Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Yesterday.... Once More

RIG: Yaesu FT891  Antenna End Feed End Fed
Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi
Latitude: 26° 20' 31" N
Longitude:090° 39' 34" E
Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Radio Stations)

Special symbols etc used for this report:
All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist), all signal report as per S meter reading when copy is perfect or near perfect, sometimes by ear  report  but all reports as per RST scale  (with human touch/error) 
> 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 ,
Location of the station mentioned in first bracket where possible, 

Date:02/12/25
7145kHz lsb
0759ist>S21HA (Ishwarde) S7-S9, VU2FRD(Bhubuneswar ) S7 QSB, Noise Level S1-S2, VU2DBE (Mahestala, Kolkata) S8 slight QSB,
0807ist>VU2DBE S9, VU2FRD ,both doubling ..for sometime,
0808-0815st:
VU2DBE S7-S9, VU2FRD S5-S7 QSB, 
Took a short break & again resumed monitoring at 0825ist onwards 
0825ist>VU2AES ( Birati, Kolkata) S7-S8, VU2TIW (Bokaro Steel City) S5, VU2DBE S9 -S7, VU3LGT (Asansol) S6 QSB (0828ist>), heard breaking call of 9N1CA, VU2FRD S5 QSB, VU2TIW S3-S5, VU2AES S7, VU2DBE S7 -S9, 
Monitoring ended at 0838st 

On December 1st...
Date:01/12/25
7145kHz lsb
0758ist> VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar) S5-S7, VU2OWB (Khaspur) S7-S5,( heard S21HA giving breaking call from 0759ist), 
0801ist>S21HA (Ishwarde) S7-S8, VU2FRD S7 QSB, VU2OWB S7 slight QSB,
0805-0811ist:
VU2FRD S7 QSB , VU2OWB S7-S5 QSB 

On December 2nd ..On The Evening....News Of Activation of VU3WTS On 20mb:
VU3WTS, OM Bimaledu Chutia from Titabar reactivated his amateur radio station on 20mb this evening  and has already made the first QSO after its reactivation with VU2RBI YL Bharati from Hyderabad on 14200kHz usb around 1630ist.She gave him 55 signal report and she was given  59 report. VU3WTS used his Icom IC 7300 and used a homeberwed 20mb inverted v dipole.He was once a regular on 40mb on his BITX 40 QRP and with a linear pumping nearly 50W maximum in the morning. Its a pleasure to note his activation on 20mb.Hope he will be active on 40mb soon.He is working on his 40mb antenna too as per information received.


On Monitor's Possible QSD Note :
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 may errors here and there as I am preparing this reception logs from rough notes written while monitoring.

More reports/observations plus more amateur radio related news etc soon.
73 
DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Mornings 7s....

RIG: Yaesu FT891  Antenna End Feed End Fed
Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi
Latitude: 26° 20' 31" N
Longitude:090° 39' 34" E
Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Radio Stations)

Special symbols etc used for this report:
All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist), all signal report as per S meter reading when copy is perfect or near perfect, sometimes by ear  report  but all reports as per RST scale  (with human touch/error) 
> 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 ,
Location of the station mentioned in first bracket where possible, 

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Date:27/11/25
7145kHz lsb
0805ist-0807ist:
VU2KD (Murshidabad PO) S7-S5, VU2OWB S7-S5, noise level S2 
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Date:28/11/25
7145kHz lsb
0801ist>S21RW (Khulna) S9, VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar) S4 QSB slight, 
0803ist>VU2OWB(Khapur) S5-S7, S21RW S9, VU2TKC (Uttarpara, Kolkata) breaking(0805ist>) S7,
0806ist>VU2TKC S7-S9, S21RW 5dB, VU2OWB not heard,
0808ist>VU2KD (Murshidabad Portable) S7 QSB, S21RW S9 5dB,
 0809ist>VU2TKC  QSB, VU2KD S7 QSB, VU2TKC S7 QSB, S21RW S9-S7 (0812ist>),
Noise level S1 -S2, 
0815ist>VU2KD S5 QSB, S21RW S9 -S7, VU2TKC S9, VU2ATN(Salt Lake, Kolkata) S7,
0819ist> S21RW S9, VU2OWB S6, VU2ATN S7, VU2KD not heard, 
0820ist>S21RW S7-S9, VU2TKC S7-S9, 
0824ist>S21RW S9, VU2TIW(Bokaro Steel City) S9 -S7, VU2TKC S9, VU2ATN S7, VU2OWB S5-S6, VU3LGT (Asansol) S6 QSB,
0831-0835ist:
S21RW S9 QSB slight, VU2ATN S7 QSB, VU3LGT S5 QSB, VU2TIW S7 slight QSB
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Date:29/11/25
Report No.1
7145kHz lsb
0737ist>S21HA (Ishwarde ) S8 QSB, S21RW (Khulna) S9 QSB, VU3LGT (Asansol) S7 QSB, VU2DBE Mahestala,Kolkata) S9 QSB, noise level S2-S1,
VU2TKC (Uttarpara, Kolkata) S9 breaking (0742ist>), VU2OWB (Khaspur) S5 with 1 W inverted V dipole & Icom IC 703,  VU3LGT S7, S21HA S8 with slight QSB , VU2DBE S9 slight QSB, VU2TKC S9 QSB, 
0754ist>VU2DBE S9, S21RW S9, VU2OWB S7(4W now), VU2TKC S9, S21HA S7 QSB, VU3LGT S6 QSB, VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar) S6 QSB,
0800-0806ist>S21HA S9 QSB, VU2FRD S6 QSB, S21RW S9, VU2OWB S5-S6, VU3LGT S7,
Monitoring ended on 7145kHz lsb at 0806ist

