Thanks for the memories Radio Havana Cuba

[shadypyro]

Due to the damage from Hurricane Rafael the antennas of RHC from what I read is unfortunately destroyed and RHC has left shortwave. A sad day for me as a long time listener for 8 years, least I still have the qsl cards and the Granma newspapers.

[Ct Yankee]

and what of their employees............Pedro jury-rigging a 1957 NYC Checkered Cab to broadcast gloom and doom to the capitalistic pigs on fruited plain?  The Numbers Lady with only a part time gig and no benefits reciting números over an intercom system in the bingo hall of St. Sister Mary Elephant in Cienfuegos?  The inhumanity of it all......

Truth be told......They did have some fine music programs, decent English sports reports, and Arnie's DX program was entertaining

[East Troy Don]

And worth mentioning,  all those marvelous Montecristo  No. 2's wallowing in their watery graves. .. "Oh the horror... the horror....."

[Ct Yankee]

Just read Radio Rebelde (5025 AM) is also OTA, my attempt to receive showed no transmission

[n2avh]

I don't see anything from RHC or other Cuban sites or social media to indicate that they don't intend to restore it. Whether they can, given that it's a waste of electricity (and barely intelligible half the time for technical reasons) even when operating, is another thing entirely.

[Rob.]

Is there a GoFundMe page yet? 

[Shortwave_Listener]

I believed this at first and read the more detailed article, but it seems this wasn’t true. It was off for a while but I’m listening to it right now on 6000 kHz with an S9 signal here and the typical nonexistent modulation.

[RobRich]

~S9+40 carrier with hum and garbled modulation at 0334z. 6000am is a waste of power and resources for an island with limited resources.

I would rather RHC on 6000am run even just 1-2KW with narrow audio than whatever has been happening for a long time now. I am talking like even an amateur radio driving an OM4001HF or similar amp feeding a half-wave dipole or quarter-wave vertical.


Radio Rebelde is on air at 0358z but at a fraction of its usual signal strength here. Just ~S9 instead of usually like S9+40 or more.