Monday, November 26, 2018

Radio Monitoring Sunday Special

Here is a few radio monitoring observations for on last  sunday i.e.November 25th (2018) done by me.

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:November 25,2018

1.Myanmar Radio English:  
0321-0330utc 9730kHz Good Signal (Yangon,50kW)
Back to Back Music-English Songs,end of transmission announcement by a lady etc ,traditional music,Myanmar language transmission-announcement by a male voice
Here is the audio recorded around 0330utc:
https://app.box.com/s/cgyvnhs3u5y282z46xxoh3josd3okkwo

2.Radio Taiwan International(RTI) English 
0331-0359utc 15320kHz  (Paochung,100kW)
Good Signal slight to occasional moderate noise etc
Here is the audio recorded around 0331utc:
https://app.box.com/s/10ncyoab53vfbglce2jm5k3ajzjnfs5h

3.Radio Romania International(RRI) English
0401-0418utc 11790kHz  (Galbeni,300kW) 
Good Signal,slight noise & fading was there,audio readability sometimes difficult 
@0401 News,@0405utc Music,station Idd annc.,The Week in Review etc-current affairs reports etc,
News @0405 MusicThe Week In Review,@0413utc Main news items Highlights,music,contest details @-0417utc Music,announcement about Focus On Romania-World Of Culture-a lady presented the feature
Here is the link to the audio recorded around 0406utc
https://app.box.com/s/9cmxpu6glkpbudny9yekc1xs7u1263ic
4.Radio Japan NHK World Bengali: 
1300-1345utc 11685kHz (Kranji,250kW)
Very Poor Noisy..Very difficult to copy

5.Some Interesting Observations Of Some Regional All India Radio(AIR) Station:
AIR Chennai: 
1224-1236utc 4920kHz 
Good  Signal sligh noise,relatively weak co-channel interference from Regional Chinese Station(PBS) ,some times audio slightly got distorted,
Tamil Song-News in English at 1230utc relayed from AIR Delhi,@1205utc annuncement in Tamil..Station Idd etc,next program-drama type program
The link to the audio recorded around 1226utc of AIR Chennai:
https://app.box.com/s/1jp56sa0361n8kcpu5t4zsbi6cq379al
and another link for the audio recorded at 1234utc:
https://app.box.com/s/he27yz3g5612fqgih5ovw3mae0gwauj7
AIR-Jaipur: 
4910kHz 1235 to1246utc
 Fair Signal..Slight sideband splatter from a radio station on 4905kHz
@1236utc News in Hindi,news in Sanskrit @1240utc Relayed from AIR Delhi,@1245utc perhaps regional news in local language by a male voice
The link to the audio recorded around 1244utc:
https://app.box.com/s/zvwm6d531bpi5a5w7e5aqohm2sef4rx4

A Few General Observations:
AIR-Gangtok on 4835kHz was not heard during my random air check on the evening.AIR-Portblair on 4760kHz was very poor during the evening.

6.Adventist World Radio Wavescan: 
1530utc 11985Hz (Trincomalee,125kW ?) 
Good Signal initially for 6-7minutes later noise came & also signal faded away ..fair to poor from 1542utc  & later barely audible
Here is the link to audio recorded around 1530utc Of AWR Wavescan:
https://app.box.com/s/7kjcnbfg981g7s6uxhaay4v0vi9nbjmb
1600utc  9770kHz Kostinbrod(Sofia)  250kW    Very Poor & parallel frequency of  17730kHz (Talata-Volonondry 3)Madagascar 250kW not audible..
Last sunday i.e.November 18th..nothing was audible of AWR Wavescan on any of these frequencies.

More radio monitoring observations etc soon.
73s
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

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