A project for Technical audit of MW (Medium Wave – frequency from 530 to
1620KHz) & SW (Short Wave - frequency from 3 to 30 MHz) services of All
India Radio for its Reach and Effectiveness has been undertaken by Prof. Girish
Kumar, Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Bombay.
There are nearly
150 MW transmitters, around 50 SW transmitters and 410 FM transmitters in India.
Our team would be doing radiation measurement all over India. As part of the
project, we also have to do survey for estimation of number of people listening
to MW & SW bands and the quality of programs being aired.
The purpose
of all the above is that FM radios are now wide spread and people may not be
listening to MW & SW. Majority of the mobile phones and car radios have FM
radio but not MW &SW radios. MW & SW have been in existence for the last
six decades but now the question is: are these still useful?
This project
is of great national importance since Prasar Bharati is making financial losses
of around Rs.10,000 crores annually and also consuming massive electrical power
and other resources.
We need to collect the data from 10,000+ people,
which will help Prasar Bharati to take a policy decision. I request you all to
please contact your relatives, friends, etc. in various parts of the country to
give their feedback.
Please find the form below comprising of the details
regarding All India Radio services. Yours and your friends/relatives early
response will be greatly appreciated.
Please fill in the survey: http://tinyurl.com/jx7croc
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Alokesh
Gupta
New Delhi
