[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, January 18-24, 2013

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

All times and dates strictly UT. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only. Or FRG-7, 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 18 at 0632 UT, `Hora Nacional` promo, 0633 PSA for Instituto Estatal Electoral, but didn`t hear which state; ``Sí, se puede`` federal PSA. Then ID as ``90.5, La Ranchera de Paquime, y 540 AM``, also mentions group BM Radio, and on to romantic music. XETX once again from Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, and still no sign of XEWA. Sounds like they stress it Paquíme, rather than Paquimé (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** MEXICO. 800, Jan 24 at 1307 UT, ``XEROK, la estación más potente del norte de México, 50 mil watts``, then hyped news ID numerous times as ``Calibre 800`` --- must be contraxion for canal libre, outro? Then a prayer rendering gracias to some señor, choral music bit; 1311 over to live announcer, YL emitting her own ``cucú`` laughing, silly chatter with others; she has poor dixion, also mentions sibling station XEWG 1240, so simulcast? XEROK is really peaking now, way over KQCV OKC still on night facilities; other guy promotes that later this morning he is going to give away tickets to an Indios game on Sunday; 6:14 TC, talk about the `clima`, current temp 6C. Now the distorted modulation station is starting to QRM, presumably XEDD or XEZR, still not positively IDed. As for the power, we know XEROK was once 150 kW, and IRCA Mexican Log still shows that day and night, while Cantú and WRTH 2013 both show 50 kW now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
 DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 830, Jan 24 at 1317 UT, Spanish news from between SW and SSW, vs WCCO opposite, jarring mispronunciation of François Hollande as ``frankois``, each letter pronounced, 7:18 TC, 1321 ID as Radio Zócalo, ad mentions Colonia Lomas del Norte, then Piedras Negras, FM frequency jingle ending in .9, i.e. 100.9 as XHIK is listed, on to music. As previously researched, this is XEIK in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, R. Zócalo being the group or news name connected with Saltillo, while all references continue to name this 830 outlet La Norteñita (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. UNIDENTIFIED. 900, Jan 18 at 0649 UT, screaming gospel huxter in Spanish, loops N/S with SAH. I sure hope this is not what has become of the once mighty XEW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

900, Jan 24 at 0643 UT, program promos for W Radio, atop CCI with SAH, 0645 traditional XEW descending chimes.

900, Jan 24 at 0655 UT, now however, preacher with howling audience including kidsounds, which as before I hope is elsewhence than XEW: it is, 0659 concluding with assertion that música rock es satánica, ID as Radio Así (sounds like, meaning thus, or that`s the way it is; or could it be Asís as in San Francisco de?) and refers to `La Biblia Dice` as program name, lunes a jueves 11 pm a 1 am, which has just been reached in CST. 0700 ``Radio Así en 900 de amplitud modulada``, website ending in .mx; 0701 mentions Monterrey, but more `La Biblia Dice`, 0702 mentions Nuevo León and 900 AM again.

Anyhow, this must be what is listed as XEOK, La OK Noticias, 10/0.25 kW in Monterrey per IRCA Mexican Log 2012; WRTH same except has Radio Tráfico as additional slogan. Cantú as OK Noticias only and nite power as 2.5 kW, which is more like it. 900 in Monty was once a co-channel XEW relay as XEWM, long gone. Monty and DF are close to same direxion from here, Monty somewhat further west.

O, here`s what it really is, as linked from Cantú`s NL listings: Radio ACIR, not Así. That`s the name of a national group but this particular website is for the Monterrey XEOK station; beware, en vivo audio autolaunches! http://www.radioacir.net/ 
Program schedule is not helpful with large blox including these merely labeled ``Pro. Nacional o Independiente`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 960, Jan 22 at 0600-0605 UT, during local KGWA Fox-hole with remaining strong open carrier nulled: dominated by Mexican music, 0602 ID mentions ``Chihuahua, México``, so XEFAMA again, Ciudad Camargo, which is becoming famous around here for penetrating KGWA. Romantic music until KGWA modulation blasts back on at 0605 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 970, Jan 20 at 1240 UT, just as I tune in, ``La Jota Mexicana, 9-70``, i.e. XEJ Juárez, Chihuahua (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1090, Jan 23 at 0636 UT, ``en tu radio, Milenio 103.7 FM`` and back to rock music in English. I think not, but something on 1090 AM, i.e. XEAU in Monterrey NL, listed 250 or 500 watts at night, but not so unusual here, and in fact often dominant. Now it`s a bit easier as KAAY Little Rock is reported off the air, maybe forever.

1090, Jan 24 at 0600 UT, Mexican NA no doubt XEAU too, and 0640 with music in English. Also at 1251 ID as Milenio Radio, 6:51 TC, SAH from something (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1100, Jan 23 at 1252 UT, frenetic banda music looping NE/SW, quick announcement unreadable by SHVA, then a slow song. 1253 plays fanfares several times, 1254 YL introduces newscast with phone number, www. site mentioning Zacatecas. Possibly separate stations, as rechecking the bearing now it`s closer to N/S appropriate for Zac, i.e. per Cantú:
1100 XETGO Radio Cañón + FM 90.1 Tlaltenango, Zac. 5,000 400
And IRCA agrees; WRTH shows power as 5/0.5 kW. 1257 fading, as KFAB 1110 splatter overtakes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  

** MEXICO. 1560, Jan 19 at 0645 UT, ``en Radio Viva, proclamamos lo altísimo [``the most high``], Radio Viva 15-60`` on to gospel rock in Spanish. I figured this would be easy to look up, but no such slogan on 1560 in NRC AM Log. Nor Radio ``Vida``, as it could have been. NRC has the only SS:REL on 1560 as KVAN in Burbank WA, night power 700 watts. Soon lost in QRM and did not get a bearing on it. O, here is Radio Viva in the IRCA Mexican Log: XEJPV, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, 10/-1 kW --- the minus really means presumed/suspected/estimated night power. WRTH 2013 says 1 kW fulltime, and Cantú says 1 kW daytime only: hardly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1570, Jan 19 at 1529 UT, Spanish, can it be XERF, or Tulsa? By golly, promo for `La Hora Nacional`, and it loops correctly for XERF, almost two hours after sunrise and about a megameter away. Sure helps to be La Poderosa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGESET)

** MEXICO. 2910, Jan 24 at 1223 UT, very poor in Spanish, S9+10 with fading but not enough vs noise level, so XEVT Villahermosa, Tabasco, as previously identified, is still third-harmonicizing from 970. Surprisingly, by now I have yet to see anyone else reporting it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 747, Jan 24 at 1325 UT, JBA TP carrier detected here on a quick check, soon gone, no time for a complete MW 9 kHz scan; typically NHK Japan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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