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I haven't heard it for a while here. It was a fairly common catch when I could
bring up a good enough null on whatever domestic was topping 1160 (usually
WOBM, sometimes WSKW or WVNJ). During the March aurora I had Caribbean Radio
Lighthouse (Antigua) and something in Spanish believed to be Puerto Rico duking
it out with low-level WOBM groundwave. Normally Bermuda would have been in
that mix.
Not reported by Niel Wolfish in his recent Nova Scotia DXpedition report even
though the other Bermuda channels 1280 and 1450 were. 1280 Bermuda is usually
in a 'scrum' with WADO-NY and Brazil here with occasional intrusions by Puerto
Rico, MA, ME, and QC stations. 1450 I think I've had tentatively in jumble
with WPGG, WNBP, CFAB, and others but no firm ID.
Frankly I'm surprised that an FM down there doesn't run BBC. Bermuda's not so
big that a decent power FM couldn't adequately cover it as well as ships maybe
up to 60 miles / 100 km out.
Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA
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From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. <[email protected]>
To: NRC <[email protected]>; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of
America <[email protected]>; DXLD <[email protected]>
Sent: Sat, Aug 8, 2015 4:33 pm
Subject: [NRC-AM] BBC on AM 1160 in Berumuda
I dont know if this has ever been logged in the US or how much power it runs,
but it appears the Defontes Media Group owned signal which simply rebroadcast
BBC World Service programming is off the air.
Checking the VSB Bermuda/Defontes Media Group Facebook page, there's a few
posts from early July asking "for the BBC to be brought back, we miss it".
https://www.facebook.com/pages/DeFontes-Group-VSB-Bermuda/553485991363679
Paul walker
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