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60 and 49 meter band were crapola tonight, so I did some MWDX.
Excellent conditions - pulling in loud and clear stations from Mexico,
Cuba and Belize.

I thought medium wave in Belice shut down years and years ago.


The station has no call, oddly, but it's 50,000W unlimited day and
night, as of the 1/1/04 WHAM logs. No other all-Spanish station with
music and programming indigenous to the Lastin world (in other words, it
was not a Spanish broadcasting USA station) anywhwere near that close
with that kind of transmitter. References I could pick up in Spanish
also indicated Belize City. It was as clear as suburban AM for quite a
while on 830 AM, though hampered by WCCO in Minneapolis.

Belize, the former British Hondras, is predominantly English speaking.

US Spanish stations, musically, often sound _identical_ to Latin American
stations.

David Eduardo wrote:

"Tony Meloche" wrote in message
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David Eduardo wrote:

"Tony Meloche" wrote in message
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60 and 49 meter band were crapola tonight, so I did some MWDX.
Excellent conditions - pulling in loud and clear stations from Mexico,
Cuba and Belize.

I thought medium wave in Belice shut down years and years ago.


The station has no call, oddly, but it's 50,000W unlimited day and
night, as of the 1/1/04 WHAM logs. No other all-Spanish station with
music and programming indigenous to the Lastin world (in other words, it
was not a Spanish broadcasting USA station) anywhwere near that close
with that kind of transmitter. References I could pick up in Spanish
also indicated Belize City. It was as clear as suburban AM for quite a
while on 830 AM, though hampered by WCCO in Minneapolis.

Belize, the former British Hondras, is predominantly English speaking.

US Spanish stations, musically, often sound _identical_ to Latin American
stations.


True - but US based station invariably identify by call *at least*
once an hour, and usually more frequently than that - this station
(which I now believe wasn't Belize), did not, over a period of almost 90
minutes.

Tony


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Did they mention 'La Fabulosa'? If so, it was WFNO. I logged it in
November, couldn't figure it out until I heard a reference to Baton
Rouge, then a phone number with area code, then 'La Fabulosa'. Don't
think I heard them announce the call letters, either. 750 nightime
watts, and I'm in Northern Illinois.

George

On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 10:24:49 -0500, Tony Meloche
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David Eduardo wrote:

"Tony Meloche" wrote in message
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David Eduardo wrote:

"Tony Meloche" wrote in message
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60 and 49 meter band were crapola tonight, so I did some MWDX.
Excellent conditions - pulling in loud and clear stations from Mexico,
Cuba and Belize.

I thought medium wave in Belice shut down years and years ago.


The station has no call, oddly, but it's 50,000W unlimited day and
night, as of the 1/1/04 WHAM logs. No other all-Spanish station with
music and programming indigenous to the Lastin world (in other words, it
was not a Spanish broadcasting USA station) anywhwere near that close
with that kind of transmitter. References I could pick up in Spanish
also indicated Belize City. It was as clear as suburban AM for quite a
while on 830 AM, though hampered by WCCO in Minneapolis.

Belize, the former British Hondras, is predominantly English speaking.

US Spanish stations, musically, often sound _identical_ to Latin American
stations.


True - but US based station invariably identify by call *at least*
once an hour, and usually more frequently than that - this station
(which I now believe wasn't Belize), did not, over a period of almost 90
minutes.

Tony


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geowulf wrote:

Did they mention 'La Fabulosa'? If so, it was WFNO. I logged it in
November, couldn't figure it out until I heard a reference to Baton
Rouge, then a phone number with area code, then 'La Fabulosa'. Don't
think I heard them announce the call letters, either. 750 nightime
watts, and I'm in Northern Illinois.

George



I did not hear reference to "La Fabuloso", George, but if it is
correct about it being 750 watts nightime (and yeah, that's what the
WHAM logs say, too,) I doubt it was the station I heard, as I was
getting it *strongly* for over an hour, and I'm in Michigan. Most of
the time, it was sharing the ride about equally with WCCO in Minneapolis
- a 50,000W station much, much closer to me, and at times, it was
*burying* WCCO. Anything can happen with unusual prop conditions, I
know, but that would seem beyond believing for a 750W station about 900
miles from me - I just have trouble believing my antenna set-up (110'
longwire, center tapped, elevated 7.5 ft.) is that good. Not that I
could receive the 750 watt station from that far away, (I've logged a
1,000W station from North Texas several times) but that it would be that
*strong* and *clear*. I appreciate your post, though - I appreciate
*any* helpful post. And as I've said several times already to several
of the other contributors to this thread: Yes, I no longer believe it
was Belize! :D

Afterthought: Is it possible WFNO doesn't have to drop to 750W until
after 0400 or 0500?? I stopped listening about 0330. A 5,000W station
from that distance - strong and clear - is old news, in my experience,
that wouldn't suprise me.

Tony





On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 10:24:49 -0500, Tony Meloche
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David Eduardo wrote:

"Tony Meloche" wrote in message
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David Eduardo wrote:

"Tony Meloche" wrote in message
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60 and 49 meter band were crapola tonight, so I did some MWDX.
Excellent conditions - pulling in loud and clear stations from Mexico,
Cuba and Belize.

I thought medium wave in Belice shut down years and years ago.


The station has no call, oddly, but it's 50,000W unlimited day and
night, as of the 1/1/04 WHAM logs. No other all-Spanish station with
music and programming indigenous to the Lastin world (in other words, it
was not a Spanish broadcasting USA station) anywhwere near that close
with that kind of transmitter. References I could pick up in Spanish
also indicated Belize City. It was as clear as suburban AM for quite a
while on 830 AM, though hampered by WCCO in Minneapolis.

Belize, the former British Hondras, is predominantly English speaking.

US Spanish stations, musically, often sound _identical_ to Latin American
stations.


True - but US based station invariably identify by call *at least*
once an hour, and usually more frequently than that - this station
(which I now believe wasn't Belize), did not, over a period of almost 90
minutes.

Tony


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