Monday, February 2, 2009

Mandarmani DXpedition 2009

25th & 26th Jan,2009
By : Dr.Supratik Sanatani,Kolkata
The Location

Just the way you have to move around with your mobile phone to find the best signal when signal levels are poor, not all locations are good DX locations. Mandarmani in the East Cost of India on the Bay of Bengal in East Midnapore district, some 180 km away from Kolkata is an excellent DX location which I discovered in one of my earlier trips. This six kilometer stretch of sea beach is the most recent beach to be discovered by the tourists and hoteliers alike which means that there are plenty of hotels but the infrastructure is poor, including an absence of electricity which means that the resorts and hotels have to run on genset. That suits us fine for low noise DXing !

The DXpeditioners – old timers and recent entrants

L to R : Supratik Sanatani, Tripti Ranjan Basu, Sudipta Ghose,Babul Gupta, Swopan Chakraborty & Alokesh Gupta

For the past one year we have been planning a DXpedition, which is not very common in this part of the world. Alokesh Gupta catalysed this meet and co-ordinated with everybody and even set up a yahoo group through which we communicated during planning stage of the DXpedition. Last time we had a series of such expeditions by former members of Indian DX Club International in the 1983-85 during the then period of low sunspot. This DXpedition, planned unfortunately for the peak holiday period of 25th and 26th January 2009 brought together a mix of old timers and recent entrants. Sudipto Ghose, Tripti Ranjan Basu, Babul Gupta and I would better be called old timers because we all of us had the first QSL in the early seventies and were part of the then active Indian DX Club International. Alokesh Gupta who had his first QSL in mid eighties and Swopan Chakraborty who first QSLed in the early nineties are both more recent entrants to the hobby. They both are very active in the current radio DX scene at a time when internet and the digital world is very much a part of DXing.

First Day

It was 3 pm when the six of us reached this popular beach 180 km away from Kolkata after negotiating a highway holiday traffic jam through a drive which took us eight hours ! I was the one who had drawn this group here after I was stunned by quality of DX signals of this place in my earlier visit. But there was a big initial disappointment in store for us because of the mad holiday rush I just could not get foothold in any of my preferred hotels. We had to settle for a brand new resort build precariously by the sea. The resort staff was expecting a group of radio buffs and they were ready to help us. But there was simply no room to string beverages because we were bang on the sea beach! Never say die ! We soon found that we could string modest 100 m antennas through fields and bushes behind the hotel on North - North east (enameled copper wire) and West - North West (galvanized iron wire) directions. One of two of our rooms was set up as a shack with assorted receivers, laptops, tuners and splitters arranged on the tables in one corner.

This is first time we used GI wire beverages after reading some reports on the web that there was not much difference between GI & copper wires. By the time we finished setting up the antenna through the setting dusk at 5.30 pm, I was beginning to wonder if it had made any sense to call in people from as far away as Delhi and for a meet to coincide with the 25th anniversary of our legendary Chandipore DXpedition of 1983. But Alokesh, the most active amongst us greeted us in the room with beam because he was already receiving AFN Diego Garcia on 12759 kHz USB at 444 signal levels through the whip antnenna of the modest Degen portable. That was the proverbial “morning shows the day”. With the receivers connected to the antenna we started checking the bands. I began to feel relieved because you could sense the throbbing signals in the band. At 1200 UTC New Zealnd was loud trying to match Myanmar 594 and Taunggyi 5770. As we were settling down from the exhaustion of the drive and antenna stringing , the South East Asian stations began to sign off. Through early evening scanning till 1600 UTC we realized that the southern AIR stations were coming through : Vijaywada, Bangalore, Thrissur were moderate to strong. From 1800 UTC the MW band was filled with Middle East, with Damman and Qatar prominently standing out. The Iranians were not to be missed too. Tropical band African Safari started at 1800 hrs UTC with Chad coming loud and clear besides whispering Mauritania. From 2000 UTC it was time for the Australian regionals and I had never copied Katherine, Alice Spring so clear. Next it was time for the PNG’s and 3905 kHz came in with the Papua whispers . I dozed off by 2200 UTC hrs but Alokesh who had completed a short nap took up scanning from 2200 UTC and found Radio Nikkei and some Indonesians.

