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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) |
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"Charles Hobbs" wrote in message ... 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. |
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David Eduardo wrote:
"Charles Hobbs" wrote in message ... 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.... |
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"Charles Hobbs" wrote in message ... David Eduardo wrote: "Charles Hobbs" wrote in message ... 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. |
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