Monday, January 13, 2025
Happy New Year 2025
With The Heartiest Well Wishes To All
73
VU3WTI(Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK)
NL56hi(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)
Monday, November 25, 2024
Cosmos Club Celebrating Its Golden Jubilee
Finally, the day has come.The Cosmos Club of Abhayapuri, from shortwhile for now,is going to formally begun its 50th year celebration on its foundation .I guess today(November 25th) is also the foundation day of the club.
As per information written on the banner of Cosmos Club on their 50th anniversary..
Important Programmes today morning at the Club premises at Lachit Nagar of Abhayapuri Town.
9:00AM Hoisting Of Cosmos Club Flag
9:15AM Hoisting of Special Golden Jubilee Flag
9:30AM Hoisting of 49 Flags by Distinguished Guests and Cosmos Club Members
10:30AM Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of Rabin Banikya Momorial Cosmos Club Gate
11:00AM Cultural Procession
Early Morning Visit To Cosmos Club .....
And link to part I of the series of articles on Cosmos Club written by me..
https://gkcalling.blogspot.com/2024/10/cosmos-club77780-81-turns-50-my.html
https://gkcalling.blogspot.com/2024/10/cosmos-club77780-81-turns-50-my.html
VIVE LA COSMOS CLUB!!!
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
B24 Monitoring Updates First Week First Report
Welcome to my monitroing updates for the first time on this B24 season(October 27,2024-March 29,2025) with special monitoring observations.
RIG used :Yaesu FT 891 on battery ,long random wire as antenna
Place Of Monitoring:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)
Let's check some monitored schedule informations for B24 season along with some observations.
Radio Thailand World Service English
0000-0029utc 13750kHz
0200-0229utc 13750kHz ex 15590kHz
0500-0529utc 17640kHz
Here is the link to the audio file link recorded by me of Radio Thailand English on 17640kHz around 0500utc on October 30th.
Radio Philipinas WorldWide English
0200-0330utc 17820kHz 15640kHz
Voice Of Turkey Urdu
1300utc onwards for 50 minutes or so on 15390kHz
Good Signal,Interval signal plus Station Idd announcement in Urdu can be heard from 1255utc onwards.But the audio was rough and sometimes difficult to understand atleast for me. Here is the audio file link recorded around 1300utc of VOT Urdu on November 3rd:
BBC World Service English during morning hours from October 28th as per the following schedule
0000-0059utc 5980kHz
0000-0200utc 6035kHz via Tashkent
0059-0159utc 7430kHz
In the evening it can be well heard from 1200utc onwards on 12030kHz.
Here is the audio file link...the audio recorded around 1228utc on 12030kHz of BBCWS on October 27th:
I will try to compile a monitoring observations further for its evening transmissions later.
Akashvani External Service's Nepali Service
0145-0315utc 15410kHz via SPT Bengaluru
Good signal strength but sometimes rough audio still there
0900-1030utc 15410kHz via SPT Bengaluru
as same mentioned earlier
but other parallel frequencies viz 9795kHz & 118865kHz both via Delhi has been poor here in my location.
Station KNLS Alaska English via Madagascar World Voice(MWV)
monitored schedule same as in the summer.
on 13760kHz
from 0200-258utc & repeat from 0300-0358utc.
But it was off the air on October 28th during both time slots,but on the following day i.e. from October 29th, it has come back on air.On October 28th,I did check KNLS's parent organisation World Christan Broadcasting website on my mobile I did not find this part of their schedule.Later a DXER from Hyderbad who checked the website on his PC found out the schedule was there.In mobile, this part of their schedule was hidden or could not seen properly.That's why I miss it.I thought KNLS English to India was deleted.
Like summer, the first transmission slot is giving better reception than the second repeat transmission.
Radio New Zealand(RNZ)Pacific English is well heard here during 1100-1258utc on 13755kHz.Here is the audio file link recorded around 1200utc on October 27th:
And another audio file recorded around 1204utc on the same evening.
https://app.box.com/s/p3o7jhc2vw5obqdy0q8d2xqwelumnejq
Adventist World Radio:
Adventist World Radio:
AWR Assamese via KSDA Guam was heard with strong signal on 17735kHz as per the skd announced from 1330utc.
