On World Radio Radio In 2022 With Radio and Trust On Amateur Bands

February 13,2022(On World Radio Day)

7070kHz lsb

1233ist(0703utc) onwards for a few minutes

Repeated CQ call of at least three stations heard VU3ZHF ,an another station I might have heard VU3OKT once(as far I could recall), VU3JXA

All with perfect copy..i.e. perfectly  readable & extremely strong signal strength (QSA) i.e. 59 

14210kHz usb

1624ist(1054utc) VU2WB Calling CQ 59 repeated CQ calls heard for sometime

1627ist (1057ist)

VU3HZT from Naharlagun,Arunachal Pradesh  no copy ...VU2WB 59..

1633ist (1103utc) VU2WB operated by VU2JFA  59...V2NDZ 59 . VU3YSU..

The audio link recorded:

https://app.box.com/s/ac8xhlr6i5st2c27adrkwr5oojnkvi58

Monitor's Note:

VU2WB is the callsign of West Bengal Radio Club(WBRC) ,Sodepur Kolkata.

7145kHz lsb:

1650(1120utc):VU2FRD CQ call 59

1653ist onwards 

VU2FRD 59 VU2DLU 22 VU3YSU 33

1702ist(1133utc) onwards

VU2FRD 59 VU3YSU 53 VU2DLU 43

1738ist to 1839utc (1208 to 1239utc):

VU3INI 59 with slight occasional QSB,VU3ONX 59 to 54 VU3BTP 59 

VU2VFC 55 54 VU2VFB 43 33 

A general signal assessment by listening by ear as I regularly do.
Monitor's Note:
VU3INI from Guwahati,VU2FRD & VU3ONX from Odisha state,VU2DLU from Kolkata,VU2VFC & VU2VFB from Patna,VU3YSU from Robertsganj(UP).,VU2NDZ & VU3BTP from Jharkhand State

Monitor's Critical View On World Radio Day:✂✂

I think this day is usually for broadcasting stations worldwide stressing importance on radio  in our society under initiative of UNESCO-UNO(United Nation Organisation) and is being celebrated on February 13th for nearly a decade on different themes.The date February 13th has been selected because on this day in 1946 UN Radio started broadcasting.That is an another chapter I will discuss it in future  in DXING section.But hours  of analog radio broadcasting  around the world on medium wave and shortwave  etc(so called traditional analog radio) are going down drastically and also many so called leading  broadcasting stations from different countries has stopped broadcasting with usual ways i.e. on shortwave and medium wave long back.And also with advent of television( now also via cable on digital mode & via dish antenna set up), internet  mobile phone with high speed internet connectivity with instant connectivity and a source of getting instant information ,..considerably reducing dependency on radio , as I have observed,it is to be seen how trust on traditional radio can be maintained.

But it is interesting to note now amateurs and amateur radio organisations are taking interest on this day , this is despite there is a World Amateur Radio Day exclusively for amateur radio operators on April  18th of every year to mark the day when the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) was formed in 1925 in Paris.

More reports,observations,views  etc ..coming up.

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VU3WTI(Gautam Kumar Sharma)

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)