Hans is correct-- Manus has been relaying the NBC network feed on their 3315 frequency. It's at extremely low level, though. Radio Manus was in at a good level again this morning but after their 1201 national anthem, birdcall, and sign-off, they continued with NBC news and music in parallel to 4890 (no discernable delay). The NBC signal on 3315 is so very weak, however, I'd be surprised if it is audible on the East Coast of the USA. I could barely hear it with my Beverage antenna aimed down-the-barrel at Papua New Guinea.
Guy -----Original Message----- From: Guy Atkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 12:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Unid. Logging on 3315 kHz Hans Johnson of Cumbre DX made a good comment that perhaps my unid. was Manus relaying 4890 Port Moresby after their local sign-off. The odd part is the change from a good-to-very-good level of Manus at sign-off, to the barely readable audio, down in the noise. I'll have to check again tomorrow for 3315 post-1200 and see if it's parallel 4890. The Manus carrier dropped immediately at 1201 after the NA... perhaps they didn't pull the plug out *all* the way <g> Guy -----Original Message----- From: Guy Atkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 11:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [HCDX] Loggings for 3315 kHz UNIDENTIFIED 3315, 1202-1215, Aug 16 While reviewing a recording of R. Manus, I discovered a weak signal of a male announcer in English that had been lurking beneath the PNG station. After Manus signed off at 1201 this unidentified station was in the clear, but very weak. The programming was a newscast read by a male announcer, with mentions of 'Southeast Asia', 'Indonesia' and (most interestingly) a clear 'National Radio' at 1204:30. After a long pause, the announcer began what sounded like a commentary that continued until the end of my recording at 1215. The last five minutes were covered by a strong utility transmission, which is unfortunate because the unid voice station was getting stronger. In last year's DXing.info article titled Broadcasting In Laos (http://www.dxing.info/articles/laos.dx), Bob Padula mentioned 'A fourth transmitter is registered, with 1 kW, on 3315, 0100-1800, again for Laos, but not heard recently.' Could this unid be Lao National Radio? 1200 UTC is just past sunset in Vientienne, and a half-hour before my local sunrise. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA Modified RA6790GM & R75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 & 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
