Friday, February 18, 2022

Radio Monitoring On World Radio Day In 2022

Date:February 13,2022

For all monitoring Observations 
RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 400
ANT: 75 Feet Length  33 ft Feet Height 
Long Wire Multistranded Cu .75sq mm Wire(Approx)
with coaxial cable lead in
Location of Reception Place(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India):NL56hi(Grid Location)
All time mentioned  in  Coordinated Universal Time(utc) 

Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation(SLBC) External Service Hindi
0031-0055utc 11905kHz 
Music,station signature tune,station Idd announcements etc from 0033utc ,Bengali Gospel  program,then Hindi songs aired from  around 0050ist onwards
Good Signal but slight side band splatter as source of interference
The recorded audio link around 0033utc:
Then again the during the 2nd part of SLBC External Hindi Transmission (0200-0230utc) on 11905kHz
the audio clip link  recorded around 0205utc on 11905kHz:
The slight interference as a form of interference was observed.

Radio Romania International(RRI) English To North America East Coast
(0100-0156utc) 
0059-0117utc 7325kHz Galbeni-Romania (300kW)
Good reception overall
Station signature tune,station idd annoucements etc,music,News ,World Radio Day talk presented by lady,the weekend review etc etc
The audio clip link  recorded around 0105utc on World Radio Day Talk:
https://app.box.com/s/34q5xz67wj8yrlwi2wd48wpj5xqsxle9
RRI English To South East Asia & Pacific Areas
(0630-0656utc)
0629-0656utc 17780kHz Galbeni-Romania (300kW)
Initially slightly weaker signal strength later good signal strengthh,slightly noisy,occasional fading,overall good reception
Station signature tune,station idd annoucements etc,music,News etc ,the weekend review ,world of culture ,another feature etc ,closing annoucements etc ,Station signature tune
The audio clip link recorded around 0649utc:

Bangladesh Betar External Service 
English 1230-1300utc 4750kHz
Good signal strength slight problem in audio modulation but far better than before,it can be ignored.
News,,commentary etc,music,talk cum message on World Radio Day etc,closing annoucements
Here is the audio clip recorded around 1256utc during the talk ( a message on World Radio Day)
Bangladesh Betar External Service Hindi 
1527utc 4750kHz strong  signal
The talk on World Radio Day was on air presented by a lady
The audio clip link  recorded:

Radio Japan NHK World Bengali
1331-1347utc 5895kHz via Tashkent-Uzbekistan(100kW)
Good reception overall,
News,sunday Mailbag Program-Katha O Sur
Here is the audio clip link recorded around their short talk on World Radio Day from 1311utc:

Myanmar Radio English
1530-1630utc scheduled broadcast time not sure
1529utc 5985kHz 
Interval signal,opening annoucements ,news presented by lady
Good signal strength,slight noise & silght interference as side band splatter etc
The audio clip link recorded:
I think Myanmar Radio is now is broadcasing only one English transmission i.e.from 1530utc only on 5985kHz.Its morning English transmission from on 9730kHz from 0230-0330utc has been discontinued for the time being for several months now and  the programs on local language on air in its place.Also I have not heard any other tranmission in English Myanmar Radio so far as per my monitoring.Let me monitor from time to time.

Adventist World Radio(AWR) Wavescan
The Global DX Program via KSDA Agat-Guam(100kW)
1531-1559utc 15530kHz
Good  Reception Overall
story of 100th anniversary of England very first Radio Station's first transmission (falls on February 14th),Philippinas  DX Report, a few reception reports from listeners,usual closing announcements with highlights of next edition of wavescan & QSL infos & address of correspondence etc
Here is the audio link recorded around 1531utc:
1600-1628utc 12040kHz
Good reception,the signal strength ( QSA) more stronger than 15530kHz.
same program repeat
Here is the audio link recorded around  1602utc:
And around 1624utc:

Monitor's Note:✂✂✂
on World Radio Day

For me everyday is like a World Radio Day, no need for any day to observe for  genuine listeners or monitors of broadcasting stations or amateur stations etc or
genuine  radio lovers, they will listen to and monitor still the last station on air..Hi Hi.It is to be seen how trust on traditional radio can be maintained with people when  hours  of analog radio broadcasting  around the world on medium wave and shortwave  etc are going down drastically and also many so called giant  broadcasting stations from different countries has stopped broadcasting with usual ways i.e. on shortwave and medium wave long back.And also with advent of television internet  mobile phone with high speed internet connectivity with instant connectivity and a source of getting instant information ,..considerably reducing dependency on radio of the people , as I have observed.Moreover,I have seen around my place ,in our family members,relatives & friends etc who were once attached to radio,no longer in touch with radio for several decades..We have to move with time and latest development technology,though some changes may be difficult to accept by heart but we have to accept it.

Let See what happens..

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

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