REPORT DX-PEDITION TO HIMALAYA
by Anker Petersen, Denmark. From DX-Window Issue 402 of Danish Short Wave Club International - WEB : www.dswci.org
The past 16 till 27 april 2010, I have travelled to Himalaia Oriental with stops at Darjeeling & Kalimpong (Bengala Ocidental, Índia), Gangtok (Sikkim, Índia) ; Puntsoling, Thimphu, Punakha & Paro (Towns of Bhutan Kingdom).
I stopped at hotels in these towns, so I had the chanche to look at the broadcasting media in this remote area famous for the YETI (but I did not saw it, unfortunatly). My portable receiver ATS909 Sangean with a telescopic antenna, also listening with long wire of 8 meters for better reception of the short waves.
Band scans at 0200-1200 UTC at Darjeeling, Gangtok, Thimphu, Punakha e Paro.
4750 BGD Bangladesh Betar, Khabipur, Dhaka 35444
4800 CHN Voice of China, Ge'ermu, Qinghai 25332
4820 CHN Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet 35444
4835 IND AIR Gangtok, Sikkim 35444
4905 CHN Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet 35444
4920 CHN Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet 35444
4970 IND AIR Shillong, Mawgrong,Meghalaya 35433
5005 NPL R Nepal, Khumaltar (very distorted) 35431 Irregular
5050 CHN Beibu Bay R, Nanning, Guangxi 25432
Short Wave 49 e 41 meters bands at 0745 & 1400 UTC at Darjeeling & Paro:
6020 IND AIR Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 34433
6030 CHN Voice of China, Beijing // 4800 34433
6030 IND AIR Delhi, Kingsway 43443
6035 BTN BBS, Sangaygang, Thimphu 45434
7210 IND AIR Kolkata, West Bengal 45434
7230 CHN Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi in Mongolian 25222
7260 CHN Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi in Mandarin 25333
7280 IND AIR Guwahati, Assam 45444
7295 IND AIR Aizawl, Mizoram 25443
7315 IND AIR Shillong, Mawgrong,Meghalaya 45444
7325 IND AIR Jaipur, Rajasthan 34333 QRM 7315
7335 IND AIR Imphal, Manipur
7340 CHN Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi in Kazakh 25333
7430 IND AIR Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 35434
7440 IND AIR Lucknow, Utter Pradesh 35444
Short Wave Band scans at 1530-1815 & 2300-0100 UTC at Darjeeling, Gangtok, Kalimpong, Puntsoling, Thimphu, Punakha e Paro:
2850 KRE KCBS, Pyongyang 25443
3250 KRE PBS, Pyongyang // 3320 25333
3320 KRE PBS, Pyongyang // 3250 25333
3912 CLA Voice of the People, S. Korea 34433 Jammed
3945 IND AIR Gorakpur, Uttar Pradesh // 6045 43433 QRM CHN 3950
3950 CHN Xinjiang PBS,Urumqi // 5060 35434
3985 CHN China Business R, Ge'ermu 44444
3990 CHN Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi // 4980 45434
4010 KGZ Kyrgyz R, Bishkek 25322
4050 KGZ R Rossii, via Bishkek 25322
4330 CHN Xinjiang PBS,Urumqi // 6015 45444
4460 CHN Voice of China, Beijing // 4800 35333
4750 CHN Voice of China, Nanning // 4800 35333
4750 CHN Qinghai PBS, Xining, not // 4800 35433 S/off 1600*
4760 IND AIR Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar 33443
4760 IND R Kashmir, Leh, Jammu & Kashmir 33333
4765 TJK Tajik R, Yangiyul 35444
4775 IND AIR Imphal, Manipur 25433
4780 DJI R Djibouti, Arta 25343
4800 IND AIR Hyderabad, Andhara Pradesh 33443 QRM CHN 4800
4800 CHN Voice of China, Ge'ermu // 4460 44434
4810 IND AIR Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 35434
4820 CHN Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet 55555
4820 IND AIR Kolkata, West Bengal 32332 QRM CHN 4820
4830 MNG Mongoliin R, Altay 25333
4835 IND AIR Gangtok, Sikkim 35444 Irregular
4840 IND AIR Mumbai, Maharashtra 45434
4845 MTN R Mauritanie, Nouakchott 25333
4860 IND AIR Delhi, Kingsway, in Urdu 25431 Distorted audio and irregular
4880 IND AIR Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 22222 QRM ZWE jamming + number station
4895 MNG Mongoliin R, Murun 25322
4905 CHN Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet 55555
4910 IND AIR Jaipur, Rajasthan 43433 QRM CHN 4905
4920 CHN Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet 55555
4920 IND AIR Chennai, Tamil Nadu 32433
4930 BOT VOA, Mopeng Hill 24332 QRM CHN 4920
4940 IND AIR Guwahati, Assam 35233
4940 CHN Voice of Taiwan Strait, Fuzhou 25433
4950 IND R Kashmir, Srinagar, Kashmir 35434
4950 CHN Voice of Pujiang, Shanghai 25433
4965 IND AIR Shimla, Himachal Prades 45444
4965 ZMB 1 R Africa, Lusaka 25333
4970 IND AIR Shillong,Mawgrong,Meghalaya 25433
4975 TJK Voice of Russia, via Yangiyul 44444
4980 CHN Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi // 3990 45434
5010 IND AIR Thiruvananthapura, Kerala 35433
5015 IND AIR Delhi, Kingsway 25211 Hum and irregular
5040 IND AIR Jeypore, Orissa 45434
5050 IND AIR Aizawl, Mizoram 33433 QRM CHN 5050
5050 CHN Beibu Bay R, Nanning 25443
5060 CHN Xinjiang PBS,Urumqi // 3950 45444
5960 CHN Xinjiang PBS,Urumqi // 3950 43433
5965 MLA RTM Kajang in Malay 24433
6015 CHN Xinjiang PBS,Urumqi // 4330 45444
6035 BTN BBS, Sangaygang, Thimphu 45434 Not always on the air on SW
6045 IND AIR Gorakpur, Uttar Pradesh // 3945 43433
6050 MLA RTM Kajang in Malay 23432 QRM Xizang 6050
6120 CHN Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi // 3990 45434
6250 KRE PBS, Pyongyang // 3250 25333
6398 KRE PBS, Pyongyang // 3250 25333
7205 CHN Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi // 3990 34423
7295 MLA RTM Kajang in English 24433
7310 CHN Xinjiang PBS,Urumqi // 3950 43433
Note 1. AIR Kurseong was never heard on 4895 or 7230 kHz due to repair.
Note 2. R Kashmir, Jammu was never heard on 4830 during my stay. Off the air.
Note 3. AIR Kohima was never heard on 4850 during my stay. Off the air.
Note 4. AIR Ranchi was never heard on 4960 during my stay. Off the air.
Note 5. AIR Itanagar was never heard on 4990 during my stay. Off the air..
Note 6. No North, Central or South American stations were audible on 60 mb at any time!
Meus escassos MW-loggings: (Poucas estações eram audíveis no Himalaia!)
675 IND AIR Itanagar heard in Kalimpong 25333
693 BGD Bangladesh Betar heard in Thimphu 25333
729 IND AIR Guwahati Kalimpong/Thimphu 35433
846 IND AIR Ahmedabad heard in Thimphu 25322
999 BGD Bangladesh Betar heard in Thimphu 25222
098 CHN UNID station heard in Thimphu 25222
1404 IND AIR Gangtok in Gangtok // 4835 55555
Anker Petersen (tnx Dario Monferini)