Report No.2
7090kHz lsb
0806ist>VU3NYV (Shillong) on CQ call for one minute or so S9 
0813-0840ist
0813ist>VU3NYV S9, VU22AR (Guwahati) S8-S7, noise level S1-S2, 
0818ist> VU22AR S5-S7, VU3NYV S9 5dB,
VU2DBM (Guwahati) breaking(0821ist>),
0821ist> VU3NYV S9,VU2DBM S9 10dB, VU22AR S6 QSB, 
0825ist> VU3NYV S7-S9, VU2TIW (Bokaro Steel City) S7-S9, VU2DBM S9 10dB, VU22AR S5 QSB (0830ist>), 
0831ist>VU3NYV slight QSB, VU2TIW S5-S7, 0834ist>VU22AR S5 QSB, VU3NYV S9, VU2TIW S7-S5, VU2DBM S9 10dB, 
Monitoring ended on this frequency around 0840ist 
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Date:30/11/25
Report No.1
7145kHz lsb
0803-0805ist:
S21RW (Khulna) S9, VU2AES( Birati, Kolkata),
Noise Level S1

Report No.2
7090kHz lsb
0806ist>VU2XBP (Guwahati) ( Guwahati)S9, VU3HZW S9 QSB, NOISE LEVEL S1, OVER GIVEN TO VU2DBM BUT NOT HEARD, 
0810ist>VU2YPB S9, VU2XBP S7-S9 QSB moderate, 
0813ist>VU2XBP S5-S7 QSB, VU3NYV (SHILLONG) S9 5dB, 
VU2YPB S9 (0818ist>), VU3NYV S9, 
0821ist>VU2DBM S9 15dB, VU3NYV S9 5dB, 
VU2XBP S7 QSB (0823ist>), 
0825ist>VU2YPB S9 QSB, VU2DBM S9, VU3NYV S9 5dB, VU2XBP S7-S9, 
0828ist>VU2YPB S9 QSB, VU2XBP S7 QSB, VU3NYV S9 5dB,
0833ist>VU3NYV S9, VU3HZW S7 QSB, VU2YPB S9 QSB,
0839ist>VU3NYV S9, VU3HZW S9, VU2XBP S9 -S7, VU2YPB S9,
0844ist>VU2YPB S7-S9, VU2XBP S5-S7, VU2DBM S9,
Monitoring ended at 0845ist
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More Monitoring reports/observations plus more amateur radio related news etc soon.
73 
DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

From My Monitoring Files Morning 7s Monitoring Reports

RIG: Yaesu FT891  Antenna End Feed End Fed
Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi
Latitude: 26° 20' 31" N
Longitude:090° 39' 34" E
Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Radio Stations)

Date:26/11/25
7145kHz lsb
0801>VU3OIP(Barpeta) S9 5dB, S21RW S9 -S7, noise level S4-S5 
0803ist>VU2DBE(Kolkata)S7 -S9, VU3OIP S9 slight QSB, 
0805ist>VU2DBE calling S7-S9, VU3OIP not heard again, noise level S2, VU2DBE S7, VU2OWB (Khaspur) S7 slight QSB with Icom IC703 4W maximum inverted V dipole centre feed, VU2KD (Murshidabad Portable ) S7-S5,(0807ist>), 
0808ist>VU2OWB S6, VU2KD S7,noise level S2, VU2DBE S7,
0810ist>VU2TKC (Uttarpara, kolkata) S9 QSB, VU2DBE S7 -S8, VU2KD S7-S5, VU2OWB S7 (0813ist>), VU2DBE S8-S7, VU2KD not heard , 
0815ist-0817ist:
VU2DBE S8 ,VU2TKC S9, both stations noted with slight QSB 
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Date:25/11/25
Report No.1
7090kHz lsb
0748-0756 ist:
VU3NYV (Shillong) S7-S9 with his Xegu 90 with 15W , inverted V dipole) , VU2DBM (Guwahati) S9 10dB, noise level S1-S2,
Both QSY to VHF 145.100MHz for a test ..
Later got the info that both of them copied each other on VHF too..VU3NYV operating from his Yaesu set which has 2 meter transmission capability , antenna used a Homebrewed ground plane & VU2DBM has his ICOM handy connected to perhaps a commercial Ground plane antenna..
Earlier on the night of November 23rd  around 2125ist onwards..perhaps for the first time in the history of amateur radio communication in the North East India,  VU3NYV from Shillong made a QSO with VU2XBP in Guwahati on 145.100MHz with both operating from their respective base stations.I guess later in the morning of November 23rd too VU3NYV made QSO with VU2XBP.Let me wait for detail reports on VHF communications around Guwahati and from other locations.
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Report No.2
7145kHz lsb
0756-0801ist>VU2OWB (Khaspur) S6-S7 (4W maximum), VU3MDL(Kharagpur) S7 slight QSB ,Noise Level S1
Both stations using Icom iC 703 QRP RIG, 
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Report No 3
7090kHz lsb
0804-0821ist:
VU2DBM (Guwahati) S9 10dB, VU3NYV (Shillong) S9 -S7, 
Both stations was heard with slight occasional QSB
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Report No.3
7145kHz lsb
0822ist>VU3MDL (Kharagpur) S6, VU2TKC (Uttarpara,Kolkata) S9 QSB, S21RW (Khulna) S9 slight QSB ,
0827ist>VU2TIW (Steel City Bokaro) S7, S21RW S7-S9, VU2TKC S9,
NOISE LEVEL  S1, heard  breaking call of VU3LGT,
0833ist>VU2TKC S9 QSB slight, S21RW S7-S9, 
0840ist> VU3LGT (Asansol) S3-S5, VU2TKC S9 with QSB 
0842ist>VU3LGT S4-S5, S21FSP S5-S7,
0844ist>S21FSP S7-S5, VU3LGT S5 QSB 
0845-0850ist:
VU2KD (Murshidabad Portable) S3-S5, VU3LGT S5, S21FSP not heard 
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More Monitoring reports/observations plus more amateur radio related news etc soon.
73 
DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Special 7090kHz lsb Report

