Emergency Warning Functionality on DRM Digital Radio for Saving Lives

Six-hundred-and-seventeen (617) lakh people in the world were impacted by disasters in 2018. Extreme weather conditions accounted for majority of people affected by these disasters. Unfortunately, India is also being affected by disasters a number of times. But extreme weather conditions often come with a pre-warning phase. The questions is – Are we getting the most out of this time window to warn the public and save lives?

More at :

https://www.broadcastandcablesat.co.in/services/emergency-warning-functionality-on-drm-digital-radio-for-saving-lives/

Updated DRM shortwave A19 schedule

Updated DRM shortwave A19 schedule as on 20th June 2019

Download here :    https://tinyurl.com/yxex8f4g

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  

USAGM networks recognized for excellence with Edward R. Murrow Awards

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Two U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) networks-Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and Radio Free Asia (RFA)-have been named winners of the prestigious 2019 National Murrow Awards. This is the first time the two networks have received this honor, presented by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) for excellence in electronic journalism.

"I am thrilled that the RTDNA's Edward R. Murrow Awards have recognized the high-caliber reporting that RFE/RL and RFA produce," said USAGM CEO John F. Lansing. "My heartfelt congratulations go to the skillful journalists and storytellers who offer our global audiences accurate and professional journalism-the bedrock of what we do at USAGM."

CEO Lansing added, "Edward R. Murrow, who in the early 1960s led the U.S. Information Agency, a predecessor to USAGM, would be proud of our modern media organization's wide-reaching impact."

Daisy Sindelar, Acting President of RFE/RL, and Libby Liu, President of RFA, offered praise for their award-winning networks, which provide compelling, uncensored and locally-oriented news and information to audiences in some of the harshest media environments around the world.

"We are honored to receive this recognition for providing our audiences with unique stories, powerfully told, on the most influential formats in our coverage area," said Sindelar.

RFE/RL received the National Murrow Awards' top honor for Multimedia in the Television Network category. Judges reviewed eleven examples of RFE/RL's impressive domestic news coverage ranging from Armenia to Uzbekistan.

RFA Mandarin's "The Women Against the State" won in the juried contest's Excellence in Video category. The piece focuses on the aftermath of China's "709 crackdown"- a nationwide roundup of lawyers and legal activists that began in July 2015 - and the wives of those still held in custody today.

"RFA Mandarin's digital team deserves full credit for this prestigious award. Their hard work to spotlight these brave individuals and share their stories speaks to Radio Free Asia's critical journalistic mission," said Liu.

Although this marks the first time that RFA has won a National Murrow Award, the network won several Regional Murrow Awards in years past.

The United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) is an independent federal agency, supervising all U.S. government-supported, civilian international media, whose mission is to inform, engage and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy. USAGM networks include the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Office of Cuba Broadcasting (Radio and TV Marti), Radio Free Asia, and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa). USAGM programming has a measured audience of 345 million in more than 100 countries and in 60 languages.

(Press Release)

       

JST JJY Ohtakadoya station celebrating 20th anniversary, special QSL card offered

JJY is the call sign of a low frequency time signal radio station located in Japan. The station broadcasts from two sites, one on Mount Otakadoya, near Fukushima, and the other on Mount Hagane, located on Kyushu Island. JJY is operated by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), an independent administrative institution affiliated with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of the Japanese government. (Wikipedia)

Ohtakadoya-yama LF station is celebrating 20th anniversary

Ohtakadoya-yama LFStandard Time and Frequency Transmission Station celebrates the 20th anniversary this year. It is our pleasure to have transmitted LF40kHz signals for 20 years and contributed to many users. We also thank for reception reports from many users all over the world. We will issue the commemorative cards as follows.

