Here is a summary of All India Radio(AIR) Stations reception duing AIR's Live Coverage of 67th Republic Day Parade from Rajpath,New Delhi on January 26th of 2016 on Short Wave,Medium Wave & FM monitored from my location at Abhayapuri.
Geographical Location of Reception Place(Abhayapuri):
Longitude:26º18´20´´North
Latitude:90º37´50´´East
As you know very well that a few of regional AIR Stations specially from North-eastern part of India were not on air regularly but on special occasions like Republic Day On January 26th & on Independence Day of India on August 15th they were on air from a day or two earlier.
This year there was no coverage from AIR-Kohima and AIR-Itanagar .AIR-Kohima is off the air from a long time.As I reported last year there were extensive damage to shortwave & medium wave facilities of AIR-Itanagar due to fire late September and the repair work might have not been completed.I also haven't heard AIR-Itanagar on its medium wave frequency on 675kHz and perhaps AIR-Itanagar is on the air only via FM .Also I've not heard for a long time AIR-Aizal on shortwave.
All these monitoring was done by Grundig YB 400 Rx with a long copper wire as external antenna.
1.AIR-Shillong was signning on around 0346UTC on its day frequency of 7315kHz.
The signal strength was good with slight hum noise.
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Signatue Tune of AIR,station Idd & frequency etc announcement in Hindi by a lady,same announcement in English by a lady & mentioned of Republic Day ,music
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/0solcz8hf8izms4hfmy1y830l2akm50v
2.AIR Delhi Relay on 15050kHz was noted on 0350UTC .
The signal strength was good.
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Announcement in English by a lady, Male Voice began broadcast Live from Rajpath
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/5rtvpczypbuaze5d5tkl3eh34dvxc1a7
3.AIR-Lucknow on 7440kHz around 0354UTC
The signal strength was fair & slight noisy
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Commentary in Hindi of the parade
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/szqns5sbeno93bwfysueacj5tlywxszg
4.AIR-Bhopal on 7430kHz around 0355UTC
The signal strength was good & less noisy.
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Commentary in Hindi of the parade
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/oczbd64vp73vqjimc6x269mptzv339jv
5.AIR-Aligarh on 6145kHz around 0426UTC
The signal strength was good & slight noise.
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Commentary in Hindi by male voice & then by a lady
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/mbrgw6bvpc8w1jg0hxxx5n8qn9o349fb
The following monitoring observations was done by Grundig YB 80 Rx on battery with telescopic antenna fully extended.
6.AIR-Guwahati A on 729kHz around 0450UTC
The signal strength was fair.
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Commentary in English by a male voice,
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/yjfsxeuhcgkkh071lnkyztczf6bkiimb
7.AIR-Guwahati B on 1035kHz around 0452UTC
The signal strength was fair & slightly noisy.
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Commentary in Hindi by a male voice
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/tqn0oqshr6fh685u58jubunt5e8ppuzh
8.AIR-Shillong on 864kHz around 0454UTC
The signal strength was fair & noisy
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Commentary in English by a male voice,
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/xl7fc4zi72mlnp8lhbdhc6y9o5cqjl0y
9.AIR-Guwahati Vivid Bharati on 100.8MHz around 0501UTC
The reception was good
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Commentary in English by a male voice,
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/rshzj4t8r74qc36wpfkz3pubv9aaumez
More Monitoring Reports etc etc soon.
73 & 55
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)
Geographical Location of Reception Place(Abhayapuri):
Longitude:26º18´20´´North
Latitude:90º37´50´´East
As you know very well that a few of regional AIR Stations specially from North-eastern part of India were not on air regularly but on special occasions like Republic Day On January 26th & on Independence Day of India on August 15th they were on air from a day or two earlier.
This year there was no coverage from AIR-Kohima and AIR-Itanagar .AIR-Kohima is off the air from a long time.As I reported last year there were extensive damage to shortwave & medium wave facilities of AIR-Itanagar due to fire late September and the repair work might have not been completed.I also haven't heard AIR-Itanagar on its medium wave frequency on 675kHz and perhaps AIR-Itanagar is on the air only via FM .Also I've not heard for a long time AIR-Aizal on shortwave.
All these monitoring was done by Grundig YB 400 Rx with a long copper wire as external antenna.
1.AIR-Shillong was signning on around 0346UTC on its day frequency of 7315kHz.
The signal strength was good with slight hum noise.
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Signatue Tune of AIR,station Idd & frequency etc announcement in Hindi by a lady,same announcement in English by a lady & mentioned of Republic Day ,music
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/0solcz8hf8izms4hfmy1y830l2akm50v
2.AIR Delhi Relay on 15050kHz was noted on 0350UTC .
The signal strength was good.
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Announcement in English by a lady, Male Voice began broadcast Live from Rajpath
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/5rtvpczypbuaze5d5tkl3eh34dvxc1a7
3.AIR-Lucknow on 7440kHz around 0354UTC
The signal strength was fair & slight noisy
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Commentary in Hindi of the parade
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/szqns5sbeno93bwfysueacj5tlywxszg
4.AIR-Bhopal on 7430kHz around 0355UTC
The signal strength was good & less noisy.
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Commentary in Hindi of the parade
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/oczbd64vp73vqjimc6x269mptzv339jv
5.AIR-Aligarh on 6145kHz around 0426UTC
The signal strength was good & slight noise.
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Commentary in Hindi by male voice & then by a lady
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/mbrgw6bvpc8w1jg0hxxx5n8qn9o349fb
The following monitoring observations was done by Grundig YB 80 Rx on battery with telescopic antenna fully extended.
6.AIR-Guwahati A on 729kHz around 0450UTC
The signal strength was fair.
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Commentary in English by a male voice,
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/yjfsxeuhcgkkh071lnkyztczf6bkiimb
7.AIR-Guwahati B on 1035kHz around 0452UTC
The signal strength was fair & slightly noisy.
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Commentary in Hindi by a male voice
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/tqn0oqshr6fh685u58jubunt5e8ppuzh
8.AIR-Shillong on 864kHz around 0454UTC
The signal strength was fair & noisy
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Commentary in English by a male voice,
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/xl7fc4zi72mlnp8lhbdhc6y9o5cqjl0y
9.AIR-Guwahati Vivid Bharati on 100.8MHz around 0501UTC
The reception was good
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Commentary in English by a male voice,
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/rshzj4t8r74qc36wpfkz3pubv9aaumez
More Monitoring Reports etc etc soon.
73 & 55
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)
