BC-DX 789 05 Jan 2007 Private Verwendung der Meldun

de Goya(Niigata) Mar. 3 0806 UT
(de Yuu-chan {Kanazawa} via Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN, NDXC Mar 6)
The HP of Pacific Missionary Aviation has been revised. Now radio
information is found at
They announced the official frequencies FM 88.5 MHz 300W, SW 4755 kHz
1000W with quater-length vertical antenna. Photograph of the transmitting
building, map, as well as the online reception report form are found in
the new HP! The official address of the station is:Pacific Missionary
AviationRadio StationP.O.Box 517, PohnpeiFM 96941, Federated State of
MicronesiaTel +1 691 320 2496E-mail
(Takahito Akabayashi-JPN, wwdxc BC-DX Mar 11)
March 5, 2007 - Praise God for the radio station that was put up in
Pohnpei, Micronesia recently. It has both FM and Shortwave and will cover
an area of approximately 3,000 miles.
(Galcom Urgent Prayer Request via dxld)
Ambiguous. Square miles or radius? A circle of 3000 square miles area
would have a radius of only 31 miles, according to pi-r-squared. Yet 3000
miles radius seems a bit more than they were shooting for, since they were
surprised to get reports from Japan. Maybe 3000 miles diameter? Even that
is a bit much for reliable reception of 500 watts on 60mb. . .
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Mar 11)
Per
"The radio studio and antenna are located in the village of Ninseitamw,
Kolonia on the island of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.
Position (+/- 11 meters) 06 57 56.7 N 158 12 17.3 E
Elevation: 65 meters. The short-wave signal reaches the surrounding
Micronesian islands within a radius of 500 - 1000 miles. An area that
covers the islands of Chuuk, outer-islands of Pohnpei and Kosrae (Chuuk,
Pohnpei and Kosrae are states of the Federated States of Micronesia).
Futhermore, the area covers the western islands of the Marshall Islands.
About 100.000 island people live in that area."
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, dxld Mar 11)
Some more excerpts from the website:
PMA is running a Christian radio station on the island of Pohnpei,
Federated States of Micronesia to reach the islands for Christ.
The station is currently under construction permit. Both FM and short-wave
transmissions have been on and off the air for testing purposes. Tests
started on Monday, Feb. 26, 2007 and will last until we get the official
license from the Dept. of Communication, Government of the Federated
States of Micronesia. Please subscribe to the radio newsletter to be
informed when the radio station has a name, is licensed officially and on
air permanently.
We would like to thank GALCOM International for assisting PMA in the
technical aspects of the radio station and for their help in the provision
of portable, fix-tuned, solar-powered FM and short-wave radios to
distribute to the islanders.
A 40-foot refrigeration container was converted into a radio station
productions studio. The container is divided into 3 rooms: a control room,
a recording room and a room for the transmitters. The tower for the
antenna is 110 feet high and is mounted on a concrete foundation next to
the radio station.