Band 2 Es Logs - 24th June 2019 (Mon)

Band 2 Es Logs - 24th June 2019 (Mon) - 0330-0400 UTC

88.0 Radio Foorti, Dhaka, Bangladesh (10 kW)
88.4 Radio Aamar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

88.8 Bangladesh Betar Traffic Channel, Dhaka

89.2 ABC Radio, Dhaka, Bangladesh
89.6 Radio Today, Dhaka, Bangladesh (10 kW)
90.4 Dhaka FM, Dhaka, Bangladesh

91.6 Peoples Radio, Dhaka, Bangladesh  

92.0 Bangladesh Betar, Thakurgaon or Goplagunj ? (10 kW)

94.4 Jago FM, Dhaka, Bangladesh (10 kW)

94.8 Capital FM, Dhaka, Bangladesh

95.2, Bangla Radio,  Dhaka, Bangladesh (10 kW)

96.0 City FM,  Dhaka, Bangladesh 

100.5 AIR Dehradun

101.0 Beng song, Unid AIR  

101.6 Colors FM,  Dhaka, Bangladesh 

101.7 AIR Eng News Unid , Meerut ?

102.4 Amber Radio, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Sony XDR-F1HD + Triax 5 Ele Yagi Hor beamed east  

Band 2 Tropo Logs at 0300-0330 UTC, 18 March 2018

Band 2 Tropo Logs at 0300-0330 UTC, 18 March 2018

90.2 Radio Surkhet Nepal
90.4 Hint FM Ghaziabad mixing with a unid Nepal stn
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
94.1 Current FM, Aligarh
94.5 Tadka FM,Agra
94.9 Fever FM, Aligarh
98.6 Bheri FM,Nepal
99.4 Shuklaphanta FM, Nepal
100.2 AIR Patiala
100.4 AIR Bareilley
100.5 AIR Dehradun 555
100.6 AIR Jalandhar
100.7 AIR Lucknow
100.9 AIR Chandigarh
101.3 AIR Aligarh
101.4 AIR Kurukshetra
101.6 AIR VBS Lucknow
102.1 AIR Mussourie (FM Rainbow)
102.3 AIR Lakhimpur Kheri
103.1 AIR Alwar
103.5 AIR Rohtak VBS
103.7 AIR Kanpur VBS
105.6 Gyanvani Delhi
107.4 Radio Noida

(SONY XDR-S10HDiP + Stacked GP)

Band 2 Tropo Logs at 0330-0440 UTC, 31st Oct 2017

Band 2 Tropo Logs at 0330-0440 UTC, 31st Oct 2017

87.5 Unid
90.2 Radio Surkhet Nepal
90.4 Radio Jamia CRS, New Delhi
90.5 Unid weak playing hindi songs
90.8 Suno Sharda CRS, Greater Noida
91.2 Radio Lok Manch CRS, Greater Noida
91.9 Radio City, Agra
93.7 Fever FM, Agra
94.5 My FM, Karnal
94.6 Bageshwari FM, Nepal
94.9 Fever FM, Aligarh
96.9 JIMS Radio CRS, Rohini, Delhi
98.6 Bheri FM,Nepal
99.4 Shuklaphanta FM, Nepal
100.4 AIR Bareilley
100.5 AIR Dehradun 555
100.6 AIR Varanasi (Presumed, ID not heard)
100.7 AIR Lucknow
100.9 AIR Chandigarh
101.4 AIR Kurukshetra
102.1 AIR Mussourie (FM Rainbow)
102.3 AIR Hissar
103.1 AIR Alwar
103.4 Unid from Nepal
103.5 AIR Rohtak VBS
103.7 AIR Kanpur VBS
105.6 Gyanvani Delhi

(SONY XDR-S10HDiP + Stacked GP)

Alokesh Gupta

Fantastic opening of new FM DX Season !

After a fortnight of monitoring FM band mostly during 0200-0400z here are the first Es logs of this season, surprisingly my logbook shows during last summer first Es log was on 19th May 2010, stations logged were Friends FM, Kolkata & Radio Oman .

