6 OCTOBER 2007: Went out to one of the local remote listening sites this morning specifically to try for PMA 4755.25. Did indeed hear it!! Conditions were only fair at best and very noisy from thunderstorms.
RX: JRC NRD-535DANT: 394' Beverage (BOG) at 285°QTH: local reclaimed stripmineDuration: 1000-1200 UTCSolar Indices: S.F. = 68 A Index = 6 K Index = 2 G1 No storms.WX: Mainly clear, warm 56° F. (13° C.)
MICRONESIA (POHNPEI)
4755.25 PMA "The Cross" 1002-1201, M preaching at t/in, but not quite strong enough to copy. Abt on par w/3235 West New Britain at this time. 1019 mx bridge then deep-voiced anncr. 1026 pleasant Pop-like mx, abt 20 sec. of deadair, then more mx. Continued w/mx sounding like live Pop, Rock ,and even Alternative (ala Greenday). 1048 short ID anmnt by young lady "Hi, this is Melinda. You are listening to Radio ?? ?? Aviation, ?? ??". I'm not 100% sure of "Radio" and "Aviation", but that's what it sounded like. Into "good news" of the Gospel pgm w/M preaching from 1049-1150. Went into more mx starting with a Punk song at 1151(!!) followed by a long soft Pop song to 1159. 1159 apparent pgm promo by M over mx. Then back to Pop/Rock mx at 1200. Poor to fair w/a lot of static noise and some quick fading. There was also a longer fade from about 1120-1135, then it picked up again. When it was peaking at around 1110, it was about 50-60% readable. QRMed by R. Educacao Rural at the start, but then in the clear, and some CODAR QRM after 1130 UTC. During the broadcast, there appeared to be numerous drops in the audio/modulation level w/out any change in strength. Maybe the engineer was adjusting the equipment. This is radio country heard #226 (at least) according to the NASWA rules. Have an e-mail report w/MP3 recording out to info@pmapacific.org. (Valko 6 Oct.)
JAPAN
3945 R. Nikkei (pres.) 1023 instru. mx sounding //3925 but it shouldn't be apparently. Returned at 1030 and it was gone. (Valko 6 Oct.)
MALAYSIA (SARAWAK)
6049.65 R.M., Sibu Not too bad at 1136 w/soft melancholy ballad, but QRM from HCJB 6050. (Valko 6 Oct.)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
No sign of 3315 Manus, 3365 Milne Bay, or 3260 Madang today. 3905 New Ireland best.
AUSTRALIA
2310 and 2325 peaking at 1055 at abt S-9!!! But 2485 much much weaker.
CHINA
4750 Two stns here, 1 obviously Makassar, and the other apparently a Chinese with Chinese Opera-like vcl mx at around 1146. (Valko 6 Oct.)
LAOS??
4677.7 Just a carrier here again at 1144. Will take one heck of an opening to get this one!! (Valko 6 Oct.)
MALAYSIA??
7129.87 Just a carrier here at 1155, but did have some mx just after 1200. (Valko 6 Oct.)
That's it for now.
Dave Valko, PA/Cumbre DX
