Saturday, November 25, 2017

BCDX Net celebrates 29th anniversary !



The weekly BCDX Net operating on the 40 Meter Amateur Band in South India will  celebrated its 29th anniversary on 26 Nov 2017.

BCDX net is controlled by Mr.Sanil Deep, VU3SIO on 7085 kHz LSB at 0300-0330 UTC (8.30 to 9.00 am IST.) on sundays. 

This Net was started on Sunday November 27, 1988 by a small group of Amateurs viz. Shanmughasundaram VU2FOT, Victor Goonetilleke 4S7VK, Jose Jacob VU2JOS and some SWL's.

The whole concept of this Net started when these Hams used to meet regularly on the band and exchanged DX news at various times. This later transformed into a regular Net which benefited many people. This Net is conducted on Sunday mornings for the advantage of those who are keenly interested in Broadcast Band Dxing.The unique thing about this Net is that is helped Hams to become SWL Dxers and SWL's to become Hams !

On a typical Sunday morning,the Net control starts the Net by calling in for regular check-ins. After about 10 minutes he gives the latest DX tips that he has gathered and later other stations also takes turn in exchanging their DX information. It has all the ingredients of a live two way DX program and continues for about 30 minutes depending on the traffic. For some time it was known as SWL DX Net.

The Net grew up with VU2KAK Anil, VU3SIO Sanil,VU2ISR Harsha, VU3ITI Varadhan, VU3DJQ Raman, VU2NGB Binu,VU2BNP Prahalad, VU3BGK Neel, VU2ICI Mohan, VU2MUD Madhu etc.joining in.

In 1989 a monthly newsletter was published on behalf of the Net by VU2FOT which was unfortunately discontinued after some issues. In May 1991 a BCDX Net Convention was held at Kozhikode which was a big success & attended by over 85 people including Victor Goonetilleke 4S7VK from Sri Lanka. A Ham station with the special call sign VU2F was also operational at the convention venue. A DX contest sponsored by Radio Netherlands was organized on 29 & 30th January 1994 in collaboration with Union of Asian DXERS, Sri Lanka. Special QSL cards were issued by Radio Netherlands for the occasion. In 1995 a special QSL card was also issued to mark the 7th anniversary of the Net by VU2BNP. In 1989 Adventist World Radio Wavescan broadcasted a special program on the occasion of 10th anniversary of the BCDX Net. Articles on BCDX Net has also appeared in "NIAR Ham News" July 1998 issue, "Hamfest India" 1998 souvenir and other DX publications and was also mentioned in various DX programs several times. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of BCDX NET, Mr.Sanil Deep broadcast a special program in Wavescan program of Adventist World Radio on Sunday 23 Nov 2008. Special QSLs were also issued by BCDX Net for the occasion.



The BCDX Net has been very regular all these long 23 years, thanks to the dedicated Net Controllers. Now a days it is conducted on Sunday mornings at 0830 IST (0300 UTC ) on 7085 kHz USB on 40 meter Amateur Band which covers South India & Sri Lanka. Occasionally it was also conducted on the 20 Meter Band 14150 kHz at 2130 IST ( 1600 UTC). Currently the regular net controller is Sanil Deep VU3SIO and assisted from time to time by VU2JOS etc.

The postal address of BCDX Net is : Box 211, Kozhikode 673001, Kerala , India.
Special thanks to Sanil Deep, VU3SIO for regularily controlling the BCDX Net.

Long Live BC DXing - Long Live Amateur Radio!
Congratulations to BCDX Net on its important anniversary !

(Text by Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, edited by Alokesh Gupta)

Friday, November 24, 2017

ILGRadio B17 database now available since October 30th

The new files of ILGRadio for the Winter 2017/18 season are now available as of October 31st and again with a lot of changes. All broadcasting data are effective from October 29th CURRENT:

- all new Winter 2017/18 broadcasting schedules with all details
- latest UTILITY entries as of today
- first monitoring infos after October 29th included in YEAR field

NEXT:
next update available on November 5th when in North-America the Daylight Saving Time is ending on November 4th 

FROM NOVEMBER THE NEW ILGRADIO FILE AVAILABLE
A further version is now in preparation and gives a different layout (e.g. wider data fields) and extended Longitude and Latitude data, frequencies with 2 digits and the power with 3 digits behind comma...
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UNIQUE WORLDWIDE:
Most broadcasting stations will be confirmed to be on air by bandscans as you can follow in the data field YEAR (ilgsdata / ilgbdata / ilgydata). Monitored broadcasts of October are listed with the "1710" bookmark and monitored entries of November 2017 will be listed with "1711".
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Further updates will follow based on much more monitoring/band-scans.
CSV Files:

PERSEUS SDR:
Userfiles for PERSEUS are now with more than 29000 entries but only one file can be used. The used file must be named "userlist1.txt because if you use "userlist2.txt or both userlist files the PERSEUS software cannot be started !

