7050 & 7145kHz lsb On The Morning Of 10th Instant At Abhayapuri

 Date:February 10,2023

(WTI/MR/36/(10-02-23)

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:Cloudy Cool,mild breeze

7050kHz lsb

0620ist(0050utc)9N1CA(NL27le) 54 to 58,VU2RZA (Chennai) 59,

Noise level higher than previous days

0625ist(0055utc) onwards

VU2RTF(Coimbature) 43,VU2JF(Rajkot) 53 (QSB) @0626ist,VU2RTF 54,VU2RZA 59,

0627ist VU2JF 53,9N1CA(NL27le,Nepal) 59

0628ist onwards

VU2RTF 54,9N1CA 59,VU2RZA 59(@0629ist,VU2JF 43 QSB,VU2RZA 59,VU2RTF 43

0631ist(0101utc) VU2RTF call 53

0634ist(0104utc) onwards

VU2RTF 55 QSB,VU3KDS no copy,VU3JTZ(Hyderabad) 33,

0637ist VU2RZA 59,VU3FTP(Hyderabad) no copy

0639ist VU2RTF 53 VU2RZA 55 56 QSB,

0640ist VU3EEX onwards  (Patna) 33 breaking call,VU2RZA 55,VU3TPW? no copy,others were very very weak,difficult to copy

0643ist VU3EEX 43 breaking call,VU2RZA 56

0644ist VU3EEX 43 breaking call,VU2RZA 56,VU3WCI not heard,VU3WJR no copy

0645ist VU3EEX 43 breaking call

0646ist(0116utc) VU3EEX 54,VU2RZA 56

0647ist(0117utc) onwards difficult to copy other stations,only VU2RZA 56 QSB

VU2RTF 43(@0648ist),VU3EEX 55

0650ist VU2RZA 56 QSB,VU3XVX 33,VU2RVE no copy,

0656ist(0126utc) onwards VU2MTW 33,VU2RZA 56,VU2TE no copy

0657ist(0127utc) onwards

VU2RZA 56,VU2RTF 33-22,VU2KOC 33

7145kHz lsb

0729ist(0159utc) onwards for a few minutes

VU3YDA(Kolkata) 59, S21HA (Isharde,Bangladesh) 58 59

0824ist(0254utc) onwards

VU2OWB 59,VU2ATN 54 55 QSB

0830ist(0300utc) 9N1CA calling 33

With Best Wishes 

73

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

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

7050kHz lsb On The Morning Of 9th Instant

Date:February 9,2023

(WTI/MR/35/(09-02-23)

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.

7050kHz lsb

0636ist(0106utc) onwards

VU2EHL(Kolkata) 59,VU2RTF(Coimbature) 55,VU3JTZ(Hyderabad) 54,

0639ist(0109utc) onwards

VU2EHL 59,VU2RTF 55,VU3BTP(Bokaro Steel City) not heard here,VU3FTP(Hyderabad?) No copy

0640ist onwards 

VU2RTF 55,VU3JTZ 33,VU3BTP not heard,VU2EHL(@0641ist) 59,VU2RTF 54,VU3JTZ 54,VU2RTF(@0642ist) 54 53,VU?SBU 33

0643ist(0113utc) VU3JTZ 53,VU?SBU 33,VU2RTF 53

0645ist onwards VU2JF(Rajkot) 53,VU3WEW no copy,VU2RTF 53,

signals going down,very very copy only copying VU2RTF & VU3JTZ to some extent

0649ist(0119utc)

VU2RTF 53,Call to VU2EHL & VU3BTP, no response heard,VU3WJR no copy

0650ist (0120utc) onwards even now VU3JTZ difficult to copy,signal strength(QSA) going down

0652ist VU2RTF 43 33..VU2RZA (Chennai) not heard today

0654ist(0124utc) VU2RTF 43 called VU2EHL no response

Signal strength(QSA) going down, nothing audible stopped monitoring at 0655ist(0125utc)

With Best Wishes 

73

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

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

On 7th Instant

 Date:February 7,2023

(WTI/MR/34/(07-02-23)

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:Light Fog,partly cloudy, later pale sunshine,slight cool breeze

7050kHz lsb

0632ist(0102utc)onwards

 VU2RZA(Chennai) 59,VU2SMN(Kolhapur) 22

0635ist(0105utc) VU2RZA 59,VU2PNU(Belgaum) 33

0637ist onwards VU2RZA gave a spell of calls CQ type 59,others signal heard faint & no readibility at all,

