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			\|<!-- Content -->The departure from Lae took place at 0000 GMT. No transmissions from the plane were heard until four hours later.
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	[[Category:Chronology]]		[[Category:Chronology]]
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	== Links ==		== Links ==
			* [https://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/Bulletins/49_LastWords/49_LastWords.html "Last Words."]
	* [http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/1995Vol_11/said.pdf "Things Not Said."]		* [http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/1995Vol_11/said.pdf "Things Not Said."]

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	[[Category:Radio considerations]]		[[Category:Radio considerations]]

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	\|<!-- Frequency -->3105		\|<!-- Frequency -->3105
	\|<!-- Logged by -->Itasca		\|<!-- Logged by -->Itasca
	\|<!-- Content -->Itasca1 states: "Earhart on nw reception fairly clr nw Wants bearing es [and] wnts rept in 1/2/ hr"; Bellarts states: "Pse [please] take bearing on us and report in half hour--I will make noise [sic] in mic - abt '''100 miles out'''";<ref>[http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/1995Vol_11/said.pdf "Things Not Said":] "A close examination of the ''[[Itasca]]'' radio log shows that Amelia probably never said ~~“about~~ one hundred miles ~~out”~~ at all. It is clear from the platen mis-alignment that the phrase was later added to the 0646 entry in which Earhart says she 'will make a noise in the microphone' upon which she hopes Itasca will take a bearing. It is also clear from an earlier entry that this operator uses a dash to separate his own comments from the text of the message. With the added knowledge that it was part of the operator’s duty to judge distance based on the strength of reception, it becomes apparent that the 'one hundred miles out' estimate is the operator’s, not Amelia’s." </ref> Howland Island reports: "(am using the D/F and receiving set sparingly due to heavy drainage on batteries) (the batteries are of low AM-Hour capacity) Earhart on the air, S4 [signal strength 4], "give me a bearing" Earhart did not test for bearing. Her transmission too short for bearing, static x5, her carrier is completely modulated. Could not get a bearing due to above reasons. 3105." Itasca bridge log states: "Miss Earhart reported position 100 miles from island reception fair."		\|<!-- Content -->Itasca1 states: "Earhart on nw reception fairly clr nw Wants bearing es [and] wnts rept in 1/2/ hr"; Bellarts states: "Pse [please] take bearing on us and report in half hour--I will make noise [sic] in mic - abt '''100 miles out'''";<ref>[http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/1995Vol_11/said.pdf "Things Not Said":] "A close examination of the ''[[Itasca]]'' radio log shows that Amelia probably never said 'about one hundred miles out' at all. It is clear from the platen mis-alignment that the phrase was later added to the 0646 entry in which Earhart says she 'will make a noise in the microphone' upon which she hopes Itasca will take a bearing. It is also clear from an earlier entry that this operator uses a dash to separate his own comments from the text of the message. With the added knowledge that it was part of the operator’s duty to judge distance based on the strength of reception, it becomes apparent that the 'one hundred miles out' estimate is the operator’s, not Amelia’s." </ref> Howland Island reports: "(am using the D/F and receiving set sparingly due to heavy drainage on batteries) (the batteries are of low AM-Hour capacity) Earhart on the air, S4 [signal strength 4], "give me a bearing" Earhart did not test for bearing. Her transmission too short for bearing, static x5, her carrier is completely modulated. Could not get a bearing due to above reasons. 3105." Itasca bridge log states: "Miss Earhart reported position 100 miles from island reception fair."
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	\|<!-- Frequency -->3105		\|<!-- Frequency -->3105
	\|<!-- Logged by -->Itasca		\|<!-- Logged by -->Itasca
