1040 WHO

[romer979fm]

for the second time this week...noticed WHO being clobbered by a silent carrier:
heard it this morning about 4:30am central (from Nashville).
WHO could be heard for a few seconds at a time...then the silent carrier cover 'em again

Cuba's not back at it on 1040 are they?
(speaking of Cuba...they were being hammered at the same time this morning on 530...
has Turks/Caicos returned on 530? the programming covering the Havana easy listening
was espanol...but I could not identify it...and a third signal was also mixing in(

 

[gar hi]

As far as 1040 goes, that's our local WHBO but it's not a strong signal and many other stations can easily be heard here in the background.

There's what sounds like a Spanish station when I face the radio due south but that's nothing new as far as I remember.

As for 530, maybe it wasn't there or maybe I never looked for it but there is a weak Spanish station along with the usual strong Cuban one when I face the radio to the SE.

Interesting to note how the Cuban easy kistening station has a better signal here during the day than it does at night.

 

[LibertyNT]

you could be in its sky-wave cancellation zone

 

[RyanHoward]

Here in Warminster PA: WHO occasionally appears at night, overpowering semi-local WNJE(ESPN) from Flemington NJ.

 

[Icangelp]

I would bet that you are hearing WPBS, Radio Korea, in Conyers, GA.

I would classify them as "lax to the max". The station is destroying WHO, dominating 1040 at 8:15 PM on a Sunday night here in SW Ohio.

They are supposed to run 5.5KW critical hours, but it they are, it is the strongest 5.5KW on planet earth...not to mention they probably shoul be running .077KW right now.

I assume their 50KW Non-directional silent carrier is the guilty party.

Don't get me wrong, it is nice to hear some variety, and ignoring FCC rules can make for some great DXing.

 

[romer979fm]

you could be in its sky-wave cancellation zone

no...this is a recent occurance. WHO skywave reception is usually pretty good here...

 

[drt]

Icangelp

I assume their 50KW Non-directional silent carrier is the guilty party.

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That would certainly explain why on 1040 last night (I was about 53 miles n.n.e. of Tampa, about 50 miles west of Orlando), I was hearing a silent carrier (evidently WPBS, Conyers,GA) with the Cuban station underneath.

Back in St. Petersburg, there is a semi-local am on 1520 (Indian Shores,FL) that is a daytimer and almost never signs off at sign off; they are usually on the air at least 3 hours past their required sign off time and many nights are on the air all night with their Greek language programming.(during the day they have brokered English programming and some Spanish programming).

Then I noticed the other evening, religious station WTIS 1110 had their carrier on all night; this does not happen frequently but several times a year. Apparently the Tampa FCC field office is understaffed or this isn't a priority for them. (or both).

drt.
st. petersburg,fl

 

[KR4BD]

I've heard this dead carrier on 1040 in Lexington, KY too. It seems to come from the South (or North) from this location.

 

[Icangelp]

I've been checking 1040 on the way to work this week. Carrier is on a 7:00AM prior to WPBS signing on, and WPBS seems to be under the carrier as well.

I assume it is possible for the 'PBS CH transmitter to power up while the silent 50KW transmitter is also on?

I guess if I cared, I would try to contact their engineering staff, but since I'm not interested in what goes on in Des Moines...

 

[gr8oldies]

What is it with the foreign language stations? There's one from Texas blowing WLW away at times here in TN.

 

[spunker88]

Anywhere in the northeast we have the WBZ IBOC jammer on 1040. WHO once came in halfway decently where I am in Upstate NY, but not anymore.

 

[audioguy]

WHO operates their own IBOC jammer. The problem is that the entire band from 1020 up through 1070 is awash in IBOC noise at night over the eastern half of the country. It's a mess.

 

[n2wds]

Spunker, I'm in WNY and have found the best time to catch WHO is just before sunup...before WYSL goes daytime power and when WBZ IBOC mess is nonexistent at that hour.

 

[spunker88]

That probably would be the best time. I can usually hear WHO in the IBOC noise on 1040, but its very faint. The whole 1000s is a DX disaster for me.

1000 is WINS IBOC
1010 is CFRB/WINS and KDKA IBOC
1020 is KDKA and WINS/WBZ IBOC
1030 is WBZ and KDKA IBOC
1040 used to be WHO now its WBZ IBOC
1050 is WEPN/CHUM and KYW IBOC
1060 is KYW
1070 used to be CHOK now its KYW and WTIC IBOC
1080 is WTIC
1090 is WBAL and WTIC IBOC

Not a single good DX frequency and most of the stations sound bad because of IBOC interference.

