FM FLASH AIR Goalpara QSP AIR Guwahati Mahabahu Programs

 After Observing All India Radio(AIR) Goalpara on 102.6MHz for a few weeks now, it has been relaying(QSP) AIR Guwahati Mahabahu  programs instead of relaying previous AIR Vividh Bharati Programs from Mumbai.It is good step.But I think at late  night to early morning hours  Vividh Bharati programs can be aired too.Goalpara Town is just around 22km approx. aerially from my place and it is situated just on the south bank  of the Brahmaputra.
Actually, what I happened, I could not hear here AIR Goalpara signal on 101.6MHz for a few days.Later, after a break of a few days perhaps on April 8th in the morning onwards,I am listening AIR Goalpara relaying AIR Guwahati Mahabahu  programs.
AIR Guwahati Mahabahu( ex AIR Guwahati A) is at present audible on 729kHz (medium wave) and also on  101.6MHz(FM).I guess the FM transmitter of AIR Goalpara is situated at the top of the Hulukanda Pahar of the town.I think the station is in relay mood at present.And the power may be around (1kW)not sure.But the reception has been excellent here so far.It is now active as relay station for several years now.

More observations/reports etc soon.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

The Philips Once The Only Brand For Radio In Our Family

 

This  Philips radio ad in Assamese was noticed by me in our collection of a Bengali Magazines way back from late 1980s in its April month edition.And in our family Philips was the only brand of Radio we purchased right from the first radio purchased by my father(in late 1960s) & uncles (1970s)and aunties....I could not resist to post this ad from my collection in this April.I used to listen to radios of Philips only at home & our uncle's & aunties's residence (also most of our relatives). 
And this tradition was broken when I got two radios of Grundig ..the first Yacht Boy 400 & later in another Grundig Yacht Boy 80 as prizes from Deutsche Welle Radio English Service of Germany in way back in 2000s.And I began to listening to radio most of the time on the Grundigs...
That is an another chapter....Will discuss later..in appropriate section of the blog.

With Greetings & With The Heartiest Well Wishes On the occasion of Assamese New Year &  Bohagi(Rongali) Bihu Festival

73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

On The World Amateur Radio Day Morning..Twos 7s..7050 & 7145

 Date:April 18,2023

(WTI/MR/A23/5/18-04-23)

World Amateur Radio Day 

The theme for 2023 ..HSA4

Human Security For All

The history of World Amateur Radio Day & related infos...Just visit the links:

http://www.arrl.org/world-amateur-radio-day

http://www.iaru.org/on-the-air/world-amateur-radio-day

Place Of Monitoring:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) NL56hi

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80

External Antenna: 

Long Wire multistranded Copper wire 79ft long 33ft height approx. End Fed With RG6 coaxial cable type..with Splitter Balun circuit at RX end

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)

Special Notes,symbols etc used for this report:

All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist) and where possible in Coordinated Universal Time(utc) also & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch)

> indicating onwards ,amateur station's location mentioned as per info available in first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale.

Besides all the stations mentioned,there might be a few stations,I forgot to mention & also a few stations I could not copy at all,all these logs were a rough diary of what I heard.There might be some errors here and there.

WX:Cloudy,slightly warmer than usual but feeling comfortable, later cleared up to large extent,sunshine

7050kHz lsb
(The Hambel Belgaum Net...The Warm Up Session)

0616ist(0046utc)>VU2RZA(Chennai) 53,9N1CA (Nepal) 59(0617ist>),

no others stations copied as such for a few minutes

0622ist>9N1CA 58 slight QSB,VU2RZA 53 to 43

0623ist>VU2OBR (Salem?) 33,VU2RZA 43,VU3XVX(?) no copy,

very very weak signals,difficult to copy

0626ist>VU2RZA 53,VU2JF(Rajkot) 33,VU2OBR 33(0627ist>),

9N1CA 59

0628ist>VU2JF 33,VU2OBR 33,VU2RZA 43

no other stations copied again for sometime other than weak signal of VU2RZA

0632ist>VU2RZA 43,9N1CA 58 with QSB,VU2FFU(Vishakhapattanam) no copy)

0633ist> 9N1CA 58...

0634ist>9N1CA 56 to 59,VU2RZA 43 to 33,VU2RTF(Coimbature) no copy...

