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First Day First Monitoring Report Of A21 Season

Date:March 28,2021
RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 400
ANT: 78 Feet Length  33 ft Feet Height 
 Multstranded Cu .75sq mm Wire(Approx) 
with coax lead in
Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Radio Japan NHK World Hindi:
0115utc 9820kHz (Tashkent-Uzbekistan,100kW)
Good signal strength, slightl noise as happens with the transmission from Tashkent transmitter site
Here is the link to the audio recorded around 0116utc:
https://app.box.com/s/kvonjxufc6m6o3bj3vx0nkcy6653dr4r

Radio Japan NHK World Bengali:
1301-1330utc 15365kHz (Dhabbaya-UAE,250kW)
Stong signal,excellent overall reception at its new frequency & transmitter site
News,Katha O Sur-sunday Mailbag Program
The audio file link recorded at 1310ut:
https://app.box.com/s/tgq33ae1fwthdub3oen6glkbb13qmjzu

Bangladesh Betar External Service Nepali:
1335-1344utc 4750kHz
Good Signal Strength ,slight fading,no distortion of audio now as was the problem on this frequency of Bengladesh Betar External Service for a few seasons including B20 season,but low modualtion when announcements etc by host-lack of intensity of the signal,when music was on air signal intensity was good
 Bengali & Nepali songs on air back to back,1343utc..station idd etc annoucnement & PO Box etc also mentioned for corrrespondence,strong beeping tone around 1344utc at the end of transmission.
Here is the link to the audio recorded around 1344utc:
https://app.box.com/s/tfw0yn6rfv7tuovj8q72mp5x48gczevx

Voice Of America English To Africa : 
1400-1410utc 15580kHz(Moepeng Hill-Botswana,100kW)
Good strength signal
News,feature program-talk show on US Politics
Here is the link to the audio recorded around 1404utc:
https://app.box.com/s/rtouswcpe81ffu7cxcg3qva3nbrqabrc

Radio Thailand World Service English:
1410-1425utc 9390kHz (Udorn-Thailand,250kW)
Strong signal
Business news & reports,promos etc
Here is the audio file link recorded around 1418utc:
https://app.box.com/s/442gxms34hguhxhqke24tesctyffotvs

Radio Japan NHK World Hindi:
1430-1453utc  15745kHz (Madagascar,250kW)
Signal strength was good slight fading
Sunday Mailbag Program-Cheri ke desh say
a few information shared-From March 28th of 2021 i.e. from new summer season of broadcast,there will be no news at the weekend from Radio Japan-Hindi, feature program will start 10 minutes earlier i.e. at the start of the transmission as happened during this monitored broadcast.
Here is the link to the audio file recorded around 1435utc:
https://app.box.com/s/wvxc7oo6wssgxuhnkpak85khhzwgqwlp

Adventist World Radio English Wacescan:
1601-1610utc 15605kHz (Madagascar,250kW)
Good Signal strength,excellent overall reception
The link to the audio recorded around 1604utc:
https://app.box.com/s/xt09lku7tir46l4z8gg5sysw4py0ss4j

And nothing was audible on parallel frequency of 9490kHz(Erevan-Armenia,300kW) of AWR Wavecan during 160001630utc here.
Also earlier nothing was audible too of AWR Wavescan on 15670kHz (Nauen-Germany,250kW) and on 11960kHz (Trincomalee-Sri Lanka,125kW?) during 1530-1600utc here at my place

More such reports/observations etc soon.

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

Assamese In A21 Just One Entry

Here is the schedule of the only one International Radio Station(Gospel ) broadcasting  in Assamese Language
for this summer season of broadcast i.e. A21 season(as schedules posted on High  Frequency Co-ordination Conference website i.e.hfcc.org
with effect from 28th March to 30th October, 2021.

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

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

AWR Assamese was heard on March 28th(sunday) i.e.on the very first day of A21 season with excellent overall reception with strong signal on 15550kHz (via Tashkent-Uzbekistan,100kW) during my monitoring period from 1330 to 1357utc.

The link to the audio file recored around 1330utc:
https://app.box.com/s/pb2esewcydi9ornq41ek0ruw92n7y6oz

The link to the audio file recorded aound 1356utc:
https://app.box.com/s/8ytwzkmxuf715b7em13m89ib2v354b4b

AWR Assamese  began its broadcast in Assamese perhaps in October,1998.

About Trans World Radio Assamese Going Off The Air:
The other Gospel Station which used to broadcast in Assamese for several decades, Trans World Radio(TWR) has cancelled its Assamese language in mid January this year  on shortwave   as reported in a blog by a radio monitor along with several other language transmissions.
This is the link where I got the information.
https://www.bclnews.it/2021/01/15/cancelled-transmissions-of-ktwr-trans-world-radio-asia-trans-world-radio-india/

TWR used to broadcast its Assamese language transmission from its transmitter site in Agana,Guam.And on this A21 season, I have not been able to trace its broadcast on shortwave.
.For several years including last winter season ,TWR-Assamese could be heard on monday to friday during 1215 to 1245utc on shortwave(9910kHz during B20 season).I am not sure about the reason of this discontinuation.
I do not know from when exactly TWR began its Assamese transmission.I found mention of TWR Assamese transmission along with then Radio Moscow's Assamese transmission  in an article by Mukut C Sarma in Bigyan Jeuti, bimonthly Magazine(in Assamese) of Assam Science Society of 1985.This means TWR is the first Gospel radio station to broadcast in Assamese and it might have been on air atleast a few years earlier from 1985.
Here is the snap of the footnote with skd of international broadcasting station in Assamese during that time printed with the article of Mukut C Sarma in  Bigyan Jeuti on the hobby of DXING which was scanned by me.The article is in my collection. 

More inputs/monitoring updates etc soon.

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