Monitor's Weekend Special Notes

Receiver:Grundig YB 400

External:Long Wire multistranded Copper wire 75ft long 33 ft height approx.

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

All time mentioned  in  Coordinated Universal Time(utc) 

Date:December 12,2022

British Broadcasting Corporation(BBC) World Service(WS) English:

BBCWS English was received on 17800kHz from 00022utc to 0030utc during my usual morning monitoring session.

The signal was strong with slight fading .The same program feed on regular frequencies i.e.5980kHz & 5875kHz of BBCWS that time.And a feature on the African country  Burkina Faso was aired.

Here is the link to the audio file recorded around 0022utc:

https://app.box.com/s/xnv6bz9tcfhocx03dti5mjijtopypkg4

But the transmission ended all of a sudden with annoucement later around 0029utc there was no program no this channel and carried went off the air around 0030utc.

Here is the audio recording link around 0028utc onwards:

https://app.box.com/s/1l0tljeipvnuzfah7owa457icyx4u60i

I thought initially that  BBC WS might be testing  on  17800kHz for 0000-0200utc for the morning ..to South Asia...as the reception is  very noisy on both 5980kHz &  5875kHz.It was just a wild guess only.But later found in a B22 database after extensive search, this transmission 0000-0030utc(daily) on 17800kHz (250kW) is from Tinang,Philipines.

Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation(SLBC) External Service Hindi:

SLBC External Service Hindi is off the air on 11905kHz during its first part of morning transmission from 0030-0100utc for several days now.However, the 2nd part of their transmission on 0200-0230utc is still on the air on 11905kHz.Here is the link to the audio file recorded around 0220utc on SLBC External Service Hindi on 11905kHz today.

I understand as per their morning signing on announcement(earlier) that both transmissions are also on available live  on their website.That's why I heard several times during their closing announcement ,the next transmission would begin from the following day from 6AM IST(0030utc) although now the early morning transmissions on 11905kHz is off the air.

https://app.box.com/s/wbk6izz532c5con1gy47et1h9swkuij8

Radio Romania International(RRI) on 7325kHz Early Morning

Now the early morning Spanish Program of RRI directed to North America perhaps now audible here during 0000-0056utc on 7325kHz to some extent.Earlier there was heavy noise observed.As I have mentioned in my several blog posts that this transmission in winter season had been audible with good reception.

Today I found good reception of RRI Spanish during 0032utc onwards for sometime.

Here is the the audio recording link around 0034utc (on 7325kHz):

https://app.box.com/s/zc4r0geu4uclwr6uq80z5nmsgpa3si0w

But after sometime towards the end there was heavy noise on that frequency, and it was not possible to copy the signal.

And RRI-English to North America East Coast on 7325kHz from 0100-0156utc , was also difficult to copy due to heavy noise.This was not the case earlier in the winter.

Here is the link to the audio file recorded around 0100utc of RRI-English on 7325kHz:

https://app.box.com/s/owkjtqguocd1s5420zia4q511oe0u0nv

This RRI-English transmission was audible for several winter seasons with good reception here in my place on its long standing frequeny of 7325kHz.And now in winter RRI-English has stopped the analog 56 minutes (0400-0456utc) transmission slot to India.The frequencies are on DRM mode viz.11705 & 17790kHz.

But surprisingly in summer season they are back on analog mode with one frequency(11825kHz) in 25mb during the usual 0300-0356utc slot.

More Observations,logs etc etc soon.
Enjoy The Weekend With Radio!!!

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)