High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP)

Alaska's super-power High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) transmitters in Gakona, Alaska, will fire up again for the spring research campaign April 6 - 14. University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Space Physics Group researcher and HAARP Chief Scientist Chris Fallen, KL3WX, told ARRL that more than 40 hours of "externally funded" experiments are in the queue. 

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List of Community Radios in 2018

 List of operational Community Radio Stations in India as on 29 Dec 2017  (214 Nos.) is available in the following link of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India

http://mib.gov.in/sites/default/files/Operational%20CRS%20List.pdf1

(Via Jose Jacob, VU2JOS dxindia yg)

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Ham Radio book release function!

“Ham Radio for Youth” Tamil book is ready for release in the Vandu Net meet.
Date: 10-2-2018
Time: 9.00 am
Venue: Mamalla Heritage Hotel, Mamallapuram
All are welcome and grace the event!

Maha Meet 2018

Ham Radio for Youth, Vol:3

On the occasion of World Radio Day 2018, we are going to release the "Ham Radio for Youth" (Vol:3) book in Tamil. Already we published two books on this series!

Recommendations on Issues related to Digital Radio Broadcasting in India

TRAI releases Recommendations on Issues related to Digital Radio Broadcasting in India

http://www.trai.gov.in/notific ations/press-release/trai- releases-recommendations-issue s-related-digital-radio-broadc asting

Direct link to download TRAI recommendation on digital radio

http://trai.gov.in/sites/ default/files/Recommendation_ Digital_Radio_01022018.pdf

Via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi yg dxindia

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Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) Puttalam (PUT) Tx site

New look of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) Puttalam (PUT) medium wave transmitter site (Lat:07N58 Long:079E48). 873 kHz leased to TWR India and 882 kHz leased to other customers with 400 kW. On Sundays SLBC broadcast in Tamil at 0717-0815 on 1125 kHz from this same Tx site. (Ref: WRTH 2017) Photo credit: Thakezh Simon

All India Radio turns to Alexa for expansion

All India Radio listeners can now tune into Amazon's Alexa to access FM radio, the popular Vividh Bharati and 41 other services from any part of the world!

All India Radio turns to Alexa for expansion 

All India Radio turns to Alexa for expansion By Harveen Ahluwalia All India Radio listeners can now tune into Amazon's Alexa to access FM radio, the popular Vividh Bharati and 41 other services from any part of the world

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Latest updates of All India Radio

Latest updates of All India Radio  Home service Stations as noted in their official  B 17 printed schedules, compared to their A 17 printed schedules.

Delete  (MW)

1314 Cuttack B 1 kW

1440 Kurseong 1 kW

1476 Jaipur A  1 kW

1584 Jamshedpur 1 kW

Changes: (MW)

Diphu 1485 1 kW (ex 1584)

Add (FM)

Bhawanipatna 100.3

Dehradun 100.5

Garisen 102.4

Jamshedpur 102.4

Jeypore 103.6

Kota 102.0

Kurseong 103.5

New Tehri 101.2

Changes (FM)

Ambikapur 100.2 (ex 103.7)

Aurangabad 102.4 (ex 101.7)

Bhadravathi 103.5 (ex 103.3)

Haflong 100.2 (ex 102.0)

Mumbai 1001. (ex 100.7)

Pithoragarh 100.1 (ex 102.4)

Purnea 102.3 (ex 103)

Rampur (HP) 100.1 (ex 103.7)

 

 

Added

Many stations in North East India all operating  on 100.1 MHz with 100 watts.

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Fox-1D Launched, Designated AMSAT-OSCAR 92

Fox-1D, a 1U CubeSat, is the third of AMSAT's five Fox-1 CubeSats Fox-1D Launched, Designated AMSAT-OSCAR 92

to reach orbit, being preceded by AO-85 (Fox-1A) and AO-91 (RadFxSat / Fox-1B). Fox-1D carries the Fox-1 U/v FM transponder, with an uplink of 435.350 MHz (67.0 Hz CTCSS) and a downlink of 145.880 MHz. In addition, Fox-1D carries several university experiments, including a MEMS gyro from Pennsylvania State University – Erie, a camera from Virginia Tech, and the University of Iowa's HERCI (High Energy Radiation CubeSat Instrument) radiation mapping experiment. Fox-1D also carries the AMSAT L-Band Downshifter experiment which enables the FM transponder to be switched to utilize an uplink of 1267.350 MHz (67.0 Hz CTCSS).

