Re: [IRCA] TWR Bonaire "Power Up Project"

[Jim B <jim01028@xxxxxxxxx>]

>
> Is it currently alright to use an am / fm radio on commercial flights? I
> searched on line, but no real info was found.  Jim
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 08:09:45 -0400
> From: Mark Connelly <markwa1ion@xxxxxxx>
> To: am@xxxxxxxxxxx, irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] TWR Bonaire "Power Up Project"
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> Even at the current lower power, PJB is a regular here on Cape Cod, often
> topping 800, as noted in this recent recording of one of their Spanish
> broadcasts as "Radio TransMundial":
> http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/audio1/pjb-800_20150320_0330z.mp3
>
> Of course a nearly total over-water route helps.
>
> I remember hearing PJB in 1986 on a Sony Walkman on a night flight from
> Dallas-Fort Worth to El Paso, TX.  Ten minutes after taking off from the
> DFW airport, I noted something slopping over onto WBAP 820.  Even that
> close to WBAP, the slop source, which turned out to be PJB 800, was
> stronger than 820.  Right on 800, XEROK was way way under, even though only
> about 300 miles away versus something like 2000 miles for PJB.
>
> Given that much clout at that kind of distance, I have no doubt that PJB
> was making it to New Zealand.
>
> Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> South Yarmouth, MA
>
>
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