lunedì 24 dicembre 2018

Log NDR special Christmas Gruss an Bord

GERMANY  [and not, -- AUSTRIA/ARMENIA/FRANCE]
Today 19-23 UT NDR Hamburg on shortwave Relay.

NDR Christmas "Gruss an Bord" or "Greeting abroad" on Dec 24

1900-2100 on  6030 ERV 100 kW / 305 deg to We/Central Europe
1900-2100 on  6080 NAU 125 kW / 250 deg to Northern Atlantic
1900-2100 on  9740 NAU 125 kW / 130 deg to Indian Ocean West
1900-2100 on  9570 MOS 100 kW / 115 deg to Indian Ocean East
1900-2100 on  9800 ISS 250 kW / 148 deg to Indian Ocean/SoAf
1900-2100 on 11650 ISS 250 kW / 195 deg to Southern Atlantic

2100-2300 on  6145 NAU 125 kW / 250 deg to Northern Atlantic
2100-2300 on  6155 ERV 100 kW / 305 deg to We/Central Europe
2100-2300 on  9590 ISS 250 kW / 148 deg to Indian Ocean/SoAf
2100-2300 on  9650 MOS 100 kW / 115 deg to Indian Ocean East
2100-2300 on  9720 NAU 125 kW / 130 deg to Indian Ocean West
2100-2300 on  9830 ISS 250 kW / 195 deg to Southern Atlantic

Listened in remote Nordwest Ireland Perseus SDR
far away of the transmission broadcast center,
confirmed on other remote SDR installation in
Holland, Northwestern Germany, Bavaria and Austria.

6030 19.15 UT >> MUCH OVERMODULATED <<, S=9+35dB strength,
total BUZZ "Money Back kind" transmission,
not_quality by FMO MBR Cologne, ref Yerevan GAVAR Armenia relay outlet,
very bad ex-USSR TX and antenna performance.
Maybe via the 8 dipole row vertically
former Sowjet Union antennna installation at Gavar ?
BUZZ strings 150, 300, 450, and 600 Hertz visible on screen both sidebands.

6080 excellent Audio quality like hi-fi, 19.17 UT S=9+40dB

9570 backlobe of Near East target antenna too, S=9+20dB

9740 S=9+40dB also some NE/ME backlobe, at 19.58 UT little
adjacent channel QRM from CRI Urumqi in Esperanto language,
scheduled 1930-2027 UT.

9800 the only QRM suffering channel tonight.
S=9+25dB at 19.20 UT, in background
co-channel VOA Tinang in Korean language.
but QRM decreased after 30 minutes.

11650 S=9+30dB signal strength,
wonders listened to a French Chanson music kind on a
German seamen broadcast at 19.16 UT.

Check in NE/ME target at Doha Qatar / Indian Ocean / East Africa:

At 21.30 UT S=9+10dB on both 6145 and 6155{distorted} kHz.

9590 S=9+10dB, slight QRM by 9600 kHz from CRI Kashgar En also S=9+10dB.

9650 S=9+25dB excellent audio quality.

9720 S=9+25dB excellent audio quality.

9830 weak and tiny S=6-7 up to -87dBm signal strength.
Organ music theme at 21.34 UT played.

73 wb  df5sx
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