On this World Radio Day, February 13th ..

 On 7145kHz lsb...0802ist ...

OM VU2DBM from Guwahati touching S9 over 20dB via   my Yaesu FT 891 transreciver with Inverted V 40mb dipole , noise level S3-S2..today morning on February 13th ..excellent reception here  from my monitoring period on 7145kHz lsb from 0756-0858ist.

Some of the amateur radio stations heard..

VU2DBM  S9 20dB, 9N1CA S7-S9 QSB, S21RW S9 5dB, S21HA 5-15dB, S21CAN S9 5-15dB, VU3SAQ S9, S21IPS S7-S9 QSB, VU2OWB S9 slight QSB, VU2ATN S9 slight QSB, S21AF S9 5dB , VU3YSU S9 slight QSB, VU3LGT S9 QSB slight....

With Best Wishes...

For WORLD RADIO DAY.. TO ALL

 My special note of  gratitude goes to Mr.Tapan Kumar Pathak of my home town, Abhayapuri for my active part of my association with Radio , My first Four Radio friends  viz VU3BSE Faridabad, VU3RVY from Kolkata, VU2HO ex VU3ORN from Delhi & VU3PIK from Thrissur, and my special mentioned radio personality Respected OM VU2JOS from Hyderabad, my sincere note of thanks goes to  Respected All..& OMs VU2XBP ex VU3XBP,  VU2YPB ex VU3YPB, VU2DBM, VU2YPK ex VU3YPK, VU22AR ex VU3DUK ( all from Guwahati), VU3WTS from.Titabar, VU2PTF from Tinsukia,  VU3NYV from Shillong, VU2EII  from Naharlagun  and with brothers like affection my greetings with heartiest well wishes goes  to VU3INI, VU3OKB,VU3HZW & VU3FHG (all Guwahati based) & VU3TQD FROM Jorhat..& to my two nearest amateur stations at Barpeta VU3OIP & VU3EEE,...& VU2OWB ex VU3MVH from Tahatta,West Bengal.

Was Listening, Is  Listening & In Future May Transmit Along With Listening Via Radio

73

DE VU3WTI (Gautam Kumar Sharma)

Abhayapuri (Assam)(India)

WITH BEST WISHES TO ALL

 ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD RADIO DAY

My romance with Radio is continuing for several decades....
Listened,Listening,Will be listening and also will be transmitting as an amateur radio operator from my own station on HF bands in future...Yes, the scene of international broadcasting on HF bands is not encouraging at all as I have observed.First television,then television via cable,later via dish side by side with the availability of internet at high speed and internet via mobile..shift to digital platforms ..so called going online..news,views etc all instantaneously at your mobile...Its going with change of technology ..radio is too going digital,online..traditional analog radio broadcasting is still going on...hope will continue...I wish so....
More on my radio hobby coming up with my new series ..
Several Decades Of My Romance With Radio
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Gautam Kumar Sharma(VU3WTI)(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

On World Radio Day Morning Monitoring From Debdaru Town

Date:February 13,2023

(WTI/MR/40/(13-02-23)

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

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80

External Antenna: 

Long wire end feed antenna (79ft L 35ft H approx) .75sq mm Cu wire multistranded) RG6 cable with a splitter box circuit with balun at RX end 

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)

All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist) and where possible in Coordinated Universal Time(utc) also.

WX:Clear sky,morning sunshine,mild cool breeze,very cool

7050kHz lsb

0623ist(0053utc) onwards

VU2RZA(Chennai) 59,VU2JF(Rajkot) 54,VU2RTF(Coimbature) 55,VU3EEX(Patna) 53

0625ist(0055utc) onwards

VU2JF 56,VU2RZA 59,noise level slightly higher than previous days

0624ist VU2JF 54,VU3XVX no copy,VU2RZA 59,VU2RTF 53,VU2EEX 53

0627ist VU2PEP(Hyderabad?) 22

0628ist(0058utc) onwards VU2RZA 59 QSB(fading),

0630ist(0100utc) VU3EEX 43,VU2RZA 59,VU2JF not heard,VU2RTF 54 QSB

0631ist onwards

9N1CA(NL27le,Nepal) 43,VU2RTF 54,VU2RZA 59 QSB,

0634ist(0104utc) onwards 9N1CA 54 QSB,VU3EEX 54,VU2JF no copy,VU2RZA 56,

0635ist(0105utc) onwards

EY7SK(?) (Indonesia) very very weak 22,VU2RTF 43,

VU2JF 54((@0637ist),VU2RZA 59,9N1CA 53(@0638ist),VU2RZA 56(@0639ist),others very very weak,difficult copy,9N1CA weak(@0644ist),

