Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)
(For All Monitoring Activites)
Monitor's Sign Notes etc:
All time mentioned in Indian Standard Time(ist), dates are mentioned in date,month, year format & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch on some cases), Signal strength mentioned with perfect readibility unless mentioned otherwise
> indicating onwards, amateur station's location mentioned as per info available in QRZ.COM etc & as heard on air in first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale plus report by ear(in RST Scale), ? sign has been put on info with doubt, some additional information & plus special/critical report/monitoring observations may be added.
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 without any pecuinary interest just for amateur radio hobby.
Date:30/10/2026
WX:Cloudy, cool
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7150kHz lsb (Warming Up Session of The Hambel Belgaum Net, actual net starts at 0700ist)
0632ist>VU2RZA(Chennai) S9 5-10dB(VU2RZA acting as the net-controller), VU2PNU(Belgaum) S9 QSB, VU2EU (Chengannur) S6 QSB, Noise Level S5, VU2EHR poor reception, VU2MBF poor, VU3WJR (Amisthapur) poor, VU3IZH poor, VU3DWN(Kottayam) S7 QSB, VU3IHK NO COPY, VU22NA (Kanhangad) poor, VU3DVA (Gandhinagar) below noise not copied, VU2KDS (New Panvel) no copy, VU23BK (Coimbatore) poor reception, VU2JRT (Surat) S7 QSB slight, VU3TBU (Bengaluru) S7 QSB, heard breaking call of VU2DED & VU2JF around 0641ist,
0642ist>VU2RZA S9 5dB, VU2DXL(Mumbai) S7 QSB , VU2JF (Rajkot) S7 QSB, VU3FGP(Sulthan Bathery) no copy, VU2BKD NO COPY , VU2DED (Greater Noida) S7 QSB, heard breaking call of VU2ORO around 0645ist, VU2RVE NO copy, heard breaking call of VU2DOS too, around 0646ist heard breaking call of VU2TKC & VU2ORO, also around 0647utc heard breaking call of both VU2TKC & VU2ORO, VU3UKN poor, VU2OGO (Payyanur) S8 QSB, ....
0648-0655ist:
VU2RZA S9 QSB, VU2KOC(Belgaum )S7 QSB, VU2TKC (Uttarpara, Kolkata) S9 15dB, VU2ORO (Noida) S9 QSB, VU3PSF (Kutralam) no copy, VU2RBI(Hyderabad) poor, VU2RMS (Bengaluru) S6 QSB, VU3OSV ((Thiruvananthapuram) no copy, VU2DXA (Kattoor)S7 QSB ,Monitoring on that frequency ended around 0655ist
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7145kHz lsb
0742ist>9N2LT (Janakpur) S9 5dB, VU2FRD(Bhubuneswar) S9 5dB, VU2DLU (New Barrackpore, Kolkata) S9 QSB, Noise Level S5, around 0750ist 9N2LT went on listening mood,
0750ist>VU2DLU S9, VU2FRD S9, heard breaking call of VU2KFR around 0751ist,
Here is a few rough observations on some of the frequencies of the latest B26 frequencies from the very first day to a few days.
Working Condition:
RIG:Yaesu FT 891
External ANT:40mb Inverted V dipole
Place of Reception:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)
Date:October 25,2026
No transmission of BBC World Service(BBCWS) of English to South Asia during 0000-0200utc & 1200-1400utc on shortwave analog mood from today. This is one of the highlight of B26 season.
Station KNLS English Alaska via MWV LOUD ..ALMOST CLEAR ON 13760kHz S9 Plus slight QSB...here ..on both slot as per my random monitoring 0200-0258utc..& 0300-0358utc..
Radio Romania International(RRI) English on 15210kHz 0403utc heard weak signal ..music song by YL on air perhaps...not sure it's RRI ENG...could not monitor 17780kHz 0630-0656utc..will check both frequencies for sometime
RADIO PHILIPINAS WORLD SERVICE ENGLISH STILL on 15640, 17750 & 21720kHz loud & clear during 0200-0330utc..I think tomorrow they will be on their new B26 frequencies..viz. 12020, 15640 & 17655kHz ..let me check & report tomorrow. I think they will change to B26 frequencies from tomorrow i.e.October 26th.
