Saturday, April 27, 2013

RFA News QSL

Radio Free Asia announces next second QSL in SERIES
IBB SAIPAN qsl card
May 2013
 
Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces the release of the second QSL card in the series highlighting the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) transmitter sites used for RFA programming. RFA programs are broadcasts from the following IBB sites: Biblis, Iranawilla, Kuwait, Lampertheim, Saipan and Tinian. The 7.4 acre Saipan site has three curtain antennas with main beam bore sights of 195,270 and 340 degrees. These antennas can be electronically slewed horizontally. IBB Saipan is equipped with 3 high-power shortwave transmitters that carry RFA's programming to China, Korea, Southeast Asia, and Tibet. This is RFA's 50thQSL overall and will be used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports from May 1-August 31, 2013.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Etón Corporation Announces Availability of ZoneGuard Weather Radio

Weather alert clock radio enables users to be alert, informed and safe during unexpected weather situations
Etón Corporation, a leading creator of high-performance, eco-minded consumer products, announces the American Red Cross ZoneGuard weather alert clock radio. Building upon Etón's successful line of preparedness products, the sleek new ZoneGuard features S.A.M.E. technology and an advanced visual and audio alert system to alert you to impending severe weather in your area. The ZoneGuard is now available for purchase at Radio Shack and Amazon.com. 
Knowing that minutes can make all the difference in emergency situations, Etón combined AM/FM clock radio, NOAA weather alerts, S.A.M.E. technology and - for the first time - visual light alerts to create ZoneGuard. The S.A.M.E. system enables users to enter their county code for local pending weather advisories, watches and warnings. Up to 25 individual locations can be programmed into the ZoneGuard ensuring users are up-to-date about pending danger in their surrounding area. Integrated LED lights flash red for warnings, orange for watches and green for advisories issued in one of the set local zones; in conjunction, a loud audio alert will sound.
 
"Our goal at Etón is to educate and help the public be as prepared as possible before a disaster hits," said Esmail Hozour, CEO of Etón Corporation. "With top forecasters predicting an above-average 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, the ZoneGuard comes at a crucial time to help consumers be more prepared than ever."
 
The ZoneGuard features an elegant, compact design with a stand and wall-mount options, making it convenient to incorporate into any room in the house. With the ability to stay powered via both AC adapter and AA batteries, ZoneGuard ensures you always have access to potentially life-saving information.
 
Continuing Etón's long-standing partnership with the American Red Cross, ZoneGuard helps promote the American Red Cross message of preparedness by giving a portion of each sale to the organization. The Etón and American Red Cross by Etón ZoneGuard is now available at Radio Shack and Amazon.com for MSRP $39.99.
 
For more information about Etón, The ZoneGuard and the entire product line, visit Etón's website at www.etoncorp.com.
 
About Etón Corporation
For more than 25 years, Etón's vision has been to create consumer products that keep people prepared, informed, entertained, and on-the-go. Our commitment to high design, efficient energy sources and innovative technologies enables us to create award-winning products that empower you, in your world. For more information on Etón Corporation, please visit www.etoncorp.com.
SOURCE: Etón Corporation, Copyright Business Wire 2013 
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Jaisakthivel, ADXC, Tirunelveli, India  

Radio Pakistan continues drive into digital age

Radio Pakistan, which has embraced web technology over the past five years, made not one but three new technological leaps on Monday.
 
Radio Pakistan Director-General Murtaza Solangi inaugurated three projects which would allow the country's national radio service to report better from outdoor locations, broadcast its world services via the web, and interactively update the public on the upcoming elections.
 
The projects — a satellite communication system, internet streaming of the radio's International Services and a dedicated elections website — were launched at the National Broadcasting House in Islamabad.
 
The satellite communication system includes an earth station located inside the Radio Pakistan building and a digital satellite news gathering (DSNG) mobile van, capable of bidirectional communication and editing.
 
Ghulam Mujaddid, technical adviser to the director-general, said the DSNG van will improve Radio Pakistan's reporting from outlying areas. "Before this, we used to use standard telephony for outdoor communications," Mujaddid said. "Satellite communication will improve the quality of signals received from the field."
 
The DSNG is also capable of sending audio and video feeds from the field directly to a control room in the radio's headquarters, he said. Earlier, the international services, which include broadcasts in 11 world languages and an Urdu World Service, were only available on shortwave radio.
 
Now, thanks to satellite transmission, people in 38 countries from South Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe can use receivers to tune in to these services. The services are also available on the internet, where listeners can stream and listen, just like radio stations in the West.
 
Solangi said the satellite communication system would help Radio Pakistan save Rs7 million of its costs of running generators for shortwave communications and of leasing broadcast media from the Pakistan Television. Radio Pakistan's dedicated elections website will provide interactive constituency maps, election-related news, code of conducts and elections results among other things, Solangi said.
 
"The elections web portal will serve as a resource for journalists and researchers reporting on and monitoring the elections," he said. During his address, Solangi also listed the achievements of the radio service. digitised old radio archives and established a web presence through its website.
 
