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fmdxer1
08-20-2009, 08:49 PM
Here's a real treat; it's Radio Taino from Cuba on 1180khz. On the cassette I wrote "Havana Cuba news and music 1988". I was 11 years old when I recorded this. I remember the frequency was 1180. Heard Spanish on that freq for years. . Anyway I did some research on the net and discovered that 1180 was indeed Radio Taino from 1988 to 1989(?). This was when Castro really pumped up the power on some of his Cuban AM's. During this time there were several AM stations in S. Florida that could not be heard a mile from their transmitters because of the huge signals from the Cubans! The radio used was an Emerson portable AM/FM cassette recorder. Enjoy these clips. . .

cd637299
08-20-2009, 09:19 PM
How I remember this well.....even in the day, 1180 creeped way into the FL Panhandle likely. Was driving along the FL Gulf Coast, and it was no problem hearing. I compare it with Enciclopedia 530 today.

WRTH listed them as 300 kW I believe, but nobody knows for sure.

cd

pjdyer
08-21-2009, 09:24 AM
Yes, their "retaliation" for the US Radio Marti beamed at Cuba. A longer-lasting nuisance but far-less scary than Oct 1962 was.