From Wet Abhayapuri Witth My Three Morning 7s & Much More

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:28/04/26

WX:Cloudy, Mild Breeze, Wet Condition Due to Late Night Rains, Cool
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7145kHz lsb

0624ist>S21SES (Netrokhona) S9, VU2VFC (Patna) S7-S9 QSB, S21RW (Khulna) S9 QSB, Noise Level S4-S5 , VU22AR (Guwahati) no copy,(S21SES made QRT due to approaching thunderstorm in his location), 

0627ist>VU2VFC S7-S9 QSB, S21RW S9, VU3YSU (Robertganj,UP) S7-S5 QSB, heard 9N1CA breaking at 0632ist, heard VU3NFF breaking around 0633ist, heard at 0634ist breaking call of VU2FRD, 

0634ist>9N1CA (Nepal) very weak signal not copied  properly at all, VU2VFC S9, 

0635-0639ist:

VU3YSU S9 QSB, VU3NFF(Patna) S7 QSB, VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar) S9 QSB, 9N1CA not copied

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7150kHz lsb
(The Hambel Belgaum Net Warm Up Session)

0639ist>VU2RZA(Chennai) S7 QSB, VU2EU (Monga?) no copy, heard breaking call of VU2TKC at 0640ist, VU2RZA acting as net controller, 

0640-0645ist:

VU2TKC (Uttarpara, Kolkata) S9 QSB, VU2RZA S7 QSB, Noise Level S5, VU2TKU? no copy, others not copied as such perhaps all going down the Noise Level,  VU2INA? , VU2MJE? etc Not copied,, VU2MOA NOT COPIED, even the signal strength (QSA) going down with moderate QSB though still touching maximum S7 around 0644ist, stopped monitoring on this frequency at 0645ist

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7145kHz lsb

0649ist>VU2FRD S9 QSB, S21RW S9 QSB, VU2VFC S7 QSB, VU3NFF S5-S7 QSB, Noise Level S4-S5, 

0655ist>VU2FRD S9 QSB, 9N1CA (Nepal)S7 slight QSB, VU2VFC S8 QSB, S21RW S9 QSB, VU2FRD going QRT at 0700ist,

0701ist:

S21RW  calling  S9 QSB 

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7090kHz lsb 

0826ist>VU3NYV (Shillong) S9, VU2DBM (Guwahati) S9 QSB slight , Noise Level S2-S3,

0836ist>VU2DBM S7-S9 QSB, VU3NYV S7 QSB, 

0844ist>VU3NYV S9 slight QSB, VU2DBM S9 -S7 QSB, 

0853-0855ist:

VU2DBM S7 QSB, VU3NYV S9 slight QSB 
WX:Cloudy , Light rain 

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Here is a couple of  amateur radio related news item received via various sources , which I like to share with you all.
1. The Hamfest India Mangalore  2026 organisers have launched the website for the hamfest and you can check it 
https://hfi2026.nitk.ac.in/
The link for registration is 
https://hfi2026.nitk.ac.in/tickets/auth/login
This year Hamfest India will be held in National Institute of Technology Karnataka((NITK), Surathkal ,Mangaluru from November 28th to 29th. It is jointly organized by National Institute of Technology Karnataka, (NITK) - VU2REC, Mangalore Amateur Radio Club (MARC) - VU2RDO, and MIT HAM Club - VU2MHC.
More information about Hamfest India & its history, can be found at the following two links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamfest_India
https://grokipedia.com/page/hamfest_india

2.OM VU2JOS from Hyderabad has compiled and updating lists of new blocks of amateur radio callsigns issued from May, 2025 by WPC for amateur radio license applicants in India. You can check the list at the following link:
https://qsl.net/vu2jos/New_Calls.htm

You can find interesting this article by OM VU2JOS about New Callsign Block allotted to all applicants of amateur radio license(certificate) applicants after passing the Amateur Station Operator Certificate (ASOC) Examination issued by WPC, India and the link:

https://qsl.net/vu2jos/New_Bio.pdf

Thanks OM VU2JOS for his inspiring works on both on BCDXing & also amateur radio for several decades. His QSL.Net page is a ready reference guide to radio hobbyists.
Please visit:
https://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/

Why Not Enjoy The Sunset In Summer ....at dusk..
I leave with you a photograph which I captured by a camera from my uncle's building rooftop just the sun about to go down in the western horizon  after a day of rains, a few years back during this time....

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

73 

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)