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Take a look at our Trans-Pacific DX section and you will see that Bruce Conti has a report from New Hampshire! An east coast TP report for 738 may become even more difficult, because tonight (NOV 16-17) I am hearing a huge open carrier on 740 kHz, probably the new Toronto station testing. To put this in perspective, John Bryant’s TP report from Washington is amazing by itself! A rare week, when I dominate the TA section! If only I could hear some MW TA’s. It is very interesting to observe at least one LW TA every night.

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TRANS-ATLANTIC DX

180 UNID, NOV 16 0535 - weak talk in a mess of hets, possibly a mixing product. [Renfrew-NY]

189 ICELAND NBS Gufuskalar, NOV 8 0132 - talk about US elections, "Won’t Get Fooled Again" by the Who, "Hill Street Blues" theme, "Upside Down" dance number, "Message in a Bottle" by the Police. Tone at top of hour (0200), then news. But no ID heard. [Renfrew-NY]

198 UNITED KINDOM BBC synchros, NOV 11 0100 - Five plus one pips, BBC World Service news, followed by World Showcase Hour and Meridian Masterpice, // 5975 kHz. [Renfrew-NY] PAN-AMERICAN DX

530 TURKS & CAICOS IS Radio Visión Christiana International, NOV 7 2356-2403+ - EZL SS vocals; RVC ID & US election spot @2356, "Atención los Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico"--informational as mentioned electoral college; RVC SID @2400 then man with EE ID mentioning Patterson NJ & RVC Int'l. Man with SS US election coverage @2402. Good. [Frodge-MI]

540 MEXICO XEJAZZ, Tijuana, BCN, OCT 15 0625-0630 – English, strong signal with "K-Jazz" slogans, ID: "K-Jazz now available on AM 5-40, serving Southern California", into slow Jazz music. Finally heard with new calls (ex-XEBACH). [Knight-CO]

580 MEXICO XEMU Piedras Negras ("Black Stones"), COAH, NOV 10 0024 - Rancheras; "La Rancherita del Aire" slogans; 0030 long ad string for stores in Eagle Pass and P.N.; more music at 0035. Very large signal in WIBW null. [Wilkins-CO]

690 MEXICO XERG Monterrey, NL, NOV 10 0048 - SPT talk (pre-game?) about "Los Tigres" (area team); 0050 ads, shouting promos and hype about the Tigres; "R-G" slogan and faded at 0055. Poor in KGGF null. [Wilkins-CO]

830 CUBA Radio Reloj, NOV 8-9 2325-2405+ - Can just hear tone "RR" under UNID religious station. Man and woman with SS audio came up after briefly @2403. Very poor, but first time heard. [Frodge-MI]

880 CUBA Radio Progreso, NOV 8 2304-2323+ - man with fútbol game call. Poor, mainly under WINU, // 640. [Frodge-MI]

1010 MEXICO XEKD Cd. Acuña, COAH, NOV 11 0000 - ID after XE song: "XEKD en el diez diez de amplitud modulada, transmitiendo desde Cd. Acuña, Coahuila con mil wats de potencia..." then into more norteña music. Poor with QRM from KSIR (mostly nulled) and KIQN. [Wilkins-CO]

1010 MEXICO XETX, Nuevo Casas Grandes, CHIH, OCT 19 0418-0425 – ID: "Siempre alegre, siempre cordial, siempre ______, esta es La ‘X’, La Ranchera de Paquimé", into música ranchera (heavy on the trumpets). Good peak. Mostly poor to fair signal. Call letter ID @0427 by child. [Knight-CO]

1030 MEXICO XEMPM, Los Mochis, SIN, OCT 16 0530-0541 – Fair to good with música norteña and "Radio Fama" slogan. About even with KTWO. [Knight-CO]

1030t MEXICO XEYC, Ciudad Juárez, CHIH, OCT 16 0455-0530 – Tentative. Spanish, LOUD most of the time obliterating KTWO with program to combat insomnia, Mexican national anthem, faded out completely at the top-of-the-hour (of course), then back with música tropical, ID: "104.1 Radio Uno" (appearantly a relay of XEDF-FM in Mexico City), one mention of "Chihuahua" in PSA. Left the air around 0530 leaving KTWO and XEMPM to battle it out. Heard 2 days later on the car radio with talk program, "Radio Formula" slogans, and local ad for Ciudad Juárez. Have not heard call letters, yet. [Knight-CO]