0641ist>VU3EEX (Patna) breaking 55,VU2RZA 43 ,

0645ist>VU2EEX 56 with slight QSB,VU2RZA 43 QSB,

others not audible and even VU2RZA's QSA going down,closed monitoring around 0647ist

7145kHz lsb

0810-0813ist(0240-0243utc)(as far as I could recall from my memory)

VU3BTP(Bokaro Steel City) 55, AT8BRS operated by VU2GMT(Kolkata region) 33 to 22

More reports/observations etc soon.

73

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) on monitoring  mode, 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

My Three 7s In The Morning 7050,7145 & 7070...

Date:April 15,2023

(WTI/MR/A23/4/15-04-23)

Place Of Monitoring:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) NL56hi

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80

External Antenna: 

Long Wire multistranded Copper wire 79ft long 33ft height approx. End Fed With RG6 coaxial cable type..with Splitter Balun circuit at RX end

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)

Special Notes,symbols etc used for this report:

All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist) and where possible in Coordinated Universal Time(utc) also & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch)

> indicating onwards ,amateur station's location mentioned as per info available in first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale.

Besides the stations mentioned below in the report,there might be a few stations,I forgot to mention & also a few stations I could not copy at all,all these logs were a rough diary of what I heard.There might be some errors here and there.

WX:Almost Clear sky,slight  dark clouds cover in the western sky in parts but later clearing up, early morning sunshine,still relatively cool

7050kHz lsb
(The Hambel Belgaum Net Warm Up Session)

0618ist(0048utc)> VU2RZA(Chennai) 54,VU2PNU(Belgaum) 22 to 11,

0620ist>VU2OBR (Salem?) breaking 53,VU2PNU 22,VU2RZA 54 QSB,

VU2DOS no copy(0622ist),VU2RZA 54 QSB,VU2RTF (Coimbature) no copy(0622ist),

VU2RZA 54 QSB,

0623ist>VU2OBR 33,VU2RZA 54 QSB,VU2DOS no copy

0626ist>VU2RZA 53 to 43

0628ist>VU2RTF very very weak no readibilty practically,VU2RZA 43(o629ist>),

0630ist>9N1CA (Nepal) breaking 53,VU2RZA 43,9N1CA 55

0632ist>9N1CA 55,VU2RTF 11,

0633ist>9N1CA 55,VU2RZA 54 QSB

0634ist>9N1CA 56,VU2RZA 54 QSB

0635ist>VU2RZA 53...

0639ist>VU2RZA 53..VU2?MZT no copy,VU2DOS no copy,

0642ist>VU2RZA 43,VU2SMN(Kolhapur) no copy

Monitored upto 0647ist..other than VU2RZA weak signal no others stations I could copy as such after 0642 to 0647ist.Even VU2RZA was difficult to copy later..the strongest QSA station was heard 9N1CA.

7145kHz lsb 

0722 to 0728ist(0152-0158utc)

VU2ZOC(Kolkata) 55 to 53..S21HA(Ishawarde,Bangladesh) 55 to 43 

0752-0804ist(0222-0234utc)

Heard VU2ZOC,VU3NVL both from Kolkata region..copied with slight fading etc,S21HA also joined copied comfortably 

from 0756ist VU3BTP from Bokaro Steel City joined  56 to 54 for a few minutes

0801ist>VU2ZOC 55 to 53,S21HA 54 with slight QSB

0803ist>VU3LGT(Asansol) 53 to 43,S21HA 55 QSB

7070kHz lsb

0859-0909ist(0329-0339utc)

0859ist>VU2YPB 59,VU2DBM 59 to 56..slight QSB 

0901ist>VU2EII 59 QSB

0905ist>VU2DBM 59 QSB,VU2YPB 59(0907ist),VU2EII 59 QSB

All Stations operating from different parts of Guwahati  except VU2EII who was..operating from Naharlagun,Arunachal Pradesh.In fact VU2EII is now the only active amateur station on HF bands and may be also the only active amateur radio station on air from the land of rising sun of India.

More reports/observations etc soon.

73

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) on monitoring  mode, 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Rhynchostylis retusa Blossomed....The Kopou Phul ..(কপৌ ফুল)

 

Replanted on a Gulancha Tree In Our Front Garden From A Mango Tree A Few Years Back,This Season,It Has Blossomed Again ....Another  Replant Project on Orchid Going To My Satisfaction So Far,But Miles & Miles To Go...Before.......
...And Like Cherry Blossom In Japan,Here The Blossoming Of Rhynchostylis retusa The Kopou Phul Has Special Significance...
And Special Thanks For A Few Persons Who Have Revived My Interest On Nature By Their Amazing Activities...Rest Is All Before You.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

From My Late Fundamental

 

From My late father's medical books.....from mid 1960s.AMC Dibrugarh days...

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

The Belgaum Net Report From Debdaru Town

 Date:April 14,2023

(WTI/MR/A23/3/14-04-23)

Place Of Monitoring:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) NL56hi

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80

External Antenna: 

Long Wire multistranded Copper wire 79ft long 33ft height approx. End Fed With RG6 coaxial cable type..with Splitter Balun circuit at RX end

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)

All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist) and where possible in Coordinated Universal Time(utc) also & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch)

Special Notes,symbols etc used for this report:

> indicating onwards ,amateur station's location mentioned as per info available in first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale

WX:Clear sky,early morning sunshine

Today Morning Around 0609 IST

7050kHz lsb
(The Hambel Belgaum Net..Warm Up Session)

0625ist(0055utc)>

VU2RZA (Chennai) 55 QSB,others not copied or very very weak to copy

0626ist>VU2DBE(Kolkata) 58,VU2RZA 55 to 53 

0627ist>VU2JF (Rajkot) 43,VU2RTF(Coimbatore) 22,

0628ist>VU2FFU (Vishakhapattnam) 33,VU2RZA 53 to 43,VU3BXI(Mathura) no copy......

0631ist(0101utc)>VU2JF 33,VU3BXI no copy,VU2RZA 53 to 43,

0632ist>VU2RTF 22,others very weak copy difficult to copy

0634ist>VU2EII(Naharlagun) 59+ breaking..difficult copy of other side..

VU2EII 59+,VU2RTF 22

0636ist>VU2EII 59+,VU2RZA 43 to 33

0646ist>VU2RZA 53 QSB

Monitor's Note:

Signal strengths (QSA) going down considerably..from Southern Indian stations..as observed last spring from 3rd week of March onwards like last spring and but so far noise level is not high this spring season so far,the last spring noise level on 40mb in the morning was much higher level this time.

Besides all the stations mentioned,there might be a few stations,I forgot to mention & also a few stations I could not copy at all,all these logs were a rough diary of what I heard.There might be some errors here and there.
My town,Abhayapuri is also known as the Debdaru Town for its Debdaru trees(Polyalthia longifolia ) along its main road.

More reports/observations etc soon.

73

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) on monitoring  mode, 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

The Fresh Blossoms On This Spring Season

 

In Our Front Garden At Abhayapuri

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

A23 For North East India

International broadcast stations( all Gospel broadcasters) in North Eastern Region Of India in the  Languages of the region.

Schedule for Summer Season of international broadcasting.A23 

Effective March 26th to October 28th of 2023
(All broadcasts are in daily basis unless mentioned otherwise)

Adventist World Radio(AWR)

Assamese  1330-1400utc 15550kHz KSDA Agat Guam(100kW)
(Sunday & Wednessday)

Maitei           1230-1300utc 15430kHz  KSDA Agat Guam(100kW) 

Nepali          1300-1330utc  15255kHz Dushanbe- Tajikistan(100kW)

Khasi           1330-1400utc  15430kHz KSDA Agat Guam(100kW)

Mizo             1500-1530utc  15605kHz Talata Volonondry  Madagascar(125KW?)

