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Title: Vatican Radio Coverage Pope's Indonesian Trip 17540 AM 1030 UTC 4 SEP 2024
Post by: Ct Yankee on September 04, 2024, 1033 UTC

Good reception with some noise/fades, English service.  Special/extended transmission of Pope's visit to Indonesia.
Broadcast also on 17555 in French (no reception) and 21710 in Portuguese (poor reception).

1030 Pope speaks (Spanish?), Italian accented OM speaking over Pope in English to translate. "Compassion....."
1037 "When John Paul II says....."
1043 Getting significantly noisier

Title: Re: Vatican Radio Coverage Pope's Indonesian Trip 17540 AM 1030 UTC 4 SEP 2024
Post by: Ron - Calif. on September 04, 2024, 1324 UTC

INDONESIA[non]. 7289.93, RRI Nabire Pro 1[non-log]. Quick check at 0818, Sept 3 and found no signal.

[non] 7780, Voice of Indonesia (Channel Two) via WRMI (USA), Sept 3 (Tuesday); audio feed from VOI TV, in English.

0801-0804 UT: News (update about the Indonesia-Africa Forum in Bali [ https://iaf.kemlu.go.id/ ], due to outbreak of
monkeypox [Mpox], international travellers arriving at airport now required to fill out medical form, etc.).               

0804-0806: Played the up-beat, patriotic RRI song "Mars Angkasawan RRI."

0806: Program "Indonesia Today"; item about Pope Francis's arrival in Indonesia today (News story -
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-09/pope-francis-arrives-in-jakarta-indonesia.html ).

0820: Item about the Cape Town, South Africa Kramat Islamic festival, for the Muslim community of Indonesian descent
( https://kemlu.go.id/portal/en/read/6207/berita/the-indonesian-consulate-general-in-cape-town-and-the-nurul-latief-islamic-association-preserve-the-kramat-festival-a-tradition-of-the-cape-malay-muslim-community-of-indonesian-descent ).

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
CommRadio CR-1, external antenna: 100 ft. long wire 

Title: Re: Vatican Radio Coverage Pope's Indonesian Trip 17540 AM 1030 UTC 4 SEP 2024
Post by: Ct Yankee on September 05, 2024, 1032 UTC

Special coverage seems to be continuing today on 17540, this is not a Vatican Radio scheduled broadcast time.  Good reception with high noise floor

1026 Several people talking in English
1027 Brief organ music to Pope speaking in Spanish, American sounding translator on top "Let Us Pray"
1029 YL speaking, that translated to brief chorus/organ music
1030 Pope speaks, not translated, music/chorus
1031 YL speaks, translate "Oh Lord let us find them...." music/organ
1034 Extended choral piece