0639ist(0109utc) onwards VU2RZA 59,VU2SMN 11,VU3XVX not copied here,

0640ist VU2RZA 59,VU3JTZ? (Hyderabad)22

0641ist  VU2RZA 59,VU2BRJ(Dharwad) 22,others signal very weak

0644ist (0114utc) VU2RZA 59(QSB),VU3MES no copy,VU3?WJR no copy,

0645ist onwards   VU2RZA 56 QSB,VU2KOC(Belgaum) 43,VU2RTF(Coimbature) 33,VU2?SBU 33,VU3XVX 22,VU3WCI 22,

later for sometime other than VU2RZA it became difficult to copy others,signals were very weak,for sometime no one heard

0658ist(0128utc) onwards

VU2KOC 43 to 33(QSB),VU2RZA 56 to 59,very very weak copy of others,

0702ist(0132utc) VU2RZA 59

0703ist(0133utc) VU2RZA 59+(Sunami J3E emission from Chennai,not from Belgaum HI HI!!) first time

0706ist(0706utc) onwards  VU2RZA 59 QSB

VU2JF(Rajkot) 56(@0708ist),VU2PNU 22,VU2BRJ no copy,VU2SMN 11

7145kHz lsb

0800ist(0230utc)onwards for sometime

VU3HQP(Agartala) 59,VU3SXP(West Bengal) 55 QSB,

0803ist(0233utc) VU3LGT(Asansol) 59 QSB

0819ist(0249utc) onwards for sometime 

VU3HQP 59 but audio was slightly distorted but no problem in reading the audio contents,VU2OWB (Khaspur,West Bengal) 55 56 QSB,VU3LGT 58

7055kHz lsb

0815ist(0245utc) VU2DBM (Guwahati) on CQ Call 59++ for a few minutes 

0838ist(0308utc) onwards

VU2DBM 59,VU2OWB 55

0849ist(0319ist) onwards

VU2DBM 59+,VU2OWB 55 QSB,VU2ATN(Kolkata,Salt Lake-Portable) 33 22

as far as I could recall I heard 9N1CA (NL27le,Nepal) breaking call 43

0851ist (0321utc) VU2DBM 59++

Monitor's QRN Note:

I was surprised to hear VU2DBM on 7055kHz in place of  our local frequency of 7070kHz.But later in his QSO with VU2OWB,he informed due to a QRM on 7070kHz ,he had to QSY to 7055kHz.In fact,he mentioned it several times during his QSOs with others on 7070kHz lsb about noise on 7070kHz he was experiencing.Today early in the morning I had not found any type QRN/QRM on 7070kHz lsb but after 0851ist(0321utc), there was noise on 7070kHz  and same type of noise on 7165-7175kHz & again on 7115-7120kHz.And in my area, a certain type of noise can be audible in the morning every day on 7065kHz which prevents me listening to morning Delhi HF Net.

With Best Wishes 

73

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

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

First Call Of Cuckoo(কুলি) This Year

I have heard the first call of the Cuckoo on this morning ,with dense fog around and very cool mild breeze blowing, around 05:55AM(0025utc). I heard the first spell with short call for a few seconds  and after a few moments,the call heard with slightly longer spell with slight pause.I think it came from the high branch of the mango tree of the front garden of residence just a few meters away.I rushed to the veranda to record a spell of call around 6:00AM(0030utc) on my mobile.

Here is the link to the audio file recorded around 6:00AM
The First Recorded Call Of Cuckoo:

https://app.box.com/s/iezokt7xnwbxgdqi311obv0h9q2a7c2t

Here in Assam, often hear people saying that the call of Cuckoo signifies the advent of spring.This time the first call of Cuckoo comes still in winter, slightly early.

The three or four cuckoos (black & another brown type colours)  roam around our campus even in winter for a few years now.In our wood adjacent to our house  they finds a safe heaven as there are plenty of trees with seeds of various trees.They often can be seen on the branches of Korobi plant(Oleander),I guess they like to take the fruits of Korobi .Though I heard , it is poisonous to human.

Anyway,I could not resist sharing these photographs of The Cuckoo on our campus in December 2018,which I took very carefully with our now out of order camera Sony cyber shot. HD20.

With Best Wishes At The Advance Advent Of Spring Though Winter Is Still There HI HI
There Is No Limit Here HI HI
With Call Of Cuckoo Can Spring Be Far Behind, So It Is The Advent Of Spring With Coolness..

