Radio in Cuba and Dominican Rep.
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This message is sent by Jean Burnell <jburnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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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