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Radio Wantok Light, PNG 7120 kHz
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 7120, 0830-1200, Wantok Radio Light, Port Moresby May 23
TENTATIVE reception of this new PNG Christian outlet first noted with religious-sounding music fading in at 0830. Four musical tones noted at 0900:20, followed by possible ID by woman. Signal improved very slightly past 0900, with continuous Christian contemporary and possibly PNG church music. The language sounded Pidgin at times, but was much too weak for positive language identification. At 1101:38, I heard a distinctive 'Bird of Paradise' call (national bird of PNG, I believe). An MP3 recording of this can be heard at: http://www.guyatkins.com/files/tenta...RL_7120kHz.mp3 0830 UTC is just past Port Moresby sunrise, so a darkness path makes a difference on this frequency to the West Coast USA (and as predicted by the propagation module within ERGO). (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA mod. ICOM IC-756Pro & mod. ICOM R-75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO 450 & 700 ft. Beverage Antennas |
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Guy Atkins wrote: PAPUA NEW GUINEA 7120, 0830-1200, Wantok Radio Light, Port Moresby May 23 TENTATIVE reception of this new PNG Christian outlet first noted with religious-sounding music fading in at 0830. Four musical tones noted at 0900:20, followed by possible ID by woman. Signal improved very slightly past 0900, with continuous Christian contemporary and possibly PNG church music. The language sounded Pidgin at times, but was much too weak for positive language identification. At 1101:38, I heard a distinctive 'Bird of Paradise' call (national bird of PNG, I believe). An MP3 recording of this can be heard at: http://www.guyatkins.com/files/tenta...RL_7120kHz.mp3 0830 UTC is just past Port Moresby sunrise, ... Port Moresby sunset rather than sunrise? dxAce Michigan USA |
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Yep, my slipup, DXace. I should have typed "sunset".
BTW, no trace of Wantok Radio Light heard this morning. I did spot checks of the recordings every five minutes from 0700-1500 UTC, and only had a threshold signal there. It could have been anyone; no clues that it was this particular station. Guy "dxAce" wrote in message ... Guy Atkins wrote: PAPUA NEW GUINEA 7120, 0830-1200, Wantok Radio Light, Port Moresby May 23 TENTATIVE reception of this new PNG Christian outlet first noted with religious-sounding music fading in at 0830. Four musical tones noted at 0900:20, followed by possible ID by woman. Signal improved very slightly past 0900, with continuous Christian contemporary and possibly PNG church music. The language sounded Pidgin at times, but was much too weak for positive language identification. At 1101:38, I heard a distinctive 'Bird of Paradise' call (national bird of PNG, I believe). An MP3 recording of this can be heard at: http://www.guyatkins.com/files/tenta...RL_7120kHz.mp3 0830 UTC is just past Port Moresby sunrise, ... Port Moresby sunset rather than sunrise? dxAce Michigan USA |
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Guy Atkins wrote: Yep, my slipup, DXace. I should have typed "sunset". BTW, no trace of Wantok Radio Light heard this morning. I did spot checks of the recordings every five minutes from 0700-1500 UTC, and only had a threshold signal there. It could have been anyone; no clues that it was this particular station. I did check around 1100 and only heard a het on the freq. Sunrise here is around 1000 or so. dxAce Michigan USA |
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dxAce wrote: Guy Atkins wrote: Yep, my slipup, DXace. I should have typed "sunset". BTW, no trace of Wantok Radio Light heard this morning. I did spot checks of the recordings every five minutes from 0700-1500 UTC, and only had a threshold signal there. It could have been anyone; no clues that it was this particular station. I did check around 1100 and only heard a het on the freq. Sunrise here is around 1000 or so. And that may have been a CNR outlet per EiBi. It would be nice to QSL another PNG station, I have at least 20 QSL'd at the present time. dxAce Michigan USA |
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