[IRCA] AM loggings from 1100 UTC 26-Aug-2018, during G3 storm and sunrise enhancement

[Mark Pettifor <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

General notes for 1100 UTC on 26-Aug-2018:

G3 geomagnetic storm in progress. Also, semi-local t-storms at the time, 
which pretty much killed the bottom third of the band. Local sunrise was 
1104 UTC. So not only did I have auroral conditions, but also sunrise 
enhancement.

Antenna: 140' D-Kaz aimed south
Radio: Perseus receiver
Software for spectrum recording: HDSDR (was trying out the new beta)
Location: Northern Indiana (Goshen / en71ao)

All new logs unless noted. All 1058-1100 unless noted.

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580 XEMU Piedras Negras, Mexico, relog
Dominant and good signal before 1100, with reg. mex. music, then singing 
ID at toh "La Rancherita Del Aire". Fading after toh, until WILL took 
over.

590 unid Mexican?
1058-1108
Only hrd "La Mejor", which could be about anybody. Two Mexicans show 
that as their slogan on MWLIST - XEBH and XEFD. Lively reg. mex. music, 
strong at first, then fading until almost gone at 1108.

620 XENK(tent) Guadelupe del Monte, Mexico
Hrd. "Cadena Rasa" several times for ID, which shows tied to 620 AM XENK 
in internet searches. Mexican N.A. played after ID until lost to WTMJ.

660 XHEP(?) Aguascalientes, Mexico, relog of XEEY but with new call as 
part of the Mexican Call Sign reassignments? Pretty sure of the XHE but 
after that it could be G,P or E. It wasn't Y, which is what the old call 
sign ended with. Besides the call ID, heard the following: "102.9 FM", 
"en Aguascalientes", and "Una estacion de radio...el groupo radiofonico 
zer" (a phrase that matches info on the streema page for XEEY).

690 KTSM El Paso, TX
ID @ toh: Newsradio 690 KTSM, El Paso." Then into NBC news.

730 KKDA Grand Prairie, TX
Talk program in SEA lang, then EE ID @ 1059.40, then back to SEA lang. 
Faded in when XEX (next entry) faded out.

730 XEX Mexico City(?), Mexico, relog
"Dreams" by the Raspberries, then ID @ 1057: "Musica...en W deporte...W 
deporte siete cientos treinta AM..."

790 KBME Houston, TX
Ad for Kurk Homes (with their website), several ments. of 
790sportradio.com. No call hrd, but at that website, KBME is listed.

850 KEYH Houston, TX
Lively ranchera music, ID in SS @ 1100.30 for KEYH 850 AM and KNTE 101.7 
FM. Then singing ID "La Ranchera (something) me gusta mas".

920 WDMC(tent) Melbourne, FL
1027-1029
Promo for EWTN program "Time Travels at the Speed of Christ's Life"... 
"Saturday mornings, at 11am only on Divine Mercy Radio." Followed by an 
ad about some Senate abortion legislation, focusing on Florida Senator 
Bill Nelson.

930 KDET Center, TX
ID just before toh when they apparently switched to day power and popped 
up out of nowhere: "You're listening to the voice of (something) Texas, 
on AM 930 KDET (Center?), and streaming online worldwide, at 
cdc-radio.com", then promo for "Heaven's Jubilee", a southern gospel 
radio show.

940 XEQ Mexico City, Mexico, relog
Nice signal with AC SS music then "Ke Buena" ID.

960 KRON Abbeville, LA
Rooster crow @ 1101 followed by ID by man talking in a slow, strong 
southern drawl "KRON AM 960 Abbeville ... 96.5 Lafayette-Breax Bridge". 
Then weather, then some great cajun music. All under a fairly strong 
local WSBT.

980 KQUE Rosenberg-Richmond, TX
SS list of beliefs ("credos de Radio Aleluya") @ 1058, then faded until 
toh when call sign hrd "KQUE". Then into some mariachi. @ 1106 some 
other frequncies listed: 88.1 FM, 980 AM, also 1590 AM and 98.3 FM.

