Bandscan AM – St. Croix – daytime As monitored in Christiansted, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, late December 2015 and early January 2016 at 0900-1500 LT using a Perseus SDR receiver and a Wellbrook ALA1530 loop-aerial – as well as a Tecsun PL-380. All stations ID’ed. QRK: 5 = very strong, 4: strong, 3: fair, 2: weak and 1 = very weak.
Monitored by Stig Hartvig Nielsen [kHz – Country - Station-ID – Language - Remarks - QRK] 550 - Puerto Rico - WPAB 5-50 – S - La Radio del Sur de Puerto Rico - 5 580 - Puerto Rico - WKAQ 5-80 – S - La Numero Uno. //1420 - 5 590 – Venezuela - Radio Continente – S - 1 610 - Puerto Rico - X-61 – S - Note correct name - 4 630 - Puerto Rico – NotiUno – S - //910, 1280 - 4 640 – Guadeloupe - Guadeloupe 1ère – F - QRM from Venezuela? - 3 650 – Venezuela - RNV Activa – S - La Revolución Radical de la Radio - 1 670 – Venezuela - Radio Rumbos – S - La Emisora del Venezuela - 3 680 - Puerto Rico - Wapa Radio – La Poderosa – S - //1260, 1590 - 3 710 – Venezuela - Radio Capital – S – 2 740 - Puerto Rico – WIAC – S - No longer ‘La Original’. Ann: //930, 1390 both unheard - 5 750 – Venezuela - RCR 750 – S - 4 780 – BVI - ZBVI Radio – E - 5 790 – Venezuela - Radio Venezuela 790 – S - 1 810 - Puerto Rico - Radio Paz 810 – S - 5 830 – Venezuela - Radio Sensación – S - 2 840 - Puerto Rico - Victoria 8-40 – S - Slogan: La Reina del Caribe. No longer ‘Radio Victoria’ - 5 860 - St. Kitts & Nevis - VON Radio – E - The Power House of the Eastern Caribbean - 4 870 - Puerto Rico – WQBS – S - No longer ‘Vintage 870’ - 3 890 - Puerto Rico - La Nave WFAB – S – Religion - 5 900 – Barbados - FM 94.7 – E - 1 910 - Puerto Rico – NotiUno – S - //630, 1280 - 5 920 – Venezuela - Nueva Esparta – S - 2 940 - Puerto Rico – WIPR – S - 2 970 - US Virgin Islands – WSTX – E – Reggae - 5 1000 - US Virgin Islands – WUVI – E - Fox Sports Radio - 5 1060 - Puerto Rico - The Rock Radio Network – E - //1190, 1370 - 4 1090 – Venezuela - Unión Radio – S - 1 1090 - US Virgin Islands - *) see note - n/a 1110 - Puerto Rico - WVJP Z101 Digital – S - Relays Z101 from Dominican Rep. - 1 1110 – Venezuela - Radio Carúpano – S - 1 1130 – Venezuela - Radio Ideal – S - 3 1140 - Puerto Rico - Once Q Cadena Nacional – S - 1 1160 – Antigua - Caribbean Radio Lighthouse – E - 5 1190 - Puerto Rico - The Rock Radio Network – E - //1060, 1370 - 4 1200 – Venezuela - Radio Tiempo – S – Religion - 3 1210 - Puerto Rico - Radio Hoy WHOY – S - Slogan: La Señal Activa - 5 1240 - Puerto Rico - Walo Radio – S - Note correct name - 4 1260 - Puerto Rico - Wapa Radio La Poderosa – S - //680, 1590 - 3 1280 - Puerto Rico – NotiUno – S - //630, 910 - 1 1290 – Venezuela - Radio Puerto Cabello – S - 2 1320 - Puerto Rico - Radio Isla 13-20 – S - 3 1340 - US Virgin Islands – WSTA – E - 5 1370 - Puerto Rico - The Rock Radio Network – E - //1060, 1190 - 5 1400 – Grenada - Harbour Light of the Windwards – E - 1 1400 - Puerto Rico - Radio Vida – S - 1 1420 - Puerto Rico - WKAQ 5-80 – S - // 580 kHz - 1 1430 - Puerto Rico - Radio Tiempo – S - 2 1450 – Venezuela - Radio Maria – S - 1 1460 - Puerto Rico – WRRE – S - 1 1470 - Puerto Rico - Cumbre 1470 AM – S - 1 1480 - Puerto Rico - El 14-80 – S - 5 1500 – Venezuela - Dos Mil – S - 1 1520 - Puerto Rico – WVOZ - S - Radio Televisión Canal 8 - 1 1540 - Puerto Rico - WIBS Caribe 15-40 – S - La Voz de la Region - 1 1580 - Puerto Rico – WMTI – S - New name/call sign. Ex. WEKO - 1 1590 - Puerto Rico - Wapa Radio La Poderosa – S - //680, 1260 - 3 1610 – Anguilla - University Network – E – Religion - 5 1620 - US Virgin Islands – WDHP – E - 4 1660 - Puerto Rico – WGIT –S – 5 Stations from the Eastern Caribbean unheard during daytime – a.o.: - 530 Turks & Caicos Islands – Radio Vision Cristiana (planning to return with 100 kW during 2016) - 820 St. Kitts & Nevis – Radio Paradise (off – status unknown) - * 1090 US Virgin Islands – WUVI (off air since late October 2015 due to damaged