BC Band Monitoring Flash

Date:November 15,2023

Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation(SLBC) External Service Hindi  was off the air this morning during its schedule shortwave transmission on 11905kHz during 0200-0230utc transmission.The weak signal of a co-channel station perhaps in Chinese along with moderate to weak sideband splatter of a near by station was heard instead.

Myanmar Radio was heard with English teaching program perhaps from BBC with illustration in local language was heard on 9730kHz around 0228utc with good signal.

All monitoring was done at my location at Abhayapuri and the receiver was Grundig YB 400 with inverted V 40mb centre feed dipole

More observations/monitoring reports etc from time to time.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

Monitoring 40mb First Time This Winter With Inverted V Dipole Centre Feed

(WTI/MR/B23/4/15-11-23)

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

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80

Ext Antenna:Inverted V Dipole Centre Feed 40mb

WX:Clear sky,bright sunshine,cool 

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 only)

> 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 etc.

Date:November 15,2023

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

0629ist>VU2RZA(Chennai) 59,VU2KTW(Mumbai) 33 22,VU2JF(Rajkot) 55,VU2OBR 53

0633ist>VU2KTW 33,VU2RZA 59,VU2OBR 53,No copy of VU2JCH of Hyderabad,VU2S?SBU 22,no copy of VU?XUY,

0637ist>VU2JF 55 QSB,VU2RZA 59,VU2PNU(Belgaum) 33(@0638ist)

many stations not copied here

0641ist>9N1CA (Nepal) breaking twice 59,VU2RZA 56 55 QSB 

0644ist>9N1CA 59,VU2RZA 56,others too weak to copy,VU2JF 43,

0645ist>VU2RZA 59,VU3BTP(Bokaro Steel City) 55 to 58,9N1CA 59,

VU2JF 54,VU2OO(Guna) 59,no copy of VU2JFM,VU3UCR? 22(@0651ist>),VU3LGT(Asansol) breaking 59,VU2SMN(Kolhapur) 22,

0653ist>VU3LGT 56,VU2KTW 22,VU2RZA 59 QSB

7070kHz lsb

0814ist> VU3INI(Guwahati) 56,9N1CA (Nepal) 59 to 56 QSB,

VU2DBM(Guwahati) 59

0832ist>VU3INI 56 QSB,VU2DBM 59+,9N1CA 56 QSB(0834ist>)

0838ist>VU3INI 54,VU2DBM 59,9N1CA 55

0839ist>9N1CA 59-56,VU2DBM 59 QSB

0859ist>9N1CA 56-59,VU2DBM 59 

QSO ended around 0904ist.

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

73

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

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Monitoring My Three 7s..7050,7070 & 7145kHz In J3E

(WTI/MR/B23/3/12-11-23)

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

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80

Ext Antenna:Long Wire End Feed etc

WX:Clear sky,bright sunshine,cool 

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 only)

> 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 etc.

Date:November 12,2023

7050kHz lsb

0621ist(0051utc)> VU2RZA(Chennai)  59,VU3INI(From Guwahati) breaking 59,VU2FFU (Vishakhapattanam?)53,VU3INI 59 breaking again(0623ist),VU2RZA 59,

0624ist>VU3INI 59,VU2RZA 59 QSB,

0628ist>VU3MES 53,VU2RZA 59 QSB,others no copy,VU3WCI no copy

0632ist>VU2TUM(New Delhi?) 54,VU2RZA 59, digital signal QRM heard

0634ist>VU2JF 53 54 ,VU2RZA 59 QSB,VU2RTF(0636ist) 22 33

VU2RTF 43 QSB @0638ist approx,VU2FFU 43@0641ist,

VU2RZA 59 ..some stations copied very weak,I could not note down all 

0649ist>VU2RZA 59 QSB calling stations

0652ist>VU3LGT breaking 59

0653ist>VU2RZA 59 to 55 QSB,VU2KOC 22

VU2OO(Guna) 56(@0656ist),VU2JF 43

0658ist>VU3LGT breaking call heard again 59, 

7145kHz

0749 to 0752ist(0219-0222utc)

VU3HQP(Agartala) 59,S21HA(Ishwarde,Bangladesh) 56 to 59,VU3JXF(Chinsurah,WB) 58

7070kHz lsb

0753ist(0223utc)>VU2DBM(Guwahati) 59 on CQ Call

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

73

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

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Monitoring Report From VU3WTI

(WTI/MR/B23/2/11-11-23)

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

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80

Ext Antenna:Long Wire End Feed etc

WX:Clear sky,bright sunshine,cool 

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 only)

> 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 etc.

