*
Theme
-
00:00
“Birthday Serenade” -
Willi Glahe
*
Opening Announcement - 00:16
Welcome to “Wavescan”,
international DX program from Adventist World Radio
Change time zone in USA, American
stations new scheduling for Wavescan
Researched and written in
Indianapolis, produced in studios of shortwave WRMI
Program outline
1.
French Radio in the South Pacific: New Caledonia - 3
2. HFCC
Muscat Oman
3. Philippine
DX Report
4. SQOTW31
Special QSL of the Week: First QSL Received
*
Focus on the South Pacific. French Radio
in the South Pacific: New Caledonia - 3 - 01:14
In our program today, we return to
the radio scene on the island of New Caledonia in the exotic South
Pacific. On this occasion, we pick up
the story in the year 1940 and this was at the stage when the amateur
broadcasting station FK8AA was beginning to fade away and give place to the new
government station, Radio Pacifique.
The main island of New Caledonia is
long and thin, rugged and mountainous, and in fact it is over 200 miles long,
with a population today of more than ¼ million. To cover that area with radio programming,
the new Radio Pacifique/Radio Noumea introduced a low power 100 watt
transmitter, co-located with the communication station in Noumea, FJP. Their transmission on 6122 kHz was first
heard in Eastern Australia in April 1940 and it was described as a loud signal.
Around the same time a mediumwave
transmitter was noted on the air under the same callsign FJP and it was heard
first in Sydney Australia on 558 kHz (and later on 560 kHz) with a parallel
relay from the shortwave service. This unit
probably at 300 watts was in use from July 1941 but it was closed in May of the
following year due to what was described as wartime conditions.
During the Pacific War, Radio
Pacifique remained on the air with
locally produced programming in the French language, though occasionally they
did venture into English language programming.
On occasions also, this station was noted with special programming under
the title All Services Radio which was beamed to servicemen on active duty in
the South Pacific.
The signal from Radio Pacifique,
Radio Noumea, was usually transmitted in the 49 m band, and over a period of
time, half a dozen different channels in this band were noted in Australia, New
Zealand and the United States.
Towards the end of the war, Radio
Pacifique was on the air with the usage of two transmitters; one on mediumwave
with 300 watts on 700 kHz and another on shortwave with ½ kW
on exactly 6000 kHz. It should be noted
also that Radio Pacifique was often wrongly identified in radio magazines in
that era under the amateur callsign FK8AA.
When the new Radio Pacifique consolidated its on air presence, the
amateur radio broadcasting service FK8AA was retired until it re-entered
amateur radio status only, subsequent to the end of the war.
In 1953, two new transmitters were
installed for Radio Noumea. The first
unit was a French made 1 kW that radiated on 6035 kHz through a doublet
antenna. The second unit, rated at ½ kW,
had previously been in use on the mediumwave channel 1500 kHz. It was reactivated with a vertical antenna on
the tropical band channel 3375 kHz in August 1953. It is understood that these units were
installed in the transmitter facility that was already on the air in suburban
Noumea.
During the 1960s, Radio Noumea
prepared programming for broadcast on shortwave that was beamed to the New
Hebrides in French, and to the Wallis & Futuna Islands in French and
Wallisian. These broadcasts were on the
air as an External Service for somewhere around ten years.
However in 1968, work began on the
construction of a totally new radio-TV station for New Caledonia. The site for the studio building was on Rue
Guynemer in an outer suburban area of Noumea, and the transmitter facility was
located on St. Marie Island, opposite Noumea city.
Then in 1970, Radio Noumea was noted
with a signal on mediumwave 1420 kHz.
This 4 kW unit carried the main service temporarily for the capital city
area during work on the major mediumwave station on 666 kHz.
A local map of the capital city area
and nearby coastal waters shows three islands that were classified as St.
Marie, three islands that fringed the Noumea harbor area. A Google Earth search shows the three
islands, two of which seem to have been the site for the radio transmitter
stations.
The irregularly shaped Ile N’gea
is the largest of the three St Marie Islands, and in the centre of this island
is a white building that looks like it could have been the transmitter building
containing the three shortwave transmitters at 20 kW each. Interestingly, the eastern, almost semi-circular
bay on this island is known as Antenna Bay.
The shortwave service was retired in 1994 in favor of nation wide FM
coverage.
Off the southern edge of the larger
island Ile
N’gea
is the smaller St. Marie Island known as Uere island where the transmitter
building and mediumwave antenna are quite clearly shown on Google Earth. The tower appears almost as a short shadow,
with a circular ground pattern around it.
