Re: [IRCA] Norfolk Island in the 1566 Maze?

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the detailed info on 1566-Norfolk Island, Theo. No wonder the station is a real challenge for anyone to track down at long range.

With both Norfolk Island and the Indian big gun on the frequency 1566 got a lot of attention during my Cook Island trip, but most of it was wasted on 3NE. Two other DU English co-channels would occasionally give 3NE some competition (as in the MP3, but impossible to sort out), along with HLAZ's Chinese and another foreign language station that didn't seem Chinese (possibly Nagpur). Hindsight is 20/20-- if I had known that Norfolk Island was running RNZ it would have been easy to check a parallel during the MP3 recording to nail it down.

Gary

> On April 20, 2018 at 8:39 AM Theo <theod@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Gary:
>
> As Tony Ward from Toronto mentioned last week, Norfolk runs RNZ National
> overnight (supposedly till 1930 UT so way after your reception period).
>
> And no, World TV has never activated 1566 in Wellington which they
> picked up at auction a couple of years back.  The planned power has
> always been listed at a strange 15.3/15.8 kW depending on the source of
> the information.
>
> I checked with the Kiwi SDR near Nelson at ~1520 UT and what appeared to
> be 3NE was dominant, with talk about the Commonwealth and NZ... not sure
> why... but it wasn't // with RNZ Nat/567. Someone else was really weak
> and scratchy underneath; I didn't attempt to figure whether it could be
> Norfolk or ABC Gympie in Queensland.
>
> Theo
>
> On 20/04/2018 1:58 AM, Gary DeBock wrote:
> > In the Cook Islands there never was a problem with transoceanic DX being too weak-- the problem was that it was too strong, and from too many areas at the same time. In this 1566 kHz MP3 recorded at 1641 UTC on April 12th the Oz mega-pest 3NE is apparently in a fade, but that only seems to bring in a couple of other DU English stations in an S9 mix (along with a third station, apparently in Chinese). Does anyone know what Norfolk Island's current format is, and does anyone know if the new 3 kW (Chinese?) station is now broadcasting in Wellington? This MP3 apparently features two government-type programs (RNZ and/or ABC) mixing together, with the third station in apparent Chinese in the background (don't know if this would be HLAZ, or the new Wellington?). Can anybody sort out this zoo? https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/hysvrh4f7i8u16f3740ch5azam0iervx
> >
> >
> > Gary DeBock (DXing in Aitutaki, Cook Islands)
> >
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> IRCA mailing list
> IRCA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca
>
> Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers
>
> For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org
>
> To Post a message: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
_______________________________________________
IRCA mailing list
IRCA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca

Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers

For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org

To Post a message: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx