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A great Pacific night with arm chair copy on many stations. Signals like
I haven't heard them in years.
540 2AP WESTERN SAMOA, Apia, great S9+20 DB signal with great
island music and woman ancr in Samoan at 0645 UTC 10/13. (PM-OR)
558 ...... FIJI, Suva, weaker than Samoa at 0730 UTC 10/13, man
in Fijian (PM-OR)
594 ...... NUIE ISLAND? Very weak signal here at 0725 UTC 10/13,
with man in native language, it sounded like. They sign off at 0830, so
I will try again a bit later. (PM-OR)
621 T2U2 TUVALU, Funafuti, good signal with splash from KIPA, great
island mx and woman announcer at 0738 UTC 10/13 (PM-OR)
630 ZK1ZC COOK ISLANDS, poor in jumble in native type talk, some EE
at 0710 UTC 10/13. Domestic QRM (PM-OR)
738 ..... TAHITI, very good and stronger than KCBS at 0645 with
great island mx in Tahitian and EE, woman ancr in Tahitian instead of
normal FF . S9+15DB. Great signal!! (PM-OR)
1017 A3Z TONGA, really a good signal with woman in EE giving news on
the Pacific and Tonga, at 0705. Then at 0710 went into the BBC News,
much longer in modulation. The best I have this in years. 10/13 (PM-OR)
Drake R8
K9AY Antenna
MFJ-1026
Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
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