French Polynesia & New Caledonia on MW...

[Looking-Glass]

Been looking for "Radio Polynesie" in Tahiti rated 20Kw on 738KHz and "Radio Nouvelle Caledonie" on 729KHz from Touho at 7Kw but nothing heard so far, except for plenty of New Zealand stations.

Has any west coast or Hawaiian MW chaser on HFU heard these two stations?  They are listed as active, like Kiribati on 1440KHz but no one has picked them up...

[Kilokat7]

I'm not on the west coast nor Hawaii, however 738 Tahiti is sometimes heard here in Michigan during sunrise skip when conditions are exceptional (late August through September here).  This is how 738 sounds when conditions are very good:

https://youtu.be/Frc_Qfhlq8c

1440 would be next to impossible in the lower 48 states due to our 10 kHz channel spacing.

[refmo]

Very nice, Kilokat!!
What is the spacing on your phased BOGs??

[Kilokat7]

Thanks Refmo.  The BOGs run parallel and are spaced about two feet apart, one about 450 FT and the other 500 FT, left unterminated at the far ends and phased using a DX Tools Quantum Phaser.  With phasing, I'm able to null 740 Toronto (a real "flame thrower" here) right down to the noise floor while enhancing signals towards the south pacific.  Without phasing, 738 would be an impossible catch here.

[Looking-Glass]

Thanks Kilokat7, it's very hard to log Pacific Island stations on MW due to the huge numbers of Australian and New Zealand stations occupying same frequencies, unless one gets lucky during a good fade down, there is little hope.

Will keep in mind that 738KHz Tahiti is still on air, many Pacific Island nations have ditched their medium wave transmissions and moved to FM so very little left to chose from.