Hard-Core-DX.com: Cuba radio silence amid electric grid failure due to Hurricane Ian

Cuba radio silence amid electric grid failure due to Hurricane Ian

Wednesday, September 28 2022


I was able to weakly hear the Cuban jammer on 6030 against Radio Marti earlier, but it is gone now. Arnie needs to peddle faster on his bicycle generator.

Chris Smolinski, W3HFU
Black Cat Systems
Westminster, MD USA
https://www.blackcatsystems.com


> On Sep 28, 2022, at 7:41 AM, Wolfgang Bueschel <dg1sbn@t-online.de> wrote:
>
> At 11.25 UT on Wed Sept 28
>
> still no main power at BAU, BEJ, or QUI sites
> or
> as a precaution to avoid antenna and feeder line damage,
> no SW transmission is on air at present by RHC during hurricane.
>
> No 5025 nor 5040 kHz outlets on air either.
> http://kb5avy.hopto.org:8073/
>
> 73 wb df5sx
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: Ricky Leong
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2022
> Subject: [WOR] Cuba radio silence amid electric grid failure due to
> Hurricane Ian
>
> Associated Press: Cuba without electricity after hurricane hammers power
> grid
> https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-cuba-caribbean-hurricane-ian-080599db41b3e492d41e55046cb13c23
> "Cuba’s Electric Union said in a statement that work was underway to
> gradually restore service to the country’s 11 million people during the
> night. Power was initially knocked out to about 1 million people in Cuba’s
> western provinces, but later the entire grid collapsed."
> Consequently, there appears to be total radio silence from Cuba right now.
> No traces of Radio Havana or any jamming — not on a handful of known
> frequencies I just checked, anyway.
> 73, Ricky Leong
>
> _

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