Second Day

Next day at break fast we took stock of our catch. A remaining multiband dipole cut for the 31 and 19 mb was put up for the east west lobe directions. While strolling in the beach and through the photo sessions we chatted away DX. Alokesh and Swopan were the recent entrants and briefed the veterans SG, TRB and Babul Gupta about the recent happenings and the latest on band updates. On our second day we drew a blank with Solomon Island but we were surprised to receive Laos on mw which was overriding AIR Dibrugarh. That evening we had an excellent Africa opening when all of the radio activity in Ethiopia and Eriteria was logged. Radio Sana on both the frequencies was steady. I was most thrilled with the Clear Sudan ID on 7200 kHz “Idhat’l Jumariyah al Sudan” coming around at 1730 UTC. Djibouti 4780 which was missing on the first day was there loud and Sudipto Ghose tried to catch a Mauritanian ID without luck because their Afro number went on non stop for twenty minutes ! We had a few breathless moments when both the hotel generators began to cough and falter. I was carrying fully charged car batteries but had never tried them out. Our worries were cleared when the genset picked up. Through out the night we enjoyed louder and clearer signals of those hard to get exotic stations. Why was I overjoyed ? The erratic prolonged sunspot low had dwarfed the International Broadcasters and back home it was so difficult to receive BBC, VOA and DW in the target frequencies. I am already planning the hot spots for our next DXpedition here. On 27th morning we packed up our rigs & accrs & proceeded for journey back home.


Receivers :
Ten Tec RX-320D SDR, ICOM R75, ICOM R71,Grundig YB400, Sony ICF7600, Degen1102/1103/1121, Redsun RP2100

Antennas :

1) N-NE 100 m Unterminated Beverage (enameled copper wire)
2) W-NW 100 m Unterminated Beverage (galvanized iron wire)
3) E-W Multiband Dipole for the 31 and 19 mb