RIG: Yaesu FT891  Antenna End Feed End Fed
Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi
Latitude: 26° 20' 31" N
Longitude:090° 39' 34" E
Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission

Special symbols etc used for this report:
All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist), all signal report as per S meter reading when copy is perfect or near perfect, sometimes by ear  report  but all reports as per RST scale  (with human touch/error) 
> 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 ,
Location of the station mentioned in first bracket where possible, 

Date:02/11/25
WX:Cludy,wet Cool
7090kHz lsb
0757-0830ist
0757ist>VU3NYV (Shillong)S9 5dB, VU3FEW (Makum) S5, noise level S1-S2,
0801ist>VU22AR(Guwahati) S9, VU3FEW S5-S7 
0807ist>VU3NYV S9 5dB, VU22AR S9 slight QSB,
0813ist>VU3FEW S3 TO S6,VU3NYV S9, VU22AR S9 SLIGHT QSB, 
0819ist>VU3NYV S9 QSB, VU22AR S9 
0826ist>VU3NYV S9, VU3HZW (Guwahati) S5-S7..
Monitoring ended around 0830ist
OB VU3FEW is a retired offical of health department from Makum ( Tinsukia District of Assam) and active on 20mb & 40mb as observed  by radio amateurs and this was the first time I heard him on air.As far as I could recall,  we had an eyeball at Bonda ,Guwahati in February 2020 during Amateur Radio Society Of Assam(ARSA)'s Annual General Meeting(AGM) .He has a commercial setup (Icom IC 7300 transreceiver).
Lets hear a few moments of audio on 7090kHz lsb around 0814utc on November 11th..
The audio link:
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Date:05/11/2025
7090kHz lsb
0804ist> VU3NYV (Shillong) S9 5dB, VU2OGB*(Tezpur,Assam) S7-S9 
0813ist> VU3HZW (Guwahati) S7-S5, VU2OGB S7-S9, 
0820ist>VU2OGB S8-S9, VU3HZW S5-S7, VU3NYV S9,
0823-0832ist>VU2OGB S9 slight occasional QSB, 9N1CA (Nepal) (0827ist>) S5-S7, VU3NYV S9-S7, VU2OGB S7-S8 
they QSY to 14191kHz usb from 0833ist..
*Heard OM SAIYAM previously operated from.Lucknow ..now has been shifted to Tezpur.
Here is a link to the audio recorded around 0805ist
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Date:18/11/25
Report No.1
7090kHz lsb
0738-0743ist> VU2YPB S9 5dB, VU3FHG  S5 with QSB sometimes signal strength(QSA) down to noise level, VU2XBP S5-S7, noise level S3 
All stations heard were from Guwahati
Great to hear signal of VU3FHG, OM Nabajyoti Mazumdar of Guwahati for the first time with his easy BITX transreceiver.He is also active on VHF band in Guwahati. During one of my Guwahati visit I had a QSO with him on VHF from VU3OKB OM Pintu Sarkar's QTH in Survey, Beltola and later I handed him my VHF QSL card a special one marking mine i.e.VU3WTI operating VU3OKB ..



Report No.2
7090kHz lsb
0746ist>VU3NYV (Shillong) S9, VU2XBP S9 -S7, VU2YPB S9, noise level S1-S2,
0753-0759ist>VU3NYV 10dB , VU2YPB S9 slight QSB, VU2XBP(0756ist>) S9 QSB moderate
Report No.3
7090kHz lsb 
0811-0813ist
VU3NYV (Shillong) S9 5dB, VU2XBP (Guwahati) S5 
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On 7090kHz lsb,  on those days viz on  2nd,11th & 18th of November , I heard VU3FEW from Makum , on November 5th, I heard VU2OGB from Tezpur and On November 18th, VU3FHG from Guwahati, three stations, I heard for the first time on air on HF.

