Red DEMU SGUJ As 75723 New Bongaigaon Guwahati Via Goalpara Passenger
Courtesy:Rupam Sarma
Courtesy:Rupam Sarma
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Wavescan Via Reach Beyond Australia Reminder
Wavescan The Global DX Program schedule A25 Via Reach Beyond Australia
As per the clarification given by Jeff White, Wavescan presenter, in the latest edition of program on April 27th, the Wavescan program to Japan via Reach Beyond Australia will be on sunday in terms of UTC standard and in Japan, it will be on monday as per local time.
So, the schedule will be on sundays only
effective March 30-October 25,2025
Primarily To India 1400-1430utc 11870kHz
Primarily To Japan 2230-2300utc 17650kHz
via Kununurra(KNX)(100kW),Australia
So far on 11870kHz , the reception has been good with slight QSB(fading) here in my location at Abhayapuri.
Please listen to my recordings of the transmissions..
All on 11870kHz..
On April 13th...sunday...
around 1424utc.the recorded audio link
around 1427utc the link..
For April 27th sunday...
around 1419utc...the recorded audio link..
And around 1427utc the audio link...
And all monitorings have been done on Grundig YB 400 with long wire as external antenna. .
More observations//monitoring reports etc soon.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)
GKCALLING BCDXING SPECIAL Whenever Wherever We Take Chances
Peene Baloko Peene Ka Bahana Chahiye...
The popular song from Hindi Film Haath Ki Safai by Kishore Kumar( in the film, Randhir Kapoor gave his lips to the song) and it comes to mind,whenever whereever we get a chance.. we radio enthusiasts/radio hobbyists visit radio facilities be it transmitter sites, radio stations,listen to radio plus monitor radio stations while on vacation, on car radio & visit amateur radio stations and meet amateurs so called eyeball QSOs..etc etc..
The popular song from Hindi Film Haath Ki Safai by Kishore Kumar( in the film, Randhir Kapoor gave his lips to the song) and it comes to mind,whenever whereever we get a chance.. we radio enthusiasts/radio hobbyists visit radio facilities be it transmitter sites, radio stations,listen to radio plus monitor radio stations while on vacation, on car radio & visit amateur radio stations and meet amateurs so called eyeball QSOs..etc etc..
Radio Passionate Guy Needs No Excuse To Listen To Radio ..Even If He Is On Tour/Vacation...etc etc..Also like the Chess players.as depicted in Shatranj Ke Khilari film directed by Late Satyajit Ray, which was based on Munsi Premchand's short story of the same name.
This special report 's idea began ..on the morning of April 2nd (this 2025).My long time BCDX friend ,VU3RVY, Old Man(OM) Swopan Chakrovorty, shared an interesting information via a social media platform to me.While on official tour in Barh,Bihar, while travelling on a Car ,in the car radio ,he listened to a few FM radio stations including FM radio station of Nepal and Bangladesh.
OM Swopan used to carry a portable radio etc with him while on tour.And he used to monitor different radio stations and his inputs on radio scenes were part of DX Programs of different radio stations, radio magazines & various online groups then.I still remember one such report on his visit to then All India Radio (now Akashvani) Shillong on January 14th of 2002....That was featured on then Voice Of Amercia(VOA)'s Media/DX Program for radio enthuiasts Communication World presented by Dr.Kim Andrew Ellott on February 2nd edition of the show in 2002 (02-02-02..indeed interesting!).His voice was voiced by a Voice of America(VOA) Hindi Presenter.
Please listen to this audio clip to know yourself his experience..
But nowadays, due to his job's demand,frequent tours plus other factors, Swopan is not active as such on radio monitoring, as I understand.I am missing his voice on radio,regular inputs on radio scene and also his recorded audio files.Its his inspiration that I have begun recordings of radio audios, interviews & important programs etc etc by using various techniques.Its another chapter and will discuss in detail later.I will also post radio audios from my huge recorded radio audio collection.
Now from Barh,Shillong To Kerala....
My long time senior radio friend , VU2JOS OM Jose Jacob based in Hyderabad,recently sent me a few video recordings of Radio Miami International English Service on 15770kHz around 0029utc for April 18th & 19th, which were monitored in his home in Kerala,12 km north of Kochi International Airport.He is on vacation, I understand.
And in Kerala WRMI English transmission is well heard in the morning. And a few years back, he sent me recordings of WRMI English on perhaps on 7780kHz from his home in Kerala in the early morning hour.The reception was excellent.I lost trace of the file.But during this visit , he monitored and recorded WRMI English from Okeechobee(100kW),Florida with his RIG Yaesu 757 GX II and antenna inverted V 40ft above the ground.I converted this video recordings to audio files with assiatance of my brother.
Here is his first recording link of WRMI on 15770kHz around April 18th(2025) around 0029utc:
and the second recording link of the same station around same time on April 19th..
And OM VU2JOS has set up his portable amateur station there at his home in Kerala to operate in VHF,UHF & on HF with all antennas possibles including End Fed Half Wave.
Here is a few pictures of his antennas installed there in his home in Kerala.
Courtesy:OM VU2JOS
Broadcasting Logs Of OM VU3NYV of Shillong While On Tour to Sikkim,North Bengal:
VU3NYV, OM SUDHANYA HAJONG from Shillong(a keen radio listener from his school days in Arunachal & also developed a keen interest in Amateur Radio later), was on a visit to Sikkim recently and , he took his small portable Tecsun PL310ET (with Telescopic Antenna) with him.And he shared a few vedio clips of his recordings of Akashvani Regional Stations he heard during his stay in the region.I have converted them to the audio files with the help of my brother.
