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Radio group ZER launches a station in Mexico City on 1650 AM

Zer logoXEARZ is a new station in the Mexican capital broadcasting on 1650 kHz mediumwave. The station is owned by Grupo Radiofónico ZER. XEARZ is licensed to transmit at a power of 5,000 watts day and night. DXer Héctor García Bojorge in Mexico City reported on the Grupo Radiofónico Zer Facebook page on April 27 that he heard the station, identifying it as XEARZ. Also on April 27, on DXLD mailing list, Julián Santiago Díez de Bonilla reported hearing the station identifying as "Zer Radio 1650" and giving call letters XEAZR. According to Wikipedia, the first test transmissions with instrumental music began on April 26.
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Half Size Dual Active Delta Flag Arrays

Half Size Dual Active Delta Flag ArrayThe half size active dual flag array antenna requires only 30 meters of linear space, and so it is an excellent choice for MW DXers with limited space for antennas, says Dallas Lankford in his article. Although small compared to previous high performance MW antenna arrays, it is a state of the art MW receiving antenna array, primarily because it uses true active delta flag antenna elements.
 To the Article (January 7, 2012)

Propagation

NASA photo of the Sun
Solar-terrestrial indices for 21 May follow. Solar flux 125 and estimated planetary A-index 7. The estimated planetary K-index at 0000 UTC on 22 May was 2. No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.


Source: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center

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The Ultimate AM DXing Base in Lapland Available for Rent

Cabin with JimImagine spending a week in the middle of nowhere with 12 Beverage antennas — each roughly a kilometer in length and capable of hearing hundreds of rare stations. It's possible because we're making our famous DXpedition base in Aihkiniemi, Finland available for rent to other DXers. Going on a first class DXpedition has never been this easy.
 To the article (May 25 , 2011)
 To the latest DXpedition report from Aihkiniemi (November 5 , 2011)

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