LOGS

MW
531 AIR Jodhpur 44444 Eng Presidents speech to nation,co-ch in b/g? 1350 UTC 1/25/2009
531 Unid 45444 Hebrew Talk ? 1855 UTC 1/26/2009
540 AIR Aizwal 45444 English Presidents Address to Nation 1352 UTC 1/25/2009
549 AIR Ranchi 35433 English Presidents address to nation 1355 UTC 1/25/2009
558 B'desh Betar Khulna 45544 Beng Patriotic Songs by K.Roy 1459 UTC 1/26/2009
567 AIR Dibrugarh 33433 Assamese News (OM) Co-ch Lao Nat Radio 1311 UTC 1/26/2009
567 HLKF Jeonju S.Korea 45544 Korean Talk by OM 1901 UTC 1/26/2009 *
co-ch qrm by barely audible NHK Sapporo Nationwide news in Tokyo
576 Myanma Radio Yangon 45444 Burmese Song by YL //594,5985 1457 UTC 1/25/2009
576 Radio Nepal Surkhet 45444 Nepali Talk by OM 1318 UTC 1/26/2009
585 AIR Nagpur 44444 Marathi News in Marathi OM Splatter 1320 UTC 1/26/2009
594 Myanma Radio Burma 45544 Burmese Song by OM // to 576,5985 1149 UTC 1/26/2009
603 CRI China 34333 Vietnamese Talk by OM Weak co-ch in b/g 1421 UTC 1/25/2009
612 AIR B'lore 33333 Talk by YL foll by Karnatik Song co-ch FE Stn talk by OM 1325 UTC 1/26/2009
621 AIR Patna 45444 Hindi Talk by OM+YL 1329 UTC 1/26/2009
630 B'desh Betar Dhaka B 45444 Bengali Song - OM Singer 1334 UTC 1/26/2009
630 B'desh Betar Dhaka B 45444 Bengali Classical Song YL Singer 1501 UTC 1/26/2009
639 AIR Kohima 34333 Hindi Song "Bahut Pyar .....Sanam" YL Singer 1443 UTC 1/25/2009
648 AIR Indore 33433 Hindi Hindi Talk by OM co-ch Radio Nepal 1337 UTC 1/26/2009
648 VOA Rozdolnoye,Vladivostok Russia 45444 Korean Talk by YL 1907 UTC 1/26/2009
657 AIR Kolkata 55555 Bengali News - OM 1455 UTC 1/25/2009
666 AIR Delhi 45444 Punjabi Song by YL 1339 UTC 1/26/2009
675 AIR Chattarpur 34433 Hindi Regional News,co-ch AIR Bhadrawati 1341 UTC 1/26/2009
684 AIR Port Blair 44333 Hindi Rep Day Msg by LG co-ch R.Nepal Pokhara 1547 UTC 1/25/2009
684 IRIB Mashhad Iran 45444 Farsi Talk by OM/YL 1910 UTC 1/26/2009
693 B'desh Betar Dhaka 44544 Bengali Rep on Mag Fair YL 1502 UTC 1/26/2009
702 AIR Jalandhar 34232 Punjabi Talk by OM 1345 UTC 1/26/2009
711 AIR Siliguri 45544 Bengali Talk by OM 1346 UTC 1/26/2009
720 AIR Chennai 34333 Tamil Talk by OM 1347 UTC 1/26/2009
729 AIR Guwahati 45444 Assamese Talk by OM 1348 UTC 1/26/2009
738 AIR Hyderabad 35343 Vern talk by OM 1349 UTC 1/26/2009
747 AIR Lucknow 45544 Hindi Rep on Rep Day Celeb OM 1350 UTC 1/26/2009
747 IRIB R.Gonbad Iran 45444 Farsi Talk by YL 1914 UTC 1/26/2009
765 AIR Dharwad 34333 Hindi Weak talk by YL Co-ch VOIROI in Urdu Rep on Pak 1351 UTC 1/26/2009
783 AIR Chennai Noisy + Splatter 1401 UTC 1/26/2009
792 R. Nepal Kathmandu Nepal 45544 Nepali Talk by OM AIR Pune not heard 1402 UTC 1/26/2009
801 AIR Jabalpur 45544 Hindi Talk on farming in Hindi 1403 UTC 1/26/2009
810 AIR Rajkot Weak + Co-ch 1404 UTC 1/26/2009
819 AIR Delhi 35343 Hindi Rojgar Samachar by OM 1404 UTC 1/26/2009
828 AIR Silchar 34343 Bengali News by YL 1405 UTC 1/26/2009
837 AIR Vijaywada 35333 Talk by OM in s/Indian Lang 1406 UTC 1/26/2009
846 AIR Ahmedabad Weak 1407 UTC 1/26/2009
846 B'desh Betar Rajshahi ( Bogra) 35433 Beng Disc on Loan OM 1505 UTC 1/26/2009
864 AIR Shillong 45544 Vern song by YL 1407 UTC 1/26/2009
873 B'desh Betar Chittagong 35433 Bengali Sports news by OM 1408 UTC 1/26/2009
882 AIR Imphal 34333 Vern Talk by OM ID at 1409 UTC - OM Co-ch ? TWR ? 1409 UTC 1/26/2009
