570 Radio Reloj, Cuba

[Lex]

Normally a Cuban station wouldn't be a tough catch here in Texas, but most of the time it's nearly impossible to null out the local powerhouse KRLD (whoops, make that KLIF - KRLD is 1080) on 570 enough to hear more than the frequent CW ID's for Radio Reloj.  Occasionally at night I can manage, but tonight, 12/14/08 between 0730-0830 UTC, I managed to get music and positive ID's for Reloj (voice and familiar CW).  (Again, the Magnavox D2935 proved superior to the Sony ICF-2010, with a tighter Q for nulling out more powerful local and regional stations from 540-1220 kHz.  Unfortunately the Magnavox internal ferrite loopstick covers only up to 1622 kHz and can't be used for the extended MW band.)

[SW-J]

For awhile I have heard the CW ID underneath KLIF (thought I was hearing things initially!) ... and it wasn't until a several years back that it came to light that it was 'radio clock' from Cuba that was the source.

I guess even Communist dictatorships have to have some means to make sure the clocks get set to 'make sure the trains run on time' but for Cuba that may mean that cigar shipments are made on time ...

[Pigmeat]

Caught 'em poppin out the other night.

I've actually got to use a cheap radio with just the internal antenna in the "local" mode to hear 'em well. A local AM station 10 khz. away slams them on the fancier radios or when I switch to the mighty "dx" setting on ol' Rusty.