REPUBLIC DAY MONITORING OF ALL INDIA RADIO

Here is a summary of All India Radio(AIR) Stations reception duing AIR's Live Coverage of  67th Republic  Day  Parade from Rajpath,New Delhi on January 26th of 2016  on Short Wave,Medium Wave & FM  monitored from my location at Abhayapuri.

Geographical Location of Reception Place(Abhayapuri):
Longitude:26º18´20´´North
Latitude:90º37´50´´East

As you know very well that a few of regional AIR Stations specially from North-eastern part of India were not on air regularly but on special occasions like Republic Day On January 26th & on Independence Day of India on August 15th they were on air from a day or two earlier.

This year there was no coverage from AIR-Kohima and AIR-Itanagar .AIR-Kohima is off the air from a long time.As I reported last year there were extensive damage to shortwave & medium wave facilities of AIR-Itanagar due to fire  late September and the repair work might have not been completed.I also haven't heard AIR-Itanagar on its medium wave frequency on 675kHz and perhaps AIR-Itanagar is on the air only via FM .Also I've not heard for a long time AIR-Aizal on shortwave.

All these monitoring was done by Grundig YB 400 Rx with a long copper wire as external antenna.

1.AIR-Shillong was signning on around 0346UTC on its day frequency of 7315kHz.
The signal strength was good with slight hum noise.
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Signatue Tune of AIR,station Idd & frequency etc announcement in Hindi by a lady,same announcement in English by a lady & mentioned of Republic Day ,music
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/0solcz8hf8izms4hfmy1y830l2akm50v

2.AIR Delhi Relay   on 15050kHz was noted on 0350UTC .
The signal strength was good.
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Announcement in English by a lady, Male Voice began broadcast Live from Rajpath
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/5rtvpczypbuaze5d5tkl3eh34dvxc1a7

3.AIR-Lucknow on 7440kHz around 0354UTC
The signal strength was fair & slight noisy
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Commentary in Hindi of the parade
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/szqns5sbeno93bwfysueacj5tlywxszg

4.AIR-Bhopal on 7430kHz around 0355UTC
The signal strength was good & less noisy.
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Commentary in Hindi of the parade
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/oczbd64vp73vqjimc6x269mptzv339jv

5.AIR-Aligarh on 6145kHz around 0426UTC
The signal strength was good & slight noise.
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Commentary in Hindi by male voice & then by a lady
Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/mbrgw6bvpc8w1jg0hxxx5n8qn9o349fb

The following monitoring observations was done by Grundig YB 80 Rx on battery with telescopic antenna fully extended.

6.AIR-Guwahati A on 729kHz around 0450UTC
The signal strength was fair.
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Commentary in English by a male voice,
 Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/yjfsxeuhcgkkh071lnkyztczf6bkiimb

7.AIR-Guwahati B on 1035kHz around 0452UTC
The signal strength was fair & slightly noisy.
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Commentary in Hindi by a male voice
 Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/tqn0oqshr6fh685u58jubunt5e8ppuzh

8.AIR-Shillong on 864kHz around 0454UTC
The signal strength was fair & noisy
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Commentary in English by a male voice,
 Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/xl7fc4zi72mlnp8lhbdhc6y9o5cqjl0y

9.AIR-Guwahati Vivid Bharati on 100.8MHz around 0501UTC
The reception was  good
Brief Program Summary Heard:
Commentary in English by a male voice,
 Here is the link to the audio recorded:
https://app.box.com/s/rshzj4t8r74qc36wpfkz3pubv9aaumez

More Monitoring Reports etc etc soon.
73 & 55
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

Look At Nature

 Sky At Evening At Abhayapuri

 A Surprise Visitor In Summer At Our Backyards At Our Residence At Abhayapuri

 A Tree In Winter

A Butterfly In Our Garden At Abhayapuri

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Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

SPOTTED AT ABHAYAPURI (AYU)

 WDG3A 14973 As Light Engine

WDG4 12949 SILIGURI Pulling A Oil Tanker

12390 SILGURI Pulling A BCN

WDG3A 13536 KATNI Leading 55611 DBB KYQ Passenger

Assamese in B15

Here is the schedule of of three international radio stations (All Gospel Stations) broadcasting  in Assamese for this current winter season of broadcast i.e.B15 effective October 25,2015 to March 26,2016

