Terry L. Krueger wrote:
Maybe a "test frequency" for medium wave. SWBC "Test frequencies" are assigned on a coordinated basis with regular broadcasts so they don't interfere with regular sked broadcasts of another or own broadcasts. Coordinated by ITU. Tune a medium wave transmitter down there for maintenance. During maintenance fire it up and use assigned test programming or tone. So Cuban Gov't is testing all sorts of transmitters down there and the techs at the transmitter chose their favorite programming from one of the nets. Probably not authorized to play favorite music. Test has to be clearly recognizable by someone in charge in Havana and taking the modulation feed from RP, RR, RCH or whatever, satisfies the requirement of authorities ability to ID who/what/where. Also will discourage Running-Dawg, Imperialistic, Capitalistic, Whore-Loving, Baby-Eating, Toilet-Sniffing, Mouse-Eating, Thieving, Dirty-Underwear, Mud-Mucking, Trash-Picking, Lice-Infested, Smelly-Armpit, Gun-Tottin', Butt-Pinchin', Hubcap-Stealin, Dirty, Lowdown, Good-for-Nothing Yankees from using 530 for broadcasts to Cuba. BTW, Enemy-of-Mankind, Pen-Stealing, Lightbulb-Busting, Curmudgeon, Miscreants. Now for the inevitable tall tale: Up to about 1988, VOA Greenville used the "equipment test" frequencies religious. But thereafter, some of the transmitters have gotten in such a shape from old age and constant repair BUT NOT FROM LACK OF MAINTENANCE that a very conservative attitude has prevailed: Test the transmitter on its next sked frequency after repair/maintenance. Whenever the need arises, on top of whomever happens to be on that freq at the moment, just about at the stage of pirating. Retuning the transmitter to a test frequency in another Meter band and then to the next sked frequency means that, of a certainty, the transmitter is going to break X number of times more. Test into an antenna because the phantom load presents too high a VSWR. Just to avoid operating the antenna switching matrix one more time and increasing by X percentage the certainty that the transmitter/antenna combination WILL break down again. Chuck clear BT --
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Charles A & Leonor L Taylor
Greenville, North Carolina
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