David Eduardo wrote:
"WBRW" wrote in message

And if WADO wants to play more music than news/talk, that's fine by
me. The skywaves are strong enough this season that almost every
night, I can get "Radio Reloj" from Cuba quite clearly on 570 kHz,
coming in right on top of local WMCA.

And why would "filtered" news form Cuba, listenable only at night under
occasional atmospheric conditions, be better than regulr hourly casts on a
local NY station?

Because it's a good indication of when skywave propagation from the
Caribbean is strong. When Radio Reloj kocks out your local station, you
know it's time to tune in the Cuban station on 530 for live salsa
broadcasts, or tune to 4VEH for musique Zouk.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
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David Eduardo wrote:
"WBRW" wrote in message

And if WADO wants to play more music than news/talk, that's fine by
me. The skywaves are strong enough this season that almost every
night, I can get "Radio Reloj" from Cuba quite clearly on 570 kHz,
coming in right on top of local WMCA.

And why would "filtered" news form Cuba, listenable only at night under
occasional atmospheric conditions, be better than regulr hourly casts on
a
local NY station?

Because it's a good indication of when skywave propagation from the
Caribbean is strong. When Radio Reloj kocks out your local station, you
know it's time to tune in the Cuban station on 530 for live salsa
broadcasts,

There is no Cuban station on 530. Never has been. There is very little live
music on Cuban stations any more.

or tune to 4VEH for musique Zouk.

4VEH is a very hard catch, and is mostly religious. It has not been an easy
DX for 2 decades since it moved off of 1035 and reduced power.

David Eduardo wrote:

There is no Cuban station on 530. Never has been. There is very little live
music on Cuban stations any more.

I used to hear mostly music on 640 out of Havana (CMQ?)

However, the last time I was anywhere near Cuba (Puerto Rico in late
2001), I couldn't hear anything from Cuba, on any frequency. Not even
a Radio Reloj clock tick....(Venezuela, on the other hand....)



or tune to 4VEH for musique Zouk.


4VEH is a very hard catch, and is mostly religious. It has not been an easy
DX for 2 decades since it moved off of 1035 and reduced power.

I have a 4VEH QSL, back from 1979 (of course this was when they were
on shortwave). Mostly block religious programming from the States, if
I recall correctly (and no, I didn't hear Haiti on MW from P.R. either)

"Charles Hobbs" wrote in message
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However, the last time I was anywhere near Cuba (Puerto Rico in late
2001), I couldn't hear anything from Cuba, on any frequency. Not even
a Radio Reloj clock tick....(Venezuela, on the other hand....)

Reception of Cuba in Puerto Rico is quite hard. One is about 800 to 900
miles from the major transmitters, and N/S propagation in the tropics eems
to cover greater distances on MW than E/W. At least, that is my impression
from living in the tropics for over 30 years.

I have a 4VEH QSL, back from 1979 (of course this was when they were
on shortwave). Mostly block religious programming from the States, if
I recall correctly (and no, I didn't hear Haiti on MW from P.R. either)

In my time living in PR and DXing, I rarely heard a Haitian, and those that
did come in were the long gone split frequency ones at 1035, 1285 and 1325
(if I remember right)/ There was also a low-power at 1145, but very hard to
get even in PR.

David Eduardo wrote:
"Charles Hobbs" wrote in message
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However, the last time I was anywhere near Cuba (Puerto Rico in late
2001), I couldn't hear anything from Cuba, on any frequency. Not even
a Radio Reloj clock tick....(Venezuela, on the other hand....)


Reception of Cuba in Puerto Rico is quite hard. One is about 800 to 900
miles from the major transmitters, and N/S propagation in the tropics eems
to cover greater distances on MW than E/W. At least, that is my impression
from living in the tropics for over 30 years.

My limited experience (3-day business trip to San Juan) seems to bear
this out....I picked up the Bahamas and the Virgin Islands relatively
clearly during the day, but after dark, Venezuelan stations stomped
all over everything. I don't recall even hearing PJB 800 on Bonaire....

"Charles Hobbs" wrote in message
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David Eduardo wrote:
"Charles Hobbs" wrote in message
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However, the last time I was anywhere near Cuba (Puerto Rico in late
2001), I couldn't hear anything from Cuba, on any frequency. Not even
a Radio Reloj clock tick....(Venezuela, on the other hand....)


Reception of Cuba in Puerto Rico is quite hard. One is about 800 to 900
miles from the major transmitters, and N/S propagation in the tropics
eems
to cover greater distances on MW than E/W. At least, that is my
impression
from living in the tropics for over 30 years.

My limited experience (3-day business trip to San Juan) seems to bear
this out....I picked up the Bahamas and the Virgin Islands relatively
clearly during the day, but after dark, Venezuelan stations stomped
all over everything. I don't recall even hearing PJB 800 on Bonaire....

I would really doubt the Bahamas during the day.

the two Bahamian AMs are on 810 and 1540. Puerto Rico has a 50 kw on 810 and
a smaller local on 1540 (which is impossible in San Juan due to strong 1520
and 1560 locals. The Bahamas are a very hard log in PR... nearly 800 miles
away.

Could what you heard be 780 out of Tortola, British Virgins? 10 kw, non-D.
Another that used to come in well outside San Juan was 800 in Bonaire when
they still ran 500 kw. No signal on north side of PR, though.

USVI stations on 1000 and 970 do make it OK daytime to San Juan,
particularly near the airport area.