Special Broadcast - 22 June 2024

Global Radio Ministries will broadcast both English and Japanese versions during their regular Saturday DRM broadcast from 1200 to 1230 on 22 June 2024.

Broadcasting two audio channels requires us to use 64-QAM modulation for the Main Service Channel.  The receiver needs about 3dB more signal than is required for the 16-QAM usually used.  We expect to have our Antenna 1, which was destroyed in the typhoon last summer, restored by Saturday.  That will improve our signal to Japan.

Global Radio Ministries hopes to switch that program from English to Japanese in the near future, but this Saturday is a demonstration of their ability to produce the program in the Japanese language.

DXers Diary Drawing

Hi everyone,

Many of you have used or heard of the World Radio and Television Handbook (WRTH). The following is an announcement of a drawing for the WRTH web app.

Dear Friends and fellow DXers.
I have happy news from WRTH. WRTH has come forward to gift 2 free licenses for WRTH web app to DXers Diary listeners. The programme is broadcast every Sunday in DXers Diary in 15390 KHz DRM at 15.00 hrs UTC and 11965 kHz analog every Wednesday at 11.00 hrs UTC. 

This is what you need to do to take part in the drawing:

Listen to DXers Diary on a regular basis for the next three months and send me your reception reports.
The listeners who send me reception reports on a regular basis for 3 months will be eligible for the lucky draw. I will soon announce the date of commencement of the contest. This contest is open to both DRM and SW listeners.

Reception Reports need to be sent to:

dxersdiary@gmail.com

Happy DXing 
Arun Kumar
VU2BBF
Producer and Presenter 
DXERS DIARY

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

Minor change to DRM schedule

Hi everyone. We are thankful for the reception reports that have been coming in for KTWR's DRM broadcasts. They have been quite helpful.

One case in point is with our Japanese DRM block on Saturdays. Some parts of Japan are experiencing interference to the broadcast on 9910kHz. We are going to try out a new frequency for that block. Effective 31 December, the DRM schedule for Japan will be:

Day              Time(UTC)         Frequency         Coverage Area         Language

Saturday     1130-1230          9320 kHz            Japan                      Japanese, English

Please let us know how that performs in the new year.

73 and have a blessed Christmas from KTWR.

KTWR B23 DRM Broadcast Schedule - Updated

Hello everyone.

KTWR is going to continue to broadcast the same DRM program blocks that we are currently airing, except for one block. However, there will be several frequency changes. Please check the list below for the B23 schedule. 

Please note that the Tuesday - Friday 1600-1630 English broadcast will not continue into the B23 season. We are sorry for this last-minute change.

KTWR Digital Broadcasts

 

DRM broadcasts (Effective 29 October 2023):

 

                                                                           Designated

Day              Time (UTC)        Frequency        Coverage Area         Language

Saturday     1059-1129          12040 kHz          China                       English

 

Saturday     1130-1230          9910 kHz            Japan                      Japanese, English

                         

Monday       1215-1245         9910 kHz            China                       Mandarin

Sunday        1500-1545        13690 kHz           India                        English

Sunday        1600-1630        13690 kHz           India                        South Indian languages

73 from KTWR