Something under Cuba on 530 ---

[rbrucecarter5]

Unfortunately in the same direction so I can't null Cuba to get a clear signal.

 

[gar hi]

There's another station on 530 also from Cuba.

Here in Tampa, I can hear them both day and night.

 

[K6JHU]

And don't forget the collection of TIS. I once heard LAX TIS in Tampa.

 

[davideduardo]

And don't forget the collection of TIS. I once heard LAX TIS in Tampa.

And there is also CIAO in Toronto, with a multi-ethnic format... and there's a station in Costa Rica and one in Ecuador on 530, but both may be silent. Plus, the 50 kw station in the Turks and Caicos, which may or may not be running.

 

[BobOnTheJob]

There's another station on 530 also from Cuba.

Here in Tampa, I can hear them both day and night.

That's a surprise...the way that Radio Encyclopedia gets out, how could anything else stand a chance of the same frequency? That was my first thought until I looked at the map and found that Cuba is over 700 miles long!

 

[rbrucecarter5]

And don't forget the collection of TIS. I once heard LAX TIS in Tampa.

And there is also CIAO in Toronto, with a multi-ethnic format... and there's a station in Costa Rica and one in Ecuador on 530, but both may be silent. Plus, the 50 kw station in the Turks and Caicos, which may or may not be running.

I thought of those, but all would have come in if I nulled Cuba from Houston, because of their direction. The other station sounded like Spanish, but the Latin derivative languages all sound phonetically similar. But the second Cuba station is a likely scenario.

 

[davideduardo]

I thought of those, but all would have come in if I nulled Cuba from Houston, because of their direction. The other station sounded like Spanish, but the Latin derivative languages all sound phonetically similar. But the second Cuba station is a likely scenario.

Per Radio Vision Cristiana, their station in Turks & Caicos is on the air. I think that it has been on lower power than in the past... it's target is the Dominican Republic and rebroadcasts the programming from the AM they have in Santo Domingo, in Spanish.

 

[gar hi]

I can put my radio on 530 AM right now in the middle of the day and hear another station right behind Radio Enciclopedia and it comes from about the same direction. It's also from somewhere in Cuba and I'm surprised they don't have big interference issues on the island of Cuba.

At night, it sometimes overtakes Radio Enciclopedia but they are the only 2 stations I can hear from my location anyway.

 

[davideduardo]

I can put my radio on 530 AM right now in the middle of the day and hear another station right behind Radio Enciclopedia and it comes from about the same direction. It's also from somewhere in Cuba and I'm surprised they don't have big interference issues on the island of Cuba.

At night, it sometimes overtakes Radio Enciclopedia but they are the only 2 stations I can hear from my location anyway.

Supposedly the Enciclopedia station is in Metro Habana, while the other is in Guantánamo and a Radio Rebelde repeater.

Another consideration... Radio Marti conducts broadcasts on 530 certain times of the week using a fixed wing airplane and a trailing antenna, much like the Comando Solo configurations used during the early stages of several of the Middle East conflicts. While I can't confirm that this Martí operation is still going, it was running earlier in the year when I did a review of Martí programming.

 

[gar hi]

Now that you mention it, the other station behind Radio Enciclopedia sounds as though it slowly changes strength during the middle of the day.

I noticed that for the first time today because I listened much longer than I have in the past.

Radio Enciclopedia also seemed to have very slight but rapid fading which really surprised me being it was around 1 in the afternoon.

 

[cd637299]

The station in question, a Rebelde, has to be a new one, not Guantanamo---due to (1) the south or southwest bearing from my home near Miami, and (2) hearing it (the Rebelde) on my car radio the other afternoon, when Enciclopedia was off the air.

If gar fla is hearing this in the day as well, you'd have to scratch off Guantanamo.

Radio Vision took a 2008 hit from Hurricane Ike, I think....no idea the wattage now, but I cannot hear it. BTW Turks isn't far from Guantanamo....

cd

 

[davideduardo]

The station in question, a Rebelde, has to be a new one, not Guantanamo---due to (1) the south or southwest bearing from my home near Miami, and (2) hearing it (the Rebelde) on my car radio the other afternoon, when Enciclopedia was off the air.

Per ICR, its Guantánamo, moved from a couple of channels higher on the dial. It's also listed in a piece of literature the Chinese used for trade promotion, so there in fact may be several of them.

I also got confirmation of the Guantánamo location as part of a project involving Martí earlier in the year. Again, there may be more than one Rebelde on 530 now in an attempt to block the Marti 530 operation.

Radio Vision took a 2008 hit from Hurricane Ike, I think....no idea the wattage now, but I cannot hear it. BTW Turks isn't far from Guantanamo....

RVC supposedly is now directional, with the signal aimed straight at Puerto Plata.

Guantánamo is far to the SW, and behind a huge mountain range with very low conductivity.

 

[cd637299]

Yes, the Guantanamo 530 could still be on, but this 530 has to be a newbie. Sure hampers hearing Enciclopedia.

cd

 

[tomservo]

Whatever it is, it's not causing any problems up here in Alabama. Enciclopedia was clear and pretty clean this morning, with nothing underneath.

 

[tomservo]

Scratch that previous post. Just tuned to 530 while near the beach, and indeed there's something underneath. Sounded like salsa music or something. I couldn't understand spoken words but the drum beat was very clear. Does Martí play music on their experimental broadcasts?

I'd be curious to know how the ground conductivity is in Cuba. If it's as poor as some other Caribbean islands then I could see how there could be two or three stations on 530 running interference-free together on the island.

 

[davideduardo]

Scratch that previous post. Just tuned to 530 while near the beach, and indeed there's something underneath. Sounded like salsa music or something. I couldn't understand spoken words but the drum beat was very clear. Does Martí play music on their experimental broadcasts?

The plane supposedly only flys on Saturdays during the daytime hours. It also broadcasts FM. And it is the same format as Martí online, 1180 and shortwave. Some of the shows are "variety" shows where there are news and information tidbits between some songs. Salsa is among the kinds of music they play.

I'd be curious to know how the ground conductivity is in Cuba. If it's as poor as some other Caribbean islands then I could see how there could be two or three stations on 530 running interference-free together on the island.

All the Greater Antilles have the same geological origins, but since Cuba is so large, there are extensive coastal areas with good conductivity, while inland the more rugged areas are lower. In Puerto Rico, by comparison, the good conductivity may be a 5 to 7 mile stripe of land between the shore and the mountains... in Cuba there are vast areas of low plains that are good conductivity places.

Cuba is 780 miles from tip to tail, so at least three stations can be run easily on the same frequency. 710 has 5 or 6, although their main purpose is to jam WAQI.