On The Morning Of World Amateur Radio Day From Abhayapuri

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:18/04/26
WX:Cloudy

Reception Report No:1

7150kHz lsb

0627ist>VU2RZA(Chennai) S9 QSB, VU2JRT (Surat) S5-S7 QSB just copied above noise level, heard breaking call of VU2JF, VU3IZH very weak signal, VU2JF (Rajkot) S5-S6 just copied 45-46 in RST scale, VU37KN (Hyderabad) no copy, Noise Level S5, VU3LKZ? No copy, heard breaking call of VU2RTF (Coimbatore) at 0631ist, VU3CEP (Thrissur ) no copy, VU2MSB (Pune)  no copy, 

0633ist>VU2RZA S9 QSB, at 0634ist heard breaking call of VU3MES, VU2RTF (Coimbatore)very weak signal-difficult to copy, VU3WCI (Tirunelveli) no copy, VU3YNS (Vijayawada) very weak signal to copy, heard breaking call of VU2TKC at 0636ist, 

0636ist>VU2TKC(Uttarpara,Kolkata) S9 QSB, VU2RTF weak signal-some words copied, VU2RZA still S9 with slight QSB, 

0637-0642ist:

VU2RTF S6-S5 QSB 46-45 In RST Scale, VU3DVA (Gandhinagar) very weak, VU3MES (Chennai)  very weak, some stations heard but very weak to copy, 

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Reception Report No:2 Part A

7145kHz lsb

0643ist>VU2VFC(Patna) S9, VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar) S7 QSB, VU3LGT (Asansol) S7 QSB, S21PL(Cox Bazar) S9 QSB, Noise Level S5, S21RW (Khulna) S9, VU3MDL (Kharagpur) S7 QSB (on QRP with Icom IC 703 perhaps G5RV), 

0649ist>VU2FRD S9 QSB, S21RW S9 5dB, VU2VFC S9 QSB slight, S21PL S8 QSB, VU3LGT S9 QSB, S21HA (Sirajgung?) S7 QSB on QRP, VU3MDL S7 this time via Icom IC 7300 on G5RV antenna on QRO perhaps , 

0656ist>VU3MDL S9 5dB & later signal strength reduced to S9 larer, S21HA S5-S7 QSB just copied, VU2FRD S9 QSB, VU2VFC S9 QSB, VU3LGT S9 QSB, S21RW no response, S21PL S7 QSB, 

0701ist>VU3MDL S9, VU2FRD S7, VU2VFC S9 QSB Slight,heard breaking call of 

9N1CA, VU2VFB? at 0704ist, 

0704ist>VU2VFC S9 QSB, VU2VFB(Patna) very poor, at 0705ist breaking call of 9N1CA heard again, VU2FRD S9 QSB, 9N1CA S9 slight QSB, at 0707ist heard breaking call of VU2DLU, VU3LGT S7 QSB, VU2DLU operating AT8BRS S9 slight QSB PO Gobardhanpur Island ( Indian Side of Sundarban Delta) ,

0708-0715ist:

VU3LGT S9 QSB,  AT8BRS operated by VU2DLU S9 QSB, VU2FRD S9 QSB, S21HA very weak on QRP 3W, Noise Level S3, VU2VFC S9 QSB, 9N1CA S7 QSB, at  0712ist heard breaking call of VU3YSU, 

0713ist>VU3YSU (Robertganj,UP) S7 QSB, AT8BRS operated by VU2DLU S7-S9 QSB, VU3LGT S7 QSB, VU2FRD S9, 

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Reception Report No:2 Part B

7145kHz lsb

0755ist:

VU2XH (Patna) on CQ call S7 , Noise Level S1-S2,

0759ist:

VU3MDL (Kharagpur) on CQ call S5 QSB 

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Reception Report No:3

7090kHz lsb

0813ist>VU2DBM (Guwahati) S9 5-10dB, 9N1CA (Nepal)S7-S5 QSB, Noise Level S1-S2, 

0823ist>9N1CA S5-S7 QSB, VU2DBM S9 5dB slight QSB occasionally, at 0835 ist heard VU3NYV's breaking call & another breaker too heard) ,

0836ist>VU2DBM S9 QSB, VU3NYV(Shillong) S9 5dB, VU3WTS (Titabar) S3-S5 QSB, (VU2DBM went QRT), 9N1CA breaking around 0841ist, 

0843-0846ist:

VU3NYV S9 QSB, 9N1CA S5-S7 QSB, At 0844istVU3NYV S9 10dB for a few seconds later S9, 9N1CA going QRT at 0845ist , VU3WTS Not heard , 

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More information about World Amateur Radio Day can be found at the following link:
https://www.iaru.org/on-the-air/world-amateur-radio-day/

I was very much touched by a post on a social media platform by a ham on World Amateur Radio Day which reminds us about those hams who are no longer with us i.e. they have become silent keys ( their keys has become silent) , their voices still ringing on our ears and also recalling their callsigns, the post reminds us to remember all amateurs who are no longer with us.
Yes, once voice which I still remember in my ear, perhaps the first amateur radio operator of Assam state of India (my home state) from Nagaon , to be on air , Silent Key VU2RCH, who left us in November ,2018 under tragic circumstances. Yes, he is longer with us but I always remember him as one of the pioneer of the amateur radio in Assam & also in the entire North East Region of India.
Here is a recording of the Voice Of VU2RCH..

On November 18th of 2018 on 7145kHz lsb,  I ,last lime heard VU2RCH on air before his passing away a few days later.I by chance recorded the audio & VU2NIL from Kharagpur, VU2AOR from Odisha & then VU3XBP(now VU2XBP) from Guwahati was on the fequency that time.

