Re: [IRCA] 1017-Tonga Mystery

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Hi George,

Thanks for your information on the resources available at the Tonga Broadcasting web site.

As for my recording of a presumed 1017-Tonga sign off at the Oregon cliff at 1203 UTC this morning, noted Finnish DXer Mauno Rittola has confirmed that 1017-Tonga has variable sign off times-- so that was the final piece of the puzzle in identifying the station. Bruce Portzer had recorded a sign off from 1017-Tonga at 1108 UTC on Tuesday morning, so I was wondering why the times didn't match up.

A 4-man contingent from the Yachats DXpedition group (Bill, Vlad, Victor and Mauno) just passed through Cannon Beach, OR, and we had a nice lunch together discussing DXpedition experiences. 1017-Tonga is apparently a prime DXing target in Finland, where Perseus-SDR DXers use monster beverages to chase South Pacific DX.

73, Gary DeBock (temporarily in Cannon Beach, OR) 
   


-----Original Message-----
From: George Sherman <georgesmn@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thu, Jul 25, 2013 4:08 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1017-Tonga Mystery


Website tonga-broadcasting.net/radio-tonga.html has program schedules & listen 
live times. It appears it is possible to listen live (and record that), then DX 
that program hours later (and record that), and then compare the two recordings. 
It shows last program 7/24 started 11:15 am (I think they mean 1115 UTC?), for 
7/26 live stream is 12 am to 5:30 am (assume UTC?), last program starts 10am. So 
this does seem to suggest different sign-off times to me. I assume the dates are 
UTC, but not sure. Tonga time is UTC +13 according to WRTH. 73, George S., MN




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 From: "d1028gary@xxxxxxx" <d1028gary@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1017-Tonga Mystery
 


Thanks Guy,

Your help in listening to the 1017 recording is appreciated. It sure sounded 
like Tonga to me, too (heard previously on a couple of DXpeditions), so unless 
there are any objections from TP-DXers more experienced than me (which aren't 
hard to find :-), that's how I'll log it!

I'm currently waiting for Bill, Mauno, Vlad and Victor to pass through Cannon 
Beach on their way back from the Yachats DXpedition. Hopefully we can all go out 
for coffee and a meal, and do our best to convince each other that despite 
sacrificing sleep every night in a fanatical effort to chase weak transoceanic 
AM signals (most of which can now be heard on the Internet), we are still 
completely normal individuals.

73, Gary




-----Original Message-----
From: Guy Atkins <dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thu, Jul 25, 2013 8:29 am
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1017-Tonga Mystery


Hi Gary,

Your nice recording sounds exactly like music from Tonga that I've heard on
1017 for many years. I'm sure Bruce and Chuck would agree. Tonga must have
been on an extended schedule.

As the old DXers' saying goes, "who else could it be?"

73,

Guy Atkins
Puyallup, WA
DXpeditioning at Yachats, OR (where antennas are about to come down... boo
hoo)


On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 7:35 AM, <d1028gary@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> Hello All,
>
> This morning at the "Rockwork 4" Oregon cliff a pretty vibrant DU signal
> was recorded from 1203-1206 UTC on 1017 kHz (with some domestic splatter)
> having Polynesian-type choral music and a YL speaking in an unknown
> language. The entire routine sounded very much like a sign-off message, but
> Bruce recorded a sign-off from this presumed 1017-Tonga around 1108 UTC a
> day earlier during the Yachats DXpedition. The format certainly doesn't
> sound anything like the NZ Radio Sport/ Newstalk ZB or the Aussie
> horse-racing station 2KY. Any ideas would be appreciated-- maybe Tonga
> signing off an hour later than usual?
>
>
> http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ng00u9q2gx12249/1017-UnID-DU-1203z072513PL380.MP3
>
> 73, Gary DeBock
> DXing on "Rockwork 4" ocean cliff, Tillamook County, OR
> 7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight + 12" FSL antenna
>
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