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WA0093SWL

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Cuba Jammers
« on: March 22, 2024, 0121 UTC »
Don't know if this belongs here but Cuba has started jamming two new frequencies out of the normal HF bands. 7943kHz and 7954kHz. It's definitely Cuba as it's strongest near the Florida Kiwis.

EDIT. As I just sent it they turned off on those two frequencies
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Paul B. Walker, Jr.

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Re: Cuba Jammers
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2024, 1514 UTC »
Don't know if this belongs here but Cuba has started jamming two new frequencies out of the normal HF bands. 7943kHz and 7954kHz. It's definitely Cuba as it's strongest near the Florida Kiwis.

EDIT. As I just sent it they turned off on those two frequencies

I wonder if thats the jammy jam jammer masheen having a little spread spectrum action, because that's not the ham or broadcast band.

Cubas jammers are sometimes just short of running amuck. I caught them the other night on 9565, 4 hours AFTER Marti had signed off that frequency.. still pulsing away.

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Re: Cuba Jammers
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2024, 1323 UTC »
Given electricity shortages in Cuba it's surprising they would waste energy jamming what's not even there....or why they'd bother jamming at all given the impossibility of blocking the whole MW band.
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Re: Cuba Jammers
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2024, 2002 UTC »
Given electricity shortages in Cuba it's surprising they would waste energy jamming what's not even there....or why they'd bother jamming at all given the impossibility of blocking the whole MW band.

youd be surprised... ive heard them jamming stuff that signed off hours ago or that change frequency days/weeks ago and in some cases, jamming themselves.. its been going on for years

One time, cuba used the same frequency later in the day as Marti did, 11860......  and i heard their jammer on 11860 when cuba was running regular programming and marti had signed off
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Re: Cuba Jammers
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2024, 2012 UTC »
Given electricity shortages in Cuba it's surprising they would waste energy jamming what's not even there....or why they'd bother jamming at all given the impossibility of blocking the whole MW band.

Technically they could with a bunch of AM stations... Like they do on 1180
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