CGTN(China Global Television Network)ex. China Radio International(CRI) ENGLISH (0000-0100UTC slot)0032utc on 6075kHz poor QRN & QRM, parallel 6180kHz slightly better reception, 9700kHz excellent, heard also around same time CGTN ENG on 17740kHz excellent ..will check tomorrow & later.. Akashvani External Service Sindhi around 0120utc on 9870kHz S7 QSB slightly noisy ...
China Radio International(CRI) URDU 0100-0200utc on trace of Signal on 13695kHz on parallel 7240kHz chinese language station was broadcasting ..will check .further in coming days
Another interesting log.... Hope Radio English via Medron, Palau very weak signal but could be copied on 15680kHz (Sunday only) around 0138utc
CRI NEPALI @0141utc on 11860kHz S9 30dB ..Parallel 13780kHz @0142utc S9 30dB ..
Akashvani Ext. Serv. Nepali @0148utc on 15410kHz via SPT BENGALURU S9 20dB touching .
FEBA URDU ON 7320kHz @0203utc S9 20dB Via Dhabhyaa UAE slight QSB also slight hum on the audio
CRI TAMIL (0200-0300utc slot) On 13600kHz only noise audible nothing audible @0205utc & on parallel 17655kHz ,@0207utc nothing too audible .. CRI NEPALI(0230-0330utc slot) ...on 13780kHz @0234utc S9 30dB & on the parallel 11730kHz @0235utc S8 20dB , on 11860kHz no signal
CRI Tamil (0300-0400utc slot) on 13730kHz @0303ist S9 5dB, on the parallel 13600kHz @0305utc S9 10dB
Radio New Zealand Pacific English 9700kHz 1155utc onwards for a few minutes, Noisy signal, difficult to copy properly,
Music etc on air, time signal at 1200utc , news by YL
Here Wavescan S9 15dB slightly noisy with slight QSB...1230utc...onwards .upto 1258utc with good overall reception.
Voice of Turkey URDU 1300utc 15390kHz S9 15-20dB maximum slight QSB & noise..opening announcement by YL
BBCWS English on 21565kHz(Via MADAGASCAR) towards South East Asia perhaps from 1319utc ....S9 20dB touching...
BBCWS 21565kHz loud here usually during 1200-1400utc directed to . ...let me check on Saturday on 12095kHz ....& Other frequencies for Africa regions .....whether i audible or not...
AWR Assamese 1330utc 17735kHz carrier coming & going no audio ...still latest 1334utc...what's going on.?
Then the audio around 1335utc and overall reception was good.
Voice Of Turkey English 13635kHz 1338utc S7-S9 slightly Noisy With QSB, Letter Box Program presented by YL
KBS World English 1400utc onwards on 9630kHz:
Yes Sir...strong signal of other language tx heard here on 9630kHz...may be from October 26th kbs world will take over 9630kHz the B26 frequenies like Radio PHILIPINAS.
Anyway KBS world English on 31mb during 1400-1600utc useless here ..due heavy co,-channel adjacent interference strong to moderate like voice of Mongolia...on 12085kHz during 0900-0930utc
News is disappointing for Radio Tehran..
Hindi 11640kHz(1420-1520utc slot) @1420utc for a few minutes nothing heard...
Bengali (1423-1523ist slot) @1423utc Nothing audible on both 11710/12055kHz
Will monitor further ..all time slots frequencies .
Meanwhile OM VU2JOS from Hyderabad reported good signal of Radio Tehran in English on 11710kHz in there.
Trans World Radio(TWR) Manipuri(1430-1445utc slot Sunday) on 17700kHz via Madagascar heard @1430utc S9 5dB...
Earlier Radio Japan English to South East Asia (1400-1420utc Slot ) @1409,utc onwards for a few minutes end of feature program, music, announcements frequency notice, website info etc etc, signature tune station. Id. Announcements repeats...S7-S8 but slighly NOISY ..fading (QSB)also there
Date:OCTOBER 26, 2026
Radio PHILIPINAS World Service English has been on air on new B26 FREQUENCIES...12020, 15640 & 17665kHz ...from 0200utc .. the reception excellent on all three frequencies.
RRI Eng today audible today here on 15210,kHz from 0401utc after initials break down of signal after a few seconds several times...later heard for a few minutes of. news ..presented by YL S5-S7 QSB, .a weak co-channel QRM heard unid language station.....have to monitor further...will check 17780kHz from 0630utc ...
Date:OCTOBER 28, 2026
CRI TAMIL 0200-0300utc 13600kHz not heard any thing , 9800kHz 11870kHz
13600kHz may be deleted or off air not sure...
