I decided to try to hear what Tim Tromp heard in West Michigan on Saturday morning-- the Mexican National Anthem played on 1700 kHz at 0800 EST or 1300 UTC. Sure enough, Monday morning at 1256 UTC I heard a weak but unmistakable playing of the Mexican NA on that frequency, although like Tim I could hear no other IDable material that I could link to XEPE.. The assumption that this is XEPE has merit. Not only is XEPE the only Mexican station on 1700, but 1300 UTC corresponds to 5 AM PST. By regulation all Mexican stations must play the National Anthem at midnight and 5 AM local time, so this station was performing its regulatory obligation by playing it then. Baja California state, location of XEPE, is the only state in Mexico in the Pacific time zone. Thank you for the tip, Tim! 73 Bill Dvorak Madison WI In a message dated 1/15/2012 8:39:29 A.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Hi Steve, I don't know about midnight, but I caught the Mexican National Anthem here this morning on 1700 at 8am EST / 5am PST. I'm assuming I heard XEPE (it wouldn't be the first time), but the signal faded just before TOH to confirm. Tim Tromp West Michigan On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 11:36 PM, Steve Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Any chance they play the Mexican National Anthem at midnight? > > Steve Francis > Alcoa, Tennessee > > _______________________________________________ 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] _______________________________________________ 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]
