A Sunday Evening With Radio

Hi!! Its after a break of of a several weeks that I'm going to post radio related observations.It has been very hot and humid condition here in my place ,Abhayapuri in Western Assam and rainfall is below per normal level this season.Hope weather will improve as the month of September progresses. 

Now back to the radio monitoring..I heard  several radio stations from the evening of September 2nd ...on sunday.Here is a brief summary my loggings.

Here is my working conditions...

RX: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

Radio Japan NHK Wold Bengali 1305utc 11685kHz News about a typhoon approaching parts of Japan by a male voice

The reception was good initially though slight QRM plus noise & fading  but became very noisy plus the signal strength also became weak around 1313utc onwards & I discontinued listening to it at 1316utc.

Here is the audio recorded at around 1309utc:

https://app.box.com/s/xxb5dtafqssmmby2o5mr6lkq03ziv1oi

Voice Of Vietnam English 1559utc 7220kHz Good Signal

usual signature tune & station Idd announcements etc,Program Highlights,News

It is after a long break that I'm now listening to Voice Of Vietnam English on its long standing time slot of 1600utc on 7220kHz.

Here is the link to the audio recorded:

https://app.box.com/s/x3evwzinpw6z1j1q6gk3de94auab7s4x

Adventist World Radio(AWR) Wavescan Reception:

AWR Wavescan 1530-1559utc 15670kHz..via Nauen Germany(MBR) good signal but signal strength reduced gradually towards the end of transmission but could be copied.

The link to the audio recorded at 1530utc:

https://app.box.com/s/aerpv88pdvnihyvvrf60my7trppo6c06

AWR Wavescan 1601utc  11950kHz via SPC-NURTS Sofia Kostinbrod, Bulgaria Signal Strength fair,noisy ,slight fading,slight QRM sideband splatter

The link to the audio recorded at 1602utc:

https://app.box.com/s/385djgxqelubg388gpkurqg4pb5cw568

AWR Wavescan 1603-1659utc 9580kHz via Trincomalee Sri Lanka( SLBC)

Good Signal,slight fading,slight QRM as side band splatter from a radio station broadcasting from 9570kHz

The link to audio recorded at 1622utc:

https://app.box.com/s/v53hux6up7dco3c9jhjef6ad2tvyvbo9

Voice Of Turkey(VOT) English 1629utc 15520kHz Usual Signature Tune Music with Station Ids announcements Time Signal , opening announcements etc etc ,signal strength was fair,noisy with slightly distorted audio & perhaps signal mixed with co-channel station.I observed there might be another station on the frequency...due to which VOT-English audio got distorted slightly sometimes.The same happens with the audio of KNLS English via MWV on 9600kHz during 0200-0256utc facing strong co-channel QRM from Chinese Radio Station.

More Monitoring Updates etc soon.

73s

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)