Cuba redux

Tuesday, April 13 2021

Which transmitter at Quivican in service ?
it's an easy task, five transmitter of 250 kW each available there.
CRI Beijing China
America relay at Cuba in use on 5990 kHz in 49 mb to ITU zones 8S,10E,11W
some 3 hours earlier.
So, a Keyboard glitch by the RadioCuba engineer at 01 or 02 UT then ?
2300-2400  5990 QVC 250 n-dir NoAM  English   in A-19  TX#1
0000-0100  5990 QVC 250 n-dir NoAM  Spanish   in A-19  TX#1
6000 kHz at 010 degr Chicago azimuth then ... in A-19  TX#2
73 df5sx
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Biermann" Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:09 PM

Subject: Re: [WOR] Cuba redux

Unfortunately, when transmitters get too old, they can get to a point of
being almost impossible to maintain. Wiring gets dry and brittle, plus
parts and tubes get impossibly hard to find.
On Apr 12, 2021 10:25 PM, Ken Zichi <radioguy73@gmail.com> wrote:
 And today at 0200 they are back to 6000 kHz so apparently yesterday was
 a whoops. Too bad ....
 This hour only 6165 and 6000 are heard in English  5040 and 6060 are in
 Spanish well, 9535 has SOMEthing -- a moderate carrier and just barely
audible modulation that is probably them. 9580 has a very strong carrier
just barely modulated with what I want to say sounds like Mandarin but I
wouldn't swear to that. Nothing on 9700 as expected.
 I'm STILL not exactly sure why they need so many channels in 49 metres
 but better than abandoning SW as so many others have I guess. Now to just
get them to maintain the transmitters a little better! ....
 --  inspiration running low:<insert your own witty saying here>
 Ken Zichi        mailto: radioguy73@gmail.com
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