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Title: Bangladesh Betar - July 31 - anomaly with no CNR1 QRM on 4750 kHz.
Post by: Ron - Calif. on July 31, 2021, 1450 UTC

BANGLADESH. 4750.0, Bangladesh Betar (External Service), with major anomaly on July 31. CNR1, which
usually is well heard here, was off the air (CNR1, on 4800, was heard normally!); extremely rare for CNR1 to
be silent here; BB xmtr on at 1223 UT and immediately started their test tone; 1227-1230, distinctive IS; 1230,
time pips; 1231, start of news in English (not very readable); some nice selections of subcontinent music/singing;
a segment about the "Father of the Nation" (Sheikh Mujib) and Pakistan/Bangladesh history.

Would be wonderful if CNR1 stayed off the air on this frequency! Before 1223, did hear a very faint carrier (no audio)
on 4749.95, which must have been from the Voice of Indonesia, via Cimanggis/Jakarta (BTW - VOI on 3325, via
Palangkaraya, had a strong carrier today, but no audio at all).

Title: Re: Bangladesh Betar - July 31 - anomaly with no CNR1 QRM on 4750 kHz.
Post by: Ron - Calif. on August 05, 2021, 0122 UTC

Aug 4 - CNR1 continues to be off the air on 4750 kHz., leaving Bangladesh Betar in the clear.
BB IS and time pips on Aug 3, audio posted at http://bit.ly/3imeGsB .

Title: Re: Bangladesh Betar - July 31 - anomaly with no CNR1 QRM on 4750 kHz.
Post by: alpard on February 08, 2023, 2001 UTC

I have not heard CNR on the frequency, but it was always Bangladesh Betar.  I used to be confused it with R Dunmis Uganda due to outdated information from SW Info and SW Schedule sites.

BB is clear albeit weak, and stable signal for long time, and I put several recordings of the BB RXing to my youtube channel.
There supposed to be Voice of Indonesia on the frequency after BB schedule, but I couldn't quite copy it.
I will keep trying.