Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Medium Wave & FM Updates From Abhayapuri
AIR Guwahati On Medium Wave And On FM
All India Radio (AIR) Guwahati on medium wave as per my monitoring is on air on as both Mahabahu channel (ex Guwahati A) on 729kHz and Pragjyotishpur (ex Guwahati B) on 1035kHz as separate channels for several weeks now.
And I am also getting sometimes fair to poor signal of AIR Guwahati's Vividh Bharati FM relay on 100.8MHz (same program feed of AIR Goalpara Vividh Bharati Relay on 102.6MHz) from time to time.And also getting reasonal signal from time to time of AIR Mahabahu's FM relay on 101.6MHz here in my place,which is nearly 107km away approx. from Guwahati aerially.
Bangladesh Betar Dhaka on 693kHz Domestic Service :
I have not heard yet Bangladesh Betar Dhaka on 693kHz on air.I guess ,their repair and maintenance works on the transmitter is still going on and it is running behind the schedule due to bad weather and other reasons.
BBS on 96.0MHz
Bhutan Broadcasting Service on 96.0 MHz(via Thimphu?) is also audible here in different languages here in my location in Western Assam.The Nepali Service is audible from 0400utc onwards and often audible with good reception.But their shortwave transmission is still off the air for a long time on 6035kHz.I guess BBS's English Service still on air from 0800utc for a few hours.I have not monitored it for several weeks.
A Few Medium Wave Log:
A few medium wave log which I like to share with you all for the morning of May 16th 0250utc onwards this morning long wire endfeed external antenna on Grundig YB400 receiver.
AIR Guwahati Mahabahu 729kHz Morning Hindi News QSP(relay) AIR Delhi...then @0300utc linked to Guwahati with Geetimalika Noisy slightly ..fair QSA
AIR Guwahati Prajyotishpur 1035kHz Morning News in Hindi..0300utc@Morning News in English QSP AIR Delhi..
Good to poor..overall reception ..QSA going down after 0300utc approx..
AIR Shillong 864kHz good signal
AIR Itanagar 675kHz fair
Bangladesh Betar 819kHz very weak..
No signal heard of AIR Kokrajhar on 1512kHz
More reports,observations etc on medium wave and FM reception of broadcasting stations from time to time.
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Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)
First Broadcasting Band Monitoring Report After A Long Break
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 coax lead in
Location of Reception Place(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India):NL56hi(Grid Location)
All time mentioned in Coordinated Universal Time(utc)
Date:May 15,2022
1.Radio Romania International(RRI) English
11825kHz (Galbeni,Romania-300kW)
0300-0330utc (with a few shorter break periods in my monitoring to check other frequencies)
Good Signal strength with slight fading,signal weakened after 0325utc onwards
Opening usual annoucements etc by male voice,News,The Week In Review,song of the day,World Of Culture,Radio Romania Encyclopedia
Here is the brief recordings of RRI English on 11825kHz
Around 0300utc:
and around 0312utc:
During last winter season(B21), I observed that there was no transmission of Radio Romania International(RRI) English on analog AM mode on the morning hours i.e.as per earlier 0400-0456utc directed towards India and both the frequenies instead on DRM mode of transmission perhaps directed to India.Perhaps I guess ,this is because the RRI-English transmission directed to North America East Coast on 41mb long standing frequency on 7325kHz is usually well heard in India from 0100-0156utc during winter season of broadcasting i.e.B season.Anyway let us see, what RRI decides for upcoming B22 winter season of broadcasting from October 30th.
2.Radio Taiwan International(RTI) English
RTI English's present shortwave schedule as per my monitoring now
0300-0400utc on 15320kHz
1600-1700utc on 9405kHz
On May 15th, I heard RTI-English with good signal around 0303utc for a few minutes.
Here is the recorded audio clip link:
Later at night, around 1600utc for a few minutes I heard RTI-English on 9405kHz with extremely strong signal.
Here is the recorded audio clip link:
3.Radio Japan NHK World via Yamata,Japan(300kW)
a)English 1405utc(1400-1430utc)-1410utc 11815kHz
Good signal but facing slight to moderate co-channel interferece(QRM) from CGTN Radio English i.e. rebranded China Radio International(CRI)-English.
Here is the audio file link recorded around 1407utc:
b)Bengali 11655kHz 1500-1530utc
Excellent signal strength
News,Katha O Sur-sunday Mailbag Program
Audio clip link recorded around 1510utc:
c)Hindi 116550kHz 1530-1550utc
Excellent signal strength,slight fading sometimes
Audio clip link recorded around 1532utc:
4.Adventist World Radio English Wavescan Global DX Program
1520-1600utc 15670kHz Nauen,Germany-250kW
Good signal strength,slightly noisy and slight fading was there
Here is the audio clip link recorded around 1523utc:
More reports,observations etc. soon.
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)
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