DRM Reception

Crystal Clear DRM reception in Bangalore received during the month of January 2012, on Elektor SD Radio using Dream Software.

AIR Khampur on 15050Khz, SINHALA SERVICE

BBC WORLD SERVICE on 5845Khz signal from Nakhon Sawan, Thailand

'SUPER MOON'

During the full moon on March 19th 2011 the moon was only 221,565 miles (356,575 kilometers) away. The closest it’s been in almost 20 years. It appeared 14 percent bigger and 30% brighter than usual. These photos (though not very professional) were taken from the terrace of my house.

ART.....

Unfinished 'ART' made using soldering lead by my friend Vijayakumar D

Clay Art...LORD Ganesha...caught at a gift shop.....

The new BULLET train!!

Check this..... god created BULLET train, taken on W810I

Solar Eclipse

Solar Eclipse on 15th Jan 2010 as viewed on the 'wall'

'Shreya Ghoshal' - Another phenomenon!!!

Shreya Ghoshal is undoubtedly another phenomenon after Indian nightingale Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle. I was fortunate enough to watch her, performing live at recent Ganesha festival Utsav 2010. I am big fan of her sweet, soothing voice. She is the winner of several awards including National Film awards, Filmfare awards at a very young age. I have been following her since her Sa Re Ga Ma on Zee TV days. She has sung several Kannada songs and most of them have become huge hit.

I read in WikipediA website that she has got special recognition from the governer of US state of Ohio, Ted Strickland declared by a proclamation that June 26th, 2010 is "Shreya Ghoshal Day" in the state of Ohio in recognition of Shreya's musical contribution. Swami Vivekananda and Rabindranath Tagore were the only Indians to receive this title. She recently lend her voice to Bengaluru band 'AGAM' for their song ' LIVE AGAIN' in support of breast cancer awareness. To save this song, right click on this link and 'Save as' http://www.liveagain.in/LiveAgain.mp3 It is really an awesome song........

My official visit to Jodhpur...

I had been to Jodhpur during last July that is between 10th to 13th of July 2009, got to see some interesting historical places there. Started off with my friend Ranjith by walk to Mehrangarh fort from Jodhpur city....Here are some photos taken by my SE W810I

Over the clouds!! aboard flight from Bangalore to Ahmedabad!

On the way to visit the famous Mehrangarh Fort,

Distant view of Mehrangarh fort

The blue city...view of Jodhpur city from the top of Mehrangarh Fort

Distant view of Jaswant Thada.....

.....the great canyon's over the top of the fort...

on the way back, visited Jaswant Thada...

Distant view...of Umed Palace..from Mehrangarh Fort

Building SD Radio...

My interest in building an SD radio, got a push from good old friend Mr. M V S Sarma, without whose help, I would not attempt to build this Software Defined Radio. The article was published in May 2007 issue of Elektor Electronics. He helped me with the Cypress chip, programmable clock generator CY27EE16 a hard to find chip! It gives immense pleasure to listen to this SD Radio. The antenna used is Inverted V. Following are some of the pictures of my home-brewed unit.

SD Radio in a metallic enclosure :

SD Radio assembled PCB

'DEUTSCHEWELLE' DRM on G8JCFSDR Software:

'DEUTSCHEWELLE' DRM on DREAM Software:

'AIR - KHAMPUR' DRM on DREAM Software:

Listen to DRM signal - To SAVE, right click and SAVE AS...

SSB rag chew heard on 7065kHz - To SAVE, right click and SAVE AS...

Trip to my native Kundapur, this summer....

I will let u know my experiences that I had during the long drive to my native place Kundapur, this summer...........I'll be posting some beautiful photos clicked by my Canon PowerShot S 5IS and Sony Ericsson W810i.....

Spectacular scenic view at Agumbe, on the western ghats

Wild creatures down the ghats..................

A unique scenic view of Arabian Sea, National Highway No. 17 & Souparnika River, Maravanthe

Boating in Souparnika River...

Beautiful landscapes...Kudremukh National park,

Kadambi water falls......

Folk art of South Kanara, Yakshagana by child artistes, performed at our native home on the occassion of my second cousin SriRam Holla's Brahmopadesham!!