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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] FLORIDA ROAD TRIP DASHBOARD-DX AND MOTEL ADDS

A number of stations in Florida have long standing STAs to run day facilities at night to overcome Cuban cheaters. 

We have one in Northern California. XED is a big time cheater. KTCT has had that kind of STA since 1999. It's licensed for 10 kW at night but gets to run 50 kW.   

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> On Jan 26, 2015, at 9:04 AM, Mark Connelly <markwa1ion@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I think that the tricky thing about Florida is hearing much beyond the GAGGLE of Cubans bombarding the area.
> 
> Those Cubans are (as we say in these parts) "wicked loud" even here almost all the way up the US East Coast.
> 
> Even though the distance to the Midwest and to Florida are both in the 1200 mile range from here, there is no comparison signal-strength wise.
> 
> Miami's WIOD-610 dominates the channel (over NH and PA) most nights with a good signal, at least on my antenna that fires south.  WFLF-540 dominates if I'm aimed south (otherwise it's CBT-NL).  WAXY-790 and WINZ-940 are common catches.  WAXY-790 slugs it out with Cuba's Reloj, WNIS-VA, and semi-local WPRV-RI.  WINZ-940 usually has WIPR Puerto Rico for competition.  Once in a while Miami's WQAM-560 is in the mix (with WFIL-PA, WHYN-MA, and Cuba) under WGAN-ME.  Despite massive Cuban competition (not to mention Venezuela), WWFE shows up on 670 every so often.
> 
> WOKV (ex-WAPE) 690 Jacksonville even makes it here (well, 3 miles away at the beach anyway) in the DAYTIME, a 1200 mile groundwave run coming up the coastline on a trajectory just east of the NC Outer Banks.
> 
> I also think that you would have some night exposure to the mid and eastern Caribbean, South and Central America, maybe even TA's.  Certainly there will be more similarity to stuff I hear than what you're getting in the initial stage of your roadtrip.
> 
> Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> South Yarmouth, MA
> 
> <<
> The thing that's interesting about South Florida MW is the daytime fades and
> beats as stations from the Southern states come sliding across the Gulf.
> They're a long way away but they're in there without the benefit of skywave
> :-))
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Connelly
> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2015 6:27 PM
> To: am@xxxxxxxxxxx ; irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] FLORIDA ROAD TRIP DASHBOARD-DX AND MOTEL ADDS
> 
> This first bunch of logs has little (basically nothing) in common with
> the dial here, but I suspect that as you pull into Florida there will
> be a lot more in the way of similar receptions as I hear much better in
> that direction even though the distance isn't that different.
> 
> Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> South Yarmouth, MA
>>> 
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