Monday, February 12, 2007

Blog Logs - Papua New Guinea


PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3385 R. East New Britain (Rabaul) on Jan 29 from 0806 tune w/ En nx by man, into Pidgin at 0810 w/ anmts or local nx then pop vocal, local a capella choir, etc. What sounded like com'l by man at 0830- 31. Man ann (Pidgin) with periodic music inserts to past 0845. Other than WWCR and CHU, only audible station on 90 m but with a very nice signal, a
bit earlier than PNG's typically audible here, especially at this level. SINPO 45344 w/ increasing static crashes.

3385, R East New Britain, Rabaul, 1157-1235, Jan 28, island vocals with ID and announcer
at 1200 in Pidgin. 1216 an Anne Murray selection, poor to fair. (D'Angelo). Also heard
0806-0845, Jan 29, English news, Pidgin ann or local news, pop vocal, local a capella choir. Other than WWCR and CHU, only audible station on 90 m but with a very nice signal, a bit earlier than Papua New Guineans typically audible here, especially at this level, 45344. (Churchill in DX-plorer)

3335, R East Sepik, Wewak, 2015-2106, Jan 20-22, ID 2059, news in English at 2100, poor/fair. (Bernardini and Monferini BOC 7)

3905, R New Ireland, Kavieng, 2039-2054, Jan 21, 2039-2050 heard in // 3335. Local program 2051, ID, poor/fair. (Bernardini and Monferini BOC 7)

7120 Wantok R Light on Jan 29 w/ "Back to the Bible" annmts by woman (En) at 0857, ID for "Wantok Radio Light" by man 0900 fol by news read by man to past 0908. SINPO 35433. (Bruce W. Churchill-CA-USA, DXplorer Jan 29)
(Source: WWDXC Top News (BC-DX # 793/DX Window # 317)