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Cuban Radio Bandscan By Jean Burnell I was in Cuba a couple of weeks ago, and I had a great time at the beach! Between pina coladas I made some logs/observations, some of which may be useful! The MW band during daylight is dominated, of course, by many Cubans, but at night only the big network Cubans were clearly audible on their most local frequencies. Most channels yielded U.S. stations at night. Surprisingly, no Jamaicans were audible at night or during the day. Jean Burnell at Guardalavaca, Province of Holguin, Cuba Equipment: Sony 2010 with internal antenna Daytime bandscan compiled 9 - 13 April, 1996 Freq Station Likely location SIO 532.0 R. Vision Cristiana South Caicos 555 540.0 R. Rebelde Sancti Spiritus 444 550.0 R. Rebelde/a Guantanamo 555 570.0 R. Reloj/b Pilon 452 580.0 R. Monte Cristi?? (U.S. stn) 333 590.0 R. Rebelde/c Santa Clara 443 600.0 R. Rebelde Urbana Norris 555 610.0 R. Rebelde Bahia Honda? 232 620.0 R. Rebelde Moa 555 640.0 R. Progreso Las Tunas 555 650.0 R. Rebelde Santiago de Cuba354 660.0 R. Progreso Santa Clara 242 680.0 R. Rebelde Ciego de Avila 253 690.0 R. Progreso/d Jovellanos 222 710.0 R. Rebelde Holguin 555 740.0 R. Progreso Sagua de Tamano 555 760.0 R. Reloj/e Las Mercedes 542 789.5 R. RelojPinar del Rio 544 800.0 R. Progreso/f Manzanillo 455 810.0 R. Progreso Guantanamo 232 810.0 R. Bahamas (ZNS3) Freeport322 820.0 R. Progreso Contramaestre 355 840.0 "W" Santa Clara 344 850.0 R. Rebelde/g ? 222 890.0 R. Progreso/h ? 344 900.0 R. Progreso Cacocum 555 910.0 R. Cadena Agramonte Camaguey233 920.0 R. RelojUnion de Reyes 252 930.0 R. RelojCiego de Avila 555 940.0 R. Reloj/i Holguin 544 940.0 WINZ Miami FL322 950.0 R. RelojSancti Spiritus 243 980.0 R. Reloj/j Bayamo 222 1000.0 R. Musical Camaguey253 1010.0 R. Musical Holguin 455 1024.0 CCR Grand Turk 455 1040.0 R. Victoria/k Puerto Padre 432 1040.0 WYFX Boynton Beach FL432 1050.0 R. Victoria Las Tunas 555 1060.0 R. Victoria/l Amancio Rodriguez 343 1100.0 R. Angulo Banes 555 1110.2 unID/m SS weak 1120.0 R. Angulo Mayari 454 1130.7vR. Angulo Sagua de Tanamo 354 1140.0 R. Bayamo/n Media Luna 322 1140.0 WQBA Miami FL433 1150.0 R. Bayamo Entronque Bueycito 444 1210.0 WCMQ Miami Spring FL 355 1230.0 WJNO West Palm Beach FL 352 1240.0 R. Bahamas (ZNS2) Nassau 344 1270.0 R. Reloj/o Camaguey455 1300.0 R. Enciclopedia Las Tunas 544 1300.0 WFFG Marathon FL 322 1310.0 "W" Sagua la Grande 242 1320.0 R. Enciclopedia Santiago de Cuba344 1340.0 R. BanesBanes 555 1350.0 R. Libertad Puerto Padre 555 1360.0 WKAT Miami FL455 1370.0 R. Cadena Agramonte Nuevitas555 1400.0 R. Cadena Agramonte Guaimaro344 1400.0 WSGA Savannah GA 232 1450.0 WOCN Miami Beach FL 343 1490.0 R. Mayari Mayari 555 1500.0 R. Enciclopedia?/p Holguin?242 1540.0 R. Bahamas (ZNS1)/q Nassau 555 1560.0 WAGL Lancaster SC 444 1560.0 WTAI Melbourne FL 222 1590.0 R. Granma Manzanillo 555 a a ca. 1 kHz tone seems to be broadcast, not a het b very poor audio, essentially unlistenable c gritty sound quality, only R. Reloj listed here in WRTH d QRM mainly locally generated electrical noise e Huge carrier, tinny signal, hum and tone f WRTH says this has been reported on 792 g under US stn, not listed in WRTH h not listed in WRTH but also noted back in Nov 1994 i QRM from WINZ j under another Cuban k slightly stronger than WYFX l bit muffled, heard IDing as "Radio Las Tunas" also m not // 1100, no sign of the R. Angulo from Holguin listed here in WRTH n under WQBA o muffled audio p muffled audio, it is hard to believe this very weak signal emanates from a nearby town q WRTH lists R. Juvenil in Holguin on 1540 kHz, which did not seem to be active. R. Bahamas makes this freq unusable in Cuba. Thanks to Jean Burnell for permission to include this listing here. This website is maintained by Don Moore, Association of North American Radio Clubs DXer of the Year for 1995.