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Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)
Saturday, March 28, 2026
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Monitoring 7145kHz lsb From 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
(For All Monitoring Activites)
(For All Monitoring Activites)
Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)
All time mentioned in Indian Standard Time(ist) & 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 QRZ.COM & as heard on air etc 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 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.
My 40mb Inverted V Centre Feed Dipole Pointing Almost North South With Two Ropes From The Handles Of The Balun Feed Point Box(Pulley Used To Lift It)
Date::27/03/26
7145kHz lsb
0742ist>VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar) S9-S7 QSB, 9N1CA (Nepal) S9 5dB, Noise Level S4-S5, at 0747ist & breaking call of VU2DLU heard, at 0749ist VU2XH's breaking call heard
0749ist>VU2XH(Patna) S9, 9N1CA S9 5dB, VU2DLU (New Barrackpore, Kolkata)S8 QSB, VU2FRD S9 QSB, all perfect copy,
0756ist>VU2XH S9 5dB, 9N1CA S9 , both noted with slight QSB time to time,
0806ist> VU2XH S9 QSB, 9N1CA S9 QSB, at 0809ist heard breaking call of a station with poor modulation perhaps VU2PWD from Jamshedpur & not readable at all,BOTH VU2HX & 9NICA WENT QRT AROUND 0809utc
0810ist:VU2DLU S7 QSB, VU2PWD with poor modulated signal signal strength (QSA) S5 but not readable as such
Date:26/03/26
7145kHz lsb
0759ist>VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar) S9 QSB, VU3BXI (Bardhaman Portable) S9 5dB, S21RW (Khulna) S9 5dB, Noise Level S4-S5, VU3LGT (Asansol) S9,
0810-0817ist:
VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar) S7-S9, S21RW S9 5dB, VU3LGT S9
0821ist>VU3LGT S9, VU2PWD (Jamshedpur) poor signal strength with very poor modulated signal , not readable at all,
Heard around 0824ist again CQ call of VU2PWD poorly modulated signal
Date:25/03/26
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Report No.1
7145kHz lsb
0736ist>VU2DLU (New Barrackpore, Kolkata) S8 QSB, VU3LGT (Asansol) S9, Noise Level S5,
0744ist>S21HA (Ishwarde) S9 15dB, VU3LGT S9, VU2DLU S7-S8 QSB, (VU2DLU operating with a Homebrewed set with 8-10W), at 0750ist heard breaking call of VU3YSU & S21PL,
0751ist>VU3LGT S9, VU3YSU no response heard, no response from S21PL too heard, perhaps not copying VU3LGT, VU2DLU S7(giving call), S21PL (Cox Bazar) S5 QSB on QRP 4W via his uSDX transreceiver ( mentioned about not copying VU3LGT properly), S21HA S9 slight QSB, no response of VU3YSU to S21HA's call & S21HA going QRT around 0755ist,
0755ist>VU3LGT S9, VU2DLU S7-S9, VU2VFC (Patna) S9, at 0757ist heard breaking call of 9N1CA, heard too noise on the frequency from 0757ist , though signal could be copied, still discontinued monitoring around 0758ist for the time being
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Report No:2
7145kHz lsb
0805ist>VU2XH (Patna) S9, VU3LGT S9, at 0805ist breaking call of 9N1CA heard, VU2DLU S7,
0808ist> 9N1CA (Nepal) S9 VU2XH S9, VU2VFC (Patna) S9, VU3LGT S9 QSB, VU2DLU S7, (VU3LGT & VU2DLU went QRT)
0812-0815ist>9N1CA S9 QSB, VU2XH S9 QSB, Noise Level S3-S4
0828ist>S21RW (Khulna) S9 QSB, VU2TKC (Uttarpara, Kolkata) S9 5dB, Noise Level S3, VU2XH S9 ,
0832-0833ist:
VU2XH S9, VU2TKC S9 5dB
Date:24/03/26
7145kHz lsb
0748ist>VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar) S9 QSB, VU2TKC (Uttarpara, Kolkata) S9 5dB, VU2XH (Patna) S9, S21RW (Khulna) 10dB, S21IR (Chattogram) S9 5-10dB, S21SWE (Rajshahi-Nagaon) S9 QSB , Noise Level S3 -S4,
0755ist>VU2PWD (Jamsedpur) calling S5 with sharp tone not properly modulated signal rather very poor in modulation,
0758ist :
VU2PWD still calling poor , S21SWE calling S9 QSB
More reports/observations plus more amateur radio related news etc soon.
