Language Change on Saturday DRM to China, English to Mandarin

 Beginning on 27 April 2024 the program will be entirely in Mandarin.  20 April will be first program of a new series in the New Testament book of First Thessalonians in English.  That program will be repeated the following Saturday in Mandarin.  The rest of the series will be broadcast in Mandarin.

South India Reception Issue

Hi DXers. We hope that the A24 broadcast season has provided good listening conditions for you. However, we know this has not turned out to be the case in all KTWR coverage areas. 

We are currently investigating the poor performance in parts of southern India for our 15390kHz broadcasts. We saw similar behavior with the 13690kHz broadcasts last season. It seems as if there is a multipath issue. The areas where the problem is most apparent are in near Coimbatore, near Bangalore, and near Chennai. If we could get data such as impulse response plots from Dream listeners in those areas, it would help us see what is happening. 

Thanks for your help and 73.

KTWR A24 DRM Schedule

Hi everyone.

We have good news for you. KTWR is maintaining the current amount of time for DRM broadcasts for the A24 broadcast season. The only timing change is that the two Sunday blocks will have no gap between them. The South Indian language broadcasts will start 15 minutes earlier than they do in the B23 season. The end time will also be earlier.

We are grateful for your reception reports. The posts on WhatsApp have been quite helpful. It will be interesting to see how 19 meters performs in India. We have seen some intermittent multipath issues with 22 meters in parts of India.

KTWR Digital Broadcasts

 

DRM broadcasts (Effective 31 March 2024):

 

                                                                           Designated

Day              Time (UTC)        Frequency        Coverage Area         Language

Saturday     1059-1130          12120 kHz          China                       English

 

Saturday     1130-1230          9320 kHz            Japan                      Japanese, English

                         

Monday       1215-1245         9910 kHz            China                       Mandarin

Sunday        1500-1545        15390 kHz           India                        English

Sunday        1545-1615        15390 kHz           India                        South Indian languages

73 from KTWR