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Friday, December 24, 2010
Invitation to view Swopan Chakroborty's Picasa Web Album - Mandarmani Dxpedition 15-17 Dec 2010
Friday, December 03, 2010
R Japan Bengali frequency change
Friday, November 12, 2010
TECSUN PL-660, Tecsun's answer to Grundig G3
Currently the black version is on offer ($75+$28) from anon-co ; I think its a great buy.
OWL via Grundig_G3 Yahoo Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grundig_G3/
TECSUN PL-660 Digital PLL FM stereo.MW.SW. LW multi-band
DUAL CONVERSION / AIR BAND / SSB / SYNC
TECSUN PL-660 FM stereo.MW.SW.LW multi band DUAL CONVERSION / AIR BAND / SSB / SYNC radio. | ||
The direct frequency entry, you can easy to turn into a station that you know the band frequency. Or you can use the ATS (Auto Tuning Storage) functions on FM / MW / LW & SW bands, all the available stations will be stored in the memory automatically. The alarm functions that you can wake by your favorite radio station. And the temperature function can be selected as Celsius (°C) or Fahrenheit (°F). |
Frequency Range:
FM : 76 ~ 108MHz
Japan 76 ~ 108MHz / Germany 87.5 ~ 108MHz
MW : 522 ~ 1620kHz (band step 1/9kHz for Asia / Africa / Europe) / 520 ~ 1710kHz (band step 10kHz for Northern America) ·
LW : 100KHz to 519KHz (band step 1/9kHz)
SW : 1711KHz to 29999KHz.(band step 1/5kHz)
AIR : 118~137MHz (band step 1/25kHz)
Noise Limit sensitivity:
FM band < 3uV @30dB.
MW band <1mV/m @26dB.
LW band <5mV/m @26dB.
SW band < 20uV @ 26dB.
SSB <1uV
AIR <5uV
Special Function:
Dual Conversion
SSB (include upper side band & lower side band)
Air Band
SYNC to improve receiving quality while signals of AM is being interfered by the strong signals of nearby radio stations.
Tone Adjustment to adjust the TREBLE & BASS.
Six tuning mode selectable:
1) Jog dial manual tuning
2) Auto scan tuning for FM, MW, LW & SW
3) Pre-setting manual scan tuning
4) Memory pre-setting auto scan tuning
5) Memory pre-setting address direct entry tuning
6) Frequency direct entry tuning.
Auto Tuning Storage function (ATS) for FM, MW , LW & SW band.
*Page 0 memories???:
FM: 100 memories
MW:100 memories
LW:100 memories
SW:200 memories
SSB: 200 memories
AIR: 100 memories
*100 memories on each page from Page 1-12.
- Multi-functions Digital Display for Frequency, Signal Strength, S/N ratio, Clock & Alarm, Temperature(°C or °F)& Battery Consumption.
- LCD Display Screen
- Digital clock function with 12/24 Hour Format
- Alarm by radio, and with the automatically alarm stopper within 1 - 90 minutes.
- Highly intelligent On / Off switch : allow to set the sleep timer from 1 - 120 minutes, or turn the power on / off directly.
- FM Mono & Stereo.
- Light & Snooze function – 5 minutes, repeated three times
- Key lock functio.
- Volume Knob with maximum 30 sound levels
- Vertical Back Stand
- Built In DC 5V USB jack, Earphone Jack, FM & SW Antenna Jack
- Built-in Charging System to charge the Ni-MH rechargeable battery
- Power supply : USB 6V/300mA external adaptor (included) / 4pcs AA size rechargeable batteries(included)
- Unit size 187 x 114 x 33 mm (L x H x W)
- Net Weight :470g (not included batteries)
- Original accessories : 1pc stereo earphone, 1pc wire antenna , 1pc carrying pouch, 120v / 220v flat pin / 230v adaptor for selection and English manual (printing format available later / E-manual first).
Thursday, November 04, 2010
RVA Bengali listeners meet
Friday, October 15, 2010
Radio Netherlands B10
TIME(UTC) AREA KHZ METERBAND SCHEDULE
10.00-11.00
10.00-11.00
14.00-16.00
14.00-16.00
Ashik Eqbal Tokon
Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Monday, September 27, 2010
Bangladesh Betar signs agreement with NHK
Director General of Bangladesh Betar AKM Shamim Chowdhury and NHK director general Makato Harada signed the agreement on behalf of respective sides, a press release said on Monday.
As per the agreement, NHK will provide technical support to Bangladesh Betar to broadcast programs through the FM band from its regional centers in Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Comilla.
Bangladesh Betar will be able to earn $71,175 per year in this regard, the press release said.
