Friday, December 16, 2016

The very severe Cyclone Vardah damage AIR Chennai


The very severe Cyclone Vardah made landfall in Chennai on 12 Dec 2016 noon creating lot  damages.

My observations of AIR Chennai.

All India Radio, Chennai was noted off air SW 7380 kHz from  at 0830 UTC on 12 Dec 2016 . They were heard past 0800 with weather warnings. The External Services via Chennai on 7270 at 1000-1100, 1115-1215 was  also missing. However the Home Service was noted on 4920 at 1200. MW transmission on 720 kHz is also noted as usual.

 The complete SW schedule of AIR Chennai is:


4920  50 kW 0015-0245 1200-1739
7380  50 kW 0300-0930 (Sun 1130)
7270 100 kW 0000-0045 Tamil, 0045-0115 Sinhala,  0130-0430 HS, 1000-1100 English, 1115-1215 Tamil, 1300-1500 Sinhala
Via Jose Jacob