1180 CUBA Radio Rebelde, NOV 7 2313-2320 - man and woman with commentary // 5025. Poor under WHAM. [Frodge-MI]

1440 MEXICO XECCC Jalisco, Guadalajara NOV 11 1230 - classical music in short snippets for the previous half hour. Good signal into Arizona. Heard before local KSLX sign-on. [Redding-AZ]

1470 MEXICO XERCN, Tijuana, BCN, OCT 18 0330 – Spanish, very good with música tropical y salsa, "La Caliente" slogans, ID: "La Caliente serviendo Tijuana y San Diego", mentioned "10 mil watts". New slogan. [Knight-CO]

1550 MEXICO XENU, Nuevo Laredo, TAMA, OCT 21 0655-0702 – Spanish, Fair thru KZRK with música ranchera, "La Rancherita" slogans and jingles, mentioned "5 mil watts de potencia". Appears to be 24h now. [Knight-CO]

TRANS-PACIFIC DX

738 POLYNESIA RFO Mahina, Tahiti NOV 12 1030 - Tentative, my first ever transpacific reception! Man and woman in French faded up briefly, otherwise a 2 kHz het against 740. XEX Mexico on 730 kHz was strong. WWNZ Florida was dominant over an unID Latin American signal on 740 kHz until WSBR Florida switched to day facilities followed by WJIB Massachusetts popping up at 1100 UTC, essentially wiping out what was a weakening signal with local sunrise approaching at 1135 UTC. [Conti-NH] (Great! - Jim)

747 JAPAN JOIB, NHK2, Sapporo, OCT 20, 1420, noted in passing with a language lesson. Fair signal. Also OCT 21 [Bryant-WA]

756 UNID, OCT 20, 1420-1425. Fair to good signal, but with distorted audio. Believe the language was CC. Could this be a not-quite-synchro CR1? [Bryant-WA]

774 JAPAN JOUB, NHK1, Akita, OCT 20, 1401-1415, news in EE by female until 1415, followed by weather in JJ. Good signal until band fade at 1515. Similar log on OCT 21.[Bryant-WA]

828 JAPAN JOBB, NHK2, Osaka OCT 20, 1425, noted in passing with lang lesson // 747. Also noted OCT 21.

855 UNID OCT 20, 1425-1430. Good signal in seeming Chinese, but distorted audio. [Bryant-WA]

873 JAPAN JOGB, NHK2 Kumamoto, OCT 20,1433 noted in passing with fair to poor signal // 828 & 774. JOGB was mixing with a second signal at almost equal level, presume China. [Bryant-WA]

954 JAPAN JOKR, Tokyo, OCT 20, 1435 noted with fair to poor signal with JJ talk. [Bryant-WA]

963 CHINA CRI Russian Program, Dalian (?) OCT 21, 1435-1445 - Man and woman talk in Russian at excellent level. Thanks to Mauno Ritola and DX News for IDing this one! [Bryant-WA]

972 KOREA HLCA, Tangjin, OCT 20, 1435 with an S-8 signal (!) of man and woman talk in KK. Excellent also on OCT 21. [Bryant-WA]

1098 UNID OCT 20, 1437, An open carrier noted here at excellent level, must be at least 500 kW. Same signal noted daily at Greyland. Probable Korean Pens. or China. Ideas? [Bryant-WA]

1242 JAPAN JOLF, Tokyo OCT 21, 1445. Noted with man in JJ at fair level. [Bryant-WA]

1287 JAPAN JOHR, Sapporo, OCT 20, 1440, with phone-in program by fems in JJ. Good level. [Bryant-WA]

1332 JAPAN JOSF, Nagoya (tent.) OCT 20, 1442. Threshold signal in probable JJ noted in passing. [Bryant-WA]

1575 THAILAND VOA Bangkok OCT 20, 1445- fade at 1458, threshold signal, man speaksk in SEA language. Similar at 1455 on OCT 21. Now if it will stay in until 1500 for Yankee Doodle! [Bryant-WA]

CONTRIBUTORS

@John Bryant, Eastsound WA; KIWAed NRD-535, K9AY 4 loop antenna.

