RADIO EDUCACIÓN, MEXICO - TRANSMITTERS AND ANTENNAS!

RADIO EDUCACIÓN, MEXICO

TRANSMITTERS AND ANTENNAS

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My recent post on the winter reception of Radio Educación, XEPPM, Mexico City (6185 kHz) has created some interest from readers of this MEDXR blog. It certainly was pleasing to catch the signal back on June 14. However, there appears to be some confusion about the transmitter power output on the shortwave outlet. WRTH lists XEPPM as 10 kW. Another list shows it as 1 kW.

Last week I asked my Mexican DXing friend, Magdiel Cruz Rodríguez if he knew what the correct output was for 6185 kHz. He was able to confirm the following from the actual information plates on each transmitter:

Shortwave 6185 kHz: 5 kW max, 1 kW reduced power

Mediumwave 1060 kHz: 50 kW max, 10 kW reduced power

And here is the shortwave antenna:

And the mediumwave antenna:

Magdiel Cruz Rodríguez

Magdiel and friends visited the Radio Educación transmitter site back in July 2013 as part of their XIX Encuentro Diexista Mexicano. The visit included a tour of the transmitter plant, the antennas, the studios, and even a shortwave antenna construction workshop, organised by the station engineers! There are many more excellent photos of the transmitter site and antennas at Magdiel's website called Entre Ondas. Please check out his report at:

http://entre-ondas.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/xix-encuentro-diexista-mexicano-visita.html





My thanks go to Magdiel for his most useful information.

73 and good DX to you all,

Rob Wagner VK3BVW

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