Mexico DX 12-16-06 to 12-24-06

State Abbreviations:
AG: Aguascalientes
CL: Colima
DF: Districto Federal
GR: Guerrero
HG: Hidalgo
JL: Jalisco
MC: Michoacan
NL: Nuevo Leon

My conclusion on the Acapulco DX is that you can really only identify the local Acapulco stations as well as some major Mexico City stations. The majority of programming is music in Acapulco with a number of talk stations in Mexico City. The stations that I could not 100% confirm are educated guesses as to what I think the station was based on the distance it sounded and the type of programming.

Zihuatanejo/Ixtapa Day DX

State Abbreviations:
GR: Guerrero
MC: Michoacan

Only local stations were received on this DX as it occured at about 2:30 pm. Only stations from Zihuatanejo and Lazaro Cardenas located about 60 miles away were heard. Despite having lots of big resorts, Ixtapa does not have any radio stations. All stations on this DX can be confirmed with a high level accuracy.

Puerto Vallarta Late Afternoon DX

State Abbreviations:
AG: Aguascalientes
CI: Coahuila
DF: Districto Federal
DG: Durango
GT: Guanajuato
JA: Jalisco
MC: Michoacan
NA: Nayarit
NL: Nuevo Leon
SI: Sinaloa
SO: Sonora
VE: Veracruz

A suprising number of stations were coming in during the late afternoon in Puerto Vallarta. The lower end of the dial had very few stations but all of a sudden I was running into 1-2 stations per frequency. The stations from Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara were easy to confirm as they were not that far away. Hearing WOAI was also a nice treat considering I was over 1,000 miles away from San Antonio and it was still daylight. And no that is not a missprint, XEABCJ is the actual call letters of a station in Guadalajara! 6 letters in a call sign, what will the Mexicans come up with next?

Just out of Puerto Vallarta Dusk DX of the US and Mexican Border

State Abbreviations:
BN: Baja California Norte
CH: Chihuahua

Once it got dark I started searching for US stations and sure enough I got a few. KCKN was coming in super clear, apparently the former KINF is back up and is it ever a flame thrower! WOAI of course could still be heard. WOAI has now been heard from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Appleton, WI, Missoula, MT, Seattle, WA, and Southern California. This stations signal might encompass the whole of North America. KKOB was playing the Las Vegas bowl football game between BYU and Oregon and was coming in pretty clear. KNX and XEKTT were coming in but they sounded somewhat distant, it might have more to do with the direction I had to DX rather then the strength of their signals. KNX was playing LA traffic and XEKTT was playing its usual business programming. Its amazing how well I could hear some of these stations from over a 1,000 miles away. Im not 100% sure about XEP, but I know Stu has heard the station on 1300 that plays American music and travels a long distance.

Cabo San Lucas Day DX

State Abbreviations:
BS: Baja California Sur

There are only two cities at the tip of Baja California, Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo, well they only have one AM radio station. XESJC is super super ranchera music. I could hear it playing as I walked the streets of Cabo San Lucas.