Amelia Earhart Test Transmission

Sun Jan 8 23:14:03 CST 2017

I visited the forum and from the discussion, it has become evident the
poster had no license, and no experience in RF engineering, and also no
clue that the RF conditions in winter, would be radically different than
that of the actual season when Amelia's incident occurred (if it occurred
as history records +/- early July 1937). That is why the last entry on this
subject is (
http://forums.radioreference.com/hf-mw-lw-general-discussion/344111-amelia-earharts-transmission-pacific-update.html)
pretty damning.

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On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Richard O'Neill <
richardoneill at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Posted on 'The Radio Board': http://theradioboard.com/rb/
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> Amelia Earhart Test Transmission
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>
> <http://theradioboard.com/rb/viewtopic.php?p=71198#p71198>by *mike tuggle
> <http://theradioboard.com/rb/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=595>* » Tue
> Dec 13, 2016 3:19 pm
> The following was posted on another forum for distribution and may be of
> interest. I know I'll be listening. 73, -Mike-
> ---------------
> Mike Barraclough barraclough.mike at ... [dxld] <
> dxld at yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 6:01 PM
> Subject: [dxld] Amelia Earhat Marshall Islands broadcast recreation
> To: BDXC News <bdxc-news at yahoogroups.com> <bdxc-news at yahoogroups.com>,
> dxld at yahoogroups.com
>
>
> Dave Porter forwarded this to me:
>
> Hi, my name is Les Kinney and I am a retired federal agent and
> historical researcher. I am part of a group that will be traveling to
> a remote atoll in the Marshall Islands in mid-December. Our research
> concerns the theory that Amelia Earhart ran out of gas and landed
> wheels down next to a small island at Mili Atoll. There were three
> local natives who witnessed this landing during the late morning of
> July 3, 1937. We have found aircraft artifacts on this small island
> which we believe may have come from Earhart's Lockheed 10E.
>
> We also believe Earhart broadcast distress messages that were heard
> for the next several days. These voice transmissions were heard by the
> U.S. Coast Guard, Navy, three Pan Am listening stations and several
> radio listeners in the United States, Canada, Nauru, and Australia.
> Unfortunately, because of atmospheric conditions, most likely caused
> by thunder storms, most of the messages were garbled and unreadable.
> Several radio listeners believed they heard Earhart speaking. Most
> heard a word or two; some a sentence or more. Some thought they heard
> partial latitude and longitude coordinates. None heard Earhart report
> she was at a specific geographic location except one. That person was
> Nina Paxton, a registered nurse from Ashland Kentucky. Nina had a new
> Philco console radio and said she heard Earhart around 2 pm Eastern
> Standard Time on Saturday July 3rd, 1937. Nina reported Earhart saying
> they were down on a little island at Mili Atoll. Amelia mentioned her
> navigator, Fred Noonan, was hurt, they were almost out of gas and
> warned they couldn't stay there long.
>
> Earhart's Lockheed Electra was equipped with a 50 watt Western
> Electric model 13C transmitter. Earhart would have had to have one
> engine running to transmit. For a variety of technical reasons, she
> would have likely been transmitting on 6210 kilocycles high on the AM
> band which was her day time frequency. There is a remote chance she
> was broadcasting on 3105 kilocycles her night time radio frequency.
>
> We would like everyone's help. We are going to attempt to duplicate
> that 1937 transmission from this remote island. We will use Earhart's
> identifying call sign of KHAQQ to begin the broadcast. We will
> broadcast twice: at 12:30 pm or 1230 hours Eastern Standard Time (EST)
> and again at 1:00 pm EST or 1300 hours on two successive days,
> December 15, and 16th, 2016.
>
> The first broadcast will be on 6210 kilocycles and will last for one
> minute. We will repeat the message twice, two minutes apart. After the
> third transmission on 6210 kilocycles, there will be a three minute
> pause and we will then broadcast the same message on 3105 kilocycles
> for one minute, three times, with a two minute delay after each
