Re: [HCDX] [dxld] First report of Wantok Radio Light (?)

[Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>]

At 07:58 AM 5/23/2005, you wrote:
>** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7120, 0830-1200 May 23, Wantok Radio Light, Port Moresby.
>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/tentative_WRL_7120khz.mp3>http://www.guyatkins.com/files/tentative_WRL_7120khz.mp3 
>(Guy Atkins, Puyallup,
>WA USA, mod. ICOM IC-756Pro & mod. ICOM R-75, Kiwa MAP / ERGO, 450 & 700 ft.
>Beverage Antennas, HCDX via DXLD)

Thanks, Guy for the heads up on Wantok Radio.  Well I set my 7030+ timed 
for 0830 to 10:30 this morning, 24/5/05 and the Recall-Pro.  Nothing 
definite, although there is a signal there.  Like a 1-4-1 S-I-O.  It peaked 
here in Victoria, BC at around 0900 at almost threshold levels.  The first 
30 min seemed all talk, but there was some music and mostly female 
announcer around 0900.  Within about 15 min, the signal faded into the mud 
and did not reappear with any strength.  Could not be sure whether they 
were still on at 10:00 or not.  I'll keep trying.  My experience with PNG 
over the years suggests that on some days reception can be quite good, and 
on others nil.  Don't know what kind of morning we had today.  The NVI 
transmitter doesn't matter to us, as it will still propagate across the 
globe.  If you don't believe it, try any of the Australian 120m 
frequencies..........Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC. 
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