CRI Tamil @0220utc 9800kHz S9 10dB & a few moment later on the parallel 11870kHz S9 15dB...on 13600kHz nothing audible ..
CRI URDU 0200-0300utc slot nothing audible here on 11650 & 9450kHz ..@0228utc today
BBCWS English 2335utc 11645kHz(South East Asia perhaps as target area) via MADAGASCAR not audible
More observations//monitoring reports etc coming soon.
And I guess this is for the first time such a level of cricket match is being held here at Abhayapuri and in the .Mahabir Chilarai Stadium, Shivpur(Shivbari)Abhayapuri.My special thanks to North Salmara District Sports Association & related Associations for making it possible to organise the match.And special thanks to Respected Golap Medhi (Golap Da) .a former reputed cricket player who played for Cosmos Club ,Abhayapuri(all-rounder) for passing the information about the match and also accompanying me for most of the Ist session of the match during the opening day and offering his expert comments on the match and recollecting his playing days.Its a wonderful experience. Rest of the two days, I watched the match alone for a few hours and checking scores online via BCCI website. I''m fortunate to witness this historic occasion.Here is a few snaps taken my me....its long back 8 years back....still fresh in my mind...
Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)
(For All Monitoring Activites)
Monitor's Sign Notes etc:
All time mentioned in Indian Standard Time(ist), dates are mentioned in date,month, year format & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch on some cases), Signal strength mentioned with perfect readibility unless mentioned otherwise
> indicating onwards ,amateur station's location mentioned as per info available in QRZ.COM etc & as heard on air in first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale plus report by ear(in RST Scale), ? sign has been put on info with doubt, some additional information & plus special/critical report/monitoring observations may be added.
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 without any pecuinary interest just for amateur radio hobby.
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Date:23/09/2026
WX:Cloudy, wet after night's heavy thunderstorm & heavy rain, mild breeze blowing ,
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7090kHz lsb
0755ist>VU3NYV (Shillong) on CQ call , heard around weak breaking call of another station Perhaps from Nepal I could copy the prefix 9N1 ..not the two letters suffix that moment, 0758ist>VU3NYV S9, 9N1KM(Kathmandu) 43 by ear,
Primarily To Japan, 2230-2300utc 17650kHz (Monday On Local Time)
via Kununurra(KNX)(100kW),Australia
Wavescan is the international DX Program researched & written In Indianapolis by Dr.Adrian Peterson & in Los Angeles by Ray Robinson , produced at Studios of WRMI Shortwave in Okeechobee,Florida and presented by Jeff White.
One can send comments ,suggestions to the Wavescan program at the following email address
wavescan@yahoo.com
For reception reports, please send your reception reports to directly to the radio stations on which you have heard Wavescan, in case it is via Reach Beyond Australia then here is the email address:
radio@reachbeyond.org.au
Wavescan is also available on shortwave, weeky in Americas via WRMI in Florida, WWCR in Tennesy & across Europe via IRRS Italy besides to Asia Australia & New Zealand via Reach Beyond , also via greatnorthlandradio.com in Alaska(USA)& podcast is available on wavescan.podomatic.com.
And also preview of its week programme is available on WRMI facebook page.
As per the WRMI Facebook page..today's edition of Wavescan, i.e. October 25th edition..
"On Wavescan beginning October 25: Ray Robinson with colonial radio during World War II (part 2, French colonies). Part 1 of our extraordinary visit to a former Soviet jamming site in Armenia (photo below). And our South African DX Report from André Gouws."
Courtesy:WRMI, Facebook Page
More observations//monitoring reports etc coming soon.
(From Abhayapuri Amateur Radio Related Logs, News etc)
(Compiled By VU3WTI, Abhayapuri) 24/10/2026 NHAR No.1
A Few Reception Log:
Lets share a few of my recent logs where I heard QSOs of our hams of Assam & Shillong.
RIG: Yaesu FT891
External Antenna:End Feed Long Wire
Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi
Latitude: 26° 20' 31" N
Longitude:090° 39' 34" E
Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)
(For All Monitoring Activites)
Monitor's Sign Notes etc:
All time mentioned in Indian Standard Time(ist), dates are mentioned in date,month, year format & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch on some cases), Signal strength mentioned with perfect readibility unless mentioned otherwise
> indicating onwards ,amateur station's location mentioned as per info available in QRZ.COM etc & as heard on air in first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale plus report by ear(in RST Scale), ? sign has been put on info with doubt, some additional information & plus special/critical report/monitoring observations may be added.
