Monitor's A23 Observation Special

On April 2nd, instead of regular All India Radio External Service Nepali transmission on 15410kHz via SPT Bengaluru(500kW), I heard from 0230-0259utc Morning News in Hindi & English (0245utc onwards).Earlier too around 0143utc onwards for sometime,Bangla program was on air for a few minutes instead of inverval signal of AIR and the regular AIR Nepali programs(External Service) from 0145utc onwards.There was no audio later but the carrier was on.There might be some technical errors.I just ended monitoring the frequency just at the end of News Headline at English.

The monitored scheduled of AIR External Service Nepali effective March 26th to October 28th of 2023..

0145-0315utc 15410kHz 

0900-1030utc 9910kHz 11560kHz 15030kHz

and on April 2nd, I could hear the transmission during the afternoon only on one frequency i.e. on 15030kHz(via SPT Bengaluru,500kW) with strong signal strength.

On April 3rd...

But the real fact  regarding the broadcast of has come out before me on April 3rd..around 0229utc..I was monitoring AIR External Service's Nepali transmission, it was on air as I monitored it around 0209utc approx. onwards from time to time.Suddenly, around 0229utc ,I heard the annoucement in Nepali, the news would be followed from Delhi and the morning news in Hindi & English came on air and after that regular Nepali programs followed upto scheduled upto 0345utc.Though after 0300utc onwards gradually co-channel interference observed though slight.

Let listen to the audio clip of AIR Ext Ser. Nepali on 15410kHz 

around 0230utc..the Link:

https://app.box.com/s/dt9au80kk9hz6zc4x0kkq76wbvxha8ot

& again around 0259utc the link:

https://app.box.com/s/ulmvjjujzkdi3gsppcqtgr5qgnstzcco

As reported in media that AIR centre in  Kurseong from this April will be producing All Nepali programs iincluding  AIR External Service Nepali Programs in place of New Delhi.

Here is a media news report link: 

https://www.ptinews.com/news/national/kurseong-to-be-hub-of-nepali-radio-broadcasting-in-india-from-apr-1/536883.html

Thanks Alokesh Gupta(VU3BSE),New Delhi for sharing the link in a soical media group.

Another important item..Back On Air..Myanmar Radio on 9730kHz..

On April 3rd ,I heard On 9730kHz in the morning in local Burmese language after a break of a few weeks.

Let listen to the audio recorded around 0214utc of the station..on 9730kHz.

The link:

https://app.box.com/s/w8fx52zjm6c0p88vetyoi3yx7shihmn7

As I mentioned in my earlier report that I heard a station with weak signal on 9730kHz in place of Myanmar Radio during 0230utc onwards for sometime, it was none other than Voice Of Islamic Republic Of Iran (Radio Tehran) Pasthu Service (0220-0320utc perhaps).And this station causing QRM on Myanmar Radio transmission & let listen to the another recorded clip on 9730kHz around 0301utc..to get idea of the QRM.

The link:

https://app.box.com/s/tv1eospk2daxt88qkn4nl9j0f34t5cxd

For all observations, receiver used :Grundig Yacht Boy 400

External Antenna:Long Wire multistranded Copper wire 79ft long 33ft height approx. RG6 coaxial cable end feed type

Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) 

More observations/reports etc soon.

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Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

Assamese In A23

Here is the schedule of the only one International Radio Station broadcasting  in Assamese Language( Gospel broadcast only) for this summer season of broadcast i.e. A23 season 

with effect from  26th March to 28th October ,2023

(The skd is posted as..station name 

transmitter site power 

time frequency days of broadcast format)

Adventist World Radio(AWR) 

Via KSDA Agat-Guam(100kW)

1330-1400UTC on 15550kHz (Sunday & Wednesday)

More updates from time to time.

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Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

The Belgaum Report At Abhayapuri

 Date:April 3,2023

(WTI/MR/A23/2/03-04-23)

Place Of Monitoring:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) NL56hi

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80

External Antenna: 

Inverted V 40mb  feedpoint 33ft approx.

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)

All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist) and where possible in Coordinated Universal Time(utc) also & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch)

Special Notes,symbols etc used for this report:

> indicating onwards ,amateur station's location mentioned as per info available in first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale

WX:Partly cloudy,early morning sunshine after night's rains & thunders etc for a few hours

7050kHz lsb

(The Hambel Belgaum Net..Warm Up/Prenet Session)

0625-0658ist(0055-0128utc)

0625ist>VU2XVX(Salem?) 22,VU2RZA (Chennai) 59 QSB,VU2RTF(Coimbature?) 22,VU?DXA no copy,VU3UCR(?) no copy(0627ist)

0628ist>VU2RZA 59 QSB,VU2FFU(Vishakhapattanam) 56(0629ist>),

VU2RZA 59,VU2RTF 22(0631ist>),VU2FFU 53,VU2RZA 56(0632ist>),VU3HQP(Agartala) 58,VU2XVX 22(0633ist),

0635is(0105utc)>VU2RZA 56 QSB,VU3TBU 22,...

