SW & FM DX Logs from Tajpur

The following are SW & FM logs as monitored from Tajpur during a weekend trip to this quiet beach front, just 170 KM from Kolkata. For your convenience I have collated the SW logs and FM logs separately as you can see below. Hope you will enjoy the logs ツ 

SW Logs (March 28, 2014)

13580 KHz Bangladesh Betar Txr- Dhaka 1815 UTC religious talk by YL with mention of "Allah" and "Khuda rahematgar". Followed by an oldies number by YL singer. SIO 444

13620 KHz IRIB Txr- Kamalabad 1820 UTC Sign in tune followed by talk in French SIO 343

13630 KHz IBB (VOA)  Txr- Moepeng Hill, Botswana 1825-1830 UTC in Portuguese OM with talk, News Report (?) followed by YL (correspondent) reporting on news, mention of VOA in ID at 1829 UTC followed by MX bumper contd. till 1830 UTC SIO 333

13660 KHz BBC  Txr- Dhabayya, UAE 1832 UTC in Arabic, news reader YL, OM correspondent heard with SIO 444

SW Logs (March 29, 2014)

6055 KHz Radio Rwanda Txr- Kigali 1805 UTC in French  YL + OM talk (news?) prominent African accent, MX interlude between  two news items(?) Talk contd. 1810 UTC SIO 333

5935 KHz BBC Txr -Dhabayya, UAE 1815 UTC in Somali OM talk SIO 444

5910 KHz BBC Txr- Dhabayya, UAE 1819 UTC in Dari OM talk SIO 444

5875 KHz BBC Txr- Nakhon Sawan, Thailand 1825 UTC in Dari OM and YL talk var. SIO 555

5830 KHz IBB (R. Farda) Txr- Kuwait 1827 UTC in Farsi (Persian) Song by OM in vern. SIO 454

FM Logs (March 29, 2014)

101.4 MHz Chennai  AIR Rainbow 1533 UTC with talk in Tamil by YL and OM regarding upcoming Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Elections. A report was heard 1545 UTC ID by YL followed by MX bumper and Talk by OM continued. SIO 555

101.6 MHz Colors FM, Bangladesh 1552 UTC with Bengali song followed by Stn. ID by YL RJ at 1558 UTC English songs (International chart-busters) by Pitbull and then by Katy Perry singing 'Firework' was heard with SIO 555-444

101.3 MHz Cuttack AIR Rainbow ID at 1604 UTC by YL Odiya background score (MX tune) was heard. Signal was fluttery with fading. SIO 333

102 MHZ Bangladesh Betar, Khulna 1614 UTC with Bengali song by OM (Folk) 1615 Stn. ID by OM Fair to Good signal SIO 444

102.3 MHz FM Gold (Chennai?) 1622 UTC Talk in Tamil by YL. Program on Classical music OM was heard "Flute by Sri N. Neela, Composition by S. Tyagarajan" Flute with Mridangam MX heard SIO 333

103.4 MHz AIR Puri Relay of VB (Vividh Bharati) programming heard. At 1639 UTC Stn. ID by OM followed by Talk in Odiya by OMs. SIO 555

104 MHz Fever FM, Kolkata with Hindi (Bollywood) music request show. YL RJ 1715 UTC SIO 555

QTH - Tajpur Beach, West Bengal

RX - Tecsun PL 660 (with telescopic rod)

73's

Shortwave Radio Logs from Kolkata

3950 KHz Urumqi - PBS Xinjiang in Chinese 1245 UTC Talk in Chinese by OM followed by MX and followed with Song by YL singer SIO 344

3985 KHZ Ge’ermu/Golmud - CNR 2 China Business Radio in Chinese 1250 UTC OM and YL Talk (possibly) radio ad followed by MX and ID (?) by YL SIO 433

3990 KHz Urumqi - PBS Xinjiang in Uighur 1302 UTC OM with fast paced talk (news?) SIO 322

4750 KHz Shavar – Bangladesh Betar in Bangla 1310 UTC YL talk on social issues SIO 545

4810 KHz Bhopal – All India Radio in Hindi 1315 UTC Hindi song request program, Bollywood oldies played, OM Host, song by Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar heard SIO 444

12085 KHz Shepparton – Radio Australia in English 1328 UTC -1335 UTC YL interviewed by YL host ‘Saturday night’ show YL Stn ID at 1330 UTC followed by MX ‘country music’ singer YL SIO 333

13615 KHz Tashkent – NHK Radio Japan in Bengali 1320 UTC Report on how Japanese citizens are utilizing latest technology to self evaluate and reduce their domestic power consumption. OM interviewed. Program moderator was Md Refat Ali. Program was heard till 1325 UTC SIO 323

13840 KHz Rangitaiki – Radio New Zealand Intl. in English 1212 UTC song by YL singer, YL host (?) talk followed by Sports updates, news update from national rugby league match. At 1217 UTC “our changing world” a radio features on ‘conserving forest’. Talk with univ. students and researchers till 1227 UTC.

