[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, September 21-27, 2012

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

All times and dates strictly UT. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only.
 
These logs are excerpts from my daily all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also VHF/UHF, sometimes, utility, ham, which may be found in several archives without much delay, such as
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser
 
And compiled weekly along with extensive news from many other individuals and publications in DX LISTENING DIGEST:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html

** MEXICO. 540, Sept 23 at 1210 UT, federal PSAs for Derechos Humanos and vacunas (vaccinations), mentions ranchera and 90.5 FM, YL DJ with cabina phone numbers; loops WSW/ENE, i.e. per Cantú:
540 XETX La Ranchera de Paquimé + FM 90.5 Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chih. 1,000 250
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 570, Sept 21 at 1153 UT, modern brass band music seems unusual; loops SSW mostly over KLIF, 1154 cut to announcer talking about ``día mundial de la paz`` (which is indeed today), and sports, game times for various Mexican teams including Monterrey, also about European fútbol, and ``fútbol americano en nuestro país`` i.e. as played in Mexico (by college teams?). Probably per Cantú: 570 XEBJB Radio 570 Monterrey, N.L. 5,000 500 --- as the second possibility in Torreón is top-40 musical (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 610, Sept 26 at 1202 UT, PSA, ID as Radio [lightning crash] de Coahuila, ad mentioning Sabinas and Nueva Rosita, 7:02 TC. So it`s:
610 XEBX La Primera               Sabinas, Coah.  5,000 500
per Cantú, not the other Coahuilan:
610 XESAC Milenio Radio + FM 99.3 Saltillo, Coah. 1,000 900
Altho link to XEBX website http://www.grdradio.com.mx/laprimera.html now goes to a squatting site, so maybe there has been a change (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 620, Sept 24 at 0525 UT, rhyming slogan ``ahorita la Norteñita, B-U, 91.7 FM y 620 AM``, i.e. per Cantú:
620 XEBU La Norteñita + FM 91.7 Chihuahua, Chih. 5,000 1,000
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 620, Sept 26 at 1203 UT, NA and then Chihuahua anthem, 1204 full ID as La Norteñita, XHBU 91.7 25 kW, y XEBU 620 10 kW. Cantú:
620 XEBU La Norteñita + FM 91.7 Chihuahua, Chih. 5,000 1,000
and onward with Noticias Mega-Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 640, Sept 26 at 1203 UT, partial ID mentioning Principales and FM 99.something, which fits only for this in Cantú: 
640 XEHHI Los 40 Principales + FM 99.3 Hidalgo del Parral, Chih. 10,000 1,000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, Sept 20 at 1128 UT, a guy speaking slowly and deliberately unlike most SS, apparently a local political commentator, mentions that ex-president ``Gustavo Díaz Ordaz vino a Nuevo León``, i.e. came to NL, implying that he is located there. Still going past 1131, 1138 as QRM is growing. On that flimsy evidence I make it tentatively per Cantú:
660 XEFZ ABC Radio Monterrey, N.L. 10,000 1,000
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, Sept 23 at 1208 UT, ``Radio 660 AM, gruporadioalegria.com``, i.e. XEFZ Monterrey NL again, despite Radio 6-60 also being slogan of a Oaxacan; then a familiar Brazilian song (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 720, Sept 26 at 1209 UT, mention Radio Centro 10-30, but then ``7-20 Extremo``, and song, i.e. per Cantú:
720 XEJCC Extremo 7-20 Cd. Juárez, Chih. 1,000 1,0000 [sic]
Also CCI from another SS further east, probably XEDE if not KSAH. All these logs marred by lightning crashes from storms further east in OK (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 730, Sept 21 at 1147 UT, automated TC for 5:47, full ID/promo for La Ke Buena, 107.1 FM y 730 AM, Radiorama Parral, with street address, another TC for 5:48, more K.B. promotion by a child`s voice. The former Radio Viva Villa, as now updated in Cantú:
730 XEHB Ke buena + FM 107.1 Hidalgo del Parral, Chih. 50,000 1,000
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 730, Sept 23 at 0508 UT, sports talk in Spanish looping SSW, mentioning el torneo, fútbol mexicano. Instead of usual XEHB heard on this frequency, it`s XEX México DF in its latest format, deportes, as TDW, standing for Televisa Deportes W --- why not TDX? Evidently the prime XEW brand overrides it. Despite all the other Mexicans and Americans allowed on 730 now at night, this one is still allegedly 100 kW non-direxional day and night {but it really doesn`t dominate} (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** MEXICO. 750, Sept 25 at 0559 UT, Mexican NA, 0601 on to a state anthem, 0603 no ID but a patriotic Mexican PSA, then 0604 ID as Éxtasis Digital, 89.5 FM y 750 AM; loops NE/SW. So of two E.D.`s on 750, it`s not XEKOK in Acapulco whose FM is on 107.5, but per Cantú: 
750 XECSI Éxtasis Digital + FM 89.5 Culiacán, Sin. 5,000 250
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 760, Sept 21 at 0558 UT, choral NA loops NE/SW and cannot null out KCCV ID from Kansas City. Based on direxion and likelihood that this would be played at local midnight = UT -6 zone, can only be: 
760 XEES Antena + FM 102.5 Chihuahua, Chih. 10,000 1,000
Per Cantú. FYI, I also consult the IRCA Mexican Log and the WRTH 2012 but only Cantú is online, easy to copy and presumably or at least possibly updatable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 780, Sept 25 at 0504 UT a state anthem is playing, SAH with WBBM mostly nulled; seems to be N-S but too much QRM; 0505 timecheck as 12:05 and full ID, but all I could copy for sure was power of 10,000 vatios. In Cantú that fits for:
780 XEWGR Exa FM + FM 101.1 Monclova, Coah. 10,000 250
As who wants to admit their puny night power even at midnight? And the only other 10 kW on his list is a daytimer in Oaxaca, much further and less likely (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 830, Sept 21 at 1202, mentioning several AM and FM frequencies, including Piedras Negras, 92.9, Monclova, and a call-letter website which I won`t quote as copied since it doesn`t work.
It`s the Coahuila cluster as discussed in a previous log, this one:
830 XEIK La Norteñita Piedras Negras, Coah. 5,000 D
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

