Bhutan back on 6035 kHz breaking the silence !

On November 20th, heard Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS) in english on 6035 kHz from 0847 UTC onwards with good reception with slight noise and  hum. Was surprised when I heard BBS in english on 6035 kHz after a long break and thought that BBS might have discontinued shortwave transmission and there is no possiblity of resumption of its shortwave analog transmission in future. Anyway, let me monitor in coming days whether it is a regular comeback or something else. The English Transmission was noted on air well beyond 1000 UTC (1028 UTC infact my last checked time). In the transmission there was discussion on "Salt Business", announcements etc, english songs aired, listeners calls with music requests, dedications and music mostly english songs aired as per my monitoring .

Please check my blog for more detail report plus links to audio files ....
www.gkcalling.blogspot.com

Today i.e. on November 21st, also heard BBS-Nepali Service with songs in Nepali at 0603 UTC on 6035 kHz, english programs with listeners calling show, music requests etc during afternoon 0830 UTC upto 0950 UTC upto my latest monitoring period.

(Gautam Kumar Sharma, Abhayapuri, Assam)

DX Report From GK

Here is some latest radio monitoring observations ...............

R.Japan NHK World in Bengali,Hindi & Urdu:::
After several days rather weeks of poor to barely audible signal , on saturday i.e. January ,2009, I heard loud & clear signal of Radio Japan's Bengali,Hindi & Urdu Transmission on 15215kHz from 1322UTC onwards (my monitoring starting time).But on sunday i.e.January 4th, there was very poor signal signal on 15215kHz from 1300UTC onwards. I checked around 1421UTC during the time of Hindi Transmission, the signal was poor with slight noise.

VO Turkey English on 11735kHz from 1330UTC onwards:
There has been poor spell of reception with poor to barely audible signal for past several days rather weeks. On saturday i.e. Janaury 3rd, there was loud & clear signal during almost entire transmission period. I recorded a moments of audio of that transmission also.But on on sunday i.e.January 4th, there was poor signal again.

SARL's DX Programme for HAM Operators etc on 17860kHz on Janaury 4th:
Now-a-days, on every sunday, I'm getting good signal of this transmission via Sentech Relay from South Africa on 17860kHz during 0800-0900UTC. I recorded a few moments of audio of this programme on January 4th.

Voice of Mongolia English on 12085kHz during 1030-1056UTC:
The reception of this transmission is also improving day by day after a long spell of poor reception here due to very weak signal etc. On January 4th, sunday, I heard initial a few minutes of its transmission with fair signal.

AWR Transmission.....
The spell of poor reception of AWR transmission is still going on here in my place.Nothing to add further as I mentioned you in detail in my earlier e-mail.

KBS World English:::
I heard KBS World English a few days back on 7275kHz during 1800-1900UTC with slight QRM from nearby stations plus with fair to poor signal.I think best option will be to listen to 2200-2230UTC trax on 3955kHz via UK Relay for QSLings etc.This transmission is reliable.

Radio Taiwan International -English:
RTI-English is still not audible properly (poor signal often & sometime initial fair signal fades away later ,also noise is there) on 9785kHz (via France Relay) & not audible at all on 11550kHz now-a-days during 1600-1700UTC.

That's all for this report. Thanks for reading it.
More DX reports etc soon.
73 & 55
Yours
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)
Abhayapuri
Geographical Location of Reception Place(Abhayapuri)
Longitude:26º18´20´´North
Latitude:90º37´50´´East
Receiver:Grundig YB400 (Digital)
Antenna:Long Wire