The 5 inch (127mm) Frequent Flyer FSL started tracking down the DU's right away here in Kona this evening, but T-storm activity made reception of the weaker DU's a little dicey. I was able to confirm a 19-second time delay between the programming on 846-Kiribati (Christmas Island) and 1440-Kiribati (Tarawa), as documented in one of the MP3's linked below. The sign-off routine off 1440-Kiribati was also confirmed to still start at 0933 UTC, with the loud 1000 tone still there until power is cut at 0936. 846-Kiribati seems to have intermittent transmitter issues, as documented in one of the MP3's below. 1098-Marshalls was S9+ around 0700, but the signals from 540-2AP, 558-Fiji and 1017-Tonga were hit hard by the T-storms. 621-Tuvalu was somewhere in between, with fair to good strength female speech (in English) at 0724. Other than that is was another awesome evening in Kona, where the temperature was 79 degrees today.
540 2AP Apia, Samoa Christian worship music at fair to good level through the T-storms at 0752 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/tsr7nd52srbxdjbphms7a0jxqoblo2vq 621 R. Tuvalu Funafuti, Tuvalu Female speech at good level in English at 0724 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/25fbu2pk27b3umyicostm5rd6y70nmn8 846 R. Kiribati Christmas Island S9 level Christian music at 0620, but with a sudden signal drop out at the 49 second point in the MP3; transmitter issues? https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/p89gsi1wm6vjqdi6jzhwrkl3r2v9h8w3 1017 A3Z Nuku'alofa, Tonga Female speech in English through the T-storms at 0735; no idea why there is a heterodyne on this frequency https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/9do7nf5d5uzgk0m98g0qob5fgc3cplfv 1098 R. Marshalls S9 level Christian music prior to the 0700 TOH, with male native language announcer giving apparent ID after that https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/l9grx1p2c05j3ronyrsme3yw417ie317 1440 R. Kiribati Bairiki, Tarawa Parallel check with 846-Christmas Island; the MP3 starts out on 846 at 0635, switches to 1440 at the 1:02 point, then switches back to 846 at the 1:34 point, with a 19-second time delay evident between the 1440 and 846 programming (846 lags behind) https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/piokzgok85kwg77oz4rvoetv2f8gko8x 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (DXing in Kona, Hawaii) 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave + 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL (Demo video posted at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRaOnWS-5Ig&t=77s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRaOnWS-5Ig&t=77s ) _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