NHK will also provide training facilities to Bangladesh Betar officials with a view to improving the quality of program. Bangladesh and Japan will jointly produce radio programs according to the agreement.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Bantayan Island an exotic destination in Philippines
Located at the western portion of the northern tip of Cebu Island in Philippines Bantayan Island is a tropical paradise in South East Asia. The Beaches of Bantayan Island are the best beaches in all Philippines, even among the most beautiful beaches in all South East Asia. The island is called Paradise Island and the finest sandy beaches beside crystal blue water in seas will make your holiday a lifetime experience.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
FM Dxing - comments from Glenn Hauser, World of Radio, USA
Some very interesting DX there. Unfortunately, my players can`t handle these odd-format audio files (tried winamp, real, windows media).
It seems to me that quad and longwire are really not suitable for FM DX frequencies. I suspect your results would have been just as good using the built-in whip antenna only, with the advantage that you could quickly manoeuvre it to avoid interference and/or pick up maximum signal. 20 m longwire certainly is not right for FM band of about 3 meters wavelength.
The Es signals were probably so strong that they overcame the antenna wire anyway. One is entirely dependent on when an opening occurs, not so much with having good antenna gain.
Or a yagi cut for the middle of the FM band should give good gain and directionality, but I don`t know if it could be matched properly to that receiver. Perhaps you have already looked into how to do that with the quad, or maybe not with the bad results there.
Typical minimum distance for Es is about 500 miles = 800 km, and most common distance is more like 1000 miles = 1600 km, so you would not be getting nearby Bangladesh via this mode, but rather tropo (weather-related) or groundwave. Maybe parts of Myanmar are far enough away, and of course further parts of India and Pakistan.
With FM DX it is very important to be aware of the distances involved. It might be helpful to draw circles of 500, 1000 and 1500 miles around your location a map. Most of your Es would come from 500-1500 with a peak around 1000. Altho occasionally beyond 1500 is possible by multiple-hops.
So-called trans-equatorial propagation is another matter, which you also might get, outside the summer Es season. Signals are generally steadier but weaker and not fully quieted.
I am basing my comments on some DX I got in Thailand 40 years ago, and on lots more experience here in OK, 36 degrees north, about the same as J&K or northern Tibet, but at least not too far north of you and in the same hemisphere.
Good luck on planning your DXpedition, but if there is not a rather unpredictable Es opening, you may be disappointed. Of course the odds will be much better in May-July.
Or if you become aware of an opening, perhaps a rush trip out to the remote location.
Sunday, September 05, 2010
FM Dxing
Unidentified Chinese 92.4 MHz @ 0519 21.6.2010
Swopan Chakroborty
Saturday, September 04, 2010
New TECSUN PL-210 Digital Tuning FM / shortwave / mediumwave / longwave PLL dual conversion Ultralight Portable
PL-210 Features at a glance:
● The multi-functional machine, can receive FM stereo, medium wave, long wave and the international shortwave radio programs, high sensitivity, good selectivity
● FM receiving frequency range can be set to 87 ~ 108MHz, 88 ~ 108MHz, or 76 ~ 108MHz (to receive part of the campus radio)
● The machine is very user-friendly, easy to use, has a very useful multi-functional digital control knob can be used to set the time, adjust the frequency, select the memory address
● AM by double-conversion technology has greatly improved AM reception sensitivity and anti-mirror interference
● DX - High / Medium / low sensitivity control, can improve the strong signal and weak signal reception station
● six election units: manual search radio frequency, direct digital input frequency, manually search for stored stored radio station or directly enter the address number, stored radio frequency automatic search, automatic search preview the stored stations
● use of ATS feature that automatically searches memory FM / shortwave / medium wave / long wave radio frequency
● The machine can store up to 1,700 radio frequencies. 500 which is stored by band (FM / AM / long wave of the storage 100, SW 200), and the remaining 1,200 memory locations, divided into 12 pages (page 100), classified according to store your personal favorite frequency
● use of high-quality speakers, you can also use the high / bass control switch to change the sound, listen to different programs to meet the needs of
● The machine adopts the 12/24 hour time display, with regular power function, can pre-listen to the radio is turned on, and pre-set automatic shutdown in 1-90 minutes
● Auto power off a smart sleep, you can personal sleep habits, set in the boot automatically shut down after 1-120 minutes
● features intelligent lighting display
● The machine uses two batteries, but also the optional Ni-MH rechargeable battery, the machine is equipped with intelligent charging function, external power port using the most common and most secure of the USB socket, suitable for any commercially available USB mouth of the 5V power adapter.
