Monitoring the subcontinent

India

All times UTC / * sign-on - sign-off* // parallel frequency
Logs edited for clarity

All India Radio

4760, AIR Port Blair, *2353-0035, Dec 18 and 19. Readable signal for about 30 minutes before gray line passage killed the signal. Interverl signl to 2354, usual stringed/flute Hindi music. Woman announcer to 0001, then into local music with periodic woman announcer to 0025. Signal seems to peak around 0015-0020, very usable signal. Some occasional utility, morse code interference and heavy interference from Tajikistan on 4765. (Churchill). 

Also heard at 1630-1701*, Dec 30. I have monitored this frequency for a few days and no sign of AIR Leh. Most likely transmitter problems as I believe Leh was the one producing a lot of weird spurious signals ending at 1630. (Nilsson)

4800, AIR Hyderabad, 1633-1636, Dec 22, local song, SINPO 22332. (Mille)

4810, AIR Bhopal, 1657-1715, Dec 27, Hindi music. Interference from Yerevan on same frequency, 12221, // 5010. (Méndez)

4835, AIR Gangtok, *0104.5-0134, Dec 18, via DL0AO Perseus site in Germany using NE Beverage. Sign on instrumental music,, announcement to local music (instrumental and male singer), Talk at 0120 talk. Decent signal SINPO 33433 with interference from 4840. (Churchill). Also heard at 1515-1517, Dec 29, talk, SINPO 25331-2. (Mille)

4880, AIR Lucknow, 1615-1735, Dec 27, Hindi music, at 1730 news in English, 24322. (Méndez and Mille)

4895, AIR Kurseong, 1637-1710, Dec 22 and 26, Hindi music, SINPO 25332. (Méndez and Mille)

4910, AIR Jaipur, 1658-1720, Dec 26, Hindi music, SINPO 24322 // 4920. (Méndez)

4920, AIR Chennai, 1700-1730, Dec 26 and 29, Hindi music, SINPO 23332 // 4910. (Méndez and Mille)

4950 AIR Radio Kashmir, Srinagar (presumed), 0139-0216*, Dec 22. It has been a long time, since I caught their morning broadcast, had some faint audio, which is better than I hear for their evening programs about 1300, when all I hear is their open carrier, best of course in USB, due to Angola on the low side. (Howard)

4970, AIR Shillong, 1539-1541, Dec 29, talk, QRM morse-code, SINPO 23332. (Mille)

5010, AIR Thiruvananthapuram, 1535-1740*, Dec 10, 27 and 30, Jan 02, Hindi music, at 1730: "This is All India Radio." News in English, at 1735 comments in vernacular and close, SINPO 33333. (Giroletti, Méndez, Mille and Pankov)

17715, AIR Delhi, 0535-0556*, Su Dec 27, Speech by the Honorable Prime Minister of India, Shri. Narendra Modi in the Broadcast to the Nation ”Mann Ki Baat” in Hindi and English, 0554 announcement by female, Indian song, closing announcement by female, weak signal SINPO 25322. Thanks to Jose Jacob. This was the only AIR frequency audible in Denmark at that time. (Petersen)

 (DX Window 546)

Monitoring India on shortwave radio

All times UTC

AIR/All India Radio

3945, AIR Gorakhpur, 1625-1628, Jan 15, talks, SINPO 15321. (Mille)

4747.6, Radio Kashmir, Leh, -1631*, Jan 10 and 11. Even after many weeks, still continues on this odd frequency instead of 4760. I could not get the proper audio at my location. (Jacob). On Jan 10, at 1330-1450, the stronger than usual open carrier, but as normal unable to confirm any audio due to adjacent QRM from Bangladesh Betar and CNR1 mixing together on 4750. It is of some comfort to learn that even at your location in India, you do not have the best of audio from them. (Howard). It was not heard on 4747.6 Jan 17 evening or Jan 18 morning. However some suspected carrier was noted by Victor Goonetilleke and myself drifting up and down near 4720 around 1615 to past 1630, Jan 17. I have spoken to the Station Engineer at Radio Kashmir, Leh Jan, 18 and informed him of 4760 frequency variation problem. He told me, that his SW transmitter is having problems and they are attending to it. E-mail is not working well there. He also informed, that it is heavily snowing there now with maximum temperature Minus 16 degrees Centigrade! (Jacob)

4775, AIR Imphal. Regarding my logging at 0000-0040, Dec 24, in DX-Window no. 444. (Petersen). It is test that you heard. That station is heard often testing on SW around 0000 just before normal transmission starts. Many AIR stations are also similarily noted testing like that on MW before start of normal transmissions in the morning. Some of them are tests of standby transmitter. On SW I have observed only 4775 like that. (Jacob)

4820.86, AIR Kolkata, 1415-1440, Jan 15, Bengali (presumed) talk, best in USB due to interference from Xizang PBS 4820, 33443. (Petersen and Savolainen)

4840.01, AIR Mumbai, 0018-0030, Jan 23, Indian music. Weak. WWCR 3 is not up yet? Maybe their gone? (Bolland)

4910, AIR Jaipur, 1641-1643, Jan 17, talks, SINPO 25332. (Mille)

5010, AIR Thiruvananthapuram, 0035-0056, Jan 20. English news concluding with report of the Australian Open in tennis, 0040 into Malayalam with mix of talk and music, 0055 some type of promotional ann with fanfares, 0056 possibly news headlines, but fading badly now. Occasional QRM from possibly fisherman speaking in Spanish. Poor. Jan 20. Next evening, Jan 21, I was listening for their 0020 sign on and English news at 0035. Although a carrier was detectable at 0035, it was not until 0045 that the signal rose out of the noise. Malayalam vocals until 0057 when a man spoke. Very poor. (Sellers). Also heard at 1645-1648, Jan 17, talk, 34343 (Mille)
(DX WIndow 446)