Tony Meloche wrote:
not even exist anymore. But I listened for 90 minutes, and with the
exception of a rolling-voiced announcer making comments about the
"fantastic" station, there was no ID during that time - which is exactly

Unfortunately, in this day and age it's not unusual for U.S. stations to
ignore the rules that require an ID. (then again, as David says it's
possible they IDd in Spanish & too quickly for you to hear)

what I typically hear on Latin, South American and Carribean stations.
Nothing else in the frequency listing has an output power anywhere near
50,000W, and I doubted that I would be getting reception that strong and
clear from a 10 or 25kw station in Brazil or Venezuela (though I know
what unusually good prop can do on occasion).

You might be surprised how well a few hundred watts can do at night on a
relatively clear channel. Or a channel that's been temporarily cleared
of Northern signals by auroral conditions!

The expanded-band (1610-1700) stations use 1kw at night but cover much
of the country.
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com

"CrewL" wrote in message ...
Hi...

The spoken language in Belize is English and pidgin dialects thereof, not
Spanish. I know, an anomaly for that part of the world! But Spanish IS
spoken also.

I too thought that AM was gone now in Belize. Apart from the VOA relay
there, on 1530, which don't know if that counts!

M.

FYI: The VoA (which used to be on both 1530 and 1580 kHz) shut down
their relay site and put the facility up for auction several years
ago.

Did they mention 'La Fabulosa'? If so, it was WFNO. I logged it in
November, couldn't figure it out until I heard a reference to Baton
Rouge, then a phone number with area code, then 'La Fabulosa'. Don't
think I heard them announce the call letters, either. 750 nightime
watts, and I'm in Northern Illinois.

George

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David Eduardo wrote:

"Tony Meloche" wrote in message
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David Eduardo wrote:

"Tony Meloche" wrote in message
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60 and 49 meter band were crapola tonight, so I did some MWDX.
Excellent conditions - pulling in loud and clear stations from Mexico,
Cuba and Belize.

I thought medium wave in Belice shut down years and years ago.


The station has no call, oddly, but it's 50,000W unlimited day and
night, as of the 1/1/04 WHAM logs. No other all-Spanish station with
music and programming indigenous to the Lastin world (in other words, it
was not a Spanish broadcasting USA station) anywhwere near that close
with that kind of transmitter. References I could pick up in Spanish
also indicated Belize City. It was as clear as suburban AM for quite a
while on 830 AM, though hampered by WCCO in Minneapolis.

Belize, the former British Hondras, is predominantly English speaking.

US Spanish stations, musically, often sound _identical_ to Latin American
stations.


True - but US based station invariably identify by call *at least*
once an hour, and usually more frequently than that - this station
(which I now believe wasn't Belize), did not, over a period of almost 90
minutes.

Tony


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geowulf wrote:

Did they mention 'La Fabulosa'? If so, it was WFNO. I logged it in
November, couldn't figure it out until I heard a reference to Baton
Rouge, then a phone number with area code, then 'La Fabulosa'. Don't
think I heard them announce the call letters, either. 750 nightime
watts, and I'm in Northern Illinois.

George



I did not hear reference to "La Fabuloso", George, but if it is
correct about it being 750 watts nightime (and yeah, that's what the
WHAM logs say, too,) I doubt it was the station I heard, as I was
getting it *strongly* for over an hour, and I'm in Michigan. Most of
the time, it was sharing the ride about equally with WCCO in Minneapolis
- a 50,000W station much, much closer to me, and at times, it was
*burying* WCCO. Anything can happen with unusual prop conditions, I
know, but that would seem beyond believing for a 750W station about 900
miles from me - I just have trouble believing my antenna set-up (110'
longwire, center tapped, elevated 7.5 ft.) is that good. Not that I
could receive the 750 watt station from that far away, (I've logged a
1,000W station from North Texas several times) but that it would be that
*strong* and *clear*. I appreciate your post, though - I appreciate
*any* helpful post. And as I've said several times already to several
of the other contributors to this thread: Yes, I no longer believe it
was Belize! :D

Afterthought: Is it possible WFNO doesn't have to drop to 750W until
after 0400 or 0500?? I stopped listening about 0330. A 5,000W station
from that distance - strong and clear - is old news, in my experience,
that wouldn't suprise me.

Tony





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wrote:



David Eduardo wrote:

"Tony Meloche" wrote in message
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David Eduardo wrote:

"Tony Meloche" wrote in message
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60 and 49 meter band were crapola tonight, so I did some MWDX.
Excellent conditions - pulling in loud and clear stations from Mexico,
Cuba and Belize.

I thought medium wave in Belice shut down years and years ago.


The station has no call, oddly, but it's 50,000W unlimited day and
night, as of the 1/1/04 WHAM logs. No other all-Spanish station with
music and programming indigenous to the Lastin world (in other words, it
was not a Spanish broadcasting USA station) anywhwere near that close
with that kind of transmitter. References I could pick up in Spanish
also indicated Belize City. It was as clear as suburban AM for quite a
while on 830 AM, though hampered by WCCO in Minneapolis.

Belize, the former British Hondras, is predominantly English speaking.

US Spanish stations, musically, often sound _identical_ to Latin American
stations.


True - but US based station invariably identify by call *at least*
once an hour, and usually more frequently than that - this station
(which I now believe wasn't Belize), did not, over a period of almost 90
minutes.

Tony


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