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Pradip Kundu – A Dxer putting technology to shame !
Posted: 21 Mar 2010 10:40 PM PDT
By Dr.Supratik Sanatani, Kolkata, 21 March 2010
I met Pradip Kundu for the first time as we were gathered at Babul Gupta’s shack for a weekend get-together & to see his brand new ICOM R75. The ICOM was connected to a dipole and a long wire and was placed next to the PC which is an indispensable DX tool today. That was an irony because there was Pradip Kundu, the DXer from Tripura (North East India) who had logged some amazing QSLs using just a two band Bush receiver and later a Philips portable set. He was visiting Kolkata with his collection of QSLs. The collection was amazing by any standards, if not for the Indian DXer alone. There were a host of European MW stations such as from Tallinin and Villinus to Yugoslavia and Finland and shortwave stations ranging from Cook Islands to WWV in Colorado. There were African tropical band stations, flood of Japanese MW qsls and many exotic AIRs. The engineer of AIR Tezu was amazed that his 250 watt (yes 0.25 kW !) station which barely reached beyond Tezu could travel so far to Tripura.
Most of Pradip Kundu’s prize DX catches were from the days when his village Kumaria Kucha did not have electricity. He had strung a modest piece of GI wire which he would shift every now and then to get different directivity. A DXer since 1978 and owner of such a glittering collection of QSL is yet to try out a digital frequency read out set today in 2010!! What is the secret of his success ? His village which is 35 km away from Agartala was first electrified in 1997. That allowed Pradip to DX in noise free environment. Work has brought him now to Agartala where he is not active at the moment. That explains why his QSL collections mostly date between 1980 and 1994.
For a DXer of Pradip Kundu’s stature, he is still not connected to the internet. And in his early days as a DXer there were no TVs . He was first introduced to DXing by the Radio Monitors International DX program in 1978. That program used to be produced in Pune by Adrian Peterson from AWR studios in Pune . It was aired once a week over a 15 minute segment from SLBC Colombo. Indian DX Club International of Kolkata had a tiny monthly segment in this program produced by Alok Dasgupta. It was this segment which brought Pradip in touch with the Kolkata DXers. Tripti Ranjan Basu who had replied to Pradip’s letter still has very strong bonds with Pradip. Tripti had traveled to Pradip’s village in Tripura way back in 1982. What does Tripti has to say about that trip ? “Green – it was green every where”.
Why does Pradip have such a large collection of Time signal stations including rare Korean stations besides WWV, WWVH and VNG ? In early eighties time signal station ATA from New Delhi sent out signals at 15 minutes interval. Since Pradip did not have accurate frequency readouts, he would keep his two band set logged to the New Delhi time signal station and listen in between their 15 minutes interval announcements !
Some of Pradip’s rare catches have a simple story behind it. Once he was tuning in to the early morning “Mahalaya” special broadcast from AIR Agartala which is aired a few days before Durga Puja. Bang on this frequency was Yugoslavia loud and clear before it disappeared after a 15 minutes ! His DX success story has the underlying message of diligence which for a DXer counts more than anything else. Then ,of course, come the vagaries of the ionosphere.
For a DXer whose only means of communication to the outside world was by post, Pradip Kundu did edit the loggings of Asian DX Review (ADXR) for two years. He is grateful to the loggings from ADXR which inspired him into DXing. He has played his role in propagating DXing too. In 1996 the well known Tripura daily “Dainik Sambad” ran a full page feature article on DXing which was compiled by him. AIR Agartala broadcast a many part program on DXing by him . Pradip recollects the amazement of Soumen basu , the program executive at AIR when he first looked at Pradip Kundu’s QSLs.
Pradip’s meeting with the Kolkata DXers have charged him up on DXing. He plans to get a digital radio set and be hooked to the internet.
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- Bangladesh Betar Summer Programme Schedule wef 1st April 2010
- DW FM relays in Bangladesh to be inaugurated on 14th April
- Bangladesh scraps daylight savings time
- Club FM Thrissur now on 104.8 MHz
- Radio Havana Cuba on 5040 kHz 60 meters Tropical band
- Mob attacks private broadcasting office in Sri Lanka
- Half a million Australians tune in to digital radio
- Climate Change Conference: Focus on Media Responsibility
- Taiwan to auction broadcast licences
Posted: 23 Mar 2010 02:01 AM PDT
Bangladesh Betar has rescheduled its summer programme as schedule mentioned below:
- The morning programme will start from 06-30 am and will continue up to 10-30 am instead of closing down at 10-00 am from the regional stations Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna, Sylhet, Rangpur. Both AM and FM transmission will follow the new schedule.