transmitter. Still off by January 18th. Expects to be back sometime late January or February 2016 with newly purchased 600 Watt transmitter – 6 AM to 6 PM local time) - 1300 St. Maarten – The Voice of St Maarten (and don’t go to their website; it has got a virus) - 1310 Martinique – Martinique 1ère (but heard from fade in around 21 UTC (17 LT) with local programming. France Inter ID’s noted at 22 and 23 LT). Weak signal – mixing with other stations. Distance St. Croix-Martinique is only 500 km sea path – so must be running low power (a few hundred Watts?) - 1690 US Virgin Islands – WGOD (off – status unknown. Station didn’t reply to e-mails) Pdf-version available here: http://mediumwave.info/BandscanAMStCroixver712016.pdf Bandscan FM – St. Croix As monitored in two different places in Christiansted, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, early January 2016 using a Tecsun PL-380 with its telescopic aerial. All stations ID’ed. Monitored by Stig Hartvig Nielsen [MHz – Country - Station-ID – Remarks ] 88.1 - Puerto Rico – Inspira 88.1 – weak 88.9 – US Virgin Islands – WIVH Voice of Hope – religion 90.5 – Puerto Rico – WIDA FM 90.9 – BVI – CSS Caribbean Super Station 91.3 – Puerto Rico – WIPR Allegro 91.3 – classical music 91.9 – US Virgin Island – Latino 91.9 WVSE – Spanish talk format 92.3 – BVI – ZCBN Tradewinds Radio 92.5 – Puerto Rico – Excelencia Muscial WORO – weak 93.1 – US Virgin Islands – WTJX-FM – NPR 93.5 – US Virgin Islands – WVVI-FM Caribbean Country 94.1 – BVI – ZCCR The New Praise Station – The Lighthouse of the Caribbean 95.1 – US Virgin Islands – Isle 95 – urban reggae 96.1 – US Virgin Islands – WIVI The Pirate – Top 40 format 96.5 – Puerto Rico – WRXD Estereo Tempo 96.9 – US Virgin Islands – WTJC – religion – listed as 1 Watt only 97.9 – US Virgin Islands – WGOD-FM – religion 98.3 – US Virgin Islands – WMYP Rumba 98.3 99.1 – Puerto Rico – Salsoul 99.1 WPRM – salsa 99.5 – US Virgin Islands – Sunny 99.5 WVIQ – a/c 100.3 – US Virgin Islands – WSTX-FM – reggae 100.7 – Puerto Rico – La X WXYX - pop music 100.9 – BVI – Z-King – religion – very weak 101.3 – Puerto Rico – WWKS Kiss FM – a/c 102.1 – US Virgin Islands – WEVI Life Radio – religion/gospel 102.5 – Puerto Rico – WTOK Hot 102 – hip hop/top 40 102.9 – US Virgin Islands – WIUJ – noncommercial 103.1 – US Virgin Islands – WVJZ 105 Jamz - // 105.3 103.5 – US Virgin Islands – WAXJ The Reef – urban a/c and reggae 103.7 – BVI – ZROD – talk/music 104.3 – US Virgin Islands – WZIN The Buzz – rock, Spanish 104.7 – Puerto Rico – WKAQ-FM La Primera – CHR 104.9 – US Virgin Islands – WMNG The Mongoose 105.3 – US Virgin Islands – WVJZ 105 Jamz - // 103.1 106.9 – Puerto Rico – WMEG La Mega.FM – Top 40 107.3 – US Virgin Islands – WVIE 107.7 – Puerto Rico – WVOZ FM FM 107.7 – hot a/c 107.9 – US Virgin Islands – WLDV Da Vybe – reggae SW logs – St. Croix As heard in Christiansted, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, late December 2015 and early January 2016 - using a Perseus SDR receiver and a Wellbrook ALA1530 loop-aerial – as well as a Tecsun PL-380. Logged by Stig Hartvig Nielsen [kHz – UTC time – date - Country - Station - Language - Remarks - SINPO] 3290 – 0309 – 6.1 – Guyana – Voice of Guyana – E – pop music – 35444 4875.2 – 1005 – 29.12 – Brazil – Radio Roraima – P – Roraima Rural - 25444 5850 – 1030 – 27.12 – USA – WRMI – E- Jeff White with WaveScan – 45444 6050 – 1040 – 27.12 – Ecuador – HCJB – Quechua – Andean music – 35444 6185.03 – 0340 – 6.1 – Mexico – Radio Educacion – ID - 24332 9689.9 – 0730 – 30.12 – Nigeria – Voice of Nigeria – F – radioplay – 25443 11815 – 2145 – 26.12 – Brazil – Radio Brasil Central – P – ID and local music – 35444 MW logs from St. Croix can be found here: http://mediumwave.info/loggings.html with the initials ‘SHNs’. But I still have numerous top of the hour recordings which need checking. Best 73’s Stig Hartvig Nielsen _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