 Fox-1D was sent aloft as a secondary payload on the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s PSLV-XL rocket as part of the PSLV-C40 mission. Fox-1D was one of thirty-one satellites successfully deployed on this launch.

Since Fox-1D has met all of the qualifications necessary to receive an OSCAR number, I, by the authority vested in me by the AMSAT President, do hereby confer on this satellite the designation AMSAT-OSCAR 92 or AO-92. I join amateur radio operators in the U.S. and around the world in wishing AO-92 a long and successful life in both its amateur and scientific missions.

I, along with the rest of the amateur community, congratulate all of the volunteers who worked so diligently to construct, test and prepare for launch the newest amateur radio satellite.

William A. (Bill) Tynan, W3XO

AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Administrator

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MARCONI RADIO INTERNATIONAL LAST 2017 DAY SCHEDULE

Please be advised that Marconi Radio International (MRI) will be on the air today Sunday, 31 December 2017 as follows:

10.30-12.30 and 13.15-15.15 UTC. The frequency is 7720 kHz (USB mode). Reception reports to this E-mail address: 
marconiradiointernational (at) gmail.com
Last but not least, we need your help! If you are a DX blogger, or use social networks, please post an announcement on your own blog and/or Facebook or send out a tweet. You can also forward this message to a friend.

Via Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain

AIR special frequencies for new year!

AIR special frequencies noted now from 0525 UTC Sunday 31 Dec 2017 with Mann Ki Baat program by Hon'ble Prime Minister of India Shri. Narendra Modi on 7520 9380 9865 9940 11730 and on all other AIR stations on MW SW FM till 0600 UTC

Please see:

http://www.narendramodi.in/mann-ki-baat

Most statiions of AIR will have special programs on MW/SW/FM to usher in the new year tonight. Hence they will have extended broadcasts tilll past 1830 UTC (0000 hrs IST).

The following SW channels are of interest

4760 Port Blair

4800 Hyderabad

4835 Gangtok

4870 Shillong

4920 Chennai

4950 Srinagar

5010 Trivandrum

5050 Jeypore

also

9380 Aligarh (National Channel)

Happy New Year to all DX India members, readers & SWLs!

Via Jose Jacob & Alokesh Gupta dxindia yg 

International DX Convention

The 69th annual International DX Convention in Visalia, California, takes place April 20-22 at the Visalia Convention Center. The Southern California DX Club (SCDXC) sponsors the 2018 event. Online convention registration opens on January 15 at 1700 UTC. The Saturday banquet program will be on the 3Y0Z DXpedition to Bouvet Island. Convention co-chairs are Cathy Gardenias, K6VC, and Kris Jacob, KC6TOD. E-mail for more information.

Registration for International DX Convention in Visalia Opens on January 15

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TCD EYEBALL HAM MEET 2018

TCD EYEBALL MEET is scheduled on 25th March 2018 Sunday.  Venue: Infant Jesus School,Lady's Seat Road, Yercaud.  All are cordially invited to join us. You are requested to register through the link given below.*                  

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dprm_pZeZJ9vVOiyMW-A4VNoxZGWkSHN7xfmZRMhUtw/edit

TCD Team

For any query, contact

Subbu          VU2ZUB  Mobile: 7760507999      

Kannan       VU3PCP   Mobile: 9943879349

Kalyan         VU3LLL    Mobile: 9942128326

Chellappan VU2BFO  Mobile:  9443934141

For accommodation please contact 

Mr.Ajith , Yercaud

Mob: 09345262672 

Via Lion Vijayan Sadayappa

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First annual convention of Lamakaan Amateur Radio Club

Dear Hams and SWLs,

I am pleased to invite you to the first annual convention of Lamakaan Amateur Radio Club. Take time to read through this page and the schedule. We have lined up many interesting events to make this your best convention experience. 

