Radio Kuwait on 15540 kHz from Al Kabd

[MARCEL]

Hello DRM Hdn,

Is curious to your Dream no audio, my Dream is good audio :

http://nsa38.casimages.com/img/2017/...0503585259.jpg

[DRM Hdn]

Hello Marcel, yes it is curious and strange. Don't know why it not works with my configuration.
F1BJB has the same problem if i read his post correctly.

[Digger]

There was no DRM at 1800, so I left DReaM (1.6.1csv) on and noticed that something was playing around 1814 UTC and at that time I started the log. Looking in History it seems like the transmission had started around 1804 UTC. Max. 27.97 dB SNR and only 51% decoded audio. A mostly unattended log. The audio quality was very good when I listened.

[mitajohn]

A partially unattended log. The DRM transmission started around 18:04, before that was AM. I do not know what happened after about 20:20, may be the propagation conditions changed and the signal dropped. Max SNR noticed 35.5dB.

[G4TMV]

Originally Posted by mitajohn

A partially unattended log. The DRM transmission started around 18:04, before that was AM. I do not know what happened after about 20:20, may be the propagation conditions changed and the signal dropped. Max SNR noticed 35.5dB.

Hi John, exactly the same noted here, the signal started to drop and I could see on the waterfall that there was a lot of selective fading on the signal, it started to drop out a lot after 20:20.

Apart from the slightly late start it had been very good up until then. This may have been to blame:


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[Owdjim]

Just a few seconds of decoding here in New Zealand today.

Cheers, Chris

[Braccini]

Excellent DRM service from Radio Kuwait 15540 kHz, between 18 & 21 UTC (15 Jul 2017). Listening in Brazil: https://youtu.be/OZq8gzwyQSM
Please share videos and Keep this Digital broadcast (if anyone on the radio reads). You can always count on the tuning here from Brazil, at least on weekends!

[G0SVN]

There was 99+% decoded audio until the last 30 minutes of the transmission.

15:00-18:00 UTC Planetary K-index 0+. Local K-index 1.
18:00-21:00 UTC Planetary K-index 1-. Local K-index 1.

Planetary A-index: 4. Solar flux: 88. SESC Sunspot number: 58.
Sunset 20:14 UTC.

[Digger]

The signal is too weak here in Stockholm at 1850 UTC. Too high Kp and too much Aurora. No log.

[mitajohn]

A 152 mins log. Max SNR 36.6dB.

[Braccini]

Strong signal. The broadcasting starts at 13h and finished at 21 UTC. Congratulations to Spectrum Manager from Radio Kuwait. There is any e-mail or site's radio?
Vídeo: https://youtu.be/Or89Y-BjV2o

[Digger]

Regarding the TX site, is Sulaibiyah correct? Somewhere I read Kabd. And in Kabd there is a Sulaibiyah road passing by. I found one TX site at 29.513853 N / 47.674414 E in the sandbox. If anyone has a better location than Sulaibiyah then let me know. But the difference in kilometres may not be too different in any case...

[mitajohn]

@ Terje

I found out in my archives this old info:

13620 kHz
47
53
29
16
Sulaibiyah (KWT)

[oh2bfo]

Ampegon press release calls it Al Kabd:
http://ampegon.com/news/?id=80

Originally Posted by mitajohn

13620 kHz
47
53
29
16
Sulaibiyah (KWT)

The same coordinates can also be found here:
http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/terrestr...ables/site.txt

KBD KABD                           KWT 29N16 047E53

But it's probably not the correct location. This place looks better:
https://www.google.com/maps/@?api=1&...emap=satellite

(The coordinates Terje found point to IBB's Kuwait TX station.)

[G0SVN]

There was only 64% decoded audio during the transmission.

15:00-18:00 UTC Planetary K-index 6-. Local K-index 5.
18:00-21:00 UTC Planetary K-index 6. Local K-index 5.

Planetary A-index: 4. Solar flux: 88. SESC Sunspot number: 34.
Sunset 21:13 UTC.