● delicate protective cover and comes with stereo headphones
● Physical Size: W 125 × 75 × high thick 26 (mm)
● Design Patent No.: 03320375.X
PL-210 Basic Specifications
● Frequency Range / Tuning step
Frequency Modulation (FM) 76 - 108 MHz; smart step 0.01/0.1 MHz
You can choose the frequency coverage:
Standard: 87 - 108 MHz (except for Japan, Germany, Russia, other than national standards)
Germany: 87.5 - 108 MHz
Japan: 76 - 90 MHz
Campus radio: 76 - 108 MHz (including part of the campus radio)
Short-wave (SW) 1711 -29999 kHz; smart step 1 / 5 kHz
AM (MW)
522 - 1620 kHz; smart step 1 / 9 kHz (for Asia, Africa and Europe)
520 - 1710 kHz; smart step 1 / 10 kHz (for North America)
Long Wave (LW) 150 - 519 kHz; smart step 1 / 9 kHz
● Noise limited sensitivity:
Frequency Modulation (FM) (S / N = 30dB) better than 3 uV
AM (MW) (S / N = 26dB) better than 1 mV / m
Long Wave (LW) (S / N = 26dB) better than 5 mV / m
Short-wave (SW) (S / N = 26dB) better than 20 uV
● Optional:
Frequency Modulation (FM)> 25 dB
AM (MW)> 40 dB
Long Wave (LW)> 40 dB
Short-wave (SW)> 25 dB
● FM stereo separation: better than 24 dB
● Output Power:
Speaker: 250 mW
Headphones: 10 mW / 8 - 32 ohm stereo headset
● Number of Storage Memory: Total 1700
(1) according to band storage: 500
Frequency Modulation (FM) 100
AM (MW) 100
Long Wave (LW) 100
Short-wave (SW) 200
(2) cross-band paging memory: 12 pages x 100, 1200 Radio Storage
● awakened mode: radio alarm rang
● Static current:
Frequency Modulation (FM) <27mA
AM / long wave (MW / LW) <45mA
Short-wave (SW) <53mA
Shutdown standby <40uA
● Speaker Size: diameter 40 mm / 12Ω film speaker
● Power supply:
Battery: 2 R6 (V) batteries or rechargeable batteries
External power jack: USB specification / DC 5V 250mA
● Weight: About 200g (without batteries)
● Physical Size: W 125 × 75 × high thick 26 (mm)
● Design Patent No.: 03320375.X
● Accessories:
Stereo headphones, protective cover, FM short-wave external antenna, instruction manual, certificate, service guarantee
Available colors: Black, Silver, metallic Red
Mail order prices, gifts and purchase by:
In PR China Mail Order Price: 298 yuan / (including flat postage).
Taobao Network PL210 counters: 【http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail.htm?item_num_id=6716945975】
Premium: Any company directly to order Dongguan Desheng, shop in Taobao and online shopping site to buy PL-210, the value of each are accompanied by a gift of 20 yuan, with two 1000mAh rechargeable batteries and USB power line.
But Anon Co on ebay has different Gifts with Them -
http://cgi.ebay.com/TECSUN-PL-210-FM-STEREO-MW-LW-SW-WORLD-BAND-RADIO-/110576628162
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-TECSUN-PL-210-DIGITAL-PLL-FM-MW-LW-SW-PL210-RADIO-/220667701223?pt=Shortwave_Radios&hash=item3360d1e7e7#ht_2131wt_911
In PR China How to buy:
■ nearest to purchase:
You can go to your local electronics store, shopping malls or local counter electronic appliance wholesale market, the nearest to buy PL-210. Because the relationship between sales channels, local prices may be some differences, you can refer to our purchase order price.
■ Direct Service:
We are in the country with customer service centers in major cities, you can also go to these places to buy PL-210. The following are contact centers around the service, everyone on the front of the phone can go.
● Department of Electronics Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, hundreds of
203 Middle Road, Guangzhou City, Central City 10, Block A, Hang Seng Building, Room 1002, 020-86699469
● Beijing Desheng Radio Service
Ding Men Wai, Dongcheng District, on the Dragon on the Dragon Garden 41 West Unit 2-2, Building III, Room 010-84111581
● Health Radio Service Centre on Hyde
Handan Road, Shanghai, Wuxi, Building 98, Room 2002 A 021-61425265
● Electric Co., Ltd. Chongqing, Chongqing wave
220 Xinhua Road, Yuzhong District, Xinhua Road Accord 27-1 (Arran Electronic City) 023-63830161 023-63843776
● Dorsey Co., Ltd. Nanjing
No. 198 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu Long International Building, Room 1111, Taiwan 210002 025-84650427 025-84650453
● Hangzhou Radio and Television Services
88 Moganshan Road, Hangzhou 0571-88845345
● Desheng Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. Chengdu
Golden Temple electronics market in Chengdu electrical store room 39, 3rd Floor, Block B 028-86083088 028-83230035
● West Andrew Health Radio Service Center
Middle Yanta Road, Xi'an City 816 Xiansaige computer room 029-85535376 029-85526392
● Electronic Co., Ltd., Lanzhou Kinder
No. 271 Donggang West Road Lanzhou Northwest Hospital, fourth floor, electronic commerce, Room 401, City Parking 0931-8613929 0931-8628561 turn 804
● De-Sheng Trading Co., Ltd. Fuzhou
Tong Wu, Fuzhou Drum Tower District 72 0591-87602798
● Dongguan Desheng Company Consulting Contact:
E-Mail: tecsun@21cn.com
Service Hotline :0769 -22455117 0769-23167118
Desheng Radio Forum SMS: 【http://bbs.tecsun.com.cn/megs.asp?X=2&N=&ord=0】 Attention: Chuan Hou
In addition, for products not covered by the network out of stock or sold to consumers, small towns can be purchased through mail order PL-210;
PL-210 will also be in the German health Taobao while the shelves, and welcome to purchase.
