Re: [HCDX]: RFO Tahiti-New Xmtr?

["Bill Harms" <wharms@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, I have heard it here in Maryland with a weak signal on Feb 23 
and Feb 24 at about the same time you listed.  Only occasionally fair 
at peaks. First tipped off by this by Dan Ferguson on swltalk IRC 
channel.

> In Worldwide DX Club Weekly News for Feb. 22, there was an item
> about improved reception of RFO Tahiti beginning on the 21st;
> supposedly the signal strength was much improved and the freq. was
> exactly 15170, instead of the variable 15167-15168 of past. It was
> speculated that this was due to a new xmtr. I heard RFO 2-24-98
> between 0100 and 0200, on exactly 15170 (my synch detector on my
> SW-77 locked onto it) here in the northeast US. Signal strength was
> about a 2 to 3 with occasional fades. Programming was local, not the
> usual RFO programming they download from the satellite, with lots of
> island music and a female announcer. I should note that this
> reception was with the built-in whip antenna only! No external
> antenna of any kind. Don't know if this is just the beginning of the
> spring DX season, but the fact that they were on exactly 15170 leads
> me to suspect either a repaired or a new xmtr. Anyone else in the US
> hearing this?
> 
> ______________________________________________________
> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---- This is a message from "Craig Seufert" <craigseuf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> to hard-core-dx@xxxxxxxxxx list. To unsubscribe the list, send
> "unsubscribe hard-core-dx" in mail body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxx For
> more information, please check http://www.iki.fi/rko/hard-core-dx/
> or email Risto Kotalampi, rko@xxxxxxx
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
> 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is a message from "Bill Harms" <wharms@xxxxxxxxx>
to hard-core-dx@xxxxxxxxxx list. To unsubscribe the list, send
"unsubscribe hard-core-dx" in mail body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxx
For more information, please check http://www.iki.fi/rko/hard-core-dx/
or email Risto Kotalampi, rko@xxxxxxx
------------------------------------------------------------------------