QSL from VOA in Greenville, Hawaii
- Station: Voice of America (VOA) in Greenville, Hawaii
Band: Shortwave
Date: January 24, 2022
About: VOA is celebrating 80 years of broadcasting in February of 2022. This transmission came from Greenville, Hawaii. VOA has multiple transmitter locations around the world.
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Notes: VOA is a classic shortwave station that I first listened to in the 1970s. They have excellent shows that are targeted to a specific audience. This broadcast was sent to Africa, was in English and feautured soul music and popular black American topics.
QSL from WWVH in Kauai, Hawaii
- Station: WWVH in Kauai, Hawaii
Band: 5 and 10 KhZ Shortwave
Date: February 19, 2021
About: WWVH is the callsign of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology's shortwave radio time signal station located at the Barking Sands Missile Range, in Kekaha, on the island of Kauai in the state of Hawaii. Coordinates: 21°59'16"N 159°45'47"W
WWVH is the Pacific sister station to WWV, and has a similar broadcast format. Like WWV, WWVH's main function is the dissemination of official U.S. Government time, through exactly the same methods as found on WWV's signal.
To minimize interference with the WWV broadcasts on the same frequencies, WWVH's broadcasts on 5, 10 and 15 MHz are directional, pointed primarily west. Despite this strategy, in certain places, particularly on the west coast of North America; and at certain times, due to ionospheric conditions, the listener can actually hear both WWV and WWVH on the same frequency at the same time. The information modulated on the carrier is modified to reduce confusion if both are received simultaneously. In particular, voice announcements on one correspond to silent periods on the other. WWVH uses a female voice (Jane Barbe) to distinguish itself from WWV, which uses a male voice. WWVH time signals can also be accessed by telephone.
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Notes: WWVH mailed a QSL card in response to my postal reception report.