LINK to the web pages:

The is an data extract as an sample on the web page, but this is completely outdated. If I will have time I will upload new samples at the end of November.

These ILGRadio Databases are provided to promote and advance the hobby of Short Wave Radio Listening and Monitoring with accurate details of stations broadcasting between 2 to 30 MHz. ILGRadio is available for a very small amount of money as a recognition for all the work for investigation and trouble. 

That's why there is the wish that your access data were NOT given to other persons, who paid for nothing. Please accept this. If you would use ILGRadio for your professional job, please pay the higher price or more.
Many thanks!

For any questions, suggestions, infos or problems please write.
There is also no problem to add new data file structures to operate further SDR receivers or special software

Bernd Friedewald (DK9FI)

PS: ILGRadio is based on professional ILG Database data (http://www.ilg.de) and daily worldwide bandscans will be made between 4 and 16 hours daily
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Tuesday, November 07, 2017

Band 2 Tropo Logs at 0245-0330 UTC, 7th Nov 2017

Band 2 Tropo Logs at 0245-0330 UTC, 7th Nov 2017

89.4 Suno FM, Pakistan
90.2 Radio Surkhet Nepal
90.4 Two stns mixing
90.8 Suno Sharda CRS, Greater Noida
91.2 Radio Lok Manch CRS, Greater Noida
91.9 Radio City, Bareilley
93.7 Fever FM, Agra
94.5 My FM, Karnal
94.6 Bageshwari FM, Nepal
94.9 Fever FM, Aligarh
98.6 Bheri FM,Nepal
99.4 Shuklaphanta FM, Nepal
100.4 AIR Bareilley
100.5 AIR Dehradun 555
100.6 AIR Varanasi Jalandhar
100.7 AIR Lucknow
100.9 AIR Chandigarh 555
101.1 AIR Bathinda 555
101.3 AIR Aligarh
101.4 AIR Kurukshetra
101.6 AIR Lucknow
101.8 Kantipur FM, Nepal
102.1 AIR Mussourie (FM Rainbow)
102.3 AIR Lakhimpur Kheri (Weak)
103.0 Radio Nepal
103.1 AIR Alwar
103.4 Unid from Nepal
103.5 AIR Rohtak VBS
103.7 AIR Kanpur VBS
105.6 Gyanvani Delhi
106.0 Awaz FM, Pakistan

(SONY XDR-S10HDiP + Stacked GP)

Alokesh Gupta

Sunday, November 05, 2017

TWR INDIA B17

TRANS WORLD RADIO INDIA B17

UTC  UTC FREQ LOC CIRAF PWR AZI SLEW ANT Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa LANGUAGE
START STOP
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0045 0115 7280 GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5    Mo Tu We Th Fr     HINDI
0115 0130 7280 GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5    Mo                 NEPALI
0115 0130 7280 GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5       Tu              HINDI
0115 0130 7280 GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5          We           DZONKHA
0115 0130 7280 GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5             Th Fr     TIBETAN
1445 1515 7505 TAC 41 100 131 10 2/4/0.5    Mo Tu We Th Fr     PUNJABI
1345 1400 9950 GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5 Su                    KURUKH
1345 1400 9950 GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5    Mo Tu We           MARWARI
1345 1400 9950 GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5             Th Fr     MAWACHI
1345 1400 9950 GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5                   Sa  CHODRI
1400 1415 9950 GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5 Su                    GAMIT
1400 1430 9950 GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5    Mo Tu We Th Fr     SINDHI
1400 1430 9950 GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5                   Sa  GAMIT
1415 1430 9950 GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5 Su                    DHODIYA
1430 1445 9950 GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5    Mo Tu              BHILI
1430 1445 9950 GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5          We Th        VASAVI
1515 1545 7505 GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5    Mo Tu We Th Fr     PUNJABI
1245 1300 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1   Su                    SANTHALI
1245 1300 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1      Mo Tu              MUNDARI
1245 1300 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1            We Th Fr     KURUKH
1245 1300 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1                     Sa  KUI
1300 1315 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1   Su                    BONDO
1300 1315 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1      Mo                 KHARIA
1300 1315 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1         Tu              SADRI
1300 1315 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1            We           MAITHILI
1300 1315 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1               Th Fr     MAGHAI
1300 1315 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1                     Sa  HO
1315 1330 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1   Su                    SURGUJIA
1315 1330 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1                     Sa  BENGALI
1315 1345 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1      Mo Tu We Th Fr     MAITHILI
1330 1345 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1   Su                    BRAJBHASHA
1330 1345 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1                     Sa  BUNDELI
1345 1400 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1   Su    Tu We Th Fr Sa  HINDI
1345 1400 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1      Mo                 AWADHI
1400 1430 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1   Su                    PUNJABI
1400 1430 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1      Mo Tu We Th Fr     BHOJPURI
1400 1430 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1                     Sa  HINDI
1430 1445 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1   Su                    MEWARI
1430 1445 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1      Mo Tu We Th Fr     HINDI
1430 1445 9910 ERV 41 300 100 0  8/8/1                     Sa  HARYANVI
1300 1315 9745 ERV 41 300 100 0  4/4/1      Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  ENGLISH
1315 1330 9745 ERV 41 300 100 0  4/4/1   Su                    TELUGU
1315 1345 9745 ERV 41 300 100 0  4/4/1      Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  HINDI
1330 1345 9745 ERV 41 300 100 0  4/4/1   Su                    HINDI
1345 1400 9745 ERV 41 300 100 0  4/4/1   Su                Sa  KASHMIRI
1345 1400 9745 ERV 41 300 100 0  4/4/1      Mo Tu We Th Fr     DOGRI
1400 1430 9745 ERV 41 300 100 0  4/4/1   Su                Sa  HINDI
1400 1415 9745 ERV 41 300 100 0  4/4/1      Mo Tu We Th Fr     GARHWALI
1415 1430 9745 ERV 41 300 100 0  4/4/1      Mo Tu We Th Fr     HINDI
1430 1435 9745 ERV 41 300 100 0  4/4/1      Mo Tu We Th Fr     HINDI
1430 1445 9745 ERV 41 300 100 0  4/4/1                     Sa  ENGLISH
1435 1445 9745 ERV 41 300 100 0  4/4/1      Mo Tu We Th Fr     ENGLISH
1445 1446 9745 ERV 41 300 100 0  4/4/1      Mo Tu We Th Fr     ENGLISH
1445 1450 9745 ERV 41 300 100 0  4/4/1      Mo Tu We Th Fr     ENGLISH

