Re: [IRCA] [dxld] Amelia Earhat Marshall Islands broadcast recreation

[Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Paul, if anyone has a chance, it'll be you.  73, Walt

On Sunday, December 11, 2016, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'll try and remember to check for it.  Doubt I'll hear it but we'll see
>
> Paul
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> On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 6:13 PM Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
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> > Although not MW related (for IRCA), still a most fascinating DX test, and
> >
> > one that I'll be trying for for certain!  6210 might be possible on the
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> > west coast, and I do hope that Paul Walker gives it a shot up in Galena,
> AK
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> > which should still be dark.  73,...Walt Salmaniw
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> > Mike Barraclough barraclough.mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;> [dxld] <
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> > dxld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>>
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> > Date: Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 6:01 PM
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> > Subject: [dxld] Amelia Earhat Marshall Islands broadcast recreation
> >
> > To: BDXC News <bdxc-news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>>,
> dxld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>
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> > Dave Porter forwarded this to me:
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> >
> > Hi, my name is Les Kinney and I am a retired federal agent and
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> > historical researcher. I am part of a group that will be traveling to
> >
> > a remote atoll in the Marshall Islands in mid-December. Our research
> >
> > concerns the theory that Amelia Earhart ran out of gas and landed
> >
> > wheels down next to a small island at Mili Atoll. There were three
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> > local natives who witnessed this landing during the late morning of
> >
> > July 3, 1937. We have found aircraft artifacts on this small island
> >
> > which we believe may have come from Earhart's Lockheed 10E.
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> > We also believe Earhart broadcast distress messages that were heard
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> > for the next several days. These voice transmissions were heard by the
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> > U.S. Coast Guard, Navy, three Pan Am listening stations and several
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> > radio listeners in the United States, Canada, Nauru, and Australia.
> >
> > Unfortunately, because of atmospheric conditions, most likely caused
> >
> > by thunder storms, most of the messages were garbled and unreadable.
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> > Several radio listeners believed they heard Earhart speaking. Most
> >
> > heard a word or two; some a sentence or more. Some thought they heard
> >
> > partial latitude and longitude coordinates. None heard Earhart report
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> > she was at a specific geographic location except one. That person was
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> > Nina Paxton, a registered nurse from Ashland Kentucky. Nina had a new
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> > Philco console radio and said she heard Earhart around 2 pm Eastern
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> > Standard Time on Saturday July 3rd, 1937. Nina reported Earhart saying
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> > they were down on a little island at Mili Atoll. Amelia mentioned her
> >
> > navigator, Fred Noonan, was hurt, they were almost out of gas and
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> > warned they couldn't stay there long.
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> >
> > Earhart's Lockheed Electra was equipped with a 50 watt Western
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> > Electric model 13C transmitter. Earhart would have had to have one
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> > engine running to transmit. For a variety of technical reasons, she
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> > would have likely been transmitting on 6210 kilocycles high on the AM
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> > band which was her day time frequency. There is a remote chance she
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> > was broadcasting on 3105 kilocycles her night time radio frequency.
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> > We would like everyone's help. We are going to attempt to duplicate
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> > that 1937 transmission from this remote island. We will use Earhart's
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> > identifying call sign of KHAQQ to begin the broadcast. We will
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> > broadcast twice: at 12:30 pm or 1230 hours Eastern Standard Time (EST)
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> > and again at 1:00 pm EST or 1300 hours on two successive days,
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> > December 15, and 16th, 2016.
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> >
> >
> > The first broadcast will be on 6210 kilocycles and will last for one
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> > minute. We will repeat the message twice, two minutes apart. After the
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> > third transmission on 6210 kilocycles, there will be a three minute
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> > pause and we will then broadcast the same message on 3105 kilocycles
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> > for one minute, three times, with a two minute delay after each
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> > message.
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> >
> > We know this is a long shot. We can't duplicate the atmospheric
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> > conditions from July 1937 and there is so much more RF interference in
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> > 2016. But it is worth a try. We are asking everyone having a receiver
> >
> > capable of listening to this broadcast to tune in on these
> >
> > frequencies. Whether you have an old 1930's radio, or a modern radio
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> > with short wave capabilities, keep your cell phone cameras and video
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> > cameras ready to capture the moment. Flash the camera on your set and
> >
> > then to yourself while you record our broadcast. If you're lucky
> >
> > enough to pick up the transmission, you will likely get five seconds
> >
> > of fame on a future TV documentary.
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> >
> >
> > If you do receive our Earhart recreated broadcast and capture the
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> > message on your cell phone camera or camcorder, call us on site in the
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> > Marshall Islands via satellite phone. That number is:
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> > 011-881-651-463-951.
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> >
> >
> > Please pass this message on to any other radio groups, forums, or
> >
> > interested friends.
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> >
> >
> > Schedule: December 15, and 16, 2016
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> >
> >
> > 6210 Kilocycles: 12:30 pm â 12:32 pm â 12:34 pm (All times EST) +5 for
> GMT
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> > 3105 Kilocycles: 12:37 pm â 12:39 pm â 12:41 pm
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> > 6210 Kilocycles: 1:00 pm â 1:02 pm â 1:04 pm
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> > 3105 Kilocycles: 1:07 pm â 1:09 pm â 1:11 pm
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> > Les Kinney
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> > lgkinney@xxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>
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> > ------------------------------------
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> > Posted by: Mike Barraclough <barraclough.mike@xxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>>
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