18 May 2011 (Wed)

0317z 91.9 Friends FM, Kolkata Bengali Ad's/songs 1305 kms 119deg http://tinyurl.com/66ne4qn

0432z 87.5 Punjabi Songs (Spurious) http://tinyurl.com/5u2m7u6
0436z 88.9 Padamya FM,Myanmar Burmese Talk by YL 2028 kms 107deg
http://tinyurl.com/5v6je4n
0442z 89.0 Unid Playing english songs
0445z 90.1 Unid Arabic Talk
1634z 88.1 Radio Oman Arabic Talk 1938 kms 252deg http://tinyurl.com/6zg5yr
1631z 87.9 Radio Tashkent,Ujbekistan Ujbek 1588 kms 335deg http://tinyurl.com/6f2qjv3

(Sony XDR-F1HD + Triax 5 Ele Yagi)

What is Sporadic E (Es)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporadic_E_propagation
http://www.g4xgt.co.uk/what-is-sporadic-e.htm
http://www.uksmg.org/content/sporade.htm
http://www.mike-willis.com/Tutorial/sporadicE.htm

Estimated Distance Boundaries for Sporadic E Propagation Modes
http://home.iprimus.com.au/toddemslie/Es_distances.html

Fantastic condition on FM band this morning !

Fantastic conditions noted this morning :

10 Feb 2011 (Fri) @ 0030- 0200 UTC

88.0 Unid weak
89.8 Unid from Nepal
90.8 Jaagran FM , Nepal 55555
91.4 Unid from Nepal
91.9 Mantra
92.4 Indreni FM
93.2 Phoolbari Fm Nepal 55555
93.8 Dinesh FM, Nepal
94.0 Krisnasar FM
94.6 Bageshwari FM 55555
95.6 Radio Bheri Awaz , Nepal
96.2 Radio Mahakali, Mahendranagar,Nepal
97.3 Unid Nepali
98.6 Radio Bheri, Nepal 55555
99.4 Shuklaphanta FM, Nepal 55555
100.1 AIR Gorakhpur
100.2 AIR Patiala 55555
100.3 AIR Unid
100.4 AIR Bareilley 55555
100.6 AIR Varanasi
100.7 AIR Lucnow
100.9 AIR Shimla
101.0 Unid from Nepal
101.3 AIR Aligarh 55555
101.4 AIR Kurukshetra 55555
101.5 AIR Sawai Madhopur
101.8 AIR Hamirpur
102.1 AIR Mussourie 55555
103.0 Radio Nepal Buditola 55555
103.1 AIR Chandigarh 55555
103.4 AIR Dharamshala
103.5 AIR Rohtak
103.7 AIR Unid 55555
104.5 Unid Weak
107.2 AIR Kasauli
107.3 Unid Nepal weak

Hep forecast :
http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo_mid.html

IMD Fog forecast :
http://121.241.116.157/dynamic/weather/fogforecast.html

Sony XDR-F1HD + Trax 5 ele Yagi beaming at 60 deg

(Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE)

Random HF Logs - Audio Files

Finally got some time to upload few of my logs from past, here's a selection. More will be uploaded soon & will post the links.....

Random HF logs - Audio Files

V.O.Tazik Hindi 7245 1131 UTC 30 May 2010
http://tinyurl.com/23p4ort

V.O.Tazik 7245 1146 UTC 30 May 2010 (Playing Hindi song from movie "Fanaa")
http://tinyurl.com/26c4atj

Radio Ethiopia 7165 1630 UTC 30 May 2010
http://tinyurl.com/25dh6v8

UK Rocks the World 15760 1502 UTC 16 May 2010
http://tinyurl.com/2w63nrl

V.O.Africa (Libya) 21695 1449 UTC 16 May 2010
http://tinyurl.com/24oxpq7

RTV Marocaine 15345 1732 UTC 16 May 2010
http://tinyurl.com/2bfkcp3

Radio Sultanate of Oman 15140 1451 UTC 16 May 2010
http://tinyurl.com/35lkl7b

RDPI 9820 1959 UTC 16 May 2010
http://tinyurl.com/332p7b5

RDPI 11905 1720 UTC 16 May 2010
http://tinyurl.com/39um83d

Radio Damascus,Syria 9330 2115 UTC 16 May 2010
http://tinyurl.com/35pdbxv

Radio Cairo 11510 945 UTC 16 May 2010
http://tinyurl.com/37ryfap

ORTN-La Voix du Sahel (Niger) 9705 2057 UTC 16 May 2010
http://tinyurl.com/37bf6zs

