Latest From VU3WTI At Abhayapuri..

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 Notes:

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 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.

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 without any pecuinary interest just for  amateur radio hobby. 

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Date:15/06/26

WX:Partly Cloudy, Pale Sunshine, Wet after overnight rains , thunders etc, 

7145kHz lsb

0734ist>S21IR(Chattogram) S9 5dB, S21HA (Ishwarde) S5 QSB (on his magnetic loop antenna), Noise Level S2, 

0738ist>S21RW (Khulna) S7-S9, S21IR S9 slight QSB, S21HA S7-S5 QSB (0739ist>), 

0741-0743ist:

S21RW S9, S21IR S7-S9 QSB, Noise Level S2, 

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Date:14/06/26

WX:Cloudy, Light Rain

7090kHz lsb

0736ist:

VU22AR(Guwahati) S5 , VU3NYV (Shillong) S7, they QSY to 7145kHz lsb

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7145kHz lsb

0737ist>VU22AR S5 QSB, VU3NYV S9 slight QSB, Noise Level S1-S2, 

No response from VU22AR after first AR, brief silence ,

 Heard CQ call of VU3NFF (Patna)  good signal strength, 

0738ist>VU3NYV calling VU22AR, no response from VU22AR, 

VU3NFF calling CQ ,  I think VU3NYV not copying properly VU3NFF,

 VU3NYV calling VU22AR again , no response from VU22AR, then silence on the band 

, no one heard stopped monitoring a few seconds past 0739ist,

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7145kHz lsb

0741ist>VU3INI(Guwahati) S9 QSB, VU3NYV S8,  VU22AR (0743ist>) S5 QSB slight, 

0745ist>VU3NYV S9 5dB, VU3INI S9 QSB slight, (VU3NYV from Shillong going QRX for change of his RIG at 0748ist), at 0751ist onwards heard breaking call of 9N1CA, 

0751ist>9N1CA (Nepal) difficult copy, VU3NYV S9 QSB slight (With his sBITX 15W) , VU3INI S9 QSB slight, VU3INI had difficulty in copying VU3NYV on 15W on sBITX from Shillong heard breaking call of S21IR at 0756ist, 

Here is the Video clip of the audio recorded around 0755ist ..Please observe the S-Meter depicting signal strength of VU3NYV from Shillong , on sBITX on 15 Watt only as received at my shack ....

0756ist>VU3INI S9, S21IR (Chattogram) S9 QSB, heard breaking call of S21HA at 0757ist perhaps, then brief silence, then heard voice by tuning call at 0758ist, 

0758-0759ist:

VU22AR calling VU3INI S5 QSB, no response heard from VU3INI, 

no one else heard, Noise Level S1, 

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WX:Cloudy 

14196kHz usb

1746-1751ist:

VU2FRD(Bhubuneswar) S9 QSB slight, VU2DSB (New Delhi) S7-S9 slight QSB,

1752ist>VU2FRD S9 ,VU3INI(Guwahati) very weak practically no readibility, 

Noise Level S1, 

1753ist>VU2FRD on CQ call S7, heard breaking call of VU2SPF, 

1754-1757ist:

VU2FRD S9 QSB, VU2SPK(Mysuru) S3 43 with QSB by ear

1757ist:

VU2FRD on CQ call S9 

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14215kHz usb

1759ist>VU2NSL(Kochin) S6 QSB, VU3INI (Guwahati) very weak no copy as such, heard breaking call of VU2DSI approx. around 1800ist, 

1800-1803ist:

VU2NSL S6 QSB, VU2DSI 53 (by ear) with QSB 

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More observations//monitoring reports/news about amateur radio etc soon.

73

VU3WTI(Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

Today On My Mornings Two 7s At Abhayapuri

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 Notes:

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 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.

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 without any pecuinary interest just for  amateur radio hobby. 