■ mail order through the postal remittance
Remittance Address: Dongcheng District, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, Dongguan Desheng Long Road, Building No. 189
Payee Name: De-Sheng Electric Customer Service Department
Postal Code: 523071
Please note: Please write in the column on the remittance postscript your product model, color, quantity and your contact phone number so that we confirm the arrangements for delivery as soon as possible.
■ money order through online banking
Payee name: Dongguan Desheng General Electric Co., Ltd.
Bank: Industrial and Commercial Bank, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, Lake King branch (or the Industrial and Commercial Bank, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, East Branch)
Account number: 2010028619000005256
Please note: Internet Banking transfer, please pay more money, ending a bit, after payment please send your information via e-mail or short message to our forum (the sender's full address, name, zip code, telephone number, the amount the purchase of the product type, color and quantity), so that we can confirm the arrangements for delivery as soon as possible.
■ Taobao purchase by
Taobao Network PL210 counters: 【http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail.htm?item_num_id=6716945975】
Tecsun note: We do not Want Alibaba, the user who need to purchase, please direct payments, remittance please send your information via e-mail or forum message to us (the sender's full address, name, zip code, telephone, the amount, the purchase of the product type, color and quantity), so that we can confirm the arrangements for delivery as soon as possible.
Monday, August 30, 2010
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
Deutsche Welle Survey
Dear friends of Deutsche Welle,
We would like to conduct a survey with our listeners on the image and perceptions of Germany 20 years after reunification.
Could you please send us a few statements on the topic or provide short answers to the following questions:
What comes to your mind when you think of Germany today?
Do you think Germany has changed since the reunification in 1990?
In your opinion, what is Germany's role in the world today?
If you would like to participate, please provide us with your statements, as well as your name, the city and country you are writing from and, if possible, a photo. Some of the contributions will be used on different DW platforms.
Thanks in advance – we are looking forward to your reply!
Kind regards,
Kundenservice
DEUTSCHE WELLE
T: +49.228.429-3223
F: +49.228.429-154000
E: Andrea.Schulz@dw-world.de
Monday, August 16, 2010
An Interview of Swopan Chakraborty on Radio Japan NHK Bengali Service on 15th August 2010
On 15th August 2010 - Bengali Service, Radio Japan NHK broad-casted an Interview of Mr. Swopan Chakraborty, a DXer from Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) on his listening habits and feelings on Radio Japan - many interesting facts discussed - The Interview can be downloaded and listened via following link.
Thanks & Regards,
Partha Sarathi Goswami
Siliguri – 734001
Dist. Darjeeling,
West Bengal
INDIA
Monday, August 09, 2010
VLC Player - A lightweight all format media player
Friday, August 06, 2010
Cell phone monitoring a new technology on rise
Friday, July 16, 2010
Brand new Anjan DTS 10
Kolkata
Monday, June 14, 2010
FM 105.1MHz Vietnam FM DX in Siliguri, WB, India, Sporadic E propagation
June 14, 2010, 736 AM IST (Local Time) or 0206 UTC
Received at Siliguri City of West Bengal, India
With Redsun 2100RP and built in Telescopic Whip
Station Info: http://fmscan.org/mi.php?i=33201102
itu VTN
location Thanh Hoá
reg tho
coord 105e47/19n50
height 108
locationid 30005193
longitude (hh.mmss) 105.465100
latitude (hh.mmss) 19.501800
longidec 105.780833
latidec 19.838333
precision 2
lfd 33201102
frequency 105.100000
p
la vi
program Thanh Hoá Radio
mod m
power 10.000000
dir N
pol h
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Few african Log and others...
