FM FLASH AIR Goalpara QSP AIR Guwahati Mahabahu Programs

 After Observing All India Radio(AIR) Goalpara on 102.6MHz for a few weeks now, it has been relaying(QSP) AIR Guwahati Mahabahu  programs instead of relaying previous AIR Vividh Bharati Programs from Mumbai.It is good step.But I think at late  night to early morning hours  Vividh Bharati programs can be aired too.Goalpara Town is just around 22km approx. aerially from my place and it is situated just on the south bank  of the Brahmaputra.
Actually, what I happened, I could not hear here AIR Goalpara signal on 101.6MHz for a few days.Later, after a break of a few days perhaps on April 8th in the morning onwards,I am listening AIR Goalpara relaying AIR Guwahati Mahabahu  programs.
AIR Guwahati Mahabahu( ex AIR Guwahati A) is at present audible on 729kHz (medium wave) and also on  101.6MHz(FM).I guess the FM transmitter of AIR Goalpara is situated at the top of the Hulukanda Pahar of the town.I think the station is in relay mood at present.And the power may be around (1kW)not sure.But the reception has been excellent here so far.It is now active as relay station for several years now.

More observations/reports etc soon.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

The Philips Once The Only Brand For Radio In Our Family

 

This  Philips radio ad in Assamese was noticed by me in our collection of a Bengali Magazines way back from late 1980s in its April month edition.And in our family Philips was the only brand of Radio we purchased right from the first radio purchased by my father(in late 1960s) & uncles (1970s)and aunties....I could not resist to post this ad from my collection in this April.I used to listen to radios of Philips only at home & our uncle's & aunties's residence (also most of our relatives). 
And this tradition was broken when I got two radios of Grundig ..the first Yacht Boy 400 & later in another Grundig Yacht Boy 80 as prizes from Deutsche Welle Radio English Service of Germany in way back in 2000s.And I began to listening to radio most of the time on the Grundigs...
That is an another chapter....Will discuss later..in appropriate section of the blog.

With Greetings & With The Heartiest Well Wishes On the occasion of Assamese New Year &  Bohagi(Rongali) Bihu Festival

73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(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)

My Three 7s In The Morning 7050,7145 & 7070...

Date:April 15,2023

(WTI/MR/A23/4/15-04-23)

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 the stations mentioned below in the report,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:Almost Clear sky,slight  dark clouds cover in the western sky in parts but later clearing up, early morning sunshine,still relatively cool

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

0618ist(0048utc)> VU2RZA(Chennai) 54,VU2PNU(Belgaum) 22 to 11,

0620ist>VU2OBR (Salem?) breaking 53,VU2PNU 22,VU2RZA 54 QSB,

VU2DOS no copy(0622ist),VU2RZA 54 QSB,VU2RTF (Coimbature) no copy(0622ist),

VU2RZA 54 QSB,

0623ist>VU2OBR 33,VU2RZA 54 QSB,VU2DOS no copy

0626ist>VU2RZA 53 to 43

0628ist>VU2RTF very very weak no readibilty practically,VU2RZA 43(o629ist>),

0630ist>9N1CA (Nepal) breaking 53,VU2RZA 43,9N1CA 55

0632ist>9N1CA 55,VU2RTF 11,

0633ist>9N1CA 55,VU2RZA 54 QSB

0634ist>9N1CA 56,VU2RZA 54 QSB

0635ist>VU2RZA 53...

0639ist>VU2RZA 53..VU2?MZT no copy,VU2DOS no copy,

0642ist>VU2RZA 43,VU2SMN(Kolhapur) no copy

Monitored upto 0647ist..other than VU2RZA weak signal no others stations I could copy as such after 0642 to 0647ist.Even VU2RZA was difficult to copy later..the strongest QSA station was heard 9N1CA.

7145kHz lsb 

0722 to 0728ist(0152-0158utc)

VU2ZOC(Kolkata) 55 to 53..S21HA(Ishawarde,Bangladesh) 55 to 43 

0752-0804ist(0222-0234utc)

Heard VU2ZOC,VU3NVL both from Kolkata region..copied with slight fading etc,S21HA also joined copied comfortably 

from 0756ist VU3BTP from Bokaro Steel City joined  56 to 54 for a few minutes

0801ist>VU2ZOC 55 to 53,S21HA 54 with slight QSB

0803ist>VU3LGT(Asansol) 53 to 43,S21HA 55 QSB

7070kHz lsb

0859-0909ist(0329-0339utc)

0859ist>VU2YPB 59,VU2DBM 59 to 56..slight QSB 

0901ist>VU2EII 59 QSB

0905ist>VU2DBM 59 QSB,VU2YPB 59(0907ist),VU2EII 59 QSB

All Stations operating from different parts of Guwahati  except VU2EII who was..operating from Naharlagun,Arunachal Pradesh.In fact VU2EII is now the only active amateur station on HF bands and may be also the only active amateur radio station on air from the land of rising sun of India.

More reports/observations etc soon.

73

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

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Rhynchostylis retusa Blossomed....The Kopou Phul ..(কপৌ ফুল)

 

Replanted on a Gulancha Tree In Our Front Garden From A Mango Tree A Few Years Back,This Season,It Has Blossomed Again ....Another  Replant Project on Orchid Going To My Satisfaction So Far,But Miles & Miles To Go...Before.......
...And Like Cherry Blossom In Japan,Here The Blossoming Of Rhynchostylis retusa The Kopou Phul Has Special Significance...
And Special Thanks For A Few Persons Who Have Revived My Interest On Nature By Their Amazing Activities...Rest Is All Before You.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

From My Late Fundamental

 

From My late father's medical books.....from mid 1960s.AMC Dibrugarh days...

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

The Belgaum Net Report From Debdaru Town

 Date:April 14,2023

(WTI/MR/A23/3/14-04-23)

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)

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)

Special Notes,symbols etc used for this report:

> 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

WX:Clear sky,early morning sunshine

Today Morning Around 0609 IST

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

0625ist(0055utc)>

VU2RZA (Chennai) 55 QSB,others not copied or very very weak to copy

0626ist>VU2DBE(Kolkata) 58,VU2RZA 55 to 53 

0627ist>VU2JF (Rajkot) 43,VU2RTF(Coimbatore) 22,

0628ist>VU2FFU (Vishakhapattnam) 33,VU2RZA 53 to 43,VU3BXI(Mathura) no copy......

0631ist(0101utc)>VU2JF 33,VU3BXI no copy,VU2RZA 53 to 43,

0632ist>VU2RTF 22,others very weak copy difficult to copy

0634ist>VU2EII(Naharlagun) 59+ breaking..difficult copy of other side..

VU2EII 59+,VU2RTF 22

0636ist>VU2EII 59+,VU2RZA 43 to 33

0646ist>VU2RZA 53 QSB

Monitor's Note:

Signal strengths (QSA) going down considerably..from Southern Indian stations..as observed last spring from 3rd week of March onwards like last spring and but so far noise level is not high this spring season so far,the last spring noise level on 40mb in the morning was much higher level this time.

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.
My town,Abhayapuri is also known as the Debdaru Town for its Debdaru trees(Polyalthia longifolia ) along its main road.

More reports/observations etc soon.

73

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

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)