Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Today Morning On 40m

A few Amateur Stations heard  today morning i.e.on February 10th on 40m amateur band.
RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80
ANT: 78 Feet Length  33ft Feet Height (approx)
Multstranded Cu .75sq mm Wire
with coax lead in
Date:February 10,2021
All times are in Indian Standard Time (IST)
WX:Clear Sky,bright sunshine,mild wind blowing,Cool morning

7050kHz lsb The Hembell Belgaum Net:
0723 IST:VU2TBM perfect readibility & extremely strong signal 59
VU2PNU very weak signal
0725 IST:Breaking call of VU2JGI with moderately strong signal
but during his over(AR)  around 0727 IST ,his signal strength was weak with fading(QSB)
0727 IST:Extremely Strong Breaking signal of VU2JF OM Raju Bhai from Rajkot
0729 IST:AR of VU2JF moderately strong signal perfect readibility(55)
Heard VU2KOC  around 0731 IST weak signal initially later signal strength of VU2KOC improved to strong signal heard
VU2JGI heard again  with strong signal around 0738 IST
0746 IST:VU2RZA Extremely strong signal(59) VU2KOC fair signal with QSB ,VU2TRX good signal

7145kHz lsb Net:
0824 IST:VU2FRD OM Rajesh Kumar from Bhubaneswar 59,9N1CA OM Arun Singh  from Pokhara,Nepal 59 with QSB, with VU3OKT from Kolkata breaking with good signal,VU2OWB very weak here
Later heard weak signal of special callsign station from Kolkata AT2WRD  operated by VU3JXF perhaps around 0830 IST ,no copy of VU2ATN OM Atanu Dasgupta who was operating portable from Kolkata.
I heard later several CQ call from AT2WRD operated by VU2JFA on that frequency with extremely strong signal, VU2NIL from Kharagpur  was also heard with giving call weak signal,but could not copy each other.

More such reports/observations etc soon.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(VU3WTI)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

AIR Kolkata Geetanjali On Shortwave 11560kHz

 On February 8th, at the evening, I was watching the facebook posts on my mobile (around 1416utc) and I came across a post of Jose Jacob(VU2JOS),Hyderabad  alert about AIR Geetanjali Kolkata (in Bengali)  was on 11560kHz perhaps due to wrong feed put on wrong channel of AIR transmitter site(Bengaluru ?) on that frequency .And I rushed to my radio desk and switched on my radio to check it up myself.And I found strong signal of the station there. As a  part of policy changes  of AIR , a few years back perhaps AIR Kolkata A  broadcasting  on medium wave 657kHz on the medium wave renamed as AIR Kolkata Geetanjali.

Here is the reception details of AIR Kolkata Geetanjali  on 11560kHz
RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 400
ANT: 78 Feet Length  33ft Feet Height (approx)
 Multstranded Cu .75sq mm Wire
with coax lead in
Location:Abhayapuri(Assam)
Monitoring Period: 1419-1430utc 
Brief Summary of Program Contents Heard:
Public Promo of Reserve Bank Of India,station Idd announcement by male voice (audio not there for a few seconds),regional news-music,news read by a lady,end of news around 1430utc,then station idd & annoucement of next program,but no audio was there after that,though carrier was there for a while,I thought.I stopped monitoring.
No reports came to my notice about continuation of this broadcast beyond 1430utc so far on that evening.

Here is the link to the audio recorded around 1419utc:
https://app.box.com/s/vy1aspdazc1102vwey6fgcc9q0jldi62
And another link to the audio recorded around 1430utc:
https://app.box.com/s/zmf38dkxhtcvztdh1fofphvmzy0mdtkl

I must thank OM VU2JOS for sharing this info on facebook.
May  Be It is due to  Hand of God Of Luck ...(like Maradona's Hand Of God in his goal in Mexico World Cup 1986 against England.).I was there to check the facebook posts..Hi  ..
More such reports/observations etc soon.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(VU3WTI)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

AIR Monitoring Special

 Special Monitoring Observation On All India Radio(AIR) External Service Nepali Language:
On January 28th,on the afternoon, I was requested to check, by a Radio friend of mine ,All India Radio External Service's Nepali transmission's reception quality on 9950kHz(0900-1000utc) at my area.I did monitor from 0921utc onwards upto 1000utc.
0921utc onwards:Info by a lady on the life & works of Late Pandit Ravi Sarkar the  Sitarist 
0925utc:station idd announcement by a male presenter,flok music program-flok songs aired
0950utc:Station station idd announcement & next program modern nepali music program-song aired sung by lady
0955utc:another song sung by  a male singer
0959utc:closing announcement by a male voice with song still in the background transmission ending around 1000utc with the song
The signal strength was strong and overall reception was excellent with slight noise & fading etc.