This transmitter site was activated somewhere around the year 1986.
There seems to be no indication of
electric power generation on these two otherwise vacant islands, so it is
possible that an undersea cable provided an electrical feed from nearby Noumea.
During the 1980s and 1990s, an
extensive nationwide network of FM stations was built, and in 1994, Radio
Noumea closed out its shortwave service for island wide coverage and beyond in
favor of this network of FM relay stations.
However, the 20 kW mediumwave outlet on 666 kHz is still on the air and
it is heard quite widely throughout the South Pacific vastness due to the
saltwater take off for the radio signal.
Then, around the middle of the
1980s, Radio Noumea was noted with a signal on another mediumwave channel, 1260
kHz. The transmitter for this temporary
broadcast service was probably the same 4 kW unit which had been on the air
previously in Noumea on 1420 kHz.
The transmitter for this 1260 kHz channel
was now installed at another location, Mt Aoupinie in almost the exact center
of the island of New Caledonia. This
temporarily installed unit carried a relay for the islandwide FM radio service
while a new FM unit was readied at the same location for use as an intermediate
relay unit.
In the second week of September
2005, international radio monitors in the United States and Australia heard a
new mediumwave station on the air in New Caledonia. This new facility on 729 kHz proved to be a 5
kW unit at Toupo, a little more than half way up the east coast of the island.
These days, Radio Noumea is on the
air via a multitude of network FM stations throughout their islands, as well as
via the two mediumwave units; Noumea on 666 kHz with 20 kW, and Touho on 729
kHz with 5 kW. The shortwave units were
closed 21 years ago, never to return.
Interestingly, back in the year
1984, RFI Radio France International in Paris, gave serious consideration to
building a large shortwave relay station on the island of New Caledonia. At the time, they were studying the
feasibility of building an international shortwave relay station on New
Caledonia. or taking out a part time relay via the SLBC Sri Lanka Broadcasting
Corporation shortwave station at Ekala in Sri Lanka. However, as things worked out, neither option
was taken up.
Audio Insert
Radio New Caledonia: Station
announcement, theme music, announcement in French
* International
DX News
- 10:41
KVOH Los
Angeles: New scheduling
New 100 kW Harris transmitter under
installation
* Program
Announcement - 11:28
Allen Graham
HFCC Muscat
Oman - 12:20
Discussion
- 2: Jeff White WRMI & Jerry Plummer WWCR
*
Philippine DX Report - 20:32
Henry
Umadhay
*
SQOTW31 Special QSL of the Week: First QSL Received
- 24:03
William Patalon of Fallston,
Maryland in the United States tell us that the first QSL he ever received was
from CBX, the CBC Canadian Broadcasting Corporation mediumwave station located
near Edmonton in Alberta Canada. He
states that he heard station CBX with 50 kW on 740 kHz some 40 years ago, on
the night of December 18, 1974. He also
states that the distance between the transmitter in Canada and his receiver in
the United States was nearly 2,000 miles, his best ever distance record on
mediumwave.
William Patalon, in referring to his
QSL card from Canadian mediumwave station CBX, mentions several items of
interest regarding the history of this station.
Originally, CBX with its 50 kW on 1010 kHz, was located near Lacombe,
approximately half way between Edmonton and Calgary, around 100 miles distant
from each city. The station was launched
in 1948 with studios in Edmonton.
However, to improve reception within
the city of Edmonton itself, a slave relay station was inaugurated with just
100 watts on 740 kHz. Three years later,
the power of this unit was increased to 250 watts. Then in 1964, a new CBX with 50 kW on 740 kHz
was constructed near Edmonton itself, and both the Lacombe high power station
and the low power CBXA were closed.
The QSL card that William received
from CBC-CBX Edmonton is their familiar blue bulls eye card and it verifies the
reception of the second CBX with 50 kW on 740 kHz at the more recent location
near Edmonton. As the first QSL card
that William Patalon ever received, it remains a treasured item in his QSL
collection.
*
Music of the World - 26:04
New Caledonia:
Electronic and group vocal
*
Closing Announcement - 26:25
Thanks for listening to “Wavescan”,
international DX program from Adventist World Radio
Researched and written in
Indianapolis
Next week:-
1.
BBC Far Eastern Relay Station: The Temporary Relay via SLBC Sri Lanka
2.
HFCC Muscat Oman Report
3. Bangladesh DX
Report
3.
SQOTW32 Special QSL of the Week: Silence is Golden
Several QSL cards available. Send your AWR & KSDA reception reports
for Wavescan to the AWR address in Indianapolis; and
also to the station your radio is tuned to: WRMI or WWCR
or KVOH, or to the AWR relay stations that carry Wavescan. Remember too, you can send a reception report to each
of the DX reporters when their segment is on the
air here in Wavescan: Japan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Australia &
India. They will verify with their own colorful QSL
card. Return postage and an address
label are always appreciated.
Wavescan address:-
Box 29235
Indianapolis
Indiana 46229 USA
Wavescan @ AWR.org
Jeff White, shortwave WRMI
*
Music Outrun - 28:04
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Program Ends - 28:55
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1. The Radio
Scene in the Exotic South Pacific
Topics in Alphabetic Order of Island
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No. Island Topic Years NWS
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01. Enderbury Eclipse 1937 - 1944 28
02. Howland Amelia Earhart 1937
- 2014 276
03. Lifou Loyalty-New
Caledonia FM 2015 315
04. Mare Loyalty-New Caledonia FM 2015 315
05. New Caledonia American Radio Stations 1943 - 1946 306
Early
French Radio South Pacific FK8AA 1920
- 1942 308
French
Radio in the South Pacific 1940
- 2015 315
06. N’gea Radio
Noumea Shortwave 1968
- 1994 315
07. “Ocean” Pacific Deception 1942 - 1945 76
08. Ouvea Loyalty-New Caledonia
FM 2015 315
09. Isle of Pines New Caledonia FM 2015 315
10. Pitcairn Pitcairn Backgrounds xxxx - 2009 19
Pitcairn Radio - 1 1921 - 1939 19
Pitcairn Radio - 2 1922 - 1944 20
Return to Pitcairn 1938 - 1938 42
Callsigns & QSL
Cards 43
Pitcairn on the Air 2006 -2012 191
11. Saipan Original KSAI 133
12. Tonga Tin Can Eclipse 1930 - 1930 50
Tonga Radio 1921 - 2009 55
13. Uere Noumea Mediumwave 666 kHz 1986 - 20xx 315
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2. French Radio in the South Pacific:
The Islands of New Caledonia
Alphabetic Listing: Radio Stations
2014
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Location
Population New
Caledonia Premiere Other Stations Cluster
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Lifou 9000 90.5
11 91.5 .1 98.5 1.5 102.5 1.5 Loyalty Islands
Mare 6000 88.5
.45 97.5 .6 101.5
.6 Loyalty Islands
New Caledonia 235,000 666 25 Noumea Touho 729
5 80 FM stations
N’Gea 0 3 @ 40 kW shortwave
Ouvea 3000 89.5
.55 96.5 .2 103.5
.15 Loyalty Islands
Ouru 2000 89.0
.04 89.5 .1 87.0
LP 101.0 .01 Isle of Pines
Uere 0 666 20 S Marie Islands
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3. French Radio in
the South Pacific: New Caledonia
Progressive
Topics
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No Topic
Locations Callsigns Years NWS
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1.
American Radio Stations Noumea
Tontouta ARC ASR AES WVUS
1943-1946 306
2.
Early French Radio Noumea FQN HZG FJP FK8AA
1920-1942 308
3.
Radio Broadcasting Noumea
Touho FJP
FUJ FZM Pacifique RFI 1940-2015 315
4.
