On 25 January I heard Bhutan with one of the biggest signals in recent
memory -- this was a Friday night EST, Saturday morning Thimpu time.
From about 0145 well past 0215 -- however, there were at least two
strange breaks in programming, almost as if they're having either
transmitter problems and/or studio issues....there was a sudden shutdown
or pause around 0151 without warning, but then back at about 0157, then
off again...Low modulation male in talk heard again around 0202 sounded
like news. Signal held up well after 0200....according to their Saturday
schedule on the website, they have news from 8:00 AM Thimpu time so
that's probably what this was...superb signal at Twente, but then I
shifted to one of two SDRs run by Victor G in Colombo, and signal there
was better, though still bit noisy on that Kiwi site. Checking again on
26 January, Sunday Thimphu time, BBS was there again at similar
excellent level -- sign on time seems to be about 0140 UTC. Bhutan
signal is good enough to withstand problems from 6,030 khz -- and a
larger signal on 6,020 which I presume is CRI. Listening in AM mode is
quite possible at this 0140 or so sign on, though USB/LSB need to be
employed a bit later to maintain clarity. I was able to make an
excellent recording of BBS sign on on 1/26, again this is all via Twente
SDR which as far as I know still operates with a PA0RDT mini-whip, which
speaks well of the capabilities of the Twente site. Distance from
Netherlands to Thimphu is 7257 km.
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