Trans World Radio (TWR) via KTWR Agana Guam (100kW) during1315-1345UTC on 15225kHz (Monday to Friday)

Adventist World Radio(AWR) via KSDA Agat Guam(100kW) during1330-1400UTC on 15660kHz (on Sunday & Wednessday )

Gospel For Asia (Athmeeya Yatra Radio ) Via Nauen(MBR),Germany (250kW)0015 to 0030UTC on 7240kHz   (Saturday & Sunday)

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Gautam Kumar Sharma (GK)(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

GK'S FASCINATION ANOTHER R...RAILWAYS...GK AS RAILFAN

Besides my interest in Radio...(a R..) another R...fascinates me is Railways.....
And now here is a few snaps of various disel rail engines (locomotives) which I took recently.....

 

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Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

ROCKING DXING

We Are Rocked around 4.35AM IST(2305UTC on January 3rd) On January 4th of 2016 by an earthquake. We rushed outside...and the electric power supply was cut off by power company as the jolts became stronger ...It was restored after the tremors was no longer felt...within a few mintues..
As later in the morning , it was known to me from BBC Bangla,BBC Hindi on Radio .....that the earthqauke's epicentre was nearly 35km away from Imphal,the capital city of Manipur State & inside 15 to 17km of earth's surface ..it was 6.7 on Richtar Scale & it was felt also in its neighbouring states i.e. my home state Assam(all parts),Meghalaya,Nagaland & Mizoram ....and even in Bangladesh & Myanmar & Bhutan & also in other states in eastern India... Bihar,West Bengal & Jharkand...

And there were reports of a collapse of a old  buliding in Imphal & damaged to several buildings etc etc.Also reported of several damage to buildings plus house collapse & deaths & Injuries in Manipur...And in Guwahati & in other parts of Assam there were reports of  several cracks appeared in many apartments & buildings & also deaths in Guwahati...as seen later in various cable news TV channels...

Now I like to share .........................
A Few Monitoring Observations ....On January 4th Morning Via my Grundig YB 400 Rx:
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I found All India Radio(AIR)-Shillong was off the air on shortwave on 4970kHz this morning.But found its medium wave service on 864kHz relaying Morning News in Hindi from AIR-Delhi around 0237UTC.
I couldn't hear AIR-Imphal on 882kHz this morning around that time.As I heard later in Imphal,the power supply was disrupted after the earthquake.
And later in the afternoon, I heard All India Radio(AIR)-Shillong on air on its day frequency i.e. on 7315kHz  around 0830UTC(approx..) onwards.
And later in the evening I heard AIR-Imphal in the evening on 882kHz from 1306UTC onwards via my Philips DL334 Rx on battery without any external antenna.
There was Live Calling Show on air in Manipuri Langauge with experts talking about the earthquake & with calls coming from many persons.
Here is the link to the audio recorded at 1306UTC:
https://app.box.com/s/k8fb8p2w9jajlqwiqrh713suwcj7sft9
And the link to the audio recorded at 1312UTC:
https://app.box.com/s/aheu2pmasaw31qi1bdosfx27govpffy8
I also found good signal of AIR-Shillong on 864kHz around 1314UTC.There was news in perhaps Khashi Language presented by a lady.
Here is the link to the audio:
https://app.box.com/s/j5olm48k612mzj3mz6bjopqbis4r5ydo
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73 & 55
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

GK's All India Radio Special

Here is a few of my recent radio monitoring observations of All India Radio transmissions from my home town,Abhayapuri which I like to share with you .

All my monitorings on medium wave was done on my Analog Philips DL334 on battery without any external antenna .

