"Bob Haberkost" wrote in message
...

Although....it was Castro who abrogated Cuba's commitment to NARBA.
Before then,
Cuba and the US got along famously, and there was no problems in Cubans
getting U-S
radio, or Floridians Cuban radio. And, Rich is right. When we make nice
with Cuba,
Castro throttles back the blowtorches, since the whole island does
perfectly well
with 5kW on most channels (which shoots down your point that Cuba is
entitled to 1As
or Bs).

Conductivity in Cuba is like much of Puerto Rico... horrible. The only net
in pre-castro years that covered all of Cuba was Circuito CMQ, with about a
dozen staitons, ranging from 50 kw to 10 kw. Today, the major networks have
5 or 6 staitons, but use 10 to 120 kw to fully cover the Island. There are a
half dozen national nets, many regional nets and a lot of local stations.

It's only when the U-S government starts up with some provocative
propaganda
intiative that Castro smokes Florida (and points north...I remember how
hard it was
to listen to Jean Shepherd on WOR when the fight was on between the two
antagonists,
as there was an operation on 710 which ran 250kW or some such in Cuba).

Nope. It was a set of 50 kw stations in each "third" of Cuba, running
regular programming. Now, there is a single 50 and two or three 10 kw
stations.

"Bob Haberkost" wrote in message
...

Although....it was Castro who abrogated Cuba's commitment to NARBA.
Before then,
Cuba and the US got along famously, and there was no problems in Cubans
getting U-S
radio, or Floridians Cuban radio. And, Rich is right. When we make nice
with Cuba,
Castro throttles back the blowtorches, since the whole island does
perfectly well
with 5kW on most channels (which shoots down your point that Cuba is
entitled to 1As
or Bs).

Conductivity in Cuba is like much of Puerto Rico... horrible. The only net
in pre-castro years that covered all of Cuba was Circuito CMQ, with about a
dozen staitons, ranging from 50 kw to 10 kw. Today, the major networks have
5 or 6 staitons, but use 10 to 120 kw to fully cover the Island. There are a
half dozen national nets, many regional nets and a lot of local stations.

It's only when the U-S government starts up with some provocative
propaganda
intiative that Castro smokes Florida (and points north...I remember how
hard it was
to listen to Jean Shepherd on WOR when the fight was on between the two
antagonists,
as there was an operation on 710 which ran 250kW or some such in Cuba).

Nope. It was a set of 50 kw stations in each "third" of Cuba, running
regular programming. Now, there is a single 50 and two or three 10 kw
stations.

In view of this apparent disparity, what do you think the reaction of Castro
would, or should be?

And, all of this goes way back to 1939 ... long before Radio Marti.

Since the other four NARBA-signatory nations appear to have no trouble obeying
restrictions they agreed to 65 years ago, Castro ought to stop acting like a
bully/crybaby and attempt to negotiate something better for his country.

Oops, forgot: Castro is a Communist, and the other four nations won't
negotiate squat with him. There goes that theory.

On 29 Dec 2004 00:16:49 GMT, inch (Peter H.) wrote:

The U.S. got many additional Class I-B clears, while Canada and Mexico got a
few Class I-B clears, whereas neither the Bahamas nor Cuba got any Class I-B
clears at all.

In view of this apparent disparity, what do you think the reaction of Castro
would, or should be?

And, all of this goes way back to 1939 ... long before Radio Marti.

Those of us affected by the sudden appearance of Cuban interference
might just conclude that it was just a coincidence that Radio Marti
appeared - and shortly after, WOR started getting complaints of
Spanish programming under our signal.

Rich

On 29 Dec 2004 00:16:49 GMT, inch (Peter H.) wrote:

The U.S. got many additional Class I-B clears, while Canada and Mexico got a
few Class I-B clears, whereas neither the Bahamas nor Cuba got any Class I-B
clears at all.

In view of this apparent disparity, what do you think the reaction of Castro
would, or should be?

And, all of this goes way back to 1939 ... long before Radio Marti.

Those of us affected by the sudden appearance of Cuban interference
might just conclude that it was just a coincidence that Radio Marti
appeared - and shortly after, WOR started getting complaints of
Spanish programming under our signal.

Rich

Rich Wood wrote:

Since many people believe the Cuban high power operation is in
retaliation for the US' support of Radio and TV Marti, they should
write their congressmen and suggest the interference might go away if
Radio/TV Marti went away.

The administration and Congress are about as likely to remove Radio/TV
Marti as George Bush is likely to resign next week. It doesn't make
much sense to have programming which can't be heard easily in much in
Cuba but I must admit that I prefer a war of radio signals to an actual
invasion or US sponsored attempted coup in Cuba too.

It is indeed shameful that the US can't just negotiate with Cuba and has
Cuba hesitating to buy US agricultural products once againbecause they
might be attached as assets by US Courts but that's life under the
present political setup with no improvement in sight. The US probably
would do just as well offering to broadcast Cuban broadcasts over some
local stations in exchange for the Cuba doing the same for Cuban
stations as it's doing now but that's probably also something to hope
for in vain.

Hello Gentlemen ... & Lovely Ladies:

1.) Are we sure that the interference is aimed toward the South Florida
market?

2.) Is this a directional antenna used in Cuba?

3.) Is it a modification to the directional antenna in Cuba?

4.) Is it intentional?

I have not noticed the change in Ft. Myers, but then again, it is not
one of my button stations.

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta

In article , wrote:
Hello Gentlemen ... & Lovely Ladies:

1.) Are we sure that the interference is aimed toward the South Florida
market?

No, but a lot of it gets there.

2.) Is this a directional antenna used in Cuba?

3.) Is it a modification to the directional antenna in Cuba?

No, it's a single stick, I believe.

4.) Is it intentional?

Depends on how you think about it. No doubt they are intentionally running
higher power on 560, but whether they are doing it to try and get their
signal out to the US or to jam US stations, I don't know. I'd rather doubt
it in this case... I rather suspect that they are doing it in an attempt to
improve coverage in Cuba without the expense and difficulty of a proper
directional array.

I think if they _had_ a proper east-west array they could get good coverage
without the interference issues.

I have not noticed the change in Ft. Myers, but then again, it is not
one of my button stations.

It comes in nicely here in Virginia.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."