3rd June 2010, 1905 UTC RTV Tunisia in Arabic - talk SINPO 24333
7th June 2010, 2003 UTC RTV Tunisia in Arabic - Song SINPO 343333
sudden closedown at 2006 UTC
June 09, 2010 - 1920 UTC - 9665 kHz REE Spain SINPO 34434 in English
June 3, 2010 - 1703UTC - VOA Radio Ashna in Pashto at 11565 // 11580 kHz
VOA Radio Ashna in Pashto at 11565 kHz - good signal, light fading
(1630-1730UTC)
June 3, 2010 Logs below -
1657UTC - 17840 kHz DW in french via Wofferton receiving nice with clear audio
17745 kHz Sudan Radio Service 1530-1700 UTC ... Arabic & Sudanese mix
- good signal from Sines, Portugalwith little fading
17700 kHz S. Sudan Interact.R.(SSIRI) from Ascension Island, 16-17 UTC
Good Signal, with slight fading, talk in vernacular, in Arabic
17670 kHz ALL INDIA RADIO 1615-1730 UTC ... Hindi from Delhi
(Khampur)- strong Signal discussing about Rabindranath tagore
15650 and 15680 kHz are occupied by Radio Farda IBB, Strong Signal
checking 1630 onwards
Voice of Greece on 15630kHz since 1620 UTC SINPO 34433 verifed with
webstream, the webstream has a time lag morethan 30 Secs
And regarding Sporadic E FM reception - On May 31, 2010 received radio
stations from the Bangkok, Thailand, Balance FM 90 MHz, and DED
National Radio 90.5 MHz from Bangkok at approximate distance of 1,640
kilometres (1,020 mi).
YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h19ytwv3i8k
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f553y9nVQhk
--
Thanks & Regards,
Partha Sarathi Goswami
Postal Address:
C/O Kishalaya, Book stall
(Opposite. Siliguri Girls High School)
College Road,
Siliguri – 734001
Dist. Darjeeling,
West Bengal
INDIA
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Friday, May 21, 2010
New Zealand Budget 2010 Radio Funding Review : Public Radio Funding 'Holds the Line' whilst Commercial Radio Adjusts to Recession
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.net
New Zealand Budget 2010 Radio Funding Review
_______________________
Public Radio Funding 'Holds the Line' whilst Commercial Radio Adjusts to Recession
_______________________
Publicly funded radio broadcasters in New Zealand have essentially
had their funding frozen in the latest government budget for
2010/2011 announced in Wellington yesterday.
New Zealand On Air, the main funding authority has seen its budget
remain the same. It's total budget is NZ$126.9m [US$84.4m] and
includes TV, radio, archiving and new media responsibilities.
It funds Radio New Zealand, community radio stations, the National
Pacific Radio Trust [NPRT] and a small amount of contestable hours
for commercial radio.
Radio New Zealand is again funded to produce 17,520 hours of radio
programs in 2010/2011, which is the same as two x 24 hour networks
across the year. It is likely to continue to operate its RNZ
National and RNZ Concert services and maintain its AM and FM coverage
with this funding.
Fourteen existing community access radio stations and the NPRT will
be bulk funded, but like Radio NZ, they'll also have to meet
increases in operating costs [such as the increase in the Goods &
Services Tax [GST] rate to 15% from October 1, salaries, rentals,
energy] from within existing allocations.
This will put pressure on creativity to find new income sources, such
as finding more sponsorship partners, increasing the paid membership
base for the access stations, or increasing charges to program makers
and holding back on capital expenditure such as new facilities.
NPRT operates the Niu FM Network, Niu FM 103.8 [Auckland] and 531pi
[Auckland] and its budget is frozen at NZ$3m [[US$2m] with each
station funded for 24 hour operation and an increase in the number of
hours broadcasting in at least 9 Pacific languages.
In addition, funding for the nationwide network of Iwi [Maori
language] radio stations has been frozen at NZ$11.34m [US$7.54m] to
provide for 60,000 hours of Maori language and cultural radio
programs. There are currently 21 iwi radio stations.
Meanwhile, New Zealand's international shortwave broadcaster to the
Pacific, Radio NZ International [RNZI] sees its funding also frozen
at NZ$1.9m [US$1.26m] for continued delivery of 16 hours of quality
reception level of its programs to a minimum of 11 Pacific nations.
According to the Radio Heritage Foundation, the funding levels will
challenge all publicly funded broadcasters. However, no public
broadcasters are expected to reduce or remove existing services
although there may be more music programs and less spoken word
documentaries and current affairs programs.
The two major commercial radio networks in New Zealand [Radioworks
and The Radio Network] have already faced declines in advertising
revenue, and rationalized some local services with increased
networking hours and closure of marginal stations to cope with the
ongoing recession.
Another network operator [Rhema Broadcasting Group] relies heavily on
membership dues and donations and has seen its donation income drop
considerably in the past year.
New Zealand private and commercial broadcasters are also faced with
20 year licence renewals scheduled in 2011, over 250 FM frequency
changes currently underway, and increased competition from new local
commercial stations and online streaming of radio stations from
overseas.
Digital broadcasting has been tested but is unlikely to be introduced
within the near future.