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Date:07/10/2026
WX:Clear Blue Sky, morning sunshine with cool breeze 7145kHz lsb
0624ist>9N2LT(Janakpur) S6 QSB, S21RW(Khulna) S9 QSB, heard breaking call of VU3FHG (from Guwahati) around 0625ist) S5, VU3FHG breaking several times , S21RW & 9N2LT could copy properly,
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Date:08/10/2026
WX:Clear Blue Sky, Morning Sunshine,
7145kHz lsb
0656ist>VU3FHG(Guwahati) S6 QSB, S21PL breaking S7, S21HA(Ishwarde) S7-S8, Difficulty in copying VU3FHG on QRP by S21HA,
7090kHz lsb
0750-0752ist:
VU3NYV (Shillong) S9 slight QSB, VU22AR (Guwahati) S7 QSB, Noise Level S1, both QSY to 7085kHz lsb to avoid noise faced by VU3NYV at his shack on 7090kHz lsb, but here there was noise upto S5 on 7085kHz lsb at 0752ist , I heard VU3NYV calling but not peasant to hear so stopped monitoring on that frequency,
0650ist>S21SES(Netrokhona) S9 QSB, VU2VFC (Patna) S7 around 0651ist heard breaking call of VU3NYV,
0652ist>VU3NYV(Shillong) S9 5dB, VU2VFC S7-S8, S21RW (Khulna?) S5, S21SES S7-S9, heard with distorted audio of an amateur plus clippings of audio not copied by anyone, around 0700ist breaking call of VU2FRD heard ,
0700ist>S21RW S5 QSB, VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar) S9-S7, VU3NYV S9, VU2VFC S7, heard breaking call of S21IR around 0702 & 0703ist ,
0703ist>VU2FRD S7, S21IR(Chattogram) S9, heard around 0705ist breaking call of 9N1CA,
0705ist>9N1CA S5 QSB, VU2FRD S7, S21RW S5 with deep QSB occasionally, S21IR S9, S21SES S7-S9, VU3NYV S9 QSB, 9N2DP (Nepal) audio not clear distortion there, heard breaking call of VU22AR,
0715ist>S21IR S9 5dB, S21RW S5 QSB, heard breaking call of VU22AR again around 0716ist, VU2PWD (Jamsedpur) 33 by ear, VU3NYV S9 5dB,
OM VU3NYV from Shillong , , recently sent me a couple exotic of logs .
On October 5th, he made a contact on 40mb with CE4OMQ from Chile, South America on 7167KHz lsb with his Yaesu FT991A using 40mb inverted V dipole in the morning hours perhaps after 0600ist.
Here is a recording of his QSO with CEO4MO from Chile..
He also made another contact that morning on 40mb . It was S51DX from Slovenia (Europe) on 7165kHz lsb. In the morning he is often active on 7090kHz lsb and also breaks in & joins the Belgaum Net Warm Up Session on 7150kHz lsb , besides 7145kHz lsb during 0600-0830ist approx.He is also active in late afternoon & in the evening on 15mb & 20mb besides VHF band(144-146MHz)
Thanks to OM VU3NYV for sharing the loggings and the video clips.
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Reminder about two upcoming important events in India releated to Amateur Radio:
9th LARC in Hyderabad:
It appears to me that registration for 9th Lamakaan Annual Radio Convention(LARC) (Hyderabad )may be still open at their website.
This year the event will be held on December 12th & 13th(of 2026).
Please visit the link for details & updates etc about the LARC...
https://larc.in/
Hamfest India 2026:
This year Hamfest India will be held on November 28-29th at the National Institute of Technology, Karnataka(NITK) campus in Surathkal, Mangaluru . This year's Hamfest India is jointly organized by the Mangalore Amateur Radio Club (MARC), NITK (VU2REC), and the MIT HAM Club (VU2MHC).
Please check the Hamfest India 2026 website for details & updates etc..
https://hfi2026.nitk.ac.in/
Also a special callsign AT26HFI has been issued for this year's Hamfest India in Mangaluru and is active October through December 2026. It will be operated by club members of VU2REC, VU2MHC & VU2RDO(Mangalore Amateur Radio Club's club station).Thanks to VU2JOS of NIAR, Hyderabad for sharing the information received via The Daily DX USA.
