{"id":19294,"date":"2016-06-02T06:56:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T10:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=19294"},"modified":"2016-06-02T06:56:52","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T10:56:52","slug":"solomon-islands-and-vanuatu-on-shortwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/solomon-islands-and-vanuatu-on-shortwave\/","title":{"rendered":"Solomon Islands and Vanuatu On Shortwave"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Paul<\/a>

Paul Walker’s listening post in Galena, Alaska.<\/p><\/div>\n

by Paul Walker<\/strong><\/p>\n

I tried logging the\u00a0Solomon Islands and Vanuatu shortwave broadcast stations for years, however, owing to my location and poor antenna along with technical problems with the stations, I was never able to log them.<\/p>\n

Well, I recently moved to Alaska and was able to take the stations off my “Most Wanted List.”<\/p>\n

SIBC has two frequencies–5020 kHz and 9545 kHz–both with 10,000 watts. \u00a0They use 9545 kHz during their local workday time frame and the 5020 kHz frequency is their late night and early morning frequency.<\/p>\n

A few times, I have caught 9545 kHz not signing off at 0500UTC for the switchover to 5020 kHz like it should of. When 9545 kHz is on late, the signal is usually pretty darn good.<\/p>\n

In fact, on April 25th, I caught 9545 kHz on about 2 1\/2 hours past the scheduled switchover and the signal was AMAZING! \u00a0It was\u00a0near perfect with a rock solid signal, fading so slightly it’s barely noticeable, no interference and pretty good audio!!<\/a><\/p>\n