Yesterday.... Once More

RIG: Yaesu FT891  Antenna End Feed End Fed

Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi

Latitude: 26° 20' 31" N

Longitude:090° 39' 34" E

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Radio Stations)

Special symbols etc used for this report:

All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist), all signal report as per S meter reading when copy is perfect or near perfect, sometimes by ear  report  but all reports as per RST scale  (with human touch/error) 

> 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 ,

Location of the station mentioned in first bracket where possible, 

Date:02/12/25

7145kHz lsb

0759ist>S21HA (Ishwarde) S7-S9, VU2FRD(Bhubuneswar ) S7 QSB, Noise Level S1-S2, VU2DBE (Mahestala, Kolkata) S8 slight QSB,

0807ist>VU2DBE S9, VU2FRD ,both doubling ..for sometime,

0808-0815st:

VU2DBE S7-S9, VU2FRD S5-S7 QSB, 

Took a short break & again resumed monitoring at 0825ist onwards 

0825ist>VU2AES ( Birati, Kolkata) S7-S8, VU2TIW (Bokaro Steel City) S5, VU2DBE S9 -S7, VU3LGT (Asansol) S6 QSB (0828ist>), heard breaking call of 9N1CA, VU2FRD S5 QSB, VU2TIW S3-S5, VU2AES S7, VU2DBE S7 -S9, 

Monitoring ended at 0838st 

On December 1st...

Date:01/12/25

7145kHz lsb

0758ist> VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar) S5-S7, VU2OWB (Khaspur) S7-S5,( heard S21HA giving breaking call from 0759ist), 

0801ist>S21HA (Ishwarde) S7-S8, VU2FRD S7 QSB, VU2OWB S7 slight QSB,

0805-0811ist:

VU2FRD S7 QSB , VU2OWB S7-S5 QSB 

On December 2nd ..On The Evening....News Of Activation of VU3WTS On 20mb:

VU3WTS, OM Bimaledu Chutia from Titabar reactivated his amateur radio station on 20mb this evening  and has already made the first QSO after its reactivation with VU2RBI YL Bharati from Hyderabad on 14200kHz usb around 1630ist.She gave him 55 signal report and she was given  59 report. VU3WTS used his Icom IC 7300 and used a homeberwed 20mb inverted v dipole.He was once a regular on 40mb on his BITX 40 QRP and with a linear pumping nearly 50W maximum in the morning. Its a pleasure to note his activation on 20mb.Hope he will be active on 40mb soon.He is working on his 40mb antenna too as per information received.

On Monitor's Possible QSD Note :

Besides all the stations mentioned,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 may errors here and there as I am preparing this reception logs from rough notes written while monitoring.

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

73 

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Mornings 7s....

RIG: Yaesu FT891  Antenna End Feed End Fed

Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi

Latitude: 26° 20' 31" N

Longitude:090° 39' 34" E

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Radio Stations)

Special symbols etc used for this report:

All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist), all signal report as per S meter reading when copy is perfect or near perfect, sometimes by ear  report  but all reports as per RST scale  (with human touch/error) 

> 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 ,

Location of the station mentioned in first bracket where possible, 

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Date:27/11/25

7145kHz lsb

0805ist-0807ist:

VU2KD (Murshidabad PO) S7-S5, VU2OWB S7-S5, noise level S2 

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Date:28/11/25

7145kHz lsb

0801ist>S21RW (Khulna) S9, VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar) S4 QSB slight, 

0803ist>VU2OWB(Khapur) S5-S7, S21RW S9, VU2TKC (Uttarpara, Kolkata) breaking(0805ist>) S7,

0806ist>VU2TKC S7-S9, S21RW 5dB, VU2OWB not heard,

0808ist>VU2KD (Murshidabad Portable) S7 QSB, S21RW S9 5dB,

 0809ist>VU2TKC  QSB, VU2KD S7 QSB, VU2TKC S7 QSB, S21RW S9-S7 (0812ist>),

Noise level S1 -S2, 

0815ist>VU2KD S5 QSB, S21RW S9 -S7, VU2TKC S9, VU2ATN(Salt Lake, Kolkata) S7,

0819ist> S21RW S9, VU2OWB S6, VU2ATN S7, VU2KD not heard, 

0820ist>S21RW S7-S9, VU2TKC S7-S9, 

0824ist>S21RW S9, VU2TIW(Bokaro Steel City) S9 -S7, VU2TKC S9, VU2ATN S7, VU2OWB S5-S6, VU3LGT (Asansol) S6 QSB,

0831-0835ist:

S21RW S9 QSB slight, VU2ATN S7 QSB, VU3LGT S5 QSB, VU2TIW S7 slight QSB

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Date:29/11/25

Report No.1

7145kHz lsb

0737ist>S21HA (Ishwarde ) S8 QSB, S21RW (Khulna) S9 QSB, VU3LGT (Asansol) S7 QSB, VU2DBE Mahestala,Kolkata) S9 QSB, noise level S2-S1,