@Bruce Conti, Nashua NH; R8B, MWDX-5, 30-m wire, 30-m east sloping wire.

@Harold Frodge, Midland MI; Drake R8B + 85'/215' RW's, 125 ft. single loop, Bearcat 600XLT and home-made 5-element ant., Icom R2.

@Chris Knight, Fort Lupton CO; Kenwood TS440S/AT, Suburu car radio, KIWA Loop

@Kevin Redding, Mesa AZ; DX 375 with RS 18-1533 loop.

@Jim Renfrew, Byron NY; Drake R8, Grove TUN 4 antenna tuner, 500’ E/W longwire, Radio West Loop.

@John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge CO; Drake R-8, 4-foot box loop. UPDATED EURO MW GUIDE AVAILABLE

As of today (11 November), the new version of my Euro MW Guide is on-line. The zip file is 810kB. A zillion changes and additions have been entered in this new edition so that every MW-DXer is now well-equipped for the starting MW DXing season. The new edition now consists of 71 pages packed with detailed information on literally all LW and MW stations in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. The list remains available FOR FREE in PDF format via http://come.to/dxing (then choose for MW). One small comment: You will notice that careful attention has been paid to the spelling of places. I have tried to respect the local language(s) as much as possible. However, the conversion to PDF was problematic for a few diacritic characters (esp. those of the Czech language). I have therefore chosen to leave out the special accents on those characters. I hope the Czech users won't mind. I would like to thank all contributors for their invaluable help in keeping this list as accurate as possible. Please do continue to contribute information. The front page of the EMWG shows a map of the area covered in the list. On that map you will find an overview of the locations of a number of MW collaborators. Should you have a question about a MW radio station and

I happen to have a collaborator in that area, then why not send me your question. I will then forward it to my collaborator and get you an answer as soon as possible. For more information, please check http://gallery.uunet.be/hb/mw-corr.htm. Feel free to download the file and don't hesitate to send me your comments.(Please send any comments to hb@village.uunet.be). And while you're at it, why not compare the EMWG information to the information you find in commercial (non-free) publications that are about to be published?! People who would like to put a link to this publication on their website can use the banner that was created for it. You can find this banner on the EMWG download page. [Herman Boel, DXAntwerp QSL and MW loggings Editor, member of Medium Wave Circle, member of Benelux DX Club] (We made extensive use of this detailed guide while in Newfoundland! - Jim)

CUBAN RADIO BANDSCAN FROM EXUMA. SOUTHERN BAHAMAS
by Jay Novello (with help and support, as always, from Marie), Wake Forest, North Carolina

Editor’s Note: In his original message Jay included links to audio samples of IDs, but the text became so garbled in moving between computers that I have removed these references. If interested, please contact Jay directly at .

After doing some monitoring of Cuban MW stations on a Western Caribbean cruise and of the stations in western Cuba from the Florida Keys, it was time to concentrate on the more rarely-reported stations in eastern Cuba. We chose Exuma in the southern Bahamas as a vacation destination based on its proximity to these stations and on its writeups on the net and in commercial travel publications. And we were very pleasantly surprised. Accommodations were reasonably priced, the beaches were beautiful and deserted, and the weather was perfect. The local conch, lobster, snapper and grouper provided some great meals, and Bahamas rum costs $5.95 a liter. The residents of the island have a well-deserved reputation for friendliness, and we encountered absolutely no hustlers or any negative attitude (apart from a few crazy drivers) in the entire week we were there. And as a bonus, the Cuban DX was outstanding. Exuma is positioned to produce outstanding groundwave reception from the Cuban provinces of Sancti Spiritus, Ciego de Avila, Camaguey, Las Tunas, Granma and Holguin, and reasonably good reception from Villa Clara, Cienfuegos and Matanzas (to the west) and Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo (to the east). The only local station is the very strong ZNS1 on 1540, which blocked reception from 1530 to 1550 at the preferred DX location of Coral Beach (near Three Sisters Rocks). The locals listen to 1540 exclusively; every radio we saw was tuned to it. There are no FM stations audible in Exuma.