- For Dhaka station afternoon transmission will start from 02-00 pm instead of 02-30 pm.
- Midnight transmission of Dhaka Kha will be broadcast from 630 KHz AM Band and 100 MHz FM Band from 12-00 midnight to 03-00am. Besides this, world music programme transmitting from 100 MHz FM Band at 03-05 pm daily, will be re-broadcast from the same band from 11-05 pm to 12-00 pm .
(All above times are Bangladesh local time)
Source : Bangladesh Betar
DW FM relays in Bangladesh to be inaugurated on 14th April
Posted: 23 Mar 2010 02:00 AM PDT
Ashik Eqbal Tokon from Bangladesh informs that the Deutsche Welle Bengali service will be on air via Bangladesh Betar FM relays with effect from 14 April 2010, the Bengali new year day as well as anniversary of DW Bengali service.
Bangladesh Betar will broadcast DW Bengali programmes in half hour slots twice a day at 8 to 8.30 am and 8 to 8.30 pm on following FM frequencies :
Dhaka – FM 97.6
Chittagong – FM 105.4
Sylhet – FM 105.0
Khulna – FM 102.0
Rajshahi – FM 105.0
Rangpur – FM 105.4
Bangladesh scraps daylight savings time
Posted: 22 Mar 2010 09:03 PM PDT
Bangladesh Cabinet today scrapped the daylight savings time. The daylight savings time was due to come into force from 31st March. Bangladesh Betar and BBC Bangla external service used to shift their broadcast time to keep up with the changed local time. The clock in Bangladesh was first advanced by one hour on 19th June 2009 and had shifted back by one hour on 31st December 2009. This was an electricity savings measure by the Bangladeshi Government.
(Dr.Supratik Sanatani)
Club FM Thrissur now on 104.8 MHz
Posted: 22 Mar 2010 09:02 PM PDT
The commercial station in Kerala, Club FM Thrissur changed frequency from 94.3 MHz to 104.8 MHz due to severe overlap problems with Cochin Club FM.
(Anu Haridas via Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, dx_india yg)
Radio Havana Cuba on 5040 kHz 60 meters Tropical band
Posted: 22 Mar 2010 08:56 PM PDT
At 2300 hours UTC, March 22 , Radio Havana Cuba started its national service for the Cuban archipelago on the ITU Registered Frequency of 5040 kHz . The first program that went on the air was our English language service, and the ¨menu¨ continued with a program in French.
March 23 UTC day ( Tuesday UTC day ) the 5040 kHz frequency will continue to be on the air until 1100 UTC, with programming in Spanish too. The new national service is designed to provide coverage of the most famous Cuban tourist resorts , like Varadero Beach, Cayo Largo , Jardines del Rey, Guardalavaca, and others where last year some two million three hundred thousand foreign tourists visited to enjoy their holidays. Reports of the new transmissions began to come in immediately from the Jardines del Rey tourist resort located in the keys north of Ciego de Avila province, where signals of S9 +40 dB were picked up.
The antenna used on 5040 kiloHertz is an NVIS system… Near Vertical Incidence Skywave radiating system , also known as a “Cloud Warmer “because it sends the signals at very high angles above the horizon, so I am not expecting many reports outside the primary target area of the broadcast. Anyway, reports will be , as always most appreciated , from anywhere the 5040 kiloHertz transmission is picked up . Send mail to : inforhc at enet dot cu
73 and DX
Arnie Coro, Host of Dxers Unlimited radio hobby program
Mob attacks private broadcasting office in Sri Lanka
Posted: 22 Mar 2010 08:53 PM PDT
Colombo – A stone-throwing mob on Monday attacked the head office of the largest private television and radio station network Maharaja Media Group in Sri Lanka, police said.
Full report at :
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/315241,mob-attacks-private-broadcasting-office-in-sri-lanka.html
Half a million Australians tune in to digital radio
Posted: 22 Mar 2010 03:13 PM PDT
Michael Bodey
From: The Australian
THE first major research study into digital radio in Australia shows nearly half a million Australians listen to radio on the new format each week.
More at : http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/news/half-a-million-australians-tune-in-to-digital-radio/story-e6frg906-1225843883738
Climate Change Conference: Focus on Media Responsibility
Posted: 22 Mar 2010 05:16 AM PDT
The Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum, taking place from June 21-23, will welcome 1,300 participants from around the world.
Hermann Scheer, winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize, President of Eurosolar and Chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy and Bertran Picard, researcher, adventurer and special ambassador for the UN are just two of the renowned experts taking part in the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum from June 21-23, 2010. This year, the international conference will operate under the title: “The Heat is On – Climate Change and the Media”. Deutsche Welle is expecting around 1,300 participants from around the world to attend the conference’s third edition. With more than 50 individual events and panels, representatives from science, politics, business and the media will have the chance to discuss how the media can create awareness for one of the most important topics for the future. The conference will pay special attention to how journalists can work as intermediaries for complex issues.
