Re: [IRCA] Here's an interesting sidebar to the Haiti Disaster

["John H. Bryant" <bjohnorcas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Some of us should be able to hear this, even with ultralights... 
Commando Solo is an AM band signal, likely on the lower band and, 
unlike the local Haitian stations, the equipment should be operating 
at 100% efficiency.  One of the best opportunities ever to hear 
Haiti. WHAT FREQUENCY???  This link gets to a CNN story that does not 
list the frequency.... the video clip... great to see/listen... shows 
several shots where the transmitted frequency is just off camera... RATS.

Help from anyone??

John Bryant
Stillwater, OK
WinRadio G313e + Ultralights
Wellbrook Phased Array



At 10:39 AM 1/27/2010 -0500, you wrote:
> >From Tom Taylor's column on today's Radio-Info newsletter
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> Haiti's newest radio station is broadcasting from the skies.
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> Thanks to a specially-equipped U.S. Air Force C-130 that's flying
> very slowly above the Caribbean country, broadcasting an AM signal
> in Creole. The programming is mostly Voice of America, though CNN
> <http://radio-info.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=16f606482a795f
> a597872a8f1&id=5dec445cae&e=491e0cea53>  says there are also
> announcements from Haitian officials about the latest on the
> earthquake emergency. The AM antenna is a 264-foot "long wire"
> that's "dangling from [the plane's] belly like a plumb line." It's
> kept vertical by a 500-pound lead weight - not exactly your usual
> antenna setup on the ground. The plane also has four FM antennas,
> mounted on the wings and fuselage of the workhorse aircraft. They
> call the plane "Commando Solo" - and the CNN report is a great
> reminder of radio's role during emergencies. Just to make sure the
> target audience can hear the Commando Solo, the Department of
> Defense has distributed thousands of solar and hand- crank-operated
> radios.
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