My Amateur Radio Reception Logs On World Amateur Radio Day

Date:April 18,2025

RIG: Yaesu FT891 Antenna:Long Wire 

Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)

Special Notes,symbols etc used for this report:

All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist) and where possible in Coordinated Universal Time(utc) also & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch on some cases)

> 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 .

7050kHz lsb

(The Hambel Belgaum Net Warm Up Session)

Noise Level:S2-S3

0607ist onwards upto 0652ist  appoximately

VU2RZA (Chennai)S9 to S5 with perfect copy & QSB time to time,many stations heard ,they were weak to very weak, a few not audible at all,here,VU2UWO(Near IIT Campus,Kharagpur,West Bengal) trying to break several times one such call of VU2UWO heard around 0625ist

Some of the stations well heard other than VU2RZA..0631ist VU2KFR 58(Kolkata), 

0644is>t VU2TIW(Bokaro Steel City) 59

0646ist >VU2TIW 59 VU2RZA 56

7145kHz lsb

A team of Bengal Amateur Radio Society(BARS),Kolkata is camping at Mandarmani,Near Bay Of Bengal perhaps celebrating World Amateur Radio Day on field I heard a few familar voices from there with strong signal from there on 7145kHz lsb.
0800ist onwards upto 0823ist 

VU2ZOC(PO-portable operation) on CQ calls  S5-S7 for sometime,

0803ist onwards

VU3LGT(Asansol) S4 to S7,VU2ZOC S5-S7 ,VU2SKD(PO) S7,VU2GOR

VU3SXP (Kolkata) heard once perhaps weak but doubling effect , I understood VU3SXP not copied by others at Mandarmani

0811ist > VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar)53

0819ist > VU2ZOC S5-S7,VU3LGT S5,VU2GOR 56

monitor upto 0823ist

VU2ZOC,VU2SKD & VU2GOR ex VU3SJR were all operating from Mandarmani alertnatively.Heard about strong noise upto S9 over 20dB there at Mandarmani on the morning.VU2GOR stated that noise was not at such level in the last night perhaps due to some machine working in the vicinity.

World Amateur Radio Day On 18th April of Every Year:
It is celebrated on this day to mark the formation of the International Amateur Radio Union(IARU) in Paris in1925.This year also marks the IARU's centenary year. IARU has announced the theme of centenary year as "Entering the Next Century of Amateur Radio Communications & Innovation”.

More about IARU ,please visit

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More reports/observations plus more amateur radio related news etc soon.
73 

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

My Recent Monitoring on My Mornings 7s As I could Note Down....

 RIG: Yaesu FT891 Antenna:Inverted V dipole

Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)

Special Notes,symbols etc used for this report:

All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist) and where possible in Coordinated Universal Time(utc) also & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch on some cases)

> 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 .

Date:April 14,2025

7050kHz lsb

(The Hambel Belgaum Net Warm Up Session)

 Noise Level S2-S3

WX:Parly Cloudy,

0611ist approx onwards VU2RZA(Chennai) S5-S7

VU3IXK? not copied as such below noise level, VU2PNU(Belgaum) difficult copy below noise level

0616ist onwards Noise Level down to S1 minimum,weaker stations audible to some extent still not perfect copy 

0620ist> VU2JF(Rajkot) 55,no copy of VU2TE & VU3MES,VU2RZA 56,no copy of VU2RTF(Coimbature),

0625ist>VU2TIW(Bokaro Steel City) breaking call,VU2RZA 53-55,

0626ist>VU2JF 55 QSB,VU2TIW 56,no copy of VU3TBU(0628ist approx.),VU2OO(Gune) just heard 43,VU2RZA 55 QSB,no copy of VU2?EHR,VU2TUM(NCR) 22,,VU2RTF no copy(0631ist)

Date:April 15,2025 (Prothom Bohag)

14195kHz 0752ist 

CQ call of VU3DUK from Rajghar Road, Guwahati no copy

7145kHz lsb

0756ist>VU3SXP(Kolkata) 43 33, VU2DLU(Kolkata) 53-43 both of them noted with QSB and weak signal strength but later around 0758ist QSA (signal strength going down further)