Date:13/06/26

WX:Partly Cloudy, Mild Breeze, Pale Early Morning Sunshine, later bright sunshine but still partly white clouds scattering high in the sky

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7145kHz lsb

0716ist>S21IR (Chattogram) S9, S21RW(Khulna) S9 QSB, breaking call of VU3NFF heard around 0717ist, 

0717ist>S21RW S9, VU3NFF (Patna). S5-S7 QSB, S21IR S9, Noise Level S1-S2, slight QSB in the signal of both S21RW & S21IR observed,( S21IR went on QRX around 0721ist),

0721-0724ist:

VU3NFF S7 Slight QSB,  S21RW S9 

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7090kHz lsb

0818ist>VU22AR (Guwahati) on CQ call S9, heard breaking call of VU3NYV at 0819ist,

0819ist>VU3NYV (Shillong )S9 5dB, VU22AR S9 15dB,

0820-0825ist:

VU22AR S9, VU3NYV S9 5dB, later both stations noted with slight QSB from around 0822ist  but maximum signal strength remained S9, Noise Level S1, 

Here is one of video recorded of the QSO( conversation) of VU22AR & VU3NYV around 0822ist.

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7145kHz lsb

0826ist>VU3LGT (Asansol) S5 QSB, S21HA (Ishwarde) S9-S7, S21RW (Khulna) S6 QSB, Noise Level S1-S2, 

0800-0833ist:

S21HA S9  QSB, VU3LGT S3 QSB, S21RW S5 QSB, 

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More observations//monitoring reports/news about amateur radio etc soon.

73

VU3WTI(Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

The Voice From The Air..Akashvani Special

Vividh Bharati on FM  in Assamese via Akashvani Guwahati Vividh Bharati on 100.8MHz:

I think from July Ist, Vividh Bharati  has again resumed broadcasting programmes in Assamese on FM via Akashvani Guwahati on 100.8MHz on regular basis.As per promos heard towards last part of October , the schedule of the programmes of Vividh Bharati in Assamese is like this:

From morning 6:00 AM to 12:00PM and again from the evening 5:00PM to 7:00PM, on 100.8MHz via Akashvani Guwahati Vividh Bharati channel. This Akashvani Guwahati on 100.8MHz  is dedicated FM channel for Vividh Bharati Programmes.Most of the programmes has been relays from Vividh Bharati ,Mumbai.

Here is the promo recorded on Vividh Bharati Guwahati from October 24th around 0327utc as heard on Akashvani Goalpara on 102.6MHz relaying Akashvani Guwahati Mahabahu Programmes...

The audio link:

https://app.box.com/s/1r92fw9nwb87adqtgc7900o86u35n669

Interesting Information During Morning Regional Assamese News Bulletin of Akashvani Guwahati:

During September , I heard during Regional Assamese Bulletin (0330-0345utc )of Akashvani Guwahati in the morning (via Akashvani Goalpara on 102.6MHz ) , short information about the locations in different regions(Lower ,Upper & Hill Districts of Assam)  & frequencies of Akashvani FM Radio Stations ,FM  Relay transmitters & also on Medium Wave Stations of Akashvani, by which the news broadcast is audible around Assam. There was also mentioned about availibity of the news broadcast on facebook page airnewsguwahati & youtube channel airnewsguwahati on live streaming.This is the first time I heard about mentioning in detail about other Akashvani Radio Stations like FM Stations region wise with detail frequencies etc as such.Though sometimes they mention about availibity of the news broadcast as  live streamingon facebook/youtube.

Some of the Akashvani Radio Stations mentioned region wise mentioned....

From Guwahati on Medium Wave..

on 411.5 Metre, 289.9 Metre, & 101.6MHz 

In Lower Assam...

on 102MHz Akashvani Kokrajhar , 103.3MHz Akashvani  Dhubri & on 102.6MHz Akashvani Goalpara (both FM Relay Stations)

in Upper Assam,

Akashvani Dirbrugarh on 529.1Metre Medium Wave

on 103.4MHz Akashvani Jorhat,On 101.5MHz Lumding Relay Centre,  On 102.4MHz Akashvani Tezpur 

in Central Assam & Hill Districts...

on 102.7MHz Akashvani Nagaon,on 100.9MHz Akashvani Diphu, on100.2MHz Akashvani Haflong, 101.5MHz Lumding Relay Centre, 100.6MHz Bakulia Relay Centre & on 102.1MHz perhaps another relay station ..I could not note down its name(Will check it out )

Here is the recordings of the announcements during the morning regional news broadcast in Assamese on 102.6MHz via Akashvani Goalpara (FM Relay Station).

 around 0340utc Sepetmber 2nd(2025). (Lower Assam Region Info)

the audio link:

https://app.box.com/s/22qujhlbyjp6teo0rgxm8043bkfsllxf

 0341utc on September 17th..(2025). (info on Upper Assam)

.the audio link:

https://app.box.com/s/gslv6tzdag44ab13c0oi2t1r6e8dr7w5

 around 0339utc on Septembet 19th (2025) (For Central Assam & Two hill districts)..the audio link:

https://app.box.com/s/esof1ddhgrvgkx51f45w3mbglhyel641

I used my Grundig Yacht Boy 400 receiver with just telescopic antenna (inbuilt) fully extended for monitoring these FM broadcasts of Akashvani.

