*
Musical Theme - 00:00
“Birthday Serenade” -
Willi Glahe
*
Opening Announcement - 00:18
Welcome to “Wavescan”,
international DX program from Adventist World Radio
Researched and written in
Indianapolis, produced in studios of shortwave WRMI
Program outline
1.
Radio Broadcasting in the Land of the Three Rivers: Diamond Jubilee
Celebrations
2.
Australian DX Report
3. SQOTW25 Special QSL
of the Week: Nostalgic Memories First Radio Broadcast
*
Radio Broadcasting in the Land of the Three Rivers -
01:02
Diamond Jubilee Celebrations
Throughout the Indian sub-continent,
there are several major river systems, running from the higher land areas, down
through the populated plains and into the nearby adjacent ocean. On the western side of the sub-continent, a system
of five rivers runs from the edge of the high Himalayas down into the verdant
Punjab lands where they combine into the great Indus River and onwards into the
Arabian Sea at Karachi.
On the eastern side of the
sub-continent, a system of three rivers runs from the high Himalayas down into
the verdant lands and onwards where they combine into the massive delta areas
at “The
Mouths of the Ganga” and onward into the Bay of
Bengal. These eastern rivers are known
by several different names in various local and international languages, though
the better known names would be:
* Ganges & Padma originating in Uttarakhand
* Brahmaputra-Jamuna originating in the Angsi Glacier in Tibet
* Meghna originating in the hilly areas
of East India
The confluence of these three rivers
in the “Mouths of the
Ganges” forms the
largest delta area on planet Earth, with a myriad of small and larger islands
stretching 1500 miles across from Kolkata to Chittagong. During the past nearly half century, new islands
and extensions to adjacent landscapes with a total area of more than 40 square
miles have been formed by silt flowing down from the high mountain ranges.
Ancient history informs us that the
earliest settlers came into the territory now known as Bangladesh some 4,000
years ago; these were the early Dravidians and proto-Burmese peoples. The ancient Greeks and Romans were familiar
with the people, whom they called Gangaridai, that is the people of the land of
the Ganges.
Islam came to Bangladesh while part
of India in the 1100s AD; and when European explorers entered the territories
for trade some 400 years later, it is suggested that the Bengal territory was
the wealthiest part of the Indian
sub-continent. In that era, the
Portuguese, French and Dutch showed an interest in the area, and the English
gained control in 1757.
Bangladesh has known its share of
mega-disasters, and in 1943, it is reported that three million people died in
what is called the Great Bengal Famine.
Then in 1970, some authorities estimate that one million people died
overnight during a horrendous cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. If that figure is correct, it would have to
be the worst flooding upon planet Earth since the time of the Flood in the days
of Noah. Then in 1988 disastrous
flooding in the delta areas resulted in 30 million refugees.
Bangladesh, East Bengal, was
separated from India and became the Eastern Wing of Pakistan at the time of
Partition, midnight between August 14 & 15, 1947. And then again, Bangladesh declared
independence, and then ultimately achieved its independence from Pakistan on
December 16, 1971.
These days, Bangladesh is just a
small country territorially, stretching less than 500 miles from north to south
and less than 300 miles wide, yet the population density is one of the most
concentrated upon planet Earth with more than 150 million people. The land areas of the country are almost
entirely surrounded by India with a short border with Burma; and their capital
city is Dacca-Dhaka, with 12 million inhabitants.
The border between Bangladesh and
India contains the strangest anomaly of enclaves and exclaves in any part of
the world. It is estimated that there
are 300 of these little territories that are separated from the nearby mother
territory, covering a combined total of 50,000 acres and containing 150,000
people. In some places, the enclave is
separated from the mother territory by less than a mile, and it contains a
separate territory within its own borders.
* Program
Announcement - 05:19
Allen Graham
* Bangladesh
Feature Resumed - 06:11
The first prominent wireless
experimenter in old British India was a Bengali scientist, Dr. Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose. He was
born in Munshiganj near Dhaka (East Bengal) in 1858, though he performed his
wireless experiments in neighboring Calcutta in West Bengal
(India).