Here is the audio  link recorded around 0922utc:
https://app.box.com/s/gtmp72zllkj8lmssn7pme4kzake21woj
another audio link recorded around 0959utc:
https://app.box.com/s/46n45th8l23562d51d1x4dfbuywbawy9

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 400
ANT: 78 Feet Length  33ft Feet Height (approx)
Multstranded Cu .75sq mm Wire
with coax lead in
Location:Abhayapuri(Assam)

More such reports/observations etc soon.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(VU3WTI)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)


Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Morning 40m(7000-7200kHz) Amateur Band Monitoring A Few Entries

 RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80
ANT:78 Feet Length  33ft Feet Height 
 Multi Stranded Cu .75sq mm Wire(Approx)
with coax lead in
Date:February 3,2021
All time are in Indian Standard Time (IST)
WX:Clear Sky,good morning sunshine,cool

General Observation on Noise etc On The Band:
No motor boat type etc noise observed today morning as such,not a signal station heard upto 0722 Hr IST,not much activity.

7050kHz lsb The Hembel Belgaum Net  0722-0740 Hr:
It was from 0722 Hr IST onwards very weak signals of amateurs checking calls could be heard but rather very weak to copy here.Around 0724 Hr IST onwards heard breaking call of VU2RZA strong signal,VU3FTP, and around 0727 Hr IST call of VU2JGI
0729Hr VU2RZA 59 VU2PMY very weak to copy etc
0731Hr VU2KOC back as net controller weak signal, several breaking calls made including VU2JGI 58
0732Hr VU2RZA 59 again as usual the case here 
0735Hr VU2JF 59 VU2KOC fair signal 54,VU2RRX weak
0736Hr VU2JGI 56 VU2KOC 54 53 signal going down further

7130kHz lsb Rajkot Net  0742-0753Hr:
Heard CQ of VU2SMN with fair to weak signal,QRM from non-ham stations(?) were there in unknown language heard  with weak to fair strength on the frequency,
0746Hr VU2OO breaking,VU2JF 59,perhaps VU2OO OM Guptaji from Gune could not copy VU2JF from Rajkot,A41LD no copy 
0751 Hr Heard VU2JF 59 this time copied A41LD weak for briefly signal going up & down

7065kHz lsb Delhi Net 0810-0813Hr
0811Hr 9N1CA 59 VU2DED moderately strong perfect copy i.e. 55 VU2OO weak 
VU2PZA no copy VU2YK no copy  

7145kHz lsb Eastern India Net(?):0814-0846Hr:
9N1CA Om Arun Singh from Near Pokhra Nepal gave Calls on the frequency
0825Hr onwards:
VU3OKT ,OM Dipak Chakraborty from Kolkata,weak (53),9N1CA 59 on average sometimes with QSB sometimes,VU3BTP 59 ,Handle Harsha from Bokaro Steel City on average,later VU2OWB,Handle Avijit from Khaspur West Bengal  joined ..59 signal strength
0835Hr for two minutes or so on 7145kHz on AM Mode
 i.e. A3E class of emission:
9N1CA  & VU2OWB went to AM mode to check reception quality on their respective location.I could copy both the station.9N1CA  copied perfectly but VU2OWB with slight break in transmission..audio clipping type( might be due to PTT problem)-might slight distortion might be there as pointed out by 9N1CA.VU3OKT also  joined on AM mode as breaker you could say I only heard once giving his report to VU2OWB.
It was a good experiment to check reception quality in AM Mode also from time to time.
Later they returned to J3E mode of transmission.
Later,VU3WTS,OB Bimalendu Chutia from Titabar,Assam a friend of mine  gave  call on that frequency but there was  no response.
Monitor's Note:
Its my pleasure to share my experience of listening to A3E mode of transmission of amateurs.
First time I heard amateurs operating on A3E class of emission i.e. AM mode between Late VU2RCH from Nagaon(Assam) & VU3YPB OM Paresh Brahma from Guwahati on 7070kHz .The reception was noisy weak copy of VU2RCH as far as I could remember.One and half years back VU3TQF,OB Ravi Boro from Guwahati gave transmission on AM mode on 40mb to check his home built transreceiver.After that VU3OIP ,Sultan Saleh Ahmed from Barpeta Town,so far my nearest active station also tested reception on AM mode from his newly bought Yaesu FT450D with me.Also a few years back two senior amateurs of India  also tested reception with each other on 40mb in the morning on AM mode.I heard their QSO.And today morning ... another occasion to tune into AM transmission by amateurs on 40mb!!