	\|<!-- Content -->Itasca1 states: "Earhart on nw reception fairly clr nw Wants bearing es [and] wnts rept in 1/2/ hr"; Bellarts states: "Pse [please] take bearing on us and report in half hour--I will make noise [sic] in mic - abt '''100 miles out'''";<ref>[http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/1995Vol_11/said.pdf "Things Not Said":] "radio log shows that Amelia probably never said “about one hundred miles out” at all. It is clear from the platen mis-alignment that the phrase was later added to the 0646 entry in which Earhart says she 'will make a noise in the microphone' upon which she hopes Itasca will take a bearing. It is also clear from an earlier entry that this operator uses a dash to separate his own comments from the text of the message. With the added knowledge that it was part of the operator’s duty to judge distance based on the strength of reception, it becomes apparent that the 'one hundred miles out' estimate is the operator’s, not Amelia’s." </ref> Howland Island reports: "(am using the D/F and receiving set sparingly due to heavy drainage on batteries) (the batteries are of low AM-Hour capacity) Earhart on the air, S4 [signal strength 4], "give me a bearing" Earhart did not test for bearing. Her transmission too short for bearing, static x5, her carrier is completely modulated. Could not get a bearing due to above reasons. 3105." Itasca bridge log states: "Miss Earhart reported position 100 miles from island reception fair."		\|<!-- Content -->Itasca1 states: "Earhart on nw reception fairly clr nw Wants bearing es [and] wnts rept in 1/2/ hr"; Bellarts states: "Pse [please] take bearing on us and report in half hour--I will make noise [sic] in mic - abt '''100 miles out'''";<ref>[http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/1995Vol_11/said.pdf "Things Not Said":] "A close examination of the ''[[Itasca]]'' radio log shows that Amelia probably never said “about one hundred miles out” at all. It is clear from the platen mis-alignment that the phrase was later added to the 0646 entry in which Earhart says she 'will make a noise in the microphone' upon which she hopes Itasca will take a bearing. It is also clear from an earlier entry that this operator uses a dash to separate his own comments from the text of the message. With the added knowledge that it was part of the operator’s duty to judge distance based on the strength of reception, it becomes apparent that the 'one hundred miles out' estimate is the operator’s, not Amelia’s." </ref> Howland Island reports: "(am using the D/F and receiving set sparingly due to heavy drainage on batteries) (the batteries are of low AM-Hour capacity) Earhart on the air, S4 [signal strength 4], "give me a bearing" Earhart did not test for bearing. Her transmission too short for bearing, static x5, her carrier is completely modulated. Could not get a bearing due to above reasons. 3105." Itasca bridge log states: "Miss Earhart reported position 100 miles from island reception fair."
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	\|<!-- Frequency -->3105		\|<!-- Frequency -->3105
	\|<!-- Logged by -->Itasca		\|<!-- Logged by -->Itasca
	\|<!-- Content -->Itasca1 states: "Earhart on nw reception fairly clr nw Wants bearing es [and] wnts rept in 1/2/ hr"; Bellarts states: "Pse [please] take bearing on us and report in half hour--I will make ~~moise~~ [sic] in mic - abt '''100 miles out'''"; Howland Island reports: "(am using the D/F and receiving set sparingly due to heavy drainage on batteries) (the batteries are of low AM-Hour capacity) Earhart on the air, S4 [signal strength 4], "give me a bearing" Earhart did not test for bearing. Her transmission too short for bearing, static x5, her carrier is completely modulated. Could not get a bearing due to above reasons. 3105." Itasca bridge log states: "Miss Earhart reported position 100 miles from island reception fair."		\|<!-- Content -->Itasca1 states: "Earhart on nw reception fairly clr nw Wants bearing es [and] wnts rept in 1/2/ hr"; Bellarts states: "Pse [please] take bearing on us and report in half hour--I will make noise [sic] in mic - abt '''100 miles out'''";<ref>[http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/1995Vol_11/said.pdf "Things Not Said":] "radio log shows that Amelia probably never said “about one hundred miles out” at all. It is clear from the platen mis-alignment that the phrase was later added to the 0646 entry in which Earhart says she 'will make a noise in the microphone' upon which she hopes Itasca will take a bearing. It is also clear from an earlier entry that this operator uses a dash to separate his own comments from the text of the message. With the added knowledge that it was part of the operator’s duty to judge distance based on the strength of reception, it becomes apparent that the 'one hundred miles out' estimate is the operator’s, not Amelia’s." </ref> Howland Island reports: "(am using the D/F and receiving set sparingly due to heavy drainage on batteries) (the batteries are of low AM-Hour capacity) Earhart on the air, S4 [signal strength 4], "give me a bearing" Earhart did not test for bearing. Her transmission too short for bearing, static x5, her carrier is completely modulated. Could not get a bearing due to above reasons. 3105." Itasca bridge log states: "Miss Earhart reported position 100 miles from island reception fair."
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	* [http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/12_2/logjam.html Log Jam.]		* [http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/12_2/logjam.html Log Jam.]
	* [[Radio logs]].		* [[Radio logs]].

			== Links ==
			* [http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/1995Vol_11/said.pdf "Things Not Said."]

	[[Category:Chronology]]		[[Category:Chronology]]
	[[Category:Radio considerations]]		[[Category:Radio considerations]]

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	\|<!-- Frequency -->3105		\|<!-- Frequency -->3105
	\|<!-- Logged by -->[[Nauru]]		\|<!-- Logged by -->[[Nauru]]
	\|<!-- Content -->[[Nightfall to Ship In Sight\|“Ship in sight ahead.”]]<ref>The original source is a State Department telegram from Sydney, Australia dated July 3m 1937, which reads: “Amalgamated Wireless state information received that report from ‘Nauru’ was sent to Bolinas Radio ‘at 6.31, 6.43 and 6.54 PM Sydney time today on 48.31 meters (6210 kHz), fairly strong signals, speech not intelligible, no hum of plane in background but voice similar that emitted from plane in flight last night between 4.30 and 9.30 P.M.’ Message from plane when at least 60 miles south of Nauru received 8.30 P.M. Sydney time, July 2 saying ‘A ship in sight ahead.’ Since identified as steamer [[Myrtlebank\|Myrtle Bank]] sic which arrived Nauru daybreak today" ([[Gillespie]], [http://tighar.org/smf/index.php/topic,82.msg3605.html#msg3605 Forum, 25 April 2011]).</ref>		\|<!-- Content -->[[Nightfall to Ship In Sight#.22Ship.22_vs._.22Lights.22_in_sight\|“Ship in sight ahead.”]]<ref>The original source is a State Department telegram from Sydney, Australia dated July 3m 1937, which reads: “Amalgamated Wireless state information received that report from ‘Nauru’ was sent to Bolinas Radio ‘at 6.31, 6.43 and 6.54 PM Sydney time today on 48.31 meters (6210 kHz), fairly strong signals, speech not intelligible, no hum of plane in background but voice similar that emitted from plane in flight last night between 4.30 and 9.30 P.M.’ Message from plane when at least 60 miles south of Nauru received 8.30 P.M. Sydney time, July 2 saying ‘A ship in sight ahead.’ Since identified as steamer [[Myrtlebank\|Myrtle Bank]] sic which arrived Nauru daybreak today" ([[Gillespie]], [http://tighar.org/smf/index.php/topic,82.msg3605.html#msg3605 Forum, 25 April 2011]).</ref>
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	\|<!-- Logged by -->Itasca		\|<!-- Logged by -->Itasca
	\|<!-- Content -->"KHAQQ to Itasca [[last words\|we are on the line 157 337]] wl rept msg we will rept this on [[Frequency,_wavelength,_and_antenna_tuning#Daytime.2Fnighttime_frequencies\|6210 KCS]] wait, [(3105/A3 S5 (?/KHAQQ xmission we are running on [[LOP\|N ES S line)]]]"		\|<!-- Content -->"KHAQQ to Itasca [[last words\|we are on the line 157 337]] wl rept msg we will rept this on [[Frequency,_wavelength,_and_antenna_tuning#Daytime.2Fnighttime_frequencies\|6210 KCS]] wait, [(3105/A3 S5 (?/KHAQQ xmission we are running on [[LOP\|N ES S line)]]]"

			:: ''For a discussion of the compound nature of this message, arguably containing elements from several transmissions, see [[Ric Gillespie]], [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/Bulletins/49_LastWords/49_LastWords.html "Last Words."]''
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			Colored rows in the table below contain the navigation information available for making educated guesses about the flight path of the aircraft. See Randy Jacobson's [[Monte Carlo\|Monte Carlo simulation of the flight]] as an example of how this information can be used to set parameters for renavigation of the flight.

