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Radio Bulgaria QSL?
I would really like to get a simple QSL or verie from R. Bulgaria.
After listening to that station for months and years, I *finally* heard a transmission, intended for Europe, on which I could understand *a little bit* of what they hosts were saying (their sound on English transmissions is uniformly muffled and audio-challenged). I wrote down the scant details I could, and went to the RB website ~ and I found this. They must be kidding. This, from the R. Bulgaria website: "Reception report Dear listener of Radio Bulgaria, The good news is that in order to become a member of Radio Bulgaria’s Monitoring Club and receive the 6 QSL cards in the series you have to fulfill the following requirements: For the FIRST QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for January and THREE for February. For the SECOND QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for March and THREE for April. For the THIRD QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for May and THREE for June. For the FOURTH QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for July and THREE for August. For the FIFTH QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for September and THREE for October. For the SIXTH QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for November and THREE for December. A valid reception report should cover at least 15 minutes of our broadcasts on any frequency and at the time you prefer, and should include details of the contents of the broadcast and SINPO rating. Upon reception of the full set of 6 QSL cards, you will also get the Monitoring Club Membership Certificate of Radio Bulgaria. Letters and reception reports should be sent within the period specified for each QSL card." It takes years to understand a single word of what these people are saying, and then for a single QSL they want SIX in two months? Forget THAT! Bruce Jensen |
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Radio Bulgaria QSL?
On Apr 26, 10:34*pm, bpnjensen wrote:
I would really like to get a simple QSL or verie from R. Bulgaria. After listening to that station for months and years, I *finally* heard a transmission, intended for Europe, on which I could understand *a little bit* of what they hosts were saying (their sound on English transmissions is uniformly muffled and audio-challenged). *I wrote down the scant details I could, and went to the RB website ~ and I found this. *They must be kidding. This, from the R. Bulgaria website: "Reception report Dear listener of Radio Bulgaria, The good news is that in order to become a member of Radio Bulgaria’s Monitoring Club and receive the 6 QSL cards in the series you have to fulfill the following requirements: For the FIRST QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for January and THREE for February. For the SECOND QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for March and THREE for April. For the THIRD QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for May and THREE for June. For the FOURTH QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for July and THREE for August. For the FIFTH QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for September and THREE for October. For the SIXTH QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for November and THREE for December. A valid reception report should cover at least 15 minutes of our broadcasts on any frequency and at the time you prefer, and should include details of the contents of the broadcast and SINPO rating. Upon reception of the full set of 6 QSL cards, you will also get the Monitoring Club Membership Certificate of Radio Bulgaria. Letters and reception reports should be sent within the period specified for each QSL card." It takes years to understand a single word of what these people are saying, and then for a single QSL they want SIX in two months? *Forget THAT! Bruce Jensen On their website there is a listing of DRM transmission on 9400KHz at 1530 UTC. It is interesting if anyone hears that and if it is better than the regular broadcast. |
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Radio Bulgaria QSL?
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... I would expect it to be similar to Radio Romania's DRM broadcast which is intended for Europe. I can hear Romania in DRM here in the Midwest. It is FM quality when it is locked in, but it drops out completely about 10% of the time. The 25 meter analog broadcasts beamed to North America are 100% copy with just a little fading and background noise. I'm only just beginning to look into the possibility of getting set up to receive DRM. Does "FM Quality" have some special meaning with DRM? As I understand it DRM30 isn't really capable of anything one could really truthfully call "FM Quality", even on MF let alone HF. But maybe it's the official name of one of the modes. -- Brian Gregory. (In the UK) To email me remove the letter vee. |
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Radio Bulgaria QSL?
On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:51:11 +0100, "Brian Gregory [UK]"
wrote: wrote in message .. . I would expect it to be similar to Radio Romania's DRM broadcast which is intended for Europe. I can hear Romania in DRM here in the Midwest. It is FM quality when it is locked in, but it drops out completely about 10% of the time. The 25 meter analog broadcasts beamed to North America are 100% copy with just a little fading and background noise. I'm only just beginning to look into the possibility of getting set up to receive DRM. Does "FM Quality" have some special meaning with DRM? As I understand it DRM30 isn't really capable of anything one could really truthfully call "FM Quality", even on MF let alone HF. But maybe it's the official name of one of the modes. OK. I should not say FM quality. Vatican is mono at something like 17kBits/sec. Very quiet and clear compared to an HF broadcast as long as it stays locked in. Disco Palace relayed by Bonaire is something like 24 kBits/sec in Stereo. I think Radio Australia is 24kBits.sec / mono or stereo - can't remember. However I have never got Australia to lock in, only enough signal to get transmission information displayed. Also, these numbers are from memory. I am guessing these broadcasts are DRM30 since this is the mode recommended for shortwave broadcast. All I can give you is the station data encoded in the signal and dispalyed in the Dream software box. From now on I will give the info dispayed by the software with any reception reports. I have not listened for Bulgaria yet. That will be the first report if I can receive it. Jim |
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Vatican Radio DRM (was Radio Bulgaria QSL?)