I am still in monitoring / listening mode because I transceiver is not yet ready.I may be on air within this year or so.

More such reports/observations etc soon.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(VU3WTI)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Myanmar Radio Is Back On Shortwave on 9730kHz

 Today morning during my routine aircheck around 0217utc onwards I found Mynamar Radio back on air in local language airing local modern songs with short talk by a lady presenter with good signal strength.I think perhaps this is the first time  Myanmar Radio back on air on 9730kHz after the miliary take over of the administration of  Myanmar.The English transmission has begun as per earlier skd at 0230utc onwards with opening annoucement etc and news etc.But all are under a different administration.

Here is a audio clip  link recorded around 0229utc onwards of Myanmar Radio on 9730kHz with closing announcement of local language transmission followed by music,opening annoucement of English Service and with news.
https://app.box.com/s/mu4nrn4doglmmf8x4l2dwb8a1zo429c8

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 400
ANT: 75-78 Feet Length  33-35ft Feet Height 
 Multstranded Cu .75sq mm Wire(Approx)
with coax lead in

More such reports/observations etc soon.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(VU3WTI)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Monday, February 1, 2021

Morning Monitoring Report on 40m Amateur Band

Date:February 1,2021
RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80
ANT: 75-78 Feet Length  33-35ft Feet Height 
 Multstranded Cu .75sq mm Wire(Approx)
with coax lead in

Geographical Location of Reception Place(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India):
Longitude:26º18´20´´North
Latitude:90º37´50´´East

WX:Dense Fog & Mist,Very Cool,mild cool wind blowing

General Observation:
Motor boat noise was heard from 7055 to 7075kHz specially severe from 7060 to 7075kHz,later it reduced its intensity

7050kHz lsb The Hembel Belgaum Net: 0715-0744 IST:
Initially not heard anything and occasional weak signals heard difficult copy,copied VU2JF good
around 0732 IST onwards extremely strong signal of VU2RZA from Chennai,VU2CCK & later heard strong QSK(breaking signal) of VU2YC & VU2JGI,VU2KOC was the net controller & his signal was going up and down,though copied from time to time
0739 IST heard VU2JGI from Gandhinagar with good signal & heard strong signal of VU2JF breaking call(QSK) around 0740 IST
later VU2JF OM Raju bhai from Rajkot as given AR around 0743 IST & heard him here with good signal.

7130kHz lsb Net 0745-0802 IST:
VU2JF extremenly strong signal ,perhaps heard poor signal of VU2SMS also,VU2SMN poor signal sometimes difficult to copy ,A41LD 
no copy at all,VU2DED around 0801utc fair to weak signal

7145kHz lsb Net:0813 onwards for a few minutes:
VU2FRD signal going up and down,moderate to poor,but readable,VU2KOC unfortunately very weak here,just sometimes copied

More such reports/observations etc soon.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(VU3WTI)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Myanmar Radio on 9730kHz Off The Air The Story Of The Morning

 Today, around 0300utc I checked  as I do regularly in the morning ,reception quality Myanmar Radio English on 9730kHz(0230-0330utc usual time slot) and found no signal there of that station.I did not find it anything unsual as it happened earlier also.But I received a message from my friend ,a well known BC DXER, he also observed the station off the air and mentioned  further that it might be due to military coup in Myanmar.And I checked on the net and read several stories via BBC website on the news about this monday morning  military coup in Myanmar.
More such reports/observations etc soon.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(VU3WTI)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)