0800ist>VU3SXP on CQ call 54 QSB, VU2UWO(Near IIT Campus,Kharagpur) 54 with slight QSB

7070kHz lsb 

0816ist> last part of VU3NYV(Shillong) CQ call good signal strength

7145kHz lsb

0835-0854ist

Heard VU2OWB(Kashpur,West Bengal),VU3LGT(Asansol) & VU3SXP,

VU2OWB & VU3LGT relatively weaker than usual but copied and VU3SXP was the weakest

Date:April 16,2025

7050kHz lsb 

(The Hambel Belgaum Net Warm Up Session)

0610ist>VU2JF 55,VU2RTF very weak

0613ist>VU2DOS 53-55 QSB,call to VU2RZA no response,VU3MES 43-53, VU2RTF 55,

Noise level S2 @0616ist,

0619ist> VU2RZA 55-57, VU3IXK NO COPY,VU2PNU poor copy below noise level

0628ist>noise level decreased to S1,

0631ist>VU2RZA 59, VU3LGT breaking call heard,VU?EHR no copy

0633ist>VU3LGT breaking call heard again-VU2RZA might not have copied him,VU2RZA 59 with QSB,VU3WCI very weak,

0636ist>VU3LGT 59,VU2RZA 59,VU2RTF very weak

from 0638ist again slightly nosier ..S2

More reports/observations plus more amateur radio related news etc soon.

73 

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

From Abhayapuri In Spring With 7145kHz lsb Logs

RIG: Yaesu FT891 Antenna:Inverted V dipole

Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi

A General Observation On 7050kHz lsb:

Belgaum Net Warm Session Summary from 0600-0700ist approx monitoring time

Nowadays, in the morning, as we are moving to summer via spring, is getting noiser and noiser from time to time, noise level moves to S3 sometimes.The reception  condition improves on 40mb overall later in the morning as the noise level moves down to minimum S1 level.But exception does occur.Now as it happens during spring-summer, even the most consistent strong received  station from Chennai of  VU2RZA is getting weaker & weaker.

Date:April 6,2025

7145kHz lsb

0748ist onwards 

VU3LGT (Asansol) VU2ATN(operating From Kolkata)...after VU2ATN going QRT,VU2DLU(Kolkata) VU2FRD(Bhubenswar,Odisha) joining .

VU2YUK OM Malcom from Aizawl heard giving call good signal strength S7-S9 here,but he might have not copied others much & others also could not copy him much.

VU2OWB(Khaspur,West Bengal) joining around 0758ist ,VU3NYV from Shillong also joined S7-S9 as his signal strength remains here in my place,

7145kHz 1718ist onwards for a minute or so

VU2YUK S7 VU3OII(West Bengal) very poor

Date:April 7,2025

7145kHz lsb 0753ist 

VU3NYV (Shillong) 57 to 59 VU2YUK(Aizawl) 58 59

0755ist onwards for a few moments

 Again I heard both of them in QSO on same frequency

this time both of them 59 

Monitor's Note :

I was very glad to hear perhpahs first HF contact between amateur operators of Shillong and Aizawl in recent years.

VU2YUK OM Malcom.operating from Aizawl (Mizoram)  heard again after a long break by me on 40mb.From my monitoring record , it was on July 10th of 2022, I heard VU2YUK on my location via uSDX RIG  with a long wire antenna etc set up on 7070kHz lsb from 0733ist onwards and on the frequency as per my record VU2EII OM Vijay  Sonam Da from Naharlagun,Arunachal Pradesh & VU2XBP from Guwahati.He is the first amateur radio station from Mirzoram, I heard on air just like a little earlier perhaps VU3HZT later upgraded to VU2EII, was the first amateur station on air from HF I heard from Arunachal Pradesh.

VU2YUK is still using his  Yaesu FT 891 with End Fed Half Wave(EFHW) antenna.I think he is also problem in reception due to noise prevalent in his locality in Aizawl.

