I've never heard Radio Rebelde or Enciclopedia on 530, but Radio Havana used to come in on one of the frequencies in the 500 range about 20 years ago, as I remember.
That might have been a shortwave image. Cuba used to relay Radio Moscow on 600 in the early 80s starting at 3pmI've never heard Radio Rebelde or Enciclopedia on 530, but Radio Havana used to come in on one of the frequencies in the 500 range about 20 years ago, as I remember.
Radio Havana has been short-wave only for longer than that. For some years in the 60's and 70's there was a Radio Havana in the 1100's, but it is long gone.I've never heard Radio Rebelde or Enciclopedia on 530, but Radio Havana used to come in on one of the frequencies in the 500 range about 20 years ago, as I remember.
Technically not new as I registered an account last year to post some DX stuff in this thread but thank you anywaysWelcome to the board!
Yep! As David said, I think you meant 530.
R. Emciclopedia. Is pretty much all soft instrumental music. A little more uptempo during the day than at night. All-female announcers who occasionally interrupt the music to dispense Encilopedic "facts". The format makes the station easy to identify.
I see from your profile that you're located in Santa Cruz, CA. So hearing R. Enciclopedia there is a pretty nice catch. A number of years ago, I heard it in the Southern California desert one night...on a Sony Walkman SRF-37. I've been back to SoCal numerous time after that, but haven't heard R. Emciclopedia since.
My experience when I'm in the Pesacola area is that Rebelde is under Enciclopedia most nights...but occasionally manages to briefly get on top. During daytime, it's all Enciclopedia with nothing underneath. makes sense if Rebelde is using a transmitter near Gitmo, and Enciclopedia is transmitting from the Havana area,That's the Radio Rebelde transmitter in Guantanamo. (I have heard it flipped to Radio Bayamo briefly, a few years ago)
Keep after it, Scott, I think you'll snag Cuba. ]Here in New Mexico, nothing on 530AM. West coast stations 1070 and 860 show up after Sunset but nothing from Cuba.
WAQI since the 80's... As Radio Mambí, it sounds a lot like the Rebelde talk segments as WAQI is predominantly based on anti-Communist and anti-Cuban socialism subjects.Keep after it, Scott, I think you'll snag Cuba. ]
You might want to try 1180. A bunch of synchronized signals on 1180 from Cuba, The idea being to jam R. Marti which broadcasts from the Florida Keys to Cuba. 710 has something very similar, A bunch of synchronized transmitters relaying R. Rebelde, intended to block WGBS from Miami.
Per WRTH 2023 there are over 20 separate transmitters in Cuba on 710, one every 40 miles apart across Cuba.It might take a while, but if you hear Spanish language programming with an echo, on 1180 or 710, you've almost certainly got Cuba.
It's been frequently logged on the SDRs in Hawai'i.530 from Cuba should also turn up eventually where you are as well. Lower power, but not much to block it.
You meant it was Marti that was directional only to Cuba, correct? Mambi (WAQI-ex WGBS) covers the Miami market. When the Key West SDR was active, one could get a loud Radio Marti along with an almost as loud Rebelde chorus on 1180 during the day.WAQI since the 80's... As Radio Mambí, it sounds a lot like the Rebelde talk segments as WAQI is predominantly based on anti-Communist and anti-Cuban socialism subjects.
Since the Mambí signal is extremely directional only towards Cuba, it is a hard catch in most of the US. When I was "engaged" by Martí back in the 80's, I found it hard to hear in my car radio until I got down towards Kendall on the southern side of metro Miami!
Per WRTH 2023 there are over 20 separate transmitters in Cuba on 710, one every 40 miles apart across Cuba.
It's been frequently logged on the SDRs in Hawai'i.
Yes, my big mistake. I meant Martí on 1180 with its directional antenna (visible on Google's aerial views on the South by Southeast side of Key Marathon.You meant it was Marti that was directional only to Cuba, correct? Mambi (WAQI-ex WGBS) covers the Miami market. When the Key West SDR was active, one could get a loud Radio Marti along with an almost as loud Rebelde chorus on 1180 during the day.
I get Algeria sometimes here in Manchester (but have a lot of AM noise) but Faroe tends to dominate in Scotland. 549 is the stronger signal for Algeria, especially since Ireland vacated the frequency last year.Algeria doesn't make it to Scotland, Miss Tuned? It seems to be a regular for east coast DXers on 531. There's also some RNE Radio 5 relays down in Spain.
I'm curious if you ever got the German 531 before they shut down?I get nothing on this frequency (or its 9-step neighbor, 531) where I am,....