The below bandscan was made on 30 September, 2006 at coastal Ft. DeSoto county park, Mullet Key, FL. Receiver was merely the shitty stock 2004 Chevy Impala radio. All times/dates GMT. Frequencies in kHz unless otherwise stated. Cuba locations estimated, of course.
530 CUBA Radio Cadena Habana, unknown city, La Habana; 1710-1730 w/ Noticiero Nacional de Radio half-hour news feed in progress (NNdR hereafter), xlnt. 590 CUBA Radio Musical Nacional, unknown city, Villa Clara; 1745 w/ classical music, xlnt. 640 CUBA Radio Progreso, Guanabacoa, Ciudad de la Habana; 1750, xlnt w/ novela crap. 660 CUBA Radio Progreso, Santa Clara, Villa Clara; 1750, fair w/ novela. 670 CUBA Radio Rebelde, Arroyo Arenas, Ciudad de la Habana; 1745, good. 710 CUBA Radio Rebelde, La Julia, La Habana; 1745, very good. 730 CUBA Radio Progreso, La Fé, Isla de la Juventud; 1745, very good w/ unID US station (black gospel and preacher). 790 CUBA Radio Reloj; Pinar del Río, Pinar del Río; 1750, fair. 880 USA unidentified; 1743-1805, fairly strong, definitely stateside, but who? Mexican ranchera format music, canned "La Clásica, la Original" slogan a couple of times but no formal ID heard at top-of-hour. Fairly decent signal. Nothing listed in LA, MS or AL (due to WWL, 870), and only two apparent inactive or construction permit status stations in FL: 860331, Sweetwater (Miami-Dade County) licensed to Florida City Radio, and a "New" in Tallahassee, licensed to Advance Acquisition Radio (great name for a company). Without any DFing capabilities, I could not make any bearings. No trace of Radio Progreso (Cuba) at this time, and not parallel Progreso. Anyone else hearing this? (Maybe someone in DX-F posted recently and I just missed it.) 880 CUBA Radio Progreso, Pinar del Río, Pinar del Río; 2000, very good, no trace of the presumed domestic XE format station at this check. 890 CUBA Radio Progreso, Santa Clara, Villa Clara; 2000, fair. 940 FLORIDA WPTI814 Pinellas County Department of Emergency Management, Largo; reactivated, noted 1740+ w/ choppy signal and the Miami station underneath, otherwise fair level w/ nonstop NOAA Weather Radio KHB32 relay, except for male canned ID inserts roughly every four minutes as, "You are listening to WPTI814 on 940 AM radio... operated by the Pinellas County Department of Emergency Management..." Seemingly familiar voice (I won't say here!). Confirmed this is the Ulmerton Road transmitter (Largo) with a 1 October driveby. The FCC's Wireless Telecom Bureau now lists no less that six entries for WPTI814: Clearwater, Clearwater ("temporary"), Largo, St. Petersburg, Palm Harbor and (oddly) Pinellas Park. As far as I know, only three (downtown St. Petersburg, Largo and Palm Harbor) were installed, and as far as I can tell, only the Largo site is active, or was for awhile prior to this going into many weeks of 24/7 open carrier and then finally falling silent early this year. Current signal appears to be a bit weaker than the glory days. 950 CUBA Radio Reloj, Pastora, Ciudad de la Habana; 1740, very good w/ weak unID US station (financial news format) underneath. 1060 CUBA Radio Veintiseis, unknown city, Matanzas; 1710-1730 w/ NNdR feed, fair. 1080 CUBA Radio Cadena Habana, Güines, La Habana; 1710-1730 w/ NNdR feed, fair. 1100 CUBA Radio Cadena Habana, unknown city, La Habana; 1710-1730 w/ NNdR feed, fair. 1120 CUBA Radio Cadena Habana, Artemisa, La Habana; 1710-1730 w/ NNdR feed, fair-good. 1140 CUBA Radio Cadena Habana, Pastora, Ciudad de la Habana; 1710-1730 w/ NNdR feed, very poor in local WTMP (1150) slop. 1180 CUBA Radio Rebelde, Villa Maria, Ciudad de la Habana; 1710-1730, xlnt as always but w/ very annoying 20-ish cycle hum, presumably actually a het from either another Rebelde outlet, Radio Martí, or blend. 1320 & 1450 FLORIDA "The Dove" WDDV, Venice (1320) and WSDV, Sarasota (1450); simulcasting "The Dove" MOYL-ish format (this began a couple of weeks ago with 1450). "All the songs you know and love on 1320 and 1450 -- The Dove" canned drop at 1730. 1320 fair, 1450 very good. 1330 FLORIDA WWAB, Lakeland; 1750+, very good signal (I can berely hear this -- at best -- in Clearwater due to 1340 WTAN splatter and my more northerly location). Great Old School Chicago and Memphis blues/soul, USA Radio Network news at 1800, "The Bone, Thunderbird, Turkey" at 1806 (huh?) and many other more logical "Thunderbird 13" slogans later. Also, a real, live Afro-Am male jock, older gent who sounded lik ehe not only knew his music but enjoyed working. Nice, warm audio to accompany the songs. Rare and real local radio that must be snuffed out no matter what the cost. 1520 WXYB, Indian Rocks Beach; 1725+, stumbled upon Hindi film vocals and subcontinental quasi-techo instrumentals. Hindi/English-alternating man w/ birthday wishes, then mentioned, "You are listening to "Radio Asia" every Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m." Xlnt. 99.9 MHz FLORIDA "WECX" Eckerd College, St. Petersburg; 1455+, this Part 15-ish station noted on southbound US-19 at 22nd Ave. South on the way to Ft. DeSoto w/ a The Doors track, then obscure alt/techno-ish vocals nonstop (apparently automated). Live female jock after 5 p.m., with Modern/Alt rock (AFI, Bad Religion, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Franz Ferdinand...). I drove the signal all the way to the drop-out point (remember: shitty Impala car radio) all the way to the Central Avenue at 66th St. North intersection, and also at First Street North on the east side of the county. So, they did some work to their antenna and/or power. Stereo mode. 100.5 MHz FLORIDA "The Buzz" WHHZ, Newberry; 1928+ local level w/ "The Buzz, Gainsville's Alternative" into The Killers track. *********************************************************** Terry L Krueger Clearwater, Florida USA 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W Visit my "Florida Low Power Radio Stations" at: http://home.earthlink.net/~tocobagadx/flortis.html or: http://www.geocities.com/geigertree/flortis.html ***********************************************************
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