A Few Monitoring Observations On Broadcasting Bands

Receiver:Grundig Yacht Boy 400

External Antenna:Long Wire multistranded Copper wire 79ft long 35ft height approx. RG6 coaxial cable feedline etc

Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) 

All time mentioned  in  Coordinated Universal Time(utc) 

Date:January 22,2023

(Sunday)

Radio Thailand World Service English

0011-0029utc 13750kHz (via Udon Thani,Thailand,250kW)

Good signal strength,overall reception good overall,slightly noisy initially

World News & discussion in brief,Promos,Business News etc

Now it is official that this previous one hour English transmission now only for half an hour on shortwave and rest half hour in Thai language.Now, their schedule in circulation, reflects that.There is still brief break of transmission for switch either transmitter or antenna.

Here are the audio recordings files..

around 0020utc 

https://app.box.com/s/tou8qb4vxk5oul4grm623pvn7d09retp

& around  0028utc:

https://app.box.com/s/k4aafqv6jlxlldij9koyews4nf0dl4y4

BBC World Service English

0045-0059utc 6035kHz 

Good reception, slight fading, transmission ended at 0059utc abruptly

documentary type program on air,program promos

Here is the link to the audio recorded around 0058utc:

https://app.box.com/s/3b4e0fyp7z4e6j03yw62d05agt1c5xmm

0059 to 0102utc 15310kHz 

Signal strength strong, but from 0100utc onwards noise came up slight to moderate-jamming type?,usually found for several years now with  BBCWS English transmissions on a few frequencies

Music,time signal, promos,world news

The audio file link recorded around 0100utc:

https://app.box.com/s/nct5hzot7gzp84gqnc7usrdkpgua16z5

Here is two schedules of BBCWorld Service from nearly two decades back.


Radio Romania International(RRI) English 

To North Amercia East Coast

0102utc 7325kHz 

Noisy,signal difficult to copy

News

The audio recorded around 0102utc:

https://app.box.com/s/fssk09iulbi27zpjy1b328ujj0jigo3f

Radio Japan NHK World Bengali

1512utc 11610kHz Yamata,300kW

The signal strength fair,noisy with fading,overall reception not satisfactory

Sunday Mailbag program-Katha O Sur

The recorded audio file link around 1512utc:

https://app.box.com/s/8kf7tf6foccs1hs3elhyb0jdjj1j691a

Date:January 18,2023

TWR(KTWR) English 

1429-1435 utc 9965kHz (via Yerevan-Gavar,Armenia?,300kW)

Good signal strength,slight noise,slight fading

Interval signal,annoucement in English,music,DXer's Diary in English presented by Arun Kr.Narashimhan-info on broadcasting history of Morisus etc,music-English song aired

Here is the audio file link recorded around 1429utc:

https://app.box.com/s/o3gqx0m649j7ho6yuek7x3gcxbroubo7

Dxer's Diary program(5 minute duration) is now audible on analog mode too on KTWR English as per the following schedule on Wednessday only 

from 1100utc on 11965kHz and also from 1430utc on 9965kHz.

And on DRM mode same schedule on sunday from 1500utc on 15205kHz

More monitoring observations etc soon.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)