Peter Mott's Kiwi Software Defined Radio
I have mentioned Peter's Kiwi SDR in several of my posts below. It has been available to NZRDXL members only until now. However, the trial period is now over and it is available to all and sundry. The web address is: http://kiwisdr.northlandradio.nz
For other Kiwi SDRs go to http://sdr.hu
The DXing Adventures of a Kiwi living in Asia
Saturday 31 December 2016
A mystery resolved
About 6 weeks ago (mid-November) I was listening on Peter Mott's Kiwi SDR after work, while waiting for my wife to finish her work.
On 1270 kHz there was a US station playing Christmas music - slightly early but nonetheless enjoyable. It didn't seem to fit any format I could find. I had nobody to send a report to. To add to the frustration, every time an announcement was due, the signal faded - such is the lot of DXers.
Whilst preparing the January New Zealand DX Times, I came across a piece of news that raised my spirits it said that KVMI 1270 had changed its format from adult contemporary to Christmas music. It is 5kw daytime and 1kw nighttime. If it was 1kw, it was a very good signal. On the SINPO scale it was heard at 34533.
A report has been emailed to the station and I got an auto reply from the Program Director - Bill
Lynch saying that he was out of the office. I now have a name and a more definitive email address. Fingers are crossed that he will verify the report.
About 6 weeks ago (mid-November) I was listening on Peter Mott's Kiwi SDR after work, while waiting for my wife to finish her work.
On 1270 kHz there was a US station playing Christmas music - slightly early but nonetheless enjoyable. It didn't seem to fit any format I could find. I had nobody to send a report to. To add to the frustration, every time an announcement was due, the signal faded - such is the lot of DXers.
Whilst preparing the January New Zealand DX Times, I came across a piece of news that raised my spirits it said that KVMI 1270 had changed its format from adult contemporary to Christmas music. It is 5kw daytime and 1kw nighttime. If it was 1kw, it was a very good signal. On the SINPO scale it was heard at 34533.
A report has been emailed to the station and I got an auto reply from the Program Director - Bill
Lynch saying that he was out of the office. I now have a name and a more definitive email address. Fingers are crossed that he will verify the report.
Thursday 29 December 2016
A new logging
Using Peter Mott's SDR (now open to the public on http://kiwisdr.northlandradio.nz) I have logged Super Radio Deus e Amor on 9565 kHz at 0250. On the SINPO scale it was 35353
For those interested in SW Brazilians, via NZ, I can recommend this SDR very highly. It has just come out of its trial period and according to the person who runs the Kiwi SDR project, it is in the top two or three of the Kiwi SDRs in use around the world.
The only criticism I have of it is that it suffers from 'audio underrun', which means the signal gets periodically lost.
About Audio Underrun Peter says: 'Under run typically means there is insufficient bandwidth between the server (at my house) and your computer. The restriction could be at any point in the Internet path. Another possible cause is CPU exhaustion on the server here.
The connection here is back hauled over a 4G link. The radio link is fine, however the carrier (Vodafone) does not have sufficient capacity at all times. We are approaching holiday season and resident count is increasing, so this may get worse.'
Using Peter Mott's SDR (now open to the public on http://kiwisdr.northlandradio.nz) I have logged Super Radio Deus e Amor on 9565 kHz at 0250. On the SINPO scale it was 35353
For those interested in SW Brazilians, via NZ, I can recommend this SDR very highly. It has just come out of its trial period and according to the person who runs the Kiwi SDR project, it is in the top two or three of the Kiwi SDRs in use around the world.
The only criticism I have of it is that it suffers from 'audio underrun', which means the signal gets periodically lost.
About Audio Underrun Peter says: 'Under run typically means there is insufficient bandwidth between the server (at my house) and your computer. The restriction could be at any point in the Internet path. Another possible cause is CPU exhaustion on the server here.
The connection here is back hauled over a 4G link. The radio link is fine, however the carrier (Vodafone) does not have sufficient capacity at all times. We are approaching holiday season and resident count is increasing, so this may get worse.'
