Amateur Band 40mb Log A Few Entries

Date:January 24,2021

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 400
ANT: 75-78 Feet Length  33-35ft Feet Height 
 Multstranded Cu .75sq mm Wire(Approx)
with coax lead in

Geographical Location of Reception Place(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India):

Longitude:26º18´20´´North

Latitude:90º37´50´´East

WX:Cloudy Dense Fog & Mist,Very Cool(During monitoring time 7:10am  upto 9:30am IST)

7050kHz lsb The Hambel Belgaum Net:

For several days now I'm getting improved signal on 7050kHz and I could copy atleast some stations.

Today morning first station I copied around 7:17am VU2TBM and then heard many stations checking in the Hambel Belgaum Net ,around 7:27am VU2JF,OM Rajubhai from Rajkot before I heard strong breaking signal of VU2ACC.Later I also heard VU2JGI  OM Jagdish Bhai from Gandhinagar with good signal.I forgot the names of other stations I heard checking in.VU2PNU and VU2KOC were as net controller.

7070kHz lsb:Native Frequency

On 7070kHz lsb,where amateur radio operators of Assam Amateur Radio Society (ARSA), joins for QSO today morning(8:47am onwards) I did not copy at all except weak copy of VU2DBM ,OM Debajit Sarma,Guwahati sometime.I did not copy at all of VU3XBP ,OM Bhagaban Barman & VU3YPB,OM Paresh Brahma.Another  ARSA ham,VU3OKB OB Pintu Sarkar was operating on 7145kHz lsb from Morigaon Town, but I could not copy him at all though others who joined the net on 7145kHz lsb I could copy them.

Earlier VU3XBP was also on 7065kHz lsb on the Delhi Net( as called informally,I think).Though I could copy VU2OO from Guna,9N1CA from Nepal & VU2DED from Delhi but could not copy then also VU3XBP.9N1CA's signal has been extremly strong here in my place for several days on 40mb.

So,its the case of Native in  Skip DX Not Hi.

7130kHz lsb:

Heard strong signal of VU3CTP,VU2JF and weak signal of VU2SMN from around 7:50am onwards.I could not copy A41LD on that frequency.

7145kHz lsb:Meeting Point Of East India Ham

From 8:26am onwards first   I could copy on that frequency extremely strong signal of VU2FRD,VU3BTP and slightly weaker but comfortably of VU3OKT & good signal of VU3YSU.Initially I could not copy my friend VU2OWB who was on battery power pumping less power with 25 to 15W perhaps, operating from Khaspur,West Bengal.Later I could copy him comfortably.The motor boat noise became weak and later not heard.Later I heard VU2BBE with good signal,also heard 9N1CA with several breaking calls and fair signal of VU2NIL from Kharagpur on 7145kHz.

An interesting thing disclosed by VU2OWB (Khaspur,Nadia,WB)that he last night made a QSO with VU2LMO(Khajra,North 24 Pargana,WB) on 80m on J3E mode.Details report is awaited.

More such reports/observations etc soon.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(VU3WTI)

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)