A closer look at radio in Mongolia

 MONGOLIA

It's the birthday of the Voice of Mongolia. Radio in Mongolia began in May 1964. But it was in September 1964 that its international service began as Radio Oulan-Bator with a half-hour transmission in Mongolian and Chinese languages.

In the following years, Mongolia's international broadcasting has grown, including programs in English, French and Russian.

At that time, Mongolia was little known to the world and the foreign languages programs of the radio had immediately attracted the attention of international listeners.

The station was heavily listened to in Japan, so much so that on January 1, 1989, the broadcast in Japanese began.

It was only on January 1, 1997, that Radio Oulan-Bator became famous as The Voice of Mongolia.

Over the years, their choice of languages has been revised and French has been removed, due to the lack of reactivity from listeners. 

Voice of Mongolia no longer broadcasted only in Mongolian, English, Russian, Chinese and Japanese. “The Voice of Mongolia” has diversified its content to include not only government news and announcements, but also cultural, educational, musical programs and interviews.

Voice of Mongolia is the only overseas broadcasting service in Mongolia. Voice of Mongolia programs are transmitted by Khonkhor transmission station, about 25 km east of Oulan-Bator, the capital of Mongolia.

The station used former Soviet 100 kW transmitters dating back to the station's creation.

The transmitter center was refurbished in 2003, by NEC with the help of the Japanese Government. The transmitter in service would be a 500 kw transmitter consisting of 2 units of 250 kW.

The transmitter in service uses only one of the two units and has a power of 250 kw. It broadcasts, according to the hours, on 12015 kHz from 13 h. at 3 pm. and on 12085 Khz from 9 am. at 11 o'clock. Antennas are curtain antennas directed towards 116 and 178°. A 50 kW, non-directional transmitter broadcasts the national program 2 on 7260 kHz.

The broadcasts in English had been taken over by the Kall-Krefel transmitter in Germany, on 6005 Khz with a power of 1 kw, the experiment seems to have definitely stopped.

It remains to be seen in the future as the country plans to develop shortwaves in digital by 2025 for the national service.

We don't know if this measure will affect the Voice of Mongolia. Concrete decisions were to be taken in the coming weeks by the Minister.

(Radio Magazine)

Voice of Mongolia - missing in action ?

 

Since the beginning of the B20 Winter season, commencing on October 24, 2020, there have been no reports or observations, of Voice of Mongolia broadcasting on 12084.8 or 12014.8 kHz.

It is unknown if this is due to transmitter issues, or the station has ceased airing on shortwave. If active, the station should be broadcasting on the following schedule. Your comments and observations are welcomed at w4gvh@frontier.com 

(Teak Publishing)

All times UTC

Mongolia

0900-0930 12084.8 U-B 250 kW 178 deg to SoEaAS English

0930-1000 12084.8 U-B 250 kW 116 deg to EaAS Mongolian

1000-1030 12084.8 U-B 250 kW 116 deg to EaAS Chinese

1030-1100 12084.8 U-B 250 kW 116 deg to EaAS Japanese

1400-1430 12014.8 U-B 250 kW 178 deg to SoEaAS Mongolian

1430-1500 12014.8 U-B 250 kW 178 deg to SoEaAS Chinese

1500-1530 12014.8 U-B 250 kW 116 deg to EaAS Japanese

1530-1600 12014.8 U-B 250 kW 116 deg to EaAS English

(DXB 10 Dec/Top Nx 1449)

Shortwave Service announces frequency updates

Vintage QSL from Voice of Mongolia (Gayle Van Horn Collection)

According to the Shortwave Service website, the new relay RAE - Argentinien in die Weltrelay at 2100-2200UTC results in the Radio Belarus German relay to be moved to 2200-2400 UTC, and Voice of Mongolia in English to move to 0000-0030 UTC.
http://www.shortwaveservice.com/index.php/de/sendeplan/3985-khz
(BDXC/Alan Roe, Teddington, UK)

Voice of Mongolia-Dec 30-31 Schedule

relay from Germany's Radio 700

Voice of Mongolia - December 30-31

English

All times UTC

English

1600-1630 on  7310 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu 

1700-1730 on  6005 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu 
2000-2030 on  3985 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu 

(Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria/30 Dec)

Special QSL: Letter from "Home" Voice of Mongolia

Mongolian Costumes (chinaculture.org)

Honhor, Mongolia

For our unique QSL this week, we feature a very special QSL that was received by Mrs. Dr. Carolyn Lysandrou, amateur callsign KC9URR, who now lives in Bloomington, Indiana.  Some years ago, Dr. Lysandrou was living in Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia where she spent some time. 

