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Loggings => Shortwave Broadcast => Topic started by: Ct Yankee on March 28, 2021, 1130 UTC
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Good reception, surprisingly :D. This A21 frequency is being beamed at this hour weekdays only toward Papua New Guinea (according to their website) and not the Pacific (direction of beam I normally receive). Tried receiving since 1000 utc, just started coming in with good clarity with their, of course, English service.
RNZI A21 frequencies: https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/listen
1125 "When a Man Loves a Woman" Percy Sledge
1128 "Astounding Moon" Tim Finn
1143 Reception has slipped to hovering a couple of steps above noise floor.
No reception at 1259 utc on 6170 here.
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Interesting observation as the time of this broadcast is still on a Sunday and not Mon - Fri as noted on RNZ's posted schedule. Unfortunately, the available EiBi shortwave schedules is still B20, Winter 2020/2021.
12:28 UTC - The transmitter is reaching Toronto, Ontario Canada with an S6 ~ S8 signal; fair reception;
12:50 UTC - Some slight QRM from amateur radio stations; "CQ contest from NT0EE" on 7240.0 kHz LSB & a QSO on 7251.0 kHz LSB;
12:58 UTC - RNZI jingle ID; announced broadcast was switching to 6170 kHz followed by carrier off.
RNZI 6170 AM 1159 UTC 28 March 2021
13:00 UTC - RNZI jingle ID followed by time pips and international news;
13:02 UTC - RNZI was initially heard but is now being over taken by a Cuban broadcast.
RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada
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I had email exchanges with the RNZ Frequency Manager over the "unscheduled" broadcast noted above, the correspondence concluded this way:
Me: "But the schedule indicates there is no broadcast by RNZ on Sundays in the 1100 utc hour during A21, direction not pertinent."
Frequency Manager: "Thank you I see what you mean. There was a missing entry."
Link in post above has been corrected by RNZ to reflect missing transmission on weekends.