Registration fee is kept very low to make it affordable to everyone. LARC neither seeks any funding nor wants it. Instead, we manage with whatever the delegates can contribute. So, please help yourself. 

We will be setting up an amazing flea market that will sell many transceiver kits, PCBs, torroids, Used rigs, antennas, etc. The entire schedule is packed up 12 really great and very interesting talks, half a dozen demonstrations of everything that starts from Using Baofeng for satellites to stand-alone SDRs. 

Food: A simple lunch is provided on both days, tea is available round the clock. If you want the famous Hyderabadi Biryani, you can pre-order it on the registration form. (We won't be able to arrange for it for spot registrations)

Accommodation: We are making few arrangements for stay close to the venue. The details available on our website

Travel: we will have volunteers at the railway stations, airport and the bus station on the morning of 26th to guide you to the venue or to your place of stay.  

Here are the brief highlights:

12 sessions: On the 26th, we have a day packed with the best brains of India talking and showing how to work with Raspberry PI, satellites, design antennas on PCs, etc. 

 Homebrew Contest: Grab away a all band HF transceiver as the first prize and a 40 meter SSB transceiver as the second prize. The contest is open to all delegates, bring your homebrew project and enter into the contest (No matter what it is a TRX or a simple oscillator or a piece of test equipment)

Eyeball Contest:  Take a VHF/UHF handheld transceiver by logging the largest number of signatures on the eyeball day.

Flea Market: Buy project PCBs, toroids, tools, cables, accessories, junk, radios

Club Night:  Talk about your club activities, show off your projects, events and club members' rigs

KiCad workshop: Bring your laptop and learn to design PCBs with SP Bhatnagar's night workshop

uBITX workshop: For Rs.7000, you can build your own all band HF transceiver in one evening with Farhan. Bring your tools and wire up the board!

Eyeball: Buy and sell, meet and greet and watch great demonstrations of radio control flying, working satellites, putting up hex-beams and more 

I hope to see you at LARC'18 soon.

Rajan, VU2KNN 

List of Private FM stations

See official list of Private FM stations  / Community Radio stations  in India 
in Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India website (in searchable format)

Private FM stations:

http://broadcastseva.gov.in/webpage-User-fm

Community Radio stations: 

http://broadcastseva.gov.in/webpage-User-crs

(Jose Jacob, VU2JOS via dx india)

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Book on Ham Radio

The second Tamil book on Ham Radio series will be released on the "Public Service Broadcasting Day (Nov 12)" in the All India Radio, Chennai at 13 Nov 2017, 4.30 pm.

New AIR Stations

The following stations/ channels of All India Radio in North East India were inaugurated on 2 Oct 2017:

Assam:

Goalpara 102.6 MHz 1 kW

Longtherai 102.5 MHz 5 kW (Dhalai Dist)

Lumding 101.5 MHz 1 kW

Nutan Bazar101.2 MHz 1 kW (Cachar Dist)

Manipur:

Ukhrul-100.5 MHz 1 kW

Meghalaya:

Cherrapunji 102.0 MHz 1 kW

Tura 101.7 MHz 5 kW

(Via Jose Jacob, VU2JOS)

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B17 Radio schedules

The B17 Radio schedules have been published online by the HFCC today:

 

http://www.hfcc.org/data/b17/index.phtml

 

Note: Schedules are still subject to change as the season B17 has not started yet

 

(B17 starts on Sunday 29th October)

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Practical Wireless and RadioUser magazines have been bought by Warners Group Publications

Southgate
August 17, 2017  

Roger Hall & Steve Hunt have made the following announcement on the PW Publishing website:

We are very pleased to announce that Practical Wireless and RadioUser magazines have been bought by Warners Group Publications, a Lincolnshire-based multi-million-pound turnover publishing company that specialises in producing magazines, websites and events for niche hobbies. 

They believe that both Practical Wireless and RadioUser are an ideal fit with their business and have assured us they plan to use their publishing expertise and size to help develop both titles, giving them an assured long-term future.

Both Steve and I are aware that we were only the most recent custodians of two historic titles, Practical Wireless dating from 1932 and the RadioUser with its roots in Short Wave Magazine from 1937. 