> message.
>
> We know this is a long shot. We can't duplicate the atmospheric
> conditions from July 1937 and there is so much more RF interference in
> 2016. But it is worth a try. We are asking everyone having a receiver
> capable of listening to this broadcast to tune in on these
> frequencies. Whether you have an old 1930's radio, or a modern radio
> with short wave capabilities, keep your cell phone cameras and video
> cameras ready to capture the moment. Flash the camera on your set and
> then to yourself while you record our broadcast. If you're lucky
> enough to pick up the transmission, you will likely get five seconds
> of fame on a future TV documentary.
>
> If you do receive our Earhart recreated broadcast and capture the
> message on your cell phone camera or camcorder, call us on site in the
> Marshall Islands via satellite phone. That number is:
> 011-881-651-463-951.
>
> Please pass this message on to any other radio groups, forums, or
> interested friends.
>
> Schedule: December 15, and 16, 2016
>
> 6210 Kilocycles: 12:30 pm – 12:32 pm – 12:34 pm (All times EST) +5 for GMT
>
> 3105 Kilocycles: 12:37 pm – 12:39 pm – 12:41 pm
>
> 6210 Kilocycles: 1:00 pm – 1:02 pm – 1:04 pm
>
> 3105 Kilocycles: 1:07 pm – 1:09 pm – 1:11 pm
>
> Les Kinney
>
> lgkinney at ...
>
>
> -
> Re: Amelia Earhart Test Transmission
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> <http://theradioboard.com/rb/viewtopic.php?p=71199#p71199>by *KR1S
> <http://theradioboard.com/rb/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=462>* » Tue
> Dec 13, 2016 3:49 pm
> Thanks, Mike! Here's a photo of Amelia Earhart in the cockpit of her
> Electra 10E, from https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/ameli ... l-nr16020/
> <https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/amelia-earharts-lockheed-electra-10e-special-nr16020/>
>
>
> More information on the search: https://tighar.org/wiki/Ameliapedia
>
> 73,
> http://kr1s.kearman.com/
> http://qrp.kearman.com/
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> Unread post <http://theradioboard.com/rb/viewtopic.php?p=71225#p71225>by *gzimmer
> <http://theradioboard.com/rb/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=259>* » Thu
> Dec 15, 2016 4:37 am
> Thanks Mike, very interesting.
>
> It's a rather confusing post, talking about "AM Bands" on shortwave, etc.
> The more I think about it, the odder it seems.
>
> The oddest part is that Hams in the nearby 40m band (7.00MHz) are
> repeatedly working around the world on similar low power so surely that's
> an indication of what's possible. And if memory serves, there have been a
> number of DXpeditions to Baker and Howland Island themselves.
>
> I would have expected that they would use some other frequency for
> liaison. You would think they would be transmitting on the 40m Ham band,
> rather than just outside it. Likewise the KHAQQ callsign, it doesn't sound
> very legitimate (even if it was Amelia's actual callsign).
> I'm guessing that those involved aren't very experienced with radio.
>
> The article at http://www.wingsoverkansas.com/earhart/a955/ gives a much
> more coherent story on the flight.
> Apparently Amelia only had AM on her HF transmitter, while her 500KHz CW
> transmitter was out of action, as she had inadvertently left behind her
> L.W. trailing Antenna. So she only had voice.
>
> Oh well, I have 6210 and 3105 KHz programmed into my radio.
>
> The internet tells me that 4:30 AM (4:30) AEDT = 12:30 PM (12:30) Previous
> Day EST
> So I think I'm OK to catch the first test.
>
> Conditions are good on 6MHz tonight, not much lightning, and I can hear a
> 6MHz New Zealand weather broadcast loud and clear.
> 6210KHz is in the clear and free of other stations.
>
> Whatever, I'll have a listen in the morning at 4:30am (the 16th here)
>
> Fingers crossed
>
> Edit: For those following this, there's series of posts from Les Kinney at
> http://forums.radioreference.com/hf-mw- ... pdate.html
> <http://forums.radioreference.com/hf-mw-lw-general-discussion/344111-amelia-earharts-transmission-pacific-update.html>
> where he is trying to get hold of a genuine Western Electric Model 13c
> transmitter to take to the Central Pacific.
> Reading between the lines, it seems that the folks in the "expedition"
> have very little practical knowledge of radio.
>
> .........Zim
>
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