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	\|<!-- Logged by -->[http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Documents/Chater_Report.html Chater] and [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Documents/Collopy_Letter.html Collopy]		\|<!-- Logged by -->[http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Documents/Chater_Report.html Chater] and [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Documents/Collopy_Letter.html Collopy]
	\|<!-- Content -->At 0519 GMT, Earhart again broadcast a message on 6210 kHz. Chater reports: “Height 10000 feet position 150.7 E 7.3 S cumulus clouds everything OK.”<ref>"At 0519 GMT, Earhart again broadcast a message on 6210 kHz. Chater reports: “Height 10000 feet position 150.7 E 7.3 S cumulus clouds everything OK.” Collopy states: “At about 3 PM local time a message came through to the effect that they were at 10,000 feet but were going to reduce altitude because of thick banks of cumulus clouds.” This is a puzzling message. The coordinates related by Chater place the airplane well south of the intended rout and, although the flight had been en route for 5 hours and 19 minutes, the position reported is only 186 nm from Lae, giving the airplane a ridiculous ground speed of 37 knots. The reported 10,000 feet of altitude is higher than the 8,000 feet recommended by Kelly Johnson for best fuel economy on this portion of the flight. None of this message makes sense in the light of the reported comment “everything OK,” and we must conclude that either the message or its transcription was inaccurate" [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/finalflight1.html ("The Final Flight, Part I: Lae to Midpoint").]</ref> [[Collopy]] states: “At about 3 PM local time a message came through to the effect that they were at 10,000 feet but were going to reduce altitude because of thick banks of cumulus clouds.”		\|<!-- Content -->At 0519 GMT, Earhart again broadcast a message on 6210 kHz. Chater reports: “Height 10000 feet position 150.7 E 7.3 S cumulus clouds everything OK.”<ref>"At 0519 GMT, Earhart again broadcast a message on 6210 kHz. Chater reports: “Height 10000 feet position 150.7 E 7.3 S cumulus clouds everything OK.” Collopy states: “At about 3 PM local time a message came through to the effect that they were at 10,000 feet but were going to reduce altitude because of thick banks of cumulus clouds.” This is a puzzling message. The coordinates related by Chater place the airplane well south of the intended rout and, although the flight had been en route for 5 hours and 19 minutes, the position reported is only 186 nm from Lae, giving the airplane a ridiculous ground speed of 37 knots. The reported 10,000 feet of altitude is higher than the 8,000 feet recommended by Kelly Johnson for best fuel economy on this portion of the flight. None of this message makes sense in the light of the reported comment “everything OK,” and we must conclude that either the message or its transcription was inaccurate" [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/finalflight1.html ("The Final Flight, Part I: Lae to Midpoint").]</ref> [[Collopy]] states: “At about 3 PM local time a message came through to the effect that they were at 10,000 feet but were going to reduce altitude because of thick banks of cumulus clouds.”
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	\|<!-- Content -->Itasca reports hearing a faint signal on 3105 kHz from Earhart, strength 1, voice signal, but unreadable. (This was probably not Earhart, as it is not at her scheduled broadcast time.)		\|<!-- Content -->Itasca reports hearing a faint signal on 3105 kHz from Earhart, strength 1, voice signal, but unreadable. (This was probably not Earhart, as it is not at her scheduled broadcast time.)
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	\|<!-- Content -->Earhart on the air, Black states volume strength 1; Bellarts states "Heard Earhart (Part Cldy)"; Itasca1 was working Radio Wailupe, but "Earhart broke in on fone 3105 / nw ???? unreadable."		\|<!-- Content -->Earhart on the air, Black states volume strength 1; Bellarts states "Heard Earhart (Part Cldy)"; Itasca1 was working Radio Wailupe, but "Earhart broke in on fone 3105 / nw ???? unreadable."
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	\|<!-- Content -->Howland Island states: "Picked up Earhart (using long antenna, S3, hardly any carrier. Seemed overmodulated. Switched over to loop for Bearing, S1 - 0. She stopped Transmission). Bearing Nil. 3105."		\|<!-- Content -->Howland Island states: "Picked up Earhart (using long antenna, S3, hardly any carrier. Seemed overmodulated. Switched over to loop for Bearing, S1 - 0. She stopped Transmission). Bearing Nil. 3105."
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	\|<!-- Content -->Earhart on the air. Itasca1 states: "Earhart nw says she is running out of gas, only a half hour left, cannot hear us at all; we hear her and are transmitting to her on 3105 and 500 kHz same time constantly."		\|<!-- Content -->Earhart on the air. Itasca1 states: "Earhart nw says she is running out of gas, only a half hour left, cannot hear us at all; we hear her and are transmitting to her on 3105 and 500 kHz same time constantly."
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