That's why, when we decided to retire after being in publishing for almost 40 years, first with IPC and then with PW Publishing, we felt it was important to find a reputable company with the expertise and resources to make sure they will continue to be published for many years to come. In Warners, we believe we have found just such a company and both PW and RU will continue to be the country's best-selling radio magazines. 
Over the next few weeks we will be handing over all aspect of our business to Warners and they will be publishing both titles from the October issues onwards.

The new Publisher will be Rob McDonnell (robm@warnersgroup.co.uk) and the new Group Advertising Manager will be Claire Ingram (clairem@warnersgroup.co.uk). 

Our existing Editors, Don Field and Georg Wiessala, will remain with their respective magazines. In addition, I will be staying on in a consultancy role to help with the transition and to assist Warners going forwards.
We'd both like to thank all of you for the support you've given us and the magazines in the past; it's been an interesting few decades.

For the next three months, Webscribe will continue to administer subscriptions, to assure a seamless handover, and new contact details will be forthcoming in due course.

Roger Hall & Steve Hunt
PW Publishing Limited

http://www.pwpublishing.ltd.uk

• Our thanks to Len, GM0ONX for spotting this item 
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2017/august/new-owner-for-pw.htm#.WZWZ3IWcHIU

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அகில இந்திய வானொலி கடந்த நிதி ஆண்டில் ரூ.455 கோடி வருமானம் ஈட்டி சாதனை!

அகில இந்திய வானொலி கடந்த நிதி ஆண்டில் ரூ.455 கோடி வருமானம் ஈட்டி சாதனை!

State-owned broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) recorded a revenue of Rs455 crore in the year ended 31 March, surpassing its annual target of Rs450 crore.

All India Radio, owned by public broadcaster Prasar Bharati, had reported a revenue of Rs447 crore in 2015-16.

AIR revenue up at Rs455 crore in 2016-17

AIR revenue up at Rs455 crore in 2016-17 By Harveen Ahluwalia AIR revenue surpasses annual target of Rs450 crore, and last year's figure of Rs447 crore

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AIR likely to launch new Dzongkha service for Bhutan

New Delhi, May 23 (PTI) National broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) is likely to launch a new language service -- Dzongkha -- for Bhutan, a move seen to strengthen ties with the neighbouring country.

Dzongkha will take the total foreign language offering of AIR's External Services Division (ESD) to 16 which includes French, Russian, Chinese, Indonesian, Thai, English, Pashto, Nepali, Tibetan, Urdu and Baluchi.

It will also broadcast programmes for Indian diaspora in 12 languages, including Gujarati, Malayalam, Punjabi, Hindi, Tamil, Bangla, Telugu and Kannada.

"The plan has been approved for Dzongkha service. It will be launched soon. It is part of soft diplomacy," an official source said.

Bhutan, the first foreign country which Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited after assuming office in 2014, shares cordial relations with India and is a model for good neighbourly relations, he added.

Initially, the ESD will broadcast cultural programmes in Dzongkha language.

India and Bhutan have joint ventures in various areas, including hydro-electric power generation, education, trade, health and culture.

A one hour daily Dzongkha language service is proposed between 6.00 am and 7.00 am IST.

Either a transmitter in Kurseong, a hill station some 32 kms from Darjeeling in West Bengal, or in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim, will be used to broadcast the new service.

The Ministry of External Affairs will help in hiring language professionals from Bhutan to run this service.

http://www.ptinews.com/news/8730077_AIR-likely-to-launch-new-Dzongkha-service-for-Bhutan.html

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Alokesh Gupta

New Delhi

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RECEPTION REPORT -BBC TAMIL OSAI 30.04.2017

PFA Reception Report , AUDIO FILE

OE17M - International Marconi Day Special Event Station

The Amateur Radio Section of ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) and the Documentary Archive Radio Communications/QSL Collection will operate for 72 hours only, a special event station with the callsign OE17M on Friday, April 21st­Sunday, April 23rd (00:00-24:00 UTC).

OE17M is an official "International Marconi Day" station.