And now An Obituary Reference
VU2PTF From Tinsukia is now A Silent Key:
With a heavy heart and immense saddness, I like to inform you all , VU2PTF(Rudra Prasad Sarma) , one of senior most as wellas one of the pioneer amateur radio operator in Assam and in the North East India passed away on the night of August 28th at a hospital in Mumbai while undergoing treatment.He was 75(1950-2026).He retired as a Deputy Manager in State Bank Of India(SBI) in 2012 and settled in his home town Tinsukia later. He got his amateur radio license in late 1980s . I heard him on air as a Shortwave Listener(SWL) on 40mb from 2017 for two years or so when he was operating from Tinsukia.And I used to give him reception updates of your signal via social media & other platforms as SWL. During my interaction with him , I came to know him as a keen homebrewer of radio-electrical & electronics related things and also a guitarist. During his college days and before joining SBI, I understand he was a much sought after guitarist in Tinsukia, his home town . After joining SBI, he did not get much time for music performance as guitarist.And he also had to move to different locations every three or four years.But still he used to devote his time in homebrewing electrical & electronics projects after returning from the job in the evening. He used to build sound boxes etc or others things too. One of his senior bank colleague during his posting at Nahakatia suggested him to go for amateur radio hobby(perhaps in late 1970s or early 1980s) . Somewhere he got address of Kerala Amateur Radio League,Kerala and got information in detail about the process of amateur Radio in India.He also got study materials from the organisation as far as I could remember telling me.And that's was the beginng of his amateur radio journey.
Later from his social media posts of him , I came to know about his skills in carpentary and as a sketch artist. We used to have interact via mobile phone from time to time and many things I came to know about his journey with amateur radio.
He was one of the founding members of Amateur Radio Society of Assam(ARSA) and also worked in different capacities in the society including at the time of his death as its Advisor.
His death of widely mourned by Amateur Radio Society of Assam(ARSA) members. ARSA held a condolence meeting to mourn the death of VU2PTF on August 30th in Guwahati.
And I had atleast three eyeball QSOs with him during Annual General Meeting(AGM) of ARSA in Guwahati. His death is a personal loss for me. After I becoming a ham sometime back, he used to encourage me to come to the band on HF with his usual witty style. Those words still fresh in my mind. Surely, I will try my best to ink my empty pages of my station log book with entries of my contacts.
The following lines of Gulzar's song often comes into my mind when I listen to numerous audio clips of his QSOs on air on 40mb recorded by me now....
"Naam gum jaayegaa
Chehara ye badal jayegaa
Meri aavaaz hi pahachaan hai
Gar yaad rahe.."
Here is a video clip of SK VU2PTF's QSO on 7145kHz lsb from wayback on December 19th of 2017 around 0654ist with VU2RAK of New Delhi. This is in the memory of SK VU2PTF.
KBS World Radio posted its schedule B26 winter season for English transmission directed to India on their website as early as August 31st. It will be on air on 9630kHz in place of 9785kHz effective from October 25th.
The reception of KBS World in English has been very poor on 31mb during 1400-1600utc here for a long time due to moderate to strong co-channel/adjacent channels interference. Most of the time nothing of KBS World English is audible here at all.
BBC World Service English:
BBC World Service In English recently replaced its evening frequency 17835kHz during 1200-1300utc with 17745kHz (via Al Seela,Oman 250kW). The reception has been excellent as per latest monitoring observation all.
Meanwhile HFCC has already released a tentative B26 winter transmission schedule and which is now availble at
https://new.hfcc.org/data/b26/
And the news is not encouraging at all for South Asia from BBC World Service. After checking the tentative schedule ...
BBC World Service has deteled its morning 0000-0200utc and the evening 1200-1400utc transmission to our region.
Let listen to this BBC World Service announcement which I recorded around 0059utc on 9590kHz ( directed to South Asia via Tashkent) this morning today viz. the last day of A26(summer) season of broadcasting i.e.October 24th of 2026..
(Monitored on Yaesu FT 891 with 40 MB Inverted V dipole)
More B26 Season updates coming up soon.
Wavescan Reception Update:
Wavescan. the International DX Program ,researched & written by Dr.Adrian Peterson in Indiananapolis & Ray Robinson in Los Angles , produced at the studio of Radio Miami International(WRMI) , Okeechobee,Florida USA and now is on air as per the following schedule primarily to India on sunday via Kununurra,(100kW),Reach Beyond Australia facility effective March 29-October 24,2026
on 15400kHz during 1330-1400utc.
