On Mar 7, 12:08*pm, bpnjensen wrote:
So - if you are listening to a station and trying to QSL them, and
they have an unscheduled shutdown, and that shutdown comprises the
bulk of the listening period - can that detail bag you a QSL? *I ask
because this morning (late night local time here), R. East New Britain
(PNG) 3,385 kHz went completely OTA for a long period of time from
0808 until nearly 45 minutes later when it just as quickly came back
up. *That would be a VERY easy detail to report... ?

R. Milne Bay 3,365 kHz, meanwhile, was on that entire time with
country music and lots of discussion of stuff by male program hosts.

Thanks for any insights...
Bruce

On a very loosely related note, a strong carrier also on 90 meters
(3,340 kHz), probably a religious broadcaster from Honduras, has also
been noted every night recently. Little or no modulation, however,
detected here. Similar signal to 3,290 khz but without the strong
adjacent channel QRM.

One more - have been hearing something quite well on 4,750 kHz lately
after 0900, but language and music is stumping me. Does not *sound*
like China scheduled for that frequency - could be RRI or Bangladesh,
but impossible for me to tell. Reception of this has been startlingly
good, crisp and clear audio, good signal and CODAR not a problem.

One more - V. Mongolia 12085 Khz has not been punching through the
Arctic very well lately - weak carrier, modulation at the edge of
audibility even with R. Australia 12080 passbanded out of the way.
Not enough to even get a recording.

Bruce