Comments by "Mike Black" (@RevMikeBlack) on "I Thought I Found A NEW Secret Numbers Station!" video.

Thank you for your vigilance! I live in coastal South Carolina about 760 miles north of Havana. During the Cold War I could receive crystal clear "transmitter next door" quality transmissions of Radio Havana and Radio Moscow both day and night. HM01 was solid as well. That was great for me because the Brezhnev and Castro governments always produced world class communist shortwave propaganda. It was always entertaining and technically excellent. All that ended with the implosion of the Soviet Union. The money stopped flowing and the broadcast quality went down quickly. The Radio Havana English language broadcast that used to be so clear on even a pocket radio now is barely audible at night. HM01 is still there, but not as strong as I remember. It takes a lot of money to operate and maintain these broadcast locations and Cuba simply doesn't have it right now.
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@arthurhunt642 Yes. I'm aware of the solar cycles. I've dx'ed my way through six of them so far. The problem with Radio Havana is that they can no longer afford to maintain or power their transmitters because they're no longer puppets of the USSR. They might get some help from communist China now that they're new best friends, but the glory days of Radio Habana Cuba are over.
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