As I've read in this thread, this has been IDed as XEWGR, Monclova which is the only Mexican I've heard on 780 from here in IL or up north in WI, where it's much easier to get past WBBM. They changed formats to Exa-FM a couple years ago from R. Nostalgia (Spanish NOS mx). They may have had another call then, but since I don't count call changes, that doesn't matter to me. Most notatably I heard them off the back end of the Phased BOG System aimed at Maine (for that DX test that didn't come on in time that I never got) a few years ago as R. Nostalgia past phased WBBM.
Anyhow, I live 13.9 miles from WBBM's tx, and with the right Phased BOG combo, I can sometimes dig these guys out, so they really get out. Obviously, like many Mexicans they were running day power at night. Here's a good online reference for Mexicans. http://mexicoradiotv.com/frec_am.htm I suspect that from Omaha with your loopstick set to null WBBM, you may find XEWGR isn't uncommon if running day power. Of course, there's other Mexicans you may get as well, like XESFT which seems to be close enough to the same bearing from me as WBBM so it gets reduced when I phase WBBM. 73 KAZ Barrington IL -----Original Message----- >From: Rick Dau <[email protected]> >Sent: Mar 5, 2012 2:02 AM >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Mailing list for the >International Radio Club of America <[email protected]>, >"[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [IRCA] Big-time Mexican puzzle on 780 > >That's a good question, Tim. Of the 8 Mexicans on the channel, only 3 of them >(XELD, XEZN, and ZETS) stream, and none of them matched up with what I was >hearing. For all I know, it could have been XEWGR, but I have no way of >telling for sure. Mike recorded the mystery station at one point, and here's >what he got: > >http://mesamike.org/radio/mwdx/audio/dxclips/unid-780-20120304_2340.mp3 > >73, >Stumped in South Omaha > > >________________________________ >From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected]; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of >America <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, March 5, 2012 12:56 AM >Subject: Re: [ABDX] Big-time Mexican puzzle on 780 > > > >Hmm, does anyone know what format Monclova is running these days? 73 Tim >Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > >________________________________ > >From: Rick Dau <[email protected]> >Sender: [email protected] >Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 22:52:19 -0800 (PST) >To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of >America<[email protected]>; [email protected]<[email protected]>; >[email protected]<[email protected]> >ReplyTo: [email protected] >Subject: [ABDX] Big-time Mexican puzzle on 780 > > > 780 UNID ?? ?????? - 3/5 0101-0147 - Someone in here with a great signal >under WBBM. Mexican NA heard clearly at 0101, followed by a > long string of American pop ballads, including Elton John's "Candle >In The Wind", Boz Scagg's "Look What You've Done To Me", Air > Supply's "Here I Am", Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over", and >Chicago's "Hard Habit To Break", among others. Could never get this > one to surface for an ID, but Mike Westfall in Los Alamos, NM sez >he heard the same station, and that there was definite Spanish talk at one > point. C'mon, DX sleuths, help me out here... (RD-NE) > > RD-NE Rick Dau > South Omaha, Nebraska > Sangean ATS-909X barefoot >__._,_.___ _______________________________________________ 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]