Trans World Radio(TWR)

Manipuri  1245-1300utc  13660kHz  KTWR,Agana-Guam(250kW)  Sunday

More updates/observations etc soon.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

Assamese In A23

Here is the schedule of the only one International Radio Station broadcasting  in Assamese Language( Gospel broadcast only) for this summer season of broadcast i.e. A23 season 

 with effect from  26th March to 28th October ,2023

(The skd is posted as..station name 

transmitter site power 

time frequency days of broadcast format)

Adventist World Radio(AWR) 

Via KSDA Agat-Guam(100kW)

1330-1400UTC on 15550kHz (Sunday & Wednesday)

More updates from time to time.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

Better Late Than Never Post..Belated Monitoring Report

Date:April 9,2023

(WTI/MR/A23/2/09-04-23)

Place Of Monitoring:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) NL56hi

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80

External Antenna: 

Long Wire multistranded Copper wire 79ft long 33ft height approx. End Fed With RG6 coaxial cable type..with Splitter Balun circuit at RX end

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)

All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist) and where possible in Coordinated Universal Time(utc) also & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch)

Special Notes,symbols etc used for this report:

> indicating onwards ,amateur station's location mentioned as per info available in first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale

WX:Clear sky,early morning sunshine

Rather Late ....This Season But At Last 

Blossoming Of Orchid In Our Front Garden In My QTH 

7050kHz lsb
(The Hambel Belgaum Net..Warm Up Session)

0614ist(0044utc)> VU2RZA (Chennai) voice tuning & CQ call 56 (weak digital signal heard in the background) for a few moments

0626ist> VU2KOC (Belgaum) 33,VU2JF(Rajkot) 43

0628ist>VU2RZA 58 to 56,VU2EEX+(Patna) breaking 56,

0629ist>VU2KOC 22,VU2RZA 56 QSB

0635ist(0105utc)>VU3BTP(Bokaro Steel City) 59 breaking,VU2EII(Naharlagun) 59 breaking call heard,VU2RZA 54,VU2JF 43(0639ist)

Noise level increased slightly after 0636ist(0106utc)

0640ist>VU3?KDS(Mumbai) no copy,VU3BTP 59,VU2EII breaking call heard 59+,VU3HQP(Agartala) 59 heard breaking, VU3BTP 54(0641ist>),VU2RZA 53

0643ist>VU3HQP 54  QSB,VU2RZA 53,

0645ist> VU2EII 59+

0648ist>VU2JF 33,VU2EII 59++

............................................

7070kHz lsb

0752ist(0222utc)>

VU2DBM(Guwahati) 55,VU2XBP (Guwahati) 56,both went for QRX for a few minutes

0754ist(0224utc)>

VU2DBM 59++,VU2XBP 56 to 58 with slight muffled type audio

0757ist>VU3BTP (Bokaro Steel City) 43 breaking ,VU2DBM 59++,VU2XBP 56-58

0759ist>VU3BTP 43-53,VU2XBP 55-58

0800ist(0230utc)>VU2DBM 59++

0802ist>VU2XBP 56-58,VU2DBM 59+ QSB slight,VU3BTP 43 QSB

0810ist>VU2DBM 59+ QSB,VU3BTP 43,VU2XBP 58 QSB(0812ist>),

VU3BTP 43(final over)(0813ist>),VU2XBP 58 QSB,VU2DBM 59+ QSB

0814ist>VU2XBP 58-54( some part of VU2XBP's over difficult to copy due to problem in modulation perhaps due to microphone used by him) & also slight break in audio,,audio clipping),VU2DBM 59+ QSB

QSO ended around 0816ist(0246utc).

..................................................

7060kHz lsb

0750ist(0220utc) > for a few moments

VU2OO(GUNA) 54 ,otherside no copy

...................................................

More reports/observations etc soon.

73

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) on monitoring  mode, 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Monitor's A23 Observation Special

On April 2nd, instead of regular All India Radio External Service Nepali transmission on 15410kHz via SPT Bengaluru(500kW), I heard from 0230-0259utc Morning News in Hindi & English (0245utc onwards).Earlier too around 0143utc onwards for sometime,Bangla program was on air for a few minutes instead of inverval signal of AIR and the regular AIR Nepali programs(External Service) from 0145utc onwards.There was no audio later but the carrier was on.There might be some technical errors.I just ended monitoring the frequency just at the end of News Headline at English.

The monitored scheduled of AIR External Service Nepali effective March 26th to October 28th of 2023..

0145-0315utc 15410kHz 

0900-1030utc 9910kHz 11560kHz 15030kHz

and on April 2nd, I could hear the transmission during the afternoon only on one frequency i.e. on 15030kHz(via SPT Bengaluru,500kW) with strong signal strength.

On April 3rd...

