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@yahoo.com
F.
lgkinney
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