On April 18th..at Ranipool,(Near Gangtok)Sikkim
Akashvani Gangtok 1404kHz 0325utc
fair signal strength,noisy, audio sometimes difficult to copy perfectly
News in Nepali by a male voice,sports related news-football, news related Nepali Commedy actor,writer & singer Madan Shereshytha
The audio file link:
On April 19th..
Akashvani Gangtok 103MHz 0210utc
Good Signal Strength in FM,loud and clear,
Program in Nepali hosted by lady and male presenter
The audio file link:
On April 20th...while on return journery at Malbazar(also known as Mal) ,North Bengal
Akashvani Siliguri 711kHz 0045utc
Good Signal strength,slight noise
Devotional Song in Bengali by a lady
Here is the link to the audio file:
Earlier, while Ranipool, he tried to listen to Akashvani Siliguri on 711kHz around 0236utc on April 19th perhaps but there was heavy noise and nothing was audible.
And also on April 17th, around 1330utc(while at Ranipool) , he heard Akashvani Dibrugarh on 565kHz(correct frequency 567kHz) with fair signal strength with noisy reception.As per the vedio clip,Bihu related song was on air.
Just for reminder as per a newspaper report which appeared over a decade back in a Guwahati based newspaper related to then All India Radio(AIR)/Akashvani Dibrugrah now at present only Akashvani Dibrugarh, it was used to be one of the most powerful medium wave station of then AIR network.And station engineering staff said that in 1970s-early 1980s, it used to receive reception reports from radio hobbyists including amateur radio operators as far as away from Scandinavian countries, Holland etc.I might have the clipping of the news item somewhere in my files.I will find out and post later.
Thanks to VU3RVY OM Swopan, VU2JOS OM Jose Jacob & OM VU3NVY again for sharing information plus the clips and also my brother Rupam for his technical assistance.
More observations//monitoring reports and much much more from the world of radio down the memory lines etc etc soon.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)
On A Wet Sunday Morning At Abhayapuri 7145kHs lsb
RIG: Yaesu FT891 Antenna:Long wire
Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi
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 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 .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.
Date:April 27,2025(SUNDAY)
WX:Cloudy,cool breeze blowing,overnight rain & thunder
7145kHz lsb
Noise Level :S2-S3
0754ist> VU2GOR(Kolkata) VU3LGT(Asansol) both copied comfortably
0758ist>VU3LGT 57, VU2GOR 57 slight QSB(fading)
07808ist> VU2DLU QSO with VU3LGT
VU2DLU poor below noise level VU3LGT 57
both QSY to 14200kHz usb
nothing audible as such on 14200kHz usb @0813ist only beeping tone sometimes in spells
again on 7145kHz ist
0830ist> VU3NYV(Shillong) 59 maximum 20W on his Xiegu G90S transreceiver with Horizonal dipole 40mb ,VU3LGT 55 with QSB, )
0834ist>.VU2OWB(Khashpur,West Bengal), VU3OII(North 24 Paragana?,West Bengal)
0837ist>VU3NYV 57with QSB slight, VU2OWB 55,VU3LGT 55 with QSB
0840ist.VU3DUK(Guwahati) only I could copy parts of his transmissions & weak signal with QSB ,VU3NYV 57 with QSB
From The Scotland Of The East The HF Antennas of VU3NYV
Courtesy:VU3NYV,Shillong
More reports/observations plus more amateur radio related news etc soon.
73
DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)
Monday, April 21, 2025
My Amateur Radio Reception Logs On World Amateur Radio Day
Date:April 18,2025
RIG: Yaesu FT891 Antenna:Long Wire
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 .
7050kHz lsb
(The Hambel Belgaum Net Warm Up Session)
Noise Level:S2-S3
0607ist onwards upto 0652ist appoximately
VU2RZA (Chennai)S9 to S5 with perfect copy & QSB time to time,many stations heard ,they were weak to very weak, a few not audible at all,here,VU2UWO(Near IIT Campus,Kharagpur,West Bengal) trying to break several times one such call of VU2UWO heard around 0625ist
Some of the stations well heard other than VU2RZA..0631ist VU2KFR 58(Kolkata),
0644is>t VU2TIW(Bokaro Steel City) 59
0646ist >VU2TIW 59 VU2RZA 56
7145kHz lsb
A team of Bengal Amateur Radio Society(BARS),Kolkata is camping at Mandarmani,Near Bay Of Bengal perhaps celebrating World Amateur Radio Day on field I heard a few familar voices from there with strong signal from there on 7145kHz lsb.
0800ist onwards upto 0823ist
0800ist onwards upto 0823ist
VU2ZOC(PO-portable operation) on CQ calls S5-S7 for sometime,
0803ist onwards
VU3LGT(Asansol) S4 to S7,VU2ZOC S5-S7 ,VU2SKD(PO) S7,VU2GOR
VU3SXP (Kolkata) heard once perhaps weak but doubling effect , I understood VU3SXP not copied by others at Mandarmani
0811ist > VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar)53
0819ist > VU2ZOC S5-S7,VU3LGT S5,VU2GOR 56
monitor upto 0823ist
VU2ZOC,VU2SKD & VU2GOR ex VU3SJR were all operating from Mandarmani alertnatively.Heard about strong noise upto S9 over 20dB there at Mandarmani on the morning.VU2GOR stated that noise was not at such level in the last night perhaps due to some machine working in the vicinity.
World Amateur Radio Day On 18th April of Every Year:
It is celebrated on this day to mark the formation of the International Amateur Radio Union(IARU) in Paris in1925.This year also marks the IARU's centenary year. IARU has announced the theme of centenary year as "Entering the Next Century of Amateur Radio Communications & Innovation”.