More Monitoring reports/observations plus more amateur radio related news etc soon.
73 
DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Above & On Ground He Is There ...

 



Always On Alert ... Blacky The Friendly Neighbourhood Cat 
With Best Wishes
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

New Entry In Our Garden...

 



A Plant  Gifted By Our  Neighbour Dutta  Uncle As Sapling  & Now in Full Blossom Under Our Care

With Best Wishes
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Medium Wave Special

Country Roads Takes Me Home
With  My Radio 
Where I Belong , Tura The Town..
 A BCDXER turning Ham Monitoring  From His Home Town...
OM VU3NYV , Prof. S Hajong from  NEHU Campus,Shillong during last week of September visited his home town, Tura. And as an avid radio hobbyist/radio enthuisat/amateur radio operator he likes to carry his radio whenever he visits, be it while travelling for vacation in Sikkim with his family or in his MQTH duties of visiting Itanagar etc and he usually carries his transmitting equipments while visiting his XYL of place of work in Assam even if it is for a few days.And also I have heard him   with good signal signal strength  from his portable amateur radio station in Assam.He always sends me his recordings of broadcasting band stations heard from different locations via his portable radio.
And as mentioned above , Tura has a medium wave station of Akashvani(ex All India Radio-AIR) and which goes on air on 1233kHz(20kW). Yes, I had listened to Akashvani Tura (then also AIR Tura) here at Abhayapuri on my Grundig YB 400 ( long wire as external antenna) once a few years back when noted radio enthusiast/ham/a specialist in Akashvani Broadcasting OM VU2JOS from Hyderabad  wanted me to check its reception.After several attempts once in late  afternoon, I heard it in Garo Language ( as per my guess) with clear station Idd announcement on 1233kHz.But nowadays, I am unable to trace its signal on 1233kHz even with my Yaesu FT 891 with long wire. OM VU3NYV from Tura ,revived my interest on monitoring again Akashvani Tura when he shared two vedio clips of Akashvani Tura on 1233kHz on the morning of September 29th.. his receiver was Tecsun PL310 ET ..just with the telescopic antenna..
0306utc ...relaying North East News Bulletin in English from Akashvani Shillong



0313utc...Announcement,Music, Station Idd announcement in Garo...etc


Hope OM VU3NYV will keep sending his BC Bands log including Medium Wave/FM from all around.Thanks OM VU3NYV for sharing these two video clips from Tura.

Here is a few recent audio logs of Regional Akashvani  Radio Stations via my Grundig Yacht Boy 400 with long wire at my location at Abhayapuri...
On The Night Of November 2nd..(2025)..
World Cup Cricket 2025 Final Running Commentary 
Akashvani  Lucknow 947kHz 1402utc
Audio Link:
Akashvani Cuttack 972kHz 1402utc
Audio Link:
Akashvani Hyderabad 738kHz 1406utc 
Audio Link:
Akashvani Sambalpur 945kHz 1407utc
Audio Link:
Akashvani Visakhapatnam 927kHz 1413utc 
Audio Link:

More observations//monitoring reports etc etc soon.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

My First Report On Morning 7s After A Long Break

 Date:26/10/2025
RIG: Yaesu FT891  Antenna End Feed End Fed
Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi
Latitude: 26° 20' 31" N
Longitude:090° 39' 34" E
Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Radio Stations)

Special symbols etc used for this report:
All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist), all signal report as per S meter reading when copy is perfect or near perfect, sometimes by ear  report  but all reports as per RST scale  (with human touch/error) 
> 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 ,
Location of the station mentioned in first bracket where possible, 
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Report No.1
7050kHz lsb
WX:Almost clear sky, pale early morning sunshine
0611-0632ist 
Noise level S3-S5 
0611ist >VU2RZA (Chennai) S9 5dB, VU3EHC (Warangal) no copy , 4S6RAV (Colombo) no copy, VU2SMS (Belgaum) poor(0620ist>), VU3MES (?) 46 With QSB, 
0624ist>VU2RZA S9,VU2OBR (Salem) S7, VU3MES poor some parts copied only, 0628,ist>VU3DCG(Coimbatore) poor, VU2RZA S7-S9, VU3IZH, VU3GWN etc  NO COPY, 0631ist>VU2JF (Rajkot) S6, VU2RZA S7-S9, 
0632ist>VU2XBP (Guwahati) breaking S9, not copied by anyone perhaps,
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Report No.2 
7090kHz lsb 
0810ist >VU3NYV (Shillong) on CQ call S9,noise level S1 
0815ist> VU3NYV CQ call S9-S7 
0823ist>VU22AR (Guwahati) S6 slight QSB, VU3NYV S9 
0827ist> VU22AR S6 slight QSB, VU3NYV S9 slight QSB,
0830ist>VU22AR S3, VU3NYV S7-S9 
MONITORING ENDED 0831ist
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Report No.3
7145kHz lsb 
0831-0838ist>S21RW (Khulna) S7-S5, VU2TKC (Uttarpara,Kolkata) S7-S8,
noise level S1
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Report No.4
7090kHz lsb
0838ist>VU2EII (Naharlagun) S9, VU22AR (Guwahati) S7, VU2YUK (Aizawl) S7 slight QSB, VU3NYV (Shillong) S9
Let's enjoy  the video clip of VU2YUK from Aizawl  in QSO with VU2EII from Naharlagun ..recorded perhaps after 0839ist ...



