[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, August 23-29, 2013

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

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

All my MW DX reports starting two years ago are archived in this forum with open access:
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?6543-MW-DX-from-Enid-OK-by-Glenn-Hauser/page15


** MEXICO. 610, August 25 at 1156 UT, full ID, too much QRM from Kansas City, but I get enough fragments to nail it: FM ends in .1, Guasave mentioned, so it`s XEGS in Sinaloa whose FM is 106.1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 650, August 27 at 0614 UT, Radio 65 and 12:14 TC in Spanish, back to music, axually atop WSM without nulling the latter. I.e. XETNT, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, a regular here but WSM normally dominant (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, August 29 at 1145 UT, lotsa familiar SRS Mexicans as I am now awakening before LSR of 1200; here I am hearing a nice marimba rendition of ``Sandunga``, looping NE/SW, far enough away from ``The Answer`` in The Metroplex, KSKY. 1146 only ID is ``6-60 AM`` which I already know. A few possibilities as far as DF and NW Mexico; may or may not be same station as definitely IDed at 1158 in a string of local ads/announcements with street addresses and phone numbers, finally mentioning ``aquí en Delicias``, i.e. XEACB in Chihuahua, 5/1 kW per IRCA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 680, August 29 at 1157 UT, ``La Mera Jefa`` ID atop the QRM, i.e. XEORO in Guasave, Sinaloa, 1/0.5 kW per IRCA Log. Would someone idiomatically translate this slogan, also used by other Mexicans? My dixionary doesn`t even have mera, instead meramente which obviously means merely (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)


** MEXICO. 760, August 29 at 1144 UT, ``ABC Radio`` ID in passing as I tune in, from ``la plaza ---``? Maybe really mentioned city of license as below, i.e. XEABC is still propagating. IRCA shows 70/5 kW, from Los Reyes de la Paz, Estado de México, but serving as a defacto DF outlet in that huge overcrowded market (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 770, August 29 at 1155 UT, amid rock music in English, SID jingle as ``Los Cuarenta`` dominating rather than KKOB pre-sunrise there. Per IRCA Log it`s XEREV in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, 5/0.1 kW where it is surely also pre-sunrise, but guess which power they are really using? Short for Los 40 Principales, i.e. Top-40. Is their playlist really that limited, and where do they get it, from the US of A or is there really a US of M Top-40 in English research bureau? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 870, August 29 at 1202 UT, ``diez mil watts de potencia desde Guachochi, Chihuahua, México``. Nice to be hearing this true daytimer again at sign-on which I think is 7 am local yearound, now that it`s just sunrising here {or rather it`s 6 am now CST}. Mixed with kidchoir music, couple announcers wish `` muy buenos días``, 1204 ID ``XETAR, La Voz de la Sierra Tarahumara`` as part of lengthy-named federal indigenous radio system, address, phone numbers, website, rustic music. Only fair but steady signal vs slight SAH probably from Vietnam-in-The-Metroplex (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 880, August 25 at 1150 UT, break in romantic music for nothing but a ``5:49`` timecheck by YL in Spanish, which means it has to be one of two stations: XEV in Chihuahua city, or XEPNK in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, about the same direxion. Chihua2 closer, but Sinaloa stations are common here around sunrise skip. IRCA AM log shows XEPNK the one with musical format rather than news/talk, but relying on XE format info is risky. Many other Mexicans are in around this time, most playing music. Enid sunrise today 1158 UT, soon to surpass 1200 at the rate of about 5 minutes later per week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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