BCDX Monsoon Special From Abhayapuri

VORW Radio International English Via Taiwan:

As per news circulated in BCDX Social Media Groups, it appears that VORW Radio International again has begun its weekly on thursday from 0900-1000utc via Paochung, Taiwan(300kW) relay. The frequency was listed as before in previous B25 winter season as 9705kHz. As per information posted , due to interference problem,  the frequency has been changed with immediate effect to 9740kHz.

So, again the schedule...

VORW Radio International English Via Taiwan 

To East Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific, The Americas

Thursdays Only

0900-1000utc 9740kHz 

via Paochung, Taiwan(300kW) 

Reception reports, which will be verified by e-QSL & additional  feedback can be sent at vorwinfo@gmail.com .

More about  John Jurasek,  the person behind VORW Radio International & its programs,  you can check at

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheReportOfTheWeek

also for online programs at

https://youtube.com/@vorwpodcast?si=hIIzCb3IR9l_Kz6j 

and also search the net for more informations.

Let me check the reception quality on 9740kHz during 0900-1000utc tomorrow i.e. on thursday during its broadcast via Taiwan if possible or on future thursdays.

Here is my earlier  post related to VORW Radio International English  via Taiwan posted on my blog as a part of my monitoring observation on December 31st, 2025.I am including this as part of reference.

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VORW Radio International English  Via Paochung ,Tiwan(300kW) :

VORW Radio International is broadcasting in English on thursdays from October 30th(2025) on 9705kHz during 0900-1000utc from Paochung ,Tiwan(300kW) to  East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Pacific.The reception has been fair to good overall with noise slight to moderate here as per with my monitoring with a long wire in my Grundig YB 400.But on November 20th, I found strong signal of VORW Radio International from 0912utc onwards on 9705kHz with news on air etc as far as I could not remember.I also recorded a few audios of the transmission.There might be slight variations of time of the recordings.I am sorry for that.

Here are a few of my recordings links VORW Radio International on November 20th on 9705kHz , the day of its strongest signal strength...

0913utc ..

https://app.box.com/s/uwhnc81bgpvxj17237b0vz4i34ccv6yg

0914utc..

https://app.box.com/s/ip5qs99eb6j7vjqyod8pd3u7of0s55hc

 0915utc

https://app.box.com/s/sxah0vpwn25sskojtq7o4w8eyczykgm9

And also I recorded on the thursday ..December 11th..

at 0949utc..the audo link..

https://app.box.com/s/wwue93egbbefm6jteqdo55fl47nd64me

And the very lastest on thursday on the Christmas day...

at around 0915utc..

0915utc ..the audio link..

https://app.box.com/s/m5jtpq9hm2oxkyr53r6cwil7wz9w6vpi

except on December 25th ...End Feed long wire was used as an external antenna along with my Grundig Yatch Boy 400..On December 25th I have used my Inverted V dipole as external antenna.

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Akashvani previously  also known as All India Radio (AIR) Turns 90

Akashvani has completed its  90th glorious years   on June 8th. It was on this day in 1936, the Indian State Broadcasting Service(ISBS)'s name as All India Radio(AIR) by then colonial British Government.After independence, in 1956, the name Akashvani was adopted along with All India Radio(AIR).And now it has been decided to call it only Akashvani dropping All India Radio. More detail reports  on Akashvani at 90 & other related items to be posted separately soon on my blog later.

Radio Kuwait Marking  75th Year of Broadcasting:

Radio Kuwait began its first broadcast on May 12 of 1951.So, this year it is celebrating its 75th year of radio broadcasting.

Here is a few links of Radio Kuwait's 75th anniversary related information plus events.

https://kuwaittimes.com/article/43532/kuwait/kuwait-radio-marks-75-years-of-broadcasting/

https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=3300424&Language=enhttps://kuwaittimes.com/article/43635/kuwait/other-news/radio-kuwait-marks-75th-anniversary-with-musical-concert/

https://www.noa-archive.com/news/81-preserving-75-years-of-kuwait-radio-the-story-of-a-historic-digitization-project

Radio Kuwait English In My Radio Audio Collection:
Several years back during late in the morning upto noon or afternoon, Radio Kuwait used to broadcast in English on 15110kHz and I used to listen to it. 

Here is a few recordings links with detail information from my Radio Audio Collection.