0639ist>VU2KOC(Belgaum) 53

0646ist>VU2RZA 55,VU2KOC 33,VU2JF(Rajkot) 33

0651ist>VU2RZA 53

0653ist>VU3EEX(Patna) 55 breaking,also heard someone tuning causing QRM on the frequency

0654ist>VU?DWN No copy,VU3EEX breaking,

0655ist>VU2OO(Guna) breaking 53,VU3EEX 55,VU2RZA 55,no copy of VU2?SBU ,

VU2OO 53(0656ist),

0657ist.VU2RTF very very weak,VU2KOC 22

More reports/observations etc soon.

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

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

7050 & 7070kHz lsb On First Sunday Morning Of April At Abhayapuri

 Date:April 2,2023

(WTI/MR/A23/1/02-04-23)

Place Of Monitoring:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) NL56hi

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80

External Antenna: 

Inverted V 40mb  feedpoint 33ft approx.

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)

All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist) and where possible in Coordinated Universal Time(utc) also & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch)

Special Notes,symbols etc used for this report:

> indicating onwards ,amateur station's location mentioned as per info available in first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale

WX:After Night Thunders,lightning,heavy rains...partly cloudy,pale early morning sunshine,cool breeze blowing,very cool

The Photograph taken Around 0537ist

7050kHz lsb

(The Hambel Belgaum Net..Warm Up/Prenet Session)

0628-0651ist(0058-0121utc)

From 0628ist(0058utc)>

VU2RZA(Chennai) 56 to 55 QSB ,VU3XVX(Salem?) 22,

0633ist>VU2RZA 56 55

0635ist VU2JF(Rajkot) 53 breaking VU3MES no copy,VU2RZA 56 55 QSB..no copy of VU3MES(Chennai?),VU2SMN(Kolhapur) , VU2JF 43(0637ist),VU3KDS(Mumbai),No copy,VU2RZA 56 QSB,VU3KDS no copy,

0638ist>VU2RZA 56 QSB,VU3EEX(Patna) 54,VU3EDH 53(0640ist),VU2RZA 55,VU2KOC(Belgaum) 33(0641ist),VU2RZA 55 QSB(0642ist>),VU2RAK(New Delhi) 43

0643ist>VU2KOC 33,VU2RZA 55

0647ist>VU2RZA 55-54,VU3MES no copy,

0650ist>VU2RZA 54 QSB,no copy of VU?FFW,no copy of VU3WCI..

7070kHz lsb

0834-0902ist(0304-0332utc)

0834ist(0304utc)> VU3ZRI 54 VU3OKB 56

0835ist>VU2YPB 59 joining

(All mentioned stations operating from different parts of  Guwahati City,Assam)

0839ist>VU3OKB 56,VU3ZRI 53-54,

0840ist>VU2YPB 59( slightly muffled audio sometimes),

VU3ZRI 53,VU3OKB 55 QSB slight

0841ist>VU2YPB 59,VU2XBP(Guwahati) 56 QSB(0843ist),VU3ZRI 53,VU3OKB 56 QSB,

0851ist>VU2YPB 59,VU3ZRI 53 QSB,VU3OKB 56(0853ist),

VU2XBP 55(0854ist),VU2YPB 59

0856ist>VU3ZRI 54 VU3OKB 55,VU3YPB 59(0857ist>)

0900ist>VU3ZRI 53,VU2YPB 59,VU3OKB 55

Monitor's Note:

From 0858ist approx. onwards VU2YPB was checking his transmitter section of transreceiver with VU3OKB going Up & down by a few kHzs for a few minutes,later return to usual frequency,earlier VU2YPB's audio slightly got distorted(due to slightly low charge level in battery) & he sorted it out by lowering the power slightly (as he often does)but no effect on signal strength level here in my place.He was using his Yaseu commercial transreceiver with battery and homebrewed 40mb horizontal dipole centre feed.His homebrewed antenna has been working fine as per my assessment for a long time.

More reports/observations etc soon.

73

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

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

The Beginning From First April ..April Fool Day From My Collection

This is just the beginning.........

