Pete,
Thanks for posting the detailed loggings from your Caribbean cruise. After your
detailed reports from the earlier European cruise, your "Frequent Flyer" FSL is
already one of the most prolific ever constructed.
73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
> On January 20, 2018 at 7:02 PM Pete Taylor wrote:
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> 890 - UNID 12/2 10am EST between the Cay and PR. Seemed to give calls, HI— (I
> missed the last two letters). Would appear to have been R. 8-90, La
> Consentida, Mao, DR
> 900 - CBC St. Michael, Barbados poor level 12/3 9am from St. Thomas. Signal
> level increased as we headed south but didn’t hold up that well as we headed
> west from Grenada. A per ads, CBC has a monopoly in the communications
> business. Reggae Christmas carols were fun!
> 920 - SS local-like in Grenada. Presumed YVOX Porlamar. 12/5 9am.
> 940 - WINZ Miami - best FL signal at Princess Cay. No Cuban under/over it.
> Interesting because WINZ has an STA for 25kw night because of Cuban
> interference.
> 1000 - Cuban bubble wobbler. Only here one night (11/30, 4 hours out of Ft.
> Lauderdale). It was also noted here last year.
> 1030 - Port-au-Prince, R. Ginen. Taped 12/2 10am (heading to PR) but no ID
> heard.
> 1060 - WIXC Titusville is back on relaying WWBA-820 and yes, they do give an
> ID a minute or two before the WWBA ID. Heard in Orlando, St. Thomas 9am 12/3,
> Martinique (very weak 12/4 11a) and also off of north central Cuba 11am 12/9.
> 1090 - Deportes, Caracas, one of the earlier YVs to boom in as we approached
> Grenada. Apparently YVSZ Caracas.
> 1130 - My hearing must be grim because just as I did while in Boston in
> Sept., I heard this as “Radio Cinco" 12/3 10:15pm from south of PR.
> 1150 - “CMX R. Guaymas” is what I heard 11/30 9pm 4 hrs. out of Ft. Laudedale
> but that doesn’t hold up in deference to WRTH’s R. Bayamo, Entronque Bueycito.
> 1160 - Caribbean Radio Lighthouse, St. John’s, Antigua & Barbuda fairly good
> in Grenada but not memorable from anywhere else.
> 1200 - It sounded like R. Pinto to me but more than likely was R. Tiempo,
> Caracas, 12/6, 9a, 40 miles E of Bonaire.
> 1240 - Radio Maria, Santo Domingo, DR. No “de la alta gracia” ever heard.
> Good level between PR & St. Thomas, 10pm EST 12/2 and 12/3 9am AST in St.
> Thomas. It was heard quite a ways as we headed south. It was also
> surprisingly strong as we left Grenada for Bonaire. The web site says
> (essentially) variety programming but all I ever heard was religious chanting
> and hymns.
> 1260 - WISO Ponce relaying WAPA 12/8 9am between Haiti/Cuba
> 1260 - SS w/Christmas music around 9a 12/6 nearing Bonaire. Presumably
> Caracas.
>
> Pete Taylor
> Tacoma, WA
> 12225w 4719n
> HQ180 & ICF2010
> Kiwa aircore & Palomar loops
> DX398, SRF-59 & M37V
> Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-300/380
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