Recetion reports to : info@twr.asia
OR at : http://www.twr.asia/online-qsl-form


(Alokesh Gupta)

Friday, November 03, 2017

KTWR B17

KTWR GUAM B17

Language   UTC       Days     Frequency Program (earliest to latest)
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China 
Cantonese 1400-1430 Mon - Fri   9975  Thru the Bible 
Mandarin  1030-1100 Mon - Fri   11905 Thru the Bible
Mandarin  1030-1100 Saturday    11995 The Word Today 
Mandarin  1030-1100 Saturday    11905 Hope for Today, Macedonian Call
Mandarin  1315-1345 Mon - Fri   9975  Thru the Bible
Mandarin  1030-1100 Sunday      11695 The Word Today, Hope for Today
Mandarin  1130-1200 Sunday      9910  The Lord's Challenge,Macedonian Call
Mandarin  1100-1200 Mon - Fri   9910  Self Confrontation, DTA
Mongolian 1100-1115 Mon - Sun   9975  Son-Lift 
Cantonese 1115-1130 Mon - Sun   12120 Son-Lift 
Hakka     1130-1145 Mon - Sun   12120 Son-Lift
Nosu Yi   1145-1200 Mon - Fri   12120 Son-Lift
Mandarin  1230-1245 Mon-Fri     9900  Son-Lift
Mandarin  1200-1215 Sun - Sat   9910  Son-Lift
Mandarin  1215-1230 Mon - Fri   9900  God Remembers Them
Mandarin  1315-1345 Sunday      9975  Women of Hope
Mandarin  1330-1430 Saturday    9975  Shepard the Lamb,The Word Today
Mandarin  1315-1400 Mon - Fri   9975  Thru the Bible, A Word with You
Cantonese 1350-1400 Mon - Fri   9975  Son-Lift
Mandarin  1345-1350 Mon - Fri   9975  A Word with You
Nosu Yi   1200-1215 Mon - Sun   11580 Good News for the Yi
English   1100-1130 Sunday      9910  Unlimited Grace

Korea 
Korean    1345-1500 Mon - Fri   7510  YQFG,BR,TWR Seminary(LTS-Thu,WOH-Friday)
Korean    1500-1515 Wed - Fri   7510  Light and Life
Korean    1315-1345 Mon - Fri   7510  With You
Korean    1345-1515 Saturday    7510  Teachers Institute,Pray school,BSB & TTT
Korean    1345-1515 Sunday      7510  Sunday Service,TGT, HOD & CF
English   1315-1345 Saturday    7510  Unlimited Grace

Japan 
Japanese  1215-1245 Sunday      7500  B Japan-Friendship Radio 
Japanese  1130-1200 Saturday    9900  Leading the Way

South East Asia 
English    1100-1105 Mon-Fri    11965 Reachng Your World
English    1105-1120 Mon-Fri    11965 Running to Win
English    1120-1135 Tues-Fri   11965 Grace Notes-Tue,SFT-Wed,BOL-Thur,HFT-Fri,RYW,RTW
English    1030-1100 Sunday     11965 Heart of Harvest
English    1100-1130 Sunday     11965 Unlimited Grace