But the real fact  regarding the broadcast of has come out before me on April 3rd..around 0229utc..I was monitoring AIR External Service's Nepali transmission, it was on air as I monitored it around 0209utc approx. onwards from time to time.Suddenly, around 0229utc ,I heard the annoucement in Nepali, the news would be followed from Delhi and the morning news in Hindi & English came on air and after that regular Nepali programs followed upto scheduled upto 0345utc.Though after 0300utc onwards gradually co-channel interference observed though slight.

Let listen to the audio clip of AIR Ext Ser. Nepali on 15410kHz 

around 0230utc..the Link:

https://app.box.com/s/dt9au80kk9hz6zc4x0kkq76wbvxha8ot

& again around 0259utc the link:

https://app.box.com/s/ulmvjjujzkdi3gsppcqtgr5qgnstzcco

As reported in media that AIR centre in  Kurseong from this April will be producing All Nepali programs iincluding  AIR External Service Nepali Programs in place of New Delhi.

Here is a media news report link: 

https://www.ptinews.com/news/national/kurseong-to-be-hub-of-nepali-radio-broadcasting-in-india-from-apr-1/536883.html

Thanks Alokesh Gupta(VU3BSE),New Delhi for sharing the link in a soical media group.

Another important item..Back On Air..Myanmar Radio on 9730kHz..

On April 3rd ,I heard On 9730kHz in the morning in local Burmese language after a break of a few weeks.

Let listen to the audio recorded around 0214utc of the station..on 9730kHz.

The link:

https://app.box.com/s/w8fx52zjm6c0p88vetyoi3yx7shihmn7

As I mentioned in my earlier report that I heard a station with weak signal on 9730kHz in place of Myanmar Radio during 0230utc onwards for sometime, it was none other than Voice Of Islamic Republic Of Iran (Radio Tehran) Pasthu Service (0220-0320utc perhaps).And this station causing QRM on Myanmar Radio transmission & let listen to the another recorded clip on 9730kHz around 0301utc..to get idea of the QRM.

The link:

https://app.box.com/s/tv1eospk2daxt88qkn4nl9j0f34t5cxd

For all observations, receiver used :Grundig Yacht Boy 400

External Antenna:Long Wire multistranded Copper wire 79ft long 33ft height approx. RG6 coaxial cable end feed type

Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) 

More observations/reports etc soon.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

Assamese In A23

Here is the schedule of the only one International Radio Station broadcasting  in Assamese Language( Gospel broadcast only) for this summer season of broadcast i.e. A23 season 

with effect from  26th March to 28th October ,2023

(The skd is posted as..station name 

transmitter site power 

time frequency days of broadcast format)

Adventist World Radio(AWR) 

Via KSDA Agat-Guam(100kW)

1330-1400UTC on 15550kHz (Sunday & Wednesday)

More updates from time to time.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

The Belgaum Report At Abhayapuri

 Date:April 3,2023

(WTI/MR/A23/2/03-04-23)

Place Of Monitoring:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) NL56hi

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80

External Antenna: 

Inverted V 40mb  feedpoint 33ft approx.

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)

All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist) and where possible in Coordinated Universal Time(utc) also & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch)

Special Notes,symbols etc used for this report:

> indicating onwards ,amateur station's location mentioned as per info available in first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale

WX:Partly cloudy,early morning sunshine after night's rains & thunders etc for a few hours

7050kHz lsb

(The Hambel Belgaum Net..Warm Up/Prenet Session)

0625-0658ist(0055-0128utc)

0625ist>VU2XVX(Salem?) 22,VU2RZA (Chennai) 59 QSB,VU2RTF(Coimbature?) 22,VU?DXA no copy,VU3UCR(?) no copy(0627ist)

0628ist>VU2RZA 59 QSB,VU2FFU(Vishakhapattanam) 56(0629ist>),

VU2RZA 59,VU2RTF 22(0631ist>),VU2FFU 53,VU2RZA 56(0632ist>),VU3HQP(Agartala) 58,VU2XVX 22(0633ist),

0635is(0105utc)>VU2RZA 56 QSB,VU3TBU 22,...