Date:November 11,2023

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

0626ist(0056utc)> VU2RZA(Chennai) 59,VU2PNU (Belgaum)very very weak,VU3TBU no copy,VU2OBR no copy,VU2JF(Rajkot) 33(@0631ist),others no copy,VU2RZA 59,VU2RTF breaking call 33,heard also breaking call of VU3LGT(Asansol)(@0635ist) 56,VU2RZA 59,others no copy,also heard digital signal QRM on the band,heard VU3LGT 59..

0639ist>VU2JF 53,VU2RZA 59,VU2RTF 22,VU3HQP(Agartala) 59,VU2RZA 59,9N1CA (Nepal)also breaking 59 twice heard his breaking call,

0642ist>9N1CA 59,VU2RTF 22 to 33,VU2RZA 59...VU2JF 53

no copy of VU3DEE(?), strong digital QRM around 0648ist approx.

0650ist>VU2RZA 59 QSB,very very weak copy to no copy of others

0656ist>VU2RZA 59,no copy of VU2KTW(Mumbai) & VU3DVA(Gujraat)

0659ist>VU2RZA 56 QSB,VU2KOC(Belgaum) 22

7145kHz lsb

0801ist>VU3LGT 56,VU2PQS(Bhubaneswar) 54

0802ist>VU3LGT 59,VU3BTP (Bokaro Steel City) 59,VU2OWB(Khaspur) 54 QSB(@0804ist),VU3BTP 59...VU3LGT 59(@0806ist),S21HA(Ishwarde,Bangladesh)59

0807ist>VU3LGT 59,VU3BTP 59,VU2OWB 54 to 55,S21HA 59...

QSO ended around 0814ist

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

73

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

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

B23 Reception First Update

Here is a few brief initial  B23 general reception updates from the very first day of B23 season i.e.October 29th to the first week of November.

Receiver:Grundig Yacht Boy 400

External Antenna:Long Wire( multistranded Copper wire 79ft long 33ft height approx. )RG6 coaxial cable end feed type

Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri(Assam)(India) 

(For all cases)

All time mentioned  in  Coordinated Universal Time(utc) 

A Recent Morning At Our Garden

Radio Romania International (RRI) English:

0630-0658utc 21470kHz To Australia Not audible here at my location at all

*0100-0158utc 7325kHz to North America East Coast Very very noisy,jamming like noise,nothng audible as such

*This transmission for several winter seasons,I used to receive with good signal but from last winter,severe noise etc came on this frequency,now very difficult to copy rather impossible to copy.

Now In place during day hours no chance to listen to RRI English on analog mood on shortwave.

Radio Thailand World Service English:

So far, from October 30th, I monitored the station with good signal as follows

0000-0029utc 13750kHz

0200-0229utc 13750kHz

0500-0529utc 17640kHz

The reception has been good overall on frequencies.

Radio Philipinas WorldWide English

From October 30th, the station has been heard during 0200-0330utc on 17820kHz,15640kHz & 9475kHz.The reception overall is excellent on 17820kHz,on 15640kHz good signal but sometimes noisy, and on 9475kHz ,the signal sometimes audible with weak signal and sometimes nothing audible i.e.not reliable here.

Station KNLS Alkaska English Via MWV(Madagascar World Voice),Madagascar:

From October 29th too,KNLS English on 13760kHz on both 0200-0256utc & 0300-0356utc and the reception is good overall.

BBC World Service English:

Here is my so far monitored schedule of BBC for South Asia in the morning.

0000-0100utc 5980kHz(via OMAN) 5875kHz (Uzbekistan)

0100-0200utc 5875kHz (Uzbekistan)  7430kHz(via OMAN) 

In the evening so far..

1200-1300utc 15295kHz(via OMAN) 

1200-1400utc  11850kHz (via OMAN) 

1300-1400utc  9410kHz(Uzbekistan) very noisy etc slightly difficult to copy

On other frequencies,good overall reception so far.

And need more monitoring on these frequencies or other frequencies of BBC World Service targetted to different areas.

Voice Of Turkey(VOT) Urdu:

On November 1st, I heard first time VOT Urdu from 1257utc onwards  on 15390kHz with signing on annoucements with station idd with station music repeated several times,plus opening announcements,news etc etc  with good signal strength and but audio sometimes slightly difficult to understand.

 

More observations/monitoring reports etc from time to time.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

Monitoring My Three 7s ..

(WTI/MR/B23/1/29-10-23)

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

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80

Ext Antenna:Long Wire End Feed etc

WX:Clear sky,bright sunshine,cool 

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 only)

> 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.

Date:29/10/2023

7050kHz lsb

0621ist(0051utc)>

VU2RZA(Chennai) 59 VU2FRD(Bhubaneswar) 59

0624ist>VU2JF 33,VU2RZA 59 others not copied

0625ist>VU2RTF calling 33

0627ist>VU2FRD 59,VU2RZA 59

0629ist> VU2RTF very weak

0637ist>VU2RZA 59,very weak copy of VU3TBU (Malapuram),VU2FFU? breaking call very weak(0640ist approx.),

0641ist>VU2RZA 59,many stations broke but very very weak copy & no copy,but VU2RZA remained 59

0648ist>VU2FRD 59,VU2RZA 59

0651ist>VU2RZA 59

7145kHz lsb

0740ist(0210utc)>S21HA 58,VU3HQP(Agartala) 59

0742ist>VU2VFC(Patna) 54 slight noise,VU2PQS(Bhubuneswar) 33 43,

VU3YSU(Robertganj)? 33 43

0746ist>S21HA 58,VU2XBP(Guwahati) 53,VU3HQP 58,VU2PQS 53

0747ist>VU2XBP 54,S21HA 55 QSB,VU2PQS 43

0751ist(221utc)>S21HA,VU3HQP,VU2PQS,VU2XBP(Guwahati)

Noise gone suddenly

0753ist>VU3HQP 59,VU2XBP 54

0756ist>VU2PQS 54 ,VU3HQP 59,VU2XBP 54 

VU3HQP & VU2XBP made QSY to 7070kHz lsb around 0759ist.

7070kHz lsb

0800ist> for a few seconds

VU2XBP 54 53,VU3HQP 59

Both went QRT due to noisy band conditions at their end 

0829ist(0259utc)>VU2DBM(Guwahati) 59+ on CQ call

with slight QSB slight noise, he gave CQ Calls for more than 6 minutes with slight break,no response as per my monitoring 

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

73

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

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

7050 & 7070kHz On The Morning October 28th At Abhayapuri

(WTI/MR/A23/14/28-10-23)

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

RX:Grundig Yacht Boy 80

Ext Antenna:Long Wire End Feed etc

WX:Clear sky,bright sunshine,cool 

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 only)

> 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.

Date:28/10/2023

7050kHz lsb

0615ist(0045utc)>VU2RZA(Chennai) 59, VU2EHD 33

0617ist>VU2RZA 59 on call to VU2RTF,VU2JF,no response

0618ist>VU3LGT(Asansol) breaking 59,

0619ist>VU3LGT 59 QSB & VU2RZA 59

0623ist>VU2RZA 59,VU2JF 53 43,VU3LGT 59,VU2RZA 59,others not copied

(noise higher )

0625ist>VU2RZA 59 56,VU3LGT 58,VU2JF(Rajkot) 33 43,other stations difficult to copy 

from 0628ist to 0642ist,only VU2RZA 59 copied 

7070kHz lsb

0753ist(0223utc)>S21HA 56 58,9N1CA(Nepal) 59,VU2DBM (Guwahati)59+

0758ist(0228utc)>S21HA 55 58,9N1CA 59 slight QSB

0759ist onwards VU2DBM 59++ & 9N1CA 59 on one to one QSO upto 0853ist(0323utc)
Monitor's Note:
The QSA(signal strength) of 9N1CA 56 to 54 from around 0823ist and later from  around 0834ist 56 to 59,later also around 0851ist  from 56 to 54..but VU2DBM 59 & beyond extremely strong with slight QSB(fading) observed sometimes

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

73

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

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)