Assamese In B20

Here is the schedule of of two International Radio Stations(All Gospel ) broadcasting  in Assamese Language for this winter season of broadcast
 i.e. B20 season(as schedules posted on High  Frequency Co-ordination Conference website i.e.hfcc.org with effect from 
25th October, 2020 to 27th March, 2021.

(The skd is posted as..station name transmitter site power
time frequency days of broadcast format)

Trans World Radio(TWR)
KTWR Agana,Guam (250kW)
1215-1245UTC on 9910kHz (Monday To Friday)

Adventist World Radio(AWR)
Tashkent(TAC) Uzbekistan (100kW)
1330-1400UTC on 15550kHz (Sunday & Wednesday)

More inputs/monitoring updates etc soon.

73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI) 
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

Nature Calls

 

With Best Wishes
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Look At Double Line..

 Along The NH 17...

On October 21st ...With Joydeep Chakraborty At North Salmara 

Along The NH 17...Look At Double Line...Mazgaon Abhayapuri...About To Be Operational Within A Few Weeks...

(I & With Joydeep Chakraborty....)
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

সুৰঙ্গৰ শেষত....At The End Of Tunnel ...

I  With Joydeep Chakraborty 

On October 21,2020 ...A Memorable Journey Along The NH 17 Parallel To Under Construction New Railway Line ...

(In Photo With Black Mask...Me)

Surely I Wish Today....

Not Yesterday Once More...
But Yesterday More More....

73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

First Fog At Morning

 

On 12th Instant at the mornng,.we here in Abhayapuri atleast in my area ,experienced the first heavy fog  in this autumn season.
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

First Blossom This Year..

 

With Best Wishes

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

My Radio Logbook A Few Recent Entries

A Few General Observations, radio loggings etc of radio stations I monitored recently.

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 400
ANT: 78 Feet Length  35 Feet Height 
Cu Multistranded 0.75 sq mm Wire with coax lead in

Geographical Location of Reception Place(Abhayapuri):
Longitude:26º18´20´´North
Latitude:90º37´50´´East

Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation(SLBC) Hindi on 11905kHz:
Now-a-days, SLBC External Service's Hindi transmission is audible during its first half of the one hour transmission i.e.0030-0059 on 11905kHz with good to excellent overall reception.But during its 2nd half of the transmission on the same frequency from 0200 to 0230utc nothing is audible.Only weak signal of another station can be heard sometime with noise.

Here is the audio of SLBC Ext Service Hindi recorded on October 13th.
a) 11905kHz 0032utc:
https://app.box.com/s/azdxp6v4v9bk90pw7j8vp1riokszf81q
b)Nothing audible of SLBC Hindi around 0206utc on 11905kHz:
https://app.box.com/s/n8x5u9mm7kchuncekfysehpbmoj991v9

A weak signal of a different station can be heard

All India Radio(AIR) Regional  Shortwave Stations:
From NE Region:
AIR Gangtok is now off the air for many weeks both on 4835 & 6085kHz.AIR Kurseong (4895kHz & 7230kHz )is off the air on shortwave for many months now.AIR Aizawl on both 5050kHz and 7295kHz are off the air for a long time.

And AIR Bhupal on 4810kHz & 7430kHz, AIR Jeypore on 5040kHz,AIR Chennai on 7380kHz & AIR Hyderabad on 7420kHz is audible only on their respective time slot with variable reception quality.On other frequency i.e.AIR Chennai on 4920kHz & AIR Hyderabad on 4800kHz at their respective transmission time schedule is not audible due to heavy co-channel interference.

Here is the audio of AIR Bhupal on 4810kHz recorded on October 11th around 1631utc:
https://app.box.com/s/u91hv3zxp47jwbn6o56o3psntv1d6isx

AIR Leh on 4760kHz:
And during my random aircheck on 1340utc onwards first time from October 10th on 4760kHz I heard AIR Leh transmission with fair to good signal strength.But the audio is slightly rough and difficult to copy sometime.The program is a mix of local language plus relays from AIR Delhi perhaps.

Here is the latest audio recordings of AIR Leh on 4760kHz  on 1343utc On October 13th.(2020):
https://app.box.com/s/g9ze4nihujczk761pwtbtuekxzio2kz2

A Few radio logs:

Date:October 13,2020
Radio Romania International English 0015 to 0030utc 7375kHz
Good to fair overall reception with slight interference as a form of sideband splatter slight fading(QSB) there.
The audio file link recorded at 0022utc:
https://app.box.com/s/3ttr2jexv78u2szzm5rwt82vctkwbwvy

Radio Thailand World Service English 0036 to 0055utc 15590kHz
Excellent Reception Overall
Link to the audio file recorded around 0040utc:
https://app.box.com/s/0br44qnxrh8ta4wkwlz79g0kl8pdvdmc

Radio Japan NHK World Hindi 9820kHz  0106 to 0119utc
Good Reception overall with slight Fading
Here is the link to the audio file recorded at 0110utc:
https://app.box.com/s/prr3k602fqw4m3e4n38xsmf5sfx0g27p

Myanmar Radio English 9730kHz  0240utc 0250utc 
Good Overall reception
Here is the link to the audio recorded around 0248utc:
https://app.box.com/s/6gk39a3fvg6xymcmgr8doiuf479wahq9

Radio Japan NHK World Bengali 11685kHz 1320-1344utc
Good Overall reception
Here is the link to the audio file recorded around 1330utc:
https://app.box.com/s/g1f3qkjy1bw8t767h10k3vxl92z3atx2

Date:October 12,2020

Radio Romania International English 17760kHz 0537-0556utc
Good Overall reception
The audio link recorded at 0550utc:
https://app.box.com/s/o5w3vej5yus8z9v9sm51tg1owmx3vxwc

More monitoring updates etc soon.

