[MW DX] 1700 kHz pres. XEPE-AM - "La Tremenda" (Tijuana, Baja California, MEX) 14.12.2019
Presumed ID 0:14 as "La Tremenda" (?) --- "XEPE is on the air 24 hours a day at 10,000 watts in the AM expanded band, commonly known as the "X band", and is the only commercial station in Mexico's expanded band. The 1700 kHz frequency has de facto clear channel status. There are no expanded AM band stations at 1700 AM in the United States west of Texas or in the rest of Mexico. Unlike most X-band stations in the U.S., which reduce their power to 1,000 watts at night, XEPE keeps its 10,000 watts of power around the clock. It uses a directional antenna at all times, with its transmitter in Cerro Jaramillo." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEPE-AM --- TX: XEPE-AM 10 kW (Cerro Jaramillo/Tecate, Tijuana, Mexico) QTH: MP87DA ANT: about 250 m BoG to 355 deg RX: ICF- SW7600GR DX: about 8300 km Received at 02-58 UTC on December 14th, 2019 in North-West Siberia, Russia
Presumed ID 0:14 as "La Tremenda" (?) --- "XEPE is on the air 24 hours a day at 10,000 watts in the AM expanded band, commonly known as the "X band", and is the only commercial station in Mexico's expanded band. The 1700 kHz frequency has de facto clear channel status. There are no expanded AM band stations at 1700 AM in the United States west of Texas or in the rest of Mexico. Unlike most X-band stations in the U.S., which reduce their power to 1,000 watts at night, XEPE keeps its 10,000 watts of power around the clock. It uses a directional antenna at all times, with its transmitter in Cerro Jaramillo." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEPE-AM --- TX: XEPE-AM 10 kW (Cerro Jaramillo/Tecate, Tijuana, Mexico) QTH: MP87DA ANT: about 250 m BoG to 355 deg RX: ICF- SW7600GR DX: about 8300 km Received at 02-58 UTC on December 14th, 2019 in North-West Siberia, Russia