The loggings below were made between October 29 and November 3, 2000. Fidel Castro was on a trip to Venezuela, meeting with President Hugo Chavez and negotiating an oil deal. A number of newscasts featured excerpts from speeches made by Fidel in Venezuela, but this news didn't dominate the programming of the monitored stations anywhere near to the extent that the Elian Gonzales incident did during our springtime Florida Keys trip - thank goodness. Possibly as a side benefit, the midday "Noticiero Nacional de la Radio" is no longer heard weekdays. It was noted at 1300 local time on Sunday.

There is much still to learn about the current state of Cuban medium wave radio. It became apparent on this trip that a number of 1 kW relays of 10 kW provincial stations assume their own identity at times; the unlisted stations logged on 1130, 1200, 1400, 1460 and 1520 suggest this. A couple of these stations were only noted on the last day of listening, being logged as parallels to their parent provincial station at other times. I'm sure there are others as yet unlogged.

Equipment used on this trip included a Sony ICF-1000T radio/recorder and Kiwa pocket loop, a C. Crane/Sangean CCRadio, a GE Superradio III and Sony WM-6 Pro Walkman recorder. I continue to be impressed by the DX performance of the ICF-1000T in combination with the Kiwa loop, but for the next one of these trips I'm going to replace the Superradio III. Its combination of too-wide selectivity and intolerable mechanical drift, especially on the high end, makes it not worth its weight on a flying trip. The barefoot CCRadio hears almost, but not quite, as much as the 1000T/Kiwa loop combo.

Here's a listing of what was heard during daylight hours, with a few notes about nighttime reception. Station locations, where given, are per Terry Krueger's Cuba list and WRTH. Where multiple locations for national networks are listed, I might have listed only the most likely one based on listed location, the location of the monitoring site, and power. (The interesting loggings begin at 980.) Links to audio samples of IDs are included. No attempt was made to ID domestic US stations during this bandscan.

The bandscan -- All times local (EST)