South Pacific 
English    1000-1015 Saturday   11995 Bread of Life
English    1000-1025 Mon - Fri  11995 Running to Win, RYW 
English    1015-1045 Saturday   11995 Unlimited Grace 

Indonesia
Madurese   1000-1030 Mon - Fri  11965 Thru the Bible
Sundanese  1030-1100 Mon - Fri  11965 Thru the Bible
English    1000-1030 Sunday     11965 Unlimited Grace 
Indonesian 1030-1100 Sunday     11965 Women of Hope

Myanmar 
Burmese     1200-1230 Mon - Fri 12040 Thru the Bible
Burmese     1200-1230 Saturday  12040 Macedonian Call,The Word Today
Burmese     1200-1245 Sunday    12040 Woman of Hope, Lifeword
S'gaw Karen 1230-1300 Mon-Fri   12040 Thru the Bible
S'gaw Karen 1245-1300 Sunday    12040 The Word Today

Vietnam 
Vietnamese 1245-1315 Mon-Fri    11580 Thru the Bible
Vietnamese 1245-1315 Saturday   11580 Women of Hope 
Vietnamese 1245-1300 Sunday     11580 The Word Today 

South Asia
Kok Borok  1230-1300 Mon-Fri    11695 Thru the Bible
Kok Borok  1245-1300 Sunday     11695 Discipleship Hour 
Dzongkha   1230-1245 Sat-Sun    11580 Words of Hope
Assamese   1200-1230 Mon-Fri    11695 Thru the Bible
English   1230-1300 Saturday    11695 Heart of Harvest

Progs :
YQFG = Your Quest for God
DTA  = Discipleship Training on the Air
TLC  = The Lords Challenge
RYW  = Reaching Your World
SFT  = Search for Truth
BOL  = Bread of Life
HFT  = Hope for Tomorrow
WWL  = Wonderful Words of Life
LTS  = Lets talk about something
WOH  = Women of Hope
RTW  = Running to Win
DTA  = Discipleship Training on the Air
BSB  = Bible School Basics 
TTT  = Truth in a Test Tube
TGT  = The Gospel Train
HOD  = History of Doctrine
CF   = Christian Faith
BR   = Bible Reading

(Alokesh Gupta)

Thursday, November 02, 2017

CRI B17

CNR B17

Reach Beyond Australia B17

Reach Beyond Australia B17 Schedule

B17 Broadcast Schedule - Region & Time Format

https://tinyurl.com/yce23jz3


B17 Broadcast Schedule - Language Format

https://tinyurl.com/y7y3b5hr


Reception reports to :  b17@reachbeyond.org.au


(Alokesh Gupta)

AOKI B17

RFA B17


RADIO FREE ASIA B17

Effective 29 October 2017 through 28 March 2018
All times and dates are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
Updated on Oct 26, 2017

Burmese

0030-0130 12115 15700 17510
1230-1400 11795 12105 13735
1400-1430 11795 12105

Cantonese

1400-1500 *FNP

Khmer

1230-1330 9325 11750
1430-1500 9720 11750
2230-2330 11850 15275

Korean

1500-1700 1188 5885 9915 9985
1700-1900 1188 5885 9985
2100-2200 7485 9860 9985

Lao

0000-0100 13685
1100-1200 13685

Mandarin

0300-0500 11980 15340 17660
0500-0700 11980 15340 17660 21700
1500-1600 7415 9790 11765
1600-1700 6120 7415 9455
1700-1900 7415 9455 9860
1900-2000 1098 5890 7475 9455 9860
2000-2100 1098 5890 7300 7475 9455 9590
2100-2200 1098 7475 9410 9455
2300-2400 9860 9900 11775

Tibetan

0100-0200 9670 11895 11950 13795 15270
0200-0300 9455 9670 11895 11950 17525
0600-0700 117675 17815 21480 21680
1000-1100 9690 15665 17830
1100-1200 9315 11550 15745
1200-1300 9315 11555 12055 15375 15745
1300-1400 9315 12050 13650 15375 15745
1500-1600 7540 9315 11660 11805
2200-2300 7470 7480 9790
2300-2400 5970 7470 7540 9535

Uyghur

0100-0200 7480 9450 9700 13705 17540
1600-1700 7545 7565 11720 11800

Vietnamesee

1400-1430 1503 11850 13735
1430-1500 11850 13735

FNP = Frequency Not Promoted
Frequencies are in kiloHertz (kHz). 

E-mail your reception report to qsl@rfa.org, or send it by regular mail to:

Reception Reports
Radio Free Asia
2025 M Street N.W., Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036
USA

(Alokesh Gupta)