0844ist>VU2YUK S7-S8, VU3NYV S9 slight QSB, VU22AR S7 (0846ist>)
0848-0853ist>VU3NYV S9, VU22AR S8 QSB 
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On Monitor's Possible QSD :
Besides all the stations mentioned,there might be a few stations,I forgot to mention & also a few stations might be left as  I could not copy them at all,all these logs were a rough diary of what I heard.There may errors here and there as I am preparing this reception logs from rough notes written while monitoring.


More reports/observations plus more amateur radio related news etc soon.
73 
DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

After A Long Break....

 I am very sorry I could not post my reports/observations etc on my blog on amateur radio plus on other subjects for a few months.But I have maintained rough drafts of amateur radio stations heard. Here all have been put on my monitoring table.


All reports/monitoring observations have been kept in my file.
From today, I will be active on my blog with regular posts.
73 
DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Sunday, July 20, 2025

New Horizon Amateur Radio Monitoring Cum News Bulletin

Here is a few amateur radio monitoring informations which I like to share with you all.

RIG: Yaesu FT891 Antenna:Long Wire End Fed
Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi
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 on some cases)
> 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 .

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Report No.1
Date:04/07/25
WX:partly cloudy, sunshine sometimes,..hot & humid
7145kHz lsb
0745-0800ist 
9N1CA (near Kathmandu?) S9-S7, S21RW (Khulna) S7-S9 with QSB 
0836-0845ist
VU3NVL(Near Kolkata) S3-S5, VU3LGT S5-S7 
All perfect readibily 5
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Report No.2
Date:09/07/25
7145kHz lsb
0813-0816ist 
VU2TKC S5-S7, S21RW S5 QSB 
Both  heard with perfect readibiltity 
14200kHz usb
0816ist>0817
VU2TKC S4 , S21RW NOT HEARD,
++++++++++++++
Report No.3
Date:10/07/25
7145kHz lsb
0748ist>VU2DLU S7-S9, S21RW (Khulna) S9
Both perfect copy
0750ist>VU2UWO S3, VU2DLU S7-S9, S21RW S7,
0752ist>S21RW S7-S9, VU2DLU S5-S6, 
Noise Level S1,
0756ist>VU2DLU CALLING S7, S21RW CALLING, 9N1CA CALLING S7, NO COPY OF 9N1CA BY OTHERS ..
(Monitor's Note:S21RW disclosed he would be out of station for atleast three weeks & dismantling all his antennas. A step in the right direction )

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More Monitoring reports etc soon.
DE VU3WTI(Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

New Horizon BCDX Bulletin Special Release

Here is a few radio broardcasting related news plus reception  updates which I like to share with of you.
For All The Monitoring 
RIG Used:Yaesu FT 891 Ext Antenna: End Fed Long Wire
Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri (Assam)(India)

BBCWS To South Asia on 9750kHz ex 9670kHz:
As per information posted in facebook group, BBC World Sevice in English has changed its one of the frequencies during 0000-0200utc to South Asia from 9670kHz to 9750kHz.
On February 16th morning I did check the reception here in my place at Abhayapuri from 0025-0106utc and it was S9 over 20dB.I guess it is still being relayed from Tashkent,Uzbekistan. And also the transmission is gong on parallel 12095kHz (via Oman Relay) with also good reception overall.
Here is a few links to the audio files recorded on 16th instant.
on 9750kHz..
0029utc:
0100utc:
On 12095kHz around 0106utc

No Signal Of Wavescan Via Reach Beyond Australia On July 13th:
It was a very surprising to me when I found no trace of Wavescan, The Global DX Program produced at WRMI Florida,USA on 11870kHz from transmitter site of Reach Beyond Australia  from 1400utc onwards on sunday ,July 13th.I discontinued monitoring later.Later, our BCDX specialist from Hyderabad also reported faint signal there of the transmission.Lets hope for better propagation condition this sunday i.e.today ..July 20th.
As a reminder, Wavescan is now on air on sundays only from Reach Beyond Australia's transmitter site Kununurra(KNX)(100kW)
 Primarily To India ,1400-1430utc 11870kHz
 Primarily To Japan, 2230-2300utc 17650kHz 
I used to hear on 11870kHz with good reception.But on 17650kHz to Japan during 2230-2300utc, nothing was audible here at my place as per my monitoring for a few sundays.
Akashvani Guwahati With Vividh Bharati Programs In Assamese:
After a long gap, from July Ist , Akashvani Guwahati's Vividh Bharati channel on 100.8MHz is again airing Vividh Bharati Programs in Assamese on two time slots.I forget to note down the time slots.Will let you know later.

