Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ivan Cholakov, who shares the following:
[W]hile on a cruise ship 30 miles off the coast of Cuba (January 2017) I pointed a small active antenna towards the island and scanned for old fashioned analog TV.
The results show analog TV is alive and well in Cuba! Multiple programs on multiple channels.
From what I understand Cuba has selected the Chinese digital TV standard but using their own channel spacing so I am not aware of any receivers that can pick up Cuba’s digital TV transmissions.
I posted the YouTube video of my channel scan here:
That is where our analog TV’s we junked went. I wonder if Cuban household TV’s are black & white, have tubes, no remotes and are from the 1950’s like their cars. I doubt anyone can afford any new digital TV’s there.
Ivan thanks for going to the effect of documenting your catch and uploading it. This is so great!