Welcome 2021

 Hello!!
Happy New Year to all!

This is my first monitoring report cum observations  that I did  in 2021 right from the first day of the new year i.e January Ist to  3rd.

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 400
ANT: 75-78 Feet Length  33-35ft Feet Height 
Cu Multstranded 1 sq mm Wire(Approx)
with coax lead in

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

Date:January 1,2021

1)Radio Thailand World Service English 

0010 to 0029utc 13750kHz 

Excellent Reception

Audio link recorded at 0023utc:

https://app.box.com/s/0zafepbwvzfacnfcoorx5e1v0ejero4d

2)Radio Romania International(RRI) English 

Directed to North America East Coast

0100-0120utc 7325kHz

Good Reception Overall

Here is  the link to an audo file recorded around 0101utc:

https://app.box.com/s/9kexuistd0shrlse21iia08qgc2gs6n4

3)All India Radio Urdu Service

0833-0849utc 9950kHz

 fair overall reception,slightly noisy

News,Music program-back to back Hindi film music

Here is the audio link recorded around 0837utc:

https://app.box.com/s/rjnctjauh6eztjgsscwgc4peve0g4w6q

4)Radio Voice Of Mongolia English

0902 to 0905utc 12085kHz

Good Signal strength,Reception overall not satisfactory as usual, there is slight to moderate side band interference (splatter)from  a broadcasting station on 12080kHz ,today QRM is is not so strong, as  I could copy signal of Voice Of Mongolia to a great extent comparing to other days.But normally due to severe side band splatter nothing can be copied.

News by lady presenter about Covid 19 in Mongolia was on air etc

Link to the audio recorded around 0902utc:

https://app.box.com/s/b0ssrwgvi0r814vqkajzz5y2xbely0b3

5)All India Radio Urdu Service

0905-0923utc 9950kHz 

Fair to good overall receeption,sligh to occasional moderate fading

Program on a Urdu poet(shayer)-Gazals aired-works of the Urdu poet- dramatic presentation with narration by a male presenter & Gazals-sung by Jagjit Singh & Gulam Ali aired

The link to the audio recorded around 0921utc:

https://app.box.com/s/el6xm0kea25jvob1xrxr8t0dlwvgeu2n

Date:January 2,2021

Voice Of America English Directed to Africa 

1400-1410utc 15580kHz

Good Reception

News,Issues In The News-current affairs talk show

Link to the audio recorded around 1405utc:

https://app.box.com/s/k6bqw70y81mitslkyxpn0xb7a34hihfz

Date:January 3,2021

1)Radio New Zealand Pacific English

1200-1204utc 11725kHz

Good Reception Overall,weak morse code signal heard on the background for a few seconds around 1203utc

News,weather update,music 

Here is the link to the audio recorded around 1203utc:

https://app.box.com/s/wakky83d7qds8exmqdiysguo2fw13c56

2)BBC World Service English 

1205-1223utc  15310kHz 

Good reception overall,became slightly noisy later during 1223-1259utc,also signal strength weakened 

BBC World Service New Year Concert was the program on air

Here is the audio recorded around 1205utc:

https://app.box.com/s/fs9yccigix5bklmsyo3douexcystcuca

3)Radio Japan NHK World Bengali

1300-1332utc 11685kHz 

Good Signal strength,overall reception good

News In English in place of Bengali,then sunday Mailbag Program-Katha O Sur

Here is the audio link recorded around 1300utc:

https://app.box.com/s/vyck3ovp6cmnqzn19sxkj66gbbt3ys8t

and another audio link recorded around 1322utc:

https://app.box.com/s/w0rzp2jbjutilazhxg3l6bvrb4m5nn0i

A General Observation:

Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC)'s External Service's Hindi transmission is not heard here during its only transmission slot 0030-0100utc on 11905kHz for several days now including this new year as far my monitoring.

More monitoring reports/observations etc soon.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(VU3WTI)

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)