891 AIR Rampur 00000 Weak Co-ch stn in FEAsian lang 1410 UTC 1/26/2009
900 AIR Kadapa 45444 1411 - Report on Rep Day OM 1415 UTC 1/26/2009
909 AIR Gorakhpur 35433 Hindi Devotional Song OM 1420 UTC 1/26/2009
918 AIR Suratgarh 35333 Weak - Music 1417 UTC 1/26/2009
927 AIR Vijag South Indian Song - OM+YL 1418 UTC 1/26/2009
936 AIR Tiruchirapalli 45544 Malayalam talk by OM 1421 UTC 1/26/2009
945 AIR Sambalpur 45544 Oriya Talk on Bird Fu by OM+YL 1422 UTC 1/26/2009
954 AIR Najibabad 45544 Hindi Talk in Godan by OM 1424 UTC 1/26/2009
963 B'desh Betar Sylhet 44444 Bengali Talk on voter ID Card by OM Presnter 1506 UTC 1/26/2009
972 AIR Cuttack 45544 Oriya Song by OM+YL 1431 UTC 1/26/2009
981 AIR Raipur 34433 Vernacular - Song by YL 1433 UTC 1/26/2009
999 B'desh Betar Thakurgaon 34333 Bengali Talk by OM + YL 1508 UTC 1/26/2009
1008 AIR Kolkata 45444 English Sports News - YL 1436 UTC 1/26/2009
1017 AIR Delhi 35433 English Sports News - YL 1437 UTC 1/26/2009
1026 AIR Allahabad 45544 Hindi Desh Gaan 1438 UTC 1/26/2009
1035 AIR Guwahati 35333 Public Service Announcements by YL 1439 UTC 1/26/2009
1044 AIR Mumbai 35333 Weak 1440 UTC 1/26/2009
1053 B'desh Betar Rangpur 35333 Bengali News by YL 1441 UTC 1/26/2009
1062 AIR Pasighat 35333 Hindi Patriotic Song OM 1442 UTC 1/26/2009
1080 B'desh Betar Rajshahi 25322 Bengali Weak 1443 UTC 1/26/2009
1089 AIR Udipi 33533 co-ch China 1444 UTC 1/26/2009
1107 AIR Gulbarga 33333 Talk by OM - co-ch China 1445 UTC 1/26/2009
1116 AIR Srinagar 35433 Urdu Republic Day speech by Governor 1446 UTC 1/26/2009
1125 AIR Tezpur 34333 Hindi Film song YL 1447 UTC 1/26/2009
1143 AIR Ratnagiri 44544 S/Indian Song YL co-ch Rohtak 1449 UTC 1/26/2009
1179 AIR Rewa 45544 Report on Republic Day 1451 UTC 1/26/2009
1188 CRI China 45544 Nepali Freq Anncts OM CRI Relay on Maitri FM 1454 UTC 1/26/2009
1206 AIR Bhawanipatna 45544 Oriya Song by YL 1457 UTC 1/26/2009
1215 AIR Pondicherry 34433 Vern Talk by OM/YL 1458 UTC 1/26/2009
1242 AIR Varanasi 45544 Hindi Hindi News - YL 1519 UTC 1/26/2009
1242 R.S.of Oman Muscat Oman 35333 English Talk by YL 1845 UTC 1/26/2009
1260 AIR Ambikapur 45544 Hindi News - YL 1521 UTC 1/26/2009
1269 AIR Agartala 33433 co-ch CRI Nepali 1522 UTC 1/26/2009
1278 AIR Lucknow 45544 Hindi Samachar Sandhya YL News on RBI 1523 UTC 1/26/2009
1296 AIR Dharbhanga 35433 Hindi News - YL co-ch ? 1524 UTC 1/26/2009
1306 AIR Parbhani 35433 Hindi Soprts News YL (Australian Open) 1527 UTC 1/26/2009
1314 AIR Bhuj 35333 Hindi News by YL 1528 UTC 1/26/2009
1323 AIR VBS Kolkata C 35443 Bengali Song by OM Singer 1529 UTC 1/26/2009
1368 AIR Delhi 25432 Hindi VBS Weak 1531 UTC 1/26/2009
1395 AIR Bikaner 35333 English Eng News - OM 1532 UTC 1/26/2009
1404 AIR Gangtok 24322 Weak 1532 UTC 1/26/2009
1413 BBC A’seela Oman 45544 Urdu News - OM 1533 UTC 1/26/2009
1467 AIR Jeypore 35433 English News - OM 1534 UTC 1/26/2009
1503 RTI Ta-chuang 35433 Thai Talk by OM 1539 UTC 1/26/2009
1539 VOA Aap Ki Duniya Al Dhabbaya UAE 45444 Urdu Talk by YL 1544 UTC 1/26/2009
1548 DW Trincomalee Srilanka 45544 Bengali News Report by OM 1545 UTC 1/26/2009
1557 WYFR Taiwan 45544 Vern Devotional Talk by OM 1545 UTC 1/26/2009
1566 AIR Ngapur 43433 English English News - OM co-ch Music 1547 UTC 1/26/2009
1593 AIR Bhopal 34433 Hindi News -OM 1549 UTC 1/26/2009
1602 Unknown 45444 Hindi Song AIR ?? 1553 UTC 1/26/2009


