Saturday, December 25, 2021

A Few BC Stations Heard Recently..

Here is a few monitoring observations which I had done recently both shortwave and medium wave.

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 400
ANT: 75 Feet Length  33 ft Feet Height 
Multistranded Cu .75sq mm Wire(Approx)
with coax lead in
Geographical Location of Reception Place(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India):
Longitude:26º18´20´´North
Latitude:90º37´50´´East

Date:December 23,2021

1.Radio Thailand World Service English:
0014-0030utc 13750kHz Udorn,Thailand(250kW)
Strong signal,no signal with carrier went off for change of antennas or transmitter etc for a few seconds around 0030utc,signal came back,but Thai language programs on air,this is happening for a few months now I think  for next half hour upto end of transmission
News & current affairs reports,promos,business news etc
The link to the audio file recorded around 0026utc:

2.Radio Japan NHK World Hindi
0101-0119utc 6155kHz via Tashkent-Uzbekistan(100kW)
The signal strength was good
Japanese Teaching Program,music-song,promo
The audio recorded around at :

3.Radio New Zealand(RNZ) Pacific English
1057-1113utc 11725kHz Rangitaiki,New Zealand(500kW?)
The signal strength was good,slight interference from a broadcasting station from 11720kHz as a form of side band splatter,slight fading,overall reception good
Music,annoucements,news,feature program
The audio recorded around at 1107utc:

Date:December 22,2021

1.Radio Japan NHK World Bengali
1301-1329utc 5895kHz via Tashkent-Uzbekistan(100kW)
The signal strength was good,slight interference as sideband splatter,slight noise & fading sometimes,overall reception good
News,feature program
Here is the audio recorded around 1307utc
2.BBC Bengali Service
1330-1353utc 11750kHz A'Seela-Oman(250kW)
News,Current affair reports,sports news,social media feedbacks etc

3.Radio Nepal Kathmandu On Medium Wave
1404-1428utc 792kHz Kathmandu 100kW
The signal strength was good,slight fading from time to time as the case with medium wave,slight co-channel interferece weak sometime,slight noise,overall good reception
Promo,news in Nepali,promos etc news in English,music feature program
Here is the audio recorded of Radio Nepal around 1404utc:

4.Radio Japan NHK World Hindi
1430-1500utc 15720kHz Madagascar(250kW)
The signal strength was good,no interference,slight noise,slight fading,overall reception was good
News,Japanese Language Learning Program-music etc
The link to the audio file recorded at 1440utc:

5.Voice Of America(VOA) English To Africa
1500-1559utc 15580kHz Moepeng Hills,Bostswana?(100kW)?
Good signal,slight noise & fading,overall reception was good
News,Border Crossings with Larry London(1504utc onwards)
Here is the link to the audio recorded around 1529utc:

5.Radio Voice Of Vietnam English
1600-1623utc 7220kHz Sontay-Vietnam(100kW)
The signal strength was good,slight interference as a form of sideband splatter very weak.from a radio station broadcasting on  7215kHz.during later part of the transmission,
Station Music,station Idd announcements etc,news,current affairs reports,Letter Box Program(1616utc)-Listeners correspondence read from around the world, vietanmese song aired
The audio files links ..
first:  at 1600utc:
and at 1616utc

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



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