Re: [IRCA] [badx] ZBVI 780 Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

When you heard them in that 2012 clip, they were likely at only 3KW.




On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 9:45 PM, Mark Connelly <MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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> Thanks Paul for the ZBVI info.  The station is heard here sometimes when
> on normal antenna and power.
>
>  Chief competition is R. Coro (Venezuela), followed by WBBM-IL and
> Colombia.
>
>  Here's a short audio clip from March 2012, as received at Orleans, MA:
> "http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/audio1/zbvi-780_20120322_0000z.mp3";
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>  Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> South Yarmouth, MA
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> From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: [badx] ZBVI 780 Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
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>   I've gotten word construction on their new 300 foot tower has begun. In
> fact, the tower is standing at about 160 feet.
>
> The studios for ZBVI are in Road Town along Station Avenue near the Road
> Town Police Station but the tower is about 1 mile down the road at Baughers
> Bay. The tower is ON the beach and  some of the guy wires AND some of the
> ground system are IN the water.
>
> At about 4:30 on the morning of Saturday March 9th, a drunk driver came
> went off the road, coming into contact with several things including a
> telephone pole and some trees. The driver also clipped some of the guy
> wires for ZBVI's tower which sent it to the ground in a crumbled up mess.
>
> The station wasn't able to sign on for Morning transmission at 6am that
> morning. It took about 12 hours to lash up a temporary solution. For the
> last several months, ZBVI has been operating with a 60 foot long wire
> strung between two telephone using an AM transmitter loaned to them from
> the Department of Disaster Management in the BVI.
>
>  ZBVI is "licensed" for 10,000 Watts but hasn't run that much power in
> years. I'm told they run between 1KW at 3KW. As far as I know, stations
> down there are licensed for X amount of power like the US.. but UNLIKE the
> USA, if they run under it.. that's OK apparently.
>
>  I'm trying to convince the powers that be at ZBVI to run a 2 or 3 minute
> DX test one night before their usual 10pm sign off.
>
> I have pictures of the ZBVI tower collapse along with the tower work being
> done. THey're on the Facebook group, "I Take Pictures Of Transmitter Sites.
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> Paul Walker
> www.onairdj.com
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