For informations of all, Akashvani Goalpara on 102.6MHz and Akashvani Kokrajhar on 102MHz are the two only radio stations now audible with good reception here in my location.

A few Akashvani Medium Wave Logs:

 My Respected Senior Radio Friend Prof. Hajong (VU3NVY) from Shillong is now on winter vacation somewhere in the land of rising sun of India & near by areas of Assam, he shared me with video clips of recordings  Akashvani Pashighat on 1060kHz slightly off frequency..actual frequency is 1062kHz on sunday evening perhaps & also Akashvani Itanagar on 675kHz (very noisy reception) & also in the  morning yesterday perhaps the recordings of Akashvani Dibrugrah on 567kHz with noisy reception.The receiver he used is portable Tescun PL310et just with telescopic antenna perhaps.Thanks OM VU3NYV for monitoring and sending all the clips. 

Still continuing with Akashvani Medium Wave Station log, after getting the information of Prof. Hajong Sir, I checked the medium wave band here in my place on the sunday i.e.on December 28th...I got excellent reception of Akashvani Pasighat on 1062kHz from 1358utc onwards..here is the audio recorded around 1359utc ...the audio link:

https://app.box.com/s/2oa6flazehkuh8kwbj5qjxi9szz3wbq8

Also noted strong signal of Akashvani Dibrugarh on 567kHz, Akashvani Kolkata Geetanjali 657kHz, Akashvani Cuttack on 972kHz ,Akashvani Itanagar on 675kHz etc etc..

On December 21st, I recorded audio file of Akashvani Dibrugarh on 567kHz around 1155utc and I will end my report with this link of audio recording..

https://app.box.com/s/p9s1vugkabgo60plkxms013gyp3nnoub

I used my Grundig Yacht Boy 400 receiver with an inverted V dipole for monitoring the above mentioned medium wave broadcasts.

More informations, logs etc etc soon.

73 

Gautam Kumar Sharma(VU3WTI)(GK)

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Delayed Dispatch From VU3WTI,Abhayapuri F3E Special........

From Shillong With  OM VU3NYV's F3E Emission  On 145.100kHz 

Sunday (21/12/25)

Just 20 minutes or past noon today i.e.21st of the instant, I was alerted by a message from our OM VU3NYV from Shillong that he made QSO with OB VU3FKX from Baihata Chariali on 145.100MHz around 1200ist.As earlier on 27th November at night , OM VU3NYV' signal on F3E mode was received well by OB VU33DS  on his handy at Barpeta. So, why not give a try at Abhayapuri...Loha Garam Hai , Mar Do Hatora....(iron is hot, why not hammer it now).

I contacted OM VU3NYV immediately by phone, and discussed about possibility of a test transmission from his base station  and he immediately gave his consent and I rushed with my Baofeng handy to my cousin's two storied building's  roof ( the base of possible 3rd floor)(30-35ft approx or more) and yes I got his signal loud ....and clearly copied it ..though slightly noisy...at 145.100MHz..though I also transmitted around 5W..he could not copy me at all. It is to be noted the aerial distance from Shillong to Abhayapuri around 146km approx.

At 1249ist 145.100MHz On December 21th...At Abhayapuri

But glad to hear VHF signal from Shillong...on my handy ...I think OM VU3NYV has used his Yaesu FT991A transreceiver with commercial Yagi antenna.

Thanks to OM VU3OKB, OM VU3HZW and our Respected OM VU2XBP, all from Guwahati for their  urge to check & test on 145.100MHz  and above all OM VU3NYV from Shillong for his VHF initiatives.

It's victory for Amateur Radio and experiments associated with it.

