Radio Marti : transmitted with an HRS 12 / 4 / 1 curtain array from Delano -- EIRP 3,000 kW at beam centre! TCI make the antenna, and their brochure is avalable at their website.
There is no reason for this, in a post 911 security context -- the VOA Persian and Arabic services to South America would probably buy more security. [Why 3,000 kW EIRP?] Radio Marti only exists because wealthy Cubans have bought several congressmen over the past couple of decades in the US. Radio Marti is probably the worst possible example of how to engage in international broadcasting. It has hateful and racist overtones that a member of the US KKK can only explain. [Damage to Long Term Geopolitical Security] The VOA Spanish Service plausibility is lost [totally and completely] due to Radio Marti. Radio Marti's creation was never a good geopolitical decision in my view. The VOA [that Radio Marti is essentally 100% part of] is run like the BBC Empire Service was in 1936 -- 1939, with respect to its overall goals. The principal exception is that the worthless nepot children have taken over running VOA since the time of Edward R Morrow. Americans abroad, to save thier own lives, listen to the BBC World Service -- no more, no less. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Elbe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [HCDX] A question about Radio Marti > > > Did any European DX`er managed to log Radio Marti ? Has this station ever been heard in Europe ? > > You are kidding, aren't you? You can hear them with a wet shoestring as an antenna. ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2003 is out! Order it now! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059677/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt