And I guess this is for the first time such a level of cricket match is being held here at Abhayapuri and in the .Mahabir Chilarai Stadium, Shivpur(Shivbari)Abhayapuri.My special thanks to North Salmara District Sports Association & related Associations for making it possible to organise the match.And special thanks to Respected Golap Medhi (Golap Da) .a former reputed cricket player who played for Cosmos Club ,Abhayapuri(all-rounder) for passing the information about the match and also accompanying me for most of the Ist session of the match during the opening day and offering his expert comments on the match and recollecting his playing days.Its a wonderful experience. Rest of the two days, I watched the match alone for a few hours and checking scores online via BCCI website. I''m fortunate to witness this historic occasion.Here is a few snaps taken my me....its long back 8 years back....still fresh in my mind...
Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)
(For All Monitoring Activites)
Monitor's Sign Notes etc:
All time mentioned in Indian Standard Time(ist), dates are mentioned in date,month, year format & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch on some cases), Signal strength mentioned with perfect readibility unless mentioned otherwise
> indicating onwards ,amateur station's location mentioned as per info available in QRZ.COM etc & as heard on air in first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale plus report by ear(in RST Scale), ? sign has been put on info with doubt, some additional information & plus special/critical report/monitoring observations may be added.
There may be some errors here & there in reporting time & callsigns etc, I hope it will be taken in amateur spirits.I am working on consistently in improving my reports & posts without any pecuinary interest just for amateur radio hobby.
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Date:23/09/2026
WX:Cloudy, wet after night's heavy thunderstorm & heavy rain, mild breeze blowing ,
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7090kHz lsb
0755ist>VU3NYV (Shillong) on CQ call , heard around weak breaking call of another station Perhaps from Nepal I could copy the prefix 9N1 ..not the two letters suffix that moment, 0758ist>VU3NYV S9, 9N1KM(Kathmandu) 43 by ear,
Primarily To Japan, 2230-2300utc 17650kHz (Monday On Local Time)
via Kununurra(KNX)(100kW),Australia
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"On Wavescan beginning October 25: Ray Robinson with colonial radio during World War II (part 2, French colonies). Part 1 of our extraordinary visit to a former Soviet jamming site in Armenia (photo below). And our South African DX Report from André Gouws."
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More observations//monitoring reports etc coming soon.
(From Abhayapuri Amateur Radio Related Logs, News etc)
(Compiled By VU3WTI, Abhayapuri) 24/10/2026 NHAR No.1
A Few Reception Log:
Lets share a few of my recent logs where I heard QSOs of our hams of Assam & Shillong.
RIG: Yaesu FT891
External Antenna:End Feed Long Wire
Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi
Latitude: 26° 20' 31" N
Longitude:090° 39' 34" E
Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)
(For All Monitoring Activites)
Monitor's Sign Notes etc:
All time mentioned in Indian Standard Time(ist), dates are mentioned in date,month, year format & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch on some cases), Signal strength mentioned with perfect readibility unless mentioned otherwise
> indicating onwards ,amateur station's location mentioned as per info available in QRZ.COM etc & as heard on air in first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale plus report by ear(in RST Scale), ? sign has been put on info with doubt, some additional information & plus special/critical report/monitoring observations may be added.
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Date:07/10/2026
WX:Clear Blue Sky, morning sunshine with cool breeze 7145kHz lsb
0624ist>9N2LT(Janakpur) S6 QSB, S21RW(Khulna) S9 QSB, heard breaking call of VU3FHG (from Guwahati) around 0625ist) S5, VU3FHG breaking several times , S21RW & 9N2LT could copy properly,
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Date:08/10/2026
WX:Clear Blue Sky, Morning Sunshine,
7145kHz lsb
0656ist>VU3FHG(Guwahati) S6 QSB, S21PL breaking S7, S21HA(Ishwarde) S7-S8, Difficulty in copying VU3FHG on QRP by S21HA,
7090kHz lsb
0750-0752ist:
VU3NYV (Shillong) S9 slight QSB, VU22AR (Guwahati) S7 QSB, Noise Level S1, both QSY to 7085kHz lsb to avoid noise faced by VU3NYV at his shack on 7090kHz lsb, but here there was noise upto S5 on 7085kHz lsb at 0752ist , I heard VU3NYV calling but not peasant to hear so stopped monitoring on that frequency,
0650ist>S21SES(Netrokhona) S9 QSB, VU2VFC (Patna) S7 around 0651ist heard breaking call of VU3NYV,
0652ist>VU3NYV(Shillong) S9 5dB, VU2VFC S7-S8, S21RW (Khulna?) S5, S21SES S7-S9, heard with distorted audio of an amateur plus clippings of audio not copied by anyone, around 0700ist breaking call of VU2FRD heard ,
0700ist>S21RW S5 QSB, VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar) S9-S7, VU3NYV S9, VU2VFC S7, heard breaking call of S21IR around 0702 & 0703ist ,
0703ist>VU2FRD S7, S21IR(Chattogram) S9, heard around 0705ist breaking call of 9N1CA,
0705ist>9N1CA S5 QSB, VU2FRD S7, S21RW S5 with deep QSB occasionally, S21IR S9, S21SES S7-S9, VU3NYV S9 QSB, 9N2DP (Nepal) audio not clear distortion there, heard breaking call of VU22AR,
0715ist>S21IR S9 5dB, S21RW S5 QSB, heard breaking call of VU22AR again around 0716ist, VU2PWD (Jamsedpur) 33 by ear, VU3NYV S9 5dB,
OM VU3NYV from Shillong , , recently sent me a couple exotic of logs .
On October 5th, he made a contact on 40mb with CE4OMQ from Chile, South America on 7167KHz lsb with his Yaesu FT991A using 40mb inverted V dipole in the morning hours perhaps after 0600ist.
Here is a recording of his QSO with CEO4MO from Chile..
He also made another contact that morning on 40mb . It was S51DX from Slovenia (Europe) on 7165kHz lsb. In the morning he is often active on 7090kHz lsb and also breaks in & joins the Belgaum Net Warm Up Session on 7150kHz lsb , besides 7145kHz lsb during 0600-0830ist approx.He is also active in late afternoon & in the evening on 15mb & 20mb besides VHF band(144-146MHz)
Thanks to OM VU3NYV for sharing the loggings and the video clips.
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Reminder about two upcoming important events in India releated to Amateur Radio:
9th LARC in Hyderabad:
It appears to me that registration for 9th Lamakaan Annual Radio Convention(LARC) (Hyderabad )may be still open at their website.
This year the event will be held on December 12th & 13th(of 2026).
Please visit the link for details & updates etc about the LARC...
https://larc.in/
Hamfest India 2026:
This year Hamfest India will be held on November 28-29th at the National Institute of Technology, Karnataka(NITK) campus in Surathkal, Mangaluru . This year's Hamfest India is jointly organized by the Mangalore Amateur Radio Club (MARC), NITK (VU2REC), and the MIT HAM Club (VU2MHC).
Please check the Hamfest India 2026 website for details & updates etc..
https://hfi2026.nitk.ac.in/
Also a special callsign AT26HFI has been issued for this year's Hamfest India in Mangaluru and is active October through December 2026. It will be operated by club members of VU2REC, VU2MHC & VU2RDO(Mangalore Amateur Radio Club's club station).Thanks to VU2JOS of NIAR, Hyderabad for sharing the information received via The Daily DX USA.
And now An Obituary Reference
VU2PTF From Tinsukia is now A Silent Key:
With a heavy heart and immense saddness, I like to inform you all , VU2PTF(Rudra Prasad Sarma) , one of senior most as wellas one of the pioneer amateur radio operator in Assam and in the North East India passed away on the night of August 28th at a hospital in Mumbai while undergoing treatment.He was 75(1950-2026).He retired as a Deputy Manager in State Bank Of India(SBI) in 2012 and settled in his home town Tinsukia later. He got his amateur radio license in late 1980s . I heard him on air as a Shortwave Listener(SWL) on 40mb from 2017 for two years or so when he was operating from Tinsukia.And I used to give him reception updates of your signal via social media & other platforms as SWL. During my interaction with him , I came to know him as a keen homebrewer of radio-electrical & electronics related things and also a guitarist. During his college days and before joining SBI, I understand he was a much sought after guitarist in Tinsukia, his home town . After joining SBI, he did not get much time for music performance as guitarist.And he also had to move to different locations every three or four years.But still he used to devote his time in homebrewing electrical & electronics projects after returning from the job in the evening. He used to build sound boxes etc or others things too. One of his senior bank colleague during his posting at Nahakatia suggested him to go for amateur radio hobby(perhaps in late 1970s or early 1980s) . Somewhere he got address of Kerala Amateur Radio League,Kerala and got information in detail about the process of amateur Radio in India.He also got study materials from the organisation as far as I could remember telling me.And that's was the beginng of his amateur radio journey.