"Today, we have listeners of Radio Pakistan, readers who visit our website and even viewers who watch our online video content," Solangi said. "We are not traditional radio anymore, now we are emerging as a multimedia company."
Published in The Express Tribune, April 23rd, 2013. 
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Jaisakthivel, ADXC, Tirunelveli, India

Radio Pakistan continues drive into digital age

Radio Pakistan continues drive into digital age

Radio Pakistan, which has embraced web technology over the past five years, made not one but three new technological leaps on Monday.

Radio Pakistan Director-General Murtaza Solangi inaugurated three projects which would allow the country's national radio service to report better from outdoor locations, broadcast its world services via the web, and interactively update the public on the upcoming elections.

The projects — a satellite communication system, internet streaming of the radio's International Services and a dedicated elections website — were launched at the National Broadcasting House in Islamabad.

More at : http://tribune.com.pk/
Via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, DX AsiaYG
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AIR has proposed 132 new FM Radio stations over next two years

A total of 107 proposals/ requests including 18 from different states and union territories have been received for opening of All India Radio FM Radio Stations at 97 places during the last three years.

A total of 32 FM transmitters are being considered under 12th Plan while 37 FM transmitters will be considered in future plans.
Of the 107 proposals received from 2010 to 2013, 38 FM transmitters have already been approved or made functional.
FM Stations of AIR are functional at 323 places in the country, in addition to the 242 private FM radio stations functioning in the country under the Policy for expansion of FM Radio Broadcasting services through private agencies.

AIR FM radio services are likely to be operated from 132 new locations in the country over the next two years. These include 22 in Arunachal Pradesh; 12 in Tripura; nine each in Assam, Sikkim, and West Bengal; eight each in Jharkhand, Mizoram, Odisha, and Uttarakhand; six in Bihar, five each in Chattisgarh and Nagaland; four in Manipur; three each in Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh; two each in Madhya Pradesh and Punjab; and one each in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, and Diu.
Source: radioandmusic.com

Monday, April 22, 2013

AIR Chennai DRM 793 kHz

AIR Chennai C has started its DRM test transmission this week on 793 Khz according to Arun Kumar Narasimhan in facebook

Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Sirius XM And Satellite Radio 3.0

Sirius XM (SIRI) announces that the company is now offering full integration between Sirius XM Satellite Radio and Sirius XM Internet Radio in 2014 model year cars with Ford (F), GM, Chrysler, Toyota (TM), and Nissan (NSANY.OB). The merging of satellite and Internet delivered content will allow subscribers to experience a more robust service capable of delivering features such as On-Demand, station refinement through My SXM, and the ability to create play-lists of programming for playback at any time.

The satellite radio technology is unique in that it can deliver the best attributes of both satellite and Internet delivered content. From the company's satellite constellation, subscribers will receive unparalleled signal coverage, while the Internet feed will deliver the types of customization that today's consumer demands. The default listening setting with Satellite radio 3.0 is the feed from the company's orbiting satellites. When a user wants customized features, the software will make the switch to an internet feed automatically so that from the consumer point of view the switch is seamless.

Please note. Everything written above is a fabrication. It sounded great though didn't it? That is where, in my opinion, this company needs to get to solidify its place in the world of audio entertainment.

Sirius XM satellite radio has many great attributes. Sirius XM Internet Radio has many great attributes as well. Combine the two into a seamless environment and you have some pretty compelling attributes. The reason we want to see this sooner rather than later is that the dashboard is getting mighty crowded these days. It is no longer AM, FM, and Sirius XM. Pandora (P), Slacker, iHeart, Aha Radio, Spotify, HD radio, and others are vying for their own respective space in this game.

While Pandora has remained pretty much a simple music service, companies like Slacker have stepped up in the content world to offer news, sports, and more. In the case of Aha, a platform has been created for audio entertainment companies making it the home for 30,000 stations, pod-casts, and more. In fact Slacker is available on the Aha platform. The significance in this is that Aha has been busy adding automakers to its line-up. Ford, Chrysler, Honda (HMC), Toyota and six other automakers all boast the Aha platform now. Essentially, while Aha and HD Radio are announcing more deals with new car makers, Sirius XM is announcing a concentration in the used car market.

Monday, April 01, 2013

AIR Jeypore SW

AIR Jeypore has changed their SW schedule as follows:

0025-0445    5040
0446-0915    6040
1115-1741 5040

Monitoring observations show no changes yet to AIR External Services for A-13 season. (ie B-12 schedule is still continuing)

[Jose Jacob, VU2JOS Via dx_india YG] 

Recruitment of Programme Executive (PEX) and Transmission Executive (TREX) in AIR

Advertisment for Combined Recruitment Exam-2013 by SSC for the post of Programme Executive (PEX) and Transmission Executive (TREX) {including Production Assistant} in Prasar Bharati.  
        For Full Details please click here 
         For Online Application Form Format please click here
http://prasarbharati.gov.in/NR/rdonlyres/BD0A40E9-624A-4873-BFDA-4D28E4DD6A60/19538/Application_Form__PREX___TREX_PB.pdf