CHU time signal station from Ottawa, Canada

Station CHU ( National Research Council of Canada) was received around 1101 Hrs UTC on 29th November 2014. Very weak signal was heard on 7850 khz.
29th November 2014 marks the first time CHU has been received on 7850khz at my place in Kolkata, India. According to CHU website it is only 5kw.
SINPO was 24322 at 1102 Hrs UTC.  After 1120 Hrs UTC severe noise degraded reception further to 23121.

Reception report was sent via email. A QSL card came to my address on 28th December 2014

  

 
 

23 rd November 2014, 19 Meter shortwave band loggings

23 rd November 2014 19 Meter band shortwave band loggings between 1430 to 1500 hrs UTC

Receiver: Icom IC R75

Antenna:  Longwire

Station                           Language        UTC              Freq (khz)       SINPO                  

WHR via Cypress Creek
(World harvest radio)       English              1430              15565                  34333

VOA                                English              1435             15580                   44444

Radio Ferda                     Persian              1437            15690                     44444

NHK (Radio Japan)         Hindi                 1439             15720                     44444

RRI(Radio Romania)         Romanian         1441            15170                     54444

RTI(Radio Taiwan)           Russian              1443            15180                      34333
via Issodun

RFE/RL                          Uzbek                 1445            15265                     44444
(Radio Free Europe)

Radio Kuwait Bengali programme on Shortwave?

Radio Kuwait's Bengali transmission was noted for a few minutes on 15540khz before signing off at 1600 UTC.  Very good reception overall. SINPO-44434.

Radio Exterior de Espana 14th October Spanish programme from Noblejas site

Radio  Exterior De Espana's final day programme in spanish on shortwave was logged on 21640 khz.

Reception  was good around 1530 UTC .
REE remained one of the few western European broadcasters on shortwave band.

All India Radio, Almora, Uttarakhand, India

My recent trip was to the Himalayas in Uttarakhand, India, in September 2014. It was a great experience, as I went on an exploring holiday trekking mountains, photographing temples, understanding local cultures, cuisine and many more.

In our journey on the way to Kasar( bit obscure place) I got off the car for a while near Almora and took photographs of All India Radio, Almora.

AIR Almora is very small low powered medium wave station. It broadcasts news and cultural programmes for local Kumaoni people in Hindi and Kumaoni. Although I did not have enough time to get into the station building.
According to WRTH, its only a 1kw medium-wave station and broadcasts on 999khz..

 
Antenna mast standing straight up located just behind the AIR building

Last Day (30th June 2014) of VOA English broadcast on shortwave to southeast Asia via IBB Udhanthani

Voice Of America's 30th June 2014 broadcast in English on shortwave to Southeast Asia was logged on 15490khz. at 1530 UTC via IBB Thailand transmitting site at Udonthani. That was the last and final shortwave broadcast from VOA to Asia in English.

SINPO was 54455. Very good reception on all accounts.  Reception report was sent to IBB and VOA English by email in the following days.
A QSL card from IBB Udonthani came to mailbox on 5th September 2014

RFA(Radio Free Asia) via IBB Tinian

RFA(Radio Free Asia) in Burmese via IBB Tinian in Thiland received on 6th August 2014.
Reception was good (44344) on 9335 Khz at 1430 UTC.
RR was sent online on the same day. QSL card came to my mailbox on25th August 2014.

 

                                                                                 

Voice Of Vietnam from Hanoi (VOV5)

Voice Of Vietnam from Hanoi was logged on 16th March 2014. VOV news and music programming in English for south Asia at 1600 UTC was heard on 9550khz..

Reception was good on 9550khz with SINPO of 44444. Broadcast was received on my vintage Sony ICF 5900W. 

Reception report was sent via regular mail. A reply with verification card arrived in the mail on 4th July 2014  

AWR Wavescan from Okeechobee studio, Florida, USA via Nauen, Germany

AWR English via WRMI Okeechobee was received  on 15th December 2013. AWR Wavescan  programme was monitored on 11750 Khz  from 1530 to 1559 UTC. This was my first reception report to AWR/WRMI after shifting to large new WRMI studio in Okeechobee from Miami.

SINPO was 44444 . Strong signal strength and clear speech was heard.
Reception report was sent via regular mail on the following day After six months two QSL cards one from AWR and other from WRMI Okeechobee arrived on 28 th June 2014. Both of them signed by  Adrian M. Peterson

Voice Of Korea (DPRK), Pyongyang transmitting from Kujang

Voice Of Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)  transmitting from Kujang was received on 7210khz at 1900 Hrs UTC on 5th February 2014. Broadcast was in English started with National anthem of DPRK and featured a largely talk format, and frequent 'Revolutionary' inspired music.
Reception was good, SINPO = 43444  good signal strength with slight noise but clear speech was noted.
A reception report was sent via snail mail on the following day. A brown envelop with hand written station name, a QSL card, a latest edition of Korea Today magazine,  a calender, A promotional leaflet regarding new stamp issued on Leader Kim Jong II  and a Voice Of Korea badge arrived in the mail on 6th June 2014.

      
Address:
Voice of Korea
English Language Service
Pyongyang
Democratic People's Republic of Korea

 

   
                          

EWTN from Vandiver, USA to India on 11520 khz

EWTN Radio English broadcasting from Vandiver, USA was logged on 9th February 2014 from 0945 to 1015 hrs UTC on 11520 khz . '40 Days for life campaign' program  with frequent station IDs was noted.

SINPO was 24232  Poor signal strength and severe noise degraded the reception on 11520 khz at 0945 hrs UTC. Reception slightly improved after1013 hrs UTC.

Reception report was sent via regular mail and email. A QSL card arrived in the mail on 6th May 2014.

RadioNew Zealand International from Rangitaiki

Radio New Zealand International from Rangitaiki was logged on 1st December 2013 on 15720 khz.  A documentary on 'Bahai Faith and religion in New Zealand' and Radio New Zealand news was heard from 1130 hrs UTC to1207 hrs UTC..

SINPO was 34333. Weaker signal strength, occasional fading but clear speech was noted.
Reception was sent by snail mail to the station's address including two IRCs.

A QSL card with broschure and sticker received in mail on 26th April 2014

Station Address :

Radio New Zealand International
P.O. Box 123

Wellington, New Zealand

Email:
info@rnzi.com
 


                                                                    

Voice Of Indonesia via Jakarta on 9525khz

Voice of Indonesia, Jakarta was heard on 9525 khz from 1902 hrs UTC to 2003 UTC on 31st January 2014. Programming in English with news and 'Today in History' was featured on history of traditionalist Sunni Islam group 'Nahdlatul Ulama' which was  established on January 31, 1926. 
Reception was excellent SINPO:54444

A reception report was sent via email and snail mail on the following day. 
An envelop with beautiful Indonesian stamps showing 'year of the horse',  a brochure, a QSL card and a sticker arrived in the mail on 26th April 2014.

       

Voice Of Russia via Irkutsk on 21800khz

Voice Of Russia's English programme 'Burning  Point' on 21800 khz was received on 30th March 2014. It was the day before their last broadcast on shortwave.
Reception on 21800 khz  was good 44444.

A Reception report sent on the same day via email. A QSL card arrived in the mail on  25th April 2014.