Radio Kuwait English 15110kHz August 25th of 2007

at 0600utc ...News Bulletin

https://app.box.com/s/2lk27eeb4xg03w0uya9rqc6dieqdzoas

at 0628utc ..with Radio Kuwait Promo

https://app.box.com/s/f6e3z95hnqr0o5rbf3ncnms7mtria4jv

I am not sure about present status of Radio Kuwait on shortwave as such. As far as I could remember its English transmission had been stopped via shortwave. And may be a few transmissions in Arabic etc may be on air on shortwave & medium wave. But I am not sure.

More observations//monitoring reports etc soon.

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

Today On Morning On 7145kHz lsb At Abhayapuri

RIG: Yaesu FT891

External Antenna:End Feed Long Wire 

Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi

Latitude: 26° 20' 31" N

Longitude:090° 39' 34" E

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)

(For All Monitoring Activites)

Monitor's Notes:

All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist), dates are mentioned in date,month, year format & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch on some cases), Signal strength mentioned with perfect unless mentioned otherwise

> indicating onwards ,amateur station's location mentioned as per info available in QRZ.COM  etc & as heard on air in first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale plus report by ear(in RST Scale), ? sign has been put on info with doubt, some additional information &  plus special/critical report/monitoring observations may be added.

There may be some errors here & there in reporting time & callsigns etc, I hope it will be taken in amateur spirits.I am working on consistently in improving my reports & posts without any pecuniary interest just for  amateur radio hobby. 

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Date:16/06/26

WX:Cloudy, light to moderate rains, mild breeze, Monsoon Active

7145kHz lsb

0742ist>S21IR(Chattogram) S9, VU3LGT (Asansol) S7 QSB, S21RW (Khulna) S9, at 0745ist heard breaking call of VU22AR,

0745ist>S21RW S9, VU22AR (Guwahati) S7 QSB, VU3LGT S7 QSB, S21IR S9 5dB, nothing heard from VU22AR around 0748ist onwards further, Noise Level S1, VU3LGT not heard around 0751ist, 

0752ist>S21RW S9 QSB, S21IR S9, breaking call of S21HA & VU3LGT heard, 

0753ist>S21HA S3 QSB moderate, S21IR S9 5dB S21RW S9 QSB, VU3LGT not heard,

0756ist>VU3LGT S7 QSB, S21IR S9 5dB, S21RW S9, S21HA S3 deep QSB just heard him(he went QRT around 0800ist, he used his magnetic loop antenna with 35W approx. perhaps), 

0802-0804ist:

S21IR S9, VU3LGT S6 QSB, S21RW S7 QSB

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More observations//monitoring reports/news about amateur radio etc soon.

73

VU3WTI(Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

Latest From VU3WTI At Abhayapuri..

RIG: Yaesu FT891

External Antenna:End Feed Long Wire 

Place Of Reception: Abhayapuri, NL56hi

Latitude: 26° 20' 31" N

Longitude:090° 39' 34" E

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)

(For All Monitoring Activites)

Monitor's Notes:

All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist), dates are mentioned in date,month, year format & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch on some cases), Signal strength mentioned with perfect unless mentioned otherwise

> indicating onwards ,amateur station's location mentioned as per info available in QRZ.COM  etc & as heard on air in first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale plus report by ear(in RST Scale), ? sign has been put on info with doubt, some additional information &  plus special/critical report/monitoring observations may be added.

There may be some errors here & there in reporting time & callsigns etc, I hope it will be taken in amateur spirits.I am working on consistently in improving my reports & posts without any pecuinary interest just for  amateur radio hobby. 

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Date:15/06/26

WX:Partly Cloudy, Pale Sunshine, Wet after overnight rains , thunders etc, 

7145kHz lsb

0734ist>S21IR(Chattogram) S9 5dB, S21HA (Ishwarde) S5 QSB (on his magnetic loop antenna), Noise Level S2, 

0738ist>S21RW (Khulna) S7-S9, S21IR S9 slight QSB, S21HA S7-S5 QSB (0739ist>), 

0741-0743ist:

S21RW S9, S21IR S7-S9 QSB, Noise Level S2, 

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Date:14/06/26

WX:Cloudy, Light Rain

7090kHz lsb

0736ist:

