[Spooks] Strange Cuban Happenings!

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Hi List:

    This morning 0900z/1000z expected V2c sked was again replaced with V2a 
broadcasts on 7887m/7975m!

    At 1000z on 8174m, M8a up loud and clear, in progress.  Then abruptly 
stops at about 1015z before the third message.  After a pause, a weak V2c in 
progress was heard on 8173m.  M8a never returned!

    The 1100z M8a on 3926m was supposed to be the repeat of 1000z M8a on 
3926m.  The 1100z should have been on 4173m, but the operator forgot to 
change freqs from the hour before!

    The way the Cubans have been broadcasting this past year, you would 
think all the older ops have retired and  the newer ones have taken their 
place.  Late skeds, early skeds, no skeds, V2a instead of V2c or M8a and 
vice versa.  It really is turning into a "comedy of errors" for these 
networks!  I really wonder who is running the show in Cuba.  Obviously, 
his/her superiors do not care about quality, and the poor recipients of 
these broadcasts must really get frustrated as to when and where a good 
quality
message will arrive.

73's
Mark