317
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4. French Radio in
the South Pacific: New Caledonia - 3
Radio
Broadcasting Through the Years
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Year Date Information Reference
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New Caledonia:
Political Events
1940 Sep New Caledonia opted with Free French
194x Australian
garrison stationed in New Caledonia
1942 Nov 8 American
South Pacific HQ established in Noumea
Early Wireless
Stations
1920 1st
wireless station established in Noumea, New Caledonia DXM New Caledonia
1921 FQN
Noumea Semaphore Station YBWT&T 82.7 550
1923 FQN
Noumeau WW 82.2 23-3-23 4 10
1924 HZG
Noumea Semaphore Station YBWT&T 82.7 500
1928 HZG
Noumea Semaphore Station AWARG 79.1 146 41
1936 Jan New
station testing 6000 kHz IDXA-TGC 1-36 6
1936 May Testing
on 7100 kHz ISWC 5-36 9
1937 FJP
participation Earhart communications
1942 May FJP
1943 Oct New
shortwave station NNRC 10-43 8
1949 FJP
700 kHz 300 w YB 84.2 FIBS 15-4-49 152 219
Radio
Noumea 6000 8182 & 6208 500 watts
1949 FJP
Noumea, provisions for medical alert messages
FK8AA
1934 Jul Charles
Graveau lodged application for amateur license
1935 FK8AA
station began broadcasting, assistance from family DXM New Caledonia
1937 Apr 28 FK8AA
1st transmission from amateur station, 12 watts
1938 Jan New
Radio Noumea heard NZ 1½ hrs daily 6120kHz ISWC 1-38 12
1938 Aug FK8AA
QSL lists power as 20 watts ISWC 8-38 5
1939 Apr FK8AA
6120 kHz Wed & Sat 5:30-6:30 quite good signal R&H
79.11 5-39 58
Charles Graveau, 44 Rue del Alma,
Noumea
1941 May FK8AA
6130 kHz 5:30 - 6:30 pm R&H 77.10 6-41 57
Plays
Star Spangled Banner, GSTK & Marseillaise
1941 Nov FK8AA
6130 kHz 6130 kHz, quite good at opening R&H 77.10 12-41 56
Now
uses March Lorraine
1942 Family
broadcasting station closed DXM New Caledonia
1942 FK8AA replaced by La Voix de le
France dans la Pacifique DXM
New Caledonia
1943 Jan FK8AA
6130 kHz heard daily weak signal R&H 77.10 2-43 47
1943 Feb FK8AA
6130 kHz heard daily, latter part of transmission in English
R&H 77.10 3-43 45
Radio Pacifique,
Nouméa
1940 “Radio Electrique” (?) on air in Nouméa 1940-1944 R&H 79.15 11-60
135
1940 Apr Loud
signal 6122 kHz ARW 77.8 5-40 30
1940 Aug Heard
NZ ATC 7380 kHz, not yet heard Australia R&H 77.10 9-40 56
1940 Sep 19 6120
kHz, signal improving ARW 77.8 10-40 32
1940 Dec Radio
Pacifique 4050 kHz 9 pm & 7280 kHz 8:30 pm R&H 77.10 1-41 55
1941 Jan Radio
Pacifique 4050 kHz tests ARW 77.8 2-41 18
1941 Jan Good
signal 6130 kHz ARW 77.8 2-41 18
1941 May FK8AA
6130 kHz 5:30 - 6:30 pm R&H 77.10 6-41 57
Plays
Star Spangled Banner, GSTK & Marseillaise
1941 Aug New
station NB 79.217B 39 LI 8-41
1941 Nov 100
watts on 7560 kHz ISWC 11-41 16
1941 Nov FK8AA
6130 kHz 6130 kHz, quite good at opening R&H 77.10 12-41 56
Now
uses March Lorraine
1942 Family
broadcasting station closed DXM New Caledonia
1942 FK8AA replaced by La Voix de le
France dans la Pacifique DXM
New Caledonia
1942 Oct Shown
as FK8AA 6130 kHz R&H 79.12 10-42 49
1943 Jan FK8AA
6130 kHz heard daily weak signal R&H 77.10 2-43 47
1943 Feb FK8AA
6130 kHz heard daily, latter part of transmission in English
R&H 77.10 3-43 45
1943 Apr FK8AA
6155 kHz expanded hours, English & French R&H 77.10 5-43 45
1943 May FK8AA
6155 kHz, expanded hours, French & English R&H 77.10 6-43 45
Programming
for troops in Pacific
1943 Jun FK8AA 6155 kHz, expanded hours, French
& English R&H 77.10 7-43 45
1943 Jul FK7AA
(?) 6155 kHz, same scheduling as last month R&H 77.10 8-43 45