VU22AR(Guwahati) S5 , VU3NYV (Shillong) S7, they QSY to 7145kHz lsb

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7145kHz lsb

0737ist>VU22AR S5 QSB, VU3NYV S9 slight QSB, Noise Level S1-S2, 

No response from VU22AR after first AR, brief silence ,

 Heard CQ call of VU3NFF (Patna)  good signal strength, 

0738ist>VU3NYV calling VU22AR, no response from VU22AR, 

VU3NFF calling CQ ,  I think VU3NYV not copying properly VU3NFF,

 VU3NYV calling VU22AR again , no response from VU22AR, then silence on the band 

, no one heard stopped monitoring a few seconds past 0739ist,

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7145kHz lsb

0741ist>VU3INI(Guwahati) S9 QSB, VU3NYV S8,  VU22AR (0743ist>) S5 QSB slight, 

0745ist>VU3NYV S9 5dB, VU3INI S9 QSB slight, (VU3NYV from Shillong going QRX for change of his RIG at 0748ist), at 0751ist onwards heard breaking call of 9N1CA, 

0751ist>9N1CA (Nepal) difficult copy, VU3NYV S9 QSB slight (With his sBITX 15W) , VU3INI S9 QSB slight, VU3INI had difficulty in copying VU3NYV on 15W on sBITX from Shillong heard breaking call of S21IR at 0756ist, 

Here is the Video clip of the audio recorded around 0755ist ..Please observe the S-Meter depicting signal strength of VU3NYV from Shillong , on sBITX on 15 Watt only as received at my shack ....

0756ist>VU3INI S9, S21IR (Chattogram) S9 QSB, heard breaking call of S21HA at 0757ist perhaps, then brief silence, then heard voice by tuning call at 0758ist, 

0758-0759ist:

VU22AR calling VU3INI S5 QSB, no response heard from VU3INI, 

no one else heard, Noise Level S1, 

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WX:Cloudy 

14196kHz usb

1746-1751ist:

VU2FRD(Bhubuneswar) S9 QSB slight, VU2DSB (New Delhi) S7-S9 slight QSB,

1752ist>VU2FRD S9 ,VU3INI(Guwahati) very weak practically no readibility, 

Noise Level S1, 

1753ist>VU2FRD on CQ call S7, heard breaking call of VU2SPF, 

1754-1757ist:

VU2FRD S9 QSB, VU2SPK(Mysuru) S3 43 with QSB by ear

1757ist:

VU2FRD on CQ call S9 

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14215kHz usb

1759ist>VU2NSL(Kochin) S6 QSB, VU3INI (Guwahati) very weak no copy as such, heard breaking call of VU2DSI approx. around 1800ist, 

1800-1803ist:

VU2NSL S6 QSB, VU2DSI 53 (by ear) with QSB 

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More observations//monitoring reports/news about amateur radio etc soon.

73

VU3WTI(Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

GK Clicks

 

Korobi At Our Front Garden

With Best Wishes

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Today On My Mornings Two 7s At Abhayapuri

RIG: Yaesu FT891

External Antenna:End Feed Long Wire 

Place Of Reception:Abhayapuri,NL56hi

Latitude: 26° 20' 31" N

Longitude:090° 39' 34" E

Monitored Mode:J3E Class of emission(Amateur Stations)

(For All Monitoring Activites)

Monitor's Notes:

All time mentioned  in Indian Standard Time(ist), dates are mentioned in date,month, year format & all reports scale as per RST scale parameters(with human touch on some cases), Signal strength mentioned with perfect unless mentioned otherwise

> indicating onwards ,amateur station's location mentioned as per info available in QRZ.COM  etc & as heard on air in first bracket after callsign as far as possible followed by Signal Report in RST scale plus report by ear(in RST Scale), ? sign has been put on info with doubt, some additional information &  plus special/critical report/monitoring observations may be added.

There may be some errors here & there in reporting time & callsigns etc, I hope it will be taken in amateur spirits.I am working on consistently in improving my reports & posts without any pecuinary interest just for  amateur radio hobby. 

