At 01:52 PM 1/25/2008 -0500, you wrote:
> > 1440 XECCC Fiesta Mexicana Guadalajara,
> > MEXICO Jan/24/08 2002-2130 EST SS FR-GD
> > Male DJ Spoke Spanish @2002. ID given as "Fiesta Mexicana". Lively
> > Trumpet Music and SS Vocals. Mentioned the "Super Bowl" @ 2007.
> > Spanish Ballads. AD for a "Pharmacy Latina". Accordion Music and
> > Many Mentions of "Mexico" @ 2018. Still in @ 2120 EST.
> > Lively Mexican Music. Trumpets and SS Vocals. OM spoke SS, ments of
> > "Mexicana".
> >
> > NEW STN. 10KW / 1 KW Nights 2000 MILES!!!!!
>
>Pardon my skepticism, but this one seems very iffy. Catching a
>Mexican on a regional channel like 1440 from the Northeast is
>unlikely, to say the least. Also, the Guadalajara station is not
>XECCC, it's XEABCJ, and they are a relay of XEABC-760 ("ABC Radio",
>with a news/talk/sports format). I'd look for US stations on 1440
>that might carry a Mexican programming format... WCDL, perhaps?
>
>Barry
Barry.......No problem on the Skepticism.....I'm a skeptic too.....and try
not to believe everything people tell me!!
Regarding your comments above...here's my reply......
>Catching a Mexican on a regional channel like 1440 from the Northeast is
>unlikely, to say the least.
I agree...but not impossible. To back this up......I must say that in the
last 25 Days.....I have heard a PILE of Stations on the Sony SRF-59....and
now the Sony SRF-T615 Ultralites....that I too would not have believed
until I heard them with my own ears. I have heard over 25 New Stations
since I began using these 2 handhelds.....these are stations I have never
heard on My Drake R8B, NRD-535D, Collins 651S1, Collins HF-2050, Collins
R-390A, and Hammarlund SP-600 in over 30 years of AM BCB DX'ing. I don't
understand it...and I too am scratching my head trying to figure out how a
Single AA Battery can pull this stuff in???? It don't make any sense....and
I can't explain it....It just is!!!
"Also, the Guadalajara station is not XECCC, it's XEABCJ, and they are a
relay of XEABC-760 ("ABC Radio",
with a news/talk/sports format)."
Well.....I didn't have any up to date Printed References available at the
time...so I checked on the Internet for "Fiesta Mexicana on 1440 KHZ".
Everything that came up for that was "XECCC Fiesta Mexicana" in
Guadalajara.....so that is all I had to work with.
The Station ID's heard....and several of them were quite Clear...were
"Fiesta Mexicana" At the same time I was hearing this station..........I
was also hearing the Mexican on 730 XEX....and the Mexican on 540 XEWA.
There were a few other frequencies which I suspected were Mexicans as
well....but couldn't dig the stations out from the QRM well enough to
Identify. So....with that said......It wasn't just the 1440 Station I
heard...but several others from Mexico as well.....what that proves is
Nothing I guess....but it does support the 1440 reception if nothing else???
>I'd look for US stations on 1440 that might carry a Mexican programming
>format... WCDL, perhaps?
Welll...everything I can find on the net shows WCDL as a 5000 Watt DAYTIME
ONLY STN....are they on ALL NIGHT now???
Being a skeptic like you Barry.......I listened to this station for OVER 1
& 1/2 Hours....because I figured eventually I was gonna hear an ENGLISH ID
for an AMERICAN STN.....or I was gonna hear an AD for an AMERICAN
BUSINESS....or mention of a USA CITY........or something that would confirm
that this was not MEXICO I was hearing.....I truly believed for most of
this reception...that It couldn't be Mexico!! But after listening for all
that time......the ONLY thing I could confirm was that the station was
ID'ing as "Fiesta Mexicana"........and didn't give ANY CLUE as to being
located anywhere but Mexico.
So with that Ammo.....I tried to find out on the net what I had heard...and
the only reference for "Fiesta Mexicana on 1440 Khz" was XECCC in Guadalajara.
So in closing....."Can I prove it was Guadalajara Mexico ID'ing as "Fiesta
Mexicana".....I guess not. But I sure as heck haven't got anything else to
put it anywhere else at this point.
If there is anyone out there that knows of a USA Station on 1440
Khz....that ID's as "Fiesta Mexicana"......and "Never mentions" anything
about the City they are located in the USA......Never Gives an English
ID...even on the Hour....or even a Spanish one that puts it in the
USA.....and never runs any USA ads.....and Only makes references to Mexico
when they are talking.....by all means....please Pass the info on to me so
I can "Correct" this reception so the Guys using all the Multi $$$ Radios
are not offended by a Pocket Weasel hearing something that seems to good to
be true.
I'm reporting what I'm hearing guys....and if you have been following the
loggings over the past 3 weeks.....I can understand that you "May not
believe"...... The guys using the Sony Pocket Weasels may be the only ones
"Able to believe" some of this stuff!! Up until 3 weeks ago....I was a Non
Believer too.
Not trying to be snotty about any of this....but it seems like a "few"
People really don't like the idea of people hearing wicked DX on a Handheld
Radio...and I agree...it is almost sacrilege......but it is ....what it is.
With that........I sit here on Pins and Needles...and await the Barrage of
Emails ..........which will hopefully ID this station for me......'cause
barring that.....I guess I have an UNID!! .....or maybe a Mexican...that no
one Believes!! Surely someone out there in the USA can support what Barry
is saying.......or maybe not??
Salute........ROB.
Robert S. Ross VA3SW
Box 1003, Stn. B.
London, Ontario
CANADA N6A5K1
Antique/Vintage Radio Enthusiast
Amateur Radio Stations VA3SW/VE3JFC
Defy Physics.....Play Table Tennis!! (Ping Pong with an Attitude)
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