Gil, I don't know from personal experience that other networks carry Radio Reloj at night -- maybe others who've been DXing longer can comment -- but there have been instances of RR showing up on specific stations from time to time. The problem with RR is that it is everywhere and its distinctive TOM beep and Morse ID make even the weakest station pop to the top. A usual station may fade out and a low power RR suddenly seem to fill its place. Hard to sort out which is the original and which the Memorex.
A year later I am still trying to again hear an RR I heard on 1610. I was surprised and didn't believe my ears, but when I fired up Spectran, sure enough, there it was. It was once, for an hour or so and nothing since then. That could have been an instance of an otherwise unhearable station that briefly carried RR and those tones came through. Fortunately, many of those Cubans listed in WRTH no longer exist or operate on low power on the other side of the island and produce nothing more than the ever growing background noise. It is the powerful, even multiple ones plopped down intentionally atop Florida and other US stations as a form of jamming, that are the worst nuisance. Unlike you, I have neither first nor second, that's why I listen to Wobblers. Curt ------- W. Curt Deegan Boca Raton, (southeast) Florida At 04:24 PM 12/18/2006, you wrote: >Curt, > >"CMHW could be 840, 1290, or 1310, as listed in the WRTH, which is why >I usually go by frequency, network, and location. Call letters are >really no longer used by any but a handful of Cuban stations and are >not maintained by that government." > >I read a few years ago that some of the other Cuban networks relay Radio >Reloj after 600 Z. Is this still the case? > >In looking at the 2007 WRTH, Cuban stations occupy every a.m. frequency, >often in multiples, from 530 kHz through 1590 kHz, every 10 kHz. A few >oddballs are listed slightly off freq. Fortunately for those who don't have >Spanish as a first or second language, according to the WRTH, the Cubans >don't broadcast at 970, 1420, 1480, 1530 or 1550 so we can (hopefully) rule >out Cuba on those freqs. (I am fortunate to have English as my second >language. Unfortunately, I don't have a first.) > >73, Gil NN4CW > >Savannah, GA _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
