Craig (WB6LZV) wrote:
I got started in BCB DX in the late 1960's as a pre-teen and it continues to
be a favorite. But I absolutely agree with RadioGuy in that the Mexican
stations are trashing up the band. What's also changed over the years,
making station identification more difficult, is the syndication of talk
shows. You just don't find much local content when tuning the band to use
as an aid in ID'ing a station. Don't know if anybody else has noticed that
over the last decade or so.

I rather appreciate Mexican stations. (I probably DX FM more than I do
AM) They tend to have clear and frequent IDs, which is far more than
you can say for most U.S. (and especially Canadian!) stations. Sure,
you do have to take the effort to learn a bit of Spanish but at least on
FM I've found it well worthwhile.

They also seem much better (on average) at selling local advertising
with which you can identify a station.

The big problem on AM is that they're shuffling frequencies like crazy
down there; a printed Mexican AM station guide may not be of much value
for long...
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Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com