

Sometimes I receive this weak signal. Look at the log.

John.

[hsseppo]

Hi,

biteXpress 15896 kHz 114 minutes in Helsinki. 66% decoded.

73, Seppo

[Sixten]

Hi all.

This is grate BiteXpress log from my 10 Cm antenna propagations is very up and down in QSB but from 100 wattas TX its very good 50% CDA from 94 min.

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

I received this 100W station, for a while, with some audio decoding. On the other hand it is impossible to receive the DW 15440 TX which is a 900 times more powerful TX.

John.

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

I received again this TX. No audio I am afraid.

John.

[FritzWue]

Checking for sporadic e before starting my way home, then driving through 46244 Bottrop-Feldhausen. Good audio!

[Sixten]

Hi all.

Very nice day sporadic E very strong signal . biteXpress stabil on S8/S9
So her is my log only 70 min. and 95%CDA. :)

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

Some audio from this low power TX.

John

[Janucha]

Season Es-reflection has been opened

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

This Tx received again this evening for 50 mins thanks to prapagation effect, good sound and nice music with about 12kHz BW.

John

[Digger]

Hi,

The receiver was sitting on 15.896 MHz and suddenly a clear and strong signal appeared with good SNR. The fun lasted little more than 20 minutes to fade out and then another attempt to recover - and it was gone as quickly as it appeared.


Terje

[FritzWue]

Driving down the A31 from 48712 Gescher to Gelsenkirchen Scholven:

[Digger]

Hi,

Strong signal at various times of the day here today. Here is one example.

Terje

[Digger]

Hi,

Suddenly. A couple of minutes perfect reception with a steady signal. But the fun was over after a short while...

Terje

[DE8MSH]

Hi drmers,

here is my very first and very low :eek: result of receiving BiteXpress with 12m wire:

1st 22083
2nd 22082

With no sound :(

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

This "small" station came up of noise sometimes during this 40 mins log with a good stereo sound.

John.

[DE8MSH]

Today better receiving as yesterday:

22103

[Digger]

Hi all,

BX came through this morning with quick and quite heavy Fading. It is still buzzing in the background now at 1010 UTC.

Terje

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

BX received again this morning. Very weak signal with fading and good stereo sound.

John.

[Digger]

Hi,

An M-class flare just before 9 UT killed 13.810 MHz and triggered 15.896 MHz. Fun. But short.

Terje

[df9rb]

Hello,

must have been a vertical reflexion for a few minutes - distance only 51 km.

Bernd, DF9RB

[dk8cb]

Ionospheric conditions are really strange today, I got biteXpress for the first time today. Under normal conditions I am just too close to the transmitter.

Roland

[DE8MSH]

Got a bit of biteXpress

22506

[FritzWue]

Driving from 48712 Gescher to 48653 Coesfeld:

[Digger]

Surprise, surprise! Quite a lot of good sound (and good music) bounced down from 300 km away over the lunch hour.

Terje

[Per]

Hi,

A lot of ups and downs today.
But some audio and text messages were received. I like the idea to present the played record with its text msg:
Es läuft gerade SHARK SOUP / Holy water
and news:
News: Bush, Merkel meet in Baltic Sea resort
Time listening: 07:50 - 08:34 UTC.

[Digger]

Had the radio sitting on this frequency this morning when the signal suddenly improved. I had to leave just before 8 UTC so the rest was unattended. When I came back home the S-meter jumped wildly up and down from S7 to S0 and gradually the signal peetered out. Almost three hours!

Terje

[DE8MSH]

A little bit of bit Express:

[FritzWue]

... a little bit more in Salzbergen, but not for long:

[Sixten]

Hi all.

BitExpress playing good this evning via sporadic E.
:)

[FritzWue]

A good one today, 93% cda over 15 minutes. :)
Short 128 kbps stereo sample attached.

[FritzWue]

Again quite a lot this morning:

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

Some decoding of this station.