It is celebrated on this day to mark the formation of the International Amateur Radio Union(IARU) in Paris in1925.This year also marks the IARU's centenary year. IARU has announced the theme of centenary year as "Entering the Next Century of Amateur Radio Communications & Innovation”.
More about IARU ,please visit
iaru.org
More reports/observations plus more amateur radio related news etc soon.
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73
DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)
My Recent Monitoring on My Mornings 7s As I could Note Down....
RIG: Yaesu FT891 Antenna:Inverted V dipole
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:April 14,2025
7050kHz lsb
(The Hambel Belgaum Net Warm Up Session)
Noise Level S2-S3
WX:Parly Cloudy,
0611ist approx onwards VU2RZA(Chennai) S5-S7
VU3IXK? not copied as such below noise level, VU2PNU(Belgaum) difficult copy below noise level
0616ist onwards Noise Level down to S1 minimum,weaker stations audible to some extent still not perfect copy
0620ist> VU2JF(Rajkot) 55,no copy of VU2TE & VU3MES,VU2RZA 56,no copy of VU2RTF(Coimbature),
0625ist>VU2TIW(Bokaro Steel City) breaking call,VU2RZA 53-55,
0626ist>VU2JF 55 QSB,VU2TIW 56,no copy of VU3TBU(0628ist approx.),VU2OO(Gune) just heard 43,VU2RZA 55 QSB,no copy of VU2?EHR,VU2TUM(NCR) 22,,VU2RTF no copy(0631ist)
Date:April 15,2025 (Prothom Bohag)
14195kHz 0752ist
CQ call of VU3DUK from Rajghar Road, Guwahati no copy
7145kHz lsb
0756ist>VU3SXP(Kolkata) 43 33, VU2DLU(Kolkata) 53-43 both of them noted with QSB and weak signal strength but later around 0758ist QSA (signal strength going down further)
0800ist>VU3SXP on CQ call 54 QSB, VU2UWO(Near IIT Campus,Kharagpur) 54 with slight QSB
7070kHz lsb
0816ist> last part of VU3NYV(Shillong) CQ call good signal strength
7145kHz lsb
0835-0854ist
Heard VU2OWB(Kashpur,West Bengal),VU3LGT(Asansol) & VU3SXP,
VU2OWB & VU3LGT relatively weaker than usual but copied and VU3SXP was the weakest
Date:April 16,2025
7050kHz lsb
(The Hambel Belgaum Net Warm Up Session)
0610ist>VU2JF 55,VU2RTF very weak
0613ist>VU2DOS 53-55 QSB,call to VU2RZA no response,VU3MES 43-53, VU2RTF 55,
Noise level S2 @0616ist,
0619ist> VU2RZA 55-57, VU3IXK NO COPY,VU2PNU poor copy below noise level
0628ist>noise level decreased to S1,
0631ist>VU2RZA 59, VU3LGT breaking call heard,VU?EHR no copy
0633ist>VU3LGT breaking call heard again-VU2RZA might not have copied him,VU2RZA 59 with QSB,VU3WCI very weak,
0636ist>VU3LGT 59,VU2RZA 59,VU2RTF very weak
from 0638ist again slightly nosier ..S2
More reports/observations plus more amateur radio related news etc soon.
73
DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
From Abhayapuri In Spring With 7145kHz lsb Logs
RIG: Yaesu FT891 Antenna:Inverted V dipole
Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi
A General Observation On 7050kHz lsb:
Belgaum Net Warm Session Summary from 0600-0700ist approx monitoring time
Nowadays, in the morning, as we are moving to summer via spring, is getting noiser and noiser from time to time, noise level moves to S3 sometimes.The reception condition improves on 40mb overall later in the morning as the noise level moves down to minimum S1 level.But exception does occur.Now as it happens during spring-summer, even the most consistent strong received station from Chennai of VU2RZA is getting weaker & weaker.
Date:April 6,2025
7145kHz lsb
0748ist onwards
VU3LGT (Asansol) VU2ATN(operating From Kolkata)...after VU2ATN going QRT,VU2DLU(Kolkata) VU2FRD(Bhubenswar,Odisha) joining .
VU2YUK OM Malcom from Aizawl heard giving call good signal strength S7-S9 here,but he might have not copied others much & others also could not copy him much.
VU2OWB(Khaspur,West Bengal) joining around 0758ist ,VU3NYV from Shillong also joined S7-S9 as his signal strength remains here in my place,
7145kHz 1718ist onwards for a minute or so
VU2YUK S7 VU3OII(West Bengal) very poor
Date:April 7,2025
7145kHz lsb 0753ist
VU3NYV (Shillong) 57 to 59 VU2YUK(Aizawl) 58 59
0755ist onwards for a few moments
Again I heard both of them in QSO on same frequency
this time both of them 59
I was very glad to hear perhpahs first HF contact between amateur operators of Shillong and Aizawl in recent years.
VU2YUK OM Malcom.operating from Aizawl (Mizoram) heard again after a long break by me on 40mb.From my monitoring record , it was on July 10th of 2022, I heard VU2YUK on my location via uSDX RIG with a long wire antenna etc set up on 7070kHz lsb from 0733ist onwards and on the frequency as per my record VU2EII OM Vijay Sonam Da from Naharlagun,Arunachal Pradesh & VU2XBP from Guwahati.He is the first amateur radio station from Mirzoram, I heard on air just like a little earlier perhaps VU3HZT later upgraded to VU2EII, was the first amateur station on air from HF I heard from Arunachal Pradesh.
VU2YUK is still using his Yaesu FT 891 with End Fed Half Wave(EFHW) antenna.I think he is also problem in reception due to noise prevalent in his locality in Aizawl.
