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   Message 435 of 2,531   
   Roy Witt to TOM WALKER   
   Resurrected   
   08 May 14 12:24:06   
   
   Greetings TOM!   
      
    RW>> I'll bet it does, or their tower wouldn't be in Mexico.   
      
    RW> TW>> It is the CW network and on Cox Cable called SD6   
      
    RW>> That matters a hill of beans. They broadcast over the air from their   
    RW>> location in Mexico. What they probably do is xmit a UHF LOS signal   
    RW>> to the broadcast location. What they must have is a FCC license to   
    RW>> send that programming from the US to Mexico. Cox Cable is just that,   
    RW>> a cable company who uses programming that needs no station ID to use   
    RW>> the program.   
      
    TW> While Ch 5, 7, 8 ,9, 10, and 11 are identified by their Cal sign in   
    TW> hte years i havew bene watching SD6 I have never seen any call sign.   
      
   I recall hearing XETV identify it's broadcast, over the air.   
      
    TW> And XETV is using VHF Digital Channel 6 for both the Spanish and   
    TW> English broadcasts. The Spanish broadcasts are identified as XETV   
      
   That's a hoot. All of those frequencies below ch7 have been given to   
   another service, in the USA. XETV in TJ is broadcasting on ch6 in Mexico,   
   but XETV-DT is broadcasting on digital channel 23, also from Mexico.   
      
   [Border Blaster Stations}   
      
   "As was the case between the 1930's and the 1970's, some border blaster   
   stations in areas near larger American border cities such as San Diego are   
   leased out by American broadcasting companies and air English-language   
   programming targeting American audiences. The American side leases the   
   station from the Mexican station owners/licence holders and feeds   
   programming from their American studios to the Mexican transmitters via   
   satellite."   
      
   Thus justifying the amount of dish antennas at XETV studios in Kearny   
   Mesa.   
      
      
       Have a day!   
      
            R\%/itt - K5RXT   
      
   --- GoldED+/W32 1.1.5-31012   
   --- D'Bridge 3.99   
    * Origin: HAM Radio, aka Amateur Radio. 804? Over! (1:387/22)   

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