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DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)
7145kHz lsb A few Entries & The Lone Entry at 7092kHz lsb
Monitoring Report From 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
(For All Monitoring Activites)
(For All Monitoring Activites)
Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)
All time mentioned in Indian Standard Time(ist) & 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 QRZ.COM & as heard on air etc 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 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.
Date:23/03/26
7145kHz lsb
0755ist>VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar) S9 QSB, VU2ATN (Salt Lake, Kolkata Portable) S7-S8, VU3BXI (Bardhaman Portable) S9 5-15dB , heard from 0757ist breaking call of VU3LGT heard
thrice & the last one at 0801ist, Noise Level S4-S3,
0801ist>VU2ATN S9-S7, VU3LGT (Asansol) S9 5dB, on the background poorly modulated signal of VU2PWD (Jamsedpur) heard S5 but readibility poor , VU3BXI S9, VU2PWD heard again with poorly modulated signal not readable as such,
0807ist>VU3BXI S9, S21RW (Khulna) S9, VU2ATN S7-S9, VU2PWD poor signal strength but reability poor, Noise Level S3, at 0814ist heard breaking call of S21IR,
0814ist>VU3BXI, S21IR (Chattogram) S9 5-10dB, S21RW S9, VU2ATN S7 QSB slight, at 0821ist heard breaking call of VU2DLU,
0821ist>VU2ATN S7 QSB, VU2DLU (New Barrackpore,Kolkata) S9, VU3BXI S9, VU2PWD again with poorly modulated signal, not readable as such
0834ist: VU2PWD weak signal with poorly modulated
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Date:22/03/26
Report No:1
7145kHz lsb
0801ist>VU3NFF (Patna, from Mid Ganga River On a boat *) S9 10dB, VU3YSU Robertganj,UP) S8 QSB, VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar) S9 , VU2HW (Patna, from Mid Ganga River On a boat*) S9 10-20dB, 9N1CA (Nepal) S9 QSB, VU3BXI (Bardhaman, Portable) S9 5dB, breaking call of S21SWE heard,
0805ist>VU3LGT (Asansol) S9 , VU2DLU's breaking call heard,
0806ist>S21SWE calling S9, 9N1CA S9 QSB
0808ist>Noise Level S3-S4, a station heard with poor modulated signal - VU2PWD (Jamsedpur) ,he gave CQ call again, 9N1CA S9 QSB, VU2PWD S6-S5 QSB but modulation poor only a few words sometimes readable from his over,
0810ist: VU2PWD calling with poor modulation, Noise Level S3
* Society Of Radio Amateurs (SORA), Patna was on a field day event operating from a boat on the Ganga River near Patna.VU3NFF , VU2HW and others participating in the event and operating from the boat on the Ganga River. You can find more information about SORA & about their activities on their website at https://www.sorapatna.org
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Report No:2
7092kHz lsb
0816-0820ist:
VU3NYV (Shillong) S9 5dB, VU3INI (Guwahati) S9 5-10dB
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Report No:3
7145kHz lsb
0820-0826ist:
VU2ATN (Salt Lake, Kolkata) S9 QSB, S21SWE (Rajshahi-Nagaon) S7-S9, Noise Level S3,++++++++++++++
More reports/observations plus more amateur radio related news etc soon.
73
DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)
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Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
((Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)
From Romania To Abhayapuri With A3E Class Of Emission
Radio Romania International(RRI) English To India In B25 In Analog Mood..A Report
In this B25 season , RRI English besides its DRM transmission to India during 0400-0456utc on 15250kHz, also has an alernative frequency on usual AM analog transmission mode (A3E) on 17790kHz.As per their website it has been mentioned due to frequent malfunction of Radiocom transmitters, Radiocom switches RRI programs to a backup transmitter operating on alernative frequencies. Anyway, I have monitored these alternative analong AM transmission on 17790kHz during 0400-0456utc from time to time.The reception has been not satisfactory at all.There has been heavy to moderate interference QRM from adjacent broadcasting station on 17785kHz.On rare occasions you can listen with clear signal e.g. on March 23rd .....Flok Music program heard around 0452utc..
The audio link:
Closing announcements of RRI English on 17790kHz around 0454utc...