1000 XEOY "Radio Mil" Santa Fe, Mexico, relog
Call ID @ toh. Fair signal. Didn't hear any "Radio Mil" ID.

1060 XERDO(tent) Matamoros, Mexico
ID near toh: La Raza...Mil Sesenta" with groupera and reg. mex. music. 
Faded quickly and was replaced by another Mexican station playing the 
N.A.

1100 KDRY Alamo Heights, TX
call ID @ 1058, in mix of stations. Also at toh, another ID and "...San 
Antonio's first Christian radio station..."

1120 KTXW Manor, TX
ID @ 1059, which included ID for the FM translator(?): "...now heard in 
the hill country on KHSB(KHSV?)-FM, Kingsley - Ft. Steuben (that's what 
the towns sounded like). KMOX way in the background.

1150 KCCT Corpus Christi, TX
ID popped up out of the noise @ 1058: "...and K381AV Corpus Christi. All 
new retro 104-1". Topaz has translator ID as "K281AV", but I'd swear I 
heard "K381AV". Haven't checked FCC database yet.

1220 KMVL Madisonville, TX
Song: "Come Saturday Morning" by the Sandpipers, then ID @ toh, then 
"News is next, followed by more America's best music." Then into a Fox 
News alert.

1230 KWTX Waco, TX (graveyard frequency, distance 933 miles)
ID @ toh: "Fox News studio... newstalk 1230 KWTX AM, an iHeart Radio 
station. Fox News, right now." Then into Fox News without the usual Fox 
music tag.

1250 KDEI(t) Port Arthur, TX
Soft/EZL worship song w/male vocal then "...streaming live from our 
website at radiomaria.us" @ toh.

1260 KBRH Baton Rouge, LA
Blues song, then ID @ 1059 incl. website "KBRH.org". Then into more 
blues.

1260 KTAE Elgin, TX
Took over from KBRH above. Sports show, then ID "You're listening to 
KPXX FM HD1 Pekay(?), KTAE AM Elgin, KP70CO(?) Round Rock. Mid-day with 
Cray and PK."

1270 KFLC Benbrook, TX
My local WCMR was off the air (and my brother, the engineer, was up in 
Michigan a few hours away, so I had some time to catch some stations 
while it was off). SS M & W talking, giving scores, with sound effects 
(baby crying). //streema. Still hanging in there at 1215, over an hour 
later.

1280 KWHI Brenham, TX
ID @ toh, "KWHI in Brenham, playing the best of country music, from 
Doris Jones to Alan Jackson, from Loretta Lynn to Shania Twain, we have 
it all." Then into ABC news.

1300 KVET Austin, TX
Ford ad, then ID @ toh "We are Austin's sports talk leader, AM 1300 The 
Zone, KVET Austin, an iHeart Radio station."

1370 KCRV Caruthersville, MO
"Serving southeast Missouria and the (heartland something?)... AM 1370, 
KCRV, Caruthersville." Then into ABC news.

1380 KRCM(tent) Shenandoah, TX
End of religious program with lively music. Then "Radio Vida" and "Radio 
presente.." On top of semi-local WKJG Ft. Wayne.

1400 KTEM Temple, TX (graveyard frequency, 966 miles)
All I heard here was the call ID "KTEM" right at the toh, and that was 
it.

1410 WNGL Mobile, AL
Some "Hail Mary"s, fading in and out, then ID "You're listening to 
Archangel Radio, WNGL, 1410 AM....broadcasting all that is good, and 
true..."

1470 KYYW Abilene, TX
ID @ toh: "Newstalk 1470 KYYW, is online with news and weather, at 
1470kyyw.com... it's 6:00"

1540 KZMP Universtiy Park, TX
Many ments. of ESPN and deportes, then ID @ toh "ESPN deportes radio, 
KZMP (english enunciation)..."

1560 KGOW Belaire, TX
ID @ 1058 in VT: "(something) Radio KGOW (somethingsomething) 
Bellaire-Houston". I think I've heard this before, but this is the first 
ID I've heard.

1570 XERF(tent) Ciudad Acuna, Mexico
Man talking in SS, mentioned "La Poderosa" several times, then into 
Mexican N.A. before toh.


Mark Pettifor / KC9DOC
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