Dual Audio Services Christmas Night

 On 25 December KTWR will broadcast our regular DRM programs to China at 10:57 UTC and Japan at 12:00 UTC with two audio services.  The Chinese program will be available in either Mandarin or Cantonese and the Japanese program in either Japanese or Korean.  Both will be on 9910 kHz.  To accommodate both channels we will be using 64QAM modulation rather than our usual 16QAM.  This will raise the threshold SNR for reception by about 4dB.  If you have difficultly receiving the signal, please use your best antenna and eliminate local noise sources (florescent lights, PC power adapters, ...).  The 11:29 UTC Japanese program, The Word Today, will be broadcast in the single audio/ 16QAM format.

Christmas Broadcast Update

Hi again. We ran into some unexpected interference with our 11860kHz DRM broadcast at 1358-1428UTC. As of this Friday, 10 December, we will move it to 11890kHz. We hope this will greatly improve the SNR in central India.

73 and have a great Christmas de KTWR

New DXers Diary Contest

 Dear listeners of DXERS DIARY,

• Starting this week, we will be conducting a contest until 6 February 2022.

• During these 2 months, listeners who send regular reception reports for DXERS DIARY will be eligible to take part in the contest.

• 5 winners will be randomly drawn from this group of participants.

• They will win a special code with which they can download the Starwaves DRM Radio mobile application, free of cost. This will allow them to listen to their favorite DRM radio stations on a mobile phone.

• DXers Diary would like to thank the DRM Consortium and Starwaves for sponsoring the gift.

• Please send your reception reports to dxersdiary@gmail.com.

Remember that this program is aired at the beginning of KTWR's 1028-1056UTC DRM broadcast on 15200kHz every Sunday.

73 from KTWR