Radio in Cuba and Dominican Rep.
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Radio in Cuba and Dominican Rep.
This message is sent by Jean Burnell <jburnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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To: NF Vets/Merriman/Quaglieri/Whitt/Ross/Hard-Core-DX/AM-DX NewsFlash
I was in Cuba a couple of weeks ago, and I had a great time at the beach!
Between pina coladas I made some logs/observations, some of which may be useful!
The MW band during daylight is dominated, of course, by many Cubans, but at
night only the big network Cubans were clearly audible on their most local
frequencies. Most channels yielded U.S. stations at night. Surprisingly, no
Jamaicans were audible at night or during the day.
... Jean
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Jean Burnell near Guardalavaca, Province of Holguin, Cuba
Sony 2010 with internal antenna
(jburnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
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Dates and times UTC:
Trans-Atlantic (trivial logs!)
1134t CROATIA Hrvatski R., Zadar, APR 9 0226 - Likely this w/ mellow pops
but without ancmt between the tunes; SIO 333
1215 ENGLAND Virgin R. synchros, APR 9 0218 - Rock mx, but deep fades; SIO
332
1314 NORWAY NRK, Kvitsoy, APR 9 0214 - Jazz saxiphone, male ancr in
Norwegian; SIO 344
1521 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA, Duba, APR 13 0313 - Koran in the clear using USB,
almost as strong as at home; SIO 344
Pan-American
810 BAHAMAS R. Bahamas (ZNS3), Freeport, APR 12 1211 - Bank ads, softball
schedule, // 1540. Far below a R. Progreso outlet, SIO 322-1
930 MONTSERRAT R. Antilles, APR 11 0306-0331 - BBC WS pgms: nx then
sports, Big Ben chimes at 0330; SIO 322. APR 12 0234-0239 - VOA newsmagazine
pgm; SIO 432. In both instances QRM from R. Reloj. I've trying to hear this from
NF for years, but local CJYQ is very tough!
1240 BAHAMAS R. Bahamas (ZNS2), Nassau, APR 12 1158-1203 - Baseball scores,
wx for Bahamas, local anmts, nx from 1203, // 1540 at this time; SIO 333. APR
12 1359 - Religious song, long jingle/ID song at 1402, not // 1540; SIO 344
1340 COLOMBIA RCN stn, more than one possible site, APR 10 0220 - Sports
play-by-play, mentioned "Cadena RCN" and was // 770 and 1400; SIO 222
1500 VENEZUELA R. Dos Mil, Cumana, APR 13 2336 - "Radio Dos Mil" ID, ads w/
prices in Bolivares; SIO 333
1570 DOMINICAN REP. R. Amanecer Internacional, Santo Domingo, APR 11 0055 -
Choppy signal but dominated the freq w/ SS religion, ID at 0057; SIO 444-3 Only
DR stn I could find.
1580 BELIZE VOA Relay, APR 12 0239-0245 - VOA in EE w/ newsmagazine; SIO
242
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Jean Burnell at Guardalavaca, Province of Holguin, Cuba
Equipment: Sony 2010 with internal antenna
Daytime bandscan compiled 9 - 13 April, 1996
Freq Station Likely location SIO
532.0 R. Vision Cristiana South Caicos 555
540.0 R. Rebelde Sancti Spiritus 444
550.0 R. Rebelde/a Guantanamo 555
570.0 R. Reloj/b Pilon 452
580.0 R. Monte Cristi? ? (U.S. stn) 333
590.0 R. Rebelde/c Santa Clara 443
600.0 R. Rebelde Urbana Norris 555
610.0 R. Rebelde Bahia Honda? 232
620.0 R. Rebelde Moa 555
640.0 R. Progreso Las Tunas 555
650.0 R. Rebelde Santiago de Cuba 354
660.0 R. Progreso Santa Clara 242
680.0 R. Rebelde Ciego de Avila 253
690.0 R. Progreso/d Jovellanos 222
710.0 R. Rebelde Holguin 555
740.0 R. Progreso Sagua de Tamano 555
760.0 R. Reloj/e Las Mercedes 542
789.5 R. Reloj Pinar del Rio 544
800.0 R. Progreso/f Manzanillo 455
810.0 R. Progreso Guantanamo 232
810.0 R. Bahamas (ZNS3) Freeport 322
820.0 R. Progreso Contramaestre 355
840.0 "W" Santa Clara 344
850.0 R. Rebelde/g ? 222
890.0 R. Progreso/h ? 344
900.0 R. Progreso Cacocum 555