VU2TKC (Uttarpara, Kolkata) S9 breaking (0742ist>), VU2OWB (Khaspur) S5 with 1 W inverted V dipole & Icom IC 703,  VU3LGT S7, S21HA S8 with slight QSB , VU2DBE S9 slight QSB, VU2TKC S9 QSB, 

0754ist>VU2DBE S9, S21RW S9, VU2OWB S7(4W now), VU2TKC S9, S21HA S7 QSB, VU3LGT S6 QSB, VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar) S6 QSB,

0800-0806ist>S21HA S9 QSB, VU2FRD S6 QSB, S21RW S9, VU2OWB S5-S6, VU3LGT S7,

Monitoring ended on 7145kHz lsb at 0806ist

Report No.2

7090kHz lsb

0806ist>VU3NYV (Shillong) on CQ call for one minute or so S9 

0813-0840ist

0813ist>VU3NYV S9, VU22AR (Guwahati) S8-S7, noise level S1-S2, 

0818ist> VU22AR S5-S7, VU3NYV S9 5dB,

VU2DBM (Guwahati) breaking(0821ist>),

0821ist> VU3NYV S9,VU2DBM S9 10dB, VU22AR S6 QSB, 

0825ist> VU3NYV S7-S9, VU2TIW (Bokaro Steel City) S7-S9, VU2DBM S9 10dB, VU22AR S5 QSB (0830ist>), 

0831ist>VU3NYV slight QSB, VU2TIW S5-S7, 0834ist>VU22AR S5 QSB, VU3NYV S9, VU2TIW S7-S5, VU2DBM S9 10dB, 

Monitoring ended on this frequency around 0840ist 

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Date:30/11/25

Report No.1

7145kHz lsb

0803-0805ist:

S21RW (Khulna) S9, VU2AES( Birati, Kolkata),

Noise Level S1

Report No.2

7090kHz lsb

0806ist>VU2XBP (Guwahati) ( Guwahati)S9, VU3HZW S9 QSB, NOISE LEVEL S1, OVER GIVEN TO VU2DBM BUT NOT HEARD, 

0810ist>VU2YPB S9, VU2XBP S7-S9 QSB moderate, 

0813ist>VU2XBP S5-S7 QSB, VU3NYV (SHILLONG) S9 5dB, 

VU2YPB S9 (0818ist>), VU3NYV S9, 

0821ist>VU2DBM S9 15dB, VU3NYV S9 5dB, 

VU2XBP S7 QSB (0823ist>), 

0825ist>VU2YPB S9 QSB, VU2DBM S9, VU3NYV S9 5dB, VU2XBP S7-S9, 

0828ist>VU2YPB S9 QSB, VU2XBP S7 QSB, VU3NYV S9 5dB,

0833ist>VU3NYV S9, VU3HZW S7 QSB, VU2YPB S9 QSB,

0839ist>VU3NYV S9, VU3HZW S9, VU2XBP S9 -S7, VU2YPB S9,

0844ist>VU2YPB S7-S9, VU2XBP S5-S7, VU2DBM S9,

Monitoring ended at 0845ist

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

73 

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

From My Monitoring Files Morning 7s Monitoring Reports

RIG: Yaesu FT891  Antenna End Feed End Fed

Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi

Latitude: 26° 20' 31" N

Longitude:090° 39' 34" E

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Radio Stations)

Date:26/11/25

7145kHz lsb

0801>VU3OIP(Barpeta) S9 5dB, S21RW S9 -S7, noise level S4-S5 

0803ist>VU2DBE(Kolkata)S7 -S9, VU3OIP S9 slight QSB, 

0805ist>VU2DBE calling S7-S9, VU3OIP not heard again, noise level S2, VU2DBE S7, VU2OWB (Khaspur) S7 slight QSB with Icom IC703 4W maximum inverted V dipole centre feed, VU2KD (Murshidabad Portable ) S7-S5,(0807ist>), 

0808ist>VU2OWB S6, VU2KD S7,noise level S2, VU2DBE S7,

0810ist>VU2TKC (Uttarpara, kolkata) S9 QSB, VU2DBE S7 -S8, VU2KD S7-S5, VU2OWB S7 (0813ist>), VU2DBE S8-S7, VU2KD not heard , 

0815ist-0817ist:

VU2DBE S8 ,VU2TKC S9, both stations noted with slight QSB 

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Date:25/11/25

Report No.1

7090kHz lsb

0748-0756 ist:

VU3NYV (Shillong) S7-S9 with his Xegu 90 with 15W , inverted V dipole) , VU2DBM (Guwahati) S9 10dB, noise level S1-S2,
Both QSY to VHF 145.100MHz for a test ..

