WRMI shuts down due to Hurricane Ian

 

Hurricane Ian has put all WRMI transmitters off the air at their site in Okeechobee, Florida:

Hurricane update as of 0300 UTC Thursday, September 29: 

All power is out at the transmitter site and all transmitters are off the air until power comes back on. We have no idea when that will be at this point. We have power in our control room and we have Internet service. So our webstream is operating. It's completely dark outside, so we have no idea about antenna damage until perhaps sometime tomorrow. High winds are expected to continue for most or all of Thursday, so power company crews will not be able to do any work. We'll keep you updated here on Facebook.

5 hours earlier WRMI had posted:

Hurricane update as of 2203 UTC Wednesday: 

Winds are getting much higher here, and 15770 kHz has gone down, unfortunately. We still have 7780, 9955 and 5950 kHz on the air.

(WRMI Radio Miami International Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/wrmiradio )

Dear Colleagues and Clients:

Last night Hurricane Ian passed through central Florida. Winds were extremely high, and they caused extensive damage in our antenna field. The winds are still very strong as I write this (1330 UTC Thursday), and we have not been able to assess the extent of the damage yet. Electrical power went out at 0200 UTC Thursday and is still out. The power company, Florida Power and Light, cannot begin to work on power restoration until the winds go down to about 35 miles per hour, and that may not be until later today or tomorrow. So we are off the air, except for our Internet stream, until further notice. Thanks for all of your messages and phone calls. We'll keep you updated.

Jeff

Jeff White, General Manager

WRMI Radio Miami International

10400 NW 240th Street

Cuban monitoring reveals closedowns due to Hurricane Ian

 

CUBA   

Due to electricity supply problems by Hurricane Ian, on September 28 no signals were observed  

0500-0700UTC of the usual frequencies of RHC, Radio Rebelde, and Cuban Spy Numbers HM01

All times UTC

Radio Habana Cuba

0500-0600 on  5040 BAU 100 kW / 083&263 to Cuba English

0500-0600 on  6000 QVC 250 kW / 010 deg to ENAm English

0500-0600 on  6060 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to ENAm English

0500-0600 on  6100 BAU 100 kW / 310 deg to WNAm English

0500-0600 on  6165 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm English

0600-0700 on  6060 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to ENAm English

0600-0700 on  6100 BAU 100 kW / 310 deg to WNAm English

0600-0700 on  6165 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm English

and then 1100-1500UTC

1100-1400 on  6000 QVC 250 kW / non-dir to NCAm Spanish

1100-1300 on  6100 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm Spanish

1100-1500 on  9535 BEJ 100 kW / 230 deg to CeAm Spanish

1100-1500 on  9710 BEJ 050 kW / 110 deg to SoAm Spanish

1100-1500 on 11760 BAU 100 kW / non-dir to NCAm Spanish

1100-1300 on 13740 BAU 100 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish

1100-1500 on 15140 BAU 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish

1200-1500 on 15230 QVC 250 kW / 305 deg to WNAm Spanish

1300-1500 on 13700 BAU 100 kW / 310 deg to WNAm Spanish

Radio Rebelde

0500&1500 on  5025 BAU 100 kW / non-dir to Cuba Spanish

Cuban Spy Numbers HM01 Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri

0502-0554 on 10860 BEJ 050 kW / unknown to Eu/Am Spanish

0602-0654 on 10345 BEJ 050 kW / unknown to Eu/Am Spanish

0702-0754 on  9330 BEJ 050 kW / unknown to Eu/Am Spanish

(DXB 28 Sept 2022)