[A-DX] Kuba im 90 mb

[Wolfgang Bueschel]

KUBA   Vor einigen Tagen habe ich für das kommende SF Minimum R Rebelde im
120 mb genannt, dies war nicht richtig.

Hier die Korrektur: Rebelde in einigen Jahren zurück auf der
Frequenz 3365 kHz ?  73 wb


Radio Rebelde's 5025 kiloHertz transmitter is running half the power of
ours, that is 50 kiloWatts, and the two antennas are slightly different.

Our Tropical Band antenna has a bit more gain, say about 3 dB more than
Rebelde's, and they are not oriented in the same direction, although both
are intended to provide a national sky wave service for the Cuban
archipelago.

In the near future, when solar cycle 24 starts its downward slope, we may be
adding a second Radio Havana Cuba tropical band service, so that we can be
on the air in Spanish full time during the local evening hours, and add
French, Kreyol and English on the second transmitter with a similar high
vertical incidence angle antenna.

We will carefully monitor the behavior of the nighttime maximum useable
frequency curve as solar cycle 24's activity drops after the peak months,
and when the MUF drops below 7 megaHertz we will be activating the second
Radio Havana Cuba tropical band frequency on the 60 meters band.

By the way, many years ago, Radio Rebelde did used a 90 meters tropical band
frequency, with a 5 kiloWatts transmitter on 3365 kiloHertz, and this may be
another option to explore when solar activity drops to extremely low levels.
(Prof. Arnaldo Coro Antich_CO2KK, RHC DxersUnlimited script Jul 30 via dxld)