15275 KHz Kigali – Deutche Welle in French 1705 UTC talk by OM , news being read with news highlights from the capitals of different countries (in the usual DW style) SIO 343

15340 KHz Kununurra, Western Australia  - HCJB Global in Urdu  1420 UTC program ‘khudah ke kalaam’ explanation on how prophet’s teachings & life are to be interpreted in the modern context. ‘Daud’ or David is cited as an example. OM and YL talk followed by stn. Id address of the ministry (Singapore address!) followed by MX and start of Chattisgarhi service from 1430 UTC. SIO 444

15375 KHz Sofia, Bulgaria – ESAT Radio (Cl.) in Amharic talk by OM news(?) 1720 UTC with YL talk in between (reporting?) MX bumper change to talk by OM 1730 UTC, noted again from 1752 UTC with continuous MX instrumental till sign off at 1758 UTC blank carrier till 1800 UTC. SIO 232-333

15440 KHz Moosbrunn, Austria – Adventist World Radio in Urdu 1417 UTC discussion on the topic of ‘trust’ and its significance in learning holy scriptures. SIO 444

15505 KHz Dhaka – Kabirpur (?) – Bangladesh Betar in Urdu 1428 UTC Song (oldies) YL talk ends with wishing listeners ‘Shab ba khair’ (good night) SIO 454

Date: March 22, 2014 | RX Tecsun PL 660 | ANT –Telescopic Rod | QTH – Kolkata, India.

73 

Rajdeep Das

FM Signals Across Borders: Monitoring Bangladesh Radio Stations from Kolkata

A cluster of FM stations from Bangladesh was logged & monitored between (7-8.30 am IST)

88.0 MHz  Radio Foorti, Bengali songs with stn id in between 7.02-7.08 am (SIO 444)

88.8 MHz  Bangladesh Betar(?) relay of BBC Bengali Service heard. Prog "pratyusha" News > Sports Roundup > Discussion on Ukraine crisis 7.10-7.18 am (SIO 444)

89.2 MHz  ABC Radio, English song "Mr. Postman" by "The Carpenters" YL presenter 8.20 am followed by ID and prog "bhorer janala" ends with song by Waakil "pathacharir artonaad". (SIO 454)

89.6 MHz  Radio Today prog "saat-sokale" YL host Song, singer Pamela Nobi song titled "kakhono", at 7.30 am News Update followed by prog "Brooke Bond Taaza sokal" (7.20 7.31 am) (SIO 454)

90.4 MHz  Dhaka FM songs in Bengali 7.32 am OM ID at 7.34 am followed by commercials "Goldmark cakes","Grammen phone" etc. (SIO 444)

96.0 FM  City FM, radio ads followed by talk by YL RJ at 7.45 am Stn. ID followed by Bangla songs mostly Bangladeshi band songs (SIO 444)

100.8 MHz & 100.2 MHz  Bangaldesh Betar 'Khulna' News update at 7.50 am OM newsreader heard reading the headlines of the newspaper "dainik purbanchal" followed by ID and then discussion on Bangabandu's 94th B'day (which is celebrated as sisu diwas/ childrens day in Bangladesh) speech given by Sheikh Hasina discussed. Also talk on Indo-bangladesh relation in the context of 1971 Liberation war (mukti juddho) and BNP chief's Khaleda Zia's latest remarks. N.B - 100.8 FM (SIO 555) & 100.2 FM (SIO 333)

101.6 MHz  Colours FM, Bengali song heard at 8.10 am followed by Stn. ID followed by International tracks! YL program host (SIO 333)

Date: 18/3/2014 | QTH: Ballygunge, Kolkata | RX: Tecsun PL 310 & ANT Telescopic rod 

73 from India.

Rajdeep Das