1943 Aug FK8AA
6162 kHz good signal R&H 77.10 9-43 37
1943 Sep FK8AA
6210 kHz good signal R&H 77.10 10-43 37
1943 Oct FK8AA
6200 kHz reports on new schedule wanted R&H 77.10 11-43 37
1943 Nov FK8AA
6200 kHz 6:15-7:00 pm & 8-9 pm daily, French only
R&H 77.10 12-43 37
1943 Dec All
Services Radio heard on FK8AA R&H 79.12 1-44 35
1943 Dec FK8AA
6200 kHz 6:15-7:00 pm & 8-9 pm daily, French only
R&H 77.10 1-44 37
1944 “Radio Electrique”(?) on air in Nouméa 1940-1944 R&H 79.15 11-60
135
1944 Dec FK8AA
6208 kHz French & English R&H 77.10 1-45 38
1945 Feb FK8AA
6208 kHz good signal R&H 77.10 3-45 38
1945 Jul FK8AA
6208 kHz heard exceptionally well R&H 77.10 8-45 38
1945 Nov FK8AA
6208 kHz fine signal R&H 77.10 12-45 38
1946 Jul Final
listing under FK8AA callsign 6280 kHz R&H 77.10 7-46 66
194x Moved
to 6160 kHz R&H 79.13 6-48 85
1948 May Noted
for some time again on 6208 (6280?) kHz R&H 79.13 6-48 85
Incorrectly
listed for some time as FK8AA
1948 Recently
moved to 6000 kHz R&H
79.13 6-48 85
1949 Mediumwave
FJP 700 kHz 300 w not in operation FIBS YB 84.2 1949 219
6000
kHz on air ½ kW
6162
& 6208 kHz not in operation
1950 Apr Heard
in USA on 6000 kHz 1RN 5-50 161
1953 Aug New
2nd transmitter added R&H
79.14 9-43 90
1st transmitter French,
1 kW on 6035 kHz, doublet antenna
New
3375 kHz ½ kW vertical antenna
This
transmitter previously on 1500 kHz
1961 Jan 1 Programs
in English to begin R&H
79.15 12-60 135
1964 Aug New
building to be constructed for radio & TV in Noumea R&H 79.15
8-64 117
1965 Oct New
TV service to commence, 3 LP on hills in Noumea R&H
79.16 10-65 136
FM
sound
1969 Late Scheduled
date for new transmitter station to commence operation R&H 79.16 9-68 163 New
transmitter station at St Marie Island, opposite Noumea
Three
transmitters at 20 kW; 1420 3355 & 7170 kHz
Additional
channels 4913 & 9510 kHz
1970 Apr Heard
in past on 1420 kHz R&H 79.17 5-70 177
New
channel heard in NZ 670 kHz
1970 May Heard
in past on 1420 kHz with 4 kW R&H 79.17 6-70 177
New
channel 670 kHz, parallel 3355 & 7170 kHz
1970s Approx
1410 kHz heard NZ 4 kW, parallel 670 khz NZDX 7
Studios
& offices Rue Guynemer
1970 Sep Operating
from new location 3 @ 20 kW, QSL R&H 79.17 8-70 175
1973 Relay
ORTF Paris LI 1973
1982 May English
now regular R&H 2.248 6-82 102
1984 Apr 20
kW on 3355 & 7170 kHz PC 4-84 15
1985 Approx FR3
4 kW on 1260 kHz on Mt Aoupinie NZDXT 9-05 37
Temporary,
approx 1 year while island wide FM established
1990 Shortwave
site 166 26 E & 22 16 S, suburban Noumea Google Earth
1991 Mar Noumea
666 kHz off air, presumed shortwave also off ADXN 4-91 12
1991 Mar Noumea
off air shortwave NASWA 4-91 33
1994 Shortwave
retired SWN&I 61 142
1999 Photo
FR3 Noumea 666 kHz antenna PC 5-99 52
2005 Aug 666
kHz located on St Marie Island NZDXT 9-05 37
Radio
FJP Mediumwave
1941 Jul 1st
heard by Roy Hallett Sydney, 558 kHz R&H 79.12 5-42 66
Relay
same programming FK8AA shortwave
194x Moved
to 560 kHz
1942 May Look
for FJP 560 kHz during winter season R&H 79.12 5-42 66
1942 May FJP
560 kHz closed due to wartime conditions R&H 79.12 6-42 58
1943 Jun 5 Reception
report details FJP 590 (?) kHz R&H 79.12 6-43 40
1943 Jul Listen
for FJP on 560 kHz R&H 79.12 7-43 40
Radio Noumea Touho
2005 Sep 2nd
week, mediumwave station in New Caledonia NZDXT 9-05 37, RM 10-05 21
Touho
200 miles north Noumea WWW 27-9-05
East
coast, above ½ way
New
station 729 kHz
Also
on FM 88.0
2005 Sep15 1st
heard in USA, Patrick Martin
Projected RFI
Shortwave Relay Station