And from June onwards for a few sundays , the overall reception of the transmission here in my place had been due to poor signal strength(QSA) and increase of noise (QRN) i.e.noisy reception condition.
Here is a brief summary of reception on 15400kHz on sundays...from my monitoring notes..Monitorings had been done by Grundig YB 400 & Yaseu FT 891 Rig with end fed long wire antenna.
June 21st:
"Wavescan today poor noisy .from 1330utc on 15400kHz via RBA KNX 100kW.. difficult to copy discontinued monitoring after 1333utc"
Here is the link to the audio file recorded around 1330utc:
."After a few sundays of poor /noisy /unsatisfactory reception Wavescan via KNX RBA Australia 100kW ..S9 touching 20dB maximum.slight QSB .Q5 report..on Yaesu FT 891 with end feed long wire ...today Sunday 05/07/2026 here at Abhayapuri...."
Here is the recorded link of Wavescan around 1356utc...
Wavescan In B26: Wavescan schedule for upcoming Winter schedule of international broadcasting effective October 25th,2026 to March 27th ,2027 via Reach Beyond Australia. ...
On Sunday
Primarily To India ,1230-1300utc 15400kHz
Primarily To Japan, 2230-2300utc 17650kHz (Monday On Local Time)
via Kununurra(KNX)(100kW),Australia
I am in hurry to post backlogs of reports/reception logs etc compiled by me for many weeks now whose I could not do due to my recent health issues plus other issues. So, there may some errors here and there.I apologise to you all for my lapse.And just for the sake of hobby of radio listening/monitoring, I am posting my observations etc.
More observations//monitoring reports etc coming soon.
News About A New FM Station Radio Gupshup on 95MHz Now in Jorhat Town:
As per post on facebook of BCDXER/amateur radio operator from Jorhat Town OM Prithwiraj Purkayastha (VU3TQD) , from October 5th, Radio Gupshup has started broadcasting from Jorhat Town on 95MHz . Gupshup is also on air on 94.3MHz from Guwahati, Dhubri & Halflong in Assam . For Jorhat, it is on air on 95MHz rather than its usual 94.3MHz perhaps due to technical reasons. Our Titabar based radio enthuiast/amateur radio operator VU3WTS( OM Bimal Chutia) informed me he also received the station there but noisy reception & with weak signal. Titabar is about 18 km(approx.) aways from Jorhat town aerially. This is the first privately owned FM Station to be on air from Jorhat. Akashvani has a FM Station there in Jorhat and it is on air on 103.4MHz. Radio Gupshup is also on air from Awizal & Itanagar on 94.3MHz. Reception Updates of FM Radio At Abhayapuri:
But recently the reception quality of FM Broadcasting Stations here at my Abhayapuri has been going down and down. Here is a report..
(For all monitorings, I have used Grundig Yacht Boy 400 antenna with fully extended telescopic antenna plus sometimes a long wire external antenna specially for DX FM Stations though not the ideal choise still earlier I got good results..)
Akashvani Goalpara on 102.6MHz:
Now-a-days, even Akashvani Goalpara on 102.6MHz, which was received loud and clear here at my home town Abhayapuri earlier (the aerial distance around 18km approx.) , has been poor to barely audible and often noisy reception.I think it is broadcasting on low power or antenna might be not working as it should have due to summer rains or struck by lightning(not sure). Let me monitor for sometime.
Here is a recorded audio file link of Akashvani Goalpara on 102.6MHz around 0331utc on
Akashvani Kokrajhar on 102MHz with news antenna set up plus higher power (aerial distance from Abhayapuri might be around 42km ) used to be heard with loud with slight noise sometimes after its inguaration for a few months. But as the time , its overall reception has been not consistence.Though it was annouced that it would cover a 70km radius area. But On October 10th, the reeption is more less satisfactory and during relay of Assamsese Morning News from 0330utc the signal gain strength .
Here is a two recorded audio files link of Akashvani Kokrajhar on 102MHz..
It is to be noted once a reliable station on FM band here Bhutan Broadcsting Service(BBS) on 96MHz now-a-days has been not audible as such and most of the time poor plus noisy as per my monitoring.
And Guwahati based private FM Stations viz. Radio Mirchi 95MHz, Red FM 93.5MHz, Radio Gupshup FM on 94.3MHz etc are not heard here for a long time as such(Sometimes murmuring signal).
