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Thursday, March 01, 2012

Two new Myanmar stations reported on shortwave


This morning I received word of another new station being broadcast from Myanmar. Thanks to Babul Gupta for reporting the following
Gayle Van Horn

On 27th February, 2012 we had a strike which prevented me from my daily office going schedule, so it allowed me to observe two new Radio Stations in Myanmar at intervals throughout the day. Here is the first station ID given in Burmese as " Rakhine Athan Lwin Thana " RAKHIN BROADCASTING STATION - broadcasting only in minority languages three times daily:-

All times UTC

Rakhin Broadcasting Station

Morning

2330-0030 Chin 7110 kHz ( SINPO = 44444 )

0030-0130 Kachin 7110 kHz ( SINPO = 44444 )

0130-0230 La 9590 kHz ( SINPO = 44333 )

0230-0330 Po 9590 kHz ( SINPO = 44333 )

Afternoon

0530-0630 Geba 9590 kHz ( SINPO = 33333 )

0630-0730 Kokang 9590 kHz ( SINPO = 33333 )

0730-0830 Karen 9590 kHz ( SINPO = 33333 )

0830-0930 Shan 9590 kHz

Evening

1030-1130 Kayah 7345 kHz ( SINPO = 33222 )

1130-1230 Gekho 7345 kHz ( SINPO = 33222 )

1230-1330 Mon 7345 kHz ( SINPO = 33333 )


Thazin Broadcasting Station

Yesterday 21st Feb 2012, I was listening to new Myanmar station on 7110 kHz and heard the sign off announcement in Burmese given as “ We like to wish our listeners of Thazin Broadcasting Station a happy and peaceful life. Dear listeners you have just heard our Thazin Broadcasting Station evening transmission from 5.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. on MW 639 kHz and 7.11 MHz. Our Thazin Broadcasting Station broadcast in the morning from 6.00 a.m. to 8.00 a.m., in the afternoon 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and in the evening 5.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. on MW 639 kHz, beside this we are also broadcasting once at 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and at 5.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. on MW 639 kHz. Also we are broadcasting three times daily in the morning at 6.00 a.m. to 8.00 a.m. on SW 6.03 MHz, in the afternoon at 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. on SW 9.4 MHz and in the evening 5.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. on SW 7.11 MHz. We are thankful to all listeners for listening to this broadcast and wish them a happy and peaceful life “

According to above announcement the schedule will be as follows:

Morning transmission
2330 to 0130 hrs UTC on 639 kHz
2300 to 0130 hrs UTC on 6030 kHz

Afternoon transmission
O430 to 0630 hrs UTC on 639 kHz
O430 to 0630 hrs UTC on 9460 kHz

Evening transmission
1030 to 1430 hrs UTC on 639 kHz
1030 to 1430 hrs UTC on 7110 kHz

Here's the audio file of announcement ...
http://www.box.com/files#/files/0/f/0/1/f_1623080622/0/comment

This recording was done this morning between two frequency first was 7110 kHz and the second was 639 kHz
http://www.box.com/files#/files/0/f/0/1/f_1623084440/0/comment

Babul Gupta
babulgupta@gmail.com
http://www.babulgupta.com/

Via Indian DX Club International FB group
http://www.facebook.com/groups/idxci/
(Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India)