Reporting period:  Jun. 10, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2019 (postmark deadline)

Reception report:  Receive 40kHz signals from Ohtakadoya-yama LFStation and send reception report during the period for commemorative card. Reception report requirements unchanged

Information about reception report :

http://jjy.nict.go.jp/QandA/reference/reception_report_info.pdf

Issuing of cards: Issuing expected after July

(Source : https://tinyurl.com/y6gno9bg )

BBC World Service Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 2019, June 21

BBC World Service Midwinter's Day 2019 special program in english on June 21, 2019  :

2130-2200 UTC on 5875 kHz Woofferton, 9455 kHz Wooferton, 7360 kHz Ascension

About BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/48Gx2jfJBWHyWggDSD19gFT/antarctic-midwinter-broadcast

Cerys Matthews presents music requests and special messages to the staff at the British Antarctic Survey.

 

All India Radio, Research Department website launched

All India Radio, Research Department has lanched a website at :

http://prasarbharati.gov.in/R&D/

The R&D website gives details about on going research activities in the field of Remote Monitoring, Telemetry, Acoustic, Antenna, Propagation & Radio/TV lab.

The propagation survey reports of DTT & AM-DRM transmitters are also available in the website.

Few AM-DRM transmitter survey reports are available :

Reception Survey Report of 200 kW AM-DRM Tx in Simulcast mode and 20 kW AM-DRM Tx in pure DRM mode in respect of AIR, Chennai

http://prasarbharati.gov.in/R&D/propagation/doc/AM-DRM_Report_Chennai.pdf

Reception Survey of 100 kW MW AM DRM Transmitter, Trichy in Simulcast Mode

http://prasarbharati.gov.in/R&D/propagation/doc/AM%20DRM%20Trichy%202.pdf

DRM Reception Survey Report in respect of 200 KW AM-DRM MW Transmitter at AIR Dharwad

http://prasarbharati.gov.in/R&D/propagation/doc/DRM%20Survey%20Dharwad.pdf

Reception Survey Report of 100 kW AM-DRM Transmitter, Patna
http://prasarbharati.gov.in/R&D/propagation/doc/p1%203%20DRM_Patna_Web.pdf

Reception Survey Report of 200 kW AM-DRM Transmitter,Delhi A
http://prasarbharati.gov.in/R&D/propagation/doc/p1%204%20907-AM-DELHI-A.pdf

Reception Survey Report of 100 kW AM-DRM Transmitter, Vijaywada in Simulcast Mode
http://prasarbharati.gov.in/R&D/propagation/doc/p2%2018%20AM-DRM.pdf

Reception Survey Report of 200 kW AM-DRM Transmitter, Bangalore
http://prasarbharati.gov.in/R&D/propagation/doc/p2%2019%20AM-DRM-200KW-BENGALURU_1.pdf

Reception Survey & Field Strength Measurement of DRM, Kolkata
http://prasarbharati.gov.in/R&D/propagation/doc/p3%2021%20DRM_Kolkata_Web.pdf

SAQ Grimeton Transmission on June 30th, 2019

SAQ Grimeton Transmission on June 30th, 2019.

The annual transmission on "Alexanderson Day" with the Alexanderson alternator on VLF 17.2 kHz with the call SAQ will take place Sunday, June 30th, 2019.

Two transmissions are scheduled as follows:

Startup of tuning at 10:30 (08:30 UTC) with a transmission of a message at 11:00 (09:00 UTC).

Startup of tuning at 13:30 (11:30 UTC) with a transmission of a message at 14:00 (12:00 UTC)

Both transmission events will be broadcasted live on our YouTube Channel.

NEW ! ONLINE RECEPTION REPORT FORM TO REPLACE E-MAIL REPORTS

We are introducing a new online SAQ reception report form to be used by listeners to report reception of any SAQ transmissions. We are kindly asking listeners not to send SAQ reception reports via E-mail.