SW



2310 ABC Territory Radio (VL8A) Alice Springs Australia 35333 English News by YL 2045 UTC 1/25/2009
2310 ABC Northern Territory SW Service Alice Spring Australia 1914 Eng conversation & music//2325 Tennant Creek 1/25/2009
2325 ABC Territory Radio (VL8T) Tennant Creek Australia 35333 English Song by OM 2047 UTC 1/25/2009
2485 ABC Territory Radio (VL8K) Katherine Australia 35433 Eng Talk by YL/OM 2103 UTC 1/25/2009
2485 ABC Northern Territory SW Service Katherine Australia 2108 Eng 1/25/2009
2850 KCBS Pyongyang Korea, North 35333 Talk by OM Vernacular 2202 UTC 1/25/2009
3200 TWR Swaziland, 2025 Gospel talk by OM Eng 1/26/2009
3220 KCBS Pyongyang Korea, North 35333 Talk of OM - Vernacular 2207 UTC 1/25/2009
3250 Voice of Korea Pyongyang Korea, North 45333 Japanese Talk by OM & YL 2208 UTC 1/25/2009
3325 RRI Palangkaraya Indonesia 35333 Indonesian Talk by OM ID at 2210 UTC 1/25/2009
3345 UNid 35333 RRI ?Co-ch cw txn 2040 UTC 1/25/2009
3345 R Northern Papua New Guinea 2015 local music talk by OM Eng 1/26/2009
3905 Radio New Ireland Kavieng PNG 35333 Pidgin Talk by YL 2037 UTC 1/25/2009
3915 BBC Singapore 45444 English Report on currency markets 2220 UTC 1/25/2009
3925 R.NIKKEI 1 Tokyo-Nagara Japan 45444 Japanese Talk by YL,ID in Eng 2221 UTC 1/25/2009
3945 AIR Gorakhpur India 35333 Urdu News by OM 1532 UTC 1/25/2009
3950 PBS Xinjiang Beijing China 45544 Mandarin Talk by OM+YL 1719 UTC 1/26/2009
3955 KBS Skelton UK 35433 Eng KPOP - YL Presenter 2226 UTC 1/25/2009
3965 R Taiwan via France 2105 news by YL German.1/25/2009
3976 RRI Pontianak (Borneo) Jakarta Indonesia 35333 Indonesian YL/OM 2233 : Talk by OM 2229 UTC 1/25/2009
3985 V.O.Islamic Revolution Kamalabad Iran 45544 Russian Talk by OM 1721 UTC 1/26/2009
3985 VO Vietnam via Skelton UK 2007 news by YL German 1/25/2009
4319 AFRTS Diego Garcia USA 45333 Eng Talk by OM 1326 UTC 1/26/2009
4319 AFRTS Diego Garcia 1945 (3 kW) suggestion how to stay employed Eng 1/26/2009
4760 AIR Port Blair 43333 Hindi Hindi News - OM Co-ch AIR Leh 0138 UTC 1/26/2009
4765 R.Tajikistan Dushanbe Tajikistan 45544 Tajik Talk by OM+YL 1840 UTC 1/26/2009
4765 Tajik R Tajikistan 1740 local song Tajik.1/26/2009
4765 Tajik R Tajikistan 1840 station id at 1840 Tajik. 1/26/2009
4780 RTV Djibouti 1727 Quran recitation at 1730 1/26/2009
4780 RTV Djibouti 45444 Afar Vernacular song by YL 1731 UTC 1/26/2009
4795 Kyrgyz National R Kyrgyzstan 1759 ended with national anthem 1/26/2009
