Greetings, Paul, from California!
VANUATU. 7260, Radio Vanuatu, 1031-1103* UT, Mar 6. Segment of religious (Christian) preaching in Bislama, which
started and ended with the usual religious theme song (1031-1042); followed by religious songs; het from Xinjiang Radio
TV, being slightly off frequency (thanks to Mauno, who reported them on about 7259.9 kHz,); *1057, strong signal from CRI,
in Japanese; 1101-1103*, Vanuatu National Anthem faintly heard underneath CRI.
7260, Radio Vanuatu, 0611-0702 UT, Mar 5. YL moderator conducting a series of impassioned political speeches regarding
two upcoming elections (please see below); speeches mentioning Vanuatu's population of 360,000, Vanuatu 44 years old,
etc. As the two elections are so important, I believe RV will air many more of these special programs.
National parliamentary elections -
https://electoral.gov.vu/elections/future-elections .
Polling date (PD): 14 May, 2024
Close of voter registration: 1 April, 2024 (throughout the country)
Starting date for the lodging of candidature application forms:
5 March, 2024
Starting date for submitting proxy application forms:
5 March, 2024
Closing date for the lodging of candidature application forms: 26 March, 2024
Publication of list of qualified candidates: 27 April, 2024
Electoral campaign start: 27 April, 2024
Electoral campaign ends: 11 May, 2024 (midnight)
Closing of proxy application forms: 29 April, 2024
Closing of issuing of “duplicate” voter cards: 29 April, 2024
Closing of accreditation of party and candidate agents: 6 May, 2024
Polling and counting: 14 May, 2024
Announcement of Results (As soon as practicable after the election, but expected approx. 2 weeks
(1-week movement of ballot boxes, 1 week counting and tabulation)
and also the
constitutional referendum vote, which is the first ever referendum being held in the county -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Vanuatuan_constitutional_referendum .
0702-0718: Indigenous drums/ID with frequencies (SW 7260 kHz., etc.)/local time "6 o'clock"/News/Sports.
0720+: Generic info about tropical cyclones.
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
Etón E1, external antenna: 100 ft. long wire