BULLETIN: Hauser's DX 97-09, Supplement 8/15 XERTA

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   GLENN HAUSER'S SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 97-09, Supplement Aug 15

MEXICO. While XERTA was running open carrier the night before and 
early on UT Aug 15, after 0405 there was an hour of a variety of
music interrupted by about a dozen different ID tapes every four
minutes or so, my first confirmed logging of them, on about 4800.7.
By this hour Guatemala seemed to be off tho there was still a weak
het on the low side, perhaps African. Among the phrases in the 
various Spanish IDs were: "XERTA, Radio Transcontinental de America";
"la primera y ultima emisora comercial en Mexico"; "transmitiendo en
ingles, frances y espanol"; "con 50 mil watts de potencia radiada";
"desde la Torre Latinoamericana"; At 0505 switched to English for a
half-hour program promoting and apparently produced by the state of
Baja California, with musical theme "Ebb Tide". Closing at 0537 said
would be back tomorrow at same time, and mentioned 25 and 31 meter
bands(??). 0539 back to Spanish, "nace una nueva estrella, XERTA".
Probably stayed on all night as Hector Garcia B. reported a few 
nights before and he said the power was actually 2 kW. Checked again
from 1150 with light classical music, no breaks until 1218 with more
Spanish IDs every few minutes. The frequency had not drifted during
the night; TG interference was back now but could be eliminated on
the ATS-909 by using USB. Fading after 1300, but still a trace
detectable at 1400 check. I phoned the studio back at 0448 and heard
the same audio in background. The operator seemed excited to get a
call from Oklahoma but was too busy to talk for long (Glenn Hauser)

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