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

Today Morning on 7050 & 7145kHz lsb As Monitored At Abhayapuri

 Date:February 6,2023

(WTI/MR/33/(06-02-23)

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

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80

External Antenna: 

Long wire end fed 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:Dense Fog,later Fog cleared to some extent but cloudy,no sunshine as such

My End Fed Not Sure Half Wave( For All Bands 79ft approx, Length) Better To say Long Wire  Antenna HI HI,The Two Bambo Posts Of The Antenna This Morning ,Far Post In The First Photograph & The Near Post Fed Point End In The Second Photograph

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

0637ist(0107utc) onwards

VU2JF(Rajkot) 55 QSB,VU3BTP(Bokaro Steel City) 56,VU2RZA(Chennai) 59 

0641ist VU2RTF(Coimbature) 43 QSB,VU3BTP 56 to 58,VU2RZA 59

0643ist(0113utc) VU3EEX(Patna) 54,VU2RZA 59

0645ist(0115utc) onwards VU3EEX(Patna),VU3RTF heard in the back ground 43,

nothing audible for a while

0646ist  onwards heard call of VU2RZA 59,

VU2KOC 43(@648ist),VU2EHL (Kolkata?) breaking 58

0649ist(0119utc) onwards VU2EHL 59,VU2RZA 59,cross QSOs & calls heard

0653ist onwards

 VU2RZA 59 QSB, VU2JTZ 43,also heard VU2KOC weak,VU3HQP(Agartala) breaking call heard,

0654ist VU2KOC 54 QSB,VU2RZA 59 QSB,

0655ist onwards

VU2EEX 54,VU2RZA 59,VU3HQP 59 breaking atleast twice,VU2KOC 43

0657ist VU2RZA 59,others very very weak no readibility

0659ist directional call by VU3HQP 59 to VU2KOC, VU2KOC not heard

0701ist (0131utc) VU3HQP 59 breaking again, VU3TBU(Bengaluru) 43 breaking

0702ist(0132utc) VU2MTW 43 breaking,VU3HQP 59 again heard with breaking call,

VU2RZA 59

0705ist(0135utc) onwards VU2EEX 54,VU2RZA 59 QSB, VU2PNU 33

0709ist(0139utc) VU2PNU 33,VU2RZA 55 QSB

0711ist(0141utc) VU2RZA 55

7145kHz lsb

Monitor's Note:

There might be slight errors here and there in mentioning time etc etc.And it purely unintentional.

Perhaps from around 0748ist approx ( I forgot to note down ..recalling from memory), heard VU2VFC(Patna) VU2VFC 54,VU3HQP 59 also heard around 9N1CA(NL27le,Nepal) 58 

on CQ call around 0750ist(0220utc), perhaps 9N1CA not copied VU3HQP, but VU3HQP was  59 here.

0825ist(0255utc) to 0906ist(0336utc) approx

VU3LGT(Asansol) 56 QSB,9N1CA (NL27le,Nepal),VU3HQP 59(@0830ist),

from 0831ist onwards VU3LGT 59 QSB,9N1CA 59 QSB,VU3HQP 59 slight QSB

0847ist(0317ist) onwards VU2DBM(Guwahati) 59++,VU3LGT 56 QSB,9N1CA 54 to 56 QSB, VU3HQP 59 QSB sometimes

With Best Wishes 

73

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

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

The Sunday Morning On 40mb At Debdaru Town

 Date:February 5,2023

(WTI/MR/32/(05-02-23)

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.

The Debdaru Trees(Monoon longifolium/Polyalthia longifolia) At Gandhi Maidan,Abhayapuri

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

0639ist(0109utc) onwards

VU3BTP(Bokaro Steel City) 56 QSB,VU2KOC (Belgaum) 33,

0642ist onwards 

VU2JF(Rajkot) 56,VU2KOC 43 QSB,

0644ist(0114utc) onwards

VU3JXF(Kolkata ?) 58 breaking call heard,VU2KOC 43,

VU3JXF 58 QSB,VU3BTP 56 QSB

0645ist(0115utc) onwards VU2KOC 33,VU3BTP 56 QSB,

0646ist VU3JXF 59 QSB slight,VU3BTP 58,VU2KOC 43,

0647ist(0119utc) onwards VU3BTP 59,VU3JXF 59 QSB,

perhaps heard VU2KOC also VU2RVE? not sure 

0648ist VU3JXF 59,another weak station heard not copied the callsign..VU3JTZ?,VU2RVE? Not sure

