If they are powering up, maybe they would be willing to run a DX test type program to see where their signal is reaching. ms
> From: mwd...@webtv.net > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 22:21:15 -0700 > Subject: Re: [IRCA] TWR Bonaire "Power Up Project" > > TWR was common in those days in the NW, but of course the dial was not as > crowded either. > > Patrick Martin > Seaside OR > KGED QSL Manager > > > Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 20:16:36 -0700 > > From: billbl...@cableone.net > > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > Subject: Re: [IRCA] TWR Bonaire "Power Up Project" > > > > Back in the 1960's it was heard in Portland, Oregon often. > > > > Bill Block > > Prescott Valley, AZ > > > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Forrest Skaine <todftscytj7...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Wow, that will be a blast from the past to hear again. I remember it was > > > so > > > easy to hear back in the early 80's in Iowa and then here. > > > > > > Todd Skaine > > > Woodbury, MN > > > Sony ICF 2010 > > > Toyota car radio > > > On Apr 15, 2015 10:01 PM, "Stewart, Joseph R" < > > > randystew...@missouristate.edu> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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