Like the publicly funded broadcasters, private commercial radio in
New Zealand also faces increased costs from the GST increase,
pressure on salaries and operating costs and has the added challenge
of reduced advertising expenditure.
The Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization
connecting popular culture, nostalgia and radio heritage across the
Pacific. Its global website www.radioheritage.net offers free
community access to Pacific Radio Guides and other valuable
resources. Annual supporter packages start at US$10 and online
advertising rates are now available.
New Zealand Budget 2010: RNZI (Radio New Zealand International) Funding Frozen
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.net
New Zealand Budget 2010
Radio New Zealand International Funding Frozen
_______________________
Radio New Zealand International [RNZI], the country's shortwave
broadcaster receives no additional funding in the latest government
budget for 2010/2011 announced in Wellington yesterday.
Funding remains at NZ$1.9m [US$1.26m] and it's required to deliver 16
hours of good quality reception daily to a minimum of 11 Pacific
nations with one 100kW analog transmitter installed in 1990 and one
100kW digital capable transmitter installed in 2005.
The primary coverage nations it's funded for are French Polynesia,
Cook Islands, Tokelau, American Samoa, Samoa, Niue, Tonga, Wallis and
Futuna, Fiji, Tuvalu, New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
The secondary coverage nations are Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea,
Nauru and Kiribati, whilst general coverage must be provided to the
Asia/Pacific and Pacific Rim region including the Federated States of
Micronesia, Marshall Islands and Palau.
In addition, RNZI must increase the number of Pacific radio stations
relaying or rebroadcasting its news bulletins to 18 and is permiited
a maximum 1% of transmission time lost from equipment failure.
The Radio Heritage Foundation welcomes the continued funding of RNZI
as recognition by the government that it provides a valuable service
for New Zealand's interests in the Pacific.
'At a time when many shortwave broadcasters face budget cuts and
complete closedown of services, this continued confidence in RNZI's
ability to deliver a quality service with a bare-bones budget is
tribute to the extreme dedication to duty and pragmatism of the
entire RNZI team" says chairman David Ricquish.
RNZI provides valuable cyclone, extreme weather watch and tsunami
warnings for the entire South Pacific region. It also provides local
FM quality news, information and other programs for rebroadcast on a
growing number of local Pacific island radio stations.
"With Fiji in media censorship lockdown and media freedoms poorly
understood in many of the target nations, RNZI provides local
listeners with a respected and valuable news source from a Pacific
perspective" adds Ricquish.
"Every week, thousands of New Zealanders are on holiday, on business
visits or working and living in the Pacific and RNZI provides a
valuable service for their continued safety."
"To maintain this security, RNZI should also be urgently capital
funded for a replacement of the 20 year old analog transmitter with
another high power digital capable shortwave transmitter sooner
rather than later" says Ricquish.
Catastrophic RNZI transmitter failure co-inciding with natural
disasters or sudden political events and instability in the region
could threaten the lives of New Zealanders and New Zealand's security
and commercial interests.
Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization
connecting popular culture, nostalgia and radio heritage across the
Pacific. It's global website www.radioheritage.net offers free
community access to Pacific Radio Guides and other valuable
resources. Annual supporter packages start at US$10 and online
advertising rates are now available.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Logs from South Asia - Middle East MW, SW from Africa - Djibouti, Uganda, Botswana, Sao tome[São Tomé]
Thanks & Regards,
Partha Sarathi Goswami
Siliguri – 734001
Dist. Darjeeling,
West Bengal
INDIA
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Saturday, May 08, 2010
RTI Plus Winners
The following listeners will receive a souvenir from RTI. They include:
* Martin Gallas
* Terry Robinson
* Ashanti Region
* Charles Wompiah
* Chris Larkosh
* Sandhya Yadav
* Rajdeep Das
* John Rutledge
* A. K. M. Nuruzzaman,[ Rajshahi, Bangladesh ]
* Swopan Chakdroborty, [Kolkata India]
* Aspak Ahammed Chaudhury
* Helmut Matt
* Panha Pen
* Ejaz Ahmad
* Samsun Islan Mou , [ Rajshahi, Bangladesh ]
* M.N. Sentu , [ Rajshahi, Bangladesh ]
* Mark F. Tattenbaum
* T. Elampooranan
* Deepa Chakraborty
* Jaydeep Chakrabarty
* P. Pravathi Ramana Rao
* Jayanta Chakrabarty ,India
* Agide Melloni
* Anil Tamrakar
* Cam Archbold
* Salahuddin Ibrahim
* Samson Manohar
* Aaron Tiu
* Ashik Eqbal Tokon [ Rajshahi, Bangladesh ]
* Christer Brunstrom
* Kanchan kr. Chatterjee
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
New Australian Radio Guide :: radioheritage.net
Radio Heritage Foundation
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Australian AM Radio 1611-1701
Italian, Country, Arabic, Greek and Gold
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Almost 70 low power stations are now broadcasting in Australia's
expanded AM radio dial almost two decades after the new channels
became available says the Radio Heritage Foundation which has just
updated a contemporary guide to them at www.radioheritage.net.
