40mb Morning Amateur Radio Log On January 26,2022

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80

External Antenna:

Long wire end feed antenna (75ft L 33ft H..75sqmm Cu wire multistranded) RG6 cable ..with a splitter box circuit with T50-6 torroid at RX end

WX:Clear sky almost ..pale white cloud cover sunshine, but very cool

Monitored at Abhayapuri NL56hi (Assam)(India)

Date:January 26,2022

The Belgaum Net (with the prenet session)

7050kHz lsb
from 0651ist (0121utc)

VU2RZA 59 VU2CCK 58 59 VU2RTF no copy VU2KTW no copy

VU2KOC no copy

0701ist (0131utc)4S6RYD 43 from Colombo,VU2RZA 59

0704ist VU2PNU 33(heard callsigns calling)

0708ist VU2KTW? 33 breaking call heard twice

0709ist VU2RZA 59 with QSB..VU2PNU 22

0711ist (0141utc) onwards

VU2RZA 59 VU2KTW  33 22

0713ist VU2CCK 58 with QSB  VU2RZA 59

0722ist (0152utc)

VU3FTP breaking 43 9N1CA 59 ..VU3PMY? 22

Others stations very weak, callsigns of a few breaking heard but could not note down callsigns, sorry

7145kHz lsb

0748ist(0218iutc) 

Slight noise there on the frequency

9N1CA 59 VU2ELJ 11

0750ist 9N1CA on CQ call 59

0759ist

VU3OKT giving CQ call  53 & tuning sound heard...later VU3SXP 53.VU2DLU  22 very weak heard....later nothing audible

0814ist(0244utc) onwards

VU22FRD 59 VU3OKT 43

0819ist onwards 

VU2FRD 59 VU3ZBG good signal strength  but audio distorted very difficult to copy 

0822ist 9N1CA 59 

Breaking signals of VU3HZT heard atleast twice,also heard breaking signal of VU3HZW several times during the entire monitoring session, none could copy his signal ...

Still on 7145kHz lsb

0827ist VU3SAQ 43 33

Later VU3BTP 58 59 VU2OWB 59 joined 

A good discussion on long wire end feed half wave multiband antenna currently used by VU3BTP..VU3SAQ.VU2OWB 9N1CA & VU2FRD also offered their views.VU3SAQ will give his critical report on this type antenna later.VU3BTP shared his own experience earlier.He replaced his G5RV antenna with this type ...long wire half wave end feed multiband antenna

0912ist (0342utc) onwards for 7 minutes or so approx.

VU3SAQ  33 VU2OWB 59 VU2OO breaking in ...& taking AR...56  9N1CA 59 with QSB also VU2ATN no copy.....

More such monitoring reports etc soon.

73

VU3WTI(Gautam Kumar Sharma)

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)