[HCDX] 4980 - Ecos del Torbes inactive???

[Aurel Chiochiu <chiochiu@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello !

I used to be a regular listener of the program Ecos Rumba on Ecos del Torbes in the
past late summer/automn. They were quite easy to hear on 4980 short-wave using just a
simple Realistic DX-351 with a simple indoor wire attached to it`s telescopic antenna
and puted in the computer floppy disk wich acts as a radiator for this weak signal
(the comouter was OFF of course to avoid noises). They were heard almost nightly with
a fairly strong aignal, until about 3 or 4 months ago. Several DX-ers including
Berglund Johan of Sweden have`n`t recently heard Ecos. A friend of mine, David
Hochfelder has heard something in SS on 780 (wich proved later to be Radio Coro,
another venezuelan that transmitt on 780 too, and checked 4980 to establish a parallel
to see if it was Ecos or Coro, but did not have heard anything on 4980). Did Ivan
Escobar have decraised power ? He did not have plans to desactivate the tx after
visists from DX-ers and shortwave hobbysts like Don Moore from Davenport who visited
Ecos del Torbes in January 1995. Or maybe he have changed directionnal patterns. Did
someone in Europe, the Pacific have heard Ecos del Torbes in the past few months ?

Also did someone know Ivan Escobar and what he plans to do with the 4980 tx ? I will
probably go to Venezuela this winter. Many inactive venezuelans do not use shortwave
anymore, but still have a shortwave tx wich is just inactive for economical reasons
like power supply ( see http://donmoore.tripod.com/south/venez/cvr.htm ), so they may
give the transmitter to me. I may use for pirate broadacsting back home. Pirate radio
has always
fascinated me. By the way, did anybody know what I have to do to put on the air a
pirate station, what antennas to use, etc...

Bogdan
P.S: If it is inactive it is sad, the only option for North Americans to hear Ecos del
Torbes will be to tune into 780 AM if conditions to LAm are reasonably well. Here the
only far-south station I got on 780 from my QTH in the Montreal region, is YVMN Radio
Coro. Nothing else !!!!!!!!! Except for WBBM, but that`s it west....

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