            Here in the United States two years ago, she endeavored on several occasions to tune in to the shortwave service of the Voice of Mongolia, and then on September 14 (2012) she was finally successful in tuning their signal on 12085 kHz.  This 250 kW shortwave transmitter is located at Honhor, a few miles south east from the national capital Ulaan Baatar.  

            Her reception report was verified by a friendly letter in English from Uyanga Ganchangaa together with a QSL card; that is, a tourist picture postcard with the QSL text handwritten on the reverse side.      

            Mrs. Carolyn states that she ”spent many days trying to hear the station”, and that “it was so nice to receive such a wonderful personal letter” referring to the area where she used to live in Ulaan Baatar.  With a nostalgic comment, Carolyn Lysandrou concludes by saying: “I miss Mongolia”.

(AWR-Wavescan/NWS 297 via Adrian Peterson)

Voice of Mongolia via Germany to October 5th

Mongolia

Voice of Mongolia program in English will be broadcast via Kall Krekel, Germany

1430-1500 UTC 7310 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu from Sept 1 till October 5
1730-1800 UTC 6005 KLL 100#kW / non-dir to CeEu from Sept 1 till October 5
1900-1930 UTC 3985 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu from Sept 1 till October 5

Reception reports / Empfangsberichte / digital via  vom_en@yahoo.com
or postal mail to:

Voice Of Mongolia
English Section
C.P.O.-Box 365
Ulaanbaatar-13
Mongolia
(SWL DXing)

Voice of Mongolia - summer schedule update

Mongolian Clothing Festival in Ulan Bator

Voice of Mongolia

All times UTC

0900-0930 12085 U-B 250 kW 178 deg to SoAS English
0930-1000 12085 U-B 250 kW 178 deg to SoAS Mongolian
1000-1030 12085 U-B 250 kW 116 deg to EaAS Chinese
1030-1100 12085 U-B 250 kW 116 deg to EaAS Japanese

1400-1430 12015 U-B 250 kW 178 deg to SoAS Mongolian
1430-1500 12015 U-B 250 kW 178 deg to SoAS Chinese
1500-1530 12015 U-B 250 kW 116 deg to EaAS Japanese
1530-1600 12015 U-B 250 kW 116 deg to EaAS English
(DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov-BUL, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 27)
(WWDXC/Top Nx 1129)

Voice of Mongolia multilingual schedule update

Voice of Mongolia

Revised complete schedule
All times UTC

Chinese Target Area kHz
1000-1030 daily As 990uba, 12085uba
1430-1500 daily As 12085uba

English Target Area kHz
1030-1100 daily As 12085uba
1530-1600 daily As 12085uba

Japanese Target Area kHz
0900-0930 daily As 12085uba
1500-1530 daily As 12085uba

Mongolian Target Area kHz
0930-1000 daily As 990uba, 12085uba
1400-1430 daily As 12085uba
(Source: WRTH A08 summer update)

Plans for Voice of Mongolia to broadcast via Internet

Representatives of Mongolia’s National Public Radio and Television gathered yesterday to share views on the current state and further trends of the radio station “Voice of Mongolia”. A technical and technological modernization and a need to increase a number of listeners are the most urgent issues of the “Voice of Mongolia”- one of the channels to advertise Mongolia abroad.
The attendees of the consultation supported an initiative to broadcast the Voice of Mongolia via Internet. The National Radio has aired programmes in Chinese for the Chinese living in Mongolia since its establishment in 1934, and in Russian and then in Kazakh since 1994. Today, it transmits 6-hours of programmes in Mongolian, English, Chinese, Russian, and Japanese every day. Programs in Russian are broadcast on shortwave transmitters of the Voice of Russia, targeted at Central Asian and European countries, and via the Internet channel of the Russian radio station.
(Source: Montsame Agency/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)