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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Ramadan Special for radio monitoring

 



India's special transmissions on mediumwave for Ramadan 

Like every year, the special transmissions for Ramadan has started from Akashvani stations in Jammu & Kashmir as follows:
Timings (variable) : 4.20 am to 5.25 am (2250 to 2355 hrs UTC)
Frequencies

1116 kHz 300 kW  Srinagar
1350 kHz 20 kW Kupwara
103.5 MHz 10 kW Srinagar
This transmission is for about 1 hour and sign on and sign off timings vary. It will continue for one month - till Ramzan day ie around 9 April 2024
 
After the above program the Srinagar station signs off and comes back on air for their regular broadcasts starting from 6.48 am. 
It is a good time to catch the station from long distances
(Jose Jacob, VU2JOS)
National Institute of Amateur Radio 
Box 1515, Somajiguda
Hyderabad-500082, India

RAMADAN  SPECIAL   March 10 - April 9, 2024 in Germany.


Indonesia - Return of RRI Nabire 40 kW shortwave with outstanding reception.

7289.93 kHz RRI Nabire Pro 1, on March 8; very pleased to find them back on the air again after being absent for a while; just in time for the start of Ramadan (March 10 - Sunday); decent reception, but after 0900 UT the usual QRN.

0832-0910 UT The normal programming of mostly easy-listening songs and announcers.

0910-0916 UT Islamic Shalawat Tarhim prayer, before the call-to-prayer.

0916-0920 UT The distinctive Maghrib (sunset) call-to-prayer. Right on
time!

0920 UT till suddenly cut off 0929* UT: EZL songs.

My audio of a portion of one minute of the Shalawat Tarhim prayer and one
of music -


Nabire Islamic call-to-prayer times for March 8:
Fajr    - dawn           04:49  (1949 UT)
Dhuhr   - after midday   12:12  (0312 UT)
Asr     - afternoon      15:14  (0614 UT)
Maghrib - sunset         18:16  (0916 UT)
Isha    - nighttime      19:24  (1024 UT)
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 8)
(WWDX Top Nx 1573/08 Mar 2024

Iran
Ramadan - The latest HFCC files include the following special transmissions: VoIRI Tehran, Ramadan special broadcasts,
10 - 30 March 2024, acc. to HFCC registrations, all from Sirjan tx site:

All times UTC
0120-0220 Turkish   6060  6170
2020-2350  Azeri "A" 7230
2120-2250 Tajik     5990  6180
2320-0120  Arabic    7220  7250
2350-0050  Kurdish   6060  7280
2350-0320  Azeri "T" 7230
(HFCC)