On New Year Day Morning on 7145kHz lsb At Abhayapuri

RIG: Yaesu FT891

External Antenna:40mb inverted v dipole centre feed, 

Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi

Latitude: 26° 20' 31" N

Longitude:090° 39' 34" E

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)

Monitor's QSD Notes:

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 plus report by ear(in RST Scale) .

There may be some errors here & there in reporting time & callsigns etc, I hope it will be taken in amateur spirits.I am working on consistently in improving my reports & posts.

Date:01/01/26

WX:Initially clear sky , good sunshine & later Slightly cloudy ..pale sunshine, later again bright sunshine & clear sky..

7145kHz lsb

0815ist>VU2RRC (Howrah) S8, VU2ATN (Salt Lake, Kolkata PO) S7, noise level S2-S3,

0817ist>VU3LGT (Asansol) S9, VU2ATN S7, VU2RRC S9,

0819ist>VU2DLU (New Barrackpore, Kolkata)  S7, S21IR (Chattogram) S9, VU2ATN S9-S7, 

0823ist>VU2RRC S8, VU3LGT S8-S9 slight QSB, S21RW (Khulna) S9, breaking call of VU2TKC heard, 

0825ist>VU3LGT S9 QSB, VU2TKC(Uttarpara, Kolkata )S9, VU2DLU S7-S9, VU2ATN S9, S21RW S9, breaking call of VU3HZW heard around 0830ist, 

0830ist>S21IR S9, VU2ATN S7 QSB, VU2DLU S7, VU2TKC S9 slight QSB, S21RW S9, noise level S2-S3, 

0838ist>VU2DLU S7 QSB, S21IR S9 slight QSB, VU3LGT S9, VU3HZW heard with breaking call around 0840ist, VU2TKC S9,

0842ist>VU3HZW (Guwahati) S9, VU2DLU S7, VU3LGT S8, VU3SXP (Sonarpur, Kolkata) S5, 

0845ist>VU3SXP S7-S5, VU3LGT S9, VU2DLU S7, VU2TKC S9, 

0848ist>VU2RRC S7, VU3HZW S9-S7, VU2RRC S8 slight QSB, VU3SXP S6 QSB, 

 VU2DLU S7 QSB, 

0853ist>VU3BXI (Bardhaman PO) S9, VU2RRC S8 slight QSB, VU2DLU S7 QSB, VU3SXP S5 QSB 

Monitor's Notes:

Monitoring ended around 0858ist..VU3BXI only heard once but not heard later, no response from him to the call given by VU2RRC & VU2DLU..

More Reports /amateur radio related news etc coming soon.

Happy New Year 2026

73 

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Witness To Amateur Radio History in Assam By Listening Part I

.".....Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant!

   Let the dead Past bury its dead!

Act,— act in the living Present!

   Heart within, and God o’erhead!

Lives of great men all remind us

   We can make our lives sublime,

And, departing, leave behind us

   Footprints on the sands of time;"

A Psalm of Life

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Some Historic Amateur Radio Audio Recordings etc... The beginning & much more:

The First Amateur Radio Operator  from my native state Assam whom I heard  on air..was none other than SK VU2RCH from Nagaon...in fact he was the first Assamese amateur radio operator to be on air from 1983.After winning  a Grundig Yacht Boy 400 as part of Deutsche Welle Radio( one of the major international radio broadcasters during that period)  as a part of their monthly draw of lotteries of Radio in early 2000s, and the gates open for me to tune into SSB reception exclusively amateur radio conversations.And this Grundig YB 400 has a ssb tuning facility with no option of lsb or usb selection, but just has a ssb fine tuning knob.And my radio friend , Arun Ray then as VU3ORN now VU2HO, my radio friend from Delhi, gave me valuable tips on tuning plus some interesting infos about frequencies  & amateur radio nets of India.And it was the small spark & gradually it has grown into massive fires of SSB monitoring by me.Though technically I am than far far away & still miles & miles to go but I have begun at least from negative to zero & then zero to...And still it is going on...as learning is continuous process. And I also got in touch with Amateur Radio Society Of Assam in 2016 & became a member for a few years.I also passed the ASOC Exam organised by the society in  restricted  grade  in 2019 & became amateur radio operator with callsign  VU3WTI.I got the habit of recordings of radio audio from my three radio friends viz now VU3BSE then OM Alokesh Gupta of New Delhi, VURVY then SWL/BCDXER OM Swopan Chakrovorty of Kolkata & then VU3ORN now VU2HO OM Arun Ray of Delhi,  and now I have huge collections of radio audios both from broadcasting & amateur radio transmissions.It has almost become a ritual to record radio audio while I am listening to radio...

But initially I could not able to listen any station of Assam though I heard many stations of West Bengal, Bihar ,Odisha & Bangladesh etc on 40mb and had to wait for a long time.In   2011, I once heard very faint signal of VU2RCH on 40mb in the morning.I could copy his callsign.But the first clear signal came in January 2012.I could record a few moments of the audio ...on 7145kHz lsb....On January 18th around 0731ist onwards..along with VU3SUY from West Bengal & VU2DPI (now Silent Key) from Sambalpur, Odisha.

The audio link here..:

https://app.box.com/s/24qa81suudspr7yyfiu17qvadext4kkt

Then again on October in 2012 I could listen to him on 7145kHz lsb perhaps on October 24th ...around 0710ist on 7145kHz lsb as far as I could recall.The audio was sharp due to some problem in ssb fine tuning knob which was not working at all.

The audio link:

https://app.box.com/s/y6rzcalo6sc4wezshdevd1w4e7vo27rt

Later I had to swtch to my another Grundig model which also won as prize from Deutsche Welle... Yacht Boy 80 receiver  ...less in quality parameters..to listen to ssb transmissions..

But ...

 WITNESS To Amateur Radio History In Assam is continuing..

On January 6th 2016...on 7145kHz lsb

After a gap several decades in 2016, finally three persons ,who are members of Amateur Radio Society(ARSA),Guwahati got the Amateur Radio License ..And I got this news on air while monitoring on 7145kHz lsb on my Grundig YB 400 receiver with a long wire ..in the morning of ..yes, its SK VU2RCH who disclosed this information on air. Then as per monitoring was  the only amateur radio operator I could hear on air & he was disclosing this breaking news to VU3SAQ OM Dr.Sagar Sanyal one of the senior most ham of Kolkata.

Please listen to the audio clip..recorded on 7145kHz lsb in the morning of January 6, 2016..the audio link...

https://app.box.com/s/dzcxsilj5v9evlhzasvycxw0ww7hs2z3

Yes,, they were VU3ZRI OM Ritu Mahanta, VU3YPB OM Paresh Brahma now VU2YPB and VU3YPK OM Pranab Kumar Choudhury now VU2YPK.And all hails from Guwahati.Yes, on facebook ,perhaps OM Sandeep Baruah ,VU2MUE posted the informations in detail with callsign as far as I could recall.

 After a few months  OM Bhagaban Barman also from Guwahati  & secretary Of Amateur Radio Society of Assam also got his callsign as VU3XBP. And now he is also upgraded his license to general grade as VU2XBP.Perhaps OM VU2XBP is the only Assamese person to get a Short Wave Listener License(SWL) holder prior to his restricted grade license in 2016.Prior to 2010 perhaps there are four types of Amateur Radio Licenses for amateur radio operators(hams) in India viz.Advanced , Grade I, Grade II and Restricted and there is also a license for shortwave listeners who can monitor amateur shortwave bands without appearing for any written examination.

Later VU2TUO, OM Taheruddin Ahmed Of Guwahati  got his license.And again OM Satyajit Das from Gandhibasti locality of Guwahati, now resides in USA & also got his license after a long gap of a few years to three decades perhaps.And his callsign is VU2OFX..He has also  amateur radio callsign there from USA and it is KK4CCA.He might have created two history as far as amateur radio in Assam

1.Perhaps so far the longest wait of for a callsign in Assam

2..And the first Assamese ham to obtain US amateur radio callsign.

I heard him on air operating from the shack of then VU3YPB in Chandmari  and later  from his home in Gandhibasti locality in Guwahati.I have also recorded but the signal strength was weak and  recorded audio quality was poor.I will try to post in my blog in future.

On November 18th of 2018 on 7145kHz lsb,  I ,last lime heard VU2RCH on air before his passing away a few days later.I by chance recorded the audio & VU2NIL from Kharagpur, VU2AOR from Odisha & then VU3XBP(now VU2XBP) from Guwahati was on air that time.

The audio link:..

https://app.box.com/s/44i1wynocvudboev8b0x7aflln5m5q25

Memories fade away with time plus with wear & tear of daily life, I may have committed some errors here and there.Hope , all will be taken in the amateur spirit.It is the same amateur spirit without any pecuniary interest, I have decided to write down what I have in my mind and what I could remember ......

More of amareur radio in Assam by listening & in recorded audios  in the part II which is coming soon.

73 

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Latest On 7070 & 7090kHz lsb

RIG: Yaesu FT891

External Antenna:40mb inverted v dipole centre feed, 

Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri, NL56hi

Latitude: 26° 20' 31" N

Longitude:090° 39' 34" E

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)

Monitor's QSD Notes:

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 plus report by ear(in RST Scale) .

There may be some errors here & there in reporting time & callsigns etc, I hope it will be taken in amateur spirits.I am working on consistently in improving my reports & posts.

Date:31/12/25

WX:Dense fog,  , no sunshine hazy condition, less dew precipitation today less moist ..

7070kHz lsb

0738-0743ist:

VU3WTS (Titabar) S9, VU3HZW  (Guwahati )S7-S9, Vu3FHG(Guwahati )S7 QSB noise level S3-S4, 

0743ist >VU3WTS ON CQ CALL S9 for  sometime

0746ist>VU3WTS S9, VU3HZW S7-S9 slight QSB, VU3HZW went to QRX,

0749ist>VU3WTS  S9 on CQ call again for a few seconds,

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Date:30/12/25

WX:Cloudy, gloomy, moist, misty ..chilly cool .

7070kHz lsb

0836-0846ist:

VU3BXI (Bardhaman PO) S9 5 to 15dB, VU3HZW S9 slight QSB, 

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Date:28/12/25

7090kHz lsb

0824ist>VU3FHG (Guwahati) S5-S7, VU3HZW (Guwahati) S9, VU3INI (Guwahati) S9 with 5W slight QSB,

0828-0830ist:

VU3INI S9, VU3HZW S9,

0832ist>VU3HZW S9, VU3FHG S7-S8, noise level S4-S5,

0834-0836ist:

VU3FHG S5-S7, VU3HZW S9 

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Date:27/12/25

7090kHz lsb

0805ist>VU2DBM (Guwahati) S9 5dB, VU3WTS (Titabar) S9 QSB, Noise Level S5-S6, 0809ist>VU2DBM S9 20dB to 5dB, VU3WTS S7-S9 , VU3INI (Guwahati) (0812ist>), S7 QSB with  audio distorion later Monitoring ended around  0812 ist past a few seconds...

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Date:26/12/25

7090kHz lsb

0754ist(approx.)>VU2DBM (Guwahati) S9 15dB, VU3FEW (Makum) S9-S7 Moderate QSB, VU3WTS (Titabar) S9-S7, Noise Level S4-S5, 

0756ist>VU2DBM S9 15dB, VU3WTS S9 slight QSB, VU3FEW S7-S5 QSB, 

0758-0805ist:

VU2DBM S9 20dB, VU3WTS S7-S9 S9, VU3FEW S5-S7..moderate QSB,

Some parts of the signal of VU3FEW went down with noise/below noise level difficult to copy, but copied most parts...he is using Icom IC 7300 with EFHW external antenna.