“In this case, intensive research, meticulous weighting of sources and precise analysis are more important than headlines and emotion,” says Erik Bettermann, Deutsche Welle Director General. “We need to go beyond fear-mongering and belittlement and take on the challenges of quality journalism. The media should not automatically buy in to those who offer sensational reports from questionable disasters or those who prematurely state that all is clear.”
Organizers of the three-day conference are expecting a range of renowned participants, including Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Frank Appel, Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Post, Fatih Birol, Chief Economic Advisor of the International Energy Agency and Marco Arana, presidential candidate in Peru and environmental activist, who was selected as “Environmental Hero 2009″ by Time Magazine.
Topics like reducing CO² emissions (mitigation), minimizing the effects of climate change (adaptation) and transforming into a post-fossil fuel, sustainable, low-carbon society (vision) are all on the agenda. Each of the individual podium discussions and workshops will also look at the media’s role in communicating these issues. For example, participants will have the chance to discuss topics like climate change and desertification, consumption and climate change, perspectives in a post-carbon society, journalism and global crises as well as risks associated with environmental reporting.
Within the framework of the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum, DW will be awarding prizes to the winners of its international weblog awards, “The BOBs”. The sixth edition of these awards also features a special prize for weblogs and podcasts dealing with climate change. Deutsche Welle is cooperating with many different organizations for this interdisciplinary conference, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the International Human Dimensions Program on Global Environmental Change (UN IHDP/ESSP), EU Commission and the World Bank, the Wuppertal Institute, World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), NABU and the Climate Alliance, the Institute for World Business Kiel, German Development Institute (DIE), the Center for Development Research (ZEF), the Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC), the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU).
The yearly Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum offers podium discussions and workshops, interactive presentations and exhibitions, networking and interesting side events. It takes place at the World Conference Center Bonn, close to Deutsche Welle’s headquarters. Co-host of the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum is the Foundation for International Dialogue of the Sparkasse in Bonn. The convention is also supported by Germany’s Federal Foreign Office, the Family, Women and Integration Ministry of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, European Funds for Regional Development, the city of Bonn, DHL and Faber-Castell.
(Press Release)
Taiwan to auction broadcast licences
Posted: 22 Mar 2010 05:15 AM PDT
Taiwan’s Cabinet yesterday approved a proposed amendment to the country’s Radio and Television Act that would allow for TV and broadcasting licences to be issued through public auctions, in addition to the current panel review process, Taiwan Today reports.
More at : http://tinyurl.com/yjressm
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- BBC reveals plans to expand digital radio coverage
- VOA Russian launches mobile website
- A ‘Traditional’ Radio for the Internet Age
- VOA starts Ethiopia satellite service after jamming
Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:40 AM PDT
More than a million additional people will soon be able to receive BBC national digital radio services under plans for a further expansion of the digital radio transmission network.The BBC is investing in a further 60 digital radio transmitters as part of its commitment to reach 90% of the UK population during this Charter period. This is the final part of a planned roll-out which started in 2008 and has which already resulted in more than 50 additional transmitters being added to the network.
Listeners in the areas will be able to tune in to the BBC’s portfolio of digital-only stations as well as the BBC’s existing national radio stations, and enjoy the benefits of digital audio broadcasting (DAB) with more choice and improved sound quality.Transmitters will be added both to bring coverage to areas without reception and to improve and reinforce reception where necessary. It is hoped to complete the roll-out by the end of 2011, with the first of the new transmitters coming on-air in the summer.
The plan includes:
- fifteen new transmitters for Scotland – including improvements in coverage for Glasgow and Dundee, and bringing coverage to both Shetland and the Western Isles for the first time
- ten new transmitters for Wales extending coverage through mid-Wales to Llandrindod Wells, across north Wales in Colwyn Bay, and improving coverage in south-west Wales to listeners in Pembroke and Carmarthen
- seven new transmitters for Northern Ireland – bringing digital radio to both Enniskillen and the North Antrim coast, as well as improving coverage in Belfast
- three new transmitters for Greater London and the Home Counties – boosting reception across the capital and providing – coverage to the Kent weald, as well as providing coverage to High Wycombe, Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City
- nine new transmitters for the south west – including extensions of digital radio to Newquay and Bodmin, Tiverton and Teignmouth
- two new transmitters for Derbyshire, including one for Derby itself, and further new transmitters for Saffron Walden, Shaftesbury, Stroud, and Sunderland
The transmitters will come on-air as project work completes at each one. Local announcements will be made as transmitters are switched on, with the BBC keeping its list of transmitters on-air up-to-date at bbc.co.uk/reception . The industry-wide DAB digital radio postcode checker will also be regularly updated to reflect new launches.
