530 KHz in Vera Beach, FL

[Darth_vader]

So last weekend I scored myself a login on Global Tuners, and I have the Vero Beach, Fla. node set to 530 kHz. At the moment I'm hearing a drifty signal of easy listening music (currently a piano version of Sinatra's "I Did It My Way") preceded by some woman speaking Spanish.

Is this Cuba I'm hearing? I don't really know enough Español to make sense of what they're saying.

Edit add: that same Spanish-speaking woman's talking again, this time with a samba cut backing her.

 

[fybush]

Yup...this is Radio Enciclopedia from Cuba. Huge signal on a very clear channel; it's usually audible up here in western New York most nights.

 

[cd637299]

I hear it day & night in Broward County FL, but those on FL's west coast (from Tampa south) get it even better.

I heard it in daytime from Cape San Blas (the cape south of Tallahassee).

cd

 

[N4GBK]

Have heard them in the middle of the day here in NC. Cold winter days are best with car radio.

 

[nocomradio]

In VA, I can hear them almost every night without fail. During some serious auroral activity, I can hear them daytime too.

 

[rbrucecarter5]

I have heard reports of people in Colorado getting them, I've heard it in Lubbock at night.

I've tried for it in Los Angeles, but there is a local airport station. I tried in San Francisco, but it wasn't completely dark. No luck - I had to drive to interference prone areas before complete darkness.

 

[boiseengineer]

Regular in Idaho.

 

[gar hi]

Radio Enciclopedia is a regular day and night in Tampa with a pretty good signal too.

Now, there's another station from Cuba on the same frequency.

 

[cyberdad]

They're fairly regular at night in the Chicago area...albeit rather weak.

Last week in Gulf Shores (Alabama) it was steady 24/7....as usual there. The music is a little more uptempo daytime than at night....especially in the morning.

 

[nocomradio]

Tonight they are clear as a bell, but with the other Cuban underneath them faintly. I was also getting Spanish at regular intervals about halfway up the dial too. 640, 780, 1090.

 

[ChuckTiller]

Friday morning at 2:40AM CDT, I was hearing classical music on my car radio (2005 Chrysler 300 stock radio) on 530KHZ. I was on my way to work. I listened for about 9 minutes. It was very clear. (I accidentally put this on the wrong post yesterday.)

 

[cd637299]

Tonight they are clear as a bell, but with the other Cuban underneath them faintly. I was also getting Spanish at regular intervals about halfway up the dial too. 640, 780, 1090.

If you are getting Spanish on 780 & 1090, IMO that's likely Venezuela.....Radio Coro in Falcon on 780 & possibly Union Radio in Caracas on 1090.

cd

 

[crainbebo]

Never have gotten Radio Enciclopedia here in WA. 530 is the "TIS channel" here-and it's all a weak mess of stations piled on top of each other. Most are from the Seattle area. 1610 is a better TIS DX channel, as the NOAA station in Pendleton, OR makes it in sometimes at around 150 miles.

-crainbebo

 

[nocomradio]

Tonight they are clear as a bell, but with the other Cuban underneath them faintly. I was also getting Spanish at regular intervals about halfway up the dial too. 640, 780, 1090.

If you are getting Spanish on 780 & 1090, IMO that's likely Venezuela.....Radio Coro in Falcon on 780 & possibly Union Radio in Caracas on 1090.

cd

How very interesting.

I will note that and see if I can get a positive ID next time. As it is now, its all gone. Given the large amount of Spanish stations on AM here in the States though, particularly in the mid-Atlantic, that may be a bit of a challenge!