I got up an hour before sunrise this morning to do some MW DXing. Conditions were relatively poor, but low powered 740 KVOR Colorado Springs was blasting in – unusual – and only heard one time before. Otherwise, a dud as far as catching any South Pacific signals. 738 kHz Tahiti was only showing a faint carrier this morning, while faint audio could be heard a few mornings ago at sunrise. The strong 1017.008 Tonga carrier that was present a few mornings ago was non-existent this morning. A check of the tropical bands also showed poor signals in the 120 and 90 meter shortwave broadcast bands. Moving up, I found the pirate “Boombox Radio” on 6925 kHz AM spinning some nice electronic music, so the morning wasn’t a total waste!
Nice catches Kilo. Man you catch some nice ones. Really hoping to catch a trans-Pacific this year with audio and not just the carriers. We’ll see, happy hunting 🙂
Thanks BDM, it’s always exciting to catch anything from across the big pond, especially across the Pacific. If you can find a way to null 740 Toronto off to the East while not attenuating reception from the southwest, then I think 738 Tahiti might be your best bet.