On The World Radio Day Special 40m Amateur Band Monitoring

 Date:February 13,2021

On The  World Radio Day..

Monitoring Location:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80

ANT: 78 Feet Length  33ft Feet Height (approx)

 Multistranded Cu .75 sq mm Wire

with coax lead in

All times are in Indian Standard Time (IST)

WX:Clear Sky,mild sunshine,,Cool morning

7050kHz lsb The Hambel Belgaum Net:

Earlier from 0712 IST onwards VU3MJE,VU2JF QSK call 56, QRM from Indonesian(?) Stations also heard with Yankee prefix

0729 IST:VU2YC 54 VU2JGI 58

0734 IST:VU2ACC 43 VU2KOC 53  VU2JGI 53 around 0735IST

0736 IST:VU2CCK 59 also heard  call of VU3RCN,VU2RRX  etc

0738 IST:VU2KOC 55 VU2JAU 55 ...54 both with slight QSB

0741IST:VU2SMS 33 with QSB

0743 IST:VU2JF 59 with QSB

8Q7PR 22 11 no copy practically OM Parker from Male,Maldives...more checkings going on..one .checking by CW i.e. Morse Coce also...589 RST report given by VU2KOC... ...@0743 IST by voice

VU2JRT 55 VU2DWN no copy VU2KOC  55 

0749 IST:VU2YK 54 VU2KOC  55 with QSB 

VU2JRT 55 VU2DWN no copy VU3JTZ 53 ....more checkings going on 7050kHz lsb VU2KOC net controllter...55 

7145kHz lsb Net:

 Around 0733 IST VU2FRD heard with repeated CQ Calls extremely strong signal but no other stations heard

0751 IST onwards:VU2OKT 55 VU2FRD 58...VU2LNA  33 with QSB,after a few minutes nothing audible

0815 IST: VU2FRD on CQ Call perfect copy & good signal

0818 IST:VU2FRD 56 VU2BQF 22 11

0820IST onwards: VU2FRD VU3YSU comfortable copy , VU2HO no copy

0830IST:VU3 FRD's signal going down...YSU picking up...VU2BQF 22 11

0843 IST: VU2OWB no copy 9N1CA very very weak.. audible sometime 33 32 ..VU3YSU audible earlier not now...earlier ...VU2PQS 32 22 VU2BQF 22 11 VU2HO no copy VU2YK 22 11....band condition worsen here...

Monitor's Note:

Bhubaneswar based hams VU2FRD & VU2PQS were operating from Khandapada(Nayagarh),Odisha..approx.80-85km south west of  Bhubaneswar as a part of 3rd Field Day Event of Amateur Radio Society Of Odisha (ARSO)(February 13th & 14th)  celebrating World Radio Day.Details with pixs etc may be posted later on ARSO website &  on their facebook page later .

Please note their website ..

arso.in

More such reports/observations etc soon.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(VU3WTI)

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)