It is an annoying problem, but given the nature of where Peter is in New Zealand, there is not a lot that can be done about it.
Wednesday 21 December 2016
More veries have arrived
I have received 3 veries from Radio Free Asia for a logging made of their Vietnamese programme - see below. I am particularly pleased to have their 1503 broadcast verified. This comes out of Fangliao in Taiwan.
The other two frequencies were 11850 via Saipan and 13735 via Tinian in the Northern Marianas.
I have received 3 veries from Radio Free Asia for a logging made of their Vietnamese programme - see below. I am particularly pleased to have their 1503 broadcast verified. This comes out of Fangliao in Taiwan.
The other two frequencies were 11850 via Saipan and 13735 via Tinian in the Northern Marianas.
Tuesday 20 December 2016
A verie has come in
It has been a while since I last received one, but I have a verie in from Helliniki Radiophonia on 9420 mentioned below.
It came as an email from Dr Dimitris Gazidellis, Director of Network Development & Operations ERT SA, dgazidellis@ert.gr
It has been a while since I last received one, but I have a verie in from Helliniki Radiophonia on 9420 mentioned below.
It came as an email from Dr Dimitris Gazidellis, Director of Network Development & Operations ERT SA, dgazidellis@ert.gr
Monday 19 December 2016
Further Loggings
Thanks to Peter Mott's SDR in Russell, NZ, I can log South American SW stations among many others.
Recent loggings have included: Radio Nacional da Brasil 11780, Radio Bandeirantes 11925, Radio RB2 9725 and Radio 9 de Julho 9820. All were heard at good levels at around 0650 UTC.
In addition I have logged Helleniki Radiophonia (the old Voice of Greece) on 9420. This signal was excellent in every respect.
Emails have been dispatched to all stations, but I am not holding my breath waiting for a reply.
Thanks to Peter Mott's SDR in Russell, NZ, I can log South American SW stations among many others.
Recent loggings have included: Radio Nacional da Brasil 11780, Radio Bandeirantes 11925, Radio RB2 9725 and Radio 9 de Julho 9820. All were heard at good levels at around 0650 UTC.
In addition I have logged Helleniki Radiophonia (the old Voice of Greece) on 9420. This signal was excellent in every respect.
Emails have been dispatched to all stations, but I am not holding my breath waiting for a reply.
Saturday 10 December 2016
Thursday 8 December 2016
A logging and a QSL
I managed to log KKOH on 780 in Reno, Nevada. This was achieved with the services of Peter Mott's SDR Radio. An email report was dispatched and almost by return email a verification came. Dan Mason's email address is: dan.mason@cumulus.com
I managed to log KKOH on 780 in Reno, Nevada. This was achieved with the services of Peter Mott's SDR Radio. An email report was dispatched and almost by return email a verification came. Dan Mason's email address is: dan.mason@cumulus.com
Hello Stu,
I can confirm that you were listening to AM 780 KKOH. We're in
Reno, Nevada, USA and broadcast our news/talk format at 50,000 watts.
We're directional after sunset aiming west-southwest and can be heard clearly
up and down the west coast of the U.S. from Canada to Mexico. We've received
DX reports from places like Hawaii, Japan, and the Scandinavian
countries. I believe yours may be the first I've seen from New Zealand!
Thanks for the note.
Dan Mason
Program Director/Talk Host
News Talk 780 KKOH
595 East Plumb Lane
Reno, NV 89502
Main: 775-789-6700
Direct: 775-325-9139
|
I find the bit about not having had reports from NZ a little strange. KKOH is regularly heard in New Zealand. In the past I have reported them a cpouple of times and heard nothing. I was delighted to get this verie - finally.
Wednesday 7 December 2016
New loggings
I found an article on the web, which has helped me to make my new WinRadio G313e run a bit better. Thanks to Finnish DXer Mika Mäkeläinen for his sage advice.
As a result I did a bit of listening last night and logged Radio Free Asia on 1503 kHz broadcasting out of Taiwan in Vietnamese. They were running the programme in parallel on 11850 and 13735. The latter was subject to some pretty serious interference from a siren being broadcast over the top of it.
