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Cubans at it again tonight.

T

Tincap

Greetings and Happy New Year's everyone! Last night Radio Rebelede booted 710 WOR off the band, coming in like a local. This evening I have Radio Progreso all over 900 CHML and Radio Enciclopedia doing a number on 530 CIAO. Some solar activity going on?

~BG
 
Thanx Icangelp (and memo, for your post in the other thread)! I'm currently monitoring for some TAs right now. After I call my wife (who's currently in Taiwan) for her wake up call, I plan to head down to the river, with my PR-D5 & S450. It's kinda chilly out there, so "Oh yes!" a big mug of coffee will be part of the kit :D.

~BG
 
Where are you located, Tincap?

I can remember times when the Cuban would briefly overtake WCBS 80 miles away in south Jersey.

When I last visited there, Radio Rebelede took over WOR. Not completely but it was dominant for a short time.

At the same time, Radio Enciclopedia on 530 was booming in too.
 
On a fairly regular basis in central Virginia, Cuba owns the band below 900 khz, with the exception of a handful of frequencies. They either dominate or share the rest of the channels.
 
Cuba has been stronger than usual recently here northwest of Chicago, at least on 530 and 640. Semi-auroral conditions seem to be rather firmly entrenched. (Although WCCO has also been roaring in more often than not).
 
I have been wondering about 830 AM for a little while -- for quite a while I have heard a Spanish-language station beating up on WCCO at night in eastern Iowa. Sometimes WCCO comes booming in as usual, sometimes I hear the Spanish language station in the background, sometimes it replaces WCCO altogether. I wouldn't care, except that aside from DXing, WCCO is actually one of the few remaining AM stations I actually enjoy listening to at night. (Let's face it, the dial is full of syndicated crap.)

I had assumed this was WGUE Memphis, but that can't be right. WFNO New Orleans has a Mexican regional format, but only 750 watts at night supposedly directed primarily out to sea, according to radio-locator.com. I didn't think that 830 AM was one of the frequencies haunted by Cuban stations at night, but on the other hand, the programming I'm hearing doesn't sound Cuban; it sounds Mexican. Does anybody know the story?
 
I've heard WFNO a few times at night where they're not supposed to be, so I think they may be "forgetting" to power down once in a while.
 
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