[IRCA] Pacific Island report for 22 Nov 2009: North of Samoa

[Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Pacific DX report for 22 November, 2009: North of Samoa.

I didn’t DX last night as there was a lot happening on the ship. Earlier 
in the day, we crossed the Equator to the south and west of Palmyra and 
Christmas Islands. The weather was blistering hot, so we spent much of 
the day seeking cooler temperatures. Crossing the Equator is always lots 
of fun with King Neptune making an appearance. We had perhaps 20 crew 
members “guilty” of all sorts of “crimes”. They were tried by the 
captain and his senior officers, and basically “tar and feathered” with 
gastly colours and flour, much to the amusement of the passengers. Later 
in the evening it was another one of our formal nights, so no time for 
DX. On top of that, things were simply way too hot to DX in comfort. The 
night before, though, I did DX for a number of hours. This was one day 
out of Samoa. We still have 1½ days to reach Honolulu on Wednesday 
morning. The seas have been very heavy, and as I type this the Amsterdam 
is heaving and shuddering in 4 to 5 meter + seas and heavy winds. The 
most comfortable place to be is outside on the Promenade deck in a 
chair. Plenty of fresh air there and spray from the deep blue ocean. In 
any case, here’s my brief report for November 22, 2009:

540: 2AP with music until 10:00 and into NA without announcement until 
10:01:40. Very good level.

580: ID at 07:14 mentioning KMJ.com, and Fresno. Good level.

590: Charlie Brown Christmas at very good level at 08:11.

630: suspect that I finally heard Radio Cook Islands. At 08:53, islands 
music with my eton aimed towards the Cook Islands. Lots of drumming, and 
not parallel to 657 (another NZ frequency that was in // a week ago to 
630). Poor to fair level only, and faded down at the TOH.

639: Radio Fiji 1 at good level at 08:11. // 558 good to very good, 1152 
(poor).

690: CBU dominating the frequency at 07:00 re the flooding near my 
Victoria home in North Cowichan, B.C. // to CBW, Winnipeg at fair+ level 
too.

720: possibly KUAI, Hawaii with “I shot the Sheriff” at good level at 07:16

738: RFO Tahiti at fair level at 07:17

1010: CBR, Calgary with CBC news at 09:04

1100: Listened to this one for quite a while. Religious station with 
good levels at times, and then down to nothing. The announcer sounded 
very much like the slow, deep voiced fellow heard over WYFR in Taiwan on 
1557. On-line auction of some sort with phone # given as 1 800 845 216 
(or 5?) 2. Do all of your Christmas shopping on line. Gave an address in 
Oregon.. Finally at 09:58, they mentioned “Bay area homes”, and 
KFAX.com. So it’s Bakersfield, CA.

1120: “AM 1120, KPNW”. Eugene, OR at very good level

1160 Didn’t note who this was, just that it was at Very good level.

1179: Finally Vanuatu, but at poor level but clearly // to 3945 around 
08:15. Came back a few minutes later, and no longer // to SW. Perhaps 
now from DU?

1386: Radio Tarana, Auckland back tonight at good level at 07:15.

1420: Likely KKGA, Honolulu at 08:45 with very good level sports.

1430: ?KFIG, Fresno at fair level with sports.

1580: excellent level with music at 08:46. ? KBLA, Santa Monica.

1640: KDIA, Vallejo, CA with a Bible offer at very good level.

1660: Fair/good with music

1700: note 2 cochannels here at fair level.

Shortwave:

15295: Voice of Malaysia at excellent level with a music program from SE 
Asia from 07:20 to 07:47. This is a Sunday only program. Very enjoyable, 
armchair level. Shows how SW can still produce excellent audio on a 
single hop, mostly water path. Filler music until 07:58:30 when an 
announcer mentioned, “Do stay tuned to the Voice of Islam coming up 
next”. No IS, just “This is the Voice of Islam” at 08:00. Announced also 
9750 (not heard), and 6175 (also not heard). Cold and wet in Kuala 
Lumpur. They then went into the Koran, followed by translation into 
English.

9526: Voice of Indonesia in English at 10:03. Low modulation with 
transmitter hum, but otherwise a powerful signal.

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