It was towards the end of the year
1894 that Bose began his experimentation with wireless; and in November 1895,
he gave a public demonstration in the Calcutta Town Hall with Bengal’s Lieutenant
Governor Sir William Mackenzie in attendance.
In this public demonstration, Bose transmitted wireless signals at a
wavelength of just ½ inch over a
distance of 75 ft through several solid walls.
He also used a wireless signal to ring a bell at a distance, and to fire
a gun remotely.
On two separate occasions, Bose gave
public lectures in London England in which he presented details of his wireless
experiments in Calcutta India. His 1897
lecture was before the Royal Institution, and two years later his lecture was
before the Royal Society. In his 1899
presentation, Bose gave details of the coherer receiver that he had developed,
and it is understood that the young Italian experimenter Marconi incorporated
the Bose coherer in his own subsequent public demonstrations in England.
There is no known historic record in
the earlier days of any wireless or radio experimentation in the territory that
became Bangladesh, neither were there any early wireless communication stations
in this area. Perhaps there were a few
expatriate and local amateur radio station operators on the air in places like
Dacca and Chittagong before World War 2, but no known records have been
discovered.
There was just one lone radio
broadcasting station on the air in the Bangladesh territory while it was part
of India under the British Raj. In those
days, All India Radio was beginning to establish its nationwide empire of
mediumwave and shortwave radio stations throughout India, and one such facility
was installed in Dacca.
This new station that was installed
in Old Dacca in 1939 was inaugurated with due ceremony on December 16 with 5 kW
on 1167 kHz under the callsign VUY. The
studio for AIR VUY were installed in a rented house at 62 Nazimuddin, Road
Dacca 11, though this was soon afterwards transferred to Shahbag, which lies in
the capital city area between Old Dacca & New Dacca. The transmitter was installed in nearby
suburban Kallayanpur. The original
location on Mazimuddin Road is now the locale for the Sheikh Burhanuddin
College.
At the time of Partition in 1947,
the lone radio broadcasting station VUY with its 5 kW on 1167 kHz was the only
station in all of East Pakistan.
DX Reporter Salahuddin Dolar of
Rajshahi alerted us to the fact that Bangladesh Betar celebrated its important
75th
Diamond Jubilee anniversary with four days of congratulatory events beginning a
few weeks ago on December 15.
* Australian DX
Report
- 10:21
Bob Padula
*
SQOTW25 Special QSL of the Week: Nostalgic Memories First Radio Broadcast
- 23:10
Mr
Muneer K. P. in Sharjar United Arab Emirates tells us that he received a QSL
card from Deutsche Welle early last year, verifying his reception of their
relay broadcast from the nearby Dhabaya transmitter station in Abu Dhabi. This relay transmission on 15640 kHz is
important to him, because the first shortwave broadcast he ever heard was from
Deutsche Welle in 1982 while he was visiting in the home of a friend. At the time, he was living in his home state,
Kerala, in South India, and he wrote to Deutsche Well at their office in New
Delhi, requesting a schedule. Listening
to the broadcast from Germany, and receiving a copy of the magazine “Tune
In “ sparked
an interest in the monitoring of the international shortwave bands.
* Music of the World - 24:01
UAE: Traditional
folk music, local instrumental and group vocal
*
Closing Announcement - 24:15
Thanks for listening to “Wavescan”,
international DX program from Adventist World Radio
Researched and written in
Indianapolis
Next week:-
1.
NASB Anniversary
2.
Publication review
3.
Japan DX Report
4. Special QSL of the
Week SQOTW26:
Low power
tropical band station in Canada heard in Australia
Several QSL cards available. Send your AWR & KSDA reception reports
for Wavescan to the AWR address in Indianapolis; and
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*
Music Outrun - 26:04
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Program Ends - 28:55
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1. The Story of
Wireless & Radio in India
Progressive Topics
in Alphabetic Order
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No. Cluster Topic Year to Year NWS
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1.
