Tuesday, February 13, 2024

GK CLICKS

 


Advent Of Spring At Abhayapuri??

 Read and heard somewhere when the cuckoo calls it symbolises the advent of spring.Today i.e.February 13th..just a day before Valentine's day I heard the call of cuckoo from the a mango tree while working in my campus.It was in late afternoon around 3.41PM. But the call was for only a few second in some spell.Later I heard another spell of brief call after 30 minutes or so while giving water to the plants in our campus adjacent wood.I guess it was even shorter than the previous one.Two of three cuckoos are there in our campus moving around all around the year.It has become a safe heaven for them.I have posted a post related to it in this blog.For ready reference ,I am again mentioning the link here.
https://gkcalling.blogspot.com/2023/02/first-call-of-cuckoo-this-year.html
Anyway, that's it for today..bye for now
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

On This Winter.....

A Few Weeks Back...In The Morning In The Mist
 With Best Wishes
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER..

 WITH MY BEST WISHES & GREETINGS FOR A NEW YEAR 2024
INVERTED V 40/20MB DIPOLE AT MY QTH(ABHAYAPURI AT PRESENT)

Due to unavoidable circumstances,I could not post anything for a long time,I am sorry for that.I will be able to post more regularly from now on.Amateur Radio for me is a hobby and a tool for improving myself technically,understanding fascinating world of science of communication ....& many things ...
73
VU3WTI(Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK)
Abhayapuri,(Assam)(India),NL56hi

WITH BEST WISHES TO ALL

 ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD RADIO DAY


My romance with Radio is continuing for several decades....
Listened,Listening,Will be listening and also will be transmitting as an amateur radio operator from my own station on HF bands in future...Yes, the scene of international broadcasting on HF bands is not encouraging at all as I have observed.First television,then television via cable,later via dish side by side with the availability of internet at high speed and internet via mobile..shift to digital platforms ..so called going online..news,views etc all instantaneously at your mobile...Its going with change of technology ..radio is too going digital,online..traditional analog radio broadcasting is still going on...hope will continue...I wish so....
More on my radio hobby coming up with my new series ..
Several Decades Of My Romance With Radio
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(VU3WTI)(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Friday, November 24, 2023

High In The Sky

 

By Indian Air force Fighter In The Sky
With Best Wishes 

73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

BBC World Service English Update

BBC World Service English In The Morning 0100-0200utc:
Acting on a tip from Jose Jacob(VU2JOS) from Hyderabad,I also observed this morning (November 24th) BBCWS English has moved to 6035kHz during 0100-0200utc replacing 5875kHz.There was nothing audible on 5875kHz during that time slot.I think 5875kHz was from Uzbekistan Relay from 0000-0200utc.It is be monitored whether 6035kHz replaced 5875kHz for entire 0000-0200utc.
From the  audio tone(modulation) quality , it appears to me, it is from Uzbekistan relay.There was slight noise there with audio.
Here is the audio file link recorded around 0122utc on 6035kHz.
And on the parallel 7430kHz (via Oman) during 0100-0200utc,though it was previouly strong signal strength no noise etc there, today(i.e.on November 24th), I observed noise plus co-channel interference, but due to stronger signal strength the audio could be copied comfortably.
Here is the link to the audio file recorded around 0146utc of BBCWS on 7430kHz this morning.
https://app.box.com/s/jrqg0cvnz04vzf8l3y5boi6ia8rvu270

Thanks VU2JOS for his alert message.

For monitoring,I used both my Grundig YB 400 & 80 with my 40/20mb Inverted V centre feed dipole.But the audio files I recorded from my Grundig YB 400.


More observations/monitoring reports etc from time to time.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)