The audio recording ..

More reports/observations plus more amateur radio related news etc soon.
VIVE LA RADIO AMATEUR  COMME LOISIR!
(LONG LIVE AMATEUR RADIO AS HOBBY!)

73 

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

My Amateur Radio Reception Logs On World Amateur Radio Day

Date:April 18,2025

RIG: Yaesu FT891 Antenna:Long Wire 

Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)

Special Notes,symbols etc used for this report:

All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist) and where possible in Coordinated Universal Time(utc) also & 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 first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale .

7050kHz lsb

(The Hambel Belgaum Net Warm Up Session)

Noise Level:S2-S3

0607ist onwards upto 0652ist  appoximately

VU2RZA (Chennai)S9 to S5 with perfect copy & QSB time to time,many stations heard ,they were weak to very weak, a few not audible at all,here,VU2UWO(Near IIT Campus,Kharagpur,West Bengal) trying to break several times one such call of VU2UWO heard around 0625ist

Some of the stations well heard other than VU2RZA..0631ist VU2KFR 58(Kolkata), 

0644is>t VU2TIW(Bokaro Steel City) 59

0646ist >VU2TIW 59 VU2RZA 56

7145kHz lsb

A team of Bengal Amateur Radio Society(BARS),Kolkata is camping at Mandarmani,Near Bay Of Bengal perhaps celebrating World Amateur Radio Day on field I heard a few familar voices from there with strong signal from there on 7145kHz lsb.
0800ist onwards upto 0823ist 

VU2ZOC(PO-portable operation) on CQ calls  S5-S7 for sometime,

0803ist onwards

VU3LGT(Asansol) S4 to S7,VU2ZOC S5-S7 ,VU2SKD(PO) S7,VU2GOR

VU3SXP (Kolkata) heard once perhaps weak but doubling effect , I understood VU3SXP not copied by others at Mandarmani

0811ist > VU2FRD (Bhubuneswar)53

0819ist > VU2ZOC S5-S7,VU3LGT S5,VU2GOR 56

monitor upto 0823ist

VU2ZOC,VU2SKD & VU2GOR ex VU3SJR were all operating from Mandarmani alertnatively.Heard about strong noise upto S9 over 20dB there at Mandarmani on the morning.VU2GOR stated that noise was not at such level in the last night perhaps due to some machine working in the vicinity.

World Amateur Radio Day On 18th April of Every Year:
It is celebrated on this day to mark the formation of the International Amateur Radio Union(IARU) in Paris in1925.This year also marks the IARU's centenary year. IARU has announced the theme of centenary year as "Entering the Next Century of Amateur Radio Communications & Innovation”.

More about IARU ,please visit

iaru.org

More reports/observations plus more amateur radio related news etc soon.
73 

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

On The World Amateur Radio Day Morning..Twos 7s..7050 & 7145

 Date:April 18,2023

(WTI/MR/A23/5/18-04-23)

World Amateur Radio Day 

The theme for 2023 ..HSA4

Human Security For All

The history of World Amateur Radio Day & related infos...Just visit the links:

http://www.arrl.org/world-amateur-radio-day

http://www.iaru.org/on-the-air/world-amateur-radio-day

Place Of Monitoring:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) NL56hi

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80

External Antenna: 

Long Wire multistranded Copper wire 79ft long 33ft height approx. End Fed With RG6 coaxial cable type..with Splitter Balun circuit at RX end

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)

Special Notes,symbols etc used for this report:

All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist) and where possible in Coordinated Universal Time(utc) also & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch)

> indicating onwards ,amateur station's location mentioned as per info available in first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale.

Besides all the stations mentioned,there might be a few stations,I forgot to mention & also a few stations I could not copy at all,all these logs were a rough diary of what I heard.There might be some errors here and there.

WX:Cloudy,slightly warmer than usual but feeling comfortable, later cleared up to large extent,sunshine

7050kHz lsb
(The Hambel Belgaum Net...The Warm Up Session)

0616ist(0046utc)>VU2RZA(Chennai) 53,9N1CA (Nepal) 59(0617ist>),

no others stations copied as such for a few minutes

0622ist>9N1CA 58 slight QSB,VU2RZA 53 to 43

0623ist>VU2OBR (Salem?) 33,VU2RZA 43,VU3XVX(?) no copy,

very very weak signals,difficult to copy

0626ist>VU2RZA 53,VU2JF(Rajkot) 33,VU2OBR 33(0627ist>),

9N1CA 59

0628ist>VU2JF 33,VU2OBR 33,VU2RZA 43

no other stations copied again for sometime other than weak signal of VU2RZA

0632ist>VU2RZA 43,9N1CA 58 with QSB,VU2FFU(Vishakhapattanam) no copy)

0633ist> 9N1CA 58...

0634ist>9N1CA 56 to 59,VU2RZA 43 to 33,VU2RTF(Coimbature) no copy...

0641ist>VU3EEX (Patna) breaking 55,VU2RZA 43 ,

0645ist>VU2EEX 56 with slight QSB,VU2RZA 43 QSB,

others not audible and even VU2RZA's QSA going down,closed monitoring around 0647ist

7145kHz lsb

0810-0813ist(0240-0243utc)(as far as I could recall from my memory)

VU3BTP(Bokaro Steel City) 55, AT8BRS operated by VU2GMT(Kolkata region) 33 to 22

More reports/observations etc soon.

73

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)(GK) on monitoring  mode, 

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)