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Date:22/12/25

7090kHz lsb

0812-0829ist:

VU3NYV (Shillong) S9 5-10dB, VU2XBP (Guwahati) S9 10-15dB, 

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Date:21/12/25

7090kHz lsb

0755ist>VU2XBP(Guwahati) S9 10dB, VU3WTS (Titabar) S9 QSB, heard breaking call of S21SDR around 0756ist onwards, 

0757ist>VU2XBP S9 15dB, S21SDR (Dhaka) S9 slight QSB ..slightly heavier voice, VU3WTS S7-S9 0800ist>VU2XBP S9 15dB, QRM on the frequency ..a few amateurs QSO heard ..for short duration, S21SDR stopped transmission..,he might have difficulty in copying. ..,

0801-0806ist:

VU3FHG (Guwahati) S7, VU2XBP S9 15dB 

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Date:20/12/25

7090kHz lsb

0812-0818ist:

VU3NYV (Shillong) S9 QSB slight , VU22AR(Guwahati) S7 -S8 slight QSB,

VU3NYV operating on his XIEGU G90 transreceiver with 20W approx with inverted v dipole 40mb , 

Monitoring ended around 0818ist & later again did monitored 7090kHz lsb during 0831-0837ist.

0831-0837ist:

VU3NYV S9 QSB, VU3WTS (Titabar) S7-S9,noise level S2-S3 

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Date:19/12/25

7090kHz lsb

0809ist>VU3NYV (Shillong) S9 15dB, VU2XBP (Guwahati) S9-S7 QSB, 

0817ist>VU22AR breaking call, VU3NYV S9 15dB, VU22AR (Guwahati) S7-S9 , noise level touching S3, 

0821ist>VU22AR S7 QSB, VU3NYV S9 15dB,

Monitoring ended around 0822ist

More Reports /amateur radio related news etc coming soon.

73 

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Report on 7145 With Recently Installed Inverted V

A 40mb inverted V 40mb centre feed dipole was installed on December 18th(2025) afternoon at my location.Here is the first a few days of reception reports on 7145kHz lsb.

RIG Used :Yaesu FT891

External Antenna:Inverted V, Centre Feed 40mb dipole

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

Latitude: 26° 20' 31"N

Longitude:090° 39' 34"E

Monitor's QSD Notes:

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 plus report by ear(in RST Scale) .

There may be some errors here & there in reporting time & callsigns etc, I hope it will be taken in amateur spirits.I am working on consistently in improving my reports & posts.

                                            My Recntly Installed 40mb Inverted V

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Date:19/12/25

7145kHz lsb

0744ist>S21HA (Ishwarde) S9, VU2DLU (New Barrackpore, Kolkata) S7-S9, band is noisy noise level touching S4, 

0749ist>VU3SXP(Sonarpur,Kolkata) S7-S5, VU2DLU S8 QSB, S21HA S9 QSB slight, 

0755ist>S21HA S9 5dB(75W), VU3SXP S8-S7 slight QSB, VU2DLU S7 -S8, 

0800ist>VU3SXP S5-S7 QSB, VU2DLU S7 -S8 QSB , 

0804-0809ist:

VU3UEP(Kolkata) S5 QSB JUST HEARD 45 IN RST REPORT SCALE, VU2DLU S7-S8, VU3SXP S7-S5, VU2DLU S7-S5 QSB, 

Monitoring ended around 0809ist & later again I did monitor on 7145kHz lsb from 0823ist onwards.

0823ist>S21RW(Khulna) S9 QSB, VU2TKC(Uttarpara,Kolkata) S9 QSB, 

0831ist>VU3LGT(Asansol) S9 -S7, VU2TKC S9, S21RW S9-S7 QSB SLIGHT, 

0839ist>VU3LGT S9 S21RW S9 -S7,

Monitoring ended around 0841ist

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Date:20/12/25

7145kHz lsb

0801ist>VU2ZOC (New Barrackpore, Kolkata)S9, S21ALT (Jessore) S8, S21RW (Khulna) S7-S9 (0803ist>), 

0806ist>S21HA( Ishwarde) S9 5dB, heard breaking call of VU2OWB, VU2ZOC S9 (0807ist>), VU2ZOC at 10W at 0808ist S7 QSB , S21HA S9 5dB, VU2OWB (Khaspur) S7 ,

0810-0812ist:

VU2DLU (New Barrackpore) S7-S8, VU2ZOC S9 

Report No.3

7145kHz lsb

0818ist>S21RW S9, S21HA S9 5dB, VU2OWB S9, 

0822ist>VU2ZOC S9

0826ist>VU3MDL (Kharagpur) S7, VU2ZOC S9, VU2DLU S7, S21RW S9,

0831ist>S21HA S9 

Monitoring ended on this frequency at 0831ist

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Date:21/12/25

7145kHz lsb

0806ist>VU2ZOC (New Barrackpore, Kolkata) S9 slight QSB, VU2RRC (Howrah) S7-S9 QSB, S21ALT(Jessore) S8 QSB, S21RW (Khulna) S7-S9, S21IR(Chattogram) S9 10dB, VU2TKC BREAKING (0814ist)

0815ist>S21HA (Ishwarde) S9 QSB, S21RW S9 QSB, VU2TKC (Uttarpara, Kolkata) S9 QSB, S21ALT S9 QSB, S21IR S9 5dB, VU2ZOC S9,

0824ist>VU2ZOC S9 QSB, S21RW S9, S21ALT S9 -S8, VU2TKC S9 QSB slight, S21HA S9,

0833i-0846ist:

VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar) S5-S7 QSB, VU2ZOC S9, VU3UEP (Kolkata) S7-S8, VU2TKC S9, S21IR S9, ẞ21ALT S9(0839ist>),

VU2FRD S5-S7, VU3UEP S7 QSB, VU2ZOC S9 QSB ,

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Date:22/12/25

7145kHz lsb

0801ist>VU2OWB (Khaspur) S9 QSB, VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar) S7-S9, VU3YSU (Robertganj) S9, noise level S3-S4, S21HA S7 QSB moderate, VU3LGT not heard, 

0807-0812ist:

VU2OWB S7-S8, VU2FRD S7-S9, S21HA S9 5dB, VU3LGT not heard, 

VU3YSU (0811ist>) S8 QSB, VU2OWB S8,

0832ist>VU2TKC S9, S21RW S9 5dB, breaking call of S21IR, VU3LGT & S21HA heard, 

0833ist>S21IR S9 15dB, S21HA S7 QSB, S21RW S9 QSB, VU3LGT (Asansol) S9(0835ist>), VU2OWB S9, S21RW S9 slight QSB, S21IR S9 15dB, VU2TKC S9 QSB slight, noise level S3,

0840-0847ist:

S21HA S7 QSB, S21RW S9, VU3LGT S9 QSB, S21IR S9 5dB, VU2TKC S7-S9 

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Date:23/12/25

7145kHz lsb

0756ist>S21RW (Khulna) S9, VU2KFR (Ballygangue,Kolkata) S9 -S7 QSB, VU2FRD (Bhububaneswar) S8  QSB(0800ist>), VU2RRC (Howrah) S7 -S9, 

0806-0811ist:

VU2KFR S7-S9, S21RW S9, VU2RRC S9 QSB, 

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Date:24/12/25

7145kHz lsb

0737ist>NOISE LEVEL S5-S7,

S21RW (Khulna) S9, VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar) S8-S9, 

0740ist>S21HA (Ishwarde) S9 5dB QSB, S21RW S9, VU2FRD S8-S9, 

0743ist>S21HA S7-S9, S21RW S9, VU2FRD S7 -S9, 

0745ist>VU2FRD S7-S9, S21RW S9 QSB,

0747ist>VU2FRD on low power  difficult to copy as noise level S5-S7 & 33 44 in RST , heard VU2ZOC breaking , S21RW S9, 

0748ist>VU2ZOC (New Barrackpore, Kolkata) S9, S21RW S9, VU2FRD back on QRO S8-S9, VU2OWB breaking, 

0753ist>S21RW S9, S21HA S9 slight QSB, VU2OWB poor, VU3LGT breaking , 

VU2ZOC (0755ist>) S9, S21HA S8-S9 slight QSB, VU3LGT (Asansol) S9 QSB slight, 

0758-0800ist:

VU2FRD S9 QSB, VU3LGT S9, VU2OWB S8 QSB for a few moments ...otherwise with noise difficult to read, 

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More monitoring reporsts plus amateur radio news etc soon.

73

VU3WTI(Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK)

Abhayapuri,Assam,India