RTI to increase transmission in North America

Starting June 15th, RTI will add two more frequencies for listeners in North America. From 0200 to 0300 UTC on 9680 KHz to the Midwest and from 0500 to 0600 UTC on 5950 KHz to the West Coast.

(Source : RTI)

Media Broadcast (DTK) updated A09 schd (as on 19th May, 2009)

Media Broadcast (DTK) updated A09 schd (as on 19th May, 2009) is now available for download from this link :

http://www.media-broadcast.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Downloads/A09_operational_190509.pdf

WRTH A09 Update

WRTH A09 update is now available for download from this page :

http://www.wrth.com/updates_new.asp


Or, use this direct link to download :

http://www.wrth.com/files/WRTHA09UpdateMAY2009.pdf

More changes from Vatican Radio

Effective 3rd May Vatican Radio uses 7335 kHz and 9650 kHz (ex-5915) at 0040-0200 hrs UTC. Also 12070 kHz (ex-9310) is used at 0200-0320 hrs UTC.

http://dxasia.info/news/20090504

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Alok Dasgupta
Kolkata, India.

New frequency for Vatican Radio

Due to strong cochannel interference Vatican Radio is moving on to 9310 khz at 0200-0320 hrs replacing 9545 khz effective 13th April 2009

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Alok Dasgupta
Kolkata, India.
http://dxasia.info/news/

A09 changes for VOA

The following changes made by VOA in their A09 schedules : -

Urdu 1400-1500 7480 kHz from Kuwait (ex-7440).
Further changes may be made soon due to DST in Pakistan.

News Now in English at 1400-1600 hrs on 7545 kHz from Philippines (ex-7430) w.e.f 14-APR-09

Special English 1500-1600 hrs on 9485 kHz from the Philippines(ex-9590) w.e.f 14-APR-09.

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Alok Dasgupta
Kolkata, India.
http://dxasia.info/news/

Voice of Russia Hindi A09

wef 29/10/2009 to 24/10/2009

1300-1400 UTC on 1269,9445,11500,11755,15605 kHz
1500-1600 UTC on 972,6070,9745,11755 kHz

Myanma Radio moves to 7200

After watching 3 days (29-31March) Myanma Radio moved to 7200 khz 0030-0230 UTC this morning replacing 7185 kHz under the new 7 MHz channel area. They were in 7185 kHz during the past 3 days and only this morning (1st April) they started using 7200 kHz.

SLBC Colombo is still using 7190 kHz and yet to move on to the new area.

(Alok Dasgupta,Kolkata)

Shifting of AIR frequencies from 7100-7200 kHz Band

Shifting of AIR frequencies from 7100-7200 kHz Band wef 29th March,2009

AIR changes for A09

Regional SW Transmitters

Station Time (IST) Time (UTC) Freq(kHz)
Old New
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Bhopal 0755-1600 IST 0225-1030 UTC 7180 7430
Chennai 0830-1700 IST 0300-1130 UTC 7160 7380
Hyderabad 0755-1715 IST 0225-1145 UTC 7140 7420
Imphal 0800-1530 IST 0230-1000 UTC 7150 7335
Jaipur 1130-1645 IST 0600-1115 UTC 7120 7325
Lucknow 0945-1615 IST 0415-1045 UTC 7105 7440
Port Blair 0845-1615 IST 0315-1045 UTC 7115 7390
Shillong 1000-1615 IST 0430-1045 UTC 7130 7315

Reports to : spectrum-manager@air.org.in

All India Radio HPT at Avadi (Chennai) would carry TAMIL/SINHALA/FM-Gold (Chennai) Services on 7270 kHz instead of 7360 kHz wef 29th March, 2009.
0000-0045 UTC Sinhala
0045-0115 UTC Tamil
0115-0430 UTC FM-Gold

Information on changes regarding AIR external services still awaited.

CVC AUS A09

CVC Australia A09

via DRW=Darwin:

Chinese to China
2200-0200 on 15170 DRW 250 kW/340 deg
0400-1000 on 17830 DRW 250 kW/340 deg
0630-0900 on 17660 DRW (DRM) /340 deg
1000-1400 on 13660 DRW 250 kW/340 deg
1400-1600 on 11640 DRW 250 kW/340 deg

English to India
0830-1130 on 15555 DRW 250 kW/303 deg
1130-1500 on 13635 DRW 250 kW/303 deg
1500-1600 on 11730 DRW 250 kW/303 deg
1600-1730 on 9680 DRW 250 kW/303 deg

Indonesian to Indonesia
2300-0200 on 15250 DRW 250 kW/290 deg
0400-1000 on 17820 DRW 250 kW/290 deg
1000-1300 on 9670 DRW 250 kW/290 deg
1300-1700 on 6110 DRW 250 kW/290 deg

(Updated 16 Mar,2009)

Radio Japan A09 in Indian Languages

(Effective from 29th Mar to 25th Oct, 2009)

Bengali 1300 - 1345 UTC (1830-1915 IST) 15215 kHz
Hindi 1345 - 1430 UTC (1915-2000 IST) 9585 kHz
Urdu 1430 -1515 UTC (2000-2045 IST) 9680 kHz

Reports to :nhkworld@nhk.jp

Radio Japan to use Ujbek relay for A09 onwards for Indian languages

It has been decided by Radio Japan NHK World that they are going to air their transmissions in Bengali, Hindi & Urdu languages via transmitter in Uzbekistan from March 29, 2009 i.e. from this coming summer season (A09).The details of frequencies of broadcast will be decided soon & will be announced accordingly. The decision of change of transmitters from Wertachtal,Germany to Uzbekistan has been taken due to long spell of poor receptions in the target areas of broadcast i.e. in South Asia. Its on a few occasions that you can get loud & clear reception of Radio Japan in Bengali, Hindi & Urdu languages on 15215 kHz via Wertachtal, Germany. Sometimes there is no signal at all for several days & sometimes the signal fades away after a while. Many listeners are also demanding atleast two frequencies for the transmission in South Asian Langauges. According to radio experts, low sunspot numbers rather nil & resulting poor propagation conditions to blame for poor reception of many radio stations here & there.

(Gautam Kumar Sharma, Abhayapuri,Assam)