Barkulan Radio 15750 0518 UTC 16 May 2010
http://tinyurl.com/399zkbz

RTE -Ireland 6225 2023 UTC 16 May 2010
http://tinyurl.com/3xvbuyc

SARL-ARMI via Sentech 17570 0833 UTC 9 May 2010
http://tinyurl.com/289rnkv

V.O.Nigeria 15120 1815 UTC 10 May 2010
http://tinyurl.com/2aupwab

Radio Democracia via TDP 21555 0945 UTC 11 Apr 2010
http://tinyurl.com/2utfx93

(ICOM R71 + 60' Longwire end fed to SWL-1G 10:1 Balun)

FM stations with my Degen DE 1121

25th June, 2010

Frequency Time Station and other details

87.75 0036 UTC Bankok FM with muslim programe.
88.00 0037 UTC Radio Foorti Dhaka with Bengali commercial.
88.40 0038 UTC Radio Amar FM Dhaka with OM & YL talk in Bengali
88.50 0039 UTC Bankok, Arms Forces Stn with Thai talk. QRM from 88.60 Mhz stn.
88.60 0041 UTC Radio Today Chittagong with Bengali talk
89.00 0042 UTC City FM Myanmar with Burmese talk
89.20 0043 UTC ABC Radio Bangladesh Betar with Bengali News.
89.60 0045 UTC Radio Today Dhaka in Bengali with commercial.
89.75 0049 UTC Unity Radio, Bankok with Thai songs.
91.80 0051 UTC Nepal FM from Kathmandu in Nepali talk by YL
91.90 0053 UTC Friends FM Kolkata, with Hindi tune
92.70 0054 UTC Big FM, Kolkata with religious songs.
93.50 0055 UTC Red FM, Kolkata with Bengali songs.
94.30 0056 UTC Radio One, Kolkata in Bengali.
97.90 0057 UTC Image FM Nepal in Nepali commercial
98.75 0100 UTC Trinity Radio, Thailand with stn ID & EE pop songs.
98.30 0102 UTC Radio Mirchi, Kolkata with Stn ID in Bengali
100.00 0104 UTC Bangladesh FM with BBC World Service EE programe
100.20 0105 UTC AIR FM Gold with Bengali talk
100.30 0106 UTC FM Rainbow Kolkata with programme schedule
100.75 0107 UTC Pongpan Radio, Thailand with thai talk by YL.
101.20 0109 UTC Bangladesh FM from Comilla Bengali folk songs
101.40 0111 UTC AIR FM Rainbow Chennai with Stn. ID
102.30 0112 UTC AIR FM Gold Chennai with Telegu songs
103.20 0115 UTC Bangladesh Betar with home service
104.00 0117 UTC Fever 104 FM, Kolkata with Hindi songs.
104.80 0119 UTC Radio Meow, Kolkata with commercial.
105.40 0120 UTC Gyan Vani, Kolkata in Bengali.
105.75 0122 UTC Ice FM, Bankok with song in Chinese ?
106.20 0127 UTC Aamar 106.2 FM in Bengali songs
107.00 0130 UTC AIR FM, Kolkata with Bengali talk
107.80 0132 UTC Power 107.8 FM, Kolkata with Hindi song.

26th June, 2010
71.30 0625 UTC Star Jalsa (TV channel) with Bengali talk.(spurious)
88.00 0628 UTC Radio Foorti Bangladesh with Bengali folk songs.
88.75 0629 UTC National Geography (TV Channel) with talk about Fashion Designing. (spurious)
91.10 0630 UTC Radio City Stn ID in Hindi.
91.20 0633 UTC Hits FM, Nepal in Nepali talk QRM from 91.90 Mhz.

