Re: [IRCA] 830 UNID Solved!!

[Chernos Saul <sauldx@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Indeed. 830 WFNO (Norco LA) has been a regular in Ontario ... I think this is a permanent state of things with the station.

Saul Chernos
Burnt River ON



> Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 10:22:14 +0000
> From: barry.davies25@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Subject: Re: [IRCA] 830 UNID Solved!!
> 
> Hello Stephen
> WFNO has put in a couple of appearances on this side of the pond so I suspect they have left their day power on hi!
> 
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> 
> Best wishes and 73's
> 
> Barry  :-)               
>  
> Carlisle UK.  Lat. 54.9795N   Lon. 02.8745W
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> From: Stephen Ponder <stephen_ponder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 7:27
> Subject: [IRCA] 830 UNID Solved!!
> 
> 
> Many of you may remember my post a few weeks back concerning an unid Hispanic station heard almost every night at my QTH under WCCO 830. If you replied to my post, thanks! I have your responses written down on my log page.
> 
> Tonight (Wednesday, 12 Feb 2014, at 0003 UTC), I solved the mystery!
> 
> Nulling out WCCO as best as I could, the resultant broadside direction was not the "usual" direction for México.
> 
> According to Cantú, the station slogan - "La Kaliente" - is used by only one XE station on 830 ... XELN in Linares, Nuevo León (Sorry, Phil, my much-preferred IRCA Mexican Log is in a storage tub in our garage awaiting the completion of minor home renovations). Anyway, the broadside direction of my radio did not favor Linares.
> 
> I don't know why I didn't do this earlier, but I Googled "830 AM Hispanic" and saw WFNO in Norco, Lousiana. Further investigation revealed a live stream on TuneIn Radio. A quick comparison between off-the-air and streaming sealed the deal!
> 
> So, that unid Hispanic on 830 under WCCO that I'm hearing is WFNO, Norco, LA. A quick check of both the Radio-Locator and FCC pattern plots tend to confirm my conclusion.
> 
> Happy, Happy, Happy!
> 
> 73 & Good DX,
> 
> Steve Ponder, N5WBI
> Houston, TX
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