Here is the link to the post in my blog in 2022:
Date:April 8,2025
From 0823ist onwards on 7145kHz lsb
VU3NYV (Shillong)S7 to S9, VU2YUK(Aizawl ) S7 to S9
VU2DBM(Guwahati) S7 to S9 over 5dB touching
VU2YUK went QRT but VU2DBM & VU3NYV continued for a while a few minutes after 0838ist as far as I could recall.
With Greetings....On the occasional traditional Assamese New Year & Bohag Bihu
More reports/observations plus more amateur radio related news etc soon.
73 For the time being..
DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)
Friday, April 11, 2025
A Few Medium Wave Audio Logs
Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) Grid Location:NL56hi
(26.341917,90.659366)
(26.341917,90.659366)
All time mentioned in Coordinated Universal Time(utc)
RIG:Yaesu FT891 External Antenna:40/20mb Dual Bander Inverted V Dipole Centre feeded with RG58 coaxial cable
Date:March 31,2025
Akashvani Patna
1259utc 621kHz (100kW)
Good signal strength,beeping sound like long morse key heard in the backgroud,
slightly noisy
Music,Station Idd frequency etc & next program(agricultural feature-Chopal) announcement in Hindi by male voice,music
The recorded audio link:
An Evening on 729kHz!
Myanmar Radio In Place Of Akashvani Guwahati Mahabahu
1258utc 729kHz
Good Signal strength
A lady presenting a talk in Burmese
The recorded audio link:
For a long time Akashvani Guwahati Mahabahu remains off the air in the early morning from time to time and backs on suddenly late in the morning.Myanmar Radio (In Burmese)sometimes audible on 729kHz when Guwahati is off the air in the early morning hours but Myanmar Radio disappears ( I mean its signal HI HI) abruptly after sometime.In the evening its the Myanmar Radio which is audible often and giving severe interference to Akashvani Guwahati on 729kHz. Sometimes in the evening, Guwahati remains off the air and you can listen loud and clear signal of Myanmar Radio on medium wave on 729kHz like I heard on April 6th evening.
I will monitor from time to time to give you updates on 729kHz.
Date:April 8,2025
Akashvani Jabalpur
0029utc 801kHz (200kW)
Good Signal strength,usual medium wave noise,
station Idd announcement plus time mentioned-next program news in Hindi to be relayed from Delhi,Chenai tune aired for briefly, news in Hindi by Nikhil Kumar,music,news aired-nes related to President Drupadi Murmu's attending a function in Libson
The recorded audio link:
Radio Nepal Kathmandu
0011utc 792kHz
Sanskrit News by a lady
Strong Signal
The recorded audio link:
More observations//monitoring reports etc soon.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)
More Monitoring Observations On A25 Frequencies
Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) Grid Location:NL56hi
(26.341917,90.659366)
(26.341917,90.659366)
All time mentioned in Coordinated Universal Time(utc)
RIG:Yaesu FT891 External Antenna:40/20mb Dual Bander Inverted V Dipole Centre feeded with RG58 coaxial cable
Date:April 4,2025
BBCWS English
0106utc 12095kHz Al Seela, OMAN(250kW)
current affairs report about stock market related to President's Trump policy decision
stong signal, slight interference(QRM) co-channel was observed
The link to the audio recorded around 0106utc
0107utc 9510kHz via Tashkent (100kW)
current affairs report etc
Good signal strength,slight noise observed
The link to the audio recorded:
Date:April 6,2025
Voice Of Mongolia(VOM) English
The Same Old Problem Of QRM .
History Repeating Itself Again And Again
0902-0915utc 12085kHz Ulaanbaatar(250kW)
Severe interference (QRM sideband splatter from a broadcasting station on 12080kHz ,nothing audible
Here are the links to the audio file recorded around
0902utc
and again around 0914utc
https://app.box.com/s/q8jjl1gz2amuo9zfotp5qwhex4w4zl8p
Monitor's Special Note:
The reception remains the same on VOM English on 12085kHz during 0900-0930utc here for several seasons.The moderate to heavy interference as side band splatter from a broadcasting station on 12080kHz during the mentioned time slot prevents me to copy signal of that station.Its only on rare occasion when the station broadcasting remains off the air or the station's reception not very strong here, you can hear to some extent of Voice Of Mongolia English can be audible here in my place.
Akashvani External Service Nepali during 0900-1030utc:
15410kHz(via SPT Bengaluru-250kW?) is the only audible frequency so far upto April 6th during 0900-1030utc i.e.the second transmission of Akashvani External Service Nepali.On the other two parallel frequencies viz 11865kHz and 9795kHz, nothing is audible.Let me check for sometime and report.On the morning shortwave transmission of Akashvani External Service in Nepali is on lone frequency of 15410kHz during 0145-0315utc (via SPT Bengaluru-250kW?), the reception is also good upto S9 over 20db & beyond in signal strength.Though sometime slight co-channel interference has been observed. for brief period.
BBCWS English
1202utc 17790kHz Al Seela, OMAN(250kW) South Asia
News presented by a lady,strong signal, moderate noise like deliberate jamming type as we often has observed for a long time on some BBC or other shortwave broadcasting station's frequencies
The link to the audio recorded around 1202utc:
1206utc 15295kHz Al Seela, OMAN(250kW) South Asia
Nothing copied as such, the was noise, also the signal strength not so strong,a lady presenting the program that could I understood
The audio recorded around 1206utc:
1216utc 21565kHz Madagascar (250kW) South East Asia
Good Signal,slightly noise
The audio recorded around 1218utc and the link:
Voice Of Turkiye(VOT) Urdu
1200utc 17580kHz Emirler,Turkiye (500kW)
time signal , male voice with station Idd frequency etc announcements with Program highlights etc ,music, news presented by male voice
good signal strength S7 slight QSB,
The link to the audio file recorded around 1200utc:
Radio New Zealand(RNZ) Pacific English
1208utc 11725kHz Rangitaiki,New Zealand (50kW??)