Early Early
Wireless Experiments 1849 - 1895 254
2. AWR Early
Adventist Broadcasts 1925 - 1937 76
3. Voice
of Prophecy on the Air Goa, AWR Pre-History 1950
- 1954 159
4.
Anniversaries 70th
AIR Anniversary External Services 1939 - 2009 34
5. 75th
AIR Anniversary: 1st SW Network 1936 - 1939 234
6.
Locations Allahabad 1913 - 2010 86
7. Calcutta
- 1: Early Wireless Stations 1902 - 2014 264
8. Calcutta
- 2: Early Experimental Radio Stations 1923 - 1940 266
9. Calcutta
- 3: During the Past ½ Century & More 1939 - 2014 273
10. Calcutta - 4: WGY
SW, AFRS, VOA 1928
- 1946 281
11. Calcutta - 5: QSLs 1935
- 2000 298
12. Dacca: Land of the
Three Rivers VUY 1939 - 1947 309
13. Daman
& Diu 1960 - 2012 159
14. Delhi Radio SEAC 1942 - 1944 168
15. Delhi Chronohertz
ATA India 1959
- 2004 49
16. Delhi: Visit to AIR
HQ 2010 285
17. Goa - 1: Portuguese
Years 1938 - 1961 158
18. Goa - 2: Indian
Years 1961
- 2012 159
19. Hyderabad - 1: The
Early Years 1919 - 1950 77
20. Hyderabad - 2: Years
of Development 1939 - 2009
78 86
21. Khampur: Visit to SW
Station 1959
- 2010 288
22. Lucknow AIR 1913 - 2010 86
23. Lucknow 75th Elephant
Radio 1938 - 2013 215
24. Mysore Akashwani
VU7MC 1935
- 2010 94
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2. The Story of Radio Broadcasting in
Pakistan
Progressive
Summary
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No Topic Callsigns Year
to Year NWS
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1. Early
Wireless Stations VWK-VVK
VWP-VVP VWQ-VVQ VWL-VVL 1913 -
1933 17
2. On
the Air in Karachi APK APK@
APK3 APK4 APK5, Club 1913
- 2010 80 86
3. On
the Air in Lahore WLR VWL
VVL YMCA VUL APL APL2 1913 - 2011 128
4. On
the Air in Peshawar VWP VVP VUP
APP 1919
- 2014 266
5. Original
MW Stations YMCA VUL APL VUP 1928
- 1947 56
6. On
the Air in Rawalpindi VVX AKR APR
APR2 APR3 1933 -
2010
98
7. Freedom
at Midnight NWFP ACK VUL APL VUP APP AKR APR3 1946 - 1949 257
8. Early Shortwave Stations APK2 APR3 APL2 APP2 Murree 1947 - 1960 73
9. Clandestine Trarkhel AKR APR3 1948
- 1949 257
10. Land of 3 Rivers VUY 1939
- 1947 309
Projected
SW Stations
American
Radio Stations
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3. Radio
Broadcasting in the Land of the Three Rivers:
Diamond
Jubilee Celebrations
Progressive
Topics
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No. Topic Call
Years NWS
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1. Land of 3 Rivers: The Early Years VUY 1939 - 1947 309
2. American Radio Stations
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4. Radio
Broadcasting in the Land of the Three Rivers:
Diamond
Jubilee Celebrations
The
Early Radio Story
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Year Information
Reference -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bangladesh
Backgrounds: Geography
Bordered
by India, Burma
East
Pakistan & West Pakistan, separated by 1400 kM
World’s largest delta, 3
rivers
Ganges-Padma,
Brahmaputra-Jumna, Meghna
Almost
completely surrounded by India, Burma on bottom SE area
464
miles by 288 miles
Royal
Bengal Tiger
98%
Bengali
160
million population
Jute
production, textiles
4096
kM border India & Bangladesh 2,500 miles