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Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

At Last After Several Months..The Packet Arrived

On Yesterday i.e.March 31st, around noon,the new & very active postman of our area delivered the packet of a few Voice Of America(VOA) Wall Calendar 2023 depicting USA Islands this year.

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Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

First A23 Post On Monitoring observations etc

For all monitoring observations and logs 

Receiver:Grundig Yacht Boy 400

External Antenna:Long Wire multistranded Copper wire 79ft long 33ft height approx. RG6 coaxial cable end feed type

Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) 

All time mentioned  in  Coordinated Universal Time(utc) 

Date:March 31,2023

Radio Japan NHK World Via Yamata,Japan(300kW)

(For all Radio Japan Transmissions monitored the transmitter & power  are same as mentioned above)

Bengali 

1500-1520utc 11655kHz

Excellent overall reception,good signal strength,

Opening announcements,news,Japanese Learning Lesson

The link to the audio recorded around 1502utc:

https://app.box.com/s/r39s9fpkmo1i4xvxref68pa34fi83pxp

Hindi

1530-1550utc 11655kHz

Excellent overall reception,good signal strength

opening annoucements,news,Japanese Learning Lesson

The link to the audio recorded around 1531utc:

https://app.box.com/s/3sidpaen2oortxz4938y05y24fmnjz7s

Urdu

1600-1620utc 9440kHz

Good signal strength,excellent overall reception

Opening announcement,News,Japanese Learning Lesson

The link to the audio recorded around 1600utc:

https://app.box.com/s/nzjy22bkry1wfq2hlybfdgjokozp4nen

Monitor's Note:

From the start of A23 season of international broadcasting i.e.effective March 26th(sunday),Radio Japan NHK World Bengali Service program contents has undergone major  changes.These are..

In first place, the transmission duration will be of 20 minutes duration like Hindi & Urdu Services.From Monday to Friday  there is one minute of opening announcement,9 minutes of news,10 minutes of Japanese Easy Learning courses.And on saturday & sunday, there is one minute of opening annoucement and 19 minutes of feature programs.And another interesting information, the long standing sunday Mailbag Program's name ..Katha O Sur..has been changed to Katha Mala Japan Theke.I missed its first edition on air on March 26th due to bad weather.And another thing on saturday & sunday news will be available on the internet on the website  as I understand.I am not sure what feature program will be on air on saturday.Let me check.

The transmission schedule is as per my above log  and is from Yamata ,Japan as before.

Voice Of Turkey English 

1627-1653utc 11660kHz (Emirler-Turkey,500kW)

Strong signal strength(QSA),slight QSB(fading) sometimes,sometimes for brief period audio looks like slightly over modulated,but overall good,no problem in copying

Interval signal-music followed by station identification announcement in male voice,time signal around 1630utc,opening announcements of VOT English schedules-address of correspondence etc by a lady announcer,news read by a male presenter,followed by review of Turkish Press,Political feature etc,music -Turkish songs

The audio file link recorded around 1631utc:

https://app.box.com/s/m81jes5g2ksc1azn2tzozusaw4kag5na

Voice Of Turkey English used to be a good verifier of reception reports and also used to send useful gift items for day to day use.Though, for several years now,I have not sent any reception reports to the station,but whenever I get time I tune to the Voice Of Turkey English & Urdu transmission.

A few short  infos..

Bangladesh Betar External Service in Arabic noted with slight hum and rough audio on 4750kHz  around 1620utc.

The audio link recorded:

https://app.box.com/s/63e3un83j61y8aifarv8oxv1ivjjgamt

Radio Taiwan International English noted with extremely strong signal on 9405kHz around 1622utc( just like a local FM Station HI HI).Also Voice of Vietnam English also noted with strong signal on 7220kHz during 1623-1627utc signing off.

Carrying The Balance From B22..Into A23

From Monitor's Radio Account Book BC Section!!!

Myanmar Radio in local language in the morning(0130?-0330utc..onwards ....) on 9730kHz has not been heard here from several weeks in towards the end of  B22 season  to a few days of A23 season as per my monitoring here around 0200-0330utc.Sometimes another station I am not sure this is Myanmar Radio can be heard .I am not sure whether it is Burmese language or any dialects..I will keep a close watch on the frequency.If it is on air may be not  getting signals here but I can not accept it from heart as its transmission is well heard here with loud and clear signal..

Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) External Service Hindi transmission is still on air  as in B22 season on 11905kHz during 0200-0230utc only in this A23 season effective March 26th.The first half of transmission is on SLBC website as before.

More monitoring observations/reports etc soon

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)