Re: [IRCA] 710 + Cuba + IBOC = Mess

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- On Sun, 8/24/08, Craig Healy <bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Craig Healy <bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] 710 + Cuba + IBOC = Mess
> To: saulamdx@xxxxxxxxx, "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sunday, August 24, 2008, 1:06 PM
> > WOR's Tom Ray is complaining about interference
> from Cuba. Has anyone
> > heard this station? Is it using the Rebelde xmtr or is
> Rebelde still being
> > heard? Don't the Cuban authorities know that 710
> and neighbouring
> > frequencies are pretty much a dog's breakfast even
> without their help?
> 
> Oh, this is rich.  A guy who has a station that interferes
> with 700 and 720
> and refuses to even accept that there is interference
> complains about a
> station 1500+ miles away?  Ha!  Talk about irony!
> 
> Yes, the Cuban often overrides WOR here in the Providence
> area.  While I
> normally am not happy about the overpowering Cubans, this
> is one that I
> don't especially mind.  Frankly I hope they turn the
> wick up even more.  I
> hope they cause as much pain to WOR as WOR causes to
> it's adjacent
> neighbors.  I used to like to listen to 700 and 720 in
> occasion.  It hasn't
> been possible in any comfortable level since the IBOC
> monster started
> hissing away at night.
> 
> To quote Nelson...  HA HA!!!
> 
> Craig Healy
> Providence, RI
> 
> 
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Their target is WAQI in Miami which covers Cuba well, so they're trying to blockl it. Old news. The 500,000 watt estimate isn't realistic but more for effect. The likelihood that Cuba's antiquated electrical system could power even a 100kw AM transmitter is a stretch.

The Cubans heard in past seasons there are estimated by most to be in the 1-10kw range and routinely tear up WOR here because WOR's nighttime signal goes mostly East.

And what happened to the Tom Ray who insisted that a station's local area was a radius of about 35 miles ?



Russ Edmunds
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