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1620AM Pirate in Boston?
- Thread starter Wimmmex
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Nothing LICENSED for 1620 anywhere near Boston, and nothing on 810 that if you were driving by the tower would pop up as the first harmonic
What format is this station broadcasting?
Especially in the cold weather months, it's not unusual to hear a distant station come in like a local, especially on the sparsely populated X Band. When I was in Quebec, Canada, one winter week, American X-Band stations from hundreds of miles away were coming in like locals.
If the regular AM band were more sparsely populated, it would probably be repeated there as well.
If the regular AM band were more sparsely populated, it would probably be repeated there as well.
Sounded like French or Creole? But what do I know? ;-)
Most of what I can pick up for DX in that "extended band" are foreign language stations.
If it's in the Boston area, most likely is Kreyòl.
From Bruce Conti's list of unlicensed and low power stations, last updated in 2014:
1620 Radio Energy, French/Haitian www.radioenergyboston.com
1620 Radio Liberte, French/Haitian
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Source: http://www.bamlog.com/bostonlp2013.htm
This may be related to the 90.1 and 92.1 pirates cited by the FCC in Everett, Randolph, Boston, and Brockton.Note site linked above says 90.1 is also Radio Energy
https://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2018/db0213/DOC-349194A1.pdf NOUO to Gerlens Cesar
1620 Radio Energy, French/Haitian www.radioenergyboston.com
1620 Radio Liberte, French/Haitian
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Source: http://www.bamlog.com/bostonlp2013.htm
This may be related to the 90.1 and 92.1 pirates cited by the FCC in Everett, Randolph, Boston, and Brockton.Note site linked above says 90.1 is also Radio Energy
https://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2018/db0213/DOC-349194A1.pdf NOUO to Gerlens Cesar
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It's worth reading the Wikipedia article on "Haitian Creole" as it shows that the language of Haiti is neither French nor "Haitian". It is Kreyòl, a variety of creole French spoken only in Haiti. While "real" French may be spoken at the highest levels of government and society, most Haitians know no other language than Kreyòl. Kreyòl and French are not mutually intelligible.
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