0646ist(0116utc) VU2JF 33,VU2KOC(Belgaum) 33

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

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

On World Radio Radio In 2022 With Radio and Trust On Amateur Bands

February 13,2022(On World Radio Day)

7070kHz lsb

1233ist(0703utc) onwards for a few minutes

Repeated CQ call of at least three stations heard VU3ZHF ,an another station I might have heard VU3OKT once(as far I could recall), VU3JXA

All with perfect copy..i.e. perfectly  readable & extremely strong signal strength (QSA) i.e. 59 

14210kHz usb

1624ist(1054utc) VU2WB Calling CQ 59 repeated CQ calls heard for sometime

1627ist (1057ist)

VU3HZT from Naharlagun,Arunachal Pradesh  no copy ...VU2WB 59..

1633ist (1103utc) VU2WB operated by VU2JFA  59...V2NDZ 59 . VU3YSU..

The audio link recorded:

https://app.box.com/s/ac8xhlr6i5st2c27adrkwr5oojnkvi58

Monitor's Note:

VU2WB is the callsign of West Bengal Radio Club(WBRC) ,Sodepur Kolkata.

7145kHz lsb:

1650(1120utc):VU2FRD CQ call 59

1653ist onwards 

VU2FRD 59 VU2DLU 22 VU3YSU 33

1702ist(1133utc) onwards

VU2FRD 59 VU3YSU 53 VU2DLU 43

1738ist to 1839utc (1208 to 1239utc):

VU3INI 59 with slight occasional QSB,VU3ONX 59 to 54 VU3BTP 59 

VU2VFC 55 54 VU2VFB 43 33 

A general signal assessment by listening by ear as I regularly do.
Monitor's Note:
VU3INI from Guwahati,VU2FRD & VU3ONX from Odisha state,VU2DLU from Kolkata,VU2VFC & VU2VFB from Patna,VU3YSU from Robertsganj(UP).,VU2NDZ & VU3BTP from Jharkhand State

Monitor's Critical View On World Radio Day:✂✂

I think this day is usually for broadcasting stations worldwide stressing importance on radio  in our society under initiative of UNESCO-UNO(United Nation Organisation) and is being celebrated on February 13th for nearly a decade on different themes.The date February 13th has been selected because on this day in 1946 UN Radio started broadcasting.That is an another chapter I will discuss it in future  in DXING section.But hours  of analog radio broadcasting  around the world on medium wave and shortwave  etc(so called traditional analog radio) are going down drastically and also many so called leading  broadcasting stations from different countries has stopped broadcasting with usual ways i.e. on shortwave and medium wave long back.And also with advent of television( now also via cable on digital mode & via dish antenna set up), internet  mobile phone with high speed internet connectivity with instant connectivity and a source of getting instant information ,..considerably reducing dependency on radio , as I have observed,it is to be seen how trust on traditional radio can be maintained.

But it is interesting to note now amateurs and amateur radio organisations are taking interest on this day , this is despite there is a World Amateur Radio Day exclusively for amateur radio operators on April  18th of every year to mark the day when the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) was formed in 1925 in Paris.

More reports,observations,views  etc ..coming up.

73

VU3WTI(Gautam Kumar Sharma)

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

On World Radio Day....On February 13th ..My Thoughts..

I treat every day as World Radio Day..Still

I am celebrating my attachment  with Radio from right from my childhood..the traditional analog  shortwave...mediumwave  radio ....but do not think I can accept the Radio's adaptation to change of technology ...changes with the world.....but I have no control over it...Radio will not be the same....in fact changing...

Now lines of Gulzar's ...for the song in Hindi film Kinara comes to my mind.....

"......Naam gum jaaega, 

chehara ye badal jaaega

Meri awaaj hi pahachaan hai, 

gar yaad rahe......"

 Here perhaps only name will remain...

Everything will changes...

I wish I am wrong!!

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(VU3WTI)

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

On The World Radio Day Special 40m Amateur Band Monitoring

 Date:February 13,2021

On The  World Radio Day..

Monitoring Location:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80

ANT: 78 Feet Length  33ft Feet Height (approx)

 Multistranded Cu .75 sq mm Wire

with coax lead in

All times are in Indian Standard Time (IST)

WX:Clear Sky,mild sunshine,,Cool morning

7050kHz lsb The Hambel Belgaum Net:

Earlier from 0712 IST onwards VU3MJE,VU2JF QSK call 56, QRM from Indonesian(?) Stations also heard with Yankee prefix

0729 IST:VU2YC 54 VU2JGI 58

0734 IST:VU2ACC 43 VU2KOC 53  VU2JGI 53 around 0735IST

0736 IST:VU2CCK 59 also heard  call of VU3RCN,VU2RRX  etc

0738 IST:VU2KOC 55 VU2JAU 55 ...54 both with slight QSB

0741IST:VU2SMS 33 with QSB

0743 IST:VU2JF 59 with QSB

8Q7PR 22 11 no copy practically OM Parker from Male,Maldives...more checkings going on..one .checking by CW i.e. Morse Coce also...589 RST report given by VU2KOC... ...@0743 IST by voice

VU2JRT 55 VU2DWN no copy VU2KOC  55 

0749 IST:VU2YK 54 VU2KOC  55 with QSB 

VU2JRT 55 VU2DWN no copy VU3JTZ 53 ....more checkings going on 7050kHz lsb VU2KOC net controllter...55 

7145kHz lsb Net:

 Around 0733 IST VU2FRD heard with repeated CQ Calls extremely strong signal but no other stations heard

0751 IST onwards:VU2OKT 55 VU2FRD 58...VU2LNA  33 with QSB,after a few minutes nothing audible

0815 IST: VU2FRD on CQ Call perfect copy & good signal

0818 IST:VU2FRD 56 VU2BQF 22 11

0820IST onwards: VU2FRD VU3YSU comfortable copy , VU2HO no copy

0830IST:VU3 FRD's signal going down...YSU picking up...VU2BQF 22 11

0843 IST: VU2OWB no copy 9N1CA very very weak.. audible sometime 33 32 ..VU3YSU audible earlier not now...earlier ...VU2PQS 32 22 VU2BQF 22 11 VU2HO no copy VU2YK 22 11....band condition worsen here...

Monitor's Note:

Bhubaneswar based hams VU2FRD & VU2PQS were operating from Khandapada(Nayagarh),Odisha..approx.80-85km south west of  Bhubaneswar as a part of 3rd Field Day Event of Amateur Radio Society Of Odisha (ARSO)(February 13th & 14th)  celebrating World Radio Day.Details with pixs etc may be posted later on ARSO website &  on their facebook page later .

Please note their website ..

arso.in

More such reports/observations etc soon.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(VU3WTI)

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Scanning The Band On World Radio Day 2021

On World Radio Day ..2021
Date:February 13
Monitoring Location:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)
RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 400
ANT: 78 Feet Length  33ft Feet Height (approx)
 Multistranded Cu .75 sq mm Wire
with coax lead in

Radio New Zealand Pacific English:

0347-0419utc 15720kHz  (Rangitaki,500kW?)

strong signal slight occasional fading,overall reception excellent

Programs Heard:

Interview based feature-a lady host talked with a lady singer about her music etc-songs also aired,news at around 0400utc-presented by a lady presenter with correspondents reports aired,sports news around 0405utc,proms etc,

0409utc:next feature-Focus on Politics-a discussion on a new law

The link to the audio recorded around 0350utc:

https://app.box.com/s/x8saav22cghq04askgrimfvzrhnnhnbh

and the link to the audio file recorded  around 0405utc:

https://app.box.com/s/z5eq3b5f7tixam97gqf7o2houe6jt9ak

More such reports/observations etc soon.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(VU3WTI)

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

ON WORLD RADIO DAY

(Drawing Courtesy:Niloy Sarma)

On the occasion of World Radio Day today i.e.February 13th, I wish my heartiest well wishes to all who are associated with Radio & my special acknowledgement and thanks goes to Mr.Tapan Kumar Pathak, who introduced me to active radio listening and the hobby of DXING after a long spell of passive radio listening and also I like to mention and my regards goes to four wonderful persons associated with radio with whom I comes with contact via this radio listening hobby ..MY FOUR RADIO QUARTET (like the famous four West Indices pace quartet...Andy Roberts..Melcom Marshall..Michael Holdings..Joel Garner..)..A Gupta, S Chakraborty...A Roy..TR Rajeesh...
And also my heartiest well wishes to goes to Mr.A Mondal .Mr P S Goswami .Mr.P Purkayastha.....

And on personal front...since 1989 my life & career etc due to various reasons going down & down in terms of so called social status index of society ..and ..most avoiding me...becomes strangers...still my interest for radio has gone up..And radio is ...and now it has been growing for interactive part of the radio...two way radio...Amateur Radio...Not a technical person ..but still trying my best to learn the technical aspects of Radio.....update my knowledge...theoretically and practically...

And also I wish my greetings to all members of Amateur Radio Society Of Assam(ARSA) on the occasion of World Radio Day .And hope many will soon become active on Amateur Radio hobby in Assam..
VIVE LA RADIO
73s
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)