![]() ![]() ![]() 15.07 1934 in Jordan, 2055 noted w “Livewire Newsbreak”. 1777 km, an island in the Okinawa archipelago.ĥ31đ1.07Ē000ĝYDW Tacloban City, Leyte ID/ad/CMN promo, good signal in Cebu harbour. 1192 km.ģ75Đ1.08Ē043 +OJ Hasanuddin (INS) ident only, long distance between the two letters. Only this one and MCT audible this evening. 105 km.ģ38đ1.08Ē006 +HKG Cape d´Aguilar/Hong Kong (HKG) weak signal, ident only. 1255 km.ģ31đ1.07đ953 +MCT Mactan, Cebu (PHL) beacon “MCT” + tone, first noted onboard boat in Cebu harbour, bound for Palompon, Leyte. on August 5th, minimum during a chilly, rainy night was 23.5 degrees C.Īll times are Philippine Standard Time (PST) (= UTC + 8 hours), except the Norwegian FM stations at the end – which are Norwegian Summer Time (= UTC + 2 hours). Maximum daytime temperature measured was 34.7 degrees C. But many days were pleasantly dry and hot. Lots of heavy rain showers on an irregularly daily basis, often during evening or nighttime hours – which is not uncommon in the Tropics. General weather condx during my stay were humid. Ideas, anyone? The radio heated up a bit during the hot weather, but this did not cause any problem. Similarly, often when switching from AM to FM/WFM mode (only this combination, and this sequence) while the receiver was on, the audio disappeared. A reason could be that the power supply had too low wattage, or it could be a unit problem. That is: The receiver turned on, the display appeared to be OK, but no audio came out of the speaker/headphones. ![]() ![]() The Icom IC-7000 caused some headaches: Using portable motorcycle batteries Akari 6FM9 (12V9Ah/20 HR) and TKR 12N7B-BS) for 12V power supply, the receiver refused to turn on the audio several times. I believe there is a lot more to pick up on LF, provided use of a better receiver for LF. I enjoyed picking up the Palau beacon, and the one in Minami Daito (Okinawa) appears to be the best catch, longest distance. NDB reception was poor, perhaps mainly because the IC-7000 has poor sensitivity on LF. The July 31st opening did not come entirely unexpected, as I had indications on July 27th of Chinese TV audio on 64.25 MHz. As the FM log shows, I had very good reception of Chinese stations on July 31st, and again briefly for one hour on August 17th. This set-up worked well, the directivity of the yagi is OK. And July/August basically is rainy season.įor FM a 5-element yagi mounted on a 3-meter high bamboo stick. I suppose the poor quality of the electrical power grid in the area is to blame, and guess it is worse with high relative air humidity. The noise was not “on” all days, but irregularly – some days on, some days the band was absolutely quiet. This noise covered the band and all but the local/semi-local powerhouses on the days it appeared. There is a major problem with man-made noise on AM and lower SW bands. Geographical coordinates: N 11.09.51 E 124.23.42.įor AM/SW/UHF/FM I used an Icom IC-7000, with a loop antenna from RadioPlus+ Electronics, Pensacola, Florida + a wire antenna. Brief visits to Cebu City and Bohol province further south. I spent most of the time at Barangay Jordan, Villaba municipality, Leyte province, in the Eastern Visayas region (region 8) of the country. I arrived in the Philippines on July 10th, and departed August 21st 2008. ![]()
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