Akashvani Shillong on 864kHz:
Here is a latest recording of Akashvani Shillong on 864kHz which I recorded around 0218utc on July 19th and here is the audio file link:

More observations//monitoring reports etc etc soon.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

Friday, July 18, 2025

12345 Howrah Guwahati Saraighat Express With Electric Loco


 On the Morning of June 27th ..around 0632ist on a bright sunday morning I spotted  at my home town, for the first time in my railfan log , an electric loco  WAP7 37272 HWH powering 12345 Howrah Guwahati Saraighat Express(Via Goalpara Town) ...





With Best Wishes
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)


From Abhayapuri Monitoring My 7s In The Morning On The Ist Of The Instant

Date:July 1,2025
RIG:Yaesu FT891 Antenna:Long Wire End Fed
Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi
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 on some cases)
> 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:Sunshine, partly. Cloudy ..

7145kHz lsb
0758ist>9N1CA (near Kathmandu?) on CQ call S7 perfect copy 
Noise level S2-S3 

7070kHz lsb
0800ist> VU3DUK (Guwahati)ON CQ CALL S5 perfect copy..
NOISE LEVEL S1-S2 

7090kHz lsb
0812ist>VU3NYV (Shillong) calling strong signal S6 heard twice- once on test mode ..1 2 3..calling ., noise level S1, Heard another station calling very weak ..even weaker than CARELESS WHISPER..HI HI..might be OM  VU3DUK ..CALLING .because I copied one word DELTA....

7145kHz lsb
0815ist>VU3ICT (Kolkata)POOR Signal  BUT just COPIED , 9N1CA S3 QSB, VU3LGT(Asansol) S7-S9..perfect copy
Noise level S1 
0818ist>VU3LGT S7-S9, 9N1CA S5-S3,both perfectly copied
0820ist>VU3LGT S5 QSB, VU3ICT S5 QSB, 9N1CA S5 QSB, all three perfectly copied  (0822ist>)
0827ist>9N1CA S6 QSB slight, VU3LGT S4 , VU3ICT S7(0829ist>), all perfectly copied
0830ist All QSY to 14195kHz usb at the suggestion of 9N1CA..
14195kHz usb 
0830ist>nothing copied..perhaps they also did not copy each other.



More such monitoring reports/amateur radio related news/informations etc from time to time
DE VU3WTI(Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Saturday, May 24, 2025

My 7s This Week In The Morning At Abhayapuri

RIG: Yaesu FT891 Antenna:Long Wire End Fed
Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi
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 on some cases)
> 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 .

Date:21/05/25
7145kHz lsb
QRN Noise S2-S3
0800ist>VU2TKC(Kolkata) 57,VU3OII(North 24 Paragana) 55-56
Monitored ended around 0801ist

Date:22/05/25
WX:Cloudy,wet overnight heavy rain
7145kHz lsb
Noise Level:S1-S2
0758ist >VU3LGT(Asansol) 57,VU3DUK(Guwahati) poor,
S21HA(Ishwarde) (0759ist>) 55
VU2OWB (Khashpur) breaking call 55 & 
from 0801ist> VU2OWB 54-55,VU3LGT 57,
VU3DUK not heard,S21HA 55
0803ist>S21HA 53,VU3LGT 55-57,VU2OWB 55 QSB,
0804ist>VU2ZOC(Kolkata) 59,VU3LGT 57 QSB,VU2OWB 55
Monitored upto 0807ist
7095kHz lsb
0807ist>VU3NYV(Shillong) 57,VU3DUK 53 
0810ist>VU3NYV 59-57, VU3DUK very weak, difficult to copy 
0812ist>VU3DUK 55-54, VU3NYV 58 slight QSB

Date:23/05/25
7145kHz lsb
from 0750ist onwards or on other time also I have heard this type of noise on 7145kHz here.Here is a recording of that noise around 0753ist on 7145kHz lsb..
The link:
On some frequencies on 40m amateur band this type of noise can be audible in the morning. 

Date:24/05/25
WX:Partly cloudy,sunshine
On 7095kHz lsb perhaps
Noise Level:S1-S2
0747ist>VU3DUK?(Guwahati) 43 33 on CQ call heard once
7145kHz
0755ist>VU3SAQ (Kolkata) on CQ call from time to time 57-59
Noise Level slightly higher S2-S3
7095kHz lsb
Noise Level:S1
0757-0759ist>VU3DUK very weak,VU3NYV(Shillong) 55-57 with his sBITX 25W maximum with horizontal dipole,
7070kHz lsb
Noise Level:S1
0807-0811ist>VU3HZW(Guwahati) S9 over 10dB maximum with easy uBITX pumping between 35-40W with inverted V dipole, VU3NYV S9 over 5dB maximum,both perfect copy
7145kHz lsb
0812-0820ist
VU3SAQ 59, VU3LGT(Asansol) 55

Monitor's Possible QSD:
There may errors here and there as I am preparing this reception logs from rough notes written while monitoring.