1984 French
gov studying establish RFI relay station on New Caledonia
India DX Sheet
May instead take out
relay via SLBC Sri Lanka
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5. French Radio in
the South Pacific: New Caledonia
Station
Summaries
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Year Date Call Information
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Communication
Station
1920 FQN 1st
wireless station at Semaphore Station, Noumea,
1924 HZG
New valve equipped station, Semaphore Station
1936 FJP New
communication station, new location
1941 Jul FJP
Mediumwave 558 kHz heard first in Sydney Australia
1942 May FJP
Mediumwave 560 kHz closed due to wartime restrictions
Amateur
Broadcasting Station
1935 FK8AA
Charles Graveau inaugurates amateur radio station
1937 Apr 28 FK8AA
Station begins regular broadcasting schedule
1942 FK8AA
Amateur broadcasting station gives way to official gov “Radio Pacifique”
Radio
Pacifique/Radio Nouméa
1940 Official government station begins service
1946 300 w 700 kHz & 1 /2 kW 6000 khz
1953 New 1 kW 6035 kHz & ½ kW 1500 kHz to new
3375 kHz
1968 New studio/office building radio & TV,
Rue Guynemer
1970 Temporary 4 kW mediumwave service on 1420 kHz
1968 Shortwave 3 @ 20 kW installed on Ile N”gea
1980s Mid Temporary 4 kW mediumwave service on 1260 kHz
Mt Aoupinie
1986 Mediumwave unit 666 kHz opened on St. Marie
Island
1994 Shortwave service closed in favor of FM
2005 Sep 2nd week New 5
kW mediumwave on 729 kHz at Touho
American Forces
Radio Broadcasting Station Noumea/Tontouta
1943 Sep 5 ARC New
station opened in Red Cross Building, Noumea
1943 ASR
Station taken over by American personnel
1944 Jan AES
Station taken over on behalf of OWI
1944 Feb WVUS New 1
kW station installed as WVUS, Mosquito Network
1945 Nov WVUS Noumea
station closed, transmitter flown to Guadalcanal
1946 Feb WVUS New 1
kW WVUS inaugurated Tontouta airfield, air force facility
1946 Jun 15 WVUS Final
broadcast
1946 Sep WVUS Latter
part of month, heard on air in NZ, 975 kHz, one occasion
Projected RFI
Shortwave Relay Station
1984 Projected
RFI relay station New Caledonia, may take relay via SLBC SriLanka
Neither
option implemented
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6. French Radio in
the South Pacific: New Caledonia
WRTVHB
Entries
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Year Information Watts kHz Watts
kHz
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1947 Radio Noumea 300 6208 French
MN00-0130 0700-
1948 Radio Noumea 300 6208 French
MN00-0130 0700-
1949 Radio Noumea 300 6000 French
MN00-0100 0700-1000
1950 Radio Noumea 300 6000 300 3410 French MN00-0130 0730-1000
1951 Radio Noumea 500 6035 300 3400 French MN00-0100 0700-1040
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7. New Caledonia: La
Voix de la France dans la Pacifique
WRTVHB
Entries
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Year ½ ½ 1 1
4 6 QSL Languages -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1952 1500 6035 Card French
1953 1500 6035 Card French
1954 1500 3375 6035 Card French
1955 1500 3375 6035 Card French
1956 3355 6035 Card French
1957 3355 6035 6035 Card French 1 kW day & 6 kW night
1958 1 kW 3355 6035 6035 Card 1 kW day & 6 kW
night
1959 1400 6035 Card
1960 1400 6035 Card
1961 1400 4
kW 6035 Card Cagoa Bird
1962 1400 3355 6035 Card Cagoa
Bird
1963 1400 3355 7170 Card FF EE LL Cagoa Bird To NH W&F 1964 1400 3355 7170 Card FF EE LL Cagoa
Bird To NH W&F 1965 1400 4 kW 3355 7170 Card FF EE LL Cagoa Bird
