Monday, June 28, 2010

DXing the subcontinent

India
All times UTC (NF/ new frequency)

Frequency changes for Voice of Kashmir (Sedayee Kashmir) in Kasmiri
0230-0330 NF 4870 DEL 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs, ex 6100
0730-0830 NF 6100 DEL 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs, ex 9890
1430-1530 NF 4870 DEL 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs, ex 6100
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 15)

Recent AIR External Service changes
The following are the recent changes noted to AIR External Services.

11620 Aligarh 0015-0430 (Ex 0100-0430)

7410 Bangalore 1745-1945 English (W.NW Africa) (Ex 7550)

7550 Delhi 1745-1945 English, 1945-2045 Hindi 2045-2230 English (Europe)
(Ex 7400, 7410)

9940 Delhi 1745-1945 English, 1945-2045 Hindi 2045-2230 English (Europe)
(Irregular)

15075 Delhi 1615-1730 Hindi(Back on air)

9810 Panaji 0130-0230 Nepali (Back on air)

15185 Panaji 0315-0415 Hindi, 0415-0430 Gujarati, 0430-0530 Hindi (Back on
air)

The updated lists are available as follows:

Complete SW in kHz order
http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm

External Services in Language order
http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/es/Language.htm

External Services in Time order
http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/es/time.htm

Complete SW Stations order
http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/loc.htm

http://www.qsl.net/

Latest info received shows that the frequencies listed as Panaji above viz 9810 & 15185 kHz are actually from Delhi. Any inconvenience caused is regretted.

Registered data
7410 1730-2030 37,46 BGL 500 280
7410 1730-2230 27,28 BGL 500 320
9810 0115-0230 41N,42S ALG 250 65
11620 0045-0430 41N DEL 250 334
15075 1600-1730 48SW,53W ALG 250 245
15185 0300-0530 48SW,53W PAN 250 205
(Jose Jacob-IND VU2JOS, DX-India June 15/22/BC-DX 969, wb, Germany)

Indian Blog Logs

All times UTC // parallel frequency *sign-on / sign-off*

All India Radio

4800, AIR Hyderabad, 0025-0030, Jun 09, Telegu announcement, Sitar music. SINPO 45344, China had faded out! (Petersen)

4810, AIR Bhopal, 0025-0030, Jun 09, Hindi ann, Sitar music. SINPO 33433, noise utility QRM. (Petersen)

4840, AIR Mumbai, 0010-0030, Jun 09, Hindi ann, Indian songs. SINPO 54544, interference weaker WWCR. (Petersen)

4860, AIR Delhi, Kingsway, 0025-0035, Jun 09, Hindi announcement. Sitar music and talk, heavily distorted, SINPO 35231. (Petersen)

4910, AIR Jaipur, 0030-0040, Jun 09, Hindi talk, SINPO 44333. (Petersen). AIR Jaipur has launched a new website at the link: http://www.airjaipur.com/ . (Gupta)

4920, AIR Chennai, *0015-0035, Jun 09, Tamil announcement, Indian music, 0035 English news from Delhi, SINPO 45444. (Petersen)

5010, AIR Thiruvananthapuram, *0020-0040, Jun 09, Malayalam announcement, Vande Mataram hymn, drums and string music, news from Delhi in Hindi and English. SINPO 45544. (Petersen/DX Window 404)