John.

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

Not bad results for 45 mins taking into account that this is an 100W station.

John.

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

Propagation games tonight. A pretty good result from this station.

John.

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

Some moments of good audio.

John.

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

Again some audio from this TX.

John.

[Sixten]

Hi.

Big suprice good signal on this freq. 43min. and CDA 91% ok.

:)

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

Not bad for this small TX.

John.

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

Propagation games again this evening. Not bad at all ! Take a look at the impulse response.
(Some dropouts caused by me while testing the loop).

John.

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

Some time periods of audio.

John.

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

Again some periods of audio.

John.

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

Again some audio from this small tx.

John.

[Sixten]

Hi mitajohn.


Her is my report from today over biteXpress in Sweden .

QSB up to S9 . Very good propagation up to 21Mhz today.

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

35 mins with some audio.

John.

[f1tay]

Reception at Paris.
Daniel

[CT1ADT]

hi

today I woke up with optimum sound of bitXpress

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

47 mins log with some audio.

John.

[Sixten]

Hi all.


This i a very big suprice , BiteXpress play like my local FM station . 76min.and CDA87% ok.
:)

[Sixten]

Hi all.


I pickup small part of transmission from BitExpress today.

Log is 13min.

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

A few moments of audio from this small station.

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

About 25 mins from this "mini" TX.

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

I kept logging for about 8 hours (unattended) from curiosity and thats the recorded result.

[Sixten]

Hi all.

My log 50min from BX.

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

A rare result today.

[Sixten]

Hi all.

Small part of signal drop down today via sporadic " E".

[Sixten]

Hi all.

59min. BitXpress today. CAD 83% ok ...

[Sixten]

Good signal from biteXpress today. log 45min. CDA 92% ok.

[Sixten]

Hi all.

biteXpress have good signal today also.Her is 60min. log.

[f1tay]

Reception at Paris.
Daniel

[f1tay]

Reception at Paris.
Daniel

[Sixten]

Log 28min from biteXpress. In Stockholm .

[Sixten]

Very good sporadic " E " on this freq. today.

[f1tay]

Reception at Paris.
Daniel

[Digger]

The problem was, I have no idea when it started :rolleyes:
I only noticed that it disappeared within one minute...
Good music as long it lasted... "SONIQUE / Why" - I wonder too...

[f1tay]

Reception at paris.
Daniel

[Digger]

Two chunks of reception today.

[Sixten]

Hi all.

Log 59min . CDA 92% ok today.

:)

[Digger]

At last I got to enjoy 20 minutes perfect reception from this station. :)

[maxpower]

Hi there!

I can receive Bit Express now (09.15 UTC) with good SNR (25 dB) here in the northwest of germany!

[FritzWue]

Good audio here.
@Stephan: Please send your e-mail via pm for more infos you asked for.
I sent private forum mail to you but got no answer.

[maxpower]

This was really more than a "bitexpress"; it was a "bit-rollercoaster" :D

Evening reception with sporadic (or better say common) E-Layer at the evening with fast and heavy fading (which isn't shown on the graph).

[Per]

Hi,

Little audio, hence no listening pleasure :o

Time: 07:19 - 07:39 UTC

[f1tay]

Reception at Paris this day.
Daniel

[Sixten]

Good signal but no audio, som only 15min.log.

[FritzWue]

SNR up to 25dB but also no audio here, Journaline did not work either.

[Sixten]

Good signal today, from biteXpress log 30min.

[f1tay]

Reception at Paris sunday.
Daniel

[Sixten]

Hi all.

I pickup small signal from bitXpress today. In Sweden.

[Sixten]

Hi all.

I pickup small signal from bitXpress today. In Sweden.

More part 2 !!!Better signal. :)

[Sixten]

Hi all.

I pickup small signal from bitXpress today. In Sweden.

[Sixten]

Hi.

Good signal from BiteXpress today. :)

Log 25min and signal stringth up to S9 .

[Sixten]

Hi all.

biteXpress play in very QSB today.So 31min. give CDAof 34% ok. S5/S0

[Sixten]

Hi all.

Good music this morning from biteXpress. QSB up to S8.

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

Some audio from this "small" TX...Sometimes it comes here "loud and clear".

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

Another log from this TX a lot better.

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

Some fragments of good audio again.

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

...and suddenly 15896 appeared, for 6 mins a perfect result...

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

Not bad for a 100 W TX.

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

Some audio from this TX tonight.

[mitajohn]

Hi all,

E-sporadic for about 10 mins tonight.

[Sixten]

Hi all.

Sommer now in Sweden biteXpress play via sporadic " E ".

[Sixten]

Hi all.

Very big sporadic " E " today. Log her only 76min .CDA 88%ok :eek:

[Digger]

Hm, too near to this TX, but some flutter rained down on me too for a short period of time.

[Sixten]

Sporadic " E " today also.

[drmdab]

Right now, I get some data of the biteXpress from Erlangen.

[Digger]

Two bursts of music, but it was very short...

[Sixten]

Hi all.

biteXpress can never bee stop !!!

[Sixten]

Hi all.

Strong signal from biteXpress via sporadic " E " today up to S8 .

Log 30min.

[Digger]

I spotted biteXpress several times today trying out some different antenna configurations and 12 kHz shield wire ground connections between the laptop annd the Roadstar.

This log is just 4 minutes just for fun.

[Digger]

Sporadic E this afternoon here at 59 deg N in my Summer QTH. Very little audio though.

PS: At the time of writing (2015 UTC) things are getting awesome! Strong Es !! Lots of music now! 2nd log later... 26 minutes anyway...

[Digger]

When I came in this afternoon, 15896 was active. The 78 minutes long log produced very little audio, but this QRP station never stops surprising us up here!!

:)

[Digger]

Some Express Bits today too...

[Digger]

I got some bits and pieces again today from this Old Faithful... Amazing what little power can produce ...

[Sixten]

Hi all.

biteXpress play today via sporadic " E " . Log 30min. CDA 76% ok.

[Sixten]

Good music from biteXpress today. Log 60min.

[Digger]

Oh! biteXpress is a seldom seen and even less heard station here. I am only 300 km from the transmitter. It came suddenly and disappeared after only 10 minutes.

[Sixten]

Small part of biteXpress play her today.

[drmdab]

biteXpress is now broadcasting 24/7 as well on 909 kHz. They are using 100 Watts on the Dillberg transmitter site of Bayrischer Rundfunk.

[Sixten]

Hi all.

Signal via sporadic " E " today :confused: :confused:

[andimik]

9 kHz BW (according to your screenshot)?

[Sixten]

Hi all.

9 kHz BW (according to your screenshot)? Yes BX transmitt in 9Khz BW.

Her log 53min !!!!

[Per]

Hi,

Gave the special SW from bit eXpress a try today. Three separate services, but no audio due to low SNR. Also fairly short bursts of detected signal, time: 12:45 UTC. ;)

[Sixten]

Hi all.

First day this sommer signal via sporadic " E " .Signal stringth up to S8.

[drmdab]

Now here with 14 kbps and deep fading.

[Digger]

No sound but the signal was seen in the morning here already.

...and in the evening again...

[Digger]

Some BX activity this morning too.

[Digger]

Quite active today this little TX. Here is one of the logs:

[Digger]

Just for fun I let Dream log when we were out.

[Per]

Hi,

bit eXpress was visible this morning with two active services; audio and Journaline, the third, EPG was not active.
However, reception was quite sporadic ;) hence hardly any audio.
Time: 07:50-08:20 UTC.

[f1tay]

Reception at Paris at night.
Daniel

[Digger]

An unusual sight (and sound) here today around 0615 UTC.

[Digger]

A truly "digital" (!) transmission... :rolleyes: