Radio Monitoring On The First Day Of B18

Here is my first complilation of radio loggings/monitoring observations on the very first day of B18 Season(October 28,2018-March 30 2019) of International Broadcasting Season i.e.on October 28,2018.

RX Used:Grundig Yacht Boy 400

ANT:Cu WIRE 78' Length 30' Height With COAX LEADIN  

Geographical Location of Reception Place(Abhayapuri):

Longitude:26º18´20´´North

Latitude:90º37´50´´East

Date:October 28,2018

BBCWS English  0048utc 5875kHz( Woofferton,250kW)   Signal poor & noisy 

 concluding part of a feature program,then 0050utc came Over To You Presented by Rajan Dhakar

Radio Romania International(RRI) English 0102utc 7325kHz (Galbani,300kW..Target Area- North America's East Coast) Good Signal 

News by male presenter

Here is the audio recorded at 0102utc of RRI-English:

https://app.box.com/s/39plt0x8tjn79g531svw0v0xzoyn8jmx

BBCWS English 0103utc 9410kHz(Kranji,Sigapore-250kW) Good Signal Slight fading & noise etc

News & then news room Program

Here is the link to the audio recorded at 0105utc:

https://app.box.com/s/48mst5ugl3cf3hizslmxaqbbe4iad0ds

BBC Hindi 0107utc 7430kHz ( Woofferton,300kW) Good Signal

A current affairs report on latest political development in Sri Lanka

Here is the link to the audio recorded around 0108utc:

https://app.box.com/s/k8u495q642lnmejspk8sptrmseo9o5tu

Station KNLS Alaska English   0204utc 15510kHz  Via Madagascar World Voice(MWV)  (Madagascar) 100kW(?) Strong Signal

Here is the audio recorded around 0205utc of KNLS English via MWV:

https://app.box.com/s/cj6s7uc7ou9gusrwv1azsaz4fre0v6oe

Station KNLS Alaska MWV  English 0307utc 0337-353utc 15510kHz  Madagascar 100kW(?) Good Signal

Here is the link to the audio recorded around 0349utc :

https://app.box.com/s/cj6s7uc7ou9gusrwv1azsaz4fre0v6oe

RNZI Pacific 1140utc 9700kHz via Rangitaiki(100KW) Fair Signal Overall ,slight splatter nearby station 

Here is the link to the audio recorded at 1140utc:

https://app.box.com/s/yjdi25or6ivvmxvj4co7hr23mti594fk

Radio Japan NHK World Hindi 1456utc 15720kHz (Talata-Volonondry) Madagascar 250kW Good Signal

Music,concluding announcements etc-contact address etc..

The link to the audio recorded around 1458utc:

https://app.box.com/s/gge8zy4qy9m9sgnpjwppfhxbqq779yl2

Adventist World Radio(AWR) English  Wavescan Program Logs:

1530utc 11985kHz via Trincomalee(SLBC) 125kW(?) Good Signal

Here is the recorded audio of the transmission at the very beginning of the program at 1530utc:

https://app.box.com/s/mw97wnjanyoi6kr662gdgpl5up6eh12u

1602utc 17730kHz via (Talata-Volonondry 3)Madagascar (250kW) Good Signal

Report On fire on All India Radio-Itanagar way back in 2015

Here is the audio recorded around 1604utc:

https://app.box.com/s/ephzf2i96idwxs2zcabcya6fbd0zfkcu

At 1600utc 9770kHz Kostinbrod(Sofia)  250kW Nothing was audible only noise & splatter of different radio stations broadcasting on near by channel was heard  but later during several aircheck during 1610-1630utc poor signal of AWR Wavescan was heard.An interesting observations was made by Tehatta(West Bengal) based radio monitor Mr.Abhijit Mondal..he observed that the broadcast via Madagascar delayed by several minutes  than the the broadcast via Kostinbrod(Sofia).Thanks to Mr.Mondal for his observation.

Acknowledgement:

Transmitter Details ...location power etc are taken from NCB B18 database . HFCC database & also in some cases time/freq skd of their respective stations.

More inputs/monitoring updates etc soon.

73 & 55

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)