Babul Gupta
Barasat, Kolkata-700124
www.babulgupta.com
Degen 1121 + Quad Loop

Sporadic Logs - June 14 2010 (Monday)

Sporadic Logs - June 14 2010 (Monday)

Logs by Raman, VU3DJQ
QTH : North Delhi
ATS 909 + Quad Loop

0500z 91.7 Oman with RDS (approx 1900 kms)
0510z 89.2 Oman (approx 1900 kms)
0515z 89.0 Unid ME station with arabic music
0520z 95.6 Unid ME station, music
0613z 89.1 Radio 4FM Dubai, UAE Hindi songs Station ID etc ( 2206 kms) **
0616z 87.9 Radio Tashkent relaying BBC WSE programs 1 Watt (1586 kms)

** New station logged

Logs by Alokesh,VU3BSE
RP2100 + Quad Loop (E-W)

Had a brief check at 0024 -0040 UTC before leaving early for mqth :

91.9 Radio Mantra, Bareilley
99.4 Shuklphanta FM, Mahendranagar, Nepal
100.4 AIR Bareilley
100.7 AIR Lucknow
101.3 AIR Aligarh FM rainbow Prog
103.0 Radio Nepal, Buditola
107.2 AIR Kasauli FM Rainbow Prog

Sporadic Logs - 12 June

June 12, 2010

0550z 89.6 Radio Today, Dhaka with RDS ID
0630z 89.2 ABC Radio Dhaka
0638z 88.4 Radio Amar in Bangla
0639z 87.9 Radio Mandalay in Burmese
0645z 88.8 Rasta FM in Bangla, Music etc
0653z 88.0 Radio Foorti in Bangla

(Sangean ATS 909 + Quad Loop)

Raman, VU3DJQ
New Delhi, India

FM Logs from Kolkata

The following FM stations loggings are with my Degen DE1121 Receiver with built-in telescopic antenna.

DATE - TIME(UTC)- FREQ(MHz) - STATION - PROGRAME HEARD- SINPO

26-1-2010 -0330-88.0 - Radio Foorti(Dhaka) - Bengali song- 34333
26-1-2010 -0333-88.4 - Aamar FM(Dhaka)- Talk in Beng by YL - 33333
26-1-2010 -0338-88.7 - ? Unid - Hindi song "Mera Moula"- 33333
26-1-2010 -0341- 89.6-Radio Today(Dhaka)-Good Mor Dhaka Beng - 33333
26-1-2010 -0343-90.8 -Jadavpur University - Test trial transmission - 33333
26-1-2010 -0345-91.9 - Friends FM (Kolkata)- song "I love my India" - 55555
26-1-2010 -0348-92.7 - Big FM (Kolkata) - HDFC home loan ad -55555
26-1-2010 -0349-93.5 - Red FM (Kolkata) - IDEA phone ad -55555
26-1-2010 -0350-94.3 - Radio One (Kolkata) - Hindi tune -45444
26-1-2010 -0352-97.0 - AIR Kolkata Republic Day programme - 33333
26-1-2010 -0354 -98.3- Radio Mirchi (Kolkata) - Talk in Beng by YL - 55555
26-1-2010 -0355 -100.2 -AIR Kolkata - Republic Day Prog - 44444
26-1-2010 -0356 -102.7 -AIR Kolkata - Republic Day Prog - 32322
26-1-2010 -0358 -103.0 -AIR Kolkata - Cricket Commentary - 33333
26-1-2010 -0400 -104.0 -Fever 104 FM (Kolkata) - Beng song -55555
26-1-2010 -0402 -104.8 -Radio Meow (Kolkata) - Hindi song -54544
26-1-2010 -0404 -105.4 -Gyan Vani (Kolkata) - Beng talk by YL & OM - 44444
26-1-2010 -0406 -106.2 -Aamar FM(Kolkata)-R. Chowdhury Ad- 55555
26-1-2010 -0407 -107.0 -AIR Kolkata - Hindi - 44444
26-1-2010 -0409 -107.8 -Power FM (Kolkata) - Beng song -55555

( Babul Gupta, Kolkata via bangladx yg)

FM Logs

Heavy fog on 2nd Jan, 2010 in northern India paralysed the road, train & air traffic, caused 3 train & numerous road accidents & tripped the regional electricity grid resulting in no electricity for the large parts in northern India for 6 to 7 hours but it also produced some excellent VHF conditions, listed below are some of my logs. Meanwhile foggy conditions continues in Northern India & its time to take your FM receivers out !!