Contacts made on Saturday, April 22nd, are valid for the IMD Award.

QSL info available at: http://www.qrz.com/db/oe17m

Via Alokesh Gupta

Special AIR programmes on 70th Indo-Russia ties anniversary

The All India Radio (AIR) will broadcast special programmes on its domestic and external network to mark the 70th anniversary of Indo-Russia diplomatic relationship.

Details at :
http://www.india.com/news/agencies/special-air-programmes-on-70th-indo-russia-ties-anniversary-2022689/

Via Alokesh Gupta

BBC makes 1920s Radio Times magazines available

The BBC has made the earliest issues of the complete Radio Times magazines 1923-1929 publicly available online for the first time

This release is part of the BBC Genome Project - a digitised searchable database of programme listings - from 1923 to the end of 2009.

More at :

http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2017/march/bbc-makes-1920s-radio-times-magazines-available.htm#.WN5gfcCGPIU

Airspy unveils Airspy HF+ specs

Airspy has unveiled details of upcoming Airspy HF+ at : http://airspy.com/airspy-hf-plus/

Technical specifications

HF coverage between DC .. 31 MHz
VHF coverage between 60 .. 260 MHz
-138 dBm MDS at 500Hz bandwidth in HF
-142 dBm MDS at 500Hz bandwidth in VHF
+26 dBm IIP3 on HF at maximum gain
+13 dBm IIP3 on VHF at maximum gain
110 dB dynamic range in HF
95 dB dynamic range in VHF
120 dB Image Rejection
Very low phase noise PLL (-110 dBc/Hz @ 1kHz separation @ 100 MHz)
+10 dBm Maximum RF input
No Silicon RF switch to introduce IMD in the HF path
Routable RF inputs
Wide Band RF filter bank
Tracking RF filters
Sharp IF filters
Smart AGC with real time optimization of the gain distribution
All RF inputs are matched to 50 ohms
2 x High Dynamic Range Sigma Delta ADCs @ up to 36 MSPS
600 kHz alias and image free output
18 bit Digital Down Converter (DDC)
0.5 ppm high precision, low phase noise clock
4 x Programmable GPIO's
No drivers required! 100% Plug-and-play on Windows Vista, Seven, 8, 8.1 and 10
Industrial Operating Temperature: -45°C to 85°C

RTI Listeners meet 2016

The English service is more than happy to meet Indian listeners in early December, after an eight-year hiatus. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Mr. Alokesh Gupta and Dr. T. Jaisakthivel for helping make the two events successful. On December 3rd in Chennai, Carlson Wong and Paula Chao were warmly received by listeners whose sincerity, hospitality and passion will always be remembered. The get-together in Delhi on December 4th was also a fond memory. Like RTI Chairperson Lu Ping said in Delhi, listeners's support has helped linked the two countries together and prompted RTI to grow and better improve its broadcasts.
(Source: RTI Website)

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

RTI Listener Club in Delhi and Chennai, India

Radio Taiwan International will attend luncheons organized by RTI Listeners' Club in Delhi and Chennai.

If you are interested in attending, please register with us first. Only those with valid RTI passes will be admitted.

The application process for an RTI pass is as such:

1. The registration deadline is November 28, 2016.

2. Please state your name, address, cellphone #, and RTI ID in your email.

3. We will send you an email confirmation after November 28, 2016 .

4. Scheduled lunch dates are as follows:

   December 3 (Saturday), 2016 at 11:00 AM in Chennai, India

   December 4 (Sunday), 2016 at 11 AM in Delhi, India

5. For each email, please state in the SUBJECT line (ONE of the following):

CHENNAI LUNCHEON (if you wish to attend the lunch in Chennai, India)

DELHI LUNCHEON (if you wish to attend the lunch in Delhi, India)

6. Venues will be given in the email confirmation which you will receive after Nov. 28.

7. RTI will accept applications by email only. Our email address is: paula@rti.org.tw

8. Since there is limited space for each luncheon, we can only allow those with email confirmation to enter. Please print out and bring the confirmation along with you on the day of the luncheon. Once the number of participants has reached capacity, registration will be closed without further notice.