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Can You Hear 900 XEW from Mexico City?

I have heard XEW from time to time over the years, up to present times -- sometimes quite powerfully, but sporadically. It's quite possible that the signal makes it into my area more regularly, but I have a difficult time hearing it thanks to WSUI Iowa City on 910. Also, lately I've been hearing Spanish language programming with music at night in my area on 900, but I haven't been able to ID it thus far.

I've heard XEW much more often south and east of here -- while on the Gulf Coast, and even when traveling through central Illinois and Indiana at night.
 
icybluelake said:
I have heard XEW from time to time over the years, up to present times -- sometimes quite powerfully, but sporadically. It's quite possible that the signal makes it into my area more regularly, but I have a difficult time hearing it thanks to WSUI Iowa City on 910. Also, lately I've been hearing Spanish language programming with music at night in my area on 900, but I haven't been able to ID it thus far.

I've heard XEW much more often south and east of here -- while on the Gulf Coast, and even when traveling through central Illinois and Indiana at night.
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Go down to Fairfield or Ottumwa and XEW is more present.
 
BTW...lowering the angle of radiation does not reduce skywave radiation, it moves it farther out.
So, you will have less skywave at, say 120 Km away from the transmitting antenna (interfering with the groundwaves), but a stronger skywave signal at 400-1000 Km out. Of course, the missed zones, or "skip zones", where their is less signal will also increase. This is why two of the criteria that shortwave stations pay a lot of attention to are the takeoff angles of the transmitting antennæ, and the exact distance to the target area (not too far, but not too close).
 
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