• 530 Loud airport beacon mixing with R Vision Cristiana, Turks and Caicos 10/30 1029
• 540 R Rebelde, Sancti Spiritus, Sancti Spiritus, satellite delay // 550 11/1 1037
• 550 R Rebelde, Manzanillo, Granma 11/1 1037
• 560 R Rebelde, location? 11/1 1037 + 1 US station
• 570 R Reloj, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, strong 11/1 1038
• 580 R Rebelde, Baracoa, Guantanamo 11/1 1038 + 1 US station
• 590 R Musical Nacional, Santa Clara, Villa Clara usual programming // 1030 10/29 1640
• 600 R Rebelde, Urbano Noris, Holguin, very strong 11/1 1038
• 610 R Rebelde, unknown location - suspect something other than the 1 kW outlet listed in Pinar del Rio, 11/1 1039 + 1 US Station
• 620 R Rebelde, Colon, Matanzas / Moa, Holguin 11/1 1039
• 630 R Progreso, unknown location, local-like signal 11/1 1040
• 640 R Progreso, Las Tunas, Las Tunas 11/1 1040 + 1 US Christian religious station
• 650 R Rebelde, numerous possibilities, very weak 11/1 1043 + 1 other Spanish-speaking station
• 670 Miami exile station mixing with R Rebelde 11/1 1043
• 680 R Progreso, Ciego de Avila, Ciego de Avila, strong 11/1 1043
• 690 R Progreso, Jovellanos, Matanzas (or maybe somewhere else further east), strong 11/1 1046
• 700 Caribbean-accented English 1046 11/1, didn't come back for recheck
• 710 mess including Rebelde & US station, 1046 11/1
• 720 R Progreso, unknown location, huge signal so suspect location other than listed Cienfuegos 1 kW, 1046 11/1
• 740 Miami talk station 1047 11/1
• 750 R Rebelde, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus, weak signal 11/1 1047
• 760 R Reloj, Caney de las Mercedes, Granma, 11/1 1047
• 790 US health-related talk 11/1 1047
• 800 R Progreso, unknown location, satellite delay // 630, 11/1 1047
• 810 ZNS3 "Bahamas Radio Network", Freeport, local quasi-soca mx, het, 1530 11/2
• 820 R Progreso, Moron, Ciego de Avila + same jammer heard via groundwave in the Keys 1537 11/2
• 830 R Reloj, Holguin, Holguin, strong + 1 Spanish-speaking Christian religious station 11/2 1538
• 840 Dobleve, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, 11/2 1539
• 850 US "Business Talk Radio" 11/2 1540
• 870 R Reloj, Sancti Spiritus, Sancti Spiritus, 11/2 1541
• 890 R Progreso, very strong - if Santiago de Cuba site, suspect higher power than 10 kW (this is the most reliable nighttime frequency at home in NC) 1224 10/19
• 900 R Progreso, Cacocum, Holguin, greeting listeners to Radio Nacional de Venezuela, mentioning Chavez and Fidel, Carabobo and Barquisimeto, loud 1226 10/29
• 910 R Cadena Agramonte, Camaguey, Camaguey, // 1380 1228 10/29
• 920 US health yak 1045 10/31
• 930 R Reloj, Ciego de Avila, Ciego de Avila, strong 1045 10/31
• 940 Miami talk radio + R Reloj 1044 10/31
• 950 R Reloj, not too strong but listed 1 kW in Habana unlikely since nothing else that far west heard, maybe really Sancti Spiritus? 1043 10/31
• 960 R Reloj, strong - suspect higher power or closer location than listed 10 kW in Guantanamo; 1042 10/31
• 980 LV de Niquel, Moa, Holguin, novela in progress 1032 10/31, into talk 1045, Juan Luis Guerra selection 1051, "Panorama de Salud" to 1100, no ID at TOH, then baladas; full ID 1130, also 1500 11/2. In null of stronger station with Kreyol programming, suspect from Florida.
• 990 US sports talk
• 1000 US big band "AM 1000"
• 1010 R Reloj, Jobabo, Las Tunas, weak 1114 10/13
• 1030 R Musical Nacional, unknown location, "Medidiano Cultural" ending 1230, program about opera singer, //590, forgot to note date
• 1040 R Victoria, Puerto Padre, Las Tunas, in null of much stronger Miami talk station 1435 10/30
• 1050 R Victoria, Las Tunas, Las Tunas. This station resolutely refuses to play a canned ID, opting every time for an informal spoken ID like "Esta es Victoria". Fidel speech re: Venezuela 1256 10/29; spoken ID then NNlaR 1300. "Discoteca Popular" ending 1509 10/30, then novela; "Ecos de Mexico" 1530, Britney Spears "Oops" noted 1109 10/31. Second station in null of R Victoria noted with long African ceremony with call-and-response vocals 1505 11/2; Kompa mx 1115 11/3, Florida?
• 1060 US sports talk + weak R Victoria, Amancio Rodriguez, Las Tunas, 1545 11/2
• 1070 CMKS Senal Antiimperialista, Guantanamo, Guantanamo, 1503 10/30 with program "Mensajero CMKS", Son mx, spoken ID 1530; on 10/31, 1000 nx about Fidel in "La Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela", full ID 1010, then novela. ID clearly says "Senal", not "Trinchera".
