Just a quick update on the Venezuelan Caracas AM situation via Bonaire KiwiSdr
710 kHz, R. Capital, blank carrier, with hum, 100 kW?
1130 kHz R Ideal, off air, for some time now, (10 kW)
1420 kHz R Sintonia, off air, (5 kW)
Regards, Ruud, Radio Paradijs (2026-10-08)
Continuing the MW panorama from Cuba this times all SDR observations
Oct 3, 1153 local / 1553z
– 630 Radio progreso: dead air carrier
– 670 Radio Cadena Agramonte: dead air carrier
– 1141 (should be 1140) Radio Camaguey on day time + relay of Radio Cadena Agramonte the rest of the time: dead air carrier
– 1180 Radio Rebelde Present, little overdriven audio, strong, “Frecuencia total” program mostly “salsa/timba music”
Oct 3, 1430 local / 1830z observations
– 670 R. C. Agramonte: dead air carrier
– 1180 R. Rebelde, strong carrier slightly over modulated as usual
Oct 3, 2026; 1855 local 2255z
Same conditions of the last report, I’m trying to detect the time of the shutdown of the stations
– 670 R. C. Agramonte: dead air carrier
– 1180 R. Rebelde, strong carrier slightly over modulated as usual
Oct 3, 2026; 1855 local 2255z and for 10 minutes
Looking on the evening conditions I found a few interesting ones under a heavy rain with some far away lightning strikes.
– 980 R. Rebelde Low but readable, more wide than usual
– 1380 R. Rebelde Low but readable, not over modulated
Those TX sites are not from Camaguey as far as I know, so it must be from other provinces.
Quick note Oct 3, 2026; 2111 local 0111z
Both of this remaining Tx sites was powered off between 19:50 and 20:00 local (~00:00z) as per my checks
– 670 R. C. Agramonte: dead air carrier
– 1180 R. Rebelde, strong carrier slightly over modulated as usual
As soon as I end my house duties I will do a scan of the band again.
Pavel Milanes Costa to WOR iog (2026-10-04)
Camagüey Cuba MW review
As some of you on the list have ask me about the MW AM stations I will compile a sample of observations for a few days on this thread for you.
Starting right now. For all the test I used SDRplay RSP1 + vertical antenna of 7m + base tuner (bypassed) and Gqrx on Ubuntu Linux.
Active Tx sites on my side as of now: Oct2, 2026 ~10:00am local 14:00 UTC
– 630 [usually R. Progreso] long time no see, it there with a steady carrier and no audio, just some peeps from time to time like feedback starters but contained
– 670 [usually R. Cadena Agramonte, recently Radio Rebelde] same, strong carrier no audio, just static noise like a bad plug with a low AC hum
– 950 [R. Reloj] strong carrier with no audio and static noise, some random peaks of feedback-like starters from time to time
– 1141 [1140 +1 Radio Camaguey during the day and back to R. Cadena Agramonte] los carrier (this is a city transmitter, not province one) no audio rhythmic static noise
– 1180 [R. Rebelde] Strong signal, audio sounds over driven
A 5 minute waterfall integration SDR picture can be checked here:
https://jumpshare.com/s/uzzaGUVBABDgORQhwpar
Note: the same paced interval peaks on the waterfall is an artifact from my PC-Monitor combo + interference from the AC inverter
Pavel Milanes Costa to WOR iog (2026-10-02)
Autumn bandscan 2026
Tonight’s weather is as good (calm and a light cloud layer) as tomorrow’s weather forecast is bad (gale and rain).
On the LW band, the Polish Radio came in with a good signal.
On MW, British senders gave good signals. Even BBC Asian’s outlets on 1440 and 1449 kHz were well readable, as was what I think was Radio Caroline on 648 kHz, Talk Sport on 1107 kHz, and BBC 5 live on 1116 kHz. Manx Radio on 1368 kHz had a good signal, though not as booming as the Big Brits.
There was also a gaggle of Spanish, Central European and North African stations, and several unresolvable pile-ups.
Well, that is it for now. A pretty good evening in my opinion.
Reynir Heidberg Stefansson (2026-09-23)
Transatlantic DX: US “daytimers”
As we move towards Autumn in Europe I have noticed the first signs of US daytimer stations:
1530 WVBF Talking Information Network 2255utc 1/9/26
1590 WHGT (probably) Christian programming cut power mid programme 0015 1/9/26
Both on the BDMR but I think these were either on the Asian or S American Beverages (I don’t think the N Am Beverage was active).
This a good sign because the 2nd half of September is usually the better time for catching stations before they power down.
73 Steve Whitt to MWCircle iog (2026-09-02)
Summer solstice bandscan 2026.
Woke up this morning, thinking “Filesystemcheck! Forgot the bandscan last night!” and then remembered the solstice was today.
Got outside at about 2340Z to dry and cool-ish weather, a change from rainy last week. Hoping for a warm July.
The LW band… Do I even need to mention that anymore, with the Usual Suspects still being a trio?
The MW band… Barely audible from 531 kHz until R. Wales on 882 kHz. Wales and TalkSport (1053/1089 kHz) were the only stations listenable on the Panny tranny.And that was the lot of it.
Reynir Heidberg Stefansson (2026-06-22)
Spring Bandscan
I got outside with the Panny tranny about 23Z. The weather was clear, windy and c-c-c-cold… I barely made it through one pass on the MW band.
The three remaining ‘usual suspects’ were audible on the LW band, as was Algiers. I think the MW band must have dropped in strength in the minute or two it took me to walk down the stairs and out onto the parking lot. Apart from the suddenly-weak Brits, I caught a Spanish station (I can’t remember the frequency) and what was most likely the Moldovan on 1413 kHz.
Reynir Stefansson (2026-03-21)
I was in Santander North of Spain
BBC RADIO 4 on 198khz was very poor night time
BBC RADIO Scotland on 810 was good night time
RADIO XL from Birmingham 0n 1296khz was very good night time
Lyca RADIO from London on 1458khz was ok night time
All 4 RADIO stations above are not available in daylight hours.
All RADIO stations was checked on 16th March 2026 at 22:20pm at McDonald’s car park.
Tariq Hanif (2026-03-18)
In the last two weeks, I was on the Dutch isle of Curaçao, just north of Venezuela.
I did a few quick bandscans in the local evening (around 20-21 PM local time). The MW band was extremely full, with one or more stations on almost every frequency. This is what I could identify:
570 RN de Colombia (100 kW, Bógota)
590 Radio Santa Maria, (10 kW, La Vega, Colombia)
600 WYEL (pres.) in Puerto Rico
660 An unknown American station
760 Unknown, identifying as The Good News
770 La FM (pres.) from Bógota, Colombia
780 presumed Colombian station (R Viva?)
800 TWR Bonaire
820 Caracol Colombia
1350 Very strong signal identifying as Candelita 7
1480 religious station
1660 unknown station
1680 unknown station
My receiver was an XH-Data 880.
Perhaps this is useful to someone.
Herman Boel to MWCircle iog (2026-01-11)
Winter solstice bandscan
I didn’t make it outside until 0330Z. I fell asleep.
For December, the weather was good. Dry, cloudy, slight breeze.
First LW: The Gang of Three came in with a good signal. Nothing else unusual that I could hear.
As for MW, signals were weak. I could hear the Brits, poorly, and that was it.
Reynir Heidberg Stefansson (2025-12-22)