Re: [HCDX] Log .

["W. Curt Deegan" <WWWR@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob,

I'm just "up the road" from you and agree, of the three Bahamas AM 
stations, ZNS2 is by far the most difficult to hear.  I'm a little closer 
to the ocean which might help me some.

I am getting a fairly good signal from ZNS2 now at 1800Z, but not without 
some effort.  Adjacent 1230 WBZT, only 25 miles away in Palm Beach, 
Florida, covers 1240 with splatter.  Once that is removed with judicious 
tuning and use of USB, or better yet by nulling WBZT with an antenna 
phaser, ZNS2 can finally make it through.

Certainly not the sort of signal any casual listener is going to hear, 
unlike ZNS1 and ZNS3 which are easily enjoyable here during the day.

As to Cubans, during a recent midday bandscan, as many as 29 Cuban stations 
between 540 and 1180 could be heard from my location.  That's one more than 
the number of US stations heard in that same range.  Above 1180 there are 
almost as many US stations as below, but no Cubans regularly heard during 
the day.  Admittedly that's a little skewed by my standards of reception -- 
Cubans just need to be identifiable, US stations need to have had their 
actual station ID's heard.  Still, that's quite a high count.  We're just 
lucky, I guess.

Add to that the strange anomaly of the Wobbler which almost certainly 
emanates from Cuban stations and you have quiet an unusual listening 
situation.  (For anyone who is not aware of the Wobbler, see my web site 
link below.)

Adding to the non-domestic and off-shore daytime fun, there is the almost 
always present 530 RVCI (Radio Vision Christiana Internacional) Turks & 
Caicos; and weakly heard 1620 WDHP Saint Croix, Virgin Islands.  Of course 
at night these burst forth for many far and wide to hear.

Florida is indeed an interesting place for MW DX enthusiasts.

Curt
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W. Curt Deegan
Boca Raton, (southeast) FL
[JRC NRD-535D; LFE H-800, M-601; Quantum Phaser]
http://ScooterHound.com/WWWR/wobbler


At 09:20 AM 6/23/2006, Robert Wilkner wrote:
>1240  BAHAMAS ZNS2,  1215 with long string of addresses read very slowly
>by om; 1223 into New Providence news items.  Difficult signal to tune
>until  antenna was modified.   Imagine ZNS on 1240 kHz receives few
>reports as it is  difficult to receive from my QTH, ten miles from the
>Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast coast of  Florida.
>
>           Cuban stations come in well here, with ability to determine
>direction using either a sony 2010 or custom built ferrite amplified
>antenna.
>
>73's  de Bob
>
>R75 and dipole.
>Pompano Beach, Florida


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