This must be the time of year for dashboard DX'ing! On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I have a 6:15 AM CST telecon, so I'm usually on my way to work by 5:30 AM. This morning, around 5:34 AM CST (1134 UTC), I was listening to 760 kHz. Instead of the usual monster signal from XEABC in Mexico City, I heard another station with a "good" signal. It wasn't booming in, but it was strong enough to copy.
The news announcer was reading news highlights, mentioning the Mexican Estado of "Chiapas" in almost every item. There was a continuous sound track running beneath the announcer, which made it difficult to understand sometimes. Then at 5:40 AM CST (1140 UTC) I heard a semi-ID, "Radio Uno" and the announcer mentioned "San Cristobal" and "Chiapas" several more times. Could it be that I was listening to XERA from San Cristobal, Chiapas, Mexico? Wow! That would be another totally new Mexican station for me! Maybe the reason I was not hearing XEABC was that they were still on their night pattern, while daybreak had already occurred in Chiapas? At least that's what my trusty "DX Edge" indicates! Anybody else heard this station? Stephen H. Ponder, N5WBI "Many great deeds are performed in the small struggles of life." - Victor Hugo, Les Miserables Houston, Texas, USA - EL29kn E-Mail: [email protected] _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
