New Horizon, From Abhayapuri From Amateur Radio Related Logs, News etc..

NEW HORIZON

(From Abhayapuri From 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,

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Date:10/10/2026

WX:Clear Blue Sky Almost,  Early Morning Sunshine, Cool, 

7090kHz lsb 

0803-0805ist :

VU3NYV (Shillong) S9, VU3WTS (Titabar) S9-S7, Noise Level S1

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Date:17/10/2026

7145kHz lsb

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, 

0719ist>VU22AR (Guwahati) S7 QSB, VU3NYV S9 5dB, VU2PWD 33 by ear, S21IR S9 5dB, S21RW S5 QSB, 9N1CA S7 QSB, VU2FRD S7 QSB, heard around 0727ist breaking call of VU22AR & S21SES,

0727ist>VU2FRD S7, S21SES S7-S9 {going QRT), VU3NYV S7-S9, VU22AR S7 QSB, S21RW S5 QSB, 

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Exotic  Log From The Scotland of The East:

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.

Rest In Peace OM VU2PTF! Rest In Peace!

73

VU3WTI(Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

BCDX Monitoring Latest From Abhayapuri

First B26 Schedule Update:

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..

The link to the audio file recorded..:

https://app.box.com/s/qj114d8pjt3ucnzbml81g55qcqjvwwaa

(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:

https://app.box.com/s/p3e9t1a73c4hw6iz62m4hlryhhzqr7ti

June 28th:

Wavescan...today noisy..@1330utc...15400kHz ..via KNX RBA Australia 100kW

Here is the link to the audio recorded around 1330utc on June 28th...

https://app.box.com/s/kiy1bllis6s6men2of3hr8o7q4uc2z9c

July 5th:

."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...

https://app.box.com/s/ld9ax84kmhnl6irok59ghz2c4xy7fr58

July 12th:

"Last Sunday was also very noisy poor had to discontinue midway..."

July 19th:

"Wavescan reception update:

Poor reception saga of Wavescan via RBA Australia KNX continuing ...for several weeks now here .."

Here is the recorded audio file around 1330utc ..

https://app.box.com/s/ua450y4mhwqquyex51rrrf6qqucexek7

Later sundays reception has been improved vastly..improved. 

Though sometimes the reception has become slightly noisy.............

Here is a few latest recorded files of Wavescan for October 18th edition on 15400kHz ..on the last sunday of A26 season..

around 1330utc.. the audio file link:

https://app.box.com/s/dd3y0i2i67btmqt4njldjvd1o0vi6yy9

around 1340utc....the audio file link:

https://app.box.com/s/hm4n0ye75vxke2qyk48x3kz53fuf0271

around 1355utc..the audio file link:

https://app.box.com/s/try2nm4bmmacso4dneqo7jys9n5572bg

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.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

FM Radio News & Reception Updates From Abhayapuri

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 

October 19th... 

https://app.box.com/s/usxq8z6hoh5avipgnc240318vgvgol5e

Also on October 19th...here is another recorded audio clip link recorded around 0351utc:

https://app.box.com/s/1z6j4a4rfqwplya5a1qct7wazkt8ljdc

Akashvani Kokrajhar on 102MHz: 

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..

On October 19th...

around 0329utc..

https://app.box.com/s/7wlbbm857tbxy20qz5kxjo3xclmbdf4o

& around 0344utc.

https://app.box.com/s/v5ugam5zulezvafql0l6mo4oyo2rhw4k
About Other FM Stations ..

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.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)