0650ist VU2KOC 43, others very weak,not copied today not heard VU2RZA(Chennai) & VU2RTF(Coimbature)

7145kHz

0747(0217utc) onwards

9N1CA (Nepal,NL27le) 56,VU2VFC(Patna) 55,

0748ist VU2FRD 55,9N1CA 56 QSB,

0755ist(0225utc) 9N1CA 55 ,VU2FRD 54

0757ist(0227utc) VU2EEX(Patna) 43

0759ist VU2VFC 55 QSB,

0801ist VU3BTP 58

0805ist(0235utc) 9N1CA 54 on CQ call

7070kHz lsb

0710ist(0140utc) VU3BXI (Bardhaman portable)on CQ  call 43

0729ist VU3BXI on call 43 

0749ist onwards upto 0754ist approx.

 VU3OKB(Guwahati) 58 59, VU3INI 56 58 QSB also from Guwahati

0811ist(0241utc) onwards VU3OKB 59+, VU3INI 55 56 QSB,

0815ist VU2YPB 59+ also from Guwahati

0817ist(0247utc) onwards 

VU3OKB 59+ QSB slight,VU2YPB 59+ slight QSB,

0824ist VU3BXI 54 QSB,VU2YPB 59+

0829ist(0259utc) onwards

VU3INI 58 QSB,VU2DBM 59+ also from Guwahati, later on overs he was 59++ as usual, VU2YPB 59+

0834ist VU3BXI 54 QSB

0841ist VU3INI 53

0845ist(0315utc) onwards VU3ZRI 55,VU2DBM 59++,

0848ist VU3OKB 59 QSB

0852ist onwards

VU3INI 53,VU2DBM 59++....

0901ist (0331utc)onwards upto 0928ist(0358utc)

VU2YPB 59, later VU3WTS from Titabar heard with strong signal,but audio was distorted difficult to copy a few sentences could be undertable 36,VU3ZRI 55,VU2DBM 59++,VU3INI 54 with QSB

With Best Wishes 

73

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

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Medium Wave Audio Logs On January 27th

Here is a few medium wave stations that I heard on January 27th morning due to a few unavoidable circumstances,I could not share in my blog in January.

Date:January 27,2023

Receiver:Grundig Yacht Boy 400

External Antenna:Long Wire multistranded Copper wire 79ft long 35ft height approx. RG6 coaxial cable feedline etc

Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) 

All time mentioned  in  Coordinated Universal Time(utc) 

Lets begin with our All India Radio(AIR) regional stations on medium wave.

AIR Guwahati Pragjyotishpur

0317-0330utc 1035kHz (20kW?)

Good Signal strength,slightly noisy,

Modern Assamese song,station idd announcements plus Regional News in Assamese 

The link to the audio recorded at  0329utc 

https://app.box.com/s/eqqathuqq2equomyjn2y6gnsvtcnicm9

AIR Guwahati Mahabahu
0330utc 729kHz (100kW)

Regional News in Assamese,Good signal strength

The audio link:

https://app.box.com/s/23isxoayzmo7vlcceyvyhq1p31c5zoyr

AIR Kokrajhar 
1512kHz(20kW) 0307utc

Very weak & noisy signal,music In Bodo (?)Language on air

The audio file link:

https://app.box.com/s/m1dz5m9r1dpzxbxbsctpduowvcr22rga

AIR Shillong
864kHz(100kW) 0304utc

Good signal strength,

The North East News Bulletin in English read by a lady,Station Idd annoucement in Khasi by a lady,Program Promo

The audio recorded..the link :

https://app.box.com/s/hv8043u3r3m0ab87i0oibb8wosmz1j35

AIR Siliguri
 711kHz (200kW) 0316utc

Fair overall reception

Annoucements in Bengali,slightly noisy

The audio file link:

https://app.box.com/s/bqqti1gr0d5h0xkaq7c7oemcmx32zlj5

Bangladesh Betar

Dhaka  693kHz 0306utc

Good signal strength,

Children Program in Bengali

The audio file link:

https://app.box.com/s/rsxwj4lsror3rcfza634ya427j2eb5mi

Rajshahi 846kHz 0310utc 

Good signal strength,slightly noisy

Song in Bengali on air by a lady

https://app.box.com/s/g05woty0kjuncpgrmjnq9wrz44g6p5qy

More monitoring observations/reports etc soon

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)