73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(VU3WTI) 
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

A Few Entries From My Rough Radio Log Book

RX:Grundig YB 400..
Ext ANT:78ft Long  32ft Height
 Multistranded Cu wire end fed with coxial cable
Location:Abhayapuri(Assam) (India)

 (For All Cases)

October 2 2020:

Bhutan Broadcasting Sevice (BBS) English Service( BBS Radio as per announcement) 1011utc onwards  6035kHz Back to Back English Songs etc

Strong signal...here @Abhayapuri..in Western Assam..

Lets listen to the audio recordings at 10:15utc of BBS Radio English..on 6035kHz
https://app.box.com/s/txt67zqu0biebe1m96r2rvtwpkvt0r2p

BBS Radio English 1040utc 6035kHz....
https://app.box.com/s/nv31o88w7gz4yn08b4mr37rz6x4mlmn5

And this song BBS Radio went off the air on 6035kHz all of a sudden @1041utc ..

Date:September 22,2020

All India Radio Bhupal 0228utc 7430kHz Good Signal  only shortwave station of AIR audible with clear signal at present on shortwave here at Abhayapuri Western Assam.

Latest Monitoring obsevations:

AIR Gangtok 4835kHz not audible off the air

AIR Jeypore 5040kHz very weak to copy noisy

AIR Hyderabad 7420kHz weak signal noisy 

A few international update on HF:

Bhutan Broadcasting Service(BBS) on 6035kHz  now off the air.

SLBC Hindi on 11905kHz not audible during 0200-0230utc here.Some noisy signal not sure what is the source of this.I will monitor again as I have not done for a few weeks.Let me check from time to time.

Bangladesh Betar 1748utc 4750kHz  strong signal but  distorted audio ..you can say rough audio..English trax perhaps..believe now relaying external service traxs on various languages...

BBC World Service English 1046utc 11945kHz Excellent Reception

audio link:
https://app.box.com/s/sr5qwdtwldjopkcc9lsheknfi5t2v0pl 

BBCWorld Service 9410kHz 1048utc Poor noisy reception here in Abhayapuri in Assam

audio link:
https://app.box.com/s/zbqst13gr9xjqp0swbzwipcvj8uy51jt

Radio Japan NHK World English 1102utc 11695kHz News by YL slight to moderate occasional  QRM as a form of side band splatter from 11685kHz but later it reduced to slight..here in my QTH Abhayapuri

Lets listen to attached audio clip recorded at 1107utc of Radio Japan English on 11695kHz
https://app.box.com/s/5chawt073yw7zfphnsqudzxf8juywn40

Date:September 24,2020

Radio Romania International English 0013-0030utc onwards 7375kHz fair signal slight  QRM as side band splatter(from 7385kHz)..weak digital signal type in the back ground , slight QRN. & QSB, Good  to fair overall reception 

Program Heard:Romanian Music, Society Today-Covid 19 impact,another feature program, then Sports @0028utc 

The audio recorded at 0019utc:
https://app.box.com/s/kf4njpnpglb1b2f3hw3eh3zp0n1bjjf9

A Few Radio Audio Recorded links:

Radio Thailand WS English 15590kHz 0039utc
Audio Link:
https://app.box.com/s/v605a1pe830nfwaoosdo3oth2y5r5qj2

AIR Jeypore 5040kHz  0043utc Music
Audio Link:
https://app.box.com/s/983cicw6ss64yhiv2dkr8dz649wls2qi

AIR Bhupal 4810kHz 0044utc  Music
Audio Link:
https://app.box.com/s/00eb93avfwk5d9jzp4hgmd6rcsuqkhli

BBCWS English 5945kHz 0104utc
Audio Link:
https://app.box.com/s/gu5b4tubo3vavydvfripuivdqpnp3bjp

More updates soon.

73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

A3E BC Band Signal From Druk Yul..Land of the Thunder Dragon

 BBS Back On Air On 6035kHz Again After Several weeks

October 2,2020:
Bhutan Broadcasting Sevice (BBS) English Service( BBS Radio as per announcement) 1011utc onwards  6035kHz Back to Back English Songs etc

Strong signal...here @Abhayapuri..in Western Assam..

Lets listen to the audio recordings at 10:15utc of BBS Radio English..on 6035kHz:
https://app.box.com/s/txt67zqu0biebe1m96r2rvtwpkvt0r2p

BBS Radio English 1040utc 6035kHz....
https://app.box.com/s/nv31o88w7gz4yn08b4mr37rz6x4mlmn5

And this song BBS Radio went off the air on 6035kHz all of a sudden @1041utc. 

RX:Grundig YB 400..

Ext ANT:78ft Long  32ft Height 
Multistranded Cu wire end fed with coxial cable

Location:Abhayapuri(Assam) (India)
Geographical Location of Reception Place(Abhayapuri):
Longitude:26º18´20´´North
Latitude:90º37´50´´East

More monitoring updates etc soon.
73 
Gautam Kumar Sharma(VU3WTI) 
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)