Sunday Special

Here is my radio monitoring observations on sunday November 15th(2020) which I like to share with you .

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 400

ANT: 78 Feet Length  35 Feet Height 

Cu Multstranded .75 sq mm Wire

with coax lead in

Geographical Location of Reception Place(Abhayapuri):

Longitude:26º18´20´´North

Latitude:90º37´50´´East

Date:November 15,2020

BBC World Serice English 

15310kHz (Al Seela-Oman,125?kW) 1240-1259utc 

Strong Signal,overall reception excellent

Question Time was on air

The link to audio recorded at 1258utc :

https://app.box.com/s/h0qijmg2cft3qmrmw0rz4i47fxy74yct

Radio New Zealand English:

6115kHz (Rangitaiki-New Zealand,100kW?) 1301utc

Fair signal strength,co-channel plus side band interfernce,overall reception poor,difficult to copy progarm contents

News was on the air

The link to audio recorded at 1301utc:

https://app.box.com/s/0k3w2rsvmp06qvmpe8oz33u3nm2o9tb1

Radio Japan NHK World Bengali:

11685kHz (Kranji-Singapore,250kW) 1316-1333utc (monitored with several breaks)

Good Signal strength,slight fading,overall reception was good

Sunday Listeners Mailbag Program "Katha O Sur" was on air

The link to audio recorded at 1318utc:

https://app.box.com/s/h0qijmg2cft3qmrmw0rz4i47fxy74yct

Bangldesh Betar External Service:

4750kHz 1314utc 

Signal strength was good,but very distorted( overmulated?) audio-difficult to copy the audio contents,it has been happening for a long time now on this frequency.

The link to audio recorded at 1314utc:

https://app.box.com/s/262h58b9y29kgaea9lvfad84h43rhwsx

BBC Bengali:

11750kHz (Al Seela-Oman,250kW) 1334-1350utc

Strong signal,excellent overall reception

Reports from Kolkata on death of famous Bengali actor Soumitra Chaterjee-tirbute by a Bangladeshi film actress, brief audio clip of actress Sharmila Tagore  was on air etc

The link to audio recorded at 1347utc:

https://app.box.com/s/l3l5cfu0crleaxszkrbw0vjp1dul6kfn

Adventist World Radio(AWR) Assamese:

15550kHz (Tashkent-Uzbekistan,100kW) 1330-1400utc 

Nothing audible here of this frequency directed to my region right from the beginning of B20 season.

Radio Japan NHK World English:

11925kHz (Dhabbayya-UAE,250kW)  1400utc

Good Signal,overall reception good

The link to audio recorded at 1400utc:

https://app.box.com/s/aq4nylbkyberzhhqlvmh4bbpva4fhb53

Again on parallel frequency 

6165kHz (Tashkent-Uzbekistan,100kW)

The signal strength fair,co-channel interference was there,slight to moderate fading

The link to audio recorded at 1435utc:

https://app.box.com/s/4f0f4ko3hz1lwy4wo7e4vsjmu8b0k1m9

Voice Of America(VOA) English:

15580kHz(Selebi-Phikwe-Botswana,100kW))  1432-1442utc 

Strong signal,overall reception was good

Back to back music was on air,music related news on air 

The link to audio recorded at 1436utc:

https://app.box.com/s/irpjpmz47wl6od62flmcjlsai1wb5v09

Radio Japan NHK World Hindi:

15720kHz (Madagascar,250kW) 1442utc

Signal was good,but moderate to slight fading was there,overall readability good

Sunday Mailbag program was on air

The link to audio recorded at 1442utc:

https://app.box.com/s/p8v2rshiicm8ahzbtmljtv1chvtegr8h

Adventist World Radio(AWR) English Wavescan Program:

6155kHz (Dunchanbe-Tajikistan,100kW )   1531-1559utc

Good Signal Strength,slight to moderate co-channel interference & also weak side band splatter time to time observed

The audio link recorded at 1545utc:

https://app.box.com/s/mxg0rsq5h4t9p5aj5ffrnz5hp6tcl3s1

17730utc(Madagascar,250kW)  1600-1620utc

Good Signal,slight fading was observed,later signal strength level droped slightly & became slightly noiser

The audio link recorded at 1631utc:

https://app.box.com/s/sbq0gkmfr2v88poa3qro17jkg4oaz9lv

AWR Wavescan on 9580kHz(Erevan-Armenia,300kW) during 1600-1630utc was not audible here.

Radio Taiwan International(RTI)-English:

6185kHz(Paochung-Taiwan,250kW?) 1621utc 

Strong signal,overall reception was excellent

The audio link recorded:

https://app.box.com/s/77rp9drllcjg3tkwknwsvsnhgqc24v02

More monitoring observations etc soon.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)