To NH W&F 1966 1420 8 kW 3355 7170 Card FF LL NH W&F Cagou
1967 1420 3355 7170 Card FF LL NH
W&F Cagou
1968 1420 3355 7170 Card FF LL NH
W&F Cagou
1969 1420 3355 7170 Card FF LL NH
W&F Cagou
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8. New Caledonia: La
Voix de la France dans la Pacifique
WRTVHB
Entries
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Year 20 kW 20
kW 4 KW 20
kW 4 kW 4
kW QSL Languages Call Co-ordinates
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1970 625 3355 7170 Card FF
LL NH W&F Cagou
1971 625 3355 7170 Card FF Cagou
166.26 E & 25.16 S
1972 670 3355 4913 7170 Card FF Cagou 166.26 E & 22.16 S
1973 670 3355 4913 7170 9510 Card FF Cagou
1974 670 3355 7170 9510 11710 Card FF Cagou
1975 670 3355 7170 9510 11710 Card FF Cagou
1976 670 3355 7170 9510 11710 Card FF Cagou
1977 670 3355 7170 9510 11710 Card FF Cagou
1978 670 3355 7170 9510 11710 Card FF Cagou
1979 666 3355 7170 9510 11710 Card FF Cagou
1980 666 3355 7170 9510 11710 Card FF Cagou
1981 666 3355 7170 11710 Card FF Cagou
1982 666 3355 7170 11710 Card FF Cagou
1983 666 3355 7170 11710 L FF EE Cagou
1984 666 3355 7170 11710 L FF Cagou
1985 666 3355 7170 11710 L FF Cagou
1986 666 3355 7170 11710 L FF KK EE Cagou MW Sainte-Marie
1987 666 3355 7170 11710 L FF KK EE Cagou MW Sainte-Marie
1988 666 3355 7170 C FF
KK EE Cagou MW Sainte-Marie
1989 666 3355 7170 FF EE MW
Sainte-Marie
1990 666 3355 7170 FF EE MW
Sainte-Marie
1991 666 3355 7170 FF EE MW
Sainte-Marie
1992 666 3355 7170 FF EE MW
Sainte-Marie
1993 666 7170 FF EE MW Sainte-Marie
1994 666 7170 FF EE MW Sainte-Marie
1995 666 FF MW Sainte-Marie
1996 666 FF MW Sainte-Marie
1997 666 FF MW Sainte-Marie
1998 666 FF MW Sainte-Marie
1999 666 FF MW Sainte-Marie
2000 666 FF MW Sainte-Marie
2001 666 FF MW Sainte-Marie
2002 666
2003 666
2004 666
2005 666
2006 666 20 kW Touho
2007 666 729
2008 666 729
2009 666 729
2010 666 729
2011 666 729 5 kW Touho
2012 666 729
2013 666 729
2014 666 729
2015 666 729
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9. SQOTW28: Special QSL of the Week
Progressive Topics
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No Call
Location Land IRM
kHz (k)W
Year Date Significance QSL NWS ——————————————————————————————————————————————————
001
7LA Launceston Tasmania AMP 1100 .1 1961 Nov 6 Emergency
transmitter C 282
002
RA Kabul
Afghanistan AMP 96.1 .01 1971
Jul 4 Experimental FM C 284
003
VOA Poro Philippines AMP 15000 LP 1984 Feb 19 Malfunctioning
exciter L 286
004
TTY Perth Australia AMP
1130 .2 1966 Jun 24 6NM
transmitter to 6ED DIYC 287
005
ICPA Kabul Afghanistan AMP 102.8 ½ 1972
Aug 27 Hotel Intercontinental DIYC 289
006
KSFO Frisco California AMP
560 5 1989
Oct 18 Temporary after
earthquake C 290
007
RM
Havana Cuba AMP 9600 100 1982
Feb 3 Relay Radio Tashkent C
291 008 NILB Central Pacific PH
10800 LP 1968 Dec 23 Apollo
Recovery, 1,000 SW L 292
009
AWR Ekala Sri
Lanka CG 11800 100 1981
Feb 21 Test broadcasts Africa &
ME C 293
010
PJC Willemstad Curacao PH
8694
1 1969 Jan 9 Morse
loop C
294
011
AFRTS Adana Turkey
AMP 1590 .01 1980
Mar 24 Plane, WL in ft DIYC 295
012
AWR Sines Portugal TD 9670
250 1977 Aug 26 Self-designed AWR card C 296
013
VoM Honhor Mongolia CL 12085
250 2012 Sep 14 Lived in Ulaan Baatar L&C 297
014
CRI Beijing China UQ
21660 2005 Sep 19 Firedrake
jammer C 298
015
RM Russia
AMP 11875 1984 May 2 Russian
jammer, BBC ARS? C 299
016
NBC Pt Moresby New Guinea VL 4890
35 2006 Mar 18 Reduced power C 300
017
RM
