It's quite difficult to hear Papua New Guinea these days now that nearly all their shortwave transmitters have closed and moved to FM.
BUT....In the last day or so, PNG's National Broadcasting Corporation has been transmitting on shortwave with two new outlets. NBC is the host broadcaster of the 15th Pacific Games, being held in the capital Port Moresby. The games begins tomorrow July 4 and runs through till July 18. This afternoon, I noted the following schedule from on-air announcements as follows:
6075 kHz - 1900 to 2159 UTC
9860 kHz - 2200 to 0959 UTC
6075 kHz - 1000 to 1400 UTC
12025 kHz - 2200 to 1000 UTC (to Pacific Island communities)
Here at Mount Evelyn, 9860 is heard quite well during the afternoon, and 6075 was noted last night. As yet, I have not found a signal on 12025 kHz, but this frequency may come into use once the Games begin. The station is announcing itself as both NBC and "The Voice of Papua New Guinea".
I have put up a recording of the frequency announcement on the Mount Evelyn blog. The link is:
http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/station-news-and-log-book-friday-july-3.htmlI haven't been able to work out the transmitter site. It's possibly unlikely to be from PNG itself as they really don't have the infrastructure (unless something has changed recently!!). Perhaps Broadcast Australia (the company that looks after RA's transmitters) is making their facilities available? Pure speculation at the moment.
If you haven't got PNG verified, then here's a chance. It would be interesting to see how well the signal reaches to the US. Please let me know - I'd be most interested!
Cheers....and have a great July 4!
Rob VK3BVW