Saturday, February 5, 2022

General Monitoring Observations of B21 Season Of International Broadcasting Season Part III

Here is the third of the series of my  general observations of broadcasting stations (special mention of Bhutan Broadcasting Service ) which are heard now-a-days here in my place.
For all monitoring Observations 
RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 400
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)

Vatican Radio to India 
In Hindi Tamil Malayalam
The monitored Vatican Radio schedule on shortwave now in Hindi Tamil Malayalam Languages(20 minutes each)
from 1430 to 1530utc on 9595kHz 7320kHz both via Tinang,Philippines(250kW) Daily
The reception overall satisfactory during my time to time monitoring  though slight to moderate interference as a form of sideband splatter can be observed on both frequencies.
Here is the links to audio recordings file of Vatican Radio Hindi on both frequencies on  on January 29th..
1429utc 9595kHz
1431utc 7320kHz 
KBS(Korean Broadcasting Service) World Radio English
The current schedule of KBS World Radio in English to India as per my monitoring as follows
1400-1700utc on 9630kHz  daily Kimjae,South Korea(250kW) Daily
The reception has been good now-a-days as my monitoring for several days for first one and half hour of the broadcast as per my monitoring.During initial half hour or so, I sometime have observed slight to moderate interference from a co-channel station.
The program formats has been changed now-a-days and more stress on life styles etc and present music trends etc have been observed.Though on week days I have observed news of 10 miniutes.And on the weekend,it is only back to back Korean Pop music only I guess.I have not listented to KBS World English as such for a long time for a few years now.
9630kHz 1514utc
KBS World English once was a good verifier of reception cards and they used to issue printed QSL Cards of big size  for each quarter of the year.I have lots of printed QSL Cards from KBS World Radio Seoul ,South Korea depicting every aspects of South Korea including politics -inter korean summit meeting..
Here is the scanned copy of a QSL Card  both sides ...
It is the last or 4th Quarter QSL Card of KBS World in 2007 depicting two leaders of Both Korea...South Korea's then President Roo Moo-Hyun & North Korean leader Kim Jong-il during their summit talks October 2-4th 2007 in Pyongyang,North Korea




Bhutan Broadcasting Service(BBS) on 6035kHz
The BBS is still off the air on its long standing  shortwave frequency on 49mb i.e. on 6035kHz as per my monitoring.But BBS FM Service on 96.00 via Thimphu I guess, which is heard here in my location , in the morning transmission of BBS Nepali Language transmission from 0400utc, the opening announcement still mentions its shortwave transmission frequency along with its current FM frequencies.
Here is a few audio file recordings links  of the BBS Nepali on 96.0MHz  on  January 31st
at 0400utc :

Adventist World Radio(AWR) Assamese:
As per schedule of AWR in B21 season ,AWR Assamese is on air 
15550kHz from 1330-1400utc via Agat-Guam(100kW) on sundays & wednesdays
And the reception for sunday broadcast which I have monitored has been excellent.
Here is the audio file link of  last sunday broadcast i.e.on January 30th around 1357utc:

Radio Voice Of Mongolia English
My monitored schedule of Radio Voice Of Mongolia English as present
0900-0930utc  12085kHz Daily
And the overall reception quality remains the same...i.e. the same old story repeated season after season here at my place.There has been strong to moderate interference as a form of side band splatter from a station broadcasting on 12080kHz and it is on rare occasion you can listen to some extent of Voice Of Mongolia English audio on 12085kHz.As for example I could listen to the transmission to some extent on January 28th...around 0918utc.
Here is the link to the audio file recorded:

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

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