Nothing audible as such due to heavy QRM (interference as side band splatter) from a station broadcasting on 11720kHz.
The audio recorded around 1208utc:
Wavescan via Reach Beyond Australia
1400-1429utc 11870kHz Kununurra,Australia((100kW)
Overall reception good,strong signal upto S9 ,slight QSB there,slightly noisy because of my domestic electrical appliance perhaps rather than in the signal
Here are the two audio files links recorded around
1400utc:
and 1427utc:
For you information, Wavescan,the Weekly Global DX Program schedule produced by WRMI (Radio Miami International)Okeechobee,Florida USA is now on air via Reach Beyond Australia transmission facility of Kununurra,Australia (100kW) as per the following schedule...
On Sunday To India
1400-1430utc 11870kHz
On Monday To Japan
2230-2300utc 17650kHz
Listeners of adjacent areas can hear the transmissions too as the shortwave can reach well beyond the target areas.
More observations//monitoring reports etc soon.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
GK Clicks
Silikha Tree(শিলিখা)(Myrobalan /Terminalia chebula)
In Our Campus At The Doorsteps of Spring...
With Best Wishes
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)
In Our Campus At The Doorsteps of Spring...
With Best Wishes
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)
Our Campus Cat..The Blacky
Campus's Pride Rat's Envy
With Best Wishes
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)
Monitoring Observation Station KNLS English Via Madagascar
Station KNLS English New Life Station
Via Madagascar World Voice(MWV),Madagascar
0200-0300utc & 0300-0400utc on 13760kHz to India & South Asia in general in A25 season effective March 30th..
Transmission ends a few minutes earlier than mentioned time and perhaps due to antenna change /rotation or other technical reasons.
Transmission ends a few minutes earlier than mentioned time and perhaps due to antenna change /rotation or other technical reasons.
Here is a few monitoring observations of KNLS English on 13760kHz .
For all monitoring observations has been made at my location in Abhayapuri in Western Assam(India)with RIG Yaesu FT 891 and dipole inverted V 40/20mb dual bander except on April 9th as mentioned in due course of the report.
On March 31st, I heard as per my random aircheck in several spells during 0200-0250utc on 13760kHz, good signal with slight fading.
On April 3rd..Jose Jacob (VU2JOS) from Hyderabad alerted me about Station KNLS English was missing on air on 13760kHz as per his aircheck during 0200-0215utc.And around 0220utc, I checked the frequency i.e.13760kHz with my Yaseu FT 891 dipole inverted and not found any signal of the New Life Station here.
On April 4th..around 0211utc on 13760kHz during my routine aircheck on broadcasting frequencies, I found Station KNLS English on air with good signal with QSB(fading).
On April 5th, around 0208utc onwards, I heard very weak signal of KNLS English on 13760kHz and it was gaining strength in signal.And Jose Jacob from Hyderabad informed me on both days, the signal of KNLS were not heard initially and later he could listen to it.
On April 6th..I monitored in spells of KNLS English during 0300-0400utc and found good signal and overall reception.Earlier, I also heard the station with good reception during their first transmission on 13760kHz from 0220utc onwards for sometime.
On April 9th..Around 0207utc I received a message about only carrier with no audio of Station KNLS English on 13760kHz from OM Jose Jacbo(VU2JOS) in Hyderabad.
There was early morning rains & thunders so, I did not monitor on radio.As the weather condition improved and around I did engerise with battery my Groundig YB 400 with a long wire around 0215utc and I also found the strong carrier only with no audio.Alokesh Gupta(VU3BSE) from Faridabad also stated the same condition there.During my several monitoring spells later, I found only the strong carrier on 13760kHz.The same condition prevailed from 0300utc transmission slot of Station KNLS English on 13760kHz during my aircheck from 0300utc onwards for sometime.Later I switched off the radio for some works.But around 0327utc, I found a text message of Alokesh Gupta that the audio suddenly heard on 13760kHz from 0326utc onwards.Yes, I also heard it on 13760kHz with good signal from 0328utc onwards upto 0354utc on my Grundig YB 400.Here is a few recordings I did which I like to share..just click on the links..
Station KNLS Alaska New Life Station English on 13760kHz
Around 0330utc:
0331utc:
0353utc:
Sorry my unitentional coughing sound recorded during the recording around 0353utc..
Thanks also to OM Jose Jacob (VU2JOS) in Hyderabad and OM Alokesh Gupta(VU3BSE),Faridabad for their alert messages direct and indirect.
More observations//monitoring reports etc soon.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)
First Monitoring Report For A25
As new season (summer) season of international radio broadcasting has begun from March 30th(last sunday of March) and will remain effective upto October 25th(last saturday of October).And from October 26th( last sunday of October) ,the winter season of international broadcasting will start and it will be effective upto March 28th(last saturday of the next year i.e.2026).There is need of changes of frequenies due to earth's ionosphere which varies due to seasonal changes.Interested persons can search the net and can find more detail information about radio wave propagation and international broadcasting matters.
Here is a few initial A25 season logs which I like to share .
RIG:Yaesu FT891 External Antenna:40/20mb Dual Bander Inverted V Dipole Centre feeded with RG58 coaxial cable
Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)
March 30th:
First log which I like to share of Wavescan,Global DX Program now produced at Radio Miami International(WRMI),Okeechobee, Miami,Florida relayed first time via Reach Beyond Australia(RBA) via Kununurra(100kW),Australia...
from March 30th...sunday
from March 30th...sunday
1400-1429utc 11870kHz S5-S7 slight QSB slightly noisy..
