Monitoring of AIR Mahalaya Txns

Date : 12th Oct, 2015 (Monday)

Monitoring Period : 0410 - 0540 IST (2240 - 0010 UTC)

 

Admist noisy band condition heard All India Radio's special Mahalaya transmission on following frequencies :

 

SW

 

Heard only 4835 - Gangtok

None of the other SW frequencies were heard.

 

MW

 

594 - Chinsurah (Kolkata)

621 - Patna A - signed on at 2254 UTC, Mahalaya tx past 0010 UTC

648 - Indore A

657 - Kolkata A

666 - New Delhi B

747 - Lucknow A

756 - Jagdalpur

774 - Shimla

801 - Jabalpur

810 - Rajkot A

819 - New Delhi A

846 - Ahmedabad A

891 - Rampur

909 - Gorakhpur

918 - Suratgarh

954 - Nazibabad

981 - Raipur

1026 - Allahabad A

1125 - Tezpur

1179 - Rewa

1215 - Delhi

1242 - Varanasi

1260 - Ambikapur

1296 - Darbhanga

1314 - Bhuj

1386 - Gwalior

1404 - Gangtok

1566 - Nagpur

1593 - Bhopal A

All India Radio's special transmission for "Mahalaya 2015"

Date : 12th Oct, 2015 (Monday)

Time : 2225 UTC (11th Oct 2015) to 0015 UTC (12th Oct 2015)

0355 - 0545 IST

"Mahalaya" is a special two hour tranmission consisting of Sanskrit recitation and music orated by Late Shri.Birendra Krishna Bhadra. All India Radio has been broadcasting this program since early 1930s . Count down of Indian festival of Durga Puja starts from the day of Mahalaya.

Frequencies observed during 2014 :

SW

4760 - Port Blair

4810 - Bhopal

4820 - Kolkata

4835 - Gangtok

4880 - Lucknow

4895 - Kurseong

4910 - Jaipur

9425 - Delhi (Khampur)

9470 - Aligarh

MW

531 - Jodhpur

549 - Ranchi

594 - Chinsurah (Kolkata)

603 - Ajmer

621 - Patna A

648 - Indore A

657 - Kolkata A

666 - New Delhi B

675 - Chattarpur

711 - Siliguri

729 - Guwahati A

747 - Lucknow A

756 - Jagdalpur

774 - Shimla

801 - Jabalpur

810 - Rajkot A

819 - New Delhi A

828 - Silchar

846 - Ahmedabad A

909 - Gorakhpur

918 - Suratgarh

954 - Nazibabad

981 - Raipur

1008 - Kolkata B

1026 - Allahabad A

1044 - Mumbai A

1125 - Tezpur

1179 - Rewa

1215 - Delhi

1242 - Varanasi

1260 - Ambikapur

1296 - Darbhanga

1314 - Bhuj

1386 - Gwalior

1395 - Bikaner

1404 - Gangtok

1458 - Bhagalpur

1476 - Jaipur A

1530 - Agra

1566 - Nagpur

1584 - Mathura

1593 - Bhopal A

Sign on observed by Jose Jacob at different times as follows:

2225 UTC (3.55am IST) 4760, 4880, 4910, 531, 603, 666, 675, 747, 756, 801, 819, 828, 918, 1044, 1386, 1395, 1530.
2230 UTC (4.00 am IST) 4835, 1404.
2245 UTC (4.15 am IST) 4895 late start?
2250 UTC (4.20 am IST) 846
2255 UTC (4.25 am IST) 4810, 621, 648, 810, 954, 981, 1026, 1242, 1260, 1296, 1593.

The following stations which regularly broadcast at that time was also heard with Mahalaya program:
594, 1566.

(Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi)