[HCDX] AIR Guwahati and Aizwal

["T.R.Rajeesh" <tr.rajeesh@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Dx Friends,

AIR Guwahati: All India Radio Guwahati noted on 4900 kHz from sign on and at 0042 UTC(Dec 18) heard Assamese talk by a male host and he mentions Assam and India, clear station id also noted for the first time. I noted AIR Guwahati on 4900 for the first time on Nov 18 while participating in the DSWCI 60 m tropical band monitoring competition. Jari Savolainen in Finland and Mike Barraclough of World DX Club also  reported Guwahati on 4900! As  I reported earlier on the basis of regular monitoring observations by Mr. Gautam Kumar Sharma and myself AIR Guwahati noted on unannounced frequency 4900 rather than its allotted frequency of 4940 kHz. E-mail to Spectrum management Division at New Delhi and to the Station on this matter provided no reply so far. So I assume this is not a typical error as observed occasionally on AIR Networks,instead a possible unannounced test transmission on a new frequency. I have no evidence or supportive information rather than monitoring observations.

AIR Shimla : All India Radio Shimla today (Dec18) noted with good reception on 4965 kHz. There was strong QRM from Voice Africa on this channe. But as winter advances the propagation path seemed to be changing and now almost all AIR station providing good-fair reception. This leaves AIR Leh (probably this SW station is located in the highest altitude than any other in the world!) is the only one that currently not being heard in the Southern India.


AIR Aizwal: All India Radio Aizwal noted on 5050 kHz at 0037 UTC with English News relaying from New Delhi , Soon after the news station id by a female host " All India Radio Aizwal  noted and a programme of pop songs followed. Fair reception of this 10 KW station and am hearing this station for the first time during 2006. No sign of the CPBS station which used to block Aizwal.

A bit of history about Mizoram the home state of AIR Aizwal: Mizoram is in the North East corner of India bordering Bangladesh and Myanmar with a population of one million. The Mizoram is known as the land of Lushai Hills. The state was a part of Assam until 1968 and it was declared as a Union Territory under the direct control of Central government from 1972. During 1987 the Central government declared Mizoram as a new state.The people are of Mongoloid race and belongs to tribal groups.There are three districts in Mizoram. Almost 60 % of the people live in the capital Aizwal district. All India Radio Aizwal was commissioned on 31st June 1966 with a 20 KW MW transmitter which radiates on 540 kHz. Later a 10 KW SW transmitter was installed for covering the whole state and it carries programmes for all the three districts. Shortwave is the most effective medium for broadcasting in a hilly state like Mizoram.

T.R.Rajeesh
Kerala, INDIA
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