                                                     Postcard From Abhayapuri

More reports/observations plus more amateur radio related news etc soon.
73 
DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Listening To The FM Band At Abhayapuri

Here is the latest  on FM broadcasting from Abhayapuri, my monitoring post.
All my monitorings were done with my Grundig YB 400 with telescopic antenna fully extended.
Akashvani Kokrajhar Back On Air Again Loud & Clear on 102MHz:
On May 7th, around 0327utc onwards, I heard strong signal of Akashvani Kokrajhar on 102MHz.I guessed it might have sorted out its antenna system again and gave maximum power (10kW).That's why it is again now being heard regularly loud and clear here in Abhayapuri nearly 50-55km aerial distance and well within its coverage radius of 70km.It is to be noted that Akashvani Kokrajhar's reception was very week from March  as far as information received due to problem in the antenna of their 10kW newly installed FM transmitter(in January).
The programs I heard on May 7th from 0327utc onwards modern Bodo song , then news in Assamese to be relayed from Akashvani Guwahati from 0330utc as announced but instead special English news bulletin from Akashvani  Delhi   on Operation  Sindor was aired.
Here is the recorded audio file link  and it was recorded around 00329utc:
Here is a few more  recordings of Akashvani Kokrajhar on 102MHz here at my location.
On May 18th at 0329utc
On May 22nd ..at 0344utc..
May 24th 0329utc..
& around 0344utc:

On the morrning of May10th, my Senior Radio Friend from  Scotland Of The East i.e. Shillong, VU3NYV, Prof. Hajong Sir informed me  that he also heard Akashvani Kokrajhar on 102MHz with his Tecsun PL310ET with only the built in telescopic antenna.He sent me a video of his reception & with my brother Rupam's help in Guwahati, I converted into MP3 file.Here is the link to the audio recordings of Akashvani Kokrajhar on 102MHz around 0314utc in Shillong.
Here is the audio link:
It is to be noted the approx. aerial distance of Shillong from Kokrajhar may be around 202km approx. Prof. Hajong also informed me in May he was also getting good reception of FM Station of Thailand too.
And speaking about Shillong..here is another log..
Radio Mirchi Shillong on 91.10MHz at Abhayapuri...Nowadays
Severals days now, Radio Mirchi Shillong on 91.10MHz is once again audible now with good reception sometimes morning to evening as my random monitoring.Though sometimes it becomes noisy still I can copy its signal.
Here is the one of my latest recordings around 0354utc on May 22nd.

Bhutan Broadcasting Service on 96MHz Loud & Clear:
Bhutan Broadcasting Service(BBS) is well heard here nowadays on 96.00MHz.Its Nepali Service starts from 0400utc to perhaps 0800utc & then English Service is on air perhps 0800 to well beyond 1100utc.On the night too, I have heard another Nepali Service transmision on 96.00MHz.During other time, local language transmissions are being heard.What is interesting , they still announce their shortwave transmission frequency i.e.6035kHz during their announcements of frequencies of operation along with FM frequencies on air.BBS has not been heard on 6035kHz for a long time.
Several years back parallel to shortwave on 6035kHz, BBS was well heard on 90MHz but now on this frequency , nothing heard.
Here is a few audio recodings of BBS Bhutan Nepali Service from 0400utc onwards signing on etc on May 15th on 96MHz.
May 15th 0400utc & the recorded audio link :
and for 0401utc, it is as follows:

Akashvani Goalpara on 102.6MHz:
Akashvani Goalpara on 102.6MHz is now audible loud and clear with excellent audio quality just like a local FM radio station in a town.It is to be noted Goalpara is aerially about 19km approx from Abhayapuri.Though Akashvani Goalpara mostly relays programs of Akashvani Guwahati Mahabahu , I heard about 30 minutes or so weekly program slot of Akashvani Goalpara but I am yet unable to find its schedule.Lets try try again.
Here is the link to the audio recording of Akashvani Goalpara relaying Akashvani Guwahati Mahabahu on May 24th around 0350utc ...

Its may be surprising for some how can broadcasting FM Stations can be heard well beyond its coverage areas. Its all due to the Sporadic E Layer.
More about it And how it influence the VHF propagation , try these links or search the net..

More observations//monitoring reports etc etc soon.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

New Horizon BCDX Bulletin From Abhayapuri

BCDX News Plus Frequency Changes
BBC switching into IP Only By 2030
British Broadcasting Corporation(BBC) is planning to end its traditional broadcasting platforms including shortwave and present day television platforms etc by 2030 and will move to Internet Protocol(IP) i.e. online internet platforms.You can find the detail story here in the following links.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/director-general-sets-out-vision-for-bbc#:~:text=A%20call%20for%20a%20national,currently%20underserved%20by%20digital%20services.
https://www.csimagazine.com/csi/BBC-mulls-streaming-device-ahead-of-IP-switchover-in-the-2030s.php
https://tell.ng/bbc-plans-to-shut-down-traditional-broadcasts-by-2030s-internet-only-future-ahead/
https://www.streamingmediaglobal.com/Articles/News/Featured-News/BBC-making-AI-deals-with-Silicon-Valley-and-plotting-streaming-device-for-PSBs-169546.aspx

