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Monday, August 15, 2011

AIR Special I-Day Broadcasts Monitored!!



Happy 64th Independence Day to all!!



Heard the All India Radio (AIR) special broadcast of the running commentary in English and Hindi about the Flag Hoisting and Prime Minsters speech held at Red Fort, New Delhi between 0140-0220 UTC today on 15th August, 2011 (Monday) on the following frequencies. I have used ANJAN DTS-10 Digital receiver and a 20 mt. long dipole external antenna for this and QTH location is Jorhat in Assam (Latitude: 26° 45' 0 N, Longitude: 94° 13' 0 E).

Shortwave:

0143 UTC - 4775 kHz AIR Imphal- Running commentary in English- SINPO- 54434
0146 UTC - 4835 kHz AIR Gangtok- Running commentary in Hindi- SINPO- 34233
0148 UTC - 4895 kHz AIR Kurseong- Running commentary in Hindi- SINPO- 33333
0150 UTC - 4940 kHz AIR Guwahati- Running commentary in English- SINPO- 45434
0152 UTC - 4965 kHz AIR Shimla- Running commentary in English- SINPO- 33233

0153 UTC - 4970 kHz AIR Shillong- Running commentary in English- SINPO- 45333
0155 UTC - 4990 kHz AIR Itanagar- Running commentary in Hindi- SINPO- 35333
0156 UTC - 7270 kHz AIR Chennai- Running commentary in Hindi- SINPO- 35222
0157 UTC - 9870 kHz AIR Bangalore- Running commentary in Hindi- SINPO- 55444
0159 UTC - 15050 kHz AIR Delhi- Running commentary in Hindi- SINPO- 24222
0202 UTC - 9595 kHz AIR Delhi- Running commentary in Hindi- SINPO- 55555
0205 UTC - 11620 kHz AIR Aligarh- Running commentary in Hindi- SINPO- 55444
0207 UTC - 17510 kHz AIR Delhi- PM's Speech- SINPO- 55555
0210 UTC - 13620 kHz AIR Bangalore- PM's Speech- SINPO- 55444
0212 UTC - 15050 kHz AIR Delhi- PM's Speech- SINPO- 43333

Tried to hear AIR Kohima on 4850 kHz, but nothing heard because of heavy noise there.

Medium Wave:
0215 UTC - 567 kHz AIR Dibrugarh- PM's Speech- SINPO- 55455
0217 UTC - 639 kHz AIR Kohima- PM's Speech- SINPO- 35333
0218 UTC - 675 kHz AIR Itanagar- PM's Speech- SINPO- 35233

73's,

Prithwiraj Purkayastha
Jorhat, Assam (India)