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Title: Radio Vanuatu back on the air again
Post by: Ron - Calif. on June 01, 2021, 0705 UTC

VANUATU. 7260, Radio Vanuatu, finally back on the air after having been silent for a while; today (June 1)
heard at 0505, started to fade in; cut off at 0559* UT; island music and talk in Bislama ("some countries . . .
Vanuatu"); ID - "Radio Vanuatu, Vois Blong Yumi."

7890 (harmonic) // 11835 (harmonic), suddenly on at *0559; continuing with island music; 0601, "News Update"
(just brief news) in Bislama; 0604, back to island music. CNR2 QRM on 11835, which should be absent tomorrow
(Wednesday) from 0600 to 0900 UT.

Great to have Vanuatu back again!

Title: Re: Radio Vanuatu back on the air again
Post by: Ct Yankee on June 01, 2021, 1347 UTC

Nice catch  :)

Title: Re: Radio Vanuatu back on the air again
Post by: Ron - Calif. on June 02, 2021, 0725 UTC

VANUATU. 11835 (3rd harmonic), Radio Vanuatu, suddenly on at *0559 UT; continuing with island music; as expected, with
CNR2 QRM for less than a minute, till they went off the air after their time pips (0600*); 0601-0604, "News Update," today
with items about parliament; 0609-0630, segment of songs in English (The Cars - "Drive," Sting - "Every Breath You Take,"
etc.); several montage IDs for "Radio Vanuatu" and "Voice of Papua New Guinea"; some very nice island songs. (June 2)

Title: Re: Radio Vanuatu back on the air again
Post by: Treehouse SWL on June 02, 2021, 1724 UTC

Thanks for keeping us updated on Vanuatu!

I turned on my radio just for a couple minutes between 0630-0700 UTC last night just before ending my day here. (Even if I'm headed for bed, I habitually check for Mali on 5995 and Vanuatu on 11835 around that hour.) I could hear music through the noise on 11835 kHz. Also, I checked 7890 kHz and heard no audio, but could detect a signal. Most nights, I don't even get a hint of the harmonic on that frequency.

Title: Re: Radio Vanuatu back on the air again
Post by: Paul B. Walker, Jr. on July 25, 2021, 0743 UTC

Vanuatu's 3rd harmonic on 11835khz is easy, easy pickins here in Alaska every day.. ranges from poor to very listenable.. usually somewhere in between. 

Title: Re: Radio Vanuatu back on the air again
Post by: Ron - Calif. on July 31, 2021, 1117 UTC

Radio Vanuatu:

July 25 Sunday - 7890 (H), heard 1025 till xmtr off at 1114 UT; religious songs, excerpt 1037-1051 preaching;
1110-1112, full ID & NA; 1112-1114, open carrier (dead air); off via the usual timer.

July 26 - At 1011, no RV heard on 7890 (H).

July 27 - At 0525, no RV on 7260; from 0559+, not heard on 7890 (H) or 11835 (H).

July 30 - From 0620+, no RV on 7890 (H) or 11835 (H).

July 31 - At 0552, no RV on 7260; from 0559+, not heard on 7890 (H) or 11835 (H).

Title: Re: Radio Vanuatu back on the air again
Post by: Ron - Calif. on August 05, 2021, 2151 UTC

Posted to WOR iog:

- - - - August NZ DX Time items:

On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 11:31 AM, Glenn Hauser wrote [WOR iog]:
5040 # 0845 VANUATU R Vanuatu good in EE w/promos for upcoming prgms &
pops 28/7 IDW
IDW Ian Wells Mosgiel Using the Mangawhai SDR

{that explains why we have not been hearing it after 0600 on 3945,
7890 and/or 11835 --- gh}

Aug 5 - Looking for Radio Vanuatu; randomly from 0557 to 0810 UT, on 5040 (Cuba was off before this time period),
7260, 7890 (H) and 11835 (H, with just CNR2 heard). No trace of RV anywhere. Ron (California)