Date:13/06/26

WX:Partly Cloudy, Mild Breeze, Pale Early Morning Sunshine, later bright sunshine but still partly white clouds scattering high in the sky

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7145kHz lsb

0716ist>S21IR (Chattogram) S9, S21RW(Khulna) S9 QSB, breaking call of VU3NFF heard around 0717ist, 

0717ist>S21RW S9, VU3NFF (Patna). S5-S7 QSB, S21IR S9, Noise Level S1-S2, slight QSB in the signal of both S21RW & S21IR observed,( S21IR went on QRX around 0721ist),

0721-0724ist:

VU3NFF S7 Slight QSB,  S21RW S9 

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7090kHz lsb

0818ist>VU22AR (Guwahati) on CQ call S9, heard breaking call of VU3NYV at 0819ist,

0819ist>VU3NYV (Shillong )S9 5dB, VU22AR S9 15dB,

0820-0825ist:

VU22AR S9, VU3NYV S9 5dB, later both stations noted with slight QSB from around 0822ist  but maximum signal strength remained S9, Noise Level S1, 

Here is one of video recorded of the QSO( conversation) of VU22AR & VU3NYV around 0822ist.

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7145kHz lsb

0826ist>VU3LGT (Asansol) S5 QSB, S21HA (Ishwarde) S9-S7, S21RW (Khulna) S6 QSB, Noise Level S1-S2, 

0800-0833ist:

S21HA S9  QSB, VU3LGT S3 QSB, S21RW S5 QSB, 

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More observations//monitoring reports/news about amateur radio etc soon.

73

VU3WTI(Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

BCDX Tips From Keralam

 BCDXING from One Of The Land of Coconuts, Backwaters & Perhaps Rambutan Too:

Noted BCDXER/amateur radio operator, OM VU2JOS, Jose Jacob , now on a visit to his native place in Keralam state ( at Attari,a few km away from Kochi International airport) and he sets up a portable amateur radio station with all possible antennas whenever he visits there for long duration.This time also he has done it. He has monitored some BCDX stations and shared a few intererestng  loggings as before. The RIG used Yaesu FT 757 GX & external antenna used  inverted V for 7, 10, 14 MHz multi band.

On May 28th..

He heard WRMI English Relaying Radio Slovakia International English program via WRMI, Okeechobee9 (100kW) from 0030utc on 15770kHz with good reception.Here is the recorded audio link at 0030utc....

https://app.box.com/s/c2cxre5cgevjlsrukhkuvf0dkju0kzef

On May 29th..

He heard Overcome Ministry on 9425kHz from 2345utc for sometime with good reception.Here is the recorded audio link of Overcome Ministry he did around 2349utc..

https://app.box.com/s/ab2izttq2qpsjuoko1gkk969dajsn9yw

He was not sure about the transmitter site & its power.

On June 2nd..

He heard Radio Havana Cuba English on 11760kHz with poor reception but the transmission suddenly went off the air at 0048utc.

On June 6th..

He heard WTWW, USA on 9930kHz Lebanon TN,USA-100kW) from around 0100 to 0130utc( signing off in English) with poor reception.

On June 9th..

He observed WRMI transmitter on 15770kHz (Okeechobee9)  back on air after two days absence and fair signal noted around 2340utc onwards.

Also he noted WMLK(USA)  English ( Bethel, PA, USA-100kW) around 0004utc with poor reception.

I like to express my thankfulness to OM VU2JOS for sharing the loggings etc and hope we will get more extotic logs during his visits to his native state.

The Story of Rambutan:

Rambutan is an exotic, sweet tropical fruit mainly grown in South Indian states of Keralam, Karnataka & Tamil Nadu.In  Keralam it has become one of lucrative and widely grown exotic fruits.And frankly speaking, I have no idea about this fruit and I cannot remember seeing it or read it anywhere. OM VU2JOS sent me a few photographs of this fruit and the tree from his locality. And  only then I have come to know about this Rambutan fruit. Thanks OM VU2JOS for sharing the photographs of Rambutan and introducing to this tropical fruit.

You can check in detail about this fruit by visiting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambutan

OM VU2JOS has maintained an informative website where you can get lots of informations regarding Akashvani & radio broadcasting in India ,also about amateur radio in India.Please check 

https://qsl.net/vu2jos/

He is also associated with National Amateur Radio Institue of India(NAIR), Hyderabad and he is at present servering as its Assiant Director.
Now I am leaving you all with two photographs of Rambutan one tree & one the delicious fruit captured by OM VU2JOS from his native place in Keralam State of India. Thanks OM VU2JOS for sharing these photographs.

With Best Wishes

73

Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)

(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)

Fresh Blossom This Summer

 

In Our Front Garden, Guti Malati/Kund/Star Jasmine/Jasminum multiflorum
With Best Wishes
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)