[HCDX]: AFRTS QTH-information!

[Willi Passmann <dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,
as stated in the following QSL-e-mail, the location of 12689.5 kHz is Key
West, Florida  and for 6458.5 kHz it is the Naval Computer and
Telecommunications Station in Isabela, Puerto Rico. Thanks to Mr. Wayne E.
Eternicka and Mr. Barker for that information!

73, Willi

"Eternicka, Wayne  JO1" <eternicka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "'dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: "Ramsey, Derek LTJG" <ramsey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>        "Kohutanycz, Bill" <kohut@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>        "'barkecp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <barkecp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: QSL response
>Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 15:58:29 -0500
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>
>
>(Sir, I apologize for a slight delay in this response, but I have updated
>this letter to
>include the information I have available about each of the two AFRTS
>antennas.)
>
>
>
>> Mr. Willi Passmann,
>>
>> 	This letter serves as confirmation of your Dec 29, 1998 reception of
>> Armed Forces Radio and Television.  The signal originates from Naval
>> Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station, Key West, Florida at
>> 12689.5 khz and Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Puerto Rico
>> at 6458.5 khz.
>>
>> 	Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station, Key West,
>> Florida broadcasts with a 48 foot inverted cone antenna from Boca Chica ,
>> Florida with 8 kilowatts of power. Naval Computer and Telecommunications
>> Station, Puerto Rico broadcasts with a ground-based, omnidirectional wire
>> antenna with a 30 foot diameter.  The signal is broadcast at 10 kilowatts
>> from Isabela, Puerto Rico.
>>
>> AFRTS shortwave radio transmissions have historically existed to provide
>> AFRTS radio service to U.S. Navy vessels and outlying military posts
>> receiving limited American radio or television through other means.  The
>> signals will be in existence for a limited time until a new technology,
>> which is currently being tested, allows for reception of AFRTS via
>> satellite.
>>
>> 	We are pleased that you have received the AFRTS shortwave signal and
>> thank you for your interest and confirmation of the signal's quality.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Wayne E. Eternicka
>>
>> Broadcast Operations Specialist     :)

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     _/_/  Willi H. Passmann
    _/_/  Oberhausener Str. 100
   _/_/  45476 Muelheim, Germany
  _/_/  Tel./Fax: ++49-208-779399 (National 0208-779399)
 _/_/  E-Mail dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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