4800 AIR Hyderabad 44544 Hindi Instrumental Music 1725 UTC 1/26/2009
4810 AIR Bhopal 45444 Hindi Talk on Republic Day by OM 0141 UTC 1/26/2009
4820 AIR Kolkata 33433 Bengali Talk by OM - Chinese co-ch 0142 UTC 1/26/2009
4835 AIR Gangtok 45544 Hindi Message on Republic Day by OM 0143 UTC 1/26/2009
4840 AIR Mumbai 45444 Hindi Classical Song - OM 1727 UTC 1/26/2009
4845 R.Mauretanie Mauritania 35333 Arabic Song by YL 2028 UTC 1/25/2009
4845 R Mauritania Mauritania 2050 Conversation in local language & music 1/25/2009
4845 R Mauritania Mauritania 2040 local song by OM continuously till 2100, Conversation in local language & music 1/26/2009
4860 AIR Kingsway 35433 Hindi Patriotic Song by YL 0144 UTC 1/26/2009
4860 AIR Delhi (Kingsway) 45544 Hindi Movie Song YL 1728 UTC 1/26/2009
4880 AIR Lucknow 45444 Hindi Patriotic Song 1729 UTC 1/26/2009
4880 SW Radio Africa Meyerton S.Africa 35333 Eng News OM 1825 UTC 1/26/2009
4880 SW R Africa Zimbabwe 1842 jamming 1/26/2009
4895 AIR Kurseong 45544 Nepali Vern. Song by YL 0148 UTC 1/26/2009
4905 RNT N'Djamena-Gredia Chad 45434 French Song OM 2024 UTC 1/25/2009
4905 Chad 2019 continuous vernacular music, stn id at 20331/25/2009
4910 AIR Jaipur 34333 English News BY YL 1733 UTC 1/26/2009
4920 AIR Chennai 22432 Tamil Talk by OM - co-ch china 0150 UTC 1/26/2009
4930 VOA Selebi-Phikwe Botswana 45444 Vern Talk by OM+YL 1821 UTC 1/26/2009
4940 VOA Botswana 2014 Current affairs Eng 1/25/2009
4940 AIR Guwahati 45544 Vern talk by YL 0151 UTC 1/26/2009
4950 AIR Srinagar 45444 Hindi Aye Vatan Hindi song by OM 0152 UTC 1/26/2009
4950 AIR Srinagar 35333 English English News by YL - Sports 1734 UTC 1/26/2009
4965 The Voice Africa Zambia 1814 Talk1/26/2009
4970 AIR Shillong 45544 English Eng song by YL 0153 UTC 1/26/2009
4975 V.O.Russia via Tajikistan 1834 Report on Russia Eng 1/26/2009
5815 R Al Aqsa Clandestine 1915 report 1/26/2009
5770 Myanma Def. Forces R.Burma 45544 Burmese Song by YL 1145 UTC 1/26/2009
5950 V.O.Tigray Rev. Mekele Ethiopia 35333 Tigrinya Talk by OM 1516 UTC 1/26/2009
5950 Voice of Tigray Revolution 1800 news by YL music, talk by OM. 1/26/2009
5985 R.Myanmar Yangon Burma 45544 Burmese Talk by YL 1142 UTC 1/26/2009
6030 Unidentified 1721 Music & talk in local language 1/26/2009
6055 Radio Rwanda Kigali 33333 Eng News(YL)Co-ch? 1832 UTC 1/26/2009
6055 R Rwanda Rwanda, 1832 News by OM local 1/26/2009
6110 Radio Fana Addis Ababa Ethiopia 34232 Amharic Vern Song OM 1510 UTC 1/26/2009
