[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, April 26-May 2, 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, April 30 at 0600 UT at tune-in, immediate ID for ``La Ranchera de Paquimé`` and into NA; i.e. XETX, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua at local midnite (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 620, April 27 at 0540 UT, Spanish ad for an event mentioning 93.3, apparently an FM sponsor of it; hoped I had something other than XEBU Chihuahua city, since its own FM is 91.7, but after some federal PSAs for Diputados, Suprema Corte, ID as Chihuahua, La Rancherita. The 93.7 there per Cantú is XHBW, Magia Digital, whose AM is 1280. Maybe they are same group? Or just a crossover commercial (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 650, April 27 at 1155 UT, Mexican music, fading at 1156 during Radio 65 sung ID, polca. Tuning down the band, XETNT Los Mochis, Sinaloa, is the only XE still audible on lowband here, 12 minutes after our sunrise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, April 26 at 0452 UT, choral NA is already playing early, maybe the station which will cut to big hum afterwards, but by 0454 losing out to other Mexican music stations, so all unID now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, April 27 at 0452 UT, early NA already playing on unID station, presumably the one which has been followed by big hum; but losing out by 0454 to `The Answer`, KSKY The Metroplex. Some chex after 0500 did not detect the hum, maybe no longer in effect? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, April 28 tuning in even earlier at 0449 UT trying to sort out the one about to hum: initially preacher in Spanish on top; 0450 music station takes over, 0457 mentions 98.9 so that`s XEACB, La Lupe in Ciudad Delicias, Chihuahua; only now do I hear an XE NA weakly underneath and no hum after 0500; probably from the preaching one earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, UT Monday April 29, I tune in even earlier at 0450 UT to hear Spanish preacher finishing with Monterrey address, 0451 ID for Radio ABC, XEFZ in Monterrey and into choral multiverse NA. Mixing with others and they overtake by 0456, but this virtually confirms it`s the station which had been broadcasting a big hum after the NA finished around 0500, but which is no longer heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, April 30 at 0501 UT, probably XEACB Delicias, Chih, main signal of Mexican music looping SW, but in its null toward the SE, can hear some hum, which fits for post-midnite XEFZ Monterrey NL, which is considerably further east (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, May 2 at 0455 UT, choral multiverse NA is playing, looping SSW, ends at 0457 and nothing further heard from this one, presumed XEFZ Monterrey, while another one with Mexican music further west fades in, presumed XEACB Delicias, Chihuahua (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 690, April 27 at 0642 UT, international exchange rates in Spanish, 0644 news about Tabasco. Main signal, with KTSM El Paso and KGGF Coffeyville OC more or less nulled, and peaks further east than most Mexicans I get. All adds up to presumed XEN, México DF with its news/talk format. There is only one XE further east than that, in Veracruz but it`s a Ke Buena, likely musical --- or not? IRCA shows XEAFA in Coatzacoalcos as News & Ranchera. Still, XEN most likely, especially if running 50 kW nites as claimed instead of 5. (IIRC, 690 used to be a major frequency from Cuba, but not any more.) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** MEXICO. 700, May 2 at 0517 UT, YL in Spanish vs WLW but not in its null, so approximately opposite direxion: that points to XEGD, La Poderosa in Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, 5/1 kW per Cantú, assuming XEETCH in Sonora is really a daytimer. I had just been nulling WLW and hearing a different station playing music in English, probably previously heard XEDKR, Radio Red AM in Guadalajara, but there`s also now-Spanish KHSE in The Metroplex TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 710, April 27 at 0546 UT, béisbol with crowd noise, presumably a live late game if in Mexico too they are open-ended; loops SW and soon mentions Cuauhtémoc as one of the teams, so usual XEDP Chihuahua, breaking away from ranchera format. It`s almost local midnite in the UT-6 zone. Surely more nite games to come when it`s cooler around the diamond (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 720, April 27 at 0549, timecheck as ``48`` and temp as 18 grados, back to music; typical automated time & temp format at every break of XEDE Saltillo, Coahuila. Altho 50 kW WGN has as strong a signal as 250-watt(?) XEDE, WGN is totally nullable, avoiding slow SAH; not too far from collinear either, e.g. around Dallas, where listening to WGN must be quite a problem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 730, May 2 at 0519 UT, Spanish talking over and over about pelotas, presumably sports format XEX México DF as the DF fits; thought it might be a late béisbol game from further west, but then at 0521 talking about Barcelona. Tho they`re mad about soccer there, unlikely to be a live game this early in the morning. 

