[HCDX] Morning Micro-DXpedition PNG Loggings

["Dave Valko" <djvalko@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

21 FEBRUARY 2009:   After yesterdays nice showing of PNGs, I decided to go 
up to the SGLs with the hopes that they'd be coming in at armchair copy with 
continued good conditions.  Indeed, they seemed to be a little better when I 
checked at home at around 0950.  Up at the site, they were doing fairly well 
(not great though) for the first 45 minutes or so.  But around 1115, when 
they should have started to improve, they quickly went downhill!!  It looked 
like it was going to turn out to be a bust, but then they picked back up 
around 1200 and peaked nicely for about 20 minutes.  Another interesting 
aspect of this mornings propagation was the very poor showing of Asians. 
Granted the BOG was aimed at PNG and not Asia, but it wouldn't have made 
that much of a difference in directionality.  It was another cold morning 
and it didn't take long for the fingers to start going numb.  I didn't 
realize how cold it was at the time.

RX:  JRC NRD-535D
ANT:  394 at 310° Beverage (BOG)
QTH:  Pennsylvania State Game Lands #26
Duration:  1035-1305 UTC
Solar Indices:  Solar Flux = 69, A Index = 4, K Index =0.  No storms.
WX:  Partly cloudy.  Cold, 11° F!! (-11° C.).

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  3235  R. West New Britain  1041 C&W mx.  1044 "Night 
Shift" by The Commodores.  1048 same W anncr in PD hrd yesterday including 
a ment of the NBC.  1049 Island songs then.  1058 nice full ID by W after 
song anmnt "?? program NBC West New Britain ?? Saturday night.", then 
voice-over ID promo by M ".free sound ?? NBC West New Britain, free sound". 
W returned w/nx and sports w/ments of Highlands, "talk", Province, island, 
Simbu, February, Western Highlands, family, a phone #, and Monday.  Returned 
at 1146 and caught M w/ID and ending w/Gamelan type mx, then W again.  Up to 
S-9 at 1100.  (21 Feb.)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  3315  R. Milne Bay  1106 M w/nx w/ment of Province, 
deadair briefly, then instru. filler mx, and 1107 studio M anncr w/ment of 
NBC, "broadcast tonight", then into choral very briefly and M in EG 
welcoming listeners back "Hello and welcome back again to our listener ?? 
program.meeting and that is.at 10 PM tonight.  Welcome aboard and stay tuned 
especially.".  Greetings to listeners, then 1109 into Island mx.  1114 more 
messages.  Island choral song.  1119 many more messages.  1154 request 
anmnt, ment of weekend, and more messages.  1130 M w/ment of "Saturday Night 
program", listener greetings and messages.  (21 Feb.)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  3260  R. Madang  1112 tlk by M in lcl dialect.  1113 
indigenous flutes very briefly, then M in PD w/pgm segment outro and TC, and 
into Pop song.  1116 M returned w/song anmnt and ment of ".16 minutes past 
9, ?? Saturday night ?? station NBC.", upcoming song anmnt, and then Reggae 
song.  1120 took a phone caller, and again at 1127 and 1143.  Fair at best. 
Not nearly as strong as it used to be years ago.  (21 Feb.)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  3290  R. Central  1133 pleasant island Pop song, brief 
deadair, the Island song at weak lvl.  1159 nice full closing ID by W 
".Saturday.  Time now is 10 o'clock.  And you have been listening to NBC 
Central, The Voice of the Country.  NBC Central, Voice of the Country 
broadcast to the people of the Central Province on a frequency of 3,290 khz 
in the 90 meterband of ??.  The stations transmitter and studios are located 
in Boroko ??.  We certainly hope you have enjoyed listening.  After the 
playing the national song, this station will close transmission ?? until 
tomorrow evening.  I am ?? wishing you all a very good night and God bless". 
Instru. NA and pgm end.  The carrier did remain on past 1241.  Do they keep 
the xmtr on 24 hrs??  (21 Feb.)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  3325  R Bougainville  1136 tlk by W w/ment of Saturday 
night, TC, program, Province.  1141 Reggae mx.  1143 W again.  Fairly strong 
but weak modulation.  (21 Feb.)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  3335  R. East Sepik  1201 end of closing anmnts in PD 
w/ment of ".this moment.broadcast.NBC Saturday night.listener.same time long 
5 o'clock.long night.Saturday night good ?? program ??", then instru. NA. 
Still going though at 1206 w/Pop mx pgm hosted by giddy young lady (girl??) 
in EG.  Came back at 1245 and caught EG ad by alternating M and W w/ment of 
".Papua New Guinea Web site ?? Internet.become registered radio?? 
international news.  ?? working class people.  For more information please 
call.".  Still going past 1303.  Is the EG pgm after the official closedown 
a relay of their FM service??  (21 Feb.) 

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