6110 R Fana, Ethiopia 1825 local language 1/26/2009
6130 Lao N.Radio Laos 1316 Talk by YL & music Parallel 567 (suppressing AIR Dibrugarh) 1/26/2009
6130 Lao Nat.Radio Vientiane Laos 45444 Lao Song by YL 1315 UTC 1/26/2009
6150 KNLS Alaska 1440 UTC Eng Gospel prog concluded with stn. id & add at 1455 1/25/2009
6155 AIR Delhi 45544 Rep.Day Spl Broadcast Song by children 0618 UTC 1/26/2009
6280 Sound of Hope via Taiwan 1502 Eng Gospel music foll by stn id 1/25/2009
6676 Bangkok Volmet Thailand 45544 Eng WX Report YL 1210 UTC 1/26/2009
6676 Sydney Volmet 45544 Eng WX Report by YL 1210 UTC 1/26/2009
6890 Radio Fana Ethiopia 35433 Amharic Vern Song by OM 1510 UTC 1/26/2009
6973 Galei Zahal Tel Aviv Israel 45544 Hebrew Talk by OM+YL 1917 UTC 1/26/2009
6973 Galei Zahal Tel Aviv Israel 1917 discussion between OM & YL unknown 1/26/2009
7120 AIR Jaipur 45544 Hindi Movie Song 0650 UTC 1/26/2009
7140 AIR H'BAD 45444 Hindi Vern Talk by OM 0655 UTC 1/26/2009
7145 R.Romania Intl Galbeni 45544 Eng News OM+YL 2148 UTC 1/26/2009
7180 V.O.Turkey Emirler Turkey 45544 Eng ID by YL 2149 UTC 1/26/2009
7200 Sudan RTV Corpn Sudan 1703 news followed by local music, Sudanese 1/26/2009
7245 Voice of Tajik Tajikistan, 1605 song by YL Tajik1/26/2009
7330 V.O.Russia Moscow 45544 Eng Talk by OM 2153 UTC 1/26/2009
7405 VOA Sulaibiyah Kuwait 45544 English Talk by OM 2154 UTC 1/26/2009
7435 R.Tirana Shijiak Albania 35333 Albanian Song by YL 2205 UTC 1/26/2009
7455 Radio Algiers Issoudun France 45434 Arabic Talk by OM 1/25/2009
7455 R Algiers Algeria 2055 Conversation between OM & YL Arabic1/25/2009
8828 Honolulu Volmet Hong Kong (China) 35333 Eng WX report OM 1512 UTC 1/25/2009
9420 Unidentified 1821 report by 2 YL. (Greece?) 1/26/2009
9515 KBS South Korea 1603 Eng world news by OM 1/25/2009
9560 Unidentified 1830 report by OM, local. Music. (Ethioia?)1/26/2009
9595 AIR Khampur 45544 Republic Day Special Broadcast 0619 UTC 1/26/2009
10000 BPM Xian Beijing China 35433 Mandarin 0959 - Voice ID by YL 0959 UTC 1/26/2009
11387 Sydney Volmet Australia 35443 Eng WX F/cast by YL 1128 UTC 1/26/2009
11600 R Prague Czech Republic 1407 Australian open news, Eng. 1/26/2009
11615 RFI France 1610 Eng, Current affairs by YL.1/25/2009
12759 AFRTS Diego Garcia USA 35343 English Talk by YL 1225 UTC 1/26/2009
13715 R Slovakia Int Slovakia 0710 mailbag show Eng 1/26/2009
13810 The Over Comer Ministry USA 1455 Eng Gospel Prog by OM 1/25/2009
15710 R Prague Czech Rep 1003 Mailbox Eng 1/26/2009

This report was generated by Shortwave Log.
http://www.shortwavelog.com/

Audio Files : (Click on the links below to listen)

B'desh Betar, Dhaka B 630 kHz 1501 UTC
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/BBDhakaB_630_1501utc_26jan2009r.mp3

B'desh Betar, Khulna 558 kHz 1459 UTC
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/BBKhulna_558_1459UTC_26jan2009r.mp3

B'desh Betar, Rajshahi 846 kHz 1505 UTC
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/BBRajshahi_846_1505utc_26jan2009r.mp3

B'desh Betar, Sylhet 963 kHz 1507 UTC
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/BBSylhet_963_1507utc_26jan2009r.mp3

HLKF Jeonju, South Korea 567 kHz 1910 UTC
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/HLKFJeonju_567kHz_1901utc_26jan2009.mp3

Radio Nikkei 3925 kHz 2221 UTC http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/rnikkei_3925_2221utc_25jan2009r.mp3

IRIB Mashhad 684 kHz 1910 UTC

http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/IRIB_reg_mashhad_farsi_684khz_1910ut.mp3]

Galei Zahal (Israel Defence Forces Radio) 6973 kHz 1918 UTC

http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/israldfr_6973_1918utc_26jan2009.mp3

VL8K Australia 2485 kHz 2104 UTC

http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/vl8k_2485_21104utc_25jan2009r.mp3

Sathaanii Witthayu Krajaisiang Haeng Pratheet Thai Pheua Kaan Seuksaa (National Education Radio, Government Public Relations Department, Thailand) Khon Kaen 621 kHz (100 kW) 1427 UTC
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/Thai-nativepopsong_621_1427utc_25jan.mp3

WYFR via Taiwan English 1557 kHz 1545 UTC
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/wyfreng_1557_1545utc_26jan2009.mp3

Radio Tajikistan 4765 kHz 1840 UTC
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/rtajikistan_4765_1840utc_26jan2009R.mp3

Radio Mauritania 4845 kHz 2029 UTC
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/rnm_4845_2029utc_25jan2009.mp3

Radiodiffusion Nationale TChadienne (Radio Chad) 4905 kHz 2024 UTC
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/rndchad_4905_2024_25jan2009R.mp3

Radio Rwanda 6055 kHz 1832 UTC
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/rruanda_6055_1832utc_26jan2009R.mp3

Sydney Volmet 6676 kHz usb 1232 UTC
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/sydneyvolmet_6676usb_1232utc_26jan20.mp3

Radio Fana,Ethiopia Amharic 6890 kHz 1510 UTC
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/rfana_6890_1510utc_26jan2009R.mp3

Radio Algérienne 7455 kHz 2055 UTC
http://alokeshgupta.googlepages.com/r.algerienne_7455_2055utc_25jan2009R.MP3

Thanks to following persons for their help in identifying the unidentified audio clips.
- Sei-ichi Hasegawa & Atunori Ishida, NDXC,Japan
- Tarek Zeidan,Cairo,Egypt

Text By : Dr.Supratik Sanatani
Header By : Babul Gupta
Suggestions/Queries to: athenaeye@gmail.com , mmdxped@gmail.com

Here are some Mandarmani Dxpedition video's on youtube :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb3PSiNFxoQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOSCeTi9fKo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YJdpfmECcQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwNXsNhLlxY

On 20th Feb, 2009 a set of limited edition CD/DVD was released :



1 comment:

  1. Congratulations to Mandarmani Dxpedition team members. Wonderful group of old timers. Lot of interesting knowledge to share and to experiment with radio, antennae amidst unpredictable propagation. The exhaustive MW logs are the most interesting part of the blog. Great job. Never Say Die. Keep Walking. Dxpedition team must explore new avenues, islands and unexplored noise free zoneals. Thanks. VU2OEC, Rajesh Chandwani, Gurgaon, Haryana, India

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