[IRCA] Kona, Hawaii Ultralight DU's for 12-17

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The 5 inch (127mm) Frequent Flyer FSL started tracking down the DU's right away here in Kona this evening, but T-storm activity made reception of the weaker DU's a little dicey. I was able to confirm a 19-second time delay between the programming on 846-Kiribati (Christmas Island) and 1440-Kiribati (Tarawa), as documented in one of the MP3's linked below. The sign-off routine off 1440-Kiribati was also confirmed to still start at 0933 UTC, with the loud 1000 tone still there until power is cut at 0936. 846-Kiribati seems to have intermittent transmitter issues, as documented in one of the MP3's below. 1098-Marshalls was S9+ around 0700, but the signals from 540-2AP, 558-Fiji and 1017-Tonga were hit hard by the T-storms. 621-Tuvalu was somewhere in between, with fair to good strength female speech (in English) at 0724. Other than that is was another awesome evening in Kona, where the temperature was 79 degrees today.


540  2AP  Apia, Samoa  Christian worship music at fair to good level through the T-storms at 0752

https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/tsr7nd52srbxdjbphms7a0jxqoblo2vq

621  R. Tuvalu   Funafuti, Tuvalu   Female speech at good level in English at 0724

https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/25fbu2pk27b3umyicostm5rd6y70nmn8

846  R. Kiribati  Christmas Island   S9 level Christian music at 0620, but with a sudden signal drop out at the 49 second point in the MP3; transmitter issues?

https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/p89gsi1wm6vjqdi6jzhwrkl3r2v9h8w3

1017  A3Z   Nuku'alofa, Tonga   Female speech in English through the T-storms at 0735; no idea why there is a heterodyne on this frequency

https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/9do7nf5d5uzgk0m98g0qob5fgc3cplfv

1098  R. Marshalls  S9 level Christian music prior to the 0700 TOH, with male native language announcer giving apparent ID after that

https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/l9grx1p2c05j3ronyrsme3yw417ie317

1440  R. Kiribati  Bairiki, Tarawa  Parallel check with 846-Christmas Island; the MP3 starts out on 846 at 0635, switches to 1440 at the 1:02 point, then switches back to 846 at the 1:34 point, with a 19-second time delay evident between the 1440 and 846 programming (846 lags behind)

https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/piokzgok85kwg77oz4rvoetv2f8gko8x


73 and Good DX,

Gary DeBock (DXing in Kona, Hawaii)

7.5" loopstick CC Skywave + 

5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL (Demo video posted at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRaOnWS-5Ig&t=77s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRaOnWS-5Ig&t=77s   )


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