The audio link:
Sometimes nothing of RRI-English can be heard on 17790kHz during 0400-0456utc. I am not sure whether only when their DRM transmitter malfunction they shift to this alternative analog frequency.
The almost same is the case with the another alternative analog transmission during 0630-0656utc on 17780kHz of RRI English. There has been strong co-channel interference of a radio station and that prevents to copy the signal of RRI-English.And it has become totally useless frequency for me here in my place.
Here is a few recordings I did on 17780kHz of RRI-English on March 23rd.
0631utc..the audio link:
0635utc..the audio link:
0655utc..the audio link:
The RIG used for all these monitorings was Yaesu FT891 and external antenna used was Inverted V dipole Centre feed.And the place of reception was Abhayapuri in Western Assam.
Meanwhile I have stopped sending correspondence with radio stations including RRI English for a decade now after starting correspondence with different stations from April 7,1997.But Their QSL Cards sent to me plus other materials including envelopes still in my possession.RRI English has sent me many QSL cards (printed) over the years.Here is a scanned version of one of such card both sides.(front first & then back side).The Card depicted a luggage carriage of The Moldovita Train.That Year I guessed RRI featured Romanian Railways as the theme of their QSL Cards.
RRI English In A26 To India
And here is the upcoming summer schedule of RRI English for India effective from March 29th to October 24th of this year as posted on RRI English website
0300-0356utc On DRM Mode on 17790kHz &
on usual AM Mode on 15330kHz
0530-0556utc On DRM Mode on 17680kHz &
on usual Analaog AM mode on 17760kHz
One can check the entire A26 Schedule of RRI English at their website at the following URL:
https://www.rri.ro/en/useful-information-en/how-to-listen/rri-2026-summer-broadcast-frequencies-id998593.html
More observations//monitoring reports etc soon.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)
A26 Updates From Abhayapuri
This Summer season of International Broadcasting (A26) is fast approaching. It will be effective from March 29th (last sunday of March) to October 24th (last saturday of October) of 2026. And the first schedule for A26 I got of Wavescan Program, the international DX Program now produced in WRMI studio and now becomes on air on sundays to India & Japan via Reach Beyond Australia transmitter site. The schedule was posted as part of their Wavescan Program of March 8th on WRMI Facebook book page during the first week of March.I heard the schedule announced on the program on March 8th of the program on air.
Wavescan The Global DX Program schedule A26
Via Reach Beyond Australia
Via Reach Beyond Australia
Effective March 29-October 24,2026
On Sunday
Primarily To India ,1330-1400utc 15400kHz
Primarily To Japan, 2230-2300utc 17650kHz (Monday On Local Time)
Via Kununurra(KNX)(100kW),Australia
Here is a few latest recordings(B25 season ) of Wavescan Programs via Reach Beyond Australia on 15440kHz
On March 8th ..around 1356utc ..schedule of Wavescan for A26 via RBA effective March 29th was announced..
The audio link:
on March 26th ..around 1330utc ..with new frequency announcement from March 29th from RBA just before Wavescan..
the audio link:
and around 1357utc..the audio link:
For all two monitorings, I used my Grundig Yacht Boy 400 radio along with an inverted V dipole.
Meanwhile High Frequency Co-ordination Conference (HFCC), the informal active group of International broadcasters on international shortwave frequencies co-ordination , has already released the tentative A26 transmission schedules on their website.
The link goes link this:
As per HFCC's database , the schedule of only international broadcaster (though Gospel broadcast) Adventist World Radio(AWR) which broadcast biweekly Assamese Programs, goes like as follows:-
AWR Assamese
Effective March 29-October 24,2026
On Sunday & Wednessday
1330-1400utc 15550kHz
via KSDA,Agat,Guam 100kW
Some more A26 schedules updates for our region .
Effective March 29 to October 24,2026
Radio Philipinas World Service English
0200-0330utc 15640kHz, 17750kHz, 21720kHz
via Tinang (250kW)
Radio Japan NHK World
English 1400-1430utc 11800kHz
Bengali 1500-1520utc 11655kHz
Hindi 1530-1550utc 11655kHz
Urdu 1600-1620utc 9440kHz
All transmissions are via Yamata (300kW)
Voice Of Turkey
Urdu 1200-1300utc 17580kHz
English 1630-1730utc 11660kHz
KBS World Radio English
1400-1700utc 9785kHz
More observations//monitoring reports etc soon.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)
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