But I still received a nice new Transatlantic Station: WQBA from Miami!

1140 AM is the channel on which I typically receive CBI “CBC Radio One” from Nova Scotia, Canada. But this time I heard a few Latin American songs, and a clear ID “11-40 AM” in Spanish. I wasn’t sure about the station call though (in hindsight I didn’t recognize the American “Double – U” as I was focused on Spanish and so I didn’t even realize that the call sign was pretty well audible). The four songs I heard were all by singers from Puerto Rico. The only station from Puerto Rico on this frequency, WQII “Once Q”, was listed as “inactive”.

Recording of ID… once you know what to hear it is quite clear: “Double-U -Q-B-A 11-40 AM, El Pulso de Miami”!

So as their website seemed “alive and kicking” I sent a report to Mr. Jose Cheo Cruz and received a confirmation within an hour… so it seemed that it really was “Once Q”, currently still at low power, soon to be heard a full power.

Now we might miss the traditional QSL card these days, but it is so much easier to connect with other DX-ers around the world. So I posted my “alleged” reception “for comments”. Both Mauno Ritola from MW-list and Guido Schotmans from the BDXC pointed out that is was WQBA “El Pulso de Miami” I heard.

The WQBA ID in perfect quality… matches my reception

Disappointing? Maybe, but it is still a new Transatlantic station for me. The only thing is: will I get it QSL-ed?

Despite the annoucements on their website and enthusiastic replies from the owner, it remains to be seen if “Once Q” is really active, or even will become active on 1140 AM.