I posted this message over in rec.radio.amateur.dx, but no one seems to have
any answers for me. It's perhaps a little off-topic, but since most of the
posts in these parts are, it'll fit right in. And at least here I'll get
some sort of response.

Even if it's political.

I'm just going to cut and paste:



I'm new to the hobby, so please bear with me.

I picked up a Gene Scott broadcast last night on MW at 1615 KHz. Here's the
info I found at his website:

http://www.drgenescott.com/swave.htm

THE CARIBBEAN BEACON
Anguilla, British West Indies
24 hours a day - 7 days a week

690 KHz AM

1610 KHz AM

I'm listening in Seattle, and I really don't think that I've DX'd the guy
all the way from the Caribbean. The signal isn't constant; it eventually
faded out just
like SW reception does. So my question is, just how did I hear this
broadcast? Scott uses satellites, but I imagine they're geo-synchronous and
so (I assume) the signal wouldn't fade. Is that true? Is retransmitting of
MW or FM band signals ever even done in the first place? And why did I
receive the signal at 1615 instead of 1610? Did I pick up a repeater of some
sort? I have more questions, but I think that from the ones I've just posed
that everyone can imagine what they are. Thanks in advance for your replies.

FWIW I'm using a Grundig S350, grounded, with a 75' random wire antenna.


And for rec.radio.shortwave, does anybody know of a URL that explains the
process by which SW trasmissions are rebroadcast via satellite? Obviously,
I've got more to learn about this.

Oh, and by the way...it's 0525 UTC and -someone- is back on that frequency
again. (I tried reception during the day, but got nothing.) I haven't yet
heard anything to indicate who it is, but I'm sure it's Scott.