Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 10/3/16

[Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>]

And yet, Bruce Portzer and I listened to Colombian election returns 
at Jordan River off the back end of a Beverage in the 70s (I 
think)....on a number of different stations.   There's more than 
meets the eye here.

I thought to look up what Central and South Americans I had logged at 
home in the 70's/80's, figuring only on now closed clears, splits etc.

First frequency, 540:  Managua, Bogota, Guayaquil, in 1975 and 
1980....I hate to say it. but 540's make up hasn't changed that much 
since the seventies...a couple of distant US daytimers have a few 
watts at night, but it's not like 660 with a semi-local powerhouse 
blocking everything now, null that and you hear Calgary (not like the 
old days where it was XERPM or, rarely, WNBC).

Maybe Walt has it nailed...they may still be there, but maybe we're 
not listening enough / at all.   Might be worth a hunt list.   At 
least two channels are actually clearer now than then here, 600 and 
1220.   I have tried 1220 on occasion, but never heard farther than 
Mexico City or WHKW.

best wishes,

Nick



At 01:38 04-10-16, you wrote:
> Exactly.  Anything in South America involves transiting North and Central
> America with many, many co-channels, so no wonder S America would be so
> difficult. Having said that, I don't actively pursue them, in any case.
>  73,  Walt
>
> On Monday, 3 October 2016, R. Colin Newell <coffeecanuck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I guess the thing is: if in Canada or the NW, a beverage doesn't help...
> > Because you would just be boosting the competition.
> >
> > Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC
> >
> > > On Oct 3, 2016, at 5:28 PM, Nigel Pimblett <nige2730@xxxxxxxxx
> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Other than a couple of Argentinian X-banders heard before the US band
> > filled up the only country I've heard from mainland South America is
> > Colombia.    Like Kaz I find 1170 the most common, but have also heard 810,
> > 680, and 1000 in the last year or two.    None of those appear to be on
> > ideal frequencies from a Victoria point of view.  No luck here on Venezuala
> > yet, and not through lack of trying.   Have had tentative on 750, but
> > that's as close as it's come.
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > Nigel
> > >
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