Re: [IRCA] 1180 off frequency

[Barry McLarnon <bdm@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 19 February 2013 13:03:48 Barry McLarnon wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 February 2013 05:10:51 Karl Zuk wrote:
> > Driving in the New York City area,
> > I noticed someone off frequency on 1180 over/under WHAM Rochester.
> > Format was in Spanish with (forgive me) Ricky Ricardo music.
> > Rhythmic big band dance music off by about 1 kHz or so.
> > Any ideas on this one?
> 
> For the past couple of nights, I've been hearing a strong 1 kHz het on
>  WHAM (and the usual Cuban Rebelde signals under them), coming from a
>  carrier on 1179.  This is a standard 9 kHz channel, but conditions were
>  mediocre and not many TA signals were evident.  Given the conditions, I
>  suspected a more southerly path than Europe, and thought it might be the
>  1179 station in the Canary Islands.  I was able to get a bit of audio
>  that sounded like Spanish talk, but I'm still far from sure about who it
>  was.  I'll be checking for this one again tonight, and maybe some other
>  folks near the east coast can give it a try.

Think I finally solved this mystery... I've been hearing this het frequently 
in the past few weeks, but because there have often been TA hets on other 
frequencies as well, I still thought it might Spain or the Canaries.  Tonight 
there is absolutely no TA activity here, but the 1179 signal was still 
strong.  Strong enough that I was able to null WHAM enough to get some audio.  
I'm nearly certain that the audio was // to the Cuban Rebelde transmitters on 
1180 and elsewhere.  So, I suspect this might be a deliberate move to 
increase the effectiveness of Cuban jamming on Radio Marti.  Whether it moved 
from 1180 or is a brand new transmitter is anybody's guess.

Barry

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Barry McLarnon VE3JF  Ottawa, ON
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