Later from his social media posts of him , I came to know about his skills in carpentary and as a sketch artist. We used to have interact via mobile phone from time to time and many things I came to know about his journey with amateur radio.
He was one of the founding members of Amateur Radio Society of Assam(ARSA) and also worked in different capacities in the society including at the time of his death as its Advisor.
His death of widely mourned by Amateur Radio Society of Assam(ARSA) members. ARSA held a condolence meeting to mourn the death of VU2PTF on August 30th in Guwahati.
And I had atleast three eyeball QSOs with him during Annual General Meeting(AGM) of ARSA in Guwahati. His death is a personal loss for me. After I becoming a ham sometime back, he used to encourage me to come to the band on HF with his usual witty style. Those words still fresh in my mind. Surely, I will try my best to ink my empty pages of my station log book with entries of my contacts.
The following lines of Gulzar's song often comes into my mind when I listen to numerous audio clips of his QSOs on air on 40mb recorded by me now....
"Naam gum jaayegaa
Chehara ye badal jayegaa
Meri aavaaz hi pahachaan hai
Gar yaad rahe.."
Here is a video clip of SK VU2PTF's QSO on 7145kHz lsb from wayback on December 19th of 2017 around 0654ist with VU2RAK of New Delhi. This is in the memory of SK VU2PTF.
KBS World Radio posted its schedule B26 winter season for English transmission directed to India on their website as early as August 31st. It will be on air on 9630kHz in place of 9785kHz effective from October 25th.
The reception of KBS World in English has been very poor on 31mb during 1400-1600utc here for a long time due to moderate to strong co-channel/adjacent channels interference. Most of the time nothing of KBS World English is audible here at all.
BBC World Service English:
BBC World Service In English recently replaced its evening frequency 17835kHz during 1200-1300utc with 17745kHz (via Al Seela,Oman 250kW). The reception has been excellent as per latest monitoring observation all.
Meanwhile HFCC has already released a tentative B26 winter transmission schedule and which is now availble at
https://new.hfcc.org/data/b26/
And the news is not encouraging at all for South Asia from BBC World Service. After checking the tentative schedule ...
BBC World Service has deteled its morning 0000-0200utc and the evening 1200-1400utc transmission to our region.
Let listen to this BBC World Service announcement which I recorded around 0059utc on 9590kHz ( directed to South Asia via Tashkent) this morning today viz. the last day of A26(summer) season of broadcasting i.e.October 24th of 2026..
(Monitored on Yaesu FT 891 with 40 MB Inverted V dipole)
More B26 Season updates coming up soon.
Wavescan Reception Update:
Wavescan. the International DX Program ,researched & written by Dr.Adrian Peterson in Indiananapolis & Ray Robinson in Los Angles , produced at the studio of Radio Miami International(WRMI) , Okeechobee,Florida USA and now is on air as per the following schedule primarily to India on sunday via Kununurra,(100kW),Reach Beyond Australia facility effective March 29-October 24,2026
on 15400kHz during 1330-1400utc.
And from June onwards for a few sundays , the overall reception of the transmission here in my place had been due to poor signal strength(QSA) and increase of noise (QRN) i.e.noisy reception condition.
Here is a brief summary of reception on 15400kHz on sundays...from my monitoring notes..Monitorings had been done by Grundig YB 400 & Yaseu FT 891 Rig with end fed long wire antenna.
June 21st:
"Wavescan today poor noisy .from 1330utc on 15400kHz via RBA KNX 100kW.. difficult to copy discontinued monitoring after 1333utc"
Here is the link to the audio file recorded around 1330utc:
."After a few sundays of poor /noisy /unsatisfactory reception Wavescan via KNX RBA Australia 100kW ..S9 touching 20dB maximum.slight QSB .Q5 report..on Yaesu FT 891 with end feed long wire ...today Sunday 05/07/2026 here at Abhayapuri...."
Here is the recorded link of Wavescan around 1356utc...
Wavescan In B26: Wavescan schedule for upcoming Winter schedule of international broadcasting effective October 25th,2026 to March 27th ,2027 via Reach Beyond Australia. ...
On Sunday
Primarily To India ,1230-1300utc 15400kHz
Primarily To Japan, 2230-2300utc 17650kHz (Monday On Local Time)
via Kununurra(KNX)(100kW),Australia
I am in hurry to post backlogs of reports/reception logs etc compiled by me for many weeks now whose I could not do due to my recent health issues plus other issues. So, there may some errors here and there.I apologise to you all for my lapse.And just for the sake of hobby of radio listening/monitoring, I am posting my observations etc.
More observations//monitoring reports etc coming soon.
