Re: [IRCA] Disney ship DX - AFRTV Guantanamo Bay

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Back in 1969 while in the US Navy as a Radioman, I
visited Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.  I had the privelage to
visit that Armed Forces Radio station on the base and was
given a guided tour.  And yes, I did log them but it
was within about 50 miles or so of the base.  If
I recall correctly they were on a graveyard channel,
perhaps 1340Kcs!  What frequency are they on now?

Tom Jasinski
Joliet, IL

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Subject: [NRC-AM] Disney ship
DX 
From: "Ben Dangerfield"
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Date: Mon,
September 15, 2014 9:44 pm 
To: "AM DX"
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In early September my wife and I took our two
great grandsons and their 
mother, our granddaughter,
on a Disney 
cruise from Cape Canaveral to Cozumel,
Mexico, Grand Caymans, Jamaica, 
Bahamas and back. I
took my Degen 1103 and DXed from the balcony of our 
room, mostly during the day. We sailed around the north
of Cuba to Cozumel 
and back south of Cuba to the
other places. Of course Cuban stations 
dominated.
North of Cuba the best signal was WFFG-1300 Marathon but

WINZ-940 was strong and WTMY-1280, Sarasota was
quite good as was WKWF-1600. 
In Cozumel XERB-810 was
local and XECAO, Cancun-740 super all the way to 
the
Caymans. On 1180 were two Cuibans and Radio Marti. But my
biggest 
thrill was logging AFRTV 
Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, just 25 watts, between Jamaica and southeast
Cuba. 
Has anyone ever logged them ? 
Also had
strong signals from ZNS-1 and 2 and many Miami area
stations at 
this point. Failed to hear any of the
Haiti stations but I think maybe 
4VEH-840 under
Cubans. 

Ben Dangerfield, Wallingford, Pa. 

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