Here is the link to the post in my blog in 2022:

https://gkcalling.blogspot.com/2022/11/flash-from-last-summer-first-amateur.html

Date:April 8,2025

From 0823ist onwards on 7145kHz lsb 

VU3NYV (Shillong)S7 to S9, VU2YUK(Aizawl ) S7 to S9 

VU2DBM(Guwahati) S7 to S9 over 5dB touching

VU2YUK went QRT but VU2DBM & VU3NYV continued for a while a few minutes after 0838ist as far as I could recall.

With Greetings....On the occasional traditional Assamese New Year & Bohag Bihu 

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)

A Few Medium Wave Audio Logs

Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) Grid Location:NL56hi
(26.341917,90.659366)

All time mentioned  in  Coordinated Universal Time(utc) 

RIG:Yaesu FT891 External Antenna:40/20mb Dual Bander Inverted V Dipole Centre feeded with RG58 coaxial cable

Date:March 31,2025

Akashvani Patna 

1259utc 621kHz (100kW)

Good signal strength,beeping sound like long morse key heard in the backgroud,

slightly noisy

Music,Station Idd frequency etc & next program(agricultural feature-Chopal) announcement in Hindi by male voice,music 

The recorded audio link:

https://app.box.com/s/dj32fpqqrb04l2wdlljvpp7ltaq2liuj

An Evening on 729kHz!

Myanmar Radio In Place Of Akashvani Guwahati Mahabahu

1258utc 729kHz 

Good Signal strength

A lady presenting a talk in Burmese

The recorded audio link:

https://app.box.com/s/wu962b948eddhro2xruxjgj98sv2s202

Monitor's Special Note:

For a long time Akashvani Guwahati Mahabahu remains off the air in the early morning from time to time and backs on suddenly late in the morning.Myanmar Radio (In Burmese)sometimes audible on 729kHz when Guwahati  is off the air in the early morning hours but Myanmar Radio disappears ( I mean its signal HI HI) abruptly after sometime.In the evening its the Myanmar Radio which is audible often and giving severe interference to Akashvani Guwahati on 729kHz. Sometimes in the evening, Guwahati remains off the air and you can listen loud and clear signal of Myanmar Radio on medium wave on 729kHz like I heard on April 6th evening.

I will monitor from time to time to give you updates on 729kHz. 

Date:April 8,2025

Akashvani Jabalpur 

0029utc 801kHz (200kW)

Good Signal strength,usual medium wave noise,

station Idd announcement plus time mentioned-next program news in Hindi to be relayed from Delhi,Chenai tune aired for briefly, news in Hindi by Nikhil Kumar,music,news aired-nes related to President Drupadi Murmu's attending a function in  Libson

The recorded audio link:

https://app.box.com/s/52wwsaod1rj1l647vp9peoghanwrrhmi

Radio Nepal Kathmandu 

0011utc 792kHz 

Sanskrit News by a lady

Strong Signal 

The recorded audio link:

https://app.box.com/s/myoc3jo48rngx41rtnpkh4ndho5wix49

More observations//monitoring reports etc soon.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

More Monitoring Observations On A25 Frequencies

Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) Grid Location:NL56hi
(26.341917,90.659366)

All time mentioned  in  Coordinated Universal Time(utc) 

RIG:Yaesu FT891 External Antenna:40/20mb Dual Bander Inverted V Dipole Centre feeded with RG58 coaxial cable

Date:April 4,2025

BBCWS English 

0106utc 12095kHz Al Seela, OMAN(250kW)

current affairs report about stock market related to President's Trump policy decision

stong signal, slight interference(QRM) co-channel was observed

The link to the  audio recorded around 0106utc

https://app.box.com/s/myoc3jo48rngx41rtnpkh4ndho5wix49

0107utc 9510kHz via Tashkent (100kW)

current affairs report etc

Good signal strength,slight noise observed

The link to the audio recorded:

https://app.box.com/s/u9l2h24lz1qosvgjhjj04aabzimfa8u9

Date:April 6,2025

Voice Of Mongolia(VOM) English

The Same Old Problem Of QRM . 

