NEW HORIZON
(From Abhayapuri From Amateur Radio Related Logs, News etc)
(Compiled By VU3WTI, Abhayapuri)
24/10/2026 NHAR No.1
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)
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
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)
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