The problem I have had was listening in SSB with a suitable filter width. I have discovered it can go down as low as 1 kHz. The controls were hidden, but when you know where to look they were easy to find. In addition I have been having trouble with the recording of programs/ frequencies. However, this too was resolved last night. I still have much to learn, but things are looking better than they were a week ago!
I found an article on the web, which has helped me to make my new WinRadio G313e run a bit better. Thanks to Finnish DXer Mika Mäkeläinen for his sage advice.
As a result I did a bit of listening last night and logged Radio Free Asia on 1503 kHz broadcasting out of Taiwan in Vietnamese. They were running the programme in parallel on 11850 and 13735. The latter was subject to some pretty serious interference from a siren being broadcast over the top of it.
The problem I have had was listening in SSB with a suitable filter width. I have discovered it can go down as low as 1 kHz. The controls were hidden, but when you know where to look they were easy to find. In addition I have been having trouble with the recording of programs/ frequencies. However, this too was resolved last night. I still have much to learn, but things are looking better than they were a week ago!
Sunday 4 December 2016
A new verification has arrived
Colombian SW station Alcaraván Radio on 5910 have verified my recent report via their QSL manager Rafael Rodriguez. It is an e-QSL featuring two photos of the transmitting building and the transmitter as well as the actual e-card. The report was emailed to Rafael - rafaelcoldx@yahoo.com
This station was logged via Peter Mott's Kiwi SDR. See the post below this one.
The station also runs La Voz de Tu Conciencia on 6010. I verified this back in 2004 on 3280 kHz, so it is another one to chase.
Colombian SW station Alcaraván Radio on 5910 have verified my recent report via their QSL manager Rafael Rodriguez. It is an e-QSL featuring two photos of the transmitting building and the transmitter as well as the actual e-card. The report was emailed to Rafael - rafaelcoldx@yahoo.com
This station was logged via Peter Mott's Kiwi SDR. See the post below this one.
The station also runs La Voz de Tu Conciencia on 6010. I verified this back in 2004 on 3280 kHz, so it is another one to chase.
Wednesday 30 November 2016
New loggings
Yesterday afternoon, with time on my hands, I tuned into the Kiwi SDR in Paihia. It was too early for MW in these summer months, so I settled upon some SW and was delighted to hear Radio Alcaravan in Colombia on 5910 kHz. They were playing a programme of beautiful Latin American music with the odd time check thrown in. Reception was S3 I5 N3 P5 O3. Some atmosopheric noise made reception a little challenging.
This afternoon I once again tuned into Peter's SDR and this time there was Radio Bandeirantes on 11925 kHz. It was armchair reception S4 I5 N5 P5 O5. Oh if they were all like this....
The last time I heard them was in 2004 when I verified them on 3200 and 3320. Mind you it took almost a year for the verie to come back! I hope it is not as long this time.
Yesterday afternoon, with time on my hands, I tuned into the Kiwi SDR in Paihia. It was too early for MW in these summer months, so I settled upon some SW and was delighted to hear Radio Alcaravan in Colombia on 5910 kHz. They were playing a programme of beautiful Latin American music with the odd time check thrown in. Reception was S3 I5 N3 P5 O3. Some atmosopheric noise made reception a little challenging.
This afternoon I once again tuned into Peter's SDR and this time there was Radio Bandeirantes on 11925 kHz. It was armchair reception S4 I5 N5 P5 O5. Oh if they were all like this....
The last time I heard them was in 2004 when I verified them on 3200 and 3320. Mind you it took almost a year for the verie to come back! I hope it is not as long this time.
Monday 28 November 2016
Saturday 26 November 2016
A new verification and a new country
KICY 850 in Nome, Alaska (see below) has verified by email. Alaska is a separate country under NZRDXL rules, so this is a new country for me - no. 71.
The e-QSL was signed by J.Dennis Weidler – KL1OE, General Manager, KICY AM & FM
dennisw@kicy.org
KICY 850 in Nome, Alaska (see below) has verified by email. Alaska is a separate country under NZRDXL rules, so this is a new country for me - no. 71.