History Repeating Itself Again And Again

0902-0915utc 12085kHz Ulaanbaatar(250kW)

Severe  interference (QRM sideband splatter from a broadcasting station on 12080kHz ,nothing audible 

Here are the links to the audio file recorded around

0902utc 

https://app.box.com/s/cez7hqfvdzpe8ve36flefb7dy4ji1d2n

and again around 0914utc 

https://app.box.com/s/q8jjl1gz2amuo9zfotp5qwhex4w4zl8p

Monitor's Special Note:

The reception remains the same on VOM English on 12085kHz during 0900-0930utc here for several seasons.The moderate to heavy interference as  side band splatter from a broadcasting station on 12080kHz during the mentioned time slot prevents me to copy signal of that station.Its only on rare occasion when the station broadcasting remains off the air or the station's reception not very strong here, you can hear to some extent of Voice Of Mongolia English can be audible here in my place.

Akashvani External Service Nepali during 0900-1030utc:

15410kHz(via SPT Bengaluru-250kW?) is the only audible frequency so far upto April 6th during 0900-1030utc i.e.the second transmission of Akashvani External Service Nepali.On the other two parallel frequencies viz 11865kHz and 9795kHz, nothing is audible.Let me check for sometime and report.On the morning shortwave transmission of Akashvani External Service in  Nepali is on lone frequency of 15410kHz  during 0145-0315utc (via SPT Bengaluru-250kW?), the reception is also good upto S9 over 20db & beyond in signal strength.Though sometime slight co-channel interference has been observed. for brief period.

BBCWS English 

1202utc 17790kHz  Al Seela, OMAN(250kW) South Asia

News presented by a lady,strong signal, moderate noise like deliberate jamming type as we often has observed for a long time on some BBC or other shortwave broadcasting station's frequencies

The link to the audio recorded around 1202utc:

https://app.box.com/s/4bwly42diw5yhknn41e8r31vw7t8qy3e

1206utc 15295kHz  Al Seela, OMAN(250kW) South Asia

Nothing copied as such, the was noise, also the signal strength not so strong,a lady presenting the program that could I understood

The audio recorded around 1206utc:

https://app.box.com/s/p3oxzrx34deial62xk299wfv1brqvt0m

1216utc 21565kHz Madagascar (250kW) South East Asia

Good Signal,slightly noise

The audio recorded around  1218utc and the link:

https://app.box.com/s/pbl6bery52fv299oa7s5fcoyq2zcw573

Voice Of Turkiye(VOT) Urdu

1200utc 17580kHz Emirler,Turkiye (500kW)

time signal , male voice with station Idd frequency  etc announcements  with  Program highlights etc ,music, news presented by male voice

good signal strength S7 slight QSB,

The link to the audio file recorded around 1200utc:

https://app.box.com/s/fczba3l66li14oj94r8kkuob8hzsba68

Radio New Zealand(RNZ) Pacific English

1208utc 11725kHz Rangitaiki,New Zealand (50kW??)

Nothing audible as such due to heavy QRM (interference as side band splatter) from a station broadcasting on 11720kHz.

The audio recorded around 1208utc:

https://app.box.com/s/94gjlmydekwe6iw8mmk2wukfowzumz86

Wavescan via  Reach Beyond Australia 

1400-1429utc 11870kHz  Kununurra,Australia((100kW)

Overall reception good,strong signal upto S9 ,slight QSB there,slightly noisy because of my domestic electrical appliance perhaps rather than in the signal

Here are the two audio files links recorded around 

1400utc:

https://app.box.com/s/stpb98ac0tzauna91ad1krzwl7qepzxm

and 1427utc:

https://app.box.com/s/ayl8c45nxpwkk6vz906g0nsnhz7gwf2h

Monitor's Special Note:

For you information, Wavescan,the Weekly Global DX Program schedule produced by WRMI (Radio Miami International)Okeechobee,Florida USA is now on air via Reach Beyond Australia transmission facility of Kununurra,Australia (100kW) as per the following schedule...

On Sunday To India

1400-1430utc 11870kHz

On Monday To Japan

2230-2300utc 17650kHz 

Listeners of adjacent areas can hear the transmissions too as the shortwave can reach well beyond the target areas.

More observations//monitoring reports etc soon.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

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