"Nobody You Know" wrote in message
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There was no Colombian noted by AM DXers; XEDE in Saltillo, Mexico was
the
Spanish signal noted mixing with RJR from Jamaica even in the East and
much
of the Midwest.
That's possible. I simply said Colombia because the other poster thought
it
could be. Whatever it was, I can't claim it as a catch because I never
heard an
ID. On the other hand, the Jamaican is obvious, and is frequently heard
here.
At last sunspot minimum, CHTN was as strong as WGN here a few times,
heralding
a good North Atlantic path for European stations.
Are you sure it was XEDE? They only run 250 watts at night (albeit
non-directional). On the other hand, there are much stronger stations in
Nicaragua, El Salvador, Colombia, and Venezuela, though I don't know their
antenna patterns or hours of operation.
XEDE increased to 5,000 watts non-DA some time ago; it has been widely
identified as the dominant Spanish station on 720 in the WGN silent period,
and is heard in places like Dallas, Denver, etc., with WGN on the air.
Nicaragua is seldom heard if active; the YSR affiliate is about 5 kw and
behind mountains, and seldom heard in the US since the 70's. Colombia and
Venezuela were not coming in anywhere per DXers on a reflector that night.
Outside of a few Mexicans, there are very, very few directional Latin
American stations.