Originally populated by ethnic broadcasters and niche formats, the
situation remains little unchanged in 2010 as attempts to bring the
low cost extra frequencies into mainstream media have largely failed
to materialize.
Existing commercial broadcasters saw these licences as a dangerously
cheap back door into digital broadcasting and lobbied strongly to
exclude 1611-1701 AM stations from digital entitlements. Coupled with
poor availability of AM radios able to tune to the new frequencies,
attempts by commercial aspirants like Radio 2 to establish economics
of scale and a nationwide network collapsed.
In 2010, the major players on air are Rete Italia [part of the
Italian Media publishing and media group], The Goanna [a fledgling
country music network co-owned with 2ME an Arabic language station],
Smart Group's Hot Country from Queensland, whilst small footholds in
the band have been claimed by 3ABN and Queensland based Christian
network Vision FM.
A small cluster of independent stations air a variation on the 'Gold'
music format of 1960's hits popular with babyboomers, two Greek
language stations compete for listeners in Sydney, and a handful of
other stations serve ethnic markets for Chinese, Hindi, Arabic,
Islamic and Lebanese Christian audiences.
A large number of licences held in the 1611-1701 AM band have
remained silent for many years and are unlikely to ever come on air.
The Radio Heritage Foundation has released a detailed list of
Australian stations currently operating in the 1611-1701 AM band
together with analysis of this fascinating and little known
broadcasting landscape.
It's currently available as a downloadable Word document at
www.radioheritage.net and will be updated regularly.
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connecting popular culture, nostalgia and radio heritage across the
Pacific. The global website is www.radioheritage.net and all content
is available free. Annual supporter packages starting at US$10 and
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
DW FM Bangladesh
Would like to inform you that, DW have not yet received on FM in Rajshahi, Rangpur and Khulna (last logging 27 April UTC 1400-1425).
Friends from Khulna confirmed, not receiving FM there and DXer Salahuddin Dolar also confirmed me DW FM only On Air on Dhaka, Sylhet and Chittagong only.
73 from
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Re: [dxld] Holy Tibet via CNR 11
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73s,
Partha Sarathi Goswami
Schedule of Holy Tibet via CNR-11 was changed from April 11.Holy Tibet in English via CNR-11
1400-1430 6010, 7350, 9480
0500-0530 9530, 11685, 15570The schedule of Tibet PBS is not changed.Holy Tibet in English via Tibet PBS
2230-2300 4905, 4920, 5240, 6110, 6130, 6200, 7255, 7385
0600-0630 4905, 4920, 5240, 6110, 6130, 6200, 9490, 9580
1530-1600 4905, 4920, 5240, 6110, 6130, 6200, 7255, 7385de HiroshiS.HasegawaNDXC
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
The Secret War - The Battle of the Beams
A crumbled piece of paper recovered from a crashed German bomber had written on it a list of navigational aids: light and radio beacons; it also included a codename, 'Knickebein' - 'The Crooked Leg' a name unknown to British intelligence. The unravelling of the secrets of Knickebein by British scientists led to the Battle of the Beams and the first moves in electronic warfare.
The story of re-commissioning the transmitter to prosecute the war was a huge state secret. Many of the BBC engineers involved signed the Official Secrets Act and until late in their lives were mostly reluctant to make their story public. There are surprisingly few public records to help historians.
The scientific boffins within the intelligence agencies tasked Professor R.V. Jones with finding out how the transmitter might be used. Based at Bletchley Park , Jones scoured pre-war files of the Secret Intelligence Services to see if there was any evidence of a German secret weapon.
At the same time as this research was ongoing in early 1940, BBC engineer Tony Bridgewater was asked to return to Ally Pally to get the transmitter up and running on a care and maintenance basis; he was almost certainly unaware of what for. They would soon be pressed into service.
By the end of 1940 intelligence reports showed that a new system was being developed because the British had clearly learned to jam that system. The Y-Gerat system was a groundbreaking a way of keeping ahead of British jamming capabilities.
By a stroke of good fortune, the Y-Gerat system was working within the same frequency spectrum (40-50MHz) as the sound and vision television transmitter at.You guessed it, Ally Pally!
In October 1940 Wilfred Pafford, another engineer with the BBC since 1932, returned to head up operations at Ally Pally for Operation Domino. He was to remain as the engineer in charge until the end of the War.
