While I did indeed hear station #1000 when I said, it was XETC and not XEPNK as originally stated. 4/27/12 1100 UTC 880 kHz XETC, Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico (10 kW @ 1327 km / 825 mi). There were several things not making sense to me about my original identification. The first was why was a station in Sinaloa playing the national anthem at that hour? The second, was the station announcement, "Ocho Ochenta A M". Then, the lyrics to the state anthem didn't sound right for that of the similar sounding Sinaloan tune. So after "mucho" replaying of the reception's recording I was able to correctly identified the station. Most stations in the Central time zone of México broadcast "el himno nacional" at 1100 UTC between April 1 and October 28, 2012. Sinaloa is in the Mountain time zone where most stations broadcast the anthem around 1200 UTC. The state anthem heard clearly began with the lyrics "Hoy rendimos un tributo a Coahuila". The Sinaloa anthem starts with "Somos tierra y cuna de ejemplares héroes, que han dada la vivo en por Sinaloa". The state anthems can be an useful tool in identifying Mexican station. Probably the easiest is that of the state of Veracruz in which "Veracruz" is clearly repeated several times. The identification wasn't made any easier because of QRM from XEV, Chihuahua CH MEX. Since XEV is a "Grupo Fórmula" network station it sometimes broadcasts the ID of XERFR. XERFR is the network's flagship station in México City on 970 kHz. I again heard XETC on 4/29/11. They were broadcasting a jazz tune with English lyrics. At 1130 UTC there was an ID by a woman, "Kiuu, (raya estatica), Ocho Ochenta A M", with "Ocho Ochenta A M" repeated by a man. The signal finally fade away under XEV at 1135. Buena DX. Richard. Richard Allen 36°22'51"N / 97°26'35"W (near Perry OK USA)
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