With XEX nulled, another SS about ``Las reinas de Radiorama`` and ``Ke Buena`` ID, i.e. XEHB in Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua. XEX is allegedly 100 kW at night, and XEHB only 1, but their 50 kW day transmitter may be getting some extra usage.

On the Ke Buena slogan, be aware that there is another one on 730, per Cantú, XEEBC in Ensenada BCN, 1/0.25 kW. Its FM is 97.9 while XEHB`s is 107.1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 830, April 28 at 1215 UT, Spanish weather in C, mentions 100.9 FM; 1216 TC for 7:17. No doubt it`s XEIK Piedras Negras, Coahuila, a semihour after sunrise here and soon to fade out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 990, May 2 at 0506 UT after NA and full XET ID, produced opening of `La Ruta Musical de la T`, address Apartado 203, Monterrey NL, then to live host welcoming 990 and internet listeners everywhere, referring to yesterday being workers` May Day, but no mention this time of his program number in the 18-thousands. His speech is quite slurred, not your usual glib radio announcer, but hey, he`s just turned 98 on April 15! Again could not copy his name. I wonder if he now has a home studio or goes to work at XET every night for 50+ years?

The Multimedios website is no help for anything but streaming linx to its multitude of stations, http://www.mmradio.com/estaciones/ciudad
but searching on the program title found this lengthy article about 
Don Chabelo Jiménez, former beisbolista whose mother lived to 107:
http://www.larocka.mx/sexion-dos/suciedad-dos/1684-chabelo-jimenez-el-cronista-de-todos-los-tiempos.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 1570, April 27 at 1142 UT, XERF with 6:42 timecheck on ``La Poderosa``, brief Efemérides = day in history with Col. Bogey whistling theme, 1144 federal and Coahuila state PSAs; 1145 Spanish music CCI grows apparently as KZLI Tulsa icoses its 50 watt PSRA per NRC AM Log to 1000 watts day at official sunrise there; but I can still hear at 1145 XERF mentioning some cumpleaños and at 1146 an instrumental-only version of ``Mañanitas``, unlike last time. Anyhow this seems to be a regular morning ritual for them. But in May, KZLI goes to day power at 1115 UT, and in June, 1100. Never mind the 50 watts: FCC AM Query shows PSRA is only 8 watts, limited by XERF every month except June when unneeded. Can anyone in Tulsa or even Catoosa really hear them on 8 watts atop XERF? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1570, April 30 at 1151 UT, probably just finished `Mañanitas`, XERF now in ``Servicio Social`` with missing-person ``avisos personales`` requests, including those last known to be in Coahuila, Chihuahua, phone numbers to be contacted. Have also heard this at other times on XERF. Good for a broad-coverage public radio AM station like this, and something you don`t hear elsewhere on either side of la frontera. 1208, XERF still in with stox in pesos, other Mexican tipoffs instead of SS KZLI Tulsa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** MEXICO. 2910, April 27 at 1118 UT, YL giving phone number, ``pide que se comunique``, missing person perhaps; then about something happening ``hoy a las 8 de la mañana``, brief bits audible at peaks between lightning crashes, typical morning news format of 970 x 3, XEVT, Villahermosa, Tabasco. Their sunrise today 1147, almost same as here, but they will lose only a dekaminute of darkness by June (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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