"Sanjay R. Mathur" <@AMES.ARC.NASA.GOV:mathur@amelia> (02/26/90)
Here's my list of broadcasts originating from and directed to the Indian
subcontinent. In the latter category I include only broadcasts which are
in the local languages or which have program content of local interest.
All of these were heard within the past few weeks on a SONY ICF 2010 at
my listening post in Ames, IA. Of course, the list is by no means complete
and I would very much welcome any additions.
One more request: this list came about as a result of my attempts at
keeping a log using my recently acquired PC (for the purposes of posting
it here, I have deleted the dates, program details and SINPO fields and
added a few comments) but the results aren't entirely satisfactory. It
would be interesting to hear other folks' experience in this matter.
Are there any software packages specifically for keeping SWL logs ?
I hope the format and abbreviations are self explanatory.
Freq. UTC Station + Remarks
9565 1330-1500 AIR, Gen. Overseas Sce. sometimes also heard on the //
freq. of 11760.
15020 1330-1500 AIR, Ext. Sce. to Sri Lanka in Sinhala. lots of Hindi
& 11620 film music.
11810 1215-1300 AIR, ext. sce in Cantonese.
9950 1330-1700+ AIR, domestic. Hindi nx at 1330,1515. EE at 1530.
10330 1330-? // to 9950. usually fades away quite early.
9660 1315-1400? AIR, domestic. news in Bengali and other
Eastern / N. Eastern languages.
9615 1415-1445 AIR, Bombay with Vividh Bharati, the commercial sce. of
AIR but actually without the ads on this SW relay.
The signal is very weak but in the absence of any QRM
quite identifiable. Specially interesting to me because
the transmitter site is very close to my home in Bombay
(the aerials can be seen from my rooftop!) and used to
give me no end of trouble in Dx'ing.
9922 1650 AIR, heard only once on this strange freq. with what
sounded like Ext Sce in Hindi.
11810 1700-1900+ AIR, Ext Sce. in Hindi and English.
15250 0730-0900+ AIR, heard occasionally with surprisingly good signal
carrying afternoon news bulletins in several languages.
9635 1300-1430 R Afghanistan in Urdu. lots of Hindi music.
& 9745 both freqs are not active for the entire duration.
9645 1300 R Pakistan, domestic. EE news followed by Punjabi.
15255 1430-1530+ R Bangladesh. Ext Sce. first in Urdu then Hindi.
&11705
11570 1600-? R. Bangladesh, Ext Sce in Bengali.
9720 1230-? SLBC, Sri Lanka, EE, All Asia Sce. readable only during
the early portion. Also heard much later around 1630
with Tamil/Sinhala.
11800 0030-0100+ SLBC, Hindi Ext. Sce with early morning gospel progs.
11865 1430 FEBA, Seychelles. religious progs in Hindi.
11895 1500-1530 KTWR, Guam religious progs in S. Indian lang.
9555 1330-1400 R Veritas, Philippines in Hindi.
9520 1400 R Veritas, S Indian lang. QRM from Iran
9535 1530 R Japan in Hindi.
9540 1230-1330 R Tashkent in Hindi,Urdu and EE.
9510 1300-1330 R Moscow, Bengali.
9715 1430-1500 R Moscow, Urdu.
15185 1400-1430 R Moscow, Hindi // on 11655,12035.
15200 1400-1430 R Moscow, Gujarati.
9755 1300-1330 R Moscow, Marathi.
11665 1400-1430 R Moscow, Bengali.
15150 1430-1500 R Moscow, Nepali. // 15470.
11730 1400-1500 R Moscow, S Indian langs.
15240 0800-0830 RBI, GDR, Hindi.
9685 1400-1500 V O I R Iran. progs in Urdu and Bengali. // freqs of
9520 and 11790 also heard.
15245 1400-1445 BBC Hindi followed by Urdu.
11920 1500-1520 BBC Nepali.
11750 1715-1745 BBC Hindi and Urdu. Also Bengali at 1645.
11805 1330-1400 VOA Hindi. co-channel QRM from R RSA.
15595 1500-1600+ Deutsche Welle. progs in Urdu, Hindi and EE.
&17825
11945 1500-? Vatican Radio, EE and various Indian langs.
17680 0300-0500 Radio New Zealand. not exactly in either of my
categories but should be of interest to any cricket
fans as they somtimes carry live commentaries. The test
series with India is almost over but a one-day
triangular series with Australia is still to come.
15160 ditto from Radio Australia/ABC domestic service.
17795 Pakistan is currently visiting and commentaries
15245 might be available. try between 0000 and 0900.
9660
Sanjay Mathur
n1.srm@isumvs.iastate.edu
or n1.srm@isumvs.BITNET