150,000
people in 300 enclaves & exclaves, 50,000 acres
Bangladesh
Backgrounds: History
2000 BC Area
settled by Dravidian & and early Burmese peoples
Known
to Greeks & Romans as Gangaridai, the land of the Ganges River
Ruled
from India
1100s AD Islam
introduced into Bengal
1500s Bengal
was wealthiest area of Indian sub-continent
1517 Portuguese
traders began visiting Bengal, French, Dutch & English also
1757 British
gained control of Bengal
1900s Early Attempts
to split Bengal into 2 provinces, East & West
1943 Great
Bengal Famine 3 million died
1947 Aug 14/15 Freedom at Midnight, Partition
of British India
Moslem
area named at first East Bengal, then East Pakistan
1970 Massive
overnight cyclone, 1 million died
1970s New
silt lands formed, 27,000 acres 42 square miles
1971 Mar 26 Declaration
of independence from Pakistan
1971 Dec 16 Liberation
of Bangladesh
1998 Sep Flooding,
monsoon rains & Himalaya melt, 30 million refugees
Wireless
Experimentation: Jagadish Chandra Bose
1858 Jagadish Chandra Bose born Munshiganj (Dacca - Dhaka)
1894 Experimentation
at Calcutta
1897 Lectures
& demonstrations in London
All India Radio
Dacca
1939 Dec 16 VUY
5 kW 1167 kHz News Items
Regional
relay station producing some of own programming
Inaugurated
as Dhawani Bistar Kendra Dacca
Radio
Broadcasting Station Dhaka
Located
in old Dacca
Studios
rented house 62 Nazimuddin Road, Dhaka 11
Now
Sheikh Burhanuddin College
Relocated
to suburban Shahbag, between Old Dacca & New Dhaka
Transmitter
at Kallayanpur 5 kW
Transmitter
now in museum Dhaka, Bangladesh Betar
Some
from VUC came to VUY as guest artists
1941 VUY
1167 kHz 5 kW Dacca India NZRCOTW 1941
1946 VUY 1167 kHz 5 kW Dacca India NZRCOTW 1946
1947 Mediumwave
stations in India not shown WRHB 1947
1948 Mediumwave
stations in Pakistan not shown WRHB 1948
1948 Mediumwave
stations in Pakistan not shown WRHB 1948
2014 Dec 15 Commencement
of 4 day celebrations, 75th anniversary Bangladesh Betar
Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina, diamond jubilee
Called
for continued modernization of station, her gov would support
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5. SQOTW29: Special QSL of the Week
Progressive Topics
——————————————————————————————————————————————————
No Call
Location Land IRM
kHz (k)W
Year Date Significance QSL NWS ——————————————————————————————————————————————————
001
7LA Launceston Tasmania AMP 1100 .1 1961 Nov 6 Emergency
transmitter C 282
002
RA Kabul
Afghanistan AMP 96.1 .01 1971
Jul 4 Experimental FM C 284
003
VOA Poro Philippines AMP 15000 LP 1984 Feb 19 Malfunctioning
exciter L 286
004
TTY Perth Australia AMP
1130 .2 1966 Jun 24 6NM
transmitter to 6ED DIYC 287
005
ICPA Kabul Afghanistan AMP 102.8 ½ 1972
Aug 27 Hotel Intercontinental DIYC 289
006
KSFO Frisco California AMP
560 5 1989
Oct 18 Temporary after
earthquake C 290
007
RM
Havana Cuba AMP 9600 100 1982
Feb 3 Relay Radio Tashkent C
291 008 NILB Central Pacific PH
10800 LP 1968 Dec 23 Apollo
Recovery, 1,000 SW L 292
009
AWR Ekala Sri
Lanka CG 11800 100 1981
Feb 21 Test broadcasts Africa &
ME C 293
010
PJC Willemstad Curacao PH
8694
1 1969 Jan 9 Morse
loop C
294
011
AFRTS Adana Turkey
AMP 1590 .01 1980
