1610kHz The Caribbean Beacon Sony ICF-SW7600GR 29 08 2013

1610kHz The Caribbean Beacon  The Valley Anguilla
Audible over the local QRM at around 05:15 UTC 29th August 2013
A fair distance for a portable radio with just its internal ferrite rod
video here

Blackpool UK

More RDS/SDR videos

HDSDR & RDS Spy side by side
Fast RDS decoding action during enhanced conditions.
Noxon DAB stick RTL-SDR, HDSDR, VAC & RDS Spy.
My antenna is just a broken UHF aerial on a chimney.
video here

HDSDR RDS Spy tropo2
More RDS decoding action during enhanced conditions on the FM band.
Noxon DAB stick RTL-SDR, HDSDR, VAC & RDS Spy.
My antenna is just a broken UHF aerial on a chimney.
here

SDR# with RDS during enhanced conditions 260813
RDS decoding action during enhanced conditions on the FM band. This time showing what SDR# can do if the signals are strong enough.
Noxon DAB stick RTL-SDR, SDR# (1.0.0.1150 & 1.0.0.1161)
My antenna is just a broken UHF aerial on a chimney.
there

RTL SDR RDS enhanced conditions

An enhancement at around 11:25 UTC (12:25 BST), allowed me to do some further tests.
HDSDR/RDS Spy, SDR# and SDR Console v2.0
video here

1520kHz WWKB Sony ICF SW7600GR & SRF 59 & Another HDSDR /RDS Spy /RTL-SDR demo

1520kHz WWKB Sony ICF SW7600GR & SRF 59 26082013
Sony ICF-SW7600GR and Sony SRF-59 receiving 1520 WWKB Buffalo, NY USA after the night-time QRM switched off around local dawn.

I had to be quick to grab this before 1521 Flame swamped the signal!
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Another HDSDR /RDS Spy /RTL-SDR demo

RDS Spy receives a PI code during early morning troposcatter from Ireland.
Noxon DAB stick RTL-SDR/HDSDR/VAC/RDS Spy
video here

Various video-the sequel

13720 REE DRM sign on CCW SDR-4+ HDSDR Dream
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New PI  C71B for BBC R Cymru
Was C321 before
New PI  from 94.2 Llandona (in this video- tropo enhancement) and also 104.3 Llangollen.
Blackpool UK
HDSDR RDS Spy Noxon DAB stick RTL-SDR
here

I have got SDR# v1.0.0.1154 working on a netbook running Windows XP Home Edition SP3
SDRsharp 1154 Windows XP netbook
Captions on the video-might be a couple of typos :)
You will need Zadig XP, and will probably have to upgrade ".NET framework".
 here

Videos-various topics

1530 STP VOA on Sony ICF-SW7600GR and Sony SRF-59
The audio was fed from the headphone socket into the microphone socket of a Canon FS100 camcorder, which unfortunately causes some QRM on MW. (More evident with the SRF-59). I just used the internal ferrite rod aerial in each case.
here

Blackpool,UK

FMDX Sporadic E 13th Aug 2013
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HDSDR RDS Spy Canon FS100 test
Pointing a camcorder at the screen, audio fed from laptop's headphone socket into camcorder's mic in socket.
(Heavy CPU usage means using screen capture affects RDS Spy speed)
here

I/Q WAV PLAYBACK IN sdr cONSOLE V2 0 bUILD1475
Testing SDR Console v2.0 Build 1475 with some Sporadic-E I/Q WAV recordings
(Camcorder used due to heavy CPU usage when using screen capture with SDR Console)
here

PI code in SDR# 1.0.0.1150
Testing  SDR# 1.0.0.1150  (Now with PI Code) with some Sporadic-E I/Q WAV recordings
here

WeFAX Hamburg Meteo CCW SDR-4+
here

8 out of 10 FMDXers prefer Brand X

8 out of 10 FMDXers prefer Brand X
A new comparison of SDR RDS decoding
video here


9th Aug Es part3 RTL SDR
video here

Sporadic-E 9th August

Plenty of Sporadic-E activity. Still many video clips and I/Q WAV recordings to sort through.

FMDX via Es received in Blackpool ,UK using a Pioneer DEH-4700MP car stereo with an indoor rectangular quad loop. RDS decoding using RDS Spy on an Acer Aspire One 110 netbook.

Part1
video here

Part2
video here

Sporadic-E videos 7th Aug

FMDX via Sporadic-E 7th August 2013
FMDX from Algeria received via Es in Blackpool UK
click here

6m Ham in Italian via Es  2013 08 07
Noxon DAB stick RTL-SDR (FC0013 tuner)
HDSDR
click here

Blackpool UK

Sporadic-E 4th Aug 2013

Some FMDX via Es yesterday 4th August from Italy but nothing identified, followed in the afternoon by a better opening to Algeria and Spain.


FMDX via Es from Spain and Algeria received in Blackpool, UK
Captions on the video
video here

6m and 11m SSB via Sporadic-E

6m via Es RTL-SDR HDSDR 1st Aug 2013
Noxon DAB stick FC0013 tuner
video here

11m SSB via Es RTL-SDR HDSDR 01-08-2013
Noxon DAB stick FC0013 tuner
video here