Akashvani Guwahati Mahabahu on 101.6MHz is very weak and noisy here most of the time. Also I am unable to hear Vivid Bharati Guwahati on 100.8MHz at all.
But there was a time, a few years back, I listened to FM stations from as far as away from Bangladesh Betar Dhaka , ABC Radio Dhaka, & Bangladesh Betar Mymensingh , Akashvani Siliguri,Akashvani Kurseong , Akashvani Shillong FM Rainbow Service & our state Assam's Akashvani Nogaon & Akashvani Jorhat too with my with long wire antenna plus telescopic antenna fully extended with Grundig YB 400 receiver, besides FM Stations from Bhutan Broadcasting Service on 90MHz & 96MHz. And on a few occasions, during evening-night hours , I could copy with my another receiver Grudnig YB 80 on battery with telescopic antenna fully extended on our verandah & just outiside our home , lots of FM Stations of Bangladesh & West Bengal. Those were the golden periods.
I am in hurry to post backlogs of reports/reception logs etc compiled by me for many weeks now whose I could not do due to my recent health issues plus other issues. So, there may some errors here and there.I apologise to you all for my lapse.And just for the sake of hobby of radio listening/monitoring, I am posting my observations etc.
More observations//monitoring reports etc coming soon.
Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)
(For All Monitoring Activites)
Monitor's Sign Notes etc:
All time mentioned in Indian Standard Time(ist), dates are mentioned in date,month, year format & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch on some cases), Signal strength mentioned with perfect readibility unless mentioned otherwise
> indicating onwards ,amateur station's location mentioned as per info available in QRZ.COM etc & as heard on air in first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale plus report by ear(in RST Scale), ? sign has been put on info with doubt, some additional information & plus special/critical report/monitoring observations may be added.
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 without any pecuinary interest just for amateur radio hobby. *******************************************
******************************************* More observations//monitoring reports/news about amateur radio soon. 73 VU3WTI(Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK) (Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)
The highlights of Wavescan , the Global DX Program , now is being produced at studio of WRMI, USA , also is on air via Reach Beyond Australia(RBA) on sundays to India primarily , for today i.e.July 19th sunday as per WRMI facebook post...
"On Wavescan beginning July 19:
99 Years of Indian broadcasting -- AIR, Akashvani, part 1 (1920-1936). We'll have news about a special QSL card that will be available only for the July 19th edition of Wavescan (NWS908). The 93rd anniversary of Radio Club Uruguayo. Mike Sabin of Trans World Radio will tell us what's left of KTWR in Guam. And a visit to the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Alabama -- very closely related to the EWTN television network and WEWN shortwave."
And OM VU2JOS (Jose Jacob) ,from Hyderabad has posted on various BCDX social media platforms that Indian DX Club International(IDXCI), Kolkata will issue a special QSL Card on the Wavescan program on India on this July 19th edition (program no. NWS 908) which will be broadcasted first on July 19th and will be repeated throughout the week via WRMI & other relays.
The address for sending reception reports for IDXCI is as mentioned...
email to idxc.international@gmail.com
by post to
Indian DX Club International, P.O. Box 646, Kolkata 700001, India
And the schedule of the Wavescan via RBA
On Sunday Effective March 29-October 24,2026
Primarily To India ,1330-1400utc 15400kHz
Primarily To Japan, 2230-2300utc 17650kHz (Monday On Local Time)
via Kununurra(KNX)(100kW),Australia
More observations//monitoring reports etc coming soon.
Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)
(For All Monitoring Activites)
Monitor's General Notes:
All time mentioned in Indian Standard Time(ist), dates are mentioned in date,month, year format & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch on some cases), Signal strength mentioned with perfect unless mentioned otherwise
> indicating onwards ,amateur station's location mentioned as per info available in QRZ.COM etc & as heard on air in first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale plus report by ear(in RST Scale), ? sign has been put on info with doubt, some additional information & plus special/critical report/monitoring observations may be added.
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 without any pecuinary interest just for amateur radio hobby.
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Date:29/06/2026
7145kHz lsb
WX:Cloudy, light to moderate rain, occasional thunders heard,
0736ist>S21RW (Khulna) S9, 9N1CA (Nepal) S7 QSB, Noise Level S2-S3, at 0742ist heard breaking call of S21HA,
9NICA S7 QSB, S21RW S7-S9 QSB, Noise Level S3, both went QSY to 14195kHz usb at 0750ist
Due to rain & thunder, I stopped monitoring after 0750ist & disconnected antenna etc from the RIG, a few minutes later a huge lightning strike took place with flashing of light & huge sound heard,
An interesting Info received via OM VU3NYV from Shillong this morning .
