My most interesting dx

[Mike in Destin]

Going back at least a year or so, I heard a station playing the Olivia Newton John album
Xanadu. The signal would fade out very slowly, then back again. This kind of propagation is very rare, in that it's not like regular fading in and out. It's indicative of a very distant station. Also typical of dx from another country is the lack of any ID for a long time. The signal seemed strongest directly south. Unfortunately I don't remember the frequency. I should have written it down! I'd give anything to know what it was. This was on AM band.

 

[MarioMania]

It would be help if you told what frequency you was on

 

[radiofan2023]

Might have been a Cuban station maybe?

 

[davideduardo]

Also typical of dx from another country is the lack of any ID for a long time.

In the rest of the Americas, stations tend to identify with name even more often than smaller U.S. stations do.

The only exception might be some of the Cuban networks, which are more lax in "promotion" than places where there is intense local commercial radio competition. But most Cuban stations are closer to you than one in Atlanta, Charlotte or Birmingham so they would not be prone to those longer "in and out" fades.

What is unusual in your report is the playing of an entire album, something few stations anywhere do any longer. That almost sounds like a test using a CD or even a disk... rather unusual and more likely a domestic station given the album, the era and the style of music.

 

[Mike in Destin]

I've heard several stations from Cuba, but none sounded like this one did. The fading was completely different. Usually stations from Cuba will be slightly stronger with the antenna northwest/southeast, although not always. But this seemed strongest north/south. Also sounded different from Radio Enciclopedia, or Rebelde. Is Rebelde the station that plays American oldies but ID's in Spanish?