New FM stations logged :

91.9 Radio Mantra, Agra
94.0 Krisnasar FM, Nepalgunj,Nepal (Not listed in WRTH 2010)
98.6 Radio Bheri, Surkhet, Nepal
100.2 AIR Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh

Here are few stn's logged on 2nd & 3rd Jan 2010 :

91.9 Radio Mantra, Agra
94.0 Krisnasar FM, Nepalgunj, Nepal
98.6 Radio Bheri, Surkhet, Nepal
99.4 Shuklafanta FM,Mahendranagar, Nepal (Listed on 94.4 in WRTH 2010)
100.2 AIR Patiala,Punjab
100.2 AIR Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh
100.4 AIR Bareilly
100.7 AIR Lucknow
101.3 AIR Aligarh
101.5 AIR Sawai Madhopur
102.1 AIR Mussourie
102.3 AIR Hissar
103.0 Radio Nepal, Buditola
103.1 AIR Chandigarh VBS
107.2 AIR Kasauli

Audio Files (Mostly ID's) :

Krishnasar FM,Nepal ID 1 94.0 2 Jan 2010
http://tinyurl.com/ye247dt

Krishnasar FM, Nepal ID 2 94.0 0349 UTC 2 Jan 2010
http://tinyurl.com/y93hbja

Radio Bheri FM, Surkhet, Nepal (500 watts) 98.6
http://tinyurl.com/yzky6kc

AIR Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh 100.2 0140 UTC 2 Jan 2010
http://tinyurl.com/yd9nbkp

AIR Sawai Madhopur 101.5 1740 UTC 2 Jan 2010
http://tinyurl.com/ybbefa8

AIR Hissar 102.3 1512 UTC
http://tinyurl.com/ybrttv6

AIR Bareilly 100.4 0659 UTC 2 Jan 2010
http://tinyurl.com/y9pj2q4

AIR Bareilly 100.4 0201 UTC 3 Jan 2010
http://tinyurl.com/y9yhbfx

FM Logs

Inspired by numerous tropo/e-skip logs me too tried for some FM dxing using a modest receiver & a homebrewed loop antenna, here are some logs :

90.4 - Radio Salam Namaste CRS, Noida 0308 UTC 6/8/09 (Not heard when R.Jamia was on air)
90.4 - Radio Jamia CRS Delhi 0605 UTC 9/8/09
91.9 - Friends FM, Kolkata 0410 UTC 6/8/09, 0526 UTC 15/8/09
91.9 - Radio Oo La La, Guwahati mixing with Friends FM & R.Mantra 0412 UTC 6/8/09
91.9 - Radio Mantra,Karnal mixing with Friends FM & R.Oo La La 0410 UTC 6/8/09
91.9 - Radio Mantra,Karnal mixing with a weak stn in b/g (probably R.Mantra Hissar), playing Hindi songs 1410 UTC 6/8/09
91.9 - Radio Mantra,Hissar 1835 UTC 8/8/09 Weak
91.9 - Radio Mantra, Bareilly Hindi/English with numerous ad's of local shops in Bareilly
91.9 - Ahaa FM, Chennai Tamil song "Kadhal Suthuthae" from Movie "Saravanaa" 0623 UTC 15/8/09
91.9 - Nine FM Siliguri, Nepali 1007 UTC 15/8/09
99.4 - Shuklaphanta FM CRS,Nepal (@ 1500 UTC Relaying BBC Nepali, Also relays BBC Hindi, BBC Nepali website lists them on wrong freq 94.4), heard during local daytime as well.
100.2 - AIR Patiala,Punjab 0328 UTC 6/8/09
100.4 - AIR Bareilly 6 kW 1525 UTC 6/8/09
100.7 - AIR Lucknow 10 kW (Relaying FM Rainbow) 1418 UTC 6/8/09
101.3 - AIR Aligarh 6 kW (Relaying FM Rainbow) 0310 UTC 6/8/09
101.4 - AIR Kuruksehtra 1525 UTC 7/8/09
101.5 - AIR Sawai Madhopur, Raj 0407 UTC 8/8/09
102.1 - AIR Mussourie 10 kW 1527 6/8/09
102.3 - AIR Hissar News in Hindi by YL (co-ch QRM) 1528 UTC 6/8/09
103.1 - AIR Chandigarh 1410 UTC 9/8/09
103.5 - AIR Rohtak 1529 UTC 6/8/09
103.7 - AIR Kanpur FM Rainbow 0527 UTC 9/8/09
107.2 - AIR Kasauli 10 kW (Relaying FM Rainbow) 1532 UTC 6/8/09
107.8 - RMR 107.8 (Radio Manav Rachna), Faridabad 0320 UTC 6/8/09