But no English transmission of AWR via KSDA Guam was there in their B24 schedule as reported earlier in the and no fresh uodate of schedule information has been posted so far.So, no Wavescan,the Global DX Program from AWR via KSDA Guam is there.I heard last two sundays's edition (October 27th & November 3rd) of the program via live streaming on WRMI website.And here a recording link a portion of the host Jeff White regarding AWR & Wavescan:
But no fresh podcast available from October 27th edition onwards on Wavescan in the AWR website so far.Meanwhile, it has been reported among other things related to Wavescan-recenet developments in AWR in the Glen Hauser's World Of Radio IO Groups as posted by Ray Robinson that Wavescan will be available on a new podcast form at https://wavescan.podomatic.com
and will be available on shortwave via WRMI, WWCR, VOH-Africa and IRRS as before.And they are also in touch with some other shortwave stations which are broadcasting to Asia to air Wavescan.
I like to thank specially to OM Jose Jacob,VU2JOS of Hyderabad for his updates related B24 schedules ,recent changes in AWR & related to Wavescan and WRMI live streaming schedule of Wavescan etc.
I like to thank specially to OM Jose Jacob,VU2JOS of Hyderabad for his updates related B24 schedules ,recent changes in AWR & related to Wavescan and WRMI live streaming schedule of Wavescan etc.
More observations/radio news/monitoring reports etc from time to time.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)
Friday, October 25, 2024
Monitoring My Two 7s..7145 & 7070kHz
New Horizon Amateur Radio Bulletin Board (Special Warm Up Edition)
(WTI/NH/ARBB/SP/A24/02/25-10-24)
For all monitoring observations
RIG used:Yaesu FT 891 on battery ,long random wire as external antenna
Place Of Monitoring:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)
Grid Square:NL56hi
Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission
Special Notes,symbols etc used for this report:
All time mentioned in Indian Standard Time(ist)
> indicating onwards ,amateur station's location mentioned as per info available in first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale as per S meter reading of the RIG unless mentioned otherwise.
Monitor's special notes (Khas Tippany HI HI)have been highlighted.
Frequency:7145kHz lsb
Date:October 15,2024
WX:Cloudy
Noise Level S2
0816ist> VU3LGT (Asansol) 55,VU2OWB(Khaspur-Nadia) 57
0821ist>VU2DBE(Kolkata) 56-57VU3LGT 55
0827ist>VU3TKC(Kolkata) 55-56, VU3LGT 55,VU2DBE 57
from 0831ist onwards Noise Level S1
0835ist>VU2DBE 57-55,VU2TKC 57-59, VU3LGT 55 with QSB
0842ist>VU2DBE 56-54,VU3LGT 55
0846ist>VU2OWB 53,VU3LGT 55,VU2DBE 57 around 0849ist
Date:October 20,2024
0735ist>S21HA (Bangladesh) with 30W 58-56, VU3LGT 57,S21RW(Dhaka?) 59
0739ist>VU2OWB QRP 54-55,VU3LGT 57,S21HA 57,S21RW 57,
0742ist>VU2OWB 54-53,VU3LGT 55-57
Noise Level S1-S2
0749ist>VU3LGT 57-55, S21RW 56-58
0753ist>VU3LGT 57,S21RW 58-55
0800ist>Noise Level S1,S21RW 57,VU3LGT 56 to 53
Date:October 23,2024
Noise Level S1
0744ist>VU3LGT( 58 VU2OWB 55
0747ist S21HA(Bangladesh) breaking call heard 57
0748ist>S21HA 59 to 57,VU2OWB 55,VU3LGT 57
0755ist>VU2OWB 54,VU3LGT 56 to 57
Date:October 24,2024
0749ist :VU2TKC 59 giving directional call to VU3LGT
No response
Later I heard VU2OWB 54 VU3ICT(Kolkata) 57
I am sorry I could not note down the exact time either between 0811-0819ist or 0841-0849ist.I am sorry for my lapse.
I am sorry I could not note down the exact time either between 0811-0819ist or 0841-0849ist.I am sorry for my lapse.
And now for the frequency of..
7070kHz lsb
Date:October 20,2024
0905-0908ist: VU3OKB(Guwahati) 56-57, VU3ZRI 54 QSB
Date:October 17,2024
0855ist>VU2YBP(Guwahati) 58-55,VU3OKB(Guwahati) weak
0856-0900ist:VU3OKB on QRO 57 VU2YPB 58
Noise Level S1-S2
Monitor's Note:
Noise Level S1-S2
Besides all the stations mentioned in the report,there might be a few stations,I forgot to mention & also a few stations I could not copy at all,all these logs were a rough diary of what I heard.There might be some errors here and there.
More reports/observations plus more amateur radio related news etc soon.
73 For the time being..
DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)
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