No interference overall reception could be termed as good.But I could not check the transmission to Japan on monday i.e.on March 31st also via RBA Kununurra on 17650kHz during 2230-2300utc.
No interference overall reception could be termed as good.But I could not check the transmission to Japan on monday i.e.on March 31st also via RBA Kununurra on 17650kHz during 2230-2300utc.
I will check on ensuing mondays where the transmission is audible here or not.
Here is the audio files links recorded Wavescan via RBA) via Kununurra around
1416utc:
and 1427utc:
Radio Japan NHK World Bengali on 11655kHz was heard with strong signal strength here on March 30th from 1500utc onwards.
Voice Of Turkiye English on 11660kHz was heard with S5-S9 signal strength (obviously QSBi.e. fading there from time to time) from 1653utc onwards(my aircheck time) .I monitored for a few minutes.Its schedule is 1630-1730utc on 11660kHz directed to India Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan & Turkmenistan.I think transmission ends atleast 5-10 minutes earlier.
Vatican Radio South Asia 17790 & 15490kHz
1441utc 17790kHz Vatican Radio Hindi
Drama aired,noise,sometimes difficult to copy the contents,
I understood a drama was on air
The link to the audio file recorded around 1441utc ..
1449utc 15490kHz Vatican Radio Tamil
Good Signal,though slightly noisy, Vatican Radio Tamil signing on
The audio file link recorded around 1449utc:
March 31st:
BBC World Service English heard on 9510kHz(via Tashkent)/12095kHz(via Oman) during 0000-0200utc.During my random check several time periods, better reception on 12095kHz that 9510kHz.Will have to check more in more detail about other frequencies during different periods of BBC World Service English directed to South Asia.
But on 1413kHz(medium wave relay primarily via Oman) nothing of BBC in English heard during morning plus evening/night hours so far here during 0030-1600utc in several monitoring spells.
Voice Of Turkiye Urdu is now on a differnt frequency(i.e. 17580kHz ..perhaps fast time during summer ) during their usual summer time schedule of 1200-1300utc.I heard good signal strength with slight QSB(fading) on March 31st during a last three minutes of the transmission.There was Turkish music , signing off announcement followed by station music and signing off around 1254utc abruptly.As mentioned earlier,its transmission ends 5 to 10 minutes earlier.I think this is for technical reasons perhaps.
A general A25 update:
Station KNLS English New Life Station
Via Madagascar World Voice(MWV),Madagascar
Via Madagascar World Voice(MWV),Madagascar
0200-0300utc & 0300-0400utc* on 13760kHz
*Transmission ends a few minutes earlier than mentioned time and perhaps due to antenna swtich or rotation etc or other technical reasons.
More observations//monitoring reports etc soon.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)
Saturday, March 29, 2025
My 7s Logs In The Morning From Abhayapuri
I reactived my amateur radio monitoring on HF bands from September 2024 onwards after a gap for a few months with a long wire end feed with my RIG Yaesu FT 891 and later after a few weeks installed the dual bander inverted V 40/20mb centre feed at the same feedline(coaxial cable RG58) and I noted down a few details of the monitoring sessions in the morning as usual on 7050kHz ,7145kHz,& 7070kHz all in lower side band(lsb) viz.my morning Three 7s... and in addition now another frequency i.e.7090kHz lsb, in addition to add to my Three 7s to make it Four 7s, have to monitor.As for severak weeks now on 7090kHz lsb has been active a few hams from North East primarily a few from Guwahati & one from Shillong in the morning time to time joins for contact(QSO).
I have not heard for a long time QSOs of hams of Assam prinarily members of Amateur Radio Socitey Of Assam(ARSA) on 7070kHz lsb.But once there was regular activities i.e.QSOs on this frequency.And hams of other areas of the North East,West Bengal,Bihar and from other overseas countries viz Bangladesh & Nepal also joins there on 7070kHz lsb for QSO.
Here are the photographs of my rough reception compilations.I have laid all my loose sheets rough written logs cum reports on the table of this blog! HI HI!
From Monitor's Desk
And brief summary of my listening period September,2024 till today..on my 7s in the early morning..
VU3BTP OM Harsha from Bokaro Steel City has become VU2TIW and great signal(excellent modulation) of him 59 always on my Yaseu FT 891 either on On inverted V dipole or end fed long wire viz loud and clear.
Special Mentioned Amateur Radio Station Of The Period Monitored
VU3NYV From The Scotland Of The East..:
On November 5th perhaps perhaps from 0630ist onwards on 7050kHz lsb, I heard strong breaking Signal of a station with callsign VU3NYV several times.But none in the warm up session of The Belgaum Net on 7050kHz lsb might have not copied his signal as there were no response.I checked the callsign on the internet and found he is Mr. Hajong from NEHU campus,Shillong(Meghalaya)..And later I alerted a few hams about the new amateur station i.e. VU3NYV I heard from Shillong.Later, I heard him joining 7145kHz lsb & 7070kHz lsb.His signal strength has been S7 to S9 in general with slight QSB.He is using sBIXT with horizontal dipole homebrewed antenna(with 25W maximum on 40mb).I also heard him on 7090kHz lsb with the same reception quality 59 maximum.He also sometimes operates from Nalbari District of Assam and Ialso heard him from there too with 57-55 here atleast twice.That time he used sBITX and the antenna a homeberwed EFHW antenna.I understand he is a keen homebrewer..He is also active on 20mb and 15mb.And has already made several contacts with amateurs around the world.
You can check his page on QRZ.COM.More about VU3NYV will be posted later.
