All India Radio(AIR) Guwahati On Air On Medium Wave etc

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ANT: 75 Feet Length  33 ft Feet Height 

Multistranded Cu .75sq mm Wire(Approx)

with coax lead in

 Location of Reception Place(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India):NL56hi(Grid Location)

This AIR Guwahati,via Mahabahu on 729kHz & Pragjoytishpur on 1035kHz

As per my latest monitoring this morning(January 27th) (0030-0058utc) AIR Guwahati is now on air on both its medium wave channels i.e.AIR Guwahati Mahabahu  ex AIR Guwahati A on 729kHz and AIR Guwahati Pragjyotishpur  ex. AIR Guwahati B on 1035kHz .And I have been observering these two frequencies 729kHz and 1035kHz for several weeks now specially in the morning(0040-0100utc) & beyond along with AIR Dibrugarh on 567kHz and other AIR medium wave stations.

I think both AIR Guwahati stations's Mahabahu &  Pragjyotishpur  is carrying the same program feed atleast in the morning.And station Idd heard by me ..rough English translation goes like this...on both the channels in the morning..

" This is AIR Guwahati (Akashvani Guwahati), you are listening to the programs from Mahabahu  and  Pragjyotishpur  branch(Shakha)".

For a few days I did not hear AIR Guwahati Mahabahu on 729kHz here.
But on January 23rd morning,  I heard  AIR Guwahati Pragjyotishpur  on 1035kHz with good signal.

I monitored from 0016 to 0035utc.The program was devotional music,station Idd annoucements by a lady, then following program Mukutamala,presented by a male presenter,news (as far I could recall in Hindi) relayed  from AIR Delhi.

Here is the audio link recorded around 0025utc:

https://app.box.com/s/bmk3pji4nbnndehjpx6ykccaclm0bucw

On Janaury 24th around 0215utc  I heard during aircheck AIR Guwahati Mahabahu on 729kHz after a few days break at my location.And I monitored again from 00320 to 0333utc and found it on air with good signal.

And again On Janaury 25th morning I could not hear  AIR Guwahati Mahabahu in the early morning instead the another overseas station on air with weak signal.But heard good signal of AIR Guwahati Pragjyotishpur  on 1035kHz from 0106 to 0118utc (my monitoring period).The Program on folk music and announcements promos,station Idds by a lady announcer,program highlights of the day..etc were heard.

Here is the audio file recorded around 0113utc of  AIR Guwahati Pragjoytishpur  on 1035kHz 

https://app.box.com/s/mgex2cdcnrrmleytly8rb829dc63ws7x

And around 0133utc onwards  during aircheck I found AIR Guwahati Mahabahu was back on air on 729kHz with good signal.

Here is the audio file link recorded around 0134utc:

https://app.box.com/s/srgsyzzttud164i1zjgddnh3xg0n83gq

But observed that there is  some problem in audio via AIR Guwahati Mahabahu on 729kHz ..when sometime announcers speaks via studio microphone audio comes as breaking  but no problem in music etc as  recorded programs on air.But no such problems on the audio of   AIR Guwahati Pragjoytishpur  on 1035kHz.

On January 26th morning..

AIR Guwahati Mahabahu on 729kHz ..0045utc .station idd announcement by a lady ..next program classical music program-lady singer Good signal, the same program feed on 1035kHz i.e.on  AIR Guwahati Pragjyotishpur  but the reception was not good,co-channel interference and the signal strength was not good.

Also heard AIR Dibrugarh with blasting signal on 567kHz with program on Hindi learning lessons..AIR Itanagar on 675kHz with patriotic song in Hindi,Radio Nepal Pokhara on 684kHz with strong signal and also Bangladesh Betar Dhaka on 693kHz strong signal during early morning hours.

On January 27th(today) I heard both AIR Guwahati Mahabahu &  Pragjyotishpur  on air on their respective frequencies relaying AIR Delhi Hindi News around 0032utc onwards for a few minutes as per my aircheck.

I heard several AIR Regional Stations including AIR Visakhapatnam on 927kHz AIR Hyderabad on 738kHz AIR Kadapa(?) on 900kHz , AIR Imphal on 882kHz ,AIR Patna on 621kHz AIR Silchar on 828kHz,AIR Kolkata on 657kHz,AIR Kohima on 639kHz, AIR Siliguri 711kHz, AIR Itanagar on 675kHz , also Radio Nepal Pokhara on 684kHz & Radio Nepal Kathmandu on 792kHz with variable reception.Besides these many regional AIR Stations , Medium wave stations from Bangladesh etc etc also are  heard very well in the early morning hours during this winter.

That is all for today.

More monitoring observations etc soon.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(VU3WTI)

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)