[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, April 12-18, 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. 790, April 14 at 1158 UT, Mexican NA, 1200 ``desde Baja California Sur,`` ID for XENT La Paz, 10 kW, and XHNT 25 kW, `una estación del Grupo Fórmula``, audible thru the QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 800, April 15 at 1243 in KQCV OKC null making 40/min SAH = two-thirds Hz, good signal with alabanza music in Spanish. Has to be XEROK Juárez, tho not the format I expected, perhaps just part of their variety (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 880, April 13 at 0505 UT, choral NA is playing, started late after local midnite? Finally over at 0508, but faded down too much for ID. I was nulling KRVN almost due north, and found the XE was peaking much further S than the E/W null, and has to be in the CDT zone, so that rules out XEV Chihuahua. See current timezone map:
http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-mexico12.php
Of the other CDT XEs on 880, closest and far most likely, also IDed before, is XETC Torreón, Coahuila, ``Kiuu``, presumed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 990, April 17 at 0506 UT, XET`s overnite multi-decade host heard recently has now reached his show no. 18,300. Fast SAH with CBW fighting over the frequency amid America. We are somewhat closer to Monterrey than Winnipeg, but if XET were on legal night pattern southward only, CBW could dominate 990 this far into El Sur, except when aurorally attenuated. 

Guess what: per NRC AM Log, CBW is not a 50 kW station at night, but cut to only 46 kW, why?? Don`t forget that FCC AM Query has full data not only on US stations, but Canadian, Mexican and thruout the Americas, with XET`s theoretical night pattern here:
http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/309029-60021.pdf
showing a southward circle, but a bit of a bump to the NNW, null apparently aimed at CBW to the NNE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1000, April 12 at 0602 UT, orchestral NA from a station where it`s local midnite; 0603 ID for Juárez and 12:03 timecheck, on to music. I.e. XEFV, La Rancherita. KTOK OKC [q.v.] had suspended modulation at hourtop, facilitating recapture of the Chihuahuan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** MEXICO. 1570, April 18 at 1145 UT, Spanish station playing ``Mañanitas`` soulful song customary among Mexicans (and other Latinos?) to greet the day, especially for those celebrating births. How closely do stations coördinate this with local sunrise? It so happens that today`s SR in Tulsa OK is 1146 UT, but I really doubt that KZLI would be doing this, altho could have just bumped up to day power. 

Strong and steady signal, the only Spanish audible, surely XERF still skywaving, so when is sunrise there? Gaisma.com lists many smaller towns, but not Ciudad Acuña! Fortunately it does list Del Rio TX: 1214 UT.

Here are the lyrix of Mañanitas, plus translation, and quite a different performance than the one I just heard:
http://www.cancionfeliz.com/mananitas.php
You might want to Google up a more traditional version (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 2910, April 18 at 1135 UT, can make out a carrier vs band noise, presumably still third harmonic of XEVT, 970, Villahermosa, Tabasco. DXing MW harmonix on the 2 MHz band with their very weak signals is rather out of the question in the stormy months, but best chances with least noise before sunrise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. TP carrier search low part of band, April 18 at 1153 UT finds JBA ones on 702, 728, 882, probably Pacific rather than Asian. Our sunrise in Enid: 1154 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 660, April 18 at 0549 UT, open carrier with hum, roughly SSW/NNE. Same as I had Feb 21 at 0656 when I thought KSKY TX most likely, but could also be any of several Mexicans. Is it a station not 24 hours but leaving the carrier on; or a 24-hour station failing to modulate? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 730, April 18 at 1150 UT, open carrier with hum, suspect a Mexican; XEDP Chihuahua is still in on 710, and so should be XEHB on 730 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 870, April 18 at 1152 UT, open carrier with no hum; surely XETAR in Chihuahua, daytimer which signs on at 1200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1120, April 17 at 0510 UT, Mexican music causing heavy QRM to KMOX, and can`t really null it to be sure it`s KEOR cheating again. Makes SAH of 280/minute = 4 and two thirds Hz. 0515 fading out before I can decide if the music is praiseworthy (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1470, April 13 at 0458, choral XE NA, but hard to DF amid the QRM; over at 0500 announcement, probably somestation`s full ID, but now lost to Fox `news` from else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1520, April 13 at 0555, KOKC OKC can`t be nulled completely, but Mexican music station is QRMing considerably, making fast rippling SAH; unfortunately dozed thru hourtop, but still going at 0623 before I QRT completely. Any of the six Mexicans listed in Cantú would be welcome, tho two are supposedly daytimers, and none more than 2 kW. 

How about a US station? For SS on 1520, NRC AM Log has nothing closer than a daytimer in California, and a fulltimer in Oregon, KGDD Oregon City, ``La Gran D``, 50/15 kW U3, which means same direxional day & nite --- i.e. an almost circular cardioid with deep null toward OKC, throwing ``all`` the power out into the Pacific. So is KGDD out of whack, anyone else hearing it eastward? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1520, April 14 at 0531 UT, Mexican music station is tearing up KOKC and making fast SAH. Can`t see how it could be faraway KGGD Oregon City even if they have lost direxionality and running 50 kW, so either a Mexican or format change and probable cheating from some closer US station. Hoped for some announcement or ID, but just music as long as I listened until KOKC regained (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1520, April 17 at 0520 UT, mysterious Mexican music is also QRMing KOKC with fast SAH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

1520, April 18 at 0530 UT, KOKC `Redeye Radio` pauses for one-minute CBS news special report on West TX explosion; and again with heavy QRM from unknown source Mexican music, making fast SAH (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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