{"id":58430,"date":"2023-12-13T07:28:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T11:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=58430"},"modified":"2023-12-13T07:28:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T11:28:34","slug":"chucks-indian-music-fix-via-air-port-blair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/chucks-indian-music-fix-via-air-port-blair\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck’s Indian music fix via AIR Port Blair"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Chuck Rippel (K8HU), who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>With so many SWBC outlets choosing to go off air, I find that I really miss Indian music.\u00a0 This time of year was ripe for a number of regional Indian outlets on 60M to be audible on ECNA during local evening, peaking around 0100Z.\u00a0 A fairly skillful DX catch was AIR Port Blair transmitting on 4760.0.<\/p>\n

Port Blair is the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and is located on South Andaman Island with the Bay of Bengal on the west coast and the Andaman Sea off the east, they are actually located a bit closer to Burma than India.\u00a0 Don\u2019t put a visit to Andaman Is on your bucket list though, The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Protection of Aboriginal Tribes Act of 1956<\/strong><\/em> prohibits travel to the island, and any approach closer than 5 nautical miles (9.3 km), in order to protect the remaining tribal community from “mainland” infectious diseases against which they (likely) have no acquired immunity.<\/p>\n

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No more shortwave but wait, the programming is still available VIA webcast, URL below. The programming heard here so far has been in Bengali and Hindi but surprise, at 2230Z and 1737Z, I was surprised to hear the news read in English.\u00a0 The Andaman Islands observe Indian Standard time or UTC +5:30 which put their TOH at the EST: 30 or, our BOH.<\/p>\n

So, treat yourself to some Naan Bread, spool up your web browser and click on:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/onlineradiofm.in\/stations\/air-port-blair-pc<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you, Chuck!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Chuck Rippel (K8HU), who writes: With so many SWBC outlets choosing to go off air, I find that I really miss Indian music.\u00a0 This time of year was ripe for a number of regional Indian outlets on 60M to be audible on ECNA during local evening, peaking around 0100Z.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3194,3],"tags":[52,53,10393,6105,10392],"class_list":["post-58430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-guest-posts","category-news","tag-air","tag-all-india-radio","tag-andaman-and-nicobar-islands","tag-chuck-rippel-k8hu","tag-port-blair"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fcq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56020,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/chuck-rippel-sweetens-the-deal-on-the-great-medium-wave-daylight-dx-challenge\/","url_meta":{"origin":58430,"position":0},"title":"Chuck Rippel “Sweetens the deal” on The Great Medium Wave Daylight DX Challenge!","author":"Jock Elliott","date":"March 7, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jock Elliott, KB2GOM After yesterday's post appeared, Chuck Rippel reached out to me and offered: To whomever logs the most stations using a GE SR-I or SR-II, I will donate that person, a >free< SR-I or SR-II restoration.\u00a0 Includes, parts, alignment, cleaning, etc....\u00a0\u00a0 The winner's only cost will be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mediumwave"","block_context":{"text":"Mediumwave","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/mediumwave\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GE-Superadio-II-Chuck-Ripple-Mods-1024x737.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GE-Superadio-II-Chuck-Ripple-Mods-1024x737.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GE-Superadio-II-Chuck-Ripple-Mods-1024x737.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":55665,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/chuck-rippels-ge-superadio-repair-and-recapping-service\/","url_meta":{"origin":58430,"position":1},"title":"Chuck Rippel’s GE Superadio Repair and Recapping Service","author":"Thomas","date":"February 12, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"If you own a GE Superadio I or Superadio II and you would like an expert to restore and\/or replace the capacitors, you're in luck! 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