Mar 24 Plane, WL in ft DIYC 295
012
AWR Sines Portugal TD 9670
250 1977 Aug 26 Self-designed AWR card C 296
013
VoM Honhor Mongolia CL
12085 250 2012 Sep 14 Lived in
Ulaan Baatar L&C 297
014
CRI Beijing China UQ
21660 2005 Sep 19 Firedrake
jammer C 298
015
RM Russia
AMP 11875 1984 May 2 Russian
jammer, BBC ARS? C 299
016
NBC Pt Moresby New Guinea VL 4890
35 2006 Mar 18 Reduced power C 300
017
RM
Murmansk Russia JB
5930 5 1979
Jan 13 Long wait DIYC & L
301 018 RM P’zavodsk Russia JB
5065 5 1979 Jan 21 Long wait DIYC & L
302
019
VLU2 Christmas Is Indian O. AMP
1420 .5 1977 Aug 23 Tried many
locations DIYC & L
303 020 XMX Christmas Is Indian O. AMP
341 .1 1977 Aug 28 Airplane
reception DIYC 304 021
AIR Pt Blair Andamans JJ 1440
1 1992 Nov 12 Emergency transmission L 305 022
ABC Shepparton Australia TA 6080 100 2011
Feb 4 Emergency transmission C
306 023 ORTB Benin
CO SW 1985 Sep 20 Hard
to hear, difficult to QSL C 307 024
025
AIR
Bangalore India
MKP 9690 500 2014
Feb 28 Memory of 1st radio
broadcast C 309 026
CHU Ottawa Canada BW 3330
3 2010 Sep 16 Low power TSW
C&L 310
027
SW
11 Sites Asia
TA 2 SW
2014 Jun 5 IRDR Trial Broadcasts
C 311
028
029
NBC Pt Moresby New Guinea JJ 3925 10 1976
Oct 25 1st report from
India C 313 030
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6. SQOTW29: Special QSL of the Week
Alphabetic Listing
——————————————————————————————————————————————————
Title Call City Country IRM City
Country NWS ——————————————————————————————————————————————————
Airplane
Monitoring AFRS Adana Turkey AMP Airplane Turkey
295
XMX Christmas Is Indian Ocean AMP Airplane Indian Ocean 304
Apollo
Recovery NILB USS Arlington Pacific PH Woodland H USA-CA 292
Demonstration
Transmitter TTY Perth W
Australia AMP Perth Australia 287
Difficult to hear ORTB Benin CO Norrkoping Sweden
307 Earthquake Emergency KSFO San Francisco USA AMP Eugene USA-OR
290
Emergency
Transmitter 7LA Launceston Tasmania AMP Launceston Tasmania 282
AIR Port Blair Andaman Is JJ Hyderabad India 305
ABC Shepparton Australia TA Depok
Indonesia 306 Experimental FM RA Kabul Afghanistan AMP Kabul
Afghanistan 284
Firedrake
Jammer CRI Beijing China UQ-S Norrkoping Sweden
298
First
Report: India NBC Port Moresby New Guinea JJ India 313 Listener
Designed QSL Card AWR Sines Portugal TD Rosrath Germany 296
Long
Wait RM Murmansk Russia JB Lexington USA-MA 301
RM Petrozavodsk Russia JB Lexington USA-MA 302
Low
Power CHU Ottawa Canada BW Karoonda S Australia 310
Malfunctioning
Exciter VOA Poro Philippines AMP Lahore
Pakistan 286
Many
Locations VLU2 Christmas Is Indian
Ocean AMP Carnarvon
Australia 303
Memories:
Letter from Home VOM Honhor Mongolia CL Bloomington USA-IN
297
1st Radio Broadcast AIR Bangalore India MKP Kerala India 309
Morse
Code Loop PJC Willemstad Curacao PH Woodland
H USA-CA 294
Reduced Power NBC Pt Moresby New
Guinea VL Naples USA-FL 300
Russian Jammer RM Russia AMP Poona India 299
Tashkent
Relay RM Havana Cuba AMP Berrien S USA-MI
291 Test Broadcast AWR Ekala Sri
Lanka CG Nice France 293
IRDR 11 sites Asia TA Depok Indonesia 311
Translation
Transmitter ICPA Kabul Afghanistan AMP Kabul
Afghanistan 289
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