Monitoring Observation Station KNLS English Via Madagascar

Station KNLS English New Life Station 

Via Madagascar World Voice(MWV),Madagascar 

0200-0300utc & 0300-0400utc on 13760kHz to India & South Asia in general in A25 season effective March 30th..
Transmission ends a few minutes earlier than mentioned time and perhaps due to antenna change /rotation or other technical reasons.

Here is a few monitoring observations  of KNLS English on 13760kHz .

Monitor's Note:
For all monitoring observations has been made  at my location in Abhayapuri in Western Assam(India)with RIG Yaesu FT 891 and dipole inverted V 40/20mb dual bander except on April 9th as mentioned in due course of the report.

On March 31st, I heard as per my random aircheck in several spells during 0200-0250utc on 13760kHz, good signal with slight fading.

On April 3rd..Jose Jacob (VU2JOS) from Hyderabad alerted me about Station KNLS English was missing on air on 13760kHz as per his aircheck during 0200-0215utc.And around 0220utc, I checked the frequency i.e.13760kHz with my Yaseu FT 891 dipole inverted and not found any signal of the New Life Station here.

On April 4th..around 0211utc on 13760kHz during my routine aircheck on broadcasting frequencies, I found Station KNLS English on air with good signal with QSB(fading).

On April 5th, around 0208utc onwards, I heard very weak signal of KNLS English on 13760kHz and it was gaining strength in signal.And Jose Jacob from Hyderabad informed me on both days, the signal of KNLS were not heard initially and later he could listen to it.

On April 6th..I monitored in spells of KNLS English during 0300-0400utc and found good signal and overall reception.Earlier, I also heard the station with good reception during their first transmission on 13760kHz from 0220utc onwards for sometime.

On April 9th..Around 0207utc I received a message about only carrier with no audio of Station KNLS English on 13760kHz from OM Jose Jacbo(VU2JOS) in Hyderabad.

There was early morning rains & thunders so, I did not monitor on radio.As the weather condition improved and around  I did engerise with battery my Groundig YB 400 with a long wire around 0215utc and I also found the strong carrier only with no audio.Alokesh Gupta(VU3BSE) from Faridabad also stated the same condition there.During my several monitoring spells later, I found only the strong carrier on 13760kHz.The same condition prevailed from 0300utc transmission slot of Station KNLS English on 13760kHz during my aircheck from 0300utc onwards for sometime.Later I switched off the radio for some works.But around 0327utc, I found a text message of Alokesh Gupta that the audio suddenly heard on 13760kHz from 0326utc onwards.Yes, I also heard it on 13760kHz with good signal from  0328utc onwards upto 0354utc on my Grundig YB 400.Here is a few recordings I did which I like  to share..just click on the links..

Station KNLS Alaska New Life Station English on 13760kHz

Around  0330utc:

https://app.box.com/s/sciodnak251hq1ze6qsad6uhogfh0zc9

0331utc:

https://app.box.com/s/xx6cva8fwycycia738hzf8lexwttq4le

0353utc:

https://app.box.com/s/mcg4ew7apjz87m8e5iip9u3edy4wzv8a

Sorry my unitentional coughing sound recorded during the recording around 0353utc..

Thanks also to OM Jose Jacob (VU2JOS) in Hyderabad and OM Alokesh Gupta(VU3BSE),Faridabad for their alert messages direct and indirect.

More observations//monitoring reports etc soon.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

Station KNLS Alaska English via Madagascar World Voice(MWV) A Reception Update

The Station KNLS Alaska English to India & South West Asia

via Madagascar World Voice(MWV) is on air daily during 0200-0258utc & then from 0300-0358utc on 13760kHz .

And a few latest reception observations of Station KNLS Alaska English via MWV.

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) 

On January 23rd..

Acting on an alert message from a Senior radio monitor from Hyderabad,I monitored  the Station KNLS English on 13760kHz and found that it  was without audio but with strong carrier around 0347utc onwards.And very weak co-channel interference might be Voice of Korea .Music could be audible in the background.

Here is the link of the audio recorded around 0348utc:

https://app.box.com/s/op7fsn963ori4lpj2kne5vo2o04yq0ln

However, On January 24th,I heard Strong Signal of KNLS English on 13760kHz both during 0200-0258utc and 0300-0358utc.

On January 25th..

On that day there was slight to moderate interference as a form of side band splatter from a broadcasting station broadcasting on 13770kHz during the entire nearly two hours of broadcasting on 13760kHz  of KNLS English via MWV.

Here is the links to the audio files recorded around 

0253utc

https://app.box.com/s/4giqi918ntc4hz1vdxd9nol4g845ja0i

and again around 0300utc:

https://app.box.com/s/gixtfs74f652q58izr5pjtifs75u4g58

On January 27th..

I have not found any QRM (interferece as such ) today during my several monitoring spells on 13760kHz during 0200-0358utc.

Here is the recorded audio files links..

0241utc:

https://app.box.com/s/v8zke9k3n2jodo81qwme2mhx2mkba6kr

0332utc:

https://app.box.com/s/1hsbdl5ppd5zc3ux8z295se32sfr2nhl

To sum up, sometimes QRM co-channel very weak from Voice Of Korea,North Korea(DPRK) & sometimes sideband splatter from neary by frequencies viz 13770kHz comes up.Also sometimes,I have observed noise etc from time to time not on regular basis.Overall the reception is satisfactory here on 13760kHz both during 0200-0258utc & 0300-0358utc.And sometimes due to technical error, we may miss the audio like on January 23rd.

With Best Wishes 

73

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) on monitoring  mode, 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)