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I was stationed in Key West and then Miami
in the U.S. Coast Guard in the 1970's and 1980's and attempted to DX from
the Key West and Key Largo with my Kenwood R-1000 and R-2000. It was an
interesting place to DX at day due to the ground wave or actually water
wave propagation reception of stations all around the Gulf Coast, Central
America and the Caribbean. And of course the Cubans were like locals. At this
time many of the Central American stations were operating on split frequencies
and were easier to hear.
But at night time it was a dismal place
totally dominated by the Cuban stations. Sometimes I wondered if the stations
increased power at night to intentionally QRM U.S. stations. But from the West
Kendall area of Miami the Cubans were not as strong and dominant and some TA's
were audible. Lot's of South American stations too.
73 & GUD DX,
Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF Retired Meteorologist & Space Plasma Physicist Lakeland, FL, USA Grid Square EL97AW 27 57 26.5 N 81 56 46.6 W kn4lf@xxxxxxxx Eton E10
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