QSL-reports to SAQ are kindly received via:

- Reception report form at alexander.n.se/receptionreport

- or via: SM bureau

- or direct by postal mail to:

Alexander Association

Radiostationen

Grimeton 72

SE-432 98 GRIMETON

S W E D E N

The Amateur Radio Station with the call "SK6SAQ" will be QRV on the following frequencies:

- 7.035 kHz CW or

- 14.035 kHz CW or

- 3.755 kHz SSB

QSL-reports to SK6SAQ are kindly received via:

- Email to info@alexander.n.se

- or via: SM bureau

- or direct by postal mail (see address above)

Two stations will be on the air most of the time.

The station will be open to visitors between 10.00 am to 4.00 pm.

WELCOME!

News from the Alexander Association Grimeton SAQ Veteran Radio Friends

www.alexander.n.se

World Heritage Grimeton Radio station and The Alexander Association

For further details, se grimeton.org or alexander.n.se

The Alexander Association Grimeton SAQ Veteran Radio Friends · Radiostationen Grimeton 72 · Grimeton 43298 · Sweden

FTIOM & UBMP, June 23-29

From the Isle of Music, June 23-29:

No interviews this week. Instead, we listen to some selections from EGREM's 45 D'lujo and 55 D'lujo compilation series. The 12-CD set for 55 d'lujo has over 200 songs and was awarded a special prize in Cubadisco 2019.

The broadcasts take place:

1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania) with 100Kw, Sunday 1500-1600 UTC on SpaceLine, 9400 KHz, from Sofia, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK) Station website: www.spaceline.bg

2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UTC (New UTC) on WBCQ, 7490 KHz from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9PM EST in the US).

Station website: www.wbcq.com

3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UTC and Saturday 1200-1300 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany.

Station website: www.channel292.de

Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, June 23 and 25, 2019:

Episode 118, Electric Turkey, dives into the psychedelic music scene in Turkey in the 1970s.

The broadcasts take place:

1.Sundays 2200-2230 UTC (6:00PM -6:30PM Eastern US) on WBCQ The Planet 7490 KHz from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe

2. Tuesdays 2000-2030 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany for Europe.

DRM announces seminar during Broadcast Asia 18th June 2019

Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) part of Broadcast Asia Seminar in Singapore

The Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium will participate in an extensive seminar on Digital Radio Implementation and Transition Strategy scheduled during Broadcast Asia, on June 18th in the morning. The half-day event will be held at Suntec Singapore, Level 3, Room 308.

The seminar aims to offer an understanding of DRM technology (and other standards), to examine the best strategies for a smooth transition to DRM while drawing on practical examples and the experience accumulated in Asia-Pacific and other parts of the world.

The DRM experts will present the standard, so versatile in the AM bands (like medium wave) and VHF bands (like FM), its benefits and many valuable features like the Emergency Warning Functionality. Network planning considerations, actual steps to be taken for a successful DRM roll-out and demonstrations of some of the excellent audio in DRM and other benefits will be part of this unique event held in conjunction with this major Broadcast Exhibition. The experts who will share their theoretical and practical knowledge with the participants are: Alexander Zink, Fraunhofer IIS, Albert Waal, RFmondial and Sharad Sadhu, Consultant.

Ruxandra Obreja, DRM Consortium Chair, says that: "This is the first time that ABU and AIBD have invited us to take part in such a comprehensive seminar. We are sure it will highlight the benefits of DRM by giving participants the chance to understand the features and benefits of the DRM digital standard in a simple and practical way. DRM is a great technology for the Asia-Pacific region and the more participants learn about it, the more comfortable they will be to ask for and introduce it."

AIR Pure DRM Channels - Change in program content

With effect from 17th May, 2019 All India Radio has changed the content of the program being transmitted in pure DRM mode on AIR Delhi 1368 kHz and AIR Chennai 783 kHz

News on air and half hour slots of western music programs sourced from different regional AIR channels will replace AIR Vividh Bharati service at both places, Delhi and Chennai.

Above transmitters will carry FM Rainbow Delhi and FM Rainbow Chennai as 2nd program channel.