910.0 R. Cadena Agramonte Camaguey 233
920.0 R. Reloj Union de Reyes 252
930.0 R. Reloj Ciego de Avila 555
940.0 R. Reloj/i Holguin 544
940.0 WINZ Miami FL 322
950.0 R. Reloj Sancti Spiritus 243
980.0 R. Reloj/j Bayamo 222
1000.0 R. Musical Camaguey 253
1010.0 R. Musical Holguin 455
1024.0 CCR Grand Turk 455
1040.0 R. Victoria/k Puerto Padre 432
1040.0 WYFX Boynton Beach FL 432
1050.0 R. Victoria Las Tunas 555
1060.0 R. Victoria/l Amancio Rodriguez 343
1100.0 R. Angulo Banes 555
1110.2 unID/m SS weak
1120.0 R. Angulo Mayari 454
1130.7v R. Angulo Sagua de Tanamo 354
1140.0 R. Bayamo/n Media Luna 322
1140.0 WQBA Miami FL 433
1150.0 R. Bayamo Entronque Bueycito 444
1210.0 WCMQ Miami Spring FL 355
1230.0 WJNO West Palm Beach FL 352
1240.0 R. Bahamas (ZNS2) Nassau 344
1270.0 R. Reloj/o Camaguey 455
1300.0 R. Enciclopedia Las Tunas 544
1300.0 WFFG Marathon FL 322
1310.0 "W" Sagua la Grande 242
1320.0 R. Enciclopedia Santiago de Cuba 344
1340.0 R. Banes Banes 555
1350.0 R. Libertad Puerto Padre 555
1360.0 WKAT Miami FL 455
1370.0 R. Cadena Agramonte Nuevitas 555
1400.0 R. Cadena Agramonte Guaimaro 344
1400.0 WSGA Savannah GA 232
1450.0 WOCN Miami Beach FL 343
1490.0 R. Mayari Mayari 555
1500.0 R. Enciclopedia?/p Holguin? 242
1540.0 R. Bahamas (ZNS1)/q Nassau 555
1560.0 WAGL Lancaster SC 444
1560.0 WTAI Melbourne FL 222
1590.0 R. Granma Manzanillo 555
a a ca. 1 kHz tone seems to be broadcast, not a het
b very poor audio, essentially unlistenable
c gritty sound quality, only R. Reloj listed here
in WRTH
d QRM mainly locally generated electrical noise
e Huge carrier, tinny signal, hum and tone
f WRTH says this has been reported on 792
g under US stn, not listed in WRTH
h not listed in WRTH but also noted back in Nov 1994
i QRM from WINZ
j under another Cuban
k slightly stronger than WYFX
l bit muffled, heard IDing as "Radio Las Tunas" also
m not // 1100, no sign of the R. Angulo from Holguin
listed here in WRTH
n under WQBA
o muffled audio
p muffled audio, it is hard to believe this very
weak signal emanates from a nearby town
q WRTH lists R. Juvenil in Holguin on 1540 kHz,
which did not seem to be active. R. Bahamas makes this
freq unusable in Cuba.
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Jean Burnell at airport of Puerto Plata, Dominican Rep.
Equipment: Sony 2010 with internal antenna
Daytime bandscan compiled 14 April, 1996, 1830-2000 UTC
Freq Station/note/a Location Strength/5
532 R. Vision Cristiana South Caicos 5
540 unID, R. ABC? Santo Domingo? 2
560 R. Ritmos/b Santiago 4
580 unID in SS ?
2
590 R. Santa Maria La Vega 5
610 R. Accion/c Santiago 4
660 R. Quisqueyana Santiago 4
720 R. Norte Santiago
4
770 R. Aguila Santiago
4
820 R. Santiago Santiago 4
840 R. Isabel de Torres Puerto Plata 5
850 R. Clarin?/d,e Santiago 3
860 R. Clarin?/d Santo Domingo 2
870 R. La Vega La Vega 4
900 R. Puerto Plata Puerto Plata 5
930 Ondas del Yague Santiago 4
970 R. Olimpica/f La Vega 2
990 R. Cibao Santiago
2
1050 R. Hispaniola Santiago 3
1090 R. Amistad Santiago
3
1160 unID, Radiolandia? Santiago? 2
1190 R. Azul Santiago 4
1270 R. Vision/g Santo Domingo 3
1490 RTV Dominicana Puerto Plata 5
1540 R. Bahamas Nassau 2
a WRTH lists many more stations in Santiago, La Vega
and, especially, Puerto Plata which I feel I would
have heard if the stations had been active. I did
check every 10 kHz-channel, and every one with
discernable audio is noted here.
b Disappeared (off air) 1927-1944, 1946-...
c Open carrier at 1835, later with rock mx
d 850 // 860. The only ID heard was garbled, but the
station's name sounded like only one syllable, not the
two syllables of "Clarin"
e WRTH says this is inactive
f IDed as "HIVP" without mention of "Radio Olimpica"
g IDed as "Radio Hit"
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