• 1080 Spanish-speaking Christian preacher with rant about Halloween 1241 10/31
• 1100 R Angulo, Banes, Holguin, strong with pop mx program, full ID 1330 10/30. WRTH lists "Manes" as location, but can't find a locale with that name listed anywhere.
• 1110 R Angulo, Holguin, Holguin, // 1100 1522 10/30
• 1130 Ecos del Sagua, Sagua de Tanamo, Holguin, unlisted station with full ID 1200 10/31. At 1545 11/2, only R Angulo heard (listed location: Sagua de Tanamo), but Ecos del Sagua back again 1200 11/3.
• 1140 jammer
• 1150 R Bayamo, Entronque Bueycito, Granma, local-like signal with Aqua's "Around The World" 1524 10/30, really nice ID taped 10/31 1000. Can't find Entronque Bueycito in my references, but there is a Corral Bueycito right near Bayamo. ID gives 95.3 FM frequency.
• 1170 CMKS Senal Antiimperialista, Maisi, Guantanamo, mixing with US talk station, forgot to note time and date
• 1180 mess w/Rebelde // 580, 1137 10/31
• 1190 two stations - one US Spanish-speaking, advertising Cuban restaurant and mortgage company; second one Cuban, but tough copy
• 1200 LV de Yaguajay, Yaguajay, Sancti Spiritus, unlisted station with full ID 1220 10/31 and into mx program "Hora Juvenil". Stronger of the two stations on this frequency. R Sancti Spiritus IDs 1200 as Yaguajay relay, so this is a new frequency for this xmtr ex-1190. Location given in ID as "Ciudad Camilo", but can't locate it in any reference.
• 1200 R. Revolucion, Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba, very commercial-sounding "joven" station with pop mx program "Dimensional", contest promo 1143 10/31, Spanish ragga DJ, Alice Deejay "Will I Ever", full ID 1300 then into sports nx.
• 1210 R Sancti Spiritus, Sancti Spiritus, Sancti Spiritus, full ID 1014 11/1 giving freqs as 1200 in Yaguajay (see 1200 above), 1190 in Trinidad, and 1210 in Sancti Spiritus; and on FM, 102.9 in Trinidad, and 97.3 in Sancti Spiritus. Into apartment exchange/swap shop show. In null of strong US Radio Unica affiliate.
• 1220 R Veinte y seis, Central Espana, Matanzas, distorted modulation, singing ID 1600 11/2. Noted with historical tidbits (one about the Panama Canal) interspersed with music 1305 11/3.
• 1230 US EZ-listening station
• 1240 ZNS2, Nassau, Bahamas, Christian religious programming with hymn by Candi Staton, female announcer
• 1250 R Caibarien, Caibarien, Villa Clara, baladas to 1300 10/31, then full ID and back to baladas. weak but alone on frequency. Also noted with much stronger signal 1605 11/2 with spoken ID.
• 1260 CARACOL Miami, ID 0930 11/1
• 1270 R Reloj, Camaguey, Camaguey, big signal 1320 10/31
• 1280 US Spanish-speaking health quack giving 1-800 number over and over again 1318 10/31; no sign of either listed Cuban local.
• 1290 Dobleve, Rancho Veloz, Santa Clara, // 840 with soap opera credits and piano mx, in null of US station with Rush Limbaugh blather.
• 1300 R Encyclopedia, Las Tunas, Las Tunas, // 1560 in null of strong US station with Rush Limbaugh defending himself against charges that he'll have nothing to talk about after Clinton leaves office; 1315 10/31
• 1310 Dobleve, Sagua la Grande, Villa Clara, strong // 840 10/31 1320
• 1310 R Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz del Sur, Camaguey, in Dobleve null, ID in passing 1330 10/31, then nice full ID 1400.
• 1320 Haitian programming, probably another Floridian
• 1330 R Portada de la Libertad, Niquero, Granma, ID 1330 10/31 in null of US talk station. WRTH and subsequent references incorrectly list this as being in Holguin, Holguin.
• 1340 R Ciudad del Mar, Palmira, Cienfuegos, novela "El Color de la Vida" in progress 0948 11/1. ID and TC 1000
• 1350 R Libertad, Puerto Padre, Las Tunas, strong with "Discoteca Popular" 1345 10/31; many mentions of "nuestro ciudad de Puerto Padre; Boletin Informativo #1 at 1430; 1630 ID'ed as "R Libertad, La Emisora del la Familia", then program "Dictionario Musical". Lots of promos for "Carnaval Puerto Padre 2000". No canned ID noted despite hours of listening.
• 1360 R Cadena Agramonte, Rodolfo Ramirez Esquivel, Camaguey, // 1380 1020 10/29; second station in Spanish, probably from US, with long infomercial for natural treatment for impotency, giving away something free to the first 30 callers, many repetitions of 1-800 number