Later got the info that both of them copied each other on VHF too..VU3NYV operating from his Yaesu set which has 2 meter transmission capability , antenna used a Homebrewed ground plane & VU2DBM has his ICOM handy connected to perhaps a commercial Ground plane antenna..

Earlier on the night of November 23rd  around 2125ist onwards..perhaps for the first time in the history of amateur radio communication in the North East India,  VU3NYV from Shillong made a QSO with VU2XBP in Guwahati on 145.100MHz with both operating from their respective base stations.I guess later in the morning of November 23rd too VU3NYV made QSO with VU2XBP.Let me wait for detail reports on VHF communications around Guwahati and from other locations.

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Report No.2

7145kHz lsb

0756-0801ist>VU2OWB (Khaspur) S6-S7 (4W maximum), VU3MDL(Kharagpur) S7 slight QSB ,Noise Level S1

Both stations using Icom iC 703 QRP RIG, 

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Report No 3

7090kHz lsb

0804-0821ist:

VU2DBM (Guwahati) S9 10dB, VU3NYV (Shillong) S9 -S7, 

Both stations was heard with slight occasional QSB

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Report No.3

7145kHz lsb

0822ist>VU3MDL (Kharagpur) S6, VU2TKC (Uttarpara,Kolkata) S9 QSB, S21RW (Khulna) S9 slight QSB ,

0827ist>VU2TIW (Steel City Bokaro) S7, S21RW S7-S9, VU2TKC S9,

NOISE LEVEL  S1, heard  breaking call of VU3LGT,

0833ist>VU2TKC S9 QSB slight, S21RW S7-S9, 

0840ist> VU3LGT (Asansol) S3-S5, VU2TKC S9 with QSB 

0842ist>VU3LGT S4-S5, S21FSP S5-S7,

0844ist>S21FSP S7-S5, VU3LGT S5 QSB 

0845-0850ist:

VU2KD (Murshidabad Portable) S3-S5, VU3LGT S5, S21FSP not heard 

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

73 

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Special 7090kHz lsb Report

RIG: Yaesu FT891  Antenna End Feed End Fed

Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi

Latitude: 26° 20' 31" N

Longitude:090° 39' 34" E

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission

Special symbols etc used for this report:

All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist), all signal report as per S meter reading when copy is perfect or near perfect, sometimes by ear  report  but all reports as per RST scale  (with human touch/error) 

> 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 ,

Location of the station mentioned in first bracket where possible, 

Date:02/11/25

WX:Cludy,wet Cool

7090kHz lsb

0757-0830ist

0757ist>VU3NYV (Shillong)S9 5dB, VU3FEW (Makum) S5, noise level S1-S2,

0801ist>VU22AR(Guwahati) S9, VU3FEW S5-S7 

0807ist>VU3NYV S9 5dB, VU22AR S9 slight QSB,

0813ist>VU3FEW S3 TO S6,VU3NYV S9, VU22AR S9 SLIGHT QSB, 

0819ist>VU3NYV S9 QSB, VU22AR S9 

0826ist>VU3NYV S9, VU3HZW (Guwahati) S5-S7..

Monitoring ended around 0830ist

OB VU3FEW is a retired offical of health department from Makum ( Tinsukia District of Assam) and active on 20mb & 40mb as observed  by radio amateurs and this was the first time I heard him on air.As far as I could recall,  we had an eyeball at Bonda ,Guwahati in February 2020 during Amateur Radio Society Of Assam(ARSA)'s Annual General Meeting(AGM) .He has a commercial setup (Icom IC 7300 transreceiver).

Lets hear a few moments of audio on 7090kHz lsb around 0814utc on November 11th..

The audio link:

https://app.box.com/s/n6vvbijrhev7ysjfa9leph464hoz1uqk

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Date:05/11/2025

7090kHz lsb

0804ist> VU3NYV (Shillong) S9 5dB, VU2OGB*(Tezpur,Assam) S7-S9 

0813ist> VU3HZW (Guwahati) S7-S5, VU2OGB S7-S9, 

0820ist>VU2OGB S8-S9, VU3HZW S5-S7, VU3NYV S9,

0823-0832ist>VU2OGB S9 slight occasional QSB, 9N1CA (Nepal) (0827ist>) S5-S7, VU3NYV S9-S7, VU2OGB S7-S8 

they QSY to 14191kHz usb from 0833ist..

*Heard OM SAIYAM previously operated from.Lucknow ..now has been shifted to Tezpur.