0639ist>VU2KOC(Belgaum) 53

0646ist>VU2RZA 55,VU2KOC 33,VU2JF(Rajkot) 33

0651ist>VU2RZA 53

0653ist>VU3EEX(Patna) 55 breaking,also heard someone tuning causing QRM on the frequency

0654ist>VU?DWN No copy,VU3EEX breaking,

0655ist>VU2OO(Guna) breaking 53,VU3EEX 55,VU2RZA 55,no copy of VU2?SBU ,

VU2OO 53(0656ist),

0657ist.VU2RTF very very weak,VU2KOC 22

More reports/observations etc soon.

73

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) on monitoring  mode, 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

7050 & 7070kHz lsb On First Sunday Morning Of April At Abhayapuri

 Date:April 2,2023

(WTI/MR/A23/1/02-04-23)

Place Of Monitoring:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) NL56hi

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80

External Antenna: 

Inverted V 40mb  feedpoint 33ft approx.

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)

All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist) and where possible in Coordinated Universal Time(utc) also & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch)

Special Notes,symbols etc used for this report:

> indicating onwards ,amateur station's location mentioned as per info available in first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale

WX:After Night Thunders,lightning,heavy rains...partly cloudy,pale early morning sunshine,cool breeze blowing,very cool

The Photograph taken Around 0537ist

7050kHz lsb

(The Hambel Belgaum Net..Warm Up/Prenet Session)

0628-0651ist(0058-0121utc)

From 0628ist(0058utc)>

VU2RZA(Chennai) 56 to 55 QSB ,VU3XVX(Salem?) 22,

0633ist>VU2RZA 56 55

0635ist VU2JF(Rajkot) 53 breaking VU3MES no copy,VU2RZA 56 55 QSB..no copy of VU3MES(Chennai?),VU2SMN(Kolhapur) , VU2JF 43(0637ist),VU3KDS(Mumbai),No copy,VU2RZA 56 QSB,VU3KDS no copy,

0638ist>VU2RZA 56 QSB,VU3EEX(Patna) 54,VU3EDH 53(0640ist),VU2RZA 55,VU2KOC(Belgaum) 33(0641ist),VU2RZA 55 QSB(0642ist>),VU2RAK(New Delhi) 43

0643ist>VU2KOC 33,VU2RZA 55

0647ist>VU2RZA 55-54,VU3MES no copy,

0650ist>VU2RZA 54 QSB,no copy of VU?FFW,no copy of VU3WCI..

7070kHz lsb

0834-0902ist(0304-0332utc)

0834ist(0304utc)> VU3ZRI 54 VU3OKB 56

0835ist>VU2YPB 59 joining

(All mentioned stations operating from different parts of  Guwahati City,Assam)

0839ist>VU3OKB 56,VU3ZRI 53-54,

0840ist>VU2YPB 59( slightly muffled audio sometimes),

VU3ZRI 53,VU3OKB 55 QSB slight

0841ist>VU2YPB 59,VU2XBP(Guwahati) 56 QSB(0843ist),VU3ZRI 53,VU3OKB 56 QSB,

0851ist>VU2YPB 59,VU3ZRI 53 QSB,VU3OKB 56(0853ist),

VU2XBP 55(0854ist),VU2YPB 59

0856ist>VU3ZRI 54 VU3OKB 55,VU3YPB 59(0857ist>)

0900ist>VU3ZRI 53,VU2YPB 59,VU3OKB 55

Monitor's Note:

From 0858ist approx. onwards VU2YPB was checking his transmitter section of transreceiver with VU3OKB going Up & down by a few kHzs for a few minutes,later return to usual frequency,earlier VU2YPB's audio slightly got distorted(due to slightly low charge level in battery) & he sorted it out by lowering the power slightly (as he often does)but no effect on signal strength level here in my place.He was using his Yaseu commercial transreceiver with battery and homebrewed 40mb horizontal dipole centre feed.His homebrewed antenna has been working fine as per my assessment for a long time.

More reports/observations etc soon.

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DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) on monitoring  mode, 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

The Beginning From First April ..April Fool Day From My Collection

This is just the beginning.........

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Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

At Last After Several Months..The Packet Arrived

On Yesterday i.e.March 31st, around noon,the new & very active postman of our area delivered the packet of a few Voice Of America(VOA) Wall Calendar 2023 depicting USA Islands this year.