On Wavescan the Weekly Global DX Program now produced by Radio Miami International(WRMI)..on May 25th edition...India Special.Program Highlights as follows:
Look at early radio stations in India during pre-independence era, current broadcasting news from India via Jose Jacob(VU2JOS) Hyderabad & then Indian DX Report from  Prithwiraj Purkayastha(VU3TQD),Jorhat besides other features.
Wavescan is now being aired from Reach Beyond Australia as per  the following  schedule 
On Sunday Only 
effective March 30-October 25,2025
 Primarily To India ,1400-1430utc 11870kHz
 Primarily To Japan, 2230-2300utc 17650kHz 
via Kununurra(KNX)(100kW),Australia 

Here is the recording of Wavescan via Kununurra(KNX) Reach Beyond Australia..
on 11870kHz around 1427utc on May 18th sunday last.
On May 18th, I heard Wavescan via Reach Beyond Australia during 1400-1429utc on 11870kHz on my Grundig YB 400 with a long wire antenna with good overall reception with slight to moderate fading(QSB).

BBCWS To South Asia New Frequencies In The Evening:
BBC World Service has changed  a few frequencies to South Asia in the evening.And its English Service is now audible on 17825kHz during 1200-1259utc and on 11830kHz during 1300-1359utc.I think  BBCWS English is not on air on 11870kHz both during  1200-1259utc & 1300-1359utc as per their A25 schedule nowadays.
on May 21st, I checked on these two frequencies and found good reception on both these frequencies.
Here are the audio files recorded...
around 1221utc on 17825kHz..
and 1228utc approx on 17825kHz 
On 11830kHz
around 1259utc :
and around 1301utc:
And these two frequencies were monitored with my Yaesu FT 891 RIG with a long wire.
I will check also on 11870kHz during 1200-1400utc further but I think this frequency is being replaced by these two frequencies viz on 17825kHz during 1200-1300utc & on 11830kHz during 1300-1400utc.

More observations//monitoring reports etc etc soon.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

Some Shortwave BC Logs on April 21st..

RIG Used:Yaesu FT 891 Ext Antenna: Inverted V 40mb Dipole
Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri (Assam)(India)

Vatican Radio For South Asia A25 
in Hindi,Tamil & Malayalam
on 15490 & 17790kHz
(both Santa Maria di Galeria 250kW)
Effective March 30-October 25,2025
1430-1450utc in Hindi
1450-1510utc in Tamil
1510-1530utc in Malayalam
The transmission of each language ends slightly earlier and on 15490kHz 
Date:April 21,2025
Vatican Radio...Hindi
1429utc 15490kHz Santa Maria di Galeria 250kW
The recorded audio link:
1432utc 17790kHz  Santa Maria di Galeria 250kW
The recorded audio link:
Tamil 1508utc 17790kHz Santa Maria di Galeria 250kW
The recorded audio link:
Malayalam 1509utc 17790kHz 
The recorded audio link:

Voice Of Vietnam English 
1600utc 7220kHz 
The recorded audio link:

Radio Taiwan International English 1603utc 9405kHz
The recorded audio link:

Radio Japan NHK Urdu 1604utc 9440kHz 
The recorded audio link:
...........................

More observations//monitoring reports etc etc soon.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

Medium Wave From Abhayapuri

I logged a few radio stations around South Asia besides my home country's Akashvani's regional stations on  medium wave but due to some unaviodable circumstances, I could not post them at the appropriate time.So, I did not reception quality note plus programs details and just added the audio recorded links.
RIG Used:Yaesu FT 891 External Antenna:Inverted V dipole
Place Of Reception Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) NL56hi
Date:April 15,2025
Akashvani Shillong 864kHz 0217utc
The Audio Link:
Date:April 13,2025
Akashvani Shillong 864kHz 1440utc 
The Audio Link:
Bangladesh Betar Dhaka 693kHz 1449utc
The Audio Link:
Akashvani Kolkata Geetanjali 657kHz 1447utc
The Audio Link:
Akashvani Siliguri 711kHz 1451utc
The Audio Link:
Akashvani Dibrugarh 567kHz 1444utc
The Audio Link:
Akashvani Itanagar 675kHz 1452utc 
The Audio Link:
Akashvani Chennai 720kHz 1446utc
The Audio Link:
Akashvani Vishkapattanam 927kHz 1448utc 
The Audio Link:
Radio Nepal Kathmandu 792kHz 1409utc 
The Audio Link:

More observations//monitoring reports etc etc soon.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

From Wet Abhayapuri Monitoring 7145kHz lsb In The Morning

RIG: Yaesu FT891 Antenna:Long Wire End Fed
Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi
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 on some cases)
> 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:Cloudy,wet & cool.. intermittent rains whole night (ruk ruk ke Barish so called)

Date:20/05/2025
7145kHz lsb
 0800-0820ist...
Noise level S2-S3 
S21RW (Khulna)S9-S7, VU3LGT (Asansol)S5-S6 both perfect copy 
0816ist>*VU2DLU (Kolkata region)S5-S7 , VU3LGT S5 QSB, S21RW S7-S9 ...
As Always At Yours Amateur Radio Services
Was  monitoring, Is monitoring & in future anything can happen ..can transmit besides monitoring ...With that hope..& Better Late Than Never..
DE VU3WTI, Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK) on RX mode .. from.Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)
NL56hi,