[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, January 11-17, 2013

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

All times and dates strictly UT. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only. Or Sony SRF-59 when specified.

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, Jan 15 at 0642 UT, ``La Ranchera de Paquimé`` frequent ID fired within a minute of tune-in, i.e. XETX, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, listed by Cantú as only 250 watts at night, and no problem from any XEWA SLP listed as 150,000 watts.

BTW, the ``250,000`` full-time non-direxional watts from 900, XEW are also obviously passé, as there is no dominance whatsoever of XEW at night; lucky to hear some Spanish amid the QRM. Has W Radio allowed its super-power outlets to fall into disrepair, or deliberately cut down the power levels? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 610, Jan 17 at 0639 UT, music and soon ID as ``La Primera``, which means it`s XEBX, Sabinas, Coahuila, 500 watts at night, as IRCA, WRTH and Cantú all agree is the only such Mexislogan on 610 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 620, Jan 16 at 1418 UT, YL in Spanish with Chihuahua weather, in null of Radio Disney Dallas-Fort Worth. The usual XE dominant on 620, XEBU, Chihuahua city (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 640, Jan 11 at 0701 UT, Mexican NA very long multi-verse choral version, finally ends at 0706, full ID with powers, street address, phones, etc., for ``Los 40 Principales``, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, AM & FM, XEHHI on 640, and XHHHI on 99.3; 0707 timecheck as ``son las 12`` -- not exactly! Then rock song en inglés. It`s not hard to get past KWPN 640 OK, which BTW is still running IBOC, but only sporadically in the daytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, Jan 11 at 0639 UT, romantic music in Spanish, ``La mejor estación, La Lupe, 98.9`` dominating frequency at the moment, i.e. XEACB, Ciudad Delicias, Chihuahua, 5/1 kW per IRCA Mexican log but not off the air after 0600 as listed there. 

Name is presumably in tribute to La Virgen de GuadaLupe. I used to live in Guadalupe county, New Mexico, too young to be conscious of virgins per se, but no doubt inadvertently associated with some in grade school (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 710, Jan 12 at 1428, M&W with crime stats, ``delitos``, 7:28 timecheck, state news mentioning Delicias` water shortage; poor signal but way atop KGNC and KCMO still, half a sesquihour after Enid sunrise, ergo XEDP Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, which is also the dominant XE at night. A.k.a. La Ranchera de Cuauhtémoc but departing from that format for a morning newscast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 720, Jan 17 at 1444 UT, Spanish talk fades in mixing with ``Jew`s harp``, see UNIDENTIFIED. KSAH San Antonio? But it`s not sports talk. 1447 ``El Extremo 720`` and timecheck sure sounds like 8:47 = CST, not 7:47 = MST. Mexican federal PSAs, 1448 ``regresamos, 7-20 Extremo``, into music, ``Quizás3`` on piano. This slogan applies to XEJCC Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, 1/1 kW per IRCA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 730, Jan 14 at 1410 UT, Mexican music and ``Ke Buena`` ID before succumbing totally to 740 KRMG Tulsa 50 kW splash. So XEHB, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, surely also running 50 kW, has held up longer than most lowbanders, a semihour past sunrise here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 770, Jan 16 at 0658 UT, string of phone numbers in Spanish, ID as XERFR, 970, R. Fórmula. Therefore it is that network`s affiliate in Monterrey NL, XEACH, which IRCA Mexican Log 2012 lists as only 200 watts at night, 5 kW day. WRTH 2013 and current Cantú show 25/1 kW, which I find more credible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 860, Jan 16 at 0701 UT, Mexican NA under CBS News from KKOW in KS, not separable as close to opposite direxion, WSW. Very likely from an MST station where it`s midnight, but three are in Cantú:
860 XEZOL 860 Noticias      Cd. Juárez, Chih.  1,000 500
860 XENW  Máxima + FM 103.3 Culiacán, Sin.     1,000 250
860 XEHX  La Mía + FM 101.7 Cd. Obregón, Son.  [no powers given]	
IRCA shows XEHX also as 1000/250; WRTH as 5000/250. XEZOL is closest to here and more likely. The NA did not last long, but any following ID could not be heard vs QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 870, Jan 16 at 1358 UT with remnant WWL nulled, Spanish talk about local indigenous matters, 1402 mentions Tarahumara, 1403 PSA from gobierno del estado de Chihuahua, then federal IFE PSA, and some rustic music, obviously XETAR 10 kW daytimer in Guachochi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 960, Jan 15 at 0601 UT, during local KGWA Fox-hole of dead air, mainly Mexican music; 0603 part of ID mentioning ``Chihuahua, México``, so it must be the only station in that state per Cantú: 
960 XEFAMA Radio Fama, La Grandota + FM 97.5 Cd. Camargo, Chih. 10,000 1,000
which I have heard before. The precise null of KGWA carrier is more favorable for this than for also-heard XEK in Nuevo Laredo (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1050, Jan 17 at 1413, Spanish from N/S assumed to be XEG until the DJ mentions Kansas a couple times! Could there be an SS up there I haven`t noticed? But then mentions Nuevo Laredo, plays a canción from 1991/92y, CST TCs, more music, 1421 ``La Ranchera 10-50``, clincher being SEP PSA from the Mexican federal government, so it really is XEG Monterrey NL in broad sunlight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 720, Jan 17 at 1441 UT, continuous ``Jew`s harp`` twanging, goes on and on past 1447 as I am DXing XEJCC and again at 1456 mixing with KDWN; see MEXICO and USA. Can`t imagine WGN doing this. Surely not some local device, sounds just like intentional amplitude modulation from somestation. Only other 720 around here is KSAH Universal City TX. Possibly they were out of order? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 800, Jan 16 at 0659 UT, the extremely distorted signal is here again, looping somewhat west of due south and separable from 800 KQCV OKC to the SSE. Prime suspects remain XEZR in Zaragoza, Coahuila, and XEDD in Montemorelos NL. I wonder if Steve Wiseblood, back in Harlingen TX, can hear this in the daytime and get a fix on it? Or at night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 999, Jan 11 at 0655, 1 kHz het upon KKIM & KTOK, presumably trans-Atlantic, but scanning the band for other carriers was unproductive at this late hour. Nothing over 50 kW on 999 from W Europe, COPE Madrid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic carriers all over the place, UT Jan 13 at 0233 UT, first noticed on 1521, then stepping 9 kHz down the entire band, found more: 1215, 1089, 1008, 945, 909, 882, 864, 855, 837, 747, 693, 684, 675, 612, 603, 594, 531. 693 was strongest but not enough for any audio. No doubt some others were obscured by TVI from the neighbors.

Another check at 0640: 1089, 1215; and at 0642-0647: 675, 684, 693, 738, 747, 774, 855, 882, 909, 945, 1044, 1557. 

And standing out with a higher-pitched het against the BFO was 1314+ at 0642. Is some European significantly off-frequency there? Not as of last August according to
http://www.myradiobase.de/mediumwave/mwoffset.txt
Possibly a local spoiler (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2660, Jan 17 at 1318, JBA carrier, and bits of music. Before QRT a sextahour earlier, I had tuned to this to remind me to check it first thing in the morning for likely 1330 harmonic I had previously detected when concentrating on 2910 third harmonic of XEVT. Really need to monitor 2660 deeper into the night, but likely further north and/or west than XEVT since that fades out a semihour earlier despite much stronger signal. Could well be US of American rather than US of Mexican. Also, comparing to 1660 signals, 2660 is very slightly on the hi side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

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