Here is a link to the audio recorded around 0805ist

https://app.box.com/s/mmclee86sgyi8akwcymrnvm81q663hqm

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Date:18/11/25

Report No.1

7090kHz lsb

0738-0743ist> VU2YPB S9 5dB, VU3FHG  S5 with QSB sometimes signal strength(QSA) down to noise level, VU2XBP S5-S7, noise level S3 

All stations heard were from Guwahati

Great to hear signal of VU3FHG, OM Nabajyoti Mazumdar of Guwahati for the first time with his easy BITX transreceiver.He is also active on VHF band in Guwahati. During one of my Guwahati visit I had a QSO with him on VHF from VU3OKB OM Pintu Sarkar's QTH in Survey, Beltola and later I handed him my VHF QSL card a special one marking mine i.e.VU3WTI operating VU3OKB ..

Report No.2

7090kHz lsb

0746ist>VU3NYV (Shillong) S9, VU2XBP S9 -S7, VU2YPB S9, noise level S1-S2,

0753-0759ist>VU3NYV 10dB , VU2YPB S9 slight QSB, VU2XBP(0756ist>) S9 QSB moderate

Report No.3

7090kHz lsb 

0811-0813ist

VU3NYV (Shillong) S9 5dB, VU2XBP (Guwahati) S5 

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On 7090kHz lsb,  on those days viz on  2nd,11th & 18th of November , I heard VU3FEW from Makum , on November 5th, I heard VU2OGB from Tezpur and On November 18th, VU3FHG from Guwahati, three stations, I heard for the first time on air on HF.

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

73 

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Above & On Ground He Is There ...

 

Always On Alert ... Blacky The Friendly Neighbourhood Cat 
With Best Wishes
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

New Entry In Our Garden...

 

A Plant  Gifted By Our  Neighbour Dutta  Uncle As Sapling  & Now in Full Blossom Under Our Care

With Best Wishes

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Medium Wave Special

Country Roads Takes Me Home
With  My Radio 

Where I Belong , Tura The Town..

 A BCDXER turning Ham Monitoring  From His Home Town...

OM VU3NYV , Prof. S Hajong from  NEHU Campus,Shillong during last week of September visited his home town, Tura. And as an avid radio hobbyist/radio enthuisat/amateur radio operator he likes to carry his radio whenever he visits, be it while travelling for vacation in Sikkim with his family or in his MQTH duties of visiting Itanagar etc and he usually carries his transmitting equipments while visiting his XYL of place of work in Assam even if it is for a few days.And also I have heard him   with good signal signal strength  from his portable amateur radio station in Assam.He always sends me his recordings of broadcasting band stations heard from different locations via his portable radio.

And as mentioned above , Tura has a medium wave station of Akashvani(ex All India Radio-AIR) and which goes on air on 1233kHz(20kW). Yes, I had listened to Akashvani Tura (then also AIR Tura) here at Abhayapuri on my Grundig YB 400 ( long wire as external antenna) once a few years back when noted radio enthusiast/ham/a specialist in Akashvani Broadcasting OM VU2JOS from Hyderabad  wanted me to check its reception.After several attempts once in late  afternoon, I heard it in Garo Language ( as per my guess) with clear station Idd announcement on 1233kHz.But nowadays, I am unable to trace its signal on 1233kHz even with my Yaesu FT 891 with long wire. OM VU3NYV from Tura ,revived my interest on monitoring again Akashvani Tura when he shared two vedio clips of Akashvani Tura on 1233kHz on the morning of September 29th.. his receiver was Tecsun PL310 ET ..just with the telescopic antenna..

0306utc ...relaying North East News Bulletin in English from Akashvani Shillong

0313utc...Announcement,Music, Station Idd announcement in Garo...etc

Hope OM VU3NYV will keep sending his BC Bands log including Medium Wave/FM from all around.Thanks OM VU3NYV for sharing these two video clips from Tura.

Here is a few recent audio logs of Regional Akashvani  Radio Stations via my Grundig Yacht Boy 400 with long wire at my location at Abhayapuri...

On The Night Of November 2nd..(2025)..

World Cup Cricket 2025 Final Running Commentary 

Akashvani  Lucknow 947kHz 1402utc

Audio Link:

https://app.box.com/s/8s841z2hnfy4dyk5r5fjczf8t724p8rd

Akashvani Cuttack 972kHz 1402utc

Audio Link:

https://app.box.com/s/qk7vxdgf12j32p1c7mjpagbjbpnj4g8d

Akashvani Hyderabad 738kHz 1406utc 

Audio Link:

https://app.box.com/s/9te75s85vs6x5xz1awkzscct7reqq2wu

Akashvani Sambalpur 945kHz 1407utc

Audio Link:

https://app.box.com/s/nzihpsymecq8ti5jsymfmg0hj6hneih0

Akashvani Visakhapatnam 927kHz 1413utc 

Audio Link:

https://app.box.com/s/xejqj8c6azkspil3vowdji1dtycnaodb

More observations//monitoring reports etc etc soon.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)