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Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

First A23 Post On Monitoring observations etc

For all monitoring observations and logs 

Receiver:Grundig Yacht Boy 400

External Antenna:Long Wire multistranded Copper wire 79ft long 33ft height approx. RG6 coaxial cable end feed type

Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) 

All time mentioned  in  Coordinated Universal Time(utc) 

Date:March 31,2023

Radio Japan NHK World Via Yamata,Japan(300kW)

(For all Radio Japan Transmissions monitored the transmitter & power  are same as mentioned above)

Bengali 

1500-1520utc 11655kHz

Excellent overall reception,good signal strength,

Opening announcements,news,Japanese Learning Lesson

The link to the audio recorded around 1502utc:

https://app.box.com/s/r39s9fpkmo1i4xvxref68pa34fi83pxp

Hindi

1530-1550utc 11655kHz

Excellent overall reception,good signal strength

opening annoucements,news,Japanese Learning Lesson

The link to the audio recorded around 1531utc:

https://app.box.com/s/3sidpaen2oortxz4938y05y24fmnjz7s

Urdu

1600-1620utc 9440kHz

Good signal strength,excellent overall reception

Opening announcement,News,Japanese Learning Lesson

The link to the audio recorded around 1600utc:

https://app.box.com/s/nzjy22bkry1wfq2hlybfdgjokozp4nen

Monitor's Note:

From the start of A23 season of international broadcasting i.e.effective March 26th(sunday),Radio Japan NHK World Bengali Service program contents has undergone major  changes.These are..

In first place, the transmission duration will be of 20 minutes duration like Hindi & Urdu Services.From Monday to Friday  there is one minute of opening announcement,9 minutes of news,10 minutes of Japanese Easy Learning courses.And on saturday & sunday, there is one minute of opening annoucement and 19 minutes of feature programs.And another interesting information, the long standing sunday Mailbag Program's name ..Katha O Sur..has been changed to Katha Mala Japan Theke.I missed its first edition on air on March 26th due to bad weather.And another thing on saturday & sunday news will be available on the internet on the website  as I understand.I am not sure what feature program will be on air on saturday.Let me check.

The transmission schedule is as per my above log  and is from Yamata ,Japan as before.

Voice Of Turkey English 

1627-1653utc 11660kHz (Emirler-Turkey,500kW)

Strong signal strength(QSA),slight QSB(fading) sometimes,sometimes for brief period audio looks like slightly over modulated,but overall good,no problem in copying

Interval signal-music followed by station identification announcement in male voice,time signal around 1630utc,opening announcements of VOT English schedules-address of correspondence etc by a lady announcer,news read by a male presenter,followed by review of Turkish Press,Political feature etc,music -Turkish songs

The audio file link recorded around 1631utc:

https://app.box.com/s/m81jes5g2ksc1azn2tzozusaw4kag5na

Voice Of Turkey English used to be a good verifier of reception reports and also used to send useful gift items for day to day use.Though, for several years now,I have not sent any reception reports to the station,but whenever I get time I tune to the Voice Of Turkey English & Urdu transmission.

A few short  infos..

Bangladesh Betar External Service in Arabic noted with slight hum and rough audio on 4750kHz  around 1620utc.

The audio link recorded:

https://app.box.com/s/63e3un83j61y8aifarv8oxv1ivjjgamt

Radio Taiwan International English noted with extremely strong signal on 9405kHz around 1622utc( just like a local FM Station HI HI).Also Voice of Vietnam English also noted with strong signal on 7220kHz during 1623-1627utc signing off.

Carrying The Balance From B22..Into A23

From Monitor's Radio Account Book BC Section!!!

Myanmar Radio in local language in the morning(0130?-0330utc..onwards ....) on 9730kHz has not been heard here from several weeks in towards the end of  B22 season  to a few days of A23 season as per my monitoring here around 0200-0330utc.Sometimes another station I am not sure this is Myanmar Radio can be heard .I am not sure whether it is Burmese language or any dialects..I will keep a close watch on the frequency.If it is on air may be not  getting signals here but I can not accept it from heart as its transmission is well heard here with loud and clear signal..

Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) External Service Hindi transmission is still on air  as in B22 season on 11905kHz during 0200-0230utc only in this A23 season effective March 26th.The first half of transmission is on SLBC website as before.

More monitoring observations/reports etc soon

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Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)