---- lmn2...@aol.com wrote: > > > A friend of mine who isn' t DXer or Ham asked me a question that it really > need the help of other Dx'ers in the list. > He claims he was driving in a country road somewhere in Pa. when he heard, > to his surprise, "THIS IS RHC, FROM CUBA ...BLAH, blah. > I asked him if he had a SW radio in the car, he didn't even know what was > "that". > I don't think he was telling me a lie but before I answer him I'd like to > hear your opinion. > LuisM n2gki
You didn't say if this was AM or FM or 'other'. The first possibility would be a brief overload effect from a shortwave signal, but I think that all typical in-dash car radios (it WAS this? and not a hand held portable?) are immune from this. Or, my guess is that he was listening to a "public radio" type station on FM that began carrying a program from Cuba, though I honestly don't think this happens in the US. I thought of e-skip but this is not the season for that. If this was on FM, was it below 92 MHz? Was he in a part of Pa. that allows over the lake reception from Canada, which is somewhat more likely to carry a Cuba relay. If this was an AM-based occurrence, a lot more detail would really help. First, frequency the radio was tuned to. Then, was he listening to another program (and this came in _over_ it)? Or, was it no program being heard? The time of day is very important, if it was during the day, there should be zero reception of anything near Cuba on MW. Then, how long did this reception last, and why did it stop (suddenly, or, fading etc). How about, characteristic of the announcer's voice (accent, gender, etc), a pointer as to whether it was actually a Cuban national doing the announcing. Or, if it was on 88.1 FM then he heard an ipod player going through a modulator in a nearby car, and the driver likes cuban radio play from a podcast etc ..... There's more, but you get the idea. To me this report is just inconclusive. This is what it is like when someone reports "flying saucers". Very few people know how to collect useful diagnostic information, IMHO, and the majority of such reports can't be either verified or discounted. 73 Bob k2euh _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
