Saturday, August 28, 2010

Hamfest India 2010 HF Contest

The 19th Hamfest of India is to be held at Pollachi in Tamilnadu
during November 13-14, 2010. On this occasion, the Organizing
Committee of Hamfest India 2010 has the pleasure in inviting all VU
Hams to participate in the HF Contest whose details are as follows:

Phone Contest:

Start Date & Time: Saturday October 2, 2010, 0600 Hrs IST
End Date & Time:  Sunday October 3, 2010, 1800 Hrs IST

CW Contest:

Start Date & Time: Saturday October 9, 2010, 0600 Hrs IST
End Date & Time:  Sunday October 10, 2010, 1800 Hrs IST

Bands:  7 & 14 MHz.

Category: Single Operator

Exchange: RST plus Serial numbers.

The contest is open to and among VU Hams only. Contacts with Dx hams
by VU hams are invalid.

The same station can be contacted once per band.

Points: Each QSO carries one point.

Multiplier: 10 Point for each station contacted from Pollachi,
irrespective of bands.

Total Score: No.of QSO points x No. of Multipliers

Log: Entries to reach on or before Wednesday, 25 October 2010 by post
/ courier to:

Hamfest India 2010 HF Contest

c/o Mr.S.Vijayan, VU2WDP
2 / 140 Raju Nagar,
Chinnampalayam, Pollachi - 642 001
Tamilnadu

Or by email to

hamfestindia2010@gmail.com with the subject line "HFI 2010 Phone
Contest" or HFI 2010 CW Contest"

 A Committee shall evaluate the entries received.  The decision of the
Judges will be final and
binding in declaring the results & contest winners.

All those who send their logs will be given "Participation Certificate".

The Contest Winners will be awarded Mementos & Certificates during the
HFI-2010 function.

73

S.Vijayan, VU2WDP
General Convener

Hamfest India 2010

(Via vuhams yg)

Sunday, August 15, 2010

AIR Monitoring observations

AIR Monitoring observations of Aug 14, 2010 in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, Deep south of India.


kHz Kw Station SIO

3945 50 Gorakhpur 222
4760 10 Leh 222
4775 50 Imphal 222
4800 50 Hyderabad 232
4810 50 Bhopal 222 at 1400
4820 50 Kolkata 222 with Interference
4830 50 Jammu Nil

4837.5 10 Gangtok 222
4840 50 Mumbai 232
4850 50 Kohima  Nil
4860 50 Kingsway Nil
4880 50 Lucknow 222
4895 50 Kurseong 212 at 1400
4910 50 Jaipur  322
4920 50 Chennai 444
4940 50 Guwahati 222
4950 50 Srinagar 222
4960 50 Ranchi Nil 
4965 50 Shimla 222
4970 50 Shillong 222
4990 50 Itanagar Nil
5010 50 Thiruvananthapuram 343
5015 50 Delhi Nil
5040 50 Jeypore 222 with Interference
5050 10 Aizawl 232
6030 50 Delhi 222

6085 50 Delhi 222 with Interference
9425 500 Bengaluru 333
9470 250 Aligarh 222 with Interference
9575 50 Delhi 222 with Interference
9835 50 Delhi 222 with Interference
9870 500 Bengaluru 333

FM

105.6 - Gyan Vani, Tirunelveli


MW

576 AIR Alappuzha

612 AIR Bengaluru

630 AIR Thrissur

684 AIR Kozhikode

720 AIR Chennai

738 AIR Hyderabad

765 AIR Dharwad

900 AIR Kadapa

936 AIR Tiruchi

999 AIR Coimbatore

1053 AIR Tutucorin

1161 AIR Thiruvananthapuram

1269 AIR Madurai


Receiver: Sony ICF 2010D


Monitor by 
Jaisakthivel,