The e-QSL was signed by J.Dennis Weidler – KL1OE, General Manager, KICY AM & FM
dennisw@kicy.org
Friday 25 November 2016
A new logging
Whilst waiting for my wife to finish work last night, I tuned in to Peter Mott's Kiwi SDR. I tuned to 850 kHz and there was KICY in Nome, Alaska coming loud and clear. The signal was at fair/ good strength but tended to fade right out. I got a good id and enough information for a report to be sent.
The address to send reports to is office@kicy.org
I also heard KMJ on 580 with Redeye Radio coming out of Fresno, Ca and KENI on 650 in Anchorage, Alaska. They were carrying Coast to Coast.
Peter's SDR is wonderful. It is not as powerful as the WinRadios, but is nonetheless effective. In order to use it you need to be a member of the New Zealand Radio DX League. Membership costs $15 NZ a year and for that you get access to the SDR and the monthly magazine, the NZ DX Times.
Email secretary@radiodx.com for details.
Whilst waiting for my wife to finish work last night, I tuned in to Peter Mott's Kiwi SDR. I tuned to 850 kHz and there was KICY in Nome, Alaska coming loud and clear. The signal was at fair/ good strength but tended to fade right out. I got a good id and enough information for a report to be sent.
The address to send reports to is office@kicy.org
I also heard KMJ on 580 with Redeye Radio coming out of Fresno, Ca and KENI on 650 in Anchorage, Alaska. They were carrying Coast to Coast.
Peter's SDR is wonderful. It is not as powerful as the WinRadios, but is nonetheless effective. In order to use it you need to be a member of the New Zealand Radio DX League. Membership costs $15 NZ a year and for that you get access to the SDR and the monthly magazine, the NZ DX Times.
Email secretary@radiodx.com for details.
Monday 21 November 2016
Friday 18 November 2016
A new logging
This evening I managed to log WGUL 860 in Tampa, Florida. Reception was good early on, but by 0900 the quality of reception had deteriorated making it near impossible to follow the signal. It was mixed with another station, but was the dominant one. I have no idea what the other station was. A report will go out tomorrow.
Thanks to Peter Mott and his SDR.
A reply to a report, but not a verification
On Facebook I posted my reception report for KPRP 650 in Hawaii. The reply I got said: Aloha! Thank you for your message. I will check with my Kiwi friends who live here in Hawaii.
I have no idea what they mean by that! Talk about enigmatic!!
This evening I managed to log WGUL 860 in Tampa, Florida. Reception was good early on, but by 0900 the quality of reception had deteriorated making it near impossible to follow the signal. It was mixed with another station, but was the dominant one. I have no idea what the other station was. A report will go out tomorrow.
Thanks to Peter Mott and his SDR.
A reply to a report, but not a verification
On Facebook I posted my reception report for KPRP 650 in Hawaii. The reply I got said: Aloha! Thank you for your message. I will check with my Kiwi friends who live here in Hawaii.
I have no idea what they mean by that! Talk about enigmatic!!
A new verification
KHLT 1040 AM in Honolulu gave me a verification for my reception of their broadcast as seen below.
It was an email QSL and the verie signer was Jake O’Neill, General Manager jake@klight.org
KHLT 1040 AM in Honolulu gave me a verification for my reception of their broadcast as seen below.
It was an email QSL and the verie signer was Jake O’Neill, General Manager jake@klight.org
Thursday 17 November 2016
MW listening in New Zealand
I have been back in New Zealand on family business. Peter Mott, of the NZ Radio DX League has set up a remote listening post at his home about 250 km north of Auckland. It is a Kiwi SDR (see HERE) - software defined radio. It is only available to NZRDXL members, however.
The point is that it gives those of us in the League an opportunity to listen to distant radio stations relatively free of noise or interference - except when his occasional neighbour turns on the plasma TV!!
I have enjoyed listening at nights. The first time I tried I didn't think much of it. Reception was mediocre to say the least. However, so were conditions! Things have improved since then and I have made a few loggings. The aerial basically points north, so the Pacific Islands, the east coast of Asia and the west coast of the USA come into play.