 

[drt]

That probably would be the best time. I can usually hear WHO in the IBOC noise on 1040, but its very faint. The whole 1000s is a DX disaster for me. ..............................

Not a single good DX frequency and most of the stations sound bad because of IBOC interference.

Did you mean to say it sounds good?!? IBOC is supposed to make AM sound like FM and is supposed to make FM sound like a CD!!

Seriously, the IBOC hash in the NE US at night does pretty well ruin that part of the AM band; I was in Albany NY a weeklast month and can relate to that IBOC hash.

Here is St. Petersburg, it's the Cuban interference day and night, but as more and more AM stations turn off the IBOC, especially at night, you have the advantage there; the IBOC will most likely be gone before all the Cuban stations power down.

drt

 

[spunker88]

Theres a few Cubans that make it to Upstate NY. Theres one heard on 710 that can make WOR unpleasant to listen to at times. Im guessing its Radio Marti.

Theres also one on 1180 that can take out WHAM at times. May be another Radio Marti, I have a clip where you can clearly hear Spanish talk and music over top of WHAM. I dont get the best nighttime signal from WHAM or WGY since they are both daytime groundwave signals that have skywave/groundwave interference at night.

 

[cd637299]

Theres a few Cubans that make it to Upstate NY. Theres one heard on 710 that can make WOR unpleasant to listen to at times. Im guessing its Radio Marti.

Theres also one on 1180 that can take out WHAM at times. May be another Radio Marti, I have a clip where you can clearly hear Spanish talk and music over top of WHAM. I dont get the best nighttime signal from WHAM or WGY since they are both daytime groundwave signals that have skywave/groundwave interference at night.

Your 710 is Radio Rebelde in Cuba, one of four or more xmtrs on 710 to block the "yanqui imperialist" WAQI in Miami. Only 6 days after 710 Miami went Spanish w/ anti-Castro programming, the blockers showed up (1985 that was). To make sure, check 5025 kHz shortwave for parallel, or check Rebelde's stream via www.vtuner.com

1180 must be Rebelde as well. It jams Radio Marti, which only sends its signal south from Marathon in the FL Keys. Even in the Keys, 1180 & 710 are absolute messes.

cd

 

[davideduardo]

Your 710 is Radio Rebelde in Cuba, one of four or more xmtrs on 710 to block the "yanqui imperialist" WAQI in Miami.

I've heard WAQI called many things, but the "imperialista yanqui" term was never one of them. WAQI is jammed, or, better said, blocked because it is a voice for the "gusanos" (worms") as Cubans who have fled the Island are called. It reports accurately on every political and social movement in Cuba, but it also covers the life of Cubans "en el exilio" (in exile) and reflects the life they have in South Florida... an embarrasment for the Cuban government.

Only 6 days after 710 Miami went Spanish w/ anti-Castro programming, the blockers showed up (1985 that was).

There had been stations on 710 in Cuba dating back to NARBA days... they just moved a couple around. At one time, any FL signal that made significant landfall in Cuba got blocked... the reason why WIOD and then-WPLP got power increases.

1180 must be Rebelde as well. It jams Radio Marti, which only sends its signal south from Marathon in the FL Keys. Even in the Keys, 1180 & 710 are absolute messes.

I've driven to Marathon for pie many a weekend and had Mambí perfectly clear. Martí is aimed right at Cuba from Marathon, and its lobe really has limited coverage to over all but about a 120 degree arc headed south... just a few miles north, it gives out, and at Key West, which is not in the lobe, it's not really very good. And it was intended to be that way. If its programming were more vibrant, with a faster pace and better production, it would be widely listened to in Cuba as it was in the past. Clarification: it's public record that I have done the congressionally mandated reviews of Martí in the past, so I have fairly strong feelings on the usefullness of the concept and the shortcomings of the "format" itself.

 

[Icangelp]

I've driven to Marathon for pie many a weekend...

All right David, pie in Marathon? Manny & Isa's?

Key lime pie doesn't get any better.

I can't tell you how many times I dragged my wife there when we were say, within a hundred miles. So often that she stopped complaining.

Haven't been there in quite a few years.

 

[cd637299]

@David: I was being sarcastic. I'm no Commie by any means.....

Like I read somewhere about Internet etiquette---it's hard/impossible to be sarcastic in print. I shoulda done the "<sarcasm> </sarcasm> thing, I suppose.

There's a DXer in Australia who gets Marti on 1180, but never Rebelde as far as I know. That's how directional it can get.

cd