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Author Topic: Radio Vanuatu 11835 AM 0720 UTC 15 June 2020  (Read 565 times)

Offline Treehouse SWL

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Radio Vanuatu 11835 AM 0720 UTC 15 June 2020
« on: June 15, 2020, 1710 UTC »
If you've been listening to the weekly "World of Radio," you'll know that Radio Vanuatu's been regularly putting out harmonics on 7890 and 11835 kHz, and I finally heard it early this morning!

I listened in LSB mode to cut down on slop from CNR1 jamming on 11840 kHz. Heard a male host a call-in show in accented English dialect about COVID-19 and local testing, etc. There was a particularly distinctively voiced female caller at 0744 UTC that cut very nicely through the noise. Then music at 0747 UTC past the top of the hour. Following an ID at 0801 UTC, interview between a male and female about youth activities and spiritual growth. I listened on my radio and the local K9VD SDR and matched it with the primary 3945 kHz signal via the ZL1PWM SDR in Bay of Islands, New Zealand. SINPO 22222.

This came one night after I thought I heard the signal harmonic on 7890 kHz in the 0700 hour but was never quite sure.
Eric Fetters-Walp / eQSL to fettwalp@outlook.com

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Re: Radio Vanuatu 11835 AM 0720 UTC 15 June 2020
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2020, 2152 UTC »
Heard just a bit of Radio Vanuatu's harmonic again on 11835 kHz around 0620 to 0633 UTC on June 17 (Tuesday night here). Male host talking, two songs of island music, then drums at 0630 into male with news or more talking. Very poor audio here in SSB mode.

Definitely there, but not like Sunday night's signal.
Eric Fetters-Walp / eQSL to fettwalp@outlook.com

Radios: Eton Elite Field, Sihuadon R-108, Eton Grundig Edition Satellit
Antennas: 60-foot-long end-fed wire, MLA-30+ loop

 

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