I have sent reception reports to the following: KUAU 1570 (Hawaii), KLHT 1040 (Hawaii), and KPRP 650 (Hawaii). In addition I have a tentative report out to KNDI 1270 (Hawaii).
The 500 MW station in Korea was almost definitely heard a couple of nights ago on 1170. I will try again for that one too.
A trail of what have heard follows - I am not entirely certain about one or two of the stations I heard.
I have been back in New Zealand on family business. Peter Mott, of the NZ Radio DX League has set up a remote listening post at his home about 250 km north of Auckland. It is a Kiwi SDR (see HERE) - software defined radio. It is only available to NZRDXL members, however.
The point is that it gives those of us in the League an opportunity to listen to distant radio stations relatively free of noise or interference - except when his occasional neighbour turns on the plasma TV!!
I have enjoyed listening at nights. The first time I tried I didn't think much of it. Reception was mediocre to say the least. However, so were conditions! Things have improved since then and I have made a few loggings. The aerial basically points north, so the Pacific Islands, the east coast of Asia and the west coast of the USA come into play.
I have sent reception reports to the following: KUAU 1570 (Hawaii), KLHT 1040 (Hawaii), and KPRP 650 (Hawaii). In addition I have a tentative report out to KNDI 1270 (Hawaii).
The 500 MW station in Korea was almost definitely heard a couple of nights ago on 1170. I will try again for that one too.
A trail of what have heard follows - I am not entirely certain about one or two of the stations I heard.
Freq
|
Time
|
Details
|
650
|
0647
|
HAWAII, KPRP fair to good with easy
listening music. ID on hr. 16/11
|
690
|
0620
|
HAWAII, KHNR very good with talk. Mixed.
16/11
|
1040
|
0918
|
HAWAII, KHLT fair/ good some splash with
religious talk. 15/11
|
1050
|
0622
|
?? SS station fair
|
1110
|
0741
|
USA relig stn fair 14/11
|
1120
|
0742
|
USA n/w sports fair
|
1140
|
0739
|
USA, KHTK Fair/good with ads and ids for
KHTK and CBS Sports. 16/11
|
1170
|
0952
|
STH KOREA, HLSR (tent.) Fair/ good with
choir singing. Peter put the SDR off air at 0958, and then at 1015 back up
good with KK talk. Mixed a little with 2CH. 15/11
|
1270
|
0826
|
HAWAII (tent.) KNDI (possibly) – non stop Christmas mx. Good sig but faded at 0859 and
disappeared after 10. No axmnts. Bit of a mystery.
Listened to we feeds of Californians on freq – none
of them. 16/11
|
1410
|
0642
|
USA ?? Sports fair 16/11
|
1420
|
0640
|
HAWAII, KKEA Excellent with ESPN Sport
talk. 16/11
|
1460
|
0612
|
HAWAII, KHRA talk in KK, fair sig but het
whistle. 16/11
|
1570
|
0638
|
HAWAII, KUAU fair with religious talk.
14/11. Mixed with SS stn 16/11
|
1690
|
0700
|
USA, KSFG fair with easy listening light piano
mx. 14/11
|
Saturday 12 November 2016
Thursday 10 November 2016
New Verifications
Adrian Sainsbury has issued me with three Radio New Zealand International verifications. They are broadcasts on 15720, 11725 and the new test frequency of 7355 kHz. The latter was heard at 1340 UTC and was quite a good signal. It runs from 1300-1650 UTC.
In addition another eQSL came in from Myanmar Radio on 5915, heard at 1038UTC on 11 October 2016.
Adrian Sainsbury has issued me with three Radio New Zealand International verifications. They are broadcasts on 15720, 11725 and the new test frequency of 7355 kHz. The latter was heard at 1340 UTC and was quite a good signal. It runs from 1300-1650 UTC.
In addition another eQSL came in from Myanmar Radio on 5915, heard at 1038UTC on 11 October 2016.