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wrote: The only station I know of from Europe that does a DRM broadcast beamed to America is Vatican Radio from 2300UT-2330UT on 9755kHz. It is FM quality and stays locked in under good conditions with only a few momentary distortions. Is that from Europe? Or is it a relay from Radio Canada's site? Mark Zenier Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com) |
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Vatican Radio DRM (was Radio Bulgaria QSL?)
On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:25:21 -0400, wrote:
On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:56:54 GMT, (Mark Zenier) wrote: In article , wrote: The only station I know of from Europe that does a DRM broadcast beamed to America is Vatican Radio from 2300UT-2330UT on 9755kHz. It is FM quality and stays locked in under good conditions with only a few momentary distortions. Is that from Europe? Or is it a relay from Radio Canada's site? Mark Zenier Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com) There is a listed relay broadcast earlier on 9800 kHz at 1945-2030UT from Vatican via Canada. This was not monitored. Here is the signal and transmitted information from the DRM Vatican broadcast on 9755 at 2300UT and the earlier DRM Radio Canada broadcast on 9800kHz. Radio Canada on 9800kHz @ 2100UT - DRM signal S9+25dB Info: 17.16 kBits/sec / EEP AAC+ Mono / CA Message box: From Sackville, NB Canada for your listening pleasure Audio: No dropouts. A few quick intermittent distortions. Vatican Radio on 9755kHz @ 2300UT - DRM signal s9+20dB Info: 14.56 kBits/sec / EEP AAC+ Mono / VA Message box: We are sending a DRM transmission on SW 9755kHz for North America from Vatican Radio Santa Maria di Galeria-Vatican City Audio: Periodic dropouts. Multiple intermittent distortions. Appears the broadcast comes from Europe but can't guarantee it. Will check the relay broadcast tomorrow if I can. Jim Vatican relay broadcast from Canada 9800UT @2000UT DRM signal S9+15dB Info: 17.40 kBits/sec / EEP AAC+ Mono / VA Message box: blank Audio: No dropouts. Very few intermittent distortions. So, it appears there is no way to prove where a DRM signal comes from. The info area shows the Vatican (VA) as the source but there is no indication it is relayed by Sackville other than signal quality. Jim |
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Radio Bulgaria QSL?
bpnjensen wrote: I would really like to get a simple QSL or verie from R. Bulgaria. After listening to that station for months and years, I *finally* heard a transmission, intended for Europe, on which I could understand *a little bit* of what they hosts were saying (their sound on English transmissions is uniformly muffled and audio-challenged). I wrote down the scant details I could, and went to the RB website ~ and I found this. They must be kidding. This, from the R. Bulgaria website: "Reception report Dear listener of Radio Bulgaria, The good news is that in order to become a member of Radio Bulgaria’s Monitoring Club and receive the 6 QSL cards in the series you have to fulfill the following requirements: For the FIRST QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for January and THREE for February. For the SECOND QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for March and THREE for April. For the THIRD QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for May and THREE for June. For the FOURTH QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for July and THREE for August. For the FIFTH QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for September and THREE for October. For the SIXTH QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for November and THREE for December. A valid reception report should cover at least 15 minutes of our broadcasts on any frequency and at the time you prefer, and should include details of the contents of the broadcast and SINPO rating. Upon reception of the full set of 6 QSL cards, you will also get the Monitoring Club Membership Certificate of Radio Bulgaria. Letters and reception reports should be sent within the period specified for each QSL card." It takes years to understand a single word of what these people are saying, and then for a single QSL they want SIX in two months? Forget THAT! I'd just send 'em the single report and see what happens. dxAce Michigan USA |
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Radio Bulgaria QSL?
On Apr 27, 12:59*am, dxAce wrote:
bpnjensen wrote: I would really like to get a simple QSL or verie from R. Bulgaria. After listening to that station for months and years, I *finally* heard a transmission, intended for Europe, on which I could understand *a little bit* of what they hosts were saying (their sound on English transmissions is uniformly muffled and audio-challenged). *I wrote down the scant details I could, and went to the RB website ~ and I found this. *They must be kidding. This, from the R. Bulgaria website: "Reception report Dear listener of Radio Bulgaria, The good news is that in order to become a member of Radio Bulgaria’s Monitoring Club and receive the 6 QSL cards in the series you have to fulfill the following requirements: For the FIRST QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for January and THREE for February. For the SECOND QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for March and THREE for April. For the THIRD QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for May and THREE for June. For the FOURTH QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for July and THREE for August. For the FIFTH QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for September and THREE for October. For the SIXTH QSL CARD you will have to submit THREE reception reports for November and THREE for December. A valid reception report should cover at least 15 minutes of our broadcasts on any frequency and at the time you prefer, and should include details of the contents of the broadcast and SINPO rating. Upon reception of the full set of 6 QSL cards, you will also get the Monitoring Club Membership Certificate of Radio Bulgaria. Letters and reception reports should be sent within the period specified for each QSL card." It takes years to understand a single word of what these people are saying, and then for a single QSL they want SIX in two months? *Forget THAT! I'd just send 'em the single report and see what happens. dxAce Michigan USA- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That's what I'm gonna do - not that there's much to report. Their folk songs came across clear and lively, but the voices sounded like they were under a sea of oatmeal. BTW, how are you doing? Is your backside fit yet? |
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