The MoD decided to set up a listening station at Swains Lane in Highgate. In a set of huts attached to a huge relay transmitter (a huge mast is still in place) used for Outside Broadcasts before the war, a domestic EMI television was modified to listen to the radio traffic between the German command station in Kassel (and elsewhere in France) and the German navigators on bombing raids over Britain.
Incoming German bomber pilots would maintain the aircraft's correct bearing by following an instrument which monitored the path of a radio beam. When the German ground station had calculated the pilot was correctly positioned over the target a message from the ground station was sent instructing the bomb aimer to release his load.
From February 4th 1941 the date of the first bombing raid using the Y-Gerat system on Britain, by pure coincidence everything was in place to give the Swains Lane and Ally Pally teams a crucial opportunity to interfere with the information being sent to the bomb aimer.
In effect, BBC Engineers had devised a system which could 'capture' the German frequency momentarily and create a 'howl round' effect in the German navigational device when the transmitter at Ally Pally was switched on. Imagine the sound when a microphone is turned up too high at a concert: All that in the flying crew's headphones.
Once the operators at Swains Lane had decided that the German navigator had missed his opportunity to identify the target, the Ally Pally transmitter would be turned to standby ready to be re-activated for the next bomb aimer.
The jamming system may have been relatively crude but it's claimed that no more than 25% of bombers on Y-Gerat controlled air raids released their bomb loads.
It's estimated that this system of jamming went undetected until May 1941. So adept had the BBC engineers become that even when the Germans suspected their system was fallible it was simply a matter of retuning the transmitter when the German operators changed the frequency. Ally Pally's role remained undetected.
The BBC transmitter can claim credit for undermining a crucial part of the technology which aimed to lay waste to many of our cities.
Wilfred Pafford has just celebrated his 101st birthday and now lives in a nursing home in Southern England, the last of the Battle of the Beam engineers.
Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAhKcs...
Part Two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiSqCD...
Part Three: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDv1EL...
Part Four:
Part Five: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPy2VL...
Originally transmitted: 5th January 1977
A news report on Alexandra Palace during World War II can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVhLJj...
This film footage is from the Archive Collection held by the Alexandra Palace Television Society.
http://www.apts.org.uk
~ APTS ~
Preserving the televisual past for the digital future
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
All India Radio Churachandpur to be inaugurated
Source: Hueiyen News Service
This day will be a special day for the All India Radio too ! .
State Chief Minister Okram Ibobi will inaugurate the station at a glittering function to be held on the premises of the radio station at Churachandpur tomorrow morning.
Minister of Power, Horticulture & Soil Conservation, Science & Technology, Phungzathang Tonsing, Minister of PHED, Information & Public Relations and Tourism, TN Haokip and other MLAs of assembly constituencies of Churachandpur district are expected to be present on the historic occasion.
He has been camping in Imphal for the past three days specially for the inauguration of the Churachandpur station of AIR.
Chief Minister Ibobi will anounce the most eagerly awaited "link-language" of the AIR Churachandpur station during the inaugural function tomorrow.
It is worth mentioning here that preparations for commisioning the AIR Churachandpur station were completed way back in 2000 .
However, due to a dispute regarding which dialect would be the link-language, the commissioning of the station had remained postponed for the last almost 10 years.
Earlier, Prasar Bharti had approved Paite dialect as the link-language of the station.
But controversy arose, and commissioning of the AIR Churachandpur station could not materialise.
The matter was taken to Gauhati High Court.
The High Court later ordered that the decision on which dialect should be the link-language of the AIR Churachandpur should be taken by the Government of Manipur.
After years of procrastination, for fear of treading on communal sentiments, the Government of Manipur under the leadership of Chief Minister O Ibobi has recently taken a bold decision to commission the AIR Churachandpur station.
Most reliable sources told this newspaper that the State Cabinet recently took the decision on which dialect should be the link-language of the station.
However, due to fear of a possible communal backlash, the authority decided that it would be the best to keep the link-language as a secret till the inauguration, when the Chief Minister himself would make the historic announcement.
Sources said that the earlier dispute regarding the link-language had been solved under the initiative of Chief Minister O Ibobi.
That is how the AIR Churachandpur station is going to be inaugurated tomorrow, the sources said.
Deputy Director General, AIR NE Region-II C Lalrosanga told this newspaper that the All India Radio would go along with the decision on the link-language taken by the Government of Manipur.
Superintending Engineer of AIR Imphal, Md Kamaruddin told the Hueiyen Lanpao that the AIR Churachandpur is going to be an independent radio station, with its own station director, programme executives, staffs and all.
It's not going to be a local branch of AIR Imphal.
To start with the programmes, the AIR Churachandpur will relay the programmes of FM Rainbow of New Delhi from 4 pm to 5.30 pm.
From 5.30 pm onward, direct local programmes will be broadcast.
The daily programmes will start from 4pm and close at 9.30 pm.
The AIR Churachandpur station will cover the entire district.