Re: [IRCA] Turks and Caicos - 530Khz

[Mike Hardester <DX4EVR@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bob,

        Going back a "bit," when 620 was WSUN (WDAE not heard yet), they 
were occasionally heard here with a fair level in the daytime. It was the 
only Floridian I've heard here in the daytime and being on Florida's 
"opposite" coast, the reception seemed unusual. Still, I heard it, though I 
can't explain how.

        Yes, Turks is a water path, but when it is occasionally strong 
enough to over-ride QRM from WETC-540 (a 4 kw "pest" with a strong signal 
splattering 530-550 here) to maintain a fair level all day on a car radio, 
I have to wonder what they're using.

My last report to a column, on Turks, was in February....

530     Turks and Caicos        R. Visión Cristiana, South Caicos February 
6 1430 to after 1600 with vocals, M and W in Spanish, missed ID at 1500, 
but 1600 ID with Radio...Cristiana ...1330...1310...530...West Indies. Just 
prior to 1600 ID, mention of New Jersey, Queens and into extended hymn by 
vocal group. Signal fair to good at ± 950 miles, and OVER local (maybe 5 
air miles) Camp Lejeune information station. Re-check about 1700 and still 
there, much weaker.  To clarify, this was 0930 to 1200 ELT...on a car 
radio. (MH - NC)


Mike

At 10:02 PM 10/26/2004 -0400, you wrote:



> >          Just an observation on Turks & Caicos-530. They have
> occasionally
> > been heard here in Jacksonville (as in North Carolina), during the
> daytime,
> > with a fair signal....on a car radio. In nightly like the proverbial
> ton of
> > bricks.
> >
> >          I have no idea about their power, but since I rarely hear
> Florida
> > (620 kHz in the past) during the daytime, I have to think it's greater
> than
> > 50 kw.
> >
> >          73 de Mike
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike Hardester
> > On The Road in Eastern North Carolina
> > Camry Car Radio and Imbedded Antenna
>
>
> Mike, I don't understand all this. If you are in Jax, up to eastern NC,
> then you should  _not_  have a strong signal from 620, which is in
> St. Petersburg, and has to cross a lot of land mass before
> reaching you. Also Jax to Turks is a water path which helps a
> lot as you know. Have I missed something?
>
> - Bob (Tampa)
>
>
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