Re: [IRCA] Mexican blowtorches on AM

[Rick Dau <drummer1965usa@xxxxxxxxx>]

So XEWA should be blasting my doors off here.  Instead, when I null out CBK, all 
I get is Fort Dodge.   


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




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From: Mark Durenberger <Mark4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Mon, April 4, 2011 3:14:16 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Mexican blowtorches on AM

They show up currently at 150 kilowatts, non-directional.

Regards,

Mark Durenberger

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From: "Rick Dau" <drummer1965usa@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 12:50 PM
To: <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [IRCA] Mexican blowtorches on AM

> 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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> Sent: Mon, April 4, 2011 12:38:00 PM
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>
> 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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