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Title: Radio Vanuatu STILL Missing
Post by: Paul B. Walker, Jr. on July 23, 2022, 1821 UTC: I can only check on weekends (i dont stay up late on work nights) and I've not heard them in over a month
Title: Re: Radio Vanuatu STILL Missing
Post by: Ron - Calif. on July 23, 2022, 2116 UTC: Hi Paul,

You are right! Radio Vanuatu is currently not being heard through my last check on July 23, on any of their known frequencies.

It was on July 14, that I last heard them on 7260 kHz.:

0630 UT: Island songs

0655-0701: Commercial announcements, PSAs (COVID & mental health), promo for listening to BBCWS in Port Vila, on 104 FM, etc.

0701-0719: News in Bislama.

0757: ID "Radio Vanuatu, Vois Blong Yumi"; 0801: local time given - "7 o'clock."

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
Etón E1, external antenna of 100 ft. long wire
Title: Re: Radio Vanuatu STILL Missing
Post by: Ron - Calif. on July 23, 2022, 2128 UTC: My audio of a BBCWS promo via Radio Vanuatu, posted at https://bit.ly/3BeQSAS . Ron
Title: Re: Radio Vanuatu STILL Missing
Post by: Paul B. Walker, Jr. on July 24, 2022, 0148 UTC: I check for RV on Fri and Saturday nights and the last time i heard them was early june.... always on 11835
Title: Re: Radio Vanuatu STILL Missing
Post by: Paul B. Walker, Jr. on July 24, 2022, 1854 UTC: No Radio Vanuatu signal on 11835 on local SAturday night, early morning UTC Sun July 24th
Title: Re: Radio Vanuatu STILL Missing
Post by: Ron - Calif. on July 25, 2022, 0535 UTC: When last heard, Radio Vanuatu was no longer on 3945 kHz. (with harmonics 7890 // 11835) from 0559+ UT,
but instead stayed on 7260 kHz. Hope they return to the air before too long!!
Title: Re: Radio Vanuatu STILL Missing
Post by: Ron - Calif. on July 29, 2022, 1917 UTC: July 29 - As usual, thanks to Manuel for the timely alert in WOR iog! Radio Vanuatu back on the air again,
but not as well as was formerly heard; 1003-1017 UT, news in Bislama on fundamental frequency of 3945
(best heard, with some ham QRM) and 2nd harmonic of 7890 (2nd best reception) and 3rd harmonic of
11835, which was totally unusable; 1031-1102, ending their broadcasting day with the usual preaching
and religious (Christian) songs; 1104*, ending with the distinctive National Anthem (titled: "Yumi,
Yumi, Yumi" ["We, We, We" in English]).
Title: Re: Radio Vanuatu STILL Missing
Post by: Pigmeat on July 29, 2022, 1952 UTC: "Yumi, Yumi, Yumi"? Wasn't that a hit for the Archies back about 1969? What have those missionaries done to these people?
Title: Re: Radio Vanuatu STILL Missing
Post by: Charlie_Dont_Surf on July 29, 2022, 2258 UTC: Quote from: Pigmeat on July 29, 2022, 1952 UTC
"Yumi, Yumi, Yumi"? Wasn't that a hit for the Archies back about 1969?

Nice try, dude.

"Sugar. Honey, Honey" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwgbfriHWt8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwgbfriHWt8)

You need more pigmeat to stimulate your brain cells, pigmeat.
Title: Re: Radio Vanuatu STILL Missing
Post by: refmo on July 30, 2022, 0254 UTC: He was probably referring to "Yummy Yummy Yummy" by Ohio Express. Sounds similar to The Archies tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yijqy48mmG4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yijqy48mmG4)
Title: Re: Radio Vanuatu STILL Missing
Post by: Pigmeat on July 30, 2022, 2346 UTC: That was it, Refmo. It's hard to recall bad songs over decades and keep them straight. Luckily, we've got an old Archies fan to keep us on the straight and narrow.

God, we're old.