Around 0815ist on 7090kHz lsb, he made a voice contact with a Guwahati based station VU2JDH with 45 55 report , VU2JDH operating on QRP perhaps with 3-4 Watt. I have not heard about this station VU2JDH earlier. Let me check my callsign database.Let me monitor VU2JDH myself on 40mb in coming days in the morning.And thanks to OM VU3NYV from the Scotland of the East , Shillong for sharing this information.
OM VU3NYV is also working on a few homebrewing antenna projects and also working on a QRP (less than 5W) 40mb ssb transreceiver .It is to reminded all his HF antennas he has used so far all are homebrewed by him. Hope in future, I will share more of his homebrewing actitives related to Amateur Radio.He has also great interest in broadcasting band listening shortwave, medium wave & FM too. I understand he is a very busy man. Still, I hope ,he will share his loggings of BC Stations.
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Date:28/06/2026
WX:Cloudy
7145kHz lsb
0736-0737ist:
9NICA (Nepal)S5 QSB (Going QRT), VU3NFF (Patna) not heard, Noise Level S2-S3,any other other stations not heard,
0745ist:
9N1CA on CQ call S5 , Noise Level S1,
0748ist:
9N1CA on CQ call S5-S7, Noise Level S1,
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A few news related to Amateur Radio ..which I like to share..
1>Registration process for Hamfest India 2026 Mangaluru(November 28-29) is going on via its website.Those who have registered before June 29th, will qualify (with certain conditions) as a part of early bird offer will qualify a lucky draws.
Please check for details of Hamfest India 2026 Mangaluru at
https://hfi2026.nitk.ac.in/
2>New two factor login will come in in Saral sanchar wesbite from July 1st, 2026 as per information at https://eservices.dot.gov.in/saral-sanchar
Thanks OM VU2JOS from Hyderabad for forwarding the info first time. And details are waited about whether existing users will have to again migrate to new login system.Let us wait and check after July Ist.
3>Special Callsign YR100RC is active on HF bands on various moods upto 30th September of 2026 to mark 100 years of Amateur Radio Activity in Romania. For details for a certificate available for working with the station , please visit
tinyurl.com/romania1786
As per search on the internet , first amateur radio club was established in Romania on March 18, 1926 in Craiova(Radioclubul Craiova) marking the beginning of amateur radio activities in Romania. Dr.Alexandru Savopol(Y5RAS) is known as father of Amateur Radio in Romania. Lt Bajenescu Ion & Ion Niculescu(YR5EV) were other two pioneers of amateur radio activities in Romania.
More about Radioclubul Craiova's 100 years, please check
VU3YBH from Bhupal is operating a special callsign station AT90VANI marking 90 Years of Akashvani previously also known as All India Radio(AIR) , our country's state radio broadcasting organisation. The special callsign station AT90VANI has already been active from 25th of May and will be on air upto 16th of August this year.
Please visit
https://www.qrz.com/db/AT90VANI
More observations//monitoring reports/news about amateur radio soon.
Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)
(For All Monitoring Activites)
Monitor's General Notes:
All time mentioned in Indian Standard Time(ist), dates are mentioned in date,month, year format & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch on some cases), Signal strength mentioned with perfect unless mentioned otherwise
> indicating onwards ,amateur station's location mentioned as per info available in QRZ.COM etc & as heard on air in first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale plus report by ear(in RST Scale), ? sign has been put on info with doubt, some additional information & plus special/critical report/monitoring observations may be added.
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 without any pecuinary interest just for amateur radio hobby.
1810-1812ist>VU2HPX 56(by ear), VU37KP 54 QSB, S21RW very weak,
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14215kHz usb
1813-1821ist:
VU2DSI(Ahmadnagar) 56(by ear) QSB, VU3ICT (Kalyani) very weak, another station heard could not copy the callsign properly very weak, VU2DSI still 56 (by ear) at 1817ist & beyond, VU3ICT still poor , Noise Level S2-S3,
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Date:21/06/2026
14203kHz usb
1805ist>VU2RCT (Mangalore) S7 QSB, another station heard poor could not note down callsign correctly,
