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

[Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>]

Ironically, there's an article in the latest LWCA Lowdown from Kriss 
Larson who visited Bonaire and the PJB site among other radio 
adventures.   He does mention the planned upgrade of power, but not 
in as much detail as the video.

best wishes,

Nick




At 03:00 16-04-15, you 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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