Tim Davie, the BBC’s director of audio and music, said: “The BBC is fully committed to digital radio I’m delighted that we are now in a position to deliver on the BBC Trust’s target to bring digital radio to 90% of the UK.”
The BBC has five digital-only radio networks, all launched in 2002:
1Xtra – the best in new black music
5 Live sports extra – the home of live sport with exclusive coverage of live events
6 Music – the best of contemporary and classic rock and pop
Radio 7 – the best of BBC comedy, drama and books from the archive
Asian Network – news and music from the British Asian scene
- Listeners can also receive Radios 1 to 5 Live on DAB, along with more than 30 of the BBC’s English local radio and nations services.
- The BBC’s national digital radio coverage currently stands at around 86% of the UK population.- There are now more than 10 million DAB sets in the UK (GFK).
- Digital radios are available that offer users the opportunity to record and rewind their favourite programmes. Some DAB radios also offer an EPG letting users select and record their favourite programmes when they want.
- Digital radio offers improved reception and does not suffer from the interference and fading that can happen with AM and FM radio.
- Digital radio is a more efficient means of broadcasting. More networks can be transmitted, offering more choice for listeners.
- Digital radio can transmit text and data with the audio signal. A small screen on digital radios carries rolling text telling listeners what music they’re listening to, who’s being interviewed, and giving phone numbers and e-mail and website addresses.
- Digital radios are available from over 8,000 retail outlets across the UK and can also be bought on the internet.DAB digital radios are available from £25.
- Digital radio can also be received via digital television (satellite, cable and Freeview) and the Internet.
(Press Release)
VOA Russian launches mobile website
Posted: 23 Mar 2010 07:34 PM PDT
Washington, D.C., March 23, 2010 – VOA has unveiled a new website for cell phone users in the Russian Federation’s rapidly expanding web market. The new URL, ru.voa.mobi, automatically adapts to each user’s mobile phone – allowing easy and convenient access to the VOA Russian-language Internet site.
“With Russia’s quickly evolving new media landscape, we are constantly adapting to new realities,” said Elez Biberaj, VOA Eurasia Division Director. “With our new mobile website, we are uniquely positioned to attract Russian users who desire quick and easy access to news and information on the go.”
All of VOA Russian’s rich text, audio, and video content is available through the new mobile site. The service’s LiveJournal.blog (http://community.livejournal.com/golos_ameriki/), which is updated several times daily with commentary and analysis by leading Russian and American experts, is also available. The site compresses media files for a quick download of video and audio. Articles are easy to share on Facebook or with followers on Twitter.
Russia’s mobile web market has expanded rapidly. According to Opera’s “State of the Mobile Web” report, unique users, individuals who have accessed content on a mobile phone, grew 57% from August 2008 to August 2009. The Moscow metropolitan area now has 3G service, allowing more convenient and quicker access for urban residents.
VOA Russian reaches its audience in the Russian Federation and former Soviet republics exclusively through the Internet. Its site offers the latest news as well as insights into U.S. policy and American life and American reactions to events in Russia and the former Soviet Union. The service is also active on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
The Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. Government through the Broadcasting Board of Governors. VOA broadcasts more than 1,500 hours of news, information, educational, and cultural programming every week to an estimated worldwide audience of more than 125 million people. Programs are produced in 45 languages and are intended exclusively for audiences outside of the United States.
(VOA Press Release)
A ‘Traditional’ Radio for the Internet Age
Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:52 AM PDT
By MARISA TAYLOR
The days of families gathering around the radio to hear the evening’s news and entertainment are long gone. While some 236 million Americans still listen to the radio weekly, more than four out of 10 people say they listen to less traditional radio because of increased use of MP3 players. And nearly one in three Americans now listens to online radio, according to a recent survey by the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism.
Read the article here :
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703580904575132032760207868.html
VOA starts Ethiopia satellite service after jamming
Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:50 AM PDT
By Barry Malone
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – US funded broadcaster Voice of America is broadcasting its local Amharic language service to Ethiopia via satellite after the country’s Prime Minister ordered it jammed and sparked a diplomatic row.
More at :
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE62M0FA20100323
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Can DRM Save Shortwave?
Posted: 25 Mar 2010 03:02 AM PDT
The April issue of Monitoring Times magazine carries an interesting cover story … details can be found here : http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/next_issue.html
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