On Jul 7, 10:21 pm, m II wrote:
Havana on 11760 coming in nice and clear. Slight drifting in signal.

This seems like a higher than normal frequency for this time of day..I'm
at 23:17 Mountain daylight, and usually get the best reception at lower
frequencies.

The ionosphere can be weird...

'Grundig' 800
100ft north/south antenna
Calgary Alberta
Canada

mike

It seems as though Cuba's frequency usage has increased as relations
between the US and Fidel's friends such as Hugo Chavez have
deteriorated. Even worse, they tend to be right next to BBC freqs,
wiping out the weaker Beeb signals coming from other parts of the
world. The Beeb uses 6005 in Africa, the Cubans use 6000 (although to
be fair 6000 has been dominated by Cuba for a LONG time). Beeb is on
11765 at 0500, Cuba is on 11760. Those frequencies are practically the
only usable ones in the US for The World Today, at 0300 and 0500
respectively, so Cuba has to be nulled, which is nearly impossible
given how much power they're feeding into their tx's just a short
distance from America. I notice little difference between the old
Yaesu tabletop and the little Degen portable in this regard-they both
have problems with Cuban splatter. A few years ago, the Beeb had a
Spanish language relay using the Delano tx, only a couple hundred
miles from me, and they just blew the Cubans out of the water. I think
that Cuba and Britain have been chasing each other on SW ever since,
even though the decision to put BBC Espanol on 5995 was probably made
by the US government, which runs Delano via VOA.