Here's the schedule :

AIR Chennai - 783 kHz (20 kW) Pure DRM (2 channels)

1st Channel - News On Air and Western Music

2nd Channel - FM Rainbow Chennai

Time : 0555-1705 IST, 1800-2310 IST

AIR Delhi - 1368 kHz (20 kW) Pure DRM (2 channels)

1st Channel - News On Air and Western Music

2nd Channel - FM Rainbow Delhi

Time : 0555-1100, 1200-1730, 1815-2310 IST

DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) technology has this unique advantage wherein a listener can listen to two different program channels on a single frequency enabling huge cost saving for broadcasters.

NEW Domestic Broadcasting Survey available !

A completely updated DBS-21 with 15 pages is now available on www.dswci.org , click Domestic Broadcasting Survey - Latest Issue.

Any DX-er may download it FREE OF CHARGE and use it when DX-ing.

(Anker Petersen)

Radio Mirchi commenced broadcast from Ujjain on 91.9 MHz

Radio Mirchi commenced broadcast from it's station on 91.9 MHz at Ujjain acquired under Phase 3 auction wef 1st April, 2019.

TWR INDIA A19

TWR INDIA A19

(Effective 31 March to 26 Oct, 2019)

START STOP FREQ LOC CF PWR AZI SLEW ANT   Su M Tu W Th F Sa LANGUAGE 

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0045 0115 7465  GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5    M Tu W Th F    HINDI
0115 0130 7465  GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5      Tu           HINDI
0115 0130 7465  GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5         W         DZONKHA
0115 0130 7465  GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5    M              NEPALI
0115 0130 7465  GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5           Th      TIBETAN
0115 0130 7465  GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5              F    DARI
1345 1400 12160 TAC 41 100 131 10 2/4/0.5 Su                KURUKH
1345 1400 12160 TAC 41 100 131 10 2/4/0.5    M Tu W         MARWARI
1345 1400 12160 TAC 41 100 131 10 2/4/0.5           Th F    MAWACHI
1345 1400 12160 TAC 41 100 131 10 2/4/0.5                Sa URDU
1400 1415 12160 TAC 41 100 131 10 2/4/0.5 Su             Sa GAMIT
1400 1430 12160 TAC 41 100 131 10 2/4/0.5    M Tu W Th F    SINDHI
1415 1430 12160 TAC 41 100 131 10 2/4/0.5                   Sa GAMIT
1415 1430 12160 TAC 41 100 131 10 2/4/0.5 Su                DHODIA
1430 1445 12160 GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5    M              BHILI
1430 1445 12160 GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5      Tu           GUJARATI
1430 1445 12160 GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5         W Th F    VASAVI
1445 1545 12160 GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5    M Tu W Th F    PUNJABI
1600 1630 9610  GRI 41 300 98  0  2/4/0.5 Su M Tu W Th F Sa URDU
1315 1330 9910  CAW 41 300 100 0  8/8/1   Su                BHATRI
1330 1345 9910  CAW 41 300 100 0  8/8/1   Su                HINDI
1315 1330 9910  CAW 41 300 100 0  8/8/1                  Sa BENGALI
1330 1345 9910  CAW 41 300 100 0  8/8/1                  Sa BUNDELI
1315 1345 9910  CAW 41 300 100 0  8/8/1      M Tu W Th F    MAITHILI
1345 1400 9910  CAW 41 300 100 0  8/8/1   Su   Tu W Th F Sa HINDI
1345 1400 9910  CAW 41 300 100 0  8/8/1      M              AWADHI
1400 1430 9910  CAW 41 300 100 0  8/8/1   Su                PUNJABI
1400 1430 9910  CAW 41 300 100 0  8/8/1      M Tu W Th F    BHOJPURI
1400 1430 9910  CAW 41 300 100 0  8/8/1                  Sa HINDI
1315 1330 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1   Su                SANTHALI
1315 1330 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1      M Tu           MUNDARI
1315 1330 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1           W Th F    KURUKH
1315 1330 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1                  Sa KUI
1330 1345 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1   Su                MAITHILI
1330 1345 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1      M              KHARIA
1330 1345 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1        Tu           SADRI
1330 1345 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1           W         BONDO
1330 1345 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1             Th F    MAGHAI
1330 1345 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1                  Sa HO
1345 1400 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1   Su             Sa KASHMIRI
1345 1400 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1      M    W         HINDI
1345 1400 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1             Th F    DOGRI
1345 1415 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1        Tu           PUNJABI
1400 1415 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1   Su             Sa HINDI
1400 1415 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1      M              KUMAONI
1400 1415 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1           W Th F    GARHWALI
1415 1430 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1   Su                SURGUJIA
1415 1430 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1      M              BRAJ BHASHA
1415 1430 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1        Tu           HARYANVI
1415 1430 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1           W Th F Sa HINDI
1430 1445 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1   Su                MEWARI
1430 1445 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1      M Tu W Th F Sa HINDI
1500 1530 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1   Su M Tu W Th F Sa HINDI
1530 1535 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1      M Tu W Th F    HINDI
1530 1600 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1   Su             Sa ENGLISH
1535 1540 9300  CAW 41 300 100 0  4/8/1      M Tu W Th F    ENGLISH

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

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Alokesh Gupta

New Delhi

KBS A19

KBS WORLD RADIO A18
Effective 31st March to 27 Oct , 20198

Lang   Time (UTC) Freq(kHz)
---------------------------
Europe
Korean 1   1600 1800 7275
Korean 1   1700 1900 9515
Korean 2   0700 0800 9860
Russian    1300 1400 9645
Russian    1800 1900 9820
English 3  1500 1700 9515
English 4  2200 2300 11810
English 5  2200 2230 WRN
English 5  1330 1400 WRN
French     1900 2000 6145
German     2000 2100 3955
Spanish    1800 1900 9740

North America
Korean 2   1400 1500 15575
English 4  1300 1400 15575
Spanish    0200 0300 15575

South America
Korean 2   2300 2400 11810
English 4  0200 0300 9580
Spanish    0100 0200 11810
Spanish    0100 0200 9605
Spanish    1100 1200 11795

Southeast Asia
Korean 1   0900 1100 9570
Korean 2   0800 0900 9570
Chinese    1130 1230 9770
Chinese    2300 2400 9805
English 1  0800 1030 9770
English 4  1300 1400 9570
English 4  1600 1700 9640
Indonesian 1200 1300 9570
Indonesian 1400 1500 9570
Indonesian 1600 1700 9805
Indonesian 2200 2300 9805
Vietnamese 2300 2400 7275
Vietnamese 1030 1130 9770
Vietnamese 1500 1600 9640

Middle East/Africa
Korean 1   1600 1800 9740
Korean 2   0900 1000 15160
Arabic     2000 2100 6145
Arabic     1700 1800 WRN
French     2000 2100 5950(Issoudun)

China
Chinese    1130 1230 6095
Chinese    2300 2400 7215

India
English 2  1800 2100 9785

Japan
Japanese   0100 0200 9580
Japanese   0200 0300 11810

Moscow
Russian    1730 1800 738 (AM)
Russian    2000 2030 738 (AM)
Russian    0100 0130 738 (AM)
Russian    0600 0630 738 (AM)
Russian    0930 1000 738 (AM)
Russian    1400 1430 738 (AM)

Jakarta
Indonesian 1200 1300 102.6 (FM)

Buenos Aires
Spanish    0900 0955 94.7(FM)(Mon-Fri)

Non Direction
Korean 1   0900 1100 7275
Korean 2   1000 1100 1170 (AM)
Korean 2   1100 1200 7275
Japanese   0800 0900 7275
Japanese   0800 0900 6155
Japanese   0900 1100 9805
Japanese   1100 1300 1170 (AM)
Chinese    1300 1400 1170 (AM)
Chinese    1300 1400 7275

Submit Reception reports at :  https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/about_report.htm?lang=e

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Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi