[IRCA] Mexican blowtorches on AM

[Rick Dau <drummer1965usa@xxxxxxxxx>]

I still get XEROK and XERF on a consistent basis, but the station I'm struggling 
to hear nowadays -- one that use to rule 540 at night - is XEWA!  Wonder what in 
the world happened, if their ground system is deteriorating, or if they are 
simply running less wattage now than in the old days. 

 
73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, NE
Sony ICF-2010 + Quantum Loop




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From: Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Mon, April 4, 2011 12:38:00 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 5-letter call signs

No wonder I never hear XEROK. For some reason I never realized XEROK was
not operating with the same power. I guess I never checked. The same was
true with XERF 1570 for years, running about 18 KW if lucky until a few
years ago when they boosted to 100 KW, now they are a pest on 1570 that
used to be a great DX frequency off the beverage, after BC & AB moved to
FM. I got FL, IL, etc. Now I get XERF, CKMW, and sometimes SD. That is
about it. A DX test would work well as morse code would cut through XERF
easy enough. But XERF is just strong enough to mess up the frequency
here and I cannot even get them to QSL! I have tried for years and
years.

73,

Patrick

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR 
KGED QSL Manager

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