Saturday 5 November 2016
New loggings
All India Radio was logged on 9380 at 1050 UTC. SINPO was 45343-4
BBC World Service via Meyerton (Sth Africa) 15400 and via Dubai on 17640 at 0705 UTC. 15400 was SINPO 25343 and Dubai was 25453.
Radio New Zealand International 11725 at 0732 UTC. Signal was not there at 0630, so I suspect darkness arriving in New Zealand helped improve it. SINPO was 34453. I also logged them on 15720 at 0340 UTC. SINPO was 35353
Radio Mashaal was heard on 3 frequencies 12130 and 13580 coming out of Kuwait and 15760 from Thailand at 0900 UTC.
All India Radio was logged on 9380 at 1050 UTC. SINPO was 45343-4
BBC World Service via Meyerton (Sth Africa) 15400 and via Dubai on 17640 at 0705 UTC. 15400 was SINPO 25343 and Dubai was 25453.
Radio New Zealand International 11725 at 0732 UTC. Signal was not there at 0630, so I suspect darkness arriving in New Zealand helped improve it. SINPO was 34453. I also logged them on 15720 at 0340 UTC. SINPO was 35353
Radio Mashaal was heard on 3 frequencies 12130 and 13580 coming out of Kuwait and 15760 from Thailand at 0900 UTC.
Thursday 3 November 2016
Tuesday 1 November 2016
A new logging
Radio New Zealand International was logged last night on 9765 kHz with SINPO of 3-4 5 4 5 4
I also logged RNZI on 11610. The signal wasn't as good 34543. I had a listen to RNZI on 9700 at 2200 local time and it was also a pretty good signal - probably as per 9765.
Here is the B16 schedule for RNZI. For eQSLs submit your report here: http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/qsl
Radio New Zealand International was logged last night on 9765 kHz with SINPO of 3-4 5 4 5 4
I also logged RNZI on 11610. The signal wasn't as good 34543. I had a listen to RNZI on 9700 at 2200 local time and it was also a pretty good signal - probably as per 9765.
Here is the B16 schedule for RNZI. For eQSLs submit your report here: http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/qsl
UTC |
Freq
kHz
|
Mode
|
NZ
Days
|
Primary Target
|
|
1259 – 1650
|
9700
|
AM
|
Daily
|
Pacific
|
|
1651 – 1745
|
7330
|
DRM
|
Mon-Sat
|
Cook
Islands, Tonga,
Samoa
|
|
1746 – 1950
|
11690
|
DRM
|
Mon-Sat
|
Pacific
|
|
1950 - 2050
|
15720
|
DRM
|
Mon-Sat
|
Pacific
|
|
2051 - 2258
|
15720
|
AM
|
Daily
|
Pacific
|
|
2259 - 0258
|
17675
|
AM
|
Daily
|
Pacific
|
|
0259 – 0458
|
15720
|
AM
|
Daily
|
Pacific
|
|
0459 - 0758
|
11725
|
AM
|
Daily
|
Pacific
|
|
0759 - 1058
|
9765
|
AM
|
Daily
|
Pacific
|
|
1059 - 1258
|
11610
|
AM
|
Daily
|
NW
Pacific, PNG
|
UTC |
Freq
kHz
|
Mode
|
NZ
Days
|
Primary Target
|
|
1259 – 1650
|
9700
|
AM
|
Sunday
|
Pacific
|
|
1651 – 1758
|
9700
|
AM
|
Sunday
|
Pacific
|
|
1759 – 1958
|
11725
|
AM
|
Sunday
|
Pacific
|
|
1959 – 2258
|
15720
|
AM
|
Sunday
|
Pacific
|
|
2259 - 0258
|
17675
|
AM
|
Sunday
|
Pacific
|
|
0259 – 0458
|
15720
|
AM
|
Sunday
|
Pacific
|
|
0459 - 0758
|
11725
|
AM
|
Sunday
|
Pacific
|
|
0759 - 1058
|
9765
|
AM
|
Sunday
|
Pacific
|
|
1059 - 1258
|
11610
|
AM
|
Sunday
|
NW
Pacific, PNG
|
Subscribe to:
Posts
(
Atom
)