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.
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That might have been a shortwave image. Cuba used to relay Radio Moscow on 600 in the early 80s starting at 3pm
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.
The only thing I can think of is that I somehow picked them up on 5040 if they were broadcasting using that frequency back then.
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Yeah, It seems to only happen during the winter which I guess MW supposed to be the best for DX.
During the summer it doesn't happen.
With that said I don't bother with MW dx too much here because of local noise and a clogged band. At night there is multiple stations swapping on frequencies that are neither clear channel or local night time power.
Personally, I find Sporadic-E FM DX far more exciting as you don't have a clue what it might do or when it might happen. Also the mystery of it remains unsolved to this day despite being seen then the 1930s I believe.
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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,
Besides, the AM band is usually clogged with the same 300 stations. With sporadic-E, like what pclover (Eric) said, there could be a 100KW North Dakota blaster on one FM channel, and a 50KW MN station swapping with a 250-watt AM translator on another. Too bad we younger folks weren't able to DX much, if at all, on analog television, VHF ch 2-6, before it went away in the US.
Here in New Mexico, nothing on 530AM. West coast stations 1070 and 860 show up after Sunset but nothing from Cuba.
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. 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.
530 from Cuba should also turn up eventually where you are as well. Lower power, but not much to block it.
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.
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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.
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Chicago by the Lakeshore:
Right on the lakeshore I've heard CHLO during critical hours and at night. It can come in OK due to there not being anything to block the signal or interfere with it. As soon as I go inland though I no longer can really hear it. There can be a whiff of a signal but nothing identifiable. As for the Cuban stations, I have not heard either. But I rarely check 530 so maybe those two are something I should look into.
Right on the lakeshore I've heard CHLO during critical hours and at night. It can come in OK due to there not being anything to block the signal or interfere with it. As soon as I go inland though I no longer can really hear it. There can be a whiff of a signal but nothing identifiable. As for the Cuban stations, I have not heard either. But I rarely check 530 so maybe those two are something I should look into.
I get nothing on this frequency (or its 9-step neighbor, 531) where I am, except a bit of this station late at night occasionally. But travel a little way to the north, into Scotland, and the 10kW Faroe Islands station, Kringvarp Føroya, comes in on 531. In the very north and west of Scotland, especially on the islands, the station blasts in 24/7. The islands are covered by FM, this transmitter on the southern tip of the archipelago is primarily to provide programming and weather to fishing fleets.
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It feels like an exotic catch when you hear it - it's coming from a weird direction (north into the ocean), the language is strange, and the programming is as you'd expect for a country of 54,000 people. Last time I heard it, it was school kids singing and a random selection of US country and local island folk music.
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It feels like an exotic catch when you hear it - it's coming from a weird direction (north into the ocean), the language is strange, and the programming is as you'd expect for a country of 54,000 people. Last time I heard it, it was school kids singing and a random selection of US country and local island folk music.
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.
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.
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.
Edited to add that you can hear the groundwave signal from Faroe on this SDR on the northern coast of Ireland: http://malinheadkiwi.hopto.org:8073/?f=531.00amz4
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I'm curious if you ever got the German 531 before they shut down?
I have no memory of it when I was at my in-laws' house in Manchester. But that was over 20 years ago, only for one night, and in a room where the bottom of the MW band had a lot of noise. I do, however recall the American armed forces station from Germany on 873 with a decent signal. (Of course, that one is now also closed.)
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