Monitor's Choice Station From My Home State Assam:
Next, I like to mention one of the active amateur station from Guwahati,VU3HZW.He is very active on 20mb & 15mb.On 40mb too I also heard his loud clear signal here several times.On 20mb, I also heard his signal loud and clear during the winter.He is using uBITX mutiband transreciver with linear amplifier and uses generally mutliband inverted dipole.He is making contacts around the world with both QRP and QRO.He has already contacted more than 47 countries and numerous contacts within India.
.You can find more on VU3HZW on QRZ.Com.
He is also maintaining a website on amateur radio..
He is also maintaining a website on amateur radio..
Please visit
www.itshamradio.com
As I have already posted my special observation on 20mb during this winter, I just share a link to the report for reference:
https://gkcalling.blogspot.com/2025/02/from-monitors-desk-special-monitoring.html
https://gkcalling.blogspot.com/2025/02/from-monitors-desk-special-monitoring.html
Latest Reception Log..
RIG: Yaesu FT891 Antenna:Inverted V dipole Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi
Date:29/03/2025
WX:Cloudy
7050kHz lsb 0608ist onwards
Noise Level S3-S4..later from around 0625ist onwards Noise Level reduced to S3-S2
0608-0625ist
VU2RZA(Chennai) 55-57,VU2YK(NCR) Not Copied,VU2MSB not copied,9N1CA(Near Kathmandu) 55,VU2JF(Rajkot) 55-56
0625-0645ist approx..
Heard a few weaker stations in signal strength difficult to copy, heard VU2PNU(Belgaum) perhaps only in partsVU2RZA 56-57,VU3JEB(?) not copied also not copied-VU3TBU,VU3IZH,VU3DXL etc etc
also heard again VU2JF plus breaking calls of VU2TKC(Kolkata) & his over 55,VU2RTF(Coimbature) weak but copied some parts
Later in the morning on 7145kHz lsb before on 0800ist..
Noise Level S1, I heard VU3LGT(Asansol,WB) 9N1CA, VU2TKC & also VU2UWO,OM RAMBABU operating from within 3-4km of IIT Campus ,Kharagpur(WB).
Later VU3LGT and 9N1CA shifted to 7150kHz lsb & continued their for sometime.
VU3LGT was loud and clear on both frequencies.But found 9N1CA weaker than on 7145kHz.
VU2UWO Reactivated This Winter:
OM VU2UWO,popularly known as Rambabu(Ram Narayan Basu-full name) was not heard on several years but I have been listening him on 7145kHz lsb during this winter several times testing his transmission.He is using all homebrewing equipments and the RIG is GCM 2K.I think it was developed by SK VU3GCM of Kolkata long back.
He is the weakest station this morning on 7145kHz lsb but I have copied him perfectly.
An Evening With 14200kHz usb...On March 28th..
An Evening With 14200kHz usb...On March 28th..
Last evening after a long break I monitored 20mb & on 14200kHz usb from from 1810ist approx. for sometime.. Heard a few amateur stations with good strong signal..I could recall..following stations..
VU2RZA 57 to 59..VU3DOD 43 ? VU3WJR 56, VU2TIW 59, VU2KFR 55 QSB......
later heard also VU3JUS 55 (from Ernakulum?) in QSO with VU2RZA 59 .....
More reports/observations plus more amateur radio related news etc soon.
73 For the time being..
DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)
Medium Wave At Morning Hours At Abhayapuri
I am sorry this winter season, I could not monitor the medium wave broadcasting bands as such.But I time to time monitor it in the morning hours 0000-0330utc.
And of some of the radio stations which usually I have well heard here both domestic & our neighbouring countries and beyond...during March 2025 with audio files links plus brief notes where possible.
RIG used :Yaesu FT 891 on battery ,inverted V dipole 40/20MB dual bander as antenna
Place Of Monitoring:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)
On March 23rd..
Radio Nepal Pokhara & Kathmandu
Radio Nepal Pokhara 684kHz:
Radio Nepal Pokhara was not heard by me for several months perhaps due to poor reception etc or might be I did not check the frequency at all.But March 23rd, I heard fair to good signal of Radio Nepal Pokhara on 684kHz after a long break.Please check the audio file recorded around 0023utc by clicking the link..
Radio Kathmandu 792kHz
Later I shifted to 792kHz i.e.Radio Nepal Kathmandu around 0024utc.And it was great to hear loud & clear signal of Radio Nepal Kathmandu.Let listen to the audio recorded..
Radio Nepal Kathmandu 792kHz 0024utc
The same program was aired from both Kathmandu & Pokhara.It was news and current affairs report related.Actually, I guess Radio Nepal airs programs from Kathmandu and others medium wave stations (Pokhara etc)of Radio Nepal relays.There may be some other programs by their regional stations at their respective studio.I am not sure.I have not heard other Radio Nepal medium wave stations for a long time like Surkhet on 576kHz,Dhankuta on 648kHz,Dipayal on 810kHz & Bardibas on 1143kHz.
Let me monitor from time to time and will post any fresh loggings.
Akashvani At Abhayapuri
Akashvani Lucknow on 747kHz 0024utc approx onwards Signing On,Vandemataram, opening announcements in Hindi etc
Let listen to the audio via this following link..0025utc
Akashvani Kokrajhar 1512kHz 0039utc
English News from Delhi,station Idd announcement etc in Bodo around 0040utc
Reception not good,noisy
The audio link recorded:
Please note Akashvani Kokrajhar is the nearest medium wave station(20kW) from my place Abhayapuri within 50km aerial distance.