Spurious signal noted on :
88.7 - CNBC TV18
95.7 - Pogo

Rx : RP2100 + Single Quad Loop

Audio Files (ID's) :

Friends FM, Kolkata 91.9
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/ffm_id_0420utc_06aug2009.mp3

Radio Oo La La, Guwahati 91.9
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/oolala_id_0408_06aug2009.mp3

Nine FM 91.9 Siliguri (Nepali)
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/9fm_91.9_15aug09.mp3

Ahaa FM, Chennai (Tamil)
Tamil song "Kadhal Suthuthae" from the movie "Saravanaa"
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/ahaafm_tamil_91.9_0623utc_15aug09.mp3

Radio Mantra,Karnal 91.9
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/rmantra_karnal_id_91.9_1807utc_08aug.mp3

All India Radio, Mussourie 102.1
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/air_mussoire_ca_1735utc_07aug2009.mp3

All India Radio, Bareilly 100.4
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/air.bareilly_id_100.4_1740utc_06aug2.mp3

All India Radio - Kurukshetra 100.4
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/air_kurukshetra_id_100.4_07aug09.mp3

Shuklaphanta FM CRS, Nepal 99.4 (Nepali)
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/ShuklaphantaFMcrs_Id_nepali_1559utc_.mp3

Unidentied Chinese speaking station 89.2
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/unid3_chinese_89.2FM_0430utc_09aug09.mp3

Unid 93.0
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/unid_FM93.00_0417utc_08aug2009.mp3

Unid 100.4
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/unid_FM100.4_0409utc_08aug09.mp3

CRS

Radio Salam Namaste, Noida 90.4
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/rsalamnamaste_90.4_1538utc_08aug09re.mp3

Radio Manav Rachna CRS, Faridabad 107.8
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/r.manavrachna_id_107.8_0415utc_07aug.mp3

Radio Jamia, Delhi 90.4
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/rjamia_90.4_id_final.mp3

Links for FM dxing :

List of FM Stations in India by Jose Jacob,VU2JOS (Freq wise)
http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/fm/freq.htm

Tropospheric DX Modes
http://www.dxinfocentre.com/propagation/tr-modes.htm

Sporadic E Skip
http://www.ham.dmz.ro/radioamateur/propagation/sporadic-e-skip.php

VHF Propagation Map
http://www.mountainlake.k12.mn.us/ham/aprs/path.cgi?map=world&img=grid

Tropo Ducting Forecast
http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo.html
http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo_sea.html

FM DX
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_and_FM_DX
http://www.dxing.com/tvfmdx.htm

The art of Long Distance FM DXing By VU2SWX
http://brainstorms.in/?p=22

High Gain FM Antenna by VU3NSH
http://www.hamradio.in/circuits/fm_antenna.php

Mike's TV & FM DX Page
http://fmdx.usclargo.com/

How to select a FM Tuner
http://www.geocities.com/toddemslie/howtoselectatunerforfmdx.htm

More Links for FM Dxing :
http://www.wtfda.org/index.php?option=com_weblinks&catid=14&Itemid=54