On My Morning Three 7s...

Reception Report Updates On Three Frequencies In Amateur Radio Bands on 40mb
7150,7145 & 7090kHz On The Morning Of 17th April 

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 QSD(HI HI) Notes:

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. 

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Date:17/04/26

Reception Report No: 1

7150kHz lsb

0624ist>VU2RZA (Chennai) S9 QSB, VU22SB (Chennai) no copy, Noise Level S5,

 VU37KN (Hyderabad) no copy, some breakers heard with very weak signal, 

VU2OGO no copy, VU3JNM (Bengaluru) no copy, some other stations heard with very weak signal -a few not copy copied at all, heard VU2KOC, VU2JF breaking at 0635ist,

0635ist>VU2RZA S9 QSB, VU3RHU(Mumbai) very weak signal, VU2KOC (Belgaum) weak signal-difficult to copy, VU2JF(Rajkot) S6 QSB-just above the noise level  S5 -46 in RST scale, VU3EHD (Warangal) WEAK  signal-not copied, VU3UQV(Trivandrum) no copy, VU3DVA (Gandhinagar) no copy,

0641-0643ist:

VU2RZA(Chennai) S9 QSB, VU2YVK (Bengaluru) no copy, 

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Reception Report No: 2

7145kHz lsb

0643ist>S21ALT(Jessore) S8, S21RW (Khulna) S9, S21HA (Ishwarde) S9 slight QSB, VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar) S9, Noise Level S5, 

VU3YSU breaking at 0647ist ,

0648ist>VU2FRD (Bhubuneshwar) S9 ,VU3YSU(Robertganj,UP) S7, S21RW S9, S21ALT S7 QSB, 0654ist>VU3YSU S7 QSB slight, Noise Level S1-S2, VU2FRD S9 QSB, S21RW S9, VU2FRD going QRX for sometime approx.0659ist, heard breaking call of 9N1CA at 0701ist, 

0701ist>S21RW S9, 9N1CA S7-S5 QSB, VU3YSU S7-S9 QSB, breaking call of S21HA at 0704ist, 0704-0711ist:

S21HA S9 , 9N1CA S7 QSB, VU3YSU S5 QSB, S21RW S9, 

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Reception Report No: 3

7090kHz lsb

0752ist>VU3NYV (Shillong) S9 slight QSB, Noise Level S2-S3, heard breaking call of VU3CGB very weak , 

0753st>VU3CGB(Kasba, Kolkata )  WEAK on QRP 3W  , VU3NYV S9 

0759ist: 

VU3NYV on CQ call 

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Reception Report No: 4

7090kHz lsb

0813-0814ist:

 VU3NYV S9 QSB, VU3FEW (Makum) S5 QSB

More reports/observations plus more amateur radio related news etc soon.

73 

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

AT8BRS On Air From G-Plot On 16th Of The Instant

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 QSD(HI HI) Notes:

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:16/04/26

Reception Report No:1

7140kHz lsb

0748ist>S21RW (Khulna) S9 QSB slight, AT8BRS* (PO Gobardhanpur Island,  West Bengal ) operated by VU2AES S7 QSB, at 0751ist breaking call of VU2DLU heard, 

0751ist>VU2DLU (New Barrackpore, Kolkata) S7, S21RW S9 QSB slight, AT8BRS operated by VU2AES S7 QSB, 

0801ist>VU2DLU S7 , AT8BRS operated by VU2AES S5-S7, both stations noted with QSB , VU2DLU went QRX around 0805ist approx. 

0805-0809ist:

S21RW S9 QSB, AT8BRS operated by VU2AES S7 QSB 

7145kHz lsb

0821ist: 

S21RW S9, AT8BRS operated by VU2AES S5 QSB 

*AT8BRS is a special callsign amateur radio station, operated by amateurs of Bengal Amateur Radio Society (BARS), Kolkata to mark activation of Gobardhanpur Island (Island On The Air-IOTA)on the occasion of World Amateur Radio Day (on 18th April) effective during April 15-19th of 2026.

As per post on social media platforms , AT8BRS is going to be  active on SSB/FT8 on 40/20/15/10 mb amateur bands.

The QRZ.COM  page is 

https://www.qrz.com/db/AT8BRS

What I found by searching the net, some interesting information  ...

G-Plot and Gobardhanpur is referred to as the same location.Gobardhanpur is a village located in G-Plot Island.It is situated near  the confluence of the Hooghly River &  Bay Of Bengal (in the Sundarban Delta,).It is famous for approximately 15km long beach plus  its dense Jhaubon  (casuarina) forest & red crabs.

More detail information about Gobardhanpur on wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobardhanpur

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More reports/observations plus more amateur radio related news etc soon.

73 

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

From Abhayapuri On The Morning Of 15th & 14th Of The Instant

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 QSD(HI HI) Notes:

All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist) & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch/by ears 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:15/04/26

Reception Report No:1

7150kHz lsb

0616ist>VU2RZA (Chennai)S9, VU2MSB (Pune?) no copy, VU2AQJ (Prayagraj) S7, Noise Level S3, 

0619ist>VU2RZA calling for other stations S9 QSB slight, no one heard for sometime, 

0624ist>VU3JNM? poor reception-difficult to copy, VU2RZA S9 QSB, VU3DXA (Hyderabad) weak signal difficult to copy, at 0626ist heard breaking call of VU2AQJ, VU2PNU, 

0627ist>VU2RZA S9 QSB, VU2PNU(Belgaum) weak difficult to copy a few words copied, VU2DCG weak signal, VU2ACG? weak signal,  VU3IZH faint signal, heard breaking call of VU2FRD at 0630ist, 

0630ist>VU2RZA S9 QSB, VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar) S9, heard breaking call of VU2JF at 0631ist, heard also breaking call of VU2FVD , 

0632-0635ist:VU2JF (Rajkot) S5 QSB, VU2RZA S9 QSB, heard breaking call of VU3MES in the background , VU22SB (Chennai) not heard,  Noise Level S3 

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Reception Report No:2

7145kHz lsb

0737ist>VU2XH(Patna) S7-S9 QSB, 9N1CA (Nepal)  S7, atmospheric static there sometime, Noise Level S2-S3, VU2XH went. QRT at 0848ist, also at 0848ist VU3INI heard with breaking call, 

0848ist>VU3INI(Guwahati) S9, 9NICA S7 QSB slight static atmospheric noise , Noise Level still S2-S3, 

0802-0805ist:

VU3INI S9 slight QSB, 9NICA S7 QSB,

both stations went QRT at 0805ist

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Date:14/04/26

Reception Report No:1

7150kHz lsb

0625ist>VU2RZA (Chennai) S9 QSB, VU3IZH very weak signal, breaking call of VU3YNS ? heard around 0628ist, 

0628ist>VU2RZA S9 QSB, VU3YNS? Poor reception, VU2JF(Rajkot) S5-S7, VU2RTF (Coimbatore) poor reception, Noise Level S4-S5, heard breaking call of VU3YSU at 0629ist, VU3PSF barely audible, VU3DNB (Kerala) not heard, 

0632ist>VU2RZA still touching S9 with slight QSB, VU2SPF? no copy, VU2KOC (Belgaum) very weak signal difficult to copy below noise level, VU2RTF poor reception- a few words could be copied, VU27KN (Hyderabad) no copy, VU2OB (New Delhi) S7, others stations could not be copied properly & not heard at all, 

0637ist>VU2RZA S7-S9, VU2OGO? not copied, VU3UKN (Chennai) no copy, others not copied, 0640-0641ist:

VU2RZA S9 QSB, VU2TSF(Chennai) S5 just heard signal report in RST Scale 45, VU3MES (Chennai) S5 just heard 45 in RST, others not heard properly 

Reception Report No:2

7145kHz lsb 

0828ist>9N1CA (Nepal) S7 QSB, VU2AQJ (Prayagraj) not heard, Noise Level S3, at 0832ist heard breaking call of VU2KPH ,

0834ist>VU2KPH(Patna ) S7-S5 , 9N1CA S6-S7, VU2AQJ still not heard at all, breaking call of a breaker-Break break heard at 0845ist , 

0846ist>9N1CA S7 QSB, VU2KPH S7-S5 QSB, someone calling break break again, breaker was called by VU2KPH approx. around 0850ist but not responded by the breaker, 

0852ist>9NICA S7 QSB, VU2KPH S7 QSB, VU2KPH going QRT, breaking call of VU3SAQ  heard around 0853ist, 

0853-0856ist:

VU3SAQ (Kakarguchi, Kolkata) S6 QSB , 9N1CA S7 QSB 

More reports/observations plus more amateur radio related news etc soon.

73 

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)