On March 21st
Akashvani Dirbrugarh 0027utc on 567kHz
Folk Devotional Song in Assamese-Tokari Geet,annoucments etc by a lady voice in Assamese-station Idd mentioned & also mentioned news from Delhi at 6AM,Hindi News aired from Delhi with usual opening tune,All announcement by made by ladies
Slightly noisy,good signal
Here is the audio link recorded around 0029utc:
Myanmar Radio 729kHz 0024utc In Place Of Akashvani Guwahati Mahabahu
In place of Akashvani Guwahati Mahabahu on 729kHz, I heard as sometimes happened, it was Myanmar Radio on 729kHz.Let listen to the audio clip recorded around 0026utc
For a long time Akashvani Guwahati Mahabahu remains off the air in the morning from time to time and backs on suddenly late in the morning.Myanmar Radio (In Burmese)sometimes audible on 729kHz when Guwahati was off the air in the early morning hours but Myanmar Radio disappeared ( I mean its signal HI HI) abruptly after sometime.In the evening its the Myanmar Radio which is audible often and giving severe interference to Akashvani Guwahati on 729kHz. I will monitor from time to time to give you updates on 729kHz.
On March 24th:
0034utc 927kHz Akashvani Vishakhapattanam
Good Signal,slight noise
announcement of previous music feature,station Idd & news in English from Delhi, news was read by a lady
The recorded audio file link:
0039utc 1008kHz Akashvani Kolkata Sanchayita
Good signal strength,slight noise,
News From Delhi in English,Station Idd announcement & program highlights etc by Male Announcer in Bengali
The audio recorded ..the link
Bangladesh Betar On Medium Wave:General Observation
The following two regional stations of Bangladesh Betar in Dhaka on 693kHz and Rajshahi on 846kHz are well heard here.In the early morning hours Bangladesh Khulna on 558KHz is well heard.But as time progresses the reception becomes noisy and signal becomes weak.I guess majority of the programs of Bangladesh regional stations nowadays has been relayed from Dhaka.But like before,I heard in recent times locally produced programs also via Rajshahi & Khulna.Bangladesh Betar Dhaka on 819kHz is also audible here sometimes with good reception.
More observations/radio news/monitoring reports etc from time to time.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
A25 Preview & A few Schedule Information
As A25 season i.e. Summer season March 30th-October 25th of 2025) of international broadcasting is fast approaching, here is a brief preview of A25 season plus schedule information for the season as received from various sources plus websites of Radio Stations's websites.
A25 Preview Plus Schedule Information:
Off Course, the biggest news, there wil be no Voice Of America(VOA),Radio Free Asia(RFA),Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL),Radio Farda ,Radio Mashaal etc transmission on radio in A25 season as per the move of US Admistration to dismantle the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and as a result all its transmitter sites(shortwave & medium wave ) locating in USA & around the world has been ordered to close down.As a result of this Radio Thailand World Service & Radio Philipinias World Wide is also going off the air.As Radio Thailand & Radio Philinias World Wide used USAG's transmitter sites in Thailand and Philipines.And a few radio stations's coverage in A25 will be effected by the closer of USAGM transmitter sites like Vatican Radio.
USAGM also used leased transmitters located in different locations around the world like Dushanbe(Tajkistan),Paochung(Taiwan) etc etc and there may be less transmissions from these transmitter site.Let see how other broadcasting stations uses this vacant frequencies slots plus frequencies.
WRMI's Wavescan,The Global DX Program on shortwave to Asia via Reach Beyond Australia in A25:
As mentioned earlier in the blog, one good news for A25 season for radio hobbyists/radio enthusiasts/dxers is now purely Radio Miami International(WRMI) production Wavescan, the weekly Global DX Program, will be aired via Reach Beyond Australia's Ku site on shortwave.
Here is the schedule for your reminder.
Effeive March 30,2025 onwards ..
WAVESCAN,THE GLOBAL DX PROGRAM
produced At WRMI
1400 -1430 utc on 11870 kHz (Sunday)
and to Japan
2230-2300utc on 17650 (Monday)
Via Kununurra,Australia (100kW)
KBS World Radio English To India in A25:
As per information posted on KBS World Radio's website on March 17th, from March 30th ( the beginning of A25 season at 0100utc i.e.1000 Korean Standard Time),its English transmission for India will be on 9785kHz during 1400-1600utc in place of 9630kHz.
Adventist World Radio(AWR) Assamese in A25
Effective March 30th to October 25th 0f 2025
On Sunday & Wednessday
1330-1400utc on 15550kHz (100kW) via KSDA,Agat,Guam
Via AWR Frequency Management Office , Alsbach, Germany
At present, AWR is the only international radio station which broadcasts in Assamese Language.It broadcasts Gospel.
Radio Romania International(RRI) English Only On DRM To India
And like previous season,this coming summer schedule too as per the schedule posted on March 24th on their website, there is only DRM mood transmission to India effective March 30th to October 25th of 2025.
0300-0400utc on 15330kHz(DRM)
0530-0600utc on 21550kHz(DRM)
I do not know how many listeners have been listening to their DRM transmission in India in comparison to their earlier analog shortwave transmission.I am one of the listeners of their analog shortwave transmission for a long time.
Radio Japan NHK World in A25 to South Asia
As per schedule posted on the website of Radio Japan...
effective March 30th...
Bengali
1500-1530utc 11655kHz
Hindi
1530-1550utc 11655kHz
Urdu
1600-1620utc 9440kHz
1700-1720utc 1251kHz*
*All transmissions barring this on 1251kHz( Via Tajikistan) is from Yamata,Japan(350kW)
Radio Japan Bengali transmission is also audible on Bangladesh on FM in various cities there.
That's all for the time being..
Thanks to OM Alokesh Gupta,VU3BSE based in Faridabad and also to VU2JOS,OM Jose Jacob,Hyderbad for their regular updates/inputs etc on A25 skds.
More observations/radio news/monitoring reports etc from time to time.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)
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