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

Wow, that will be a blast from the past to hear again. I remember it was so
easy to hear back in the early 80's in Iowa and then here.

Todd Skaine
Woodbury, MN
Sony ICF 2010
Toyota car radio
On Apr 15, 2015 10:01 PM, "Stewart, Joseph R" <
RandyStewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I honestly can't recall seeing this anywhere but on TWR's own website (
> http://www.twr.org/powerup)... they're trying to raise $3.8 million to
> boost power on PJB Bonaire-800 kHz from the current 100kW up to 450kW (just
> short of the 500kW they used from sign-on in 1964 into, what, sometime in
> the 1990s?). No idea why they aren't going for the last 50,000 watts that
> would get it back up to the original 500kW level.  There's a video on the
> site that shows proposed directional patterns for the new tx--the "north"
> beam will be farther west than currently, basically beamed right at Cuba,
> the Yucatan peninsula, northern Mexico and up into the western U.S. The
> south pattern would blanket all of Venezuela and Guyana, the eastern half
> of Colombia, the western half of Surinam, and the extreme north of Brazil.
> There will also be a ND "Caribbean" pattern at some time during their
> broadcast day (or rather, night).  Despite the tweaking of the DA
> pattern--and the large amount of competition
>   on the frequency--presumably the power increase will make it an easier
> target for North American DXers once again.  I don't think I've
> conclusively logged PJB here in Missouri since they cut power. Before that
> of course it was a nightly regular for many years.
> Randy Stewart
> Battlefield MO
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