Reception of XEPE 1700 in Portugal

[mrhoover]

Hi

AM conditions were strange this morning.Generally down but on 1700 found a sports talk station around 0725 UTC with the Texan oldies music station KVNS not around which usually dominates 1700 KHz here.

The station identified at XX 1090 which seems to be linked up with the 1700 KHz San Diego station XEPE.At one point a commercial talked about 1090 & it's "sister stations" but I wasn't recording then.

Didn't take much notice at first as thought it was the Alabama station WEUP
but that's usually on gospel music.

The attached audio clip has brief id at the start & the end of the clip has an id "1700" around 20 secs into it but think this is the Texan but could be "XX",there's something before at 16 seconds "??? FM" This 2nd part was recorded a few minutes later than the clear id at the beginning.There seems to be the oldies station & the sports station there together.
KVNS usually id's as "Oldies 1700".

After about 0750 UTC just the Texan oldies station was there.

Listened on 1090 KHz and had a weak carrier but problems here with adjacent channel Spanish QRM.


There's more about it the station here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEPE-AM


Hugh

[Mike-CT]

Wikipedia shows this:
XEPE's U.S. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) programming and sales rights are owned by the same company which operates XEPRS-AM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEPRS-AM) (1090 kHz, XX 1090) / XHPRS-FM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHPRS-FM) (FM 105.7, 105.7 The Walrus), with studios and offices in the San Diego community of La Jolla (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Jolla,_California). San Diego 1700 AM is the flagship station (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagship_station) home of nationally syndicated (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_syndication) financial talk show host Ray Lucia (http://www.raylucia.com/).

Seems 1700 was a Progressive Talk format, but they dropped the format for sports. I hear a clear XX 1700 at the start of the clip so I'd say you definitely had XEPE, which is something I have never heard (yet).

[cd637299]

Wow, Hugh.....You never heard my local on 1700, WJCC? That's in line for you before KVNS is! And XEPE is beyond those!

cd

[mrhoover]

Hi Chris.

No,your local doesn't seem to want to come in here.Normally just
Alabama & Texas fight it out on 1700KHz.Skip on AM is strange,moreso
than TV.Wonder how much power it has?

Was listening to some British hams on 160 meters (just above AM band)
last night & they were talking about the good W coast US opening
on Friday night/Saturday morning

Best Regards,

Hugh

[mrhoover]

Had XEPE 1700 KHz again this morning in Portugal at 0700 UTC going in and out with the Texan station.

Also some US Ham chatter on 1950KHz lower sideband,no callsigns.

Hugh

[Mike-CT]

One of these days maybe I'll get 'em. I keep looking.