Murmansk Russia JB
5930 5 1979
Jan 13 Long wait DIYC & L
301 018 RM P’zavodsk Russia JB
5065 5 1979 Jan 21 Long wait DIYC & L
302
019
VLU2 Christmas Is Indian O. AMP
1420 .5 1977 Aug 23 Tried many
locations DIYC & L
303 020 XMX Christmas Is Indian O. AMP
341 .1 1977 Aug 28 Airplane
reception DIYC 304 021
AIR Pt Blair Andamans JJ 1440
1 1992 Nov 12 Emergency transmission L 305 022
ABC Shepparton Australia TA 6080 100 2011
Feb 4 Emergency transmission C
306 023 ORTB Benin
CO SW 1985 Sep 20 Hard
to hear, difficult to QSL C 307 024
WQTC Bryan USA-OH AMP
1520 .5 1986
Jul 17 Two words, Bryan Radio DIYC
308
025
AIR
Bangalore India
MKP 9690 500 2014
Feb 28 Memory of 1st radio
broadcast C 309 026
CHU Ottawa Canada BW 3330
3 2010 Sep 16 Low power TSW
C&L 310
027
SW
11 Sites Asia
TA 2 SW
2014 Jun 5 IRDR Trial Broadcasts
C 311
028
TMR Rogaland Norway TD 6210 1970
Jul 8 Jamming against RNI P 312
029
NBC Pt Moresby New Guinea JJ 3925 10 1976
Oct 25 1st report from
India C 313 030 VOA
Honolulu Hawaii
AMP 6120 100 1946 Jan 21 ½ minute report 2C 314
031
CBX Edmonton Canada WP
740 50 1974
Dec 18 1st QSL C 315
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10. SQOTW28: Special QSL of the Week
Alphabetic Listing
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Title Call City Country IRM City
Country NWS ——————————————————————————————————————————————————
Airplane
Monitoring AFRS Adana Turkey AMP Airplane Turkey
295
XMX Christmas Is Indian Ocean AMP Airplane Indian Ocean 304
Apollo
Recovery NILB USS Arlington Pacific PH Woodland H USA-CA 292
Demonstration
Transmitter TTY Perth W
Australia AMP Perth Australia 287
Difficult to hear ORTB Benin CO Norrkoping Sweden
307 Earthquake Emergency KSFO San Francisco USA AMP Eugene USA-OR 290
Emergency
Transmitter 7LA Launceston Tasmania AMP Launceston Tasmania 282
AIR Port Blair Andaman Is JJ Hyderabad India
305
ABC Shepparton Australia TA Depok
Indonesia 306 Experimental FM RA Kabul Afghanistan AMP Kabul
Afghanistan 284
First
Report: India NBC Port Moresby New Guinea JJ Hyderabad India 313
First
QSL CBX Edmonton Canada WP Fallston USA-MA 315
Jammer:
Firedrake CRI Beijing China UQ-S Norrkoping Sweden
298
Rogaland TMR Rogaland Norway TD Rosrath
Germany 312
Russian RM Russia AMP Poona
India 299
Listener
Designed QSL Card AWR Sines Portugal TD Rosrath
Germany 296
Long
Wait: 11 Years XMX Christmas Is Indian Ocean AMP Airplane Indian Ocean 304
23 Years RM Murmansk Russia JB Lexington USA-MA 301
23 years RM Petrozavodsk Russia JB Lexington USA-MA 302
Low
Power CHU Ottawa Canada BW Karoonda S Australia 310
Malfunctioning
Exciter VOA Poro Philippines AMP Lahore
Pakistan 286
Many
Locations VLU2 Christmas Is Indian
Ocean AMP Carnarvon
Australia 303
Memories:
Letter from Home VOM Honhor Mongolia CL Bloomington USA-IN
297
1st Radio Broadcast AIR Bangalore India MKP Kerala India 309
Morse
Code Loop PJC Willemstad Curacao PH Woodland H USA-CA 294
Postmarked
Same Date KRHO Honolulu Hawaii AMP Lobethal S
Australia 314
Reduced Power NBC Pt Moresby New
Guinea VL Naples USA-FL 300
Short
Reception Report WQTC Bryan USA-OH AMP Marion
USA-IN 308
KRHO Honolulu Hawaii AMP Lobethal S
Australia 314
Tashkent
Relay RM Havana Cuba AMP Berrien S USA-MI
291 Test Broadcasts AWR Ekala Sri
Lanka CG Nice France 293
IRDR 11 sites Asia TA Depok Indonesia 311
Two
QSL Cards KRHO Honolulu Hawaii AMP Lobethal S
Australia 314
Translation
Transmitter ICPA Kabul Afghanistan AMP Kabul
Afghanistan 289
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