Re: [IRCA] Newfoundland Ultralight Trans-Atlantics Report Oct 27

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Allen Willie wrote,

>The biggest surprise occured at 20:15 UTC while monitoring 1566 khz a signal rose up while Benin in French was already occupying the channel.

>For a brief couple of moments it was by itself all alone with string type music and high pitched vocal singing, not chanting, no talk was heard before or after and it soon subsided again. Could this be the Nagpur Relay in India , looks likely but I will leave it for the expert Dxer's out there to ponder over. No recording available


I spent a little time in Kerala state in southern India in early 2008 and on
several occasions was awake in the predawn hours and would always tune in
the National Programme from Nagpur on 1566, and they always had Indian style
music then (they were on the air when the local stations were signed off).

So to this extent I can believe you heard them. I suspect they have a DA
system that points most of their signal to the Delhi area. Nagpur is in
northeastern Maharashtra state and the path to Delhi would be about 350 deg
and this should then point it right at North America. Their signal in Kerala
(presumed off the back of the antenna) (at night of course) was not all that
good when their listed 1000 kW power is taken into account, with fading. But I
enjoy that kind of music, within moderation of course, and hearing them at will
was a nice treat. And yes there was not much talk heard.

Actually there was just a very few signals of 'usable' level then, for me,
and some of the louder ones were in Chinese.

In the meantime there's always shopping at Patel Bros. grocery on East Fowler
Ave in Tampa but their PA system plays Indian pop mx and not so much of the
classical style you might hear from Nagpur. Thanks to the presence of Univ. of
South Florida there is a sizable population of people of Indian origin in Tampa.

- Bob


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