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Offline Looking-Glass

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Radio Vanuatu 2.485MHz
« on: March 24, 2020, 1027 UTC »
Radio Vanuatu, Port Vila, Vanuatu with Pacific regional news started at 1000z with male & female announcers in Tok Pidgin langauge. 5X9 plus 10dB over report.
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Re: Radio Vanuatu 2.485MHz
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2020, 1822 UTC »
For a little over a week, R. Vanuatu had been silent on all their frequencies, BUT today (March 24)
RV returned again. Hallelujah!!! Observed on 3945 kHz. from 0910 UTC till covered by Japan starting
at *0950 UTC. 

At *1000 UTC, RV started on 2485 kHz., till off at 1059:46* UTC. Wonderful to hear them again!  

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Re: Radio Vanuatu 2.485MHz
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2020, 1150 UTC »
March 25 - R. Vanuatu, on 3945 kHz. from tune in at 0920 UTC till blocked by start up of Japan at *0950, as usual.

*1000 UTC, start of RV on 2485 kHz., with music; 1003*, announcer started taking and suddenly went off the air;
they did not return again!
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