All India Radio(AIR)'s Mahalaya Special Transmission:
I faced very noisy band condition while monitoring the broadcast on October 11th from 22.36UTC onwards specially on Shortwave band ...60mb.. 4800-5050kHz frquency range where most of regional stations of AIR broadcasts on shortwave (evening/morning period).
I could only listen to one AIR Station on air on shortwave i.e. AIR-Bhupal on 4810kHz.And managed to record a few moment of audio around 2310kHz when the reception was slightly better. I monitored it by my Grundig YB 400 Rx with long external antenna.
 Here is the link to the audio file mentioned....(In Hindi)
https://app.box.com/s/xg6j34pkxjdjltdslvjinwtdwz78tdrt

I monitored the Medium Wave band with my Analog Philips DL334 on battery for better reception.
And I heard loud signal of AIR-Kolkata A on 657kHz from 22.38UTC onwards with slight noise plus slight fading for almost throughout the broadcast.
Here is the link to the audio file of AIR-Kolkata A on 657kHz recorded at 22.40UTC...(in Bengali)
https://app.box.com/s/4ygt6yshwdavzytcna1foa9mfe1bs6ys
The reception became slightly noisy towards the end of Mahalaya broadcast of AIR-Kolkata A on 657kHz...
I recorded an audio towards the very end of the broadcast around...0006UTC on October 12th.
Brief Program Contents Heard:
Song,sound of auspicious conchshell, announcement of conclusion of Mahalaya & credits etc by a male voice,Promos(All in Bengali Language)
Here is the link to the audio:
https://app.box.com/s/lw6xzj5c7k6zqocnswn8cidnbl5euas2

The Mahalaya transmission was also received from AIR-Chinsurah (1000kW) on 594kHz with loud signal but there was slight co-channel interfence from perhaps a Chinese Radio Station.
 It was the same broadcast as of AIR-Kolkata A  & it relayed from Chinsurah.
Here is the link to an audio file of AIR-Chinsurah recorded at 22.48UTC...(in Bengali)
https://app.box.com/s/rp862jau9po9xt7o8xildpx6vg9wb2a8
At present  from this Chinsurah transmitter site of All India Radio  relays programs from AIR Kolkata A plus other programs on medium wave on two frequencies
594kHz in the morning & on 1134kHz in the evening.But still there is no mention of these frequencies on All India Radio Printed Guide yet either as a part of AIR-Kolkata or as separate AIR Station.Perhaps it is still in testing mode.
Details of AIR-Chinsurah can be found at..
http://wikimapia.org/12271152/All-India-Radio-SPT-Chinsurah-Mogra

I also heard AIR-Lucknow A signing on 747kHz around 2254UTC & the Mahalaya broadcast was aired.
I recorded a few moments of audio around 2256UTC onwards.The reception was noisy.
Brief Program Contents Heard:
Song,opening announcements etc by a male voice etc.
Here is the link to the audio:
https://app.box.com/s/oyyd7ln2mb3gh6ies2pq1sdbh7nhdtv7
Details of AIR-Chinsurah can be found at..
http://wikimapia.org/12271152/All-India-Radio-SPT-Chinsurah-Mogra

Besides these, there were several AIR Stations on Medium Wave which I heard but their reception was poor.

All India Radio-Itanagar Is Still Off The Air on SW & MW:
AIR-Itanagar is still off the air on shortwave(4990kHz) and mediumwave(675kHz) as per my latest monitoring.As posted by me earlier, a fire broke out due to short circuit  at the transmitter site of AIR-Itanagar on early morning hours of September 25th(friday) & damaged completedly the shortwave room & medium wave  besides others.Their  transmission is perhaps continuing on FM on 103.1MHz.

Some Other AIR Stations Heard on Medium Wave.:
Now-a-days, AIR-Patna A can be heard loud & clear on 621kHz in the evening.I heard on October 15th evening AIR-Patna A on 621kHz with good reception around 1337utc onwards.There was promos on election malpractices & its reporting by public.AIR-Varanasi A on 1242kHz was heard with good signal on October 18th evening.
AIR-Tezpur(20kW) from my home state Assam was heard on 1125kHz with poor signal in the evening of October 18th around 1347UTC approx.
There was News in Assamese & other programs on air.After a while there was heavy sideband interference from AIR-Chinsurah on 1134kHz.There was a Bengali Drama was on air on 1134kHz.
This is for the first time after a long break that I could listen to audio traces of AIR-Tezpur on 1125kHz.

More monitoring Updates etc soon.
73 & 55
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Geographical Location of Reception Place(Abhayapuri):
Longitude:26º18´20´´North
Latitude:90º37´50´´East