Let me share with you some news of VHF activities in Guwahati and Shillong...

In Guwahati, amateurs irrespective of club affiliations  etc are joining on 145.100MHz regularly from 10:00PM onwards for half an hour or so. OM VU3NYV from Shillong with his Yaesu 991A at first with a homebrewed ground plane antenna & later with a commercial Yagi Antenna are joining from Shillong. 

The Historic Spark On VHF...A Giant Leap For VHF Amateur Voice Communication In NE Region:

The historic first two way contact ever on VHF between Shillong and  Guwahati on VHF on 145.100MHz was made by VU3NYV(Shillong)  and OM VU2XBP (Kahilipara,Guwahati) on November 23rd from around 21:25 ist from their respective base stations .

And on the following day(November 24th) in the morning around 0652ist VU3NYV from Shilliong made two way contact with VU3TQC & again with VU2XBP with good signal report on 145.100MHz as per information received.

More updates/news/logs etc  on amateur radio from our region soon.

DE VU3WTI, Abhayapuri, NL56hi 

VU3WTI STATION LOCATION: APPROX.

Latitude: 26° 20' 31"N

Longitude:090° 39' 34"E

Medium Wave Special

Country Roads Takes Me Home
With  My Radio 

Where I Belong , Tura The Town..

 A BCDXER turning Ham Monitoring  From His Home Town...

OM VU3NYV , Prof. S Hajong from  NEHU Campus,Shillong during last week of September visited his home town, Tura. And as an avid radio hobbyist/radio enthuisat/amateur radio operator he likes to carry his radio whenever he visits, be it while travelling for vacation in Sikkim with his family or in his MQTH duties of visiting Itanagar etc and he usually carries his transmitting equipments while visiting his XYL of place of work in Assam even if it is for a few days.And also I have heard him   with good signal signal strength  from his portable amateur radio station in Assam.He always sends me his recordings of broadcasting band stations heard from different locations via his portable radio.

And as mentioned above , Tura has a medium wave station of Akashvani(ex All India Radio-AIR) and which goes on air on 1233kHz(20kW). Yes, I had listened to Akashvani Tura (then also AIR Tura) here at Abhayapuri on my Grundig YB 400 ( long wire as external antenna) once a few years back when noted radio enthusiast/ham/a specialist in Akashvani Broadcasting OM VU2JOS from Hyderabad  wanted me to check its reception.After several attempts once in late  afternoon, I heard it in Garo Language ( as per my guess) with clear station Idd announcement on 1233kHz.But nowadays, I am unable to trace its signal on 1233kHz even with my Yaesu FT 891 with long wire. OM VU3NYV from Tura ,revived my interest on monitoring again Akashvani Tura when he shared two vedio clips of Akashvani Tura on 1233kHz on the morning of September 29th.. his receiver was Tecsun PL310 ET ..just with the telescopic antenna..

0306utc ...relaying North East News Bulletin in English from Akashvani Shillong

0313utc...Announcement,Music, Station Idd announcement in Garo...etc

Hope OM VU3NYV will keep sending his BC Bands log including Medium Wave/FM from all around.Thanks OM VU3NYV for sharing these two video clips from Tura.

Here is a few recent audio logs of Regional Akashvani  Radio Stations via my Grundig Yacht Boy 400 with long wire at my location at Abhayapuri...

On The Night Of November 2nd..(2025)..

World Cup Cricket 2025 Final Running Commentary 

Akashvani  Lucknow 947kHz 1402utc

Audio Link:

https://app.box.com/s/8s841z2hnfy4dyk5r5fjczf8t724p8rd

Akashvani Cuttack 972kHz 1402utc

Audio Link:

https://app.box.com/s/qk7vxdgf12j32p1c7mjpagbjbpnj4g8d

Akashvani Hyderabad 738kHz 1406utc 

Audio Link:

https://app.box.com/s/9te75s85vs6x5xz1awkzscct7reqq2wu

Akashvani Sambalpur 945kHz 1407utc

Audio Link:

https://app.box.com/s/nzihpsymecq8ti5jsymfmg0hj6hneih0

Akashvani Visakhapatnam 927kHz 1413utc 

Audio Link:

https://app.box.com/s/xejqj8c6azkspil3vowdji1dtycnaodb

More observations//monitoring reports etc etc soon.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)