I did finally hear what i think was Radio Thailand on 17640 AT 0530 UTC, WHICH IS 930PM here... but it was too in the mush to verify WHAT exactly I was hearing
Paul On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 2:23 AM, Wolfgang Bueschel <[email protected]> wrote: > 17639.949 kHz IBB Ban Dung Udorn Thani, Radio Thailand English 0530 UT. > > Subject: Radio Thailand and the Death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej HS1A > > Re the commentary by Mr. Walker in Alaska recently, > on the Radio Thailand's early morning > central Asian, western Russia, Scandinavia target English sce > at 0530-0600 UT on the frequency of > > 17640 kHz from IBB relay site Ban Dung in north eastern Thailand Udorn > Thani > corner. > > As usual the Band Dung frequency alignement exactness isn't great, > noted Radio Thailand on measured 17639.949 kHz. > > Signal was heard WELL all over Europe, Spain, Italy, Bavaria, Netherlands, > Poland, Sweden, Finland, and Moscow Russia. > > Average DXer without rx and antenna equipment access > may join to use the Dutch Enschede Twente University > Wide-band WebSDR receiver, noted Radio Thailand broadcast this morning > on 17640 kHz at 0549 UT Oct 15 with S=9+20dB or -57dBm signal in peaks. > http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ > > Best signal noted in center of the wanted target of the > 324 degrees beam azimuth out of Ban Dung Udorn Thani, Thailand: > remote Moscow Russia S=9+20dB or -52dBm on peak at 0537 UT on Oct 15. > > S=8-9 or -77dBm ons remote SDR units in southern Germany, Italy, Spain etc. > Northern Sweden S=9+5dB or -72dBm in peaks. > > At 0537 UT heard political commentary of EU relations, "News Stories > Afternoon", then followed by "Nation's Security Report" feature, "Peaceful > Society", "National Interest", til 0555 UT. FM channel Bang Kok given also. > News reader at 0550 UT mentioned also > the dead of King Bhumibol Adulyadej HS1A > > At 0556 UT greet SAWADEE KAP. > > 73 wb > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Horacio Nigro Sent: Thursday, October > 13, 2016 > > Subject: Radio Thailand and the Death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej > > He was an amateur radio operator, ham, with callsign HS1A. > > Quoted from > http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2016/october/king-bhumibol- > adulyadej-hs1a-sk.htm#.V__rN_Qay1s > > "The King of Thailand, *His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej HS1A* passed > away on October 13, 2016 at the age of 88 > > He was born on December 5, 1927 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and ascended to > the throne on June 9, 1946. > > On August 18, 1989, officers of both the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand > (RAST) and the Voluntary Radio Association (VRA) had an audience with His > Majesty King Bhumibhol Adulyadej at Chitrlada Palace when a senior Ministry > of Communications representative presented an advanced class amateur radio > licence bearing the callsign *HS1A* to His Majesty the King". > > (Horacio Nigro Geolkiewsky, CX3BZ Uruguay, dxld Oct 13) > > > 2016-10-13 17:04 GMT-03:00z > >> >> Listening to their domestic English service on 88FM (via their web stream) >> the audio changed suddenly from English to Thai at the time of his death. >> > > Listening to the other Radio Thailand networks I noticed that they were >> all playing the same message so it looks as if all the government Radio >> Thailand stations all joined together for this important message. >> >> Rob, Glasgow, Scotland. >> >> > No mention of his death on today's (Thursday's) Radio Thailand English >> broadcast on 9390 kHz at 19:00 UTC (monitored using the U. Twente Holland >> receiver). Likely the program was recorded in the morning and the king >> died at 15:52 local time (08:52 UTC) and the announcement wasn't made >> until Thursday evening local time. >> >> -- Richard Langley Canada >> > > _ > Hard-Core-DX mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx > http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ > _______________________________________________ > > THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed > and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License > published by Michael Stutz at > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html > _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