See also UNIDENTIFIEDs 800, 830

** MEXICO. 860, Sept 25 at 0600, NA is playing. Based solely on the likely presumption that it`s local midnight, i.e. UT-6 zone, of the 14 or 15 stations on 860 in Cantú it`s one or the other of these two:
860 XEZOL 860 Noticias      Cd. Juárez, Chih.  1,000 500
860 XENW  Máxima + FM 103.3 Culiacán, Sin.     1,000 250
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 980, Sept 26 at 1228 UT, IMER promo mentioning FM y AM, which is all we need to easily ID once again XEFQ, La Voz de la Ciudad del Cobre, Cananea, Sonora, 2500/500 watts on sunrise skip (LSR Enid = 1223 today) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1410, Sept 24 at 1211 UT, news about Mexico, TC for 6:11, promo, mentions Angostura in news; loops WSW. Per Cantú the only possibility in UT-6 zone is:
1410 XECF La Mexicana + 93.3 FM Los Mochis, Sin. 10,000 500
Overcoming the CCI and the 2ACI from local KCRC 1390 is an achievement, with only 500 watts? Maybe it`s officially daytime there, tho not really. And there is a city called Angostura in Sinaloa, tho I am sure there are others. Maybe means ``narrow place`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1650, Sept 24 at 1204 UT, romantic music in Spanish, ``la música continúa sin comerciales, en María(??)``. Not at all sure of that name, probably wrong. Seems to be from east-west, but I also need to null local KFXY 1640 which is SSE, so that may be skewed. Could be KSVE El Paso TX, NRC AM Log listed with romántica format; or maybe KXOL Brigham City UT, not the other two US SS stations which are religious. Could DXer Vance in El Paso confirm activity status of KSVE?

However, it`s hard to imagine such stations announcing proudly as non-commercial. New XEARZ in Mexico City has been doing just that, per reports. As in non-profit, per Cantú: ``1650 XEARZ Zer Radio 5,000 watts. Permisionada (sin fines de lucro) pero parte de Grupo Zer``

Still no definite logs of that known from north of the border, altho Bryan Clark has heard it (very) south of the border, in New Zealand, August 23 at 0609, 0658, so it is (or was) all-night. Definite logs of KSVE are just as rare (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. TA carrier search Sept 25 at 0539, stepping up on the DX-398 at 9 kHz intervals, USB mode slightly detuned to detect same carrier pitches: 549, 558, 693, 936, 1116, 1125, 1197, 1206, 1215. Strongest one was 1206, but when I got back to it, not enough for audio. Then tuning up in LSB mode at 0544: only one audible is 1053. No doubt much better earlier before Euro sunrising (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific carrier search Sept 26 at 1156-1200 UT found some: 594, 747, 828, 1044. 747 was briefly strongest; nothing on 738 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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