• 1370 R Granma, Manzanillo, Granma, new frequency with many birthday greetings, mx by Omara Portuando, Christina Aguilera, and "Bohemian Rhapsody", then Radionoticias 1500 10/31; program "Seguridad Social" winding up 1355 11/2, then full ID 1400 announcing 1370 and 95.9 FM, and into "Discoteca de la Tarde".
• 1380 R Cadena Agramonte, Central Brasil, Camaguey, Spanish pop mx program "Musicalissimo", with birthday, anniversary, and quinceaneria dedications; congratulations to workers at Ministry of Health; full ID and TC 10/29 0900.
• 1400 R Guaimaro, Guaimaro, Camaguey, unlisted station with lots of talk mentioning Guaimaro, community notices, mx 1327 11/3; announcers said goodbye until 1 PM tomorrow; spoken Ids 1330, 1400, 1500. Suspect this is a part-time station, splitting from R Cadena Agramonte as noted below. 1400 R Cadena Agramonte, Guaimaro, Camaguey, // 1380 1028 10/29, plus WIRA Ft. Pierce FL, "The Voice of the Indian River Area" with sports talk.
• 1410 R Cadena Agramonte, unknown location, very weak // 1380 10/29 1031
• 1420 US financial talk 1035 10/29; low het; no R Cadena Agramonte. At night 2028 10/31 heard someone relaying RFI, quite strong but off in midsentence 2057.
• 1430 R Surco, Moron, Ciego de Avila, // 1440 11/1; ID 1600 11/2 announcing 98.1 FM; nulling it produced US SP-speaking station playing Mexican oompah mx, same as heard in FL Keys, with Bush campaign ad 1037 10/29
• 1440 R Surco, Ciego de Avila, Ciego de Avila, talk about a local bank, son mx 1043 10/29; Silvio Rodriguez song, full ID 1600 11/1, then Chayanne "Bom Bom"
• 1450 R Maboa, Amancio Rodriguez, Las Tunas, weak with ID then baladas 1200 11/1; at least three stations here when checked 1440 11/2
• 1460 R Cuitas(?), Sierra de Cuitas(?), unlisted station, ID as transcribed. Strong with lots of "Comunidad Cuitas" and Camaguey mentions, "La Version de Hoy" program 1400 10/30, full ID 1428. Possibly the listed R Cadena Agramonte xmtr split away with local programming. There's a Cubitas south of Camaguey, but no Sierras in the area. Station name might be Cubitas, Cumitas, Cuitas. Juitas, Jubitas, or something similar. Needs more work or input from someone in the area.
• 1470 R Ciudad Bandera, Cardenas, Matanzas, balada with ID in passing 10/29 1055, + 1 US health quack talk station
• 1480 R Florida, Florida, Camaguey, not present 0930 11/1, but very nice signal with son mx to noticias 1226, ID in passing 1228, then ranchera-sounding mx; 1323 "31 anos de nuestro senal"; full ID 1330
• 1490 R Mayari, Mayari, Holguin, sports phonein, ID in passing, Spanish-language pop mx and dance pop, e.g. Vengaboys, program "Mundo Joven", playing "Exitos Musical de 2000"; NG la Banda song, ID 1500 10/31
• 1500 R Majaguabo, San Luis, Santiago de Cuba, first heard 1345 11/1 playing Paulina Rubio's "Mio", second station came on frequency producing fast SAH; 11/3 alone on frequency, ID 1100
• 1510 Christian religious programming, probably US
• 1520 R Pitan, unlisted station, ID tentative. Talk, low het, program "Disco Joven Para Ti" after ID 1300 11/1; other IDs 1454 11/2 and 1200 11/3, in null of gospel station giving 305 area code. Text of ID: "Esta es Radio Pitan...1520, transmitiendo desde Mella, en el corazon del oriente Cubano."
• 1530 R Moron, Moron, Ciego de Avila, presumed the one from occasional chicken SFX dropped into talk 1118 10/29. This was only audible from a daytime beach location we used on the first day; from the beach visted other days, it was buried in 1540 splash.
• 1540 ZNS1, Nassau, Bahamas, blues church mx with trumpet, organ and drums 1120 10/29. This was so strong at Coral Beach that I wouldn't be surprised if there was a relay xmtr across the road.
• 1550 R Nuevitas, Nuevitas, Camaguey, birthday and anniversary greetings 1145 10/29; baladas, song by Son By Four; full ID 1159. Buried in 1540 splash at Coral Beach other days.
• 1560 R Encyclopedia, Ciego de Avila, Ciego de Avila, usual format, ID in passing, strong 10/29 1133
• 1570 R Encyclopedia, unknown location, weaker than 1560, 1134 10/29
• 1580 gospel format "Mystic 1580 Caribbean American Radio Station", 1305 11/1
• 1590 domestic gospel station mixing with Rush Limbaugh talk, 1305 11/1
• 1600 R Disney affiliate
• 1600+ numerous x-band stations audible
• FM there was NOTHING audible on the entire FM band in Exuma despite several checks.

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