Radio Japan NHK World South Asia Flash

On December 29th,after several weeks of poor to barely audible reception of Radio Japan NHK World's shortwave transmissions of Bengali,Hindi & Urdu service,I heard very good reception overall on their respective frequencies.

Here is a brief reception summary.

Date:December 29,2022

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) 

Radio Japan NHK World

Bengali 

1503-1530utc 11610kHz (Via Yamata-Japan,300kW)

SINPO 45444 very weak could be ignored as slight noise side band splatter of broadcasting station from 11620kHz ,slight occasional fading,overall good reception

News,feature program

Here is the audio file link recorded around 1505utc:

https://app.box.com/s/nhseoxx8bdx3fn47sk3aoh6kdri0vnb6

Hindi 

1530-1549utc 11610kHz (Via Yamata-Japan,300kW)

SINPO 45545,good signal strength,slight fading occasionally,overall reception excellent

opening annoucements,news,Japanese Language Learning program

The audio file link recorded around 1530utc:

https://app.box.com/s/d0ar34kwpqb5xnwcc89y1b09x7y55c48

Urdu

1600-1619utc 11620kHz (Via Yamata-Japan,300kW)

SINPO 55545,excellent signal strength,no noise,no interference,slight occasional fading,excellent overall reception

Usual opening annoucements,News,Japanese learning program

The audio file link recorded around 1601utc:

https://app.box.com/s/gphawjjirc5fpio4un39m2wntl66ko90

QSL Card Flash...Down the memory lane:

Radio Japan used to be a good verifier of reception reports and I also have received lots of QSL Cards from the station..Here is a scanned version(both sides  of a beautiful QSL Card for a reception report for  Radio Japan Hindi Service received in 2005 signed by Radio Japan's T Sato.It is showing  "Snow On a fishing port" Ine-cho,Yosa-gun,Kyoto Prefecture

With Best Wishes

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

Radio Japan NHK World Bengali 's New Schedule

As per announcement in Radio Japan Bengali Service sunday Mailbag Program on March 20th during 1310-1329utc on 5895kHz,from March 27th ,2022 sunday ( start of A22 summer season of international broadcasting) , its new frequency will be on 11655kHz from 1500utc onwards (8:30PM in India,9:00PM in Bangladesh, midnight 1200 AM in Japan).And the transmission will be from Yamata,Japan after a long break.And no mention about duration of the transmission was made during the announcement as far as I could recall.As per HFCC A22 database released on their website ( the link http://hfcc.org/data/a22/index.phtml) ,the transmission is of duration of 30 minutes and but will have to actually check the exact duration of the transmission on air.

In short Radio Japan Bengali effective March 27th to October 29th 0f 2022
from 1500utc on 11655kHz via Yamata (300kW)

More reports,observations etc.

Toriaezu sayōnara

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Radio Japan NHK World Hindi& Bengali A22 Update Via Yamata,Japan

Kon'nichiwa!!

Starting from March 27,2022(sunday) i.e.on the first day of coming summer season of international broadcasting season A22, Radio Japan NHK World  Hindi transmission will be on air once only as follows

from 1530utc( from 9.00PM at night in India) everyday on 11655kHz 

There will be no rebroadcast of the  feature program sections of the transmissions as before(twice after the live broadcast  ) on shortwave.And the live broadcast will be available on the website plus on demands audio etc as before.I heard this announcement on last sunday mailbag program (March 13th...unlucky 13th)  Cheri Ke Desh Say.

As far as I could recall I had not heard duration of the broadcast 30 minutes or 20 minutes.

Later checking HFCC A22 date base on HFCC website , it has come to my notice this transmission is listed 30 minute duration and the transmission will be from Yamata (300kW).

The HFCC  A22 database link:

http://hfcc.org/data/a22/index.phtml

Thanks VU2JOS,Hyderabad for posting the link.

And Radio Japan's Bengali transmission is listed on 11655kHz via Yamata Japan (300kW) everyday on 1500utc(8:30PM Indian Standard Time & 9:00PM Bangladesh Standard Time) for half an hour.

And it is after many seasons, Radio Japan will transmit Bengali & Hindi transmissions from Yamata Transmitter Station as per I could recall.

The KDDI Corp.’s Yamata Transmission Station(Koga City , Ibaraki Prefecture?) is the Japan's only shortwave transmission facility for overseas broadcasts.

Here is link to a post on Yamata 

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14367647

Here is a front side of a QSL Card from Radio Japan I received in early 2000s  for my detail reception report to Radio Japan via their Indian Postal address in New Delhi, featuring their their coverage areas on shortwave via Yamata & other leased transmitter sites around the world.

More reports,observations etc soon

Toriaezu sayōnara!!!

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)