"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.

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.



Thank you for the information. I guess I need a more recent WRTH. You seem to
know a lot about Central/South American MW stations. Is there a better
reference than the WRTH?


HOLD THE PHONE !

I believe I heard Nicaragua during the test on 720.1khz. (and the new WRTH is
due out any day now I guess). If you search the web for Nicaragua on 720khz,
there are a number of loggings in the last 5 - 10 years.

Here's my write up on the WGN test that I've sent out on the various
reflectors. Comments most certainly welcome (pro and con ! )

-----------------------------------

I'm about 90 miles north of WGN, so they are pretty much impossible to phase or
null out, so I was excited about the possibilities to hear something new. I
thought conditions were pretty good with 730khz, XEX, Mexico City, running
about S9+10db during most of the test. I had S4 line noise on all antennas
except my big 55 ft high vertical, so that's what I used with the Icom R71a,
recording on cassette.

Clips of most of the highlights below can be found at
http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX in downloadable Real Audio format. Any help
with the unidents would be greatly appreciated since this is probalby my only
chance for the next 10 years to get any of these !

No oldies were heard, no Jamaican sounding stations.

Highlights:

0836z Unknown Spanish ident during brief carrier drop. Two time pips, "La Una
...." "La noche ... cinco" several mentions of Yucatan. Not sure who that would
be. Heavy 100hz heterodyne from who I believe is YNRC Radio Catolica, Nicaragua
which has been reported on 720.1khz before.

0910z 100hz het is really loud now, peaking S6. I can hear a woman talking.

0921z Quick "La ...casa" ident.

0937z Man in English with what sounds like "south side ... 4:37 (EST) for the
South side".

0950z Religious talk in English.

0955z Quick ident "Radio Oriente', Porlamar" (silent 'r') then into Venezuela
national anthem.

1000z Woman in English talking " ... for this holiday season, we have a
special gift for you ... free CD ... live performances ... ". I searched the
web on this, but found nothing.

1020z mix of two Spanish stations, and some gospel music in short bursts until
carrier came back on.

Soooooo, I'm logging:

720khz YVQE Radio Oriente', Porlamar, Venezuela 11.30.03 0955z fair to good
with quick ident "Radio Oriente', Porlama" then into national anthem. WGN off.
NEW ! JW-WI

720.1khz YNRC Radio Catolica, Managua, Nicaragua *TENTATIVE* 11.30.03 0900z
poor to fair with strong heterodyne and spanish programming. WGN off. NEW !
JW-WI

I had a lot of fun with this test, looking forward to more.

73 and good DX,

John Wilke
WB9UAI
Milwaukee, WI

"Nobody You Know" wrote in message
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wrote:



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.



Thank you for the information. I guess I need a more recent WRTH. You seem
to
know a lot about Central/South American MW stations. Is there a better
reference than the WRTH?

Anything is better than WRTVH. Suggest membership in National Radio Club and
buying the IRCA's Mexican list.

The ID that says "La Una" really says, "La Una... Unica" and Unica is the
name of the Coahuila station in Mexico.

"J999w" wrote in message
...

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.



Thank you for the information. I guess I need a more recent WRTH. You
seem to
know a lot about Central/South American MW stations. Is there a better
reference than the WRTH?


HOLD THE PHONE !

I believe I heard Nicaragua during the test on 720.1khz. (and the new WRTH
is
due out any day now I guess). If you search the web for Nicaragua on
720khz,
there are a number of loggings in the last 5 - 10 years.

Here's my write up on the WGN test that I've sent out on the various
reflectors. Comments most certainly welcome (pro and con ! )

-----------------------------------

I'm about 90 miles north of WGN, so they are pretty much impossible to
phase or
null out, so I was excited about the possibilities to hear something new.
I
thought conditions were pretty good with 730khz, XEX, Mexico City, running
about S9+10db during most of the test. I had S4 line noise on all antennas
except my big 55 ft high vertical, so that's what I used with the Icom
R71a,
recording on cassette.

Clips of most of the highlights below can be found at
http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX in downloadable Real Audio format. Any
help
with the unidents would be greatly appreciated since this is probalby my
only
chance for the next 10 years to get any of these !

No oldies were heard, no Jamaican sounding stations.

Highlights:

0836z Unknown Spanish ident during brief carrier drop. Two time pips, "La
Una
..." "La noche ... cinco" several mentions of Yucatan. Not sure who that
would
be. Heavy 100hz heterodyne from who I believe is YNRC Radio Catolica,
Nicaragua
which has been reported on 720.1khz before.

0910z 100hz het is really loud now, peaking S6. I can hear a woman
talking.

0921z Quick "La ...casa" ident.

0937z Man in English with what sounds like "south side ... 4:37 (EST) for
the
South side".

0950z Religious talk in English.

0955z Quick ident "Radio Oriente', Porlamar" (silent 'r') then into
Venezuela
national anthem.

1000z Woman in English talking " ... for this holiday season, we have a
special gift for you ... free CD ... live performances ... ". I searched
the
web on this, but found nothing.

1020z mix of two Spanish stations, and some gospel music in short bursts
until
carrier came back on.

Soooooo, I'm logging:

720khz YVQE Radio Oriente', Porlamar, Venezuela 11.30.03 0955z fair to
good
with quick ident "Radio Oriente', Porlama" then into national anthem. WGN
off.
NEW ! JW-WI

720.1khz YNRC Radio Catolica, Managua, Nicaragua *TENTATIVE* 11.30.03
0900z
poor to fair with strong heterodyne and spanish programming. WGN off. NEW
!
JW-WI

I had a lot of fun with this test, looking forward to more.

73 and good DX,

John Wilke
WB9UAI
Milwaukee, WI