Technical

Our AM (medium wave) station broadcasts with a 10,000-watt Nautel NX-10 solid-state transmitter feeding a 212-foot (65m), 1/4-wave antenna. This is located near sea level in a valley about one-half mile from the Caribbean coast. The FM transmitter is a Nautel VX1.5 feeding a 2-bay SWR FMEC circularly polarized antenna with 1.5kW. The antenna is mounted on a 40-foot tower at Mount Obama (formerly Boggy Peak), at an elevation of 1319 feet (402m). STLs (studio-transmitter links) are Armstrong XLink for AM (350 MHz) and for FM (344 & 346 MHz).

In the studio we are using an Audioarts DMX-8 as the broadcast console for the AM station and a Broadcast Tools ACS8.2 Plus